Entering the Stream: An Introduction to the Buddha and His Teachings

10 best books like Entering the Stream: An Introduction to the Buddha and His Teachings (Samuel Bercholz): Remarkable Creatures, Poor Things, No Death, No Fear, The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet, Chronicles of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master, Buddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs, Coffin Hill Vol. 1: Forest of the Night, Ultramarine: Poems, The Art of Living, The Complete Works of Lao Tzu: Tao Teh Ching & Hua Hu Ching

Remarkable Creatures

Author	Tracy Chevalier
ISBN	0007178379

In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on the south coast of England. With its long snout and prominent teeth, it might be a crocodile – except that it has a huge, bulbous eye.

Remarkable Creatures is the story of Mary Anning, who has a talent...

Poor Things

Author	Alasdair Gray
ISBN	0747562288

One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxter - a beautiful young erotomaniac brought back to life with the brain of an infant. Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect...

No Death, No Fear

Author	Thich Nhat Hanh
ISBN	1573223336

With hard-won wisdom and refreshing insight, Thich Nhat Hanh confronts a subject that has been contemplated by Buddhist monks and nuns for twenty-five-hundred years—and a question that has been pondered by almost anyone who has ever lived: What is death? In No Death, No Fear, the acclaimed teacher...

The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet

Author

Benjamin Hoff

Is there such thing as a Western Taoist? Benjamin Hoff says there is, and this Taoist's favorite food is honey. Through brilliant and witty dialogue with the beloved Pooh-bear and his companions, the author of this smash bestseller explains with ease and aplomb that rather than being a distant and mysterious...

Chronicles of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master

Author	Ming-Dao Deng
ISBN	0062502190

For the first time in one volume—an extraordinary spiritual odyssey of the making of the Taoist master Kwan Saihung. Born into a wealthy family in a remote province of China, Kwan defies his parents' wishes and enters into the rigorous and mysterious discipline of Taoist practice. Renamed "Little...

Buddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs

Author	Steve Hagen
ISBN	0060730579

“[Hagan’s] book will appeal to readers interested in what true Zen practice is supposed to be about beyond all the popular images and colorful stories.”

—Robert M. Pirsig, New York Times bestselling author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

 

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Coffin Hill Vol. 1: Forest of the Night

Author

Caitlin Kittredge

Following a night of sex, drugs and witchcraft in the woods, Eve Coffin wakes up naked, covered in blood and unable to remember how she got there. One friend is missing, one is in a mental ward-and one knows that Eve is responsible.

Years later, Eve returns to Coffin Hill, only to discover the darkness...

Ultramarine: Poems

Author	Raymond Carver
ISBN	0394755359

Sick with exile, they yearn homeward now, their eyes turned to the ultramarine. . .

Here it is, early April, and I can tell you, with total confidence, that Ultramarine is the best in show, the best book of the year for me. The winner.

It is, simply put, one of the best books I've ever encountered...

The Art of Living

Author	Thich Nhat Hanh
ISBN	1846045096

Master the art of living from one of the world’s most revered spiritual leaders.

Thich Nhat Hanh, the world’s most renowned Zen master, turns his mindful attention to the most important subject of all – the art of living.

The bestselling author of The Miracle of Mindfulness...

The Complete Works of Lao Tzu: Tao Teh Ching & Hua Hu Ching

Author	Lao Tzu
ISBN	0937064009

Written around 500 B.C., the 'Tao Teh Ching' is one of the most frequently translated and most cherished works in the world. 'The Complete Works of Lao Tzu' by Hua-Ching Ni is a remarkable elucidation of the famed 'Tao Teh Ching', the core of Taoist philosophy and a bridge to the subtle truth as well as a...