On the Warrior's Path: Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology
8 best books like On the Warrior's Path: Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology (Daniele Bolelli): The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Zen in the Art of Archery, Shadows in the Sun: Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire, Venus on the Half-Shell, Moon Women, At the End of the Santa Fe Trail, Racing Odysseus: A College President Becomes a Freshman Again, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
| Author | Joseph Campbell |
| ISBN | 0691017840 |
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis with the archetypes of world mythology, the book creates a roadmap for navigating the frustrating path of contemporary life. Examining heroic myths in the light of modern psychology, it considers...
Zen in the Art of Archery
| Author | Eugen Herrigel |
| ISBN | 0375705090 |
The path to achieving Zen (a balance between the body and the mind) is brilliantly explained by Professor Eugen Herrigel in this timeless account.
This book is the result of the author’s six year quest to learn archery in the hands of Japanese Zen masters. It is an honest account of one man’s...
Shadows in the Sun: Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire
| Author | Wade Davis |
| ISBN | 0767904028 |
" One of the intense pleasures of travel is the opportunity to live among people who have not forgotten the old ways, who still feel their past in the wind, touch it in stones polished by rain, recognize its taste in the bitter leaves of plants."
In this riveting collection of stories and essays, gifted...
| Author | Philip José Farmer |
| ISBN | 0352398469 |
Simon Wagstaff is the Space Wanderer, a seeker of truth and electric banjo player who narrowly escapes the Deluge that destroys Earth when he happens upon an abandoned Chinese spaceship, the Hwang Ho. A man without a planet, he gains immortality from an elixir drunk during a sexual interlude with a cat-like...
| Author | Pamela Duncan |
| ISBN | 0385335210 |
In the lush North Carolina foothills, the Moon women have put down roots: matriarch Marvelle Moon, who’s losing her grip on the world after more than eighty years of life; her daughters, Ruth Ann and Cassandra; and Ruth Ann’s nineteen-year-old daughter, Ashley, fresh out of rehab, unmarried,...
At the End of the Santa Fe Trail
Originally published in 1932 and long unavailable, this memoir by a strong-willed and resourceful nun is a valuable addition to the story of women in the West. Sister Blandina (1850-1941) served in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico from 1872 to 1894 as a member of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati....
Racing Odysseus: A College President Becomes a Freshman Again
| Author | Roger H. Martin |
| ISBN | 0520255410 |
The idea of reliving youth is a common fantasy, but who among us is actually courageous enough to try it? After surviving a deadly cancer against tremendous odds, college president Roger H. Martin did just that—he enrolled at St. John's College, the Great Books school in Annapolis, Maryland, as a...
Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
FIND YOUR WILL, FIND YOUR DISCIPLINE – AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR FREEDOM
Jocko Willink's methods for success were born in the SEAL Teams, where he spent most of his adult life, enlisting after high school and rising through the ranks to become the commander of the most highly decorated special operations...
