Fireflies: a collection of proverbs, aphorisms and maxims
10 best books like Fireflies: a collection of proverbs, aphorisms and maxims (Rabindranath Tagore): The Waste Land and Other Writings, Land of the Spotted Eagle, Songs for the Open Road: Poems of Travel and Adventure, Farming, a Hand Book, The Country Without a Post Office, Come, Thief, Speaking of Siva, Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems, Jacob the Baker: Gentle Wisdom For a Complicated World, Learning True Love: Practicing Buddhism in a Time of War
| Author | T.S. Eliot |
| ISBN | 0375759344 |
Also includes Prufrock and Other Observations, Poems (1920), and The Sacred Wood
Introduction by Mary Karr
First published in 1922, “The Waste Land,” T. S. Eliot’s masterpiece, is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the...
Land of the Spotted Eagle
| Author | Luther Standing Bear |
When Standing Bear returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation after sixteen years' absence, his dismay at the condition of his people may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this book, first published in 1933. In addition to describing the customs, manners, and traditions of the Teton...
| Author | The American Poetry and Literacy Project |
| ISBN | 0486406466 |
Most of us, at one time or another, have experienced wanderlust. For many, the desire to explore is almost irresistible. Now for devotees of poetry, and for those who long for the open road, this highly affordable collection contains a rich selection of poems about travel and adventure.
You’ll...
| Author | Wendell Berry |
| ISBN | 0156301717 |
The America many people would like to believe in is convincingly explored in this volume of poems by a writer close to the heart of things. The sanity and eloquence of these poems spring from the land in Kentucky where Wendell Berry was born, married, lives, farms, and writes. From classic pastoral themes...
| Author | Agha Shahid Ali |
| ISBN | 0393317617 |
I had heard a lot about Agha Shahid Ali's poetry but never got a chance to read it until recently when I came across this book in a bookshop in Islamabad. The book is mainly set in Kashmir, a place with historical depth and rich cultural heritage, currently torn apart by occupation. Agha Shahid's poetry...
| Author | Jane Hirshfield |
| ISBN | 0307595420 |
A revelatory, indispensable collection of poems from Jane Hirshfield that centers on beauty, time, and the full embrace of an existence that time cannot help but steal from our arms.
Hirshfield is unsurpassed in her ability to sink into a moment’s essence and exchange something of herself...
| Author | A.K. Ramanujan |
| ISBN | 0140442707 |
Speaking of Siva is a selection of vacanas or free-verse sayings from the Virasaiva religious movement, dedicated to Siva as the supreme god. Written by four major saints, the greatest exponents of this poetic form, between the tenth and twelfth centuries, they are passionate lyrical expressions...
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 1888375167 |
Here is the impermanent
and yet continuously flowing world.
And, complicated. . . don't forget complicated world.
These poems, written by Thich Nhat Hanh, are divided up into two sections in this collection: Historical Dimension (written primarily during the '60s, during...
I have read this book dozens of times. So glad it is now available electronically and I can always have it with me.
This book, the first in a trilogy, is a great collection of stories, thoughts, penses and ideas. It is a book in the great Jewish wisdom tradition. Jacob is a baker, and each day on his...
| Author | Chan Khong |
| ISBN | 1888375671 |
Sister Chan Khong's autobiography tells the story of her spiritual and personal odyssey through the many years of her life. The book’s centerpiece is her moving account of her return to Vietnam, her homeland, after 40 years of exile. She describes in refreshing detail her emotional reactions,...
The Girl Who Ate Books: Adventures in Reading
| Author | Nilanjana Roy |
| ISBN | 9350297116 |
From Bankimchandra Chatterjee to G.V. Desani to Vikram Seth, Indian writing in English has come a long way over the last hundred years. And Nilanjana Roy – voracious eater of books and sharpest of critics – has taken stock of it all.
One of India’s most widely read journalists, Roy has...
கணையாழியின் கடைசிப் பக்கங்கள் [Kanaiyazhiyin Kadaisi Pakkangal]
| Author | சுஜாதா (Sujatha Rangarajan) |
I can never, ever, ever over state the brilliance of our legend Sujatha.
Some of the parts of Kanayaazhiyin.. were written 50 years ago and it's still damn relevant.
He has written about Steve Jobs in the 1980s, he typed his Tamil works in Macintosh systems(that too in 80s).Some of His...
| Author | Susan Hayward |
| ISBN | 0316357464 |
When I am looking for some guidance and inspiration this book comes handy, it comes to my rescue. For most part of my life, I felt I was in control of the proceedings, but there have been times when I was vulnerable, unsure about how to tackle a situation, react to it, or what to make of it, and in those times...
| Author | David R. Loy |
| ISBN | 0861715586 |
What's Wrong with Sex? How to Drive Your Karma Consciousness Commodified The Karma of Food The Three Poisons, Institutionalized Why We Love War
These are just some of the chapters in this brilliant book from David R. Loy.
In little time, Loy has become one of the most powerful advocates...
รวมเรื่องสั้นชุดที่สามของนักเขียนหนุ่มจากปักษ์ใต้ ซึ่งผ่านการเคี่ยวกรำจนข้นเข้ม เพื่อพิสูจน์ถึงคุณภาพของ...
| Author | Roy Moxham |
| ISBN | 0762436182 |
From the plantation to the breakfast table—the stimulating history of the world's obsession with tea from its first discovery in China to the present day. Moxham first became fascinated by the history of tea when he applied for a job to manage a plantation in Nyasaland, Africa. His book is a historical...
| Author | Feodor Gladkov |
| ISBN | 0810111608 |
A classic of socialist realism. Cement was the first novel to delineate the life of the people in relation to the economic policies of the Soviet state. Gleb, a heroic soldier, comes home from the revolution's wars to a world in transition as demonstrated by the reorganization of the local cement factory...
Holy Kural - Thirukkural in Tamil with English Translations
Thirukkural (or the Kural) is a collection of 1330 Tamil couplets organised into 133 chapters. Each chapter has a specific subject ranging from "ploughing a piece of land" to "ruling a country". According to the LIFCO Tamil-Tamil-English dictionary, the Tamil word Kural means Venpa verse with two...
| Author | B.R. Ambedkar |
| ISBN | 0143068970 |
Published in 2010, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Indian Republic, Penguin’s series Words of Freedom – Ideas of a Nation, showcases the speeches and writings of 14 visionaries who most influenced India’s fight for Independence.
The series consists of 14 separate books, each dedicated...
Kumarasambhava of Kalidasa
The Kumarasambhava of Kalidasa varies from the loveliness of spring and the delights of married love to the utter desolation induced by the death of beloved. The subject is unquestionably a daring one: the events which bring about the marriage of Lord Siva to Uma and the birth of Skanda. The prose order...
| Author | Salman Rushdie |
| ISBN | 1784872687 |
Salman Rushdie, a self-described ‘emigrant from one place and a newcomer in two’, explores the true meaning of home. Writing with insight, passion and humour, he looks at what it means to belong, whether roots are real and homelands imaginary, what it is like to reconfigure your past from fragments...
Bookless in Baghdad: Reflections on Writing and Writers
| Author | Shashi Tharoor |
| ISBN | 1559707577 |
To Dr. Shashi Tharoor,
97 Lodhi Estate,
New Delhi-03
Tel: 24644035
Fax: 24654158
Subject:- A letter asking for apology
Respected Sir,
Like a scale firmly settled on a pipe, refusing to budge, the image that I have conjured up of your alleged persona from the...
| Author | Roger Housden |
| ISBN | 0609609017 |
Great poetry calls into question everything. It dares us to break free from the safe strategies of the cautious mind. It opens us to pain and joy and delight. It amazes, startles, pierces, and transforms us. It can lead to communion and grace.
Through the voices of ten inspiring poets and his...
| Author | R.K. Laxman |
| ISBN | 0143028936 |
Although The Times of India was and is still dumb at its best, it was R.K. Laxman's satirical cartoons which had brought smile despite the sad state of the current affairs for the past fifteen years. The above image of a common man was perfectly depicted in them. R.K. Laxman was the younger brother...
In this sparkling, witty and impassioned essay – delivered as the keynote lecture at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2014 – Amartya Sen meets the Goddess of Medium Things who promises him seven wishes, one for each day of the week. As he spars with the goddess who is often bemused by his demands, Sen...
