Writers on Writing, Volume II: More Collected Essays from The New York Times
8 best books like Writers on Writing, Volume II: More Collected Essays from The New York Times (The New York Times): Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Interior Castle, If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times, The Way of the Bodhisattva, The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy Counseling, Thoughts in Solitude, Vendetta in Death
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
| Author | Anne Lamott |
| ISBN | 0385480016 |
"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. [It] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and...
| Author | Teresa of Ávila |
| ISBN | 0385036434 |
A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castle describes the seven stages of union with God. Using everyday language to explain difficult theological concepts, Teresa of Avila compares the contemplative life to a castle with seven chambers. Tracing the passage of the soul through each...
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
| Author | Brenda Ueland |
| ISBN | 1555972608 |
In her 93 remarkable years, Brenda Ueland published six million words. She said she had two rules she followed absolutely: to tell the truth, and not to do anything she didn't want to do. Her integrity shines throughout If You Want to Write, her best-selling classic on the process of writing that has already...
The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
| Author | Pema Chödrön |
| ISBN | 1590304497 |
We always have a choice, Pema Chodron teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom...
| Author | Śāntideva |
| ISBN | 1590300572 |
One of the great classics of Mahayana Buddhism, The Way of the Bodhisattva ( Bodhicharyavatara) is a guide to cultivating the mind of enlightenment, and to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. Presented in the form of a personal meditation in verse, it outlines...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0385030975 |
Originally written in Middle English by an unknown mystic of the fourteenth century, The Cloud of Unknowing represents the first expression in our own tongue of the soul's quest for God. A literary work of great beauty in both style and message, it offers a practical guide to the path of contemplation....
| Author | Thomas Merton |
| ISBN | 0374513252 |
Thoughtful and eloquent, as timely (or timeless) now as when it was originally published in 1956, Thoughts in Solitude addresses the pleasure of a solitary life, as well as the necessity for quiet reflection in an age when so little is private. Thomas Merton writes: "When society is made up of men who...
| Author | J.D. Robb |
| ISBN | 1250207177 |
The predator becomes the prey in the newest thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring homicide detective Eve Dallas.
She calls herself Lady Justice. And once she has chosen a man as her target, she turns herself into a tall blonde or a curvaceous redhead, makes herself as...
