Tracyy's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:09:46 -0700 60 Tracyy's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Married to Bhutan 9463102
In this funny, magical memoir, we accompany Linda Leaming on her travels through South Asia, sharing her experiences as she learns the language, customs, and religion; her surprising romance with a Buddhist artist; and her realizations about the unexpected path to happiness and accidental enlightenment.

As one of the few Americans to have lived in Bhutan, Leaming offers a rare glimpse into the quirky mountain kingdom so many have only dreamed of. For over ten years, Leaming has lived and worked in the town of Thimphu, where there are no traffic lights and fewer than 100,000 people. "If enlightenment is possible anywhere," she writes, "I think it is particularly possible here."

The Bhutanese way of life can seem daunting to most Westerners, whose lives are consumed with time, efficiency, and acquiring things. But Leaming shows us that we don't necessarily have to travel around the world to appreciate a little Bhutan in our own lives, ˛ą˛Ô»ĺĚýthat following our dreams is the way to be truly happy.]]> 264 Linda Leaming 1401928463 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.76 2011 Married to Bhutan
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]]> The Mary Shelley Club 48424478
To her surprise, however, the prank attracts the attention of the Mary Shelley Club, a secret club of students with one objective: come up with the scariest prank to orchestrate real fear. But as the pranks escalate, the competition turns cutthroat and takes on a life of its own.

When the tables are turned and someone targets the club itself, Rachel must track down the real-life monster in their midst . . . even if it means finally confronting the dark secrets from her past.]]> 468 Goldy Moldavsky 1250230101 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.91 2021 The Mary Shelley Club
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies]]> 192686 192 Cicely Mary Barker 0723248397 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.47 1923 The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies
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]]> <![CDATA[A Hunger Artist (Short Prose of Franz Kafka)]]> 141352 A Hunger Artist (1924) explores many of the themes that were close to him: spiritual poverty, asceticism, futility, and the alienation of the modern artist.

He edited the manuscript just before his death, and these four stories are some of his best known and most powerful work, marking his maturity as a writer. In addition to "First Sorrow," "A Little Woman," and "Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse People" is the title story, "A Hunger Artist," which has been called by the critic Heinz Politzer "a perfection, a fatal fulfillment that expresses Kafka's desire for permanence."

The three volumes Twisted Spoon Press has published: Contemplation, A Country Doctor, and A Hunger Artist are the collections of stories that Kafka had published during his lifetime. Though each volume has its own distinctive character, they have most often appeared in English in collected editions. They are presented here as separate editions, in new translations by Kevin Blahut, each with its own illustrator from the Prague community.]]> 84 Franz Kafka 8090217117 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.15 1924 A Hunger Artist (Short Prose of Franz Kafka)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Field Guide to Happiness: What I Learned in Bhutan about Living, Loving, and Waking Up]]> 20701949 In the West, we have everything we could possibly need or want—except for peace of mind.

So writes Linda Leaming, a harried American who traveled from Nashville, Tennessee, to the rugged Himalayan nation of Bhutan—sometimes called the happiest place on Earth—to teach English and unlearn her politicized and polarized, energetic and impatient way of life.

In Bhutan if I have three things to do in a week, it’s considered busy. In the U.S., I have at least three things to do between breakfast and lunch.

After losing her luggage immediately upon arrival, Leaming realized that she also had emotional baggage—a tendency toward inaction, a touch of self-absorption, and a hundred other trite, stupid, embarrassing, and inconsequential things—that needed to get lost as well.

Pack up ideas and feelings that tie you down and send you lead-footed down the wrong path. Put them in a metaphorical suitcase and sling it over a metaphorical bridge in your mind. Let the river take them away.

Forced by circumstance and her rustic surroundings to embrace a simplified life, Leaming made room for more useful beliefs. The thin air and hard climbs of her mountainous commute put her deeply in touch with her breath, helping her find focus and appreciation. The archaic, glacially paced bureaucracy of a Bhutanese bank taught her to go with the flow—and take up knitting. The ancient ritual of drinking tea brought tranquility, friendship, and, eventually, a husband. Each day, and each adventure, in her adopted home brought new insights and understandings to take back to frantic America, where she now practices the art of “simulating Bhutan.� This collection of stories, impressions, and suggestions is a little nudge, a push, a leg up into the rarefied air of paradise—of bright sunlight and beautiful views.

]]> 252 Linda Leaming 1401945090 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.85 2014 A Field Guide to Happiness: What I Learned in Bhutan about Living, Loving, and Waking Up
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]]> The Book of Man 2416962 The Book of Men describes what it means to be a man and explores the masculine aspect of human beings. Topics covered include sexuality, love, work, and politics. Osho has been a writer for The Sunday Times of London and is one of the top ten people who have changed India’s destiny.

]]> 277 Osho 0143032313 Tracyy 0 4.05 1999 The Book of Man
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]]> <![CDATA[The Little Mermaid and Other Tales]]> 522399 384 Hans Christian Andersen 0781807204 Tracyy 3 4.19 The Little Mermaid and Other Tales
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]]> <![CDATA[Freedom: The Courage to Be Yourself]]> 97015
In Freedom , Osho outlines three stages of freedom. The first is “freedom from,� which is a freedom that comes from breaking out of what he calls the “psychological slavery� imposed by outside forces such as parents, society, or religion. The next stage is “freedom for,� a positive freedom that comes from embracing and creating something―a fulfilling relationship, for example, or an artistic or humanitarian vision. And lastly there is “just freedom,� the highest and ultimate freedom. This last freedom is more than being for or against something; it is the freedom of simply being oneself and responding truthfully to each moment.

This book helps readers to identify the obstacles to their freedom, both circumstantial and self-imposed, to choose their battles wisely, and to find the courage to be true to themselves.

Osho challenges readers to examine and break free of the conditioned belief systems and prejudices that limit their capacity to enjoy life in all its richness. He has been described by the Sunday Times of London as one of the �1000 Makers of the 20th Century� and by Sunday Mid-Day (India) as one of the ten people―along with Gandhi, Nehru, and Buddha―who have changed the destiny of India. Since his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world.]]> 186 Osho 0312320701 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.08 2004 Freedom: The Courage to Be Yourself
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]]> <![CDATA[Creativity (Osho Insights for a New Way of Living)]]> 97007
But nowadays, the situation has dramatically changed. In today's world, the ability to respond creatively to new challenges is demanded of everybody, from corporate CEOs to "soccer moms." Those whose toolbox for dealing with life includes only what they have learned in the past from their parents and their teachers are at a distinct disadvantage both in their relationships and in their careers. Making a switch from imitative and rule-bound behavior to creative innovation and flexibility requires a profound change in our attitudes about ourselves and our capabilities.

Creativity is a handbook for those who understand the need to bring more creativity, playfulness, and flexibility to their lives. It's a manual for thinking "outside the box"-and learning to live there as well.]]> 194 Osho 0312205198 Tracyy 5 4.19 1999 Creativity (Osho Insights for a New Way of Living)
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]]> Confess 22609310
For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is hiding a huge secret. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it—but can she do it?]]> 306 Colleen Hoover 1476791457 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.14 2015 Confess
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]]> The Little Mermaid 132391 Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but present lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2.

About the author
Hans Christian Andersen, one of the best known figures in literature, is best know for combining traditional folk tales with his own great imagination to produce fairy tales known to most children today. The Danish writer was born in the slums of Odense. Although he was raised in poverty, he eventually attended Copenhagen University.
Although Andersen wrote poems, plays and books, he is best known for his Fairy Tales and Other Stories, written between 1835 and 1872. This work includes such famous tales as The Emperor's New Clothes, Little Ugly Duckling, The Tinderbox, Little Claus and Big Claus, Princess and the Pea, The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, The Nightingale, The Story of a Mother and The Swineherd.
Andersen's greatest work is still influential today, helping mold some of the works of writers ranging from Charles Dickens to Oscar Wilde and inspiring many of the works of Disney and other motion pictures.
Andersen, who traveled greatly during his life, died in his home in Rolighed on August 4, 1875.
(Bowker Author Biography)]]> 48 Hans Christian Andersen Tracyy 4 3.98 1836 The Little Mermaid
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]]> Letter to My Father 3765599
Letter to Father is considered the key to the literary work of Franz Kafka (1883-1924). This impressive testimony of a dramatic father-son conflict is an exceptional document in world literature. At once an indictment and a self-analysis, it gives the reader an insight into the complex inner life of its author. In a vivid captivating style, Kafka attempts to settle accounts with his authoritarian father, who appeared to him so tyrannical and omnipotent that he could write: "Sometimes I imagine the map of of the world spread out and you stretched diagonally across it."]]> 104 Franz Kafka 1847997511 Tracyy 5 4.18 1919 Letter to My Father
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]]> <![CDATA[Intimacy: Trusting Oneself and the Other]]> 97001
This quality has very little to do with the physical, though sex is certainly one possible door. Far more important is a willingness to expose our deepest feelings and vulnerabilities, with the trust that the other person will treat them with care. Ultimately, the willingness to take the risk of intimacy has to be grounded in an inner strength that knows that even if the other remains closed, even if that trust is betrayed, we will not suffer any permanent damage.

In this gentle and compassionate guide, Osho takes his readers step-by-step through what makes people afraid of intimacy, how to encounter those fears and go beyond them, and what they can do to nourish themselves and their relationships to support more openness and trust.

OSHO challenges readers to examine and break free of the conditioned belief systems and prejudices that limit their capacity to life in all its richness. He has been described by the Sunday Times of London as one of the "1000 Makers of the 20th Century" and by Sunday Mid-Day (India) as one of the ten people-along with Gandhi, Nehru, and Buddha-who have changed the destiny of India. More than a decade after his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world.]]> 172 Osho 0312275668 Tracyy 4 4.19 2001 Intimacy: Trusting Oneself and the Other
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway]]> 4625 THE ONLY COMPLETE COLLECTION BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR

In this definitive collection of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, readers will delight in the author's most beloved classics such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "Hills Like White Elephants," and "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and will discover seven new tales published for the first time in this collection. For Hemingway fans The Complete Short Stories is an invaluable treasury.]]> 650 Ernest Hemingway 0684843323 Tracyy 4 4.30 1987 The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
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]]> The Haunting of Hill House 89717 182 Shirley Jackson 0143039989 Tracyy 5 3.85 1959 The Haunting of Hill House
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5)]]> 20821043 452 Tana French 0670026328 Tracyy 3 3.82 2014 The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)]]> 15749186
But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh.

As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.]]> 355 Jenny Han 1442426713 Tracyy 3 4.04 2014 To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
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]]> A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1622 298 William Shakespeare 0743477545 Tracyy 5 3.95 1595 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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]]> Ignorance 78728 A man and a woman meet by chance while returning to their homeland, which they had abandoned twenty years earlier when they had chosen to become exiles. Will they manage to pick up the thread of their strange love story, interrupted almost as soon as it began and then lost in the tides of history? The truth is that after such a long absence "their memories no longer match." We always believe that our memories coincide with those of the person we loved, that we experienced the same thing. But this is just an illusion. Then again, what can we expect of our weak memory? It records only "an insignificant, minuscule particle" of the past, "and no one knows why it's this bit and not any other bit." We live our lives sunk in a vast forgetting, a fact we refuse to recognize. Only those who return after twenty years, like Odysseus returning to his native Ithaca, can be dazzled and astounded by observing the goddess of ignorance firsthand.

Milan Kundera is the only author today who can take such dizzying concepts as absence, memory, forgetting, and ignorance, and transform them into material for a novel, masterfully orchestrating them into a polyphonic and moving work.

Author Biography: The Franco-Czech novelist Milan Kundera was born in Brno and has lived in France, his second homeland, for more than twenty years.

He is the author of the novels The Joke, Life Is Elsewhere, The Farewell Party, The Books of Laughter and Forgetting, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and Immortality, and the short story collection Laughable Loves, all originally written in Czech.

Like Slowness, his two earlier nonfiction works, The Art ofthe Novel and Testaments Betrayed, were originally written in French.

]]> 195 Milan Kundera 0060002107 Tracyy 3 3.85 2000 Ignorance
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]]> Moby-Dick or, The Whale 153747 "It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it."

So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby-Dick is also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

This edition of Moby-Dick, which reproduces the definitive text of the novel, includes invaluable explanatory notes, along with maps, illustrations, and a glossary of nautical terms.]]> 720 Herman Melville 0142437247 Tracyy 5 3.53 1851 Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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]]> <![CDATA[Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #3)]]> 7093952
But on the winter night when they were supposed to leave, Rosie didn't show. Frank took it for granted that she'd given him the brush-off--probably because of his alcoholic father, nutcase mother, and generally dysfunctional family. He never went home again.

Neither did Rosie. Everyone thought she had gone to England on her own and was over there living a shiny new life. Then, twenty-two years later, Rosie's suitcase shows up behind a fireplace in a derelict house on Faithful Place, and Frank is going home whether he likes it or not.

Getting sucked in is a lot easier than getting out again. Frank finds himself straight back in the dark tangle of relationships he left behind. The cops working the case want him out of the way, in case loyalty to his family and community makes him a liability. Faithful Place wants him out because he’s a detective now, and the Place has never liked cops. Frank just wants to find out what happened to Rosie Daly-and he’s willing to do whatever it takes, to himself or anyone else, to get the job done.]]> 400 Tana French 0670021873 Tracyy 3 3.98 2010 Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #3)
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]]> Alice in Wonderland 13023 This is an adaptation. For the editions of the original book, see here .

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. Its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.]]> 96 Jane Carruth 0517223627 Tracyy 5 4.03 1865 Alice in Wonderland
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]]> The Old Man and the Sea 2165 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

This short novel, already a modern classic, is the superbly told, tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses—specifically referred to in the citation accompanying the author's Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.]]> 96 Ernest Hemingway 0684830493 Tracyy 5 3.81 1952 The Old Man and the Sea
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]]> Dracula 17245 You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival.

In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.

This Norton Critical Edition includes a rich selection of background and source materials in three areas: Contexts includes probable inspirations for Dracula in the earlier works of James Malcolm Rymer and Emily Gerard. Also included are a discussion of Stoker's working notes for the novel and "Dracula's Guest," the original opening chapter to Dracula. Reviews and Reactions reprints five early reviews of the novel. "Dramatic and Film Variations" focuses on theater and film adaptations of Dracula, two indications of the novel's unwavering appeal. David J. Skal, Gregory A. Waller, and Nina Auerbach offer their varied perspectives. Checklists of both dramatic and film adaptations are included.

Criticism collects seven theoretical interpretations of Dracula by Phyllis A. Roth, Carol A. Senf, Franco Moretti, Christopher Craft, Bram Dijkstra, Stephen D. Arata, and Talia Schaffer.

A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.]]> 488 Bram Stoker 0393970124 Tracyy 5 4.02 1897 Dracula
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]]> Anna Karenina 152
«Nos capítulos iniciais de Anna Karénina, somos conduzidos, uma e outra vez, a um sentido de analogia musical. Há efeitos de contraponto e harmonia no desenvolvimento das principais tramas do “prelúdio Oblonski� (o acidente na estação ferroviária, a zombadora discussão sobre o divórcio entre Vronski e a baronesa Chilton, o deslumbramento do fogo vermelho diante dos olhos de Anna). O método de Tolstoi é polifónico; mas as harmonias principais desen- volvem-se com uma tremenda força e amplitude. As técnicas musicais e linguísticas não podem comparar-se de um modo exato. Mas como poderíamos elucidar de outro modo o sentimento de que as novelas de Tolstoi surgem de um princípio interior de ordem e vitalidade, enquanto as dos escritores menos importantes parecem alinhavadas?»

«Anna Karénina morre no mundo do romance; mas cada vez que lemos o livro ela ressuscita, e mesmo depois de o termos acabado adquire outra vida na nossa recordação. Em cada personagem literária existe algo da Fénix imortal. Através das vidas perduráveis das suas personagens, a própria existência de Tolstoi teve a sua eternidade.» [George Steiner, Tolstoi ou Dostoievski]]]> 960 Leo Tolstoy Tracyy 4 3.96 1878 Anna Karenina
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]]> The Metamorphosis 485894 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes."

With it's startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing—though absurdly comic—meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man."]]> 201 Franz Kafka 0553213695 Tracyy 4 3.90 1915 The Metamorphosis
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]]> Gone with the Wind 18405 1037 Margaret Mitchell 0446365386 Tracyy 4 4.30 1936 Gone with the Wind
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]]> Brida 68591 264 Paulo Coelho 9504915248 Tracyy 4 3.50 1990 Brida
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]]> <![CDATA[The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)]]> 23807
Dr. Lecter is a former psychiatrist with a grisly history, unusual tastes, and an intense curiosity about the darker corners of the mind. His intimate understanding of the killer and of Clarice herself form the core of "The Silence of the Lambs"—an ingenious, masterfully written book and an unforgettable classic of suspense fiction.]]> 421 Thomas Harris Tracyy 4 4.25 1988 The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Letter from Your Lover]]> 12986521 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, a sophisticated, page-turning double love story spanning forty years and an unforgettable Brief Encounter for our times

It is 1960. When Jennifer Stirling wakes up in the hospital, she can remember nothing-not the tragic car accident that put her there, not her husband, not even who she is. She feels like a stranger in her own life until she stumbles upon an impassioned letter, signed simply "B", asking her to leave her husband.

Years later, in 2003, a journalist named Ellie discovers the same enigmatic letter in a forgotten file in her newspaper's archives. She becomes obsessed by the story and hopeful that it can resurrect her faltering career. Perhaps if these lovers had a happy ending she will find one to her own complicated love life, too. Ellie's search will rewrite history and help her see the truth about her own modern romance.

A spellbinding, intoxicating love story with a knockout ending, The Last Letter from Your Lover will appeal to the readers who have made One Day and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society bestsellers.]]> 432 Jojo Moyes Tracyy 5 3.96 2011 The Last Letter from Your Lover
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]]> <![CDATA[Fame, Fortune, and Ambition: What Is the Real Meaning of Success? (Osho Life Essentials)]]> 7030007
The Osho Life Essentials series focuses on the most important questions in the life of the individual. Each volume contains timeless and always-contemporary investigations and discussions into questions vital to our personal search for meaning and purpose, focusing on questions specific to our inner life and quality of existence.

Fame, Fortune, and Ambition examines the symptoms and psychology of preoccupations with money and celebrity. Where does greed come from? Do values like competitiveness and ambition have a place in bringing innovation and positive change? Why do celebrities and the wealthy seem to have so much influence in the world? Is it true that money can’t buy happiness? These questions are tackled with a perspective that is thought-provoking, surprising--and particularly relevant to our troubled economic times.

Fame, Fortune, and Ambition includes an original talk by Osho on DVD. This visual component enables the reader to experience the direct wisdom and humor of Osho straight from the source.]]> 198 Osho 0312595441 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.21 2010 Fame, Fortune, and Ambition: What Is the Real Meaning of Success? (Osho Life Essentials)
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]]> Love, Rosie 147865
She gets into Boston University, Alex gets into Harvard, and everything is falling into place, when on the eve of her departure, Rosie gets news that will change their lives forever: She's pregnant by a boy she'd gone out with while on the rebound from Alex.

Her dreams for college, Alex, and a glamorous career dashed, Rosie stays in Dublin to become a single mother, while Alex pursues a medical career and a new love in Boston. But destiny is a funny thing, and in this novel, structured as a series of clever e-mails, letters, notes, and a trail of missed opportunities, Alex and Rosie find out that fate isn't done with them yet.

Sometimes you have to look at life in a whole new way...

From the bestselling author of PS, I Love You comes a delightfully enchanting novel about what happens when two people who are meant to be together just can't seem to get it right.]]> 512 Cecelia Ahern 0786891084 Tracyy 5 3.95 2004 Love, Rosie
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]]> Kafka on the Shore 4929 Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddle—yet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own.]]> 467 Haruki Murakami 1400079276 Tracyy 3 4.14 2002 Kafka on the Shore
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]]> Letters to Milena 88340 Letters to Milena, which begin essentially as a business correspondence but soon develop into a passionate "letter love." Milena Jesenská was a gifted and charismatic woman of twenty-three. Kafka's Czech translator, she was uniquely able to recognize his complex genius and his even more complex character. For the thirty-six-year-old Kafka, she was "a living fire, such as I have never seen." It was to her that he revealed his most intimate self. It was to her that, after the end of the affair, he entrusted the safekeeping of his diaries.

Newly translated, revised, and expanded, this edition contains material previously omitted because of its extreme sensitivity. Also included for the first time are letters and essays by Milena Jesenská, herself a talented writer as well as the recipient of these documents of Kafka's love, anxiety, and despair.]]> 298 Franz Kafka 0805208852 Tracyy 5 4.10 1952 Letters to Milena
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]]> Stumbling on Happiness 6650499
� Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink?

� Why will sighted people pay more to avoid going blind than blind people will pay to regain their sight?

� Why do dining companions insist on ordering different meals instead of getting what they really want?

� Why do pigeons seem to have such excellent aim; why can’t we remember one song while listening to another; and why does the line at the grocery store always slow down the moment we join it?

In this brilliant, witty, and accessible book, renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusions of foresight that cause each of us to misconceive our tomorrows and misestimate our satisfactions. With penetrating insight and sparkling prose, Gilbert explains why we seem to know so little about the hearts and minds of the people we are about to become.]]> 336 Daniel Todd Gilbert 0307265307 Tracyy 2 3.94 2006 Stumbling on Happiness
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]]> The Trial 17690 The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, The Trial has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers.]]> 255 Franz Kafka Tracyy 3 4.00 1925 The Trial
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]]> The Castle 333538 Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman

Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published until 1926, two years after his death, The Castle is the haunting tale of K.’s relentless, unavailing struggle with an inscrutable authority in order to gain access to the Castle. Scrupulously following the fluidity and breathlessness of the sparsely punctuated original manuscript, Mark Harman’s new translation reveals levels of comedy, energy, and visual power, previously unknown to English language readers.]]> 328 Franz Kafka 0805211063 Tracyy 3 3.97 1926 The Castle
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]]> <![CDATA[The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness]]> 43306206
The Courage to Be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future free of the shackles of past experiences, doubts and the expectations of others. It’s a philosophy that’s profoundly liberating, allowing us to develop the courage to change, and to ignore the limitations that we and those around us can place on ourselves.

The result is a book that is both highly accessible and profound in its importance. Millions have already read and benefited from its wisdom. Now that The Courage to Be Disliked has been published for the first time in English, so can you.]]> 288 Ichiro Kishimi Tracyy 0 3.90 2013 The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
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]]> <![CDATA[The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts]]> 28636 176 Milan Kundera 0060841869 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.01 2005 The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts
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]]> The Book of Woman 6185643 226 Osho 0143028618 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.86 1976 The Book of Woman
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]]> <![CDATA[Love, Freedom, Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships]]> 97008
Love can only happen through freedom and in conjunction with a deep respect for ourselves and the other. Is it possible to be alone and not lonely? Where are the boundaries that define "lust" versus "love"...and can lust ever grow into love? In Love, Freedom, Aloneness you will find unique, radical, and intelligent perspectives on these and other essential questions. In our post-ideological world, where old moralities are out of date, we have a golden opportunity to redefine and revitalize the very foundations of our lives. We have the chance to start afresh with ourselves, our relationships to others, and to find fulfillment and success for the individual and for society as a whole.]]> 244 Osho 0312291620 Tracyy 4 4.14 2001 Love, Freedom, Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships
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]]> <![CDATA[The White Woman on the Green Bicycle]]> 11248297 A beautifully written, unforgettable novel of a troubled marriage, set against the lush landscape and political turmoil of Trinidad—by the award-winning author of The Mermaid of Black ConchMonique Roffey's Orange Prize-shortlisted novel is a gripping portrait of postcolonialism that stands among great works by Caribbean writers like Jamaica Kincaid and Andrea Levy. When George and Sabine Harwood arrive in Trinidad from England, George is immediately seduced by the beguiling island, while Sabine feels isolated, heat-fatigued, and ill-at-ease. As they adapt to new circumstances, their marriage endures for better or worse, despite growing political unrest and racial tensions that affect their daily lives. But when George finds a cache of letters that Sabine has hidden from him, the discovery sets off a devastating series of consequences as other secrets begin to emerge.]]> 437 Monique Roffey 1101514051 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.55 2009 The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
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]]> <![CDATA[The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories]]> 99300
Written from a feminist perspective, often focusing on the inferior status accorded to women by society, the tales include "turned," an ironic story with a startling twist, in which a husband seduces and impregnates a naĂŻve servant; "Cottagette," concerning the romance of a young artist and a man who's apparently too good to be true; "Mr. Peebles' Heart," a liberating tale of a fiftyish shopkeeper whose sister-in-law, a doctor, persuades him to take a solo trip to Europe, with revivifying results; "The Yellow Wallpaper"; and three other outstanding stories.

These charming tales are not only highly readable and full of humor and invention, but also offer ample food for thought about the social, economic, and personal relationship of men and women � and how they might be improved.

Collects:
—The Yellow Wallpaper
—Three Thanksgivings
—The Cottagette
—TłÜ°ů˛Ô±đ»ĺ
—Making a Change
—If I Were a Man
—Mr. Peebles' Heart]]> 129 Charlotte Perkins Gilman 0486298574 Tracyy 4 4.05 1892 The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
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]]> Winter Stroll (Winter, #2) 24819476 "Happy Holidays 2015! It has been a rough year for the Quinns, but I would like to start by saying thank you for all of the well wishes and positive missives sent our way."

Another Christmas on Nantucket finds Winter Street Inn owner Kelley Quinn reflecting on the past year as he writes a holiday letter to friends and family. Though the year has had its share of misfortune and worry, the Quinns have much to celebrate. Kelley, now single, at least is on better terms with his first wife Margaret, who is using her celebrity to lure customers to the inn in record numbers. Their son Kevin has a beautiful new baby, Genevieve, with the Inn's French housekeeper, Isabelle; and their daughter, Ava, is finally dating a nice guy--her devoted colleague, Scott.

Now the Quinns are looking forward to celebrating Genevieve's baptism, welcoming Isabelle to the family, and enjoying the cheer of Nantucket's traditional Christmas Stroll. But just when a peaceful family gathering seems within reach, Kelley's estranged second wife, Mitzi, shows up on the island after souring on her relationship with the inn's former Santa Claus. Soon Kelley isn't the only Quinn entertaining a surprise guest from Christmases past as lovers old and new gather beneath the mistletoe. With jealousy, passion, and eggnog consumption at an all-time high, it's going to take a whole lot more than a Christmas miracle to get the Quinns--and the inn--through the holidays intact.]]> 263 Elin Hilderbrand 0316261130 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.79 2015 Winter Stroll (Winter, #2)
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]]> Ngọc sáng trong hoa sen 13625024
Khi Trung Hoa Cá»™ng sản thắng tháş� tại Hoa lục, Ă´ng phải rời Trung Hoa nhĆ°ng lòng váş«n luĂ´n luĂ´n hĆ°á»›ng vá»� mảnh đất nĂ y nhĆ° quĂŞ hương thá»� hai của mình. Khi cuá»™c Cách mạng VÄn hĂła bĂąng ná»�, Ă´ng lĂ  người phương Tây đầu tiĂŞn Ä‘ĂŁ viáşżt kháng thĆ° phản đối vĂ  gọi hình ảnh Hồng vá»� binh đốt sách vá»�, phá Ä‘á»n miáşżu lĂ  những “hĂ nh Ä‘á»™ng phá hoại tồi tá»� trong lịch sá»� nhân loạiâ€�. Äau Ä‘á»›n trĆ°á»›c thảm trạng hủy diệt vÄn hĂła, Ă´ng âm thầm sĆ°u tầm, phiĂŞn dịch các tác pháş©m lá»›n của Trung Hoa ra Anh ngá»�, khĂ´ng phải chá»� cho Ä‘á»™c giáş� phương Tây mĂ  còn cho cáş� tháş� há»� sau của người Trung Hoa lĆ°u vong. Ă”ng lĂ  người Tây phương duy nhất mĂ  tĂ´i được biáşżt Ä‘ĂŁ thiáşżt tha lĂ m cĂ´ng việc bảo tồn truyá»n thống vÄn hĂła Trung Hoa.

TĂ´i quen John Blofeld trong thời gian Ă´ng giảng dạy vÄn hĂła châu Ă tại Äại học Syracuse, New York. Tuy lĂ  má»™t “quĂ˝ Ă´ngâ€� người Anh nhĆ°ng Ă´ng còn cĂł tác phong của má»™t káş� sÄ© Trung Hoa, lĂşc nĂ o cĹ©ng khoan thai, nghiĂŞm trang vĂ  Ä‘iá»m đạm. Ă”ng sống thanh bạch trong cÄn phòng nhá»�, trang trĂ­ giản dá»� vá»›i bĂ n thá»� Pháş­t, tá»� sách vĂ  má»™t tấm thảm Ä‘á»� ngồi thiá»n. Ă”ng dĂ nh trọn phần đời còn lại Ä‘á»� viáşżt sách vĂ  dạy học. Äiá»u lĂ m tĂ´i ngạc nhiĂŞn hơn cáş� lĂ  ngoĂ i việc soạn thảo tĂ i liệu giáo khoa, Ă´ng còn dĂ nh thời gian sáng tác thơ Äường luáş­t, má»™t thá»� thơ khĂł mĂ  lĂ m cho tháş­t hay. KhĂ´ng những tháş�, Ă´ng còn má»� khĂła dạy những người Má»� tráş� gốc Trung Hoa vá»� niĂŞm luáş­t thơ Äường vĂ  luĂ´n luĂ´n khuyĂŞn há»� đừng bao giá»� quĂŞn cái gia tĂ i vÄn hĂła quĂ˝ báu mĂ  cha Ă´ng há»� Ä‘ĂŁ Ä‘á»� lại.

NÄm 1987, tuy náş±m trĂŞn giường bệnh nhĆ°ng Ă´ng váş«n cá»� gắng soạn thảo má»™t cuốn sách báş±ng tiáşżng Trung Hoa, viáşżt cho những người tráş� sống tại Hoa lục. Ná»™i dung cuốn sách tha thiáşżt kĂŞu gọi lá»›p người nĂ y hĂŁy cá»� gắng tìm vá»� vĂ  bảo tồn truyá»n thống cao Ä‘áşąp của há»� mĂ  tháş� há»� trĆ°á»›c Ä‘ĂŁ cĂł nhiá»u hĂ nh Ä‘á»™ng hủy diệt. TrĆ°á»›c khi mất, Ă´ng soạn má»™t bĂ i trường thi viáşżt theo thá»� Äường luáş­t Ä‘á»� táş·ng báş±ng hữu bốn phương vĂ  má»™t lá thĆ° dĂ i viáşżt cho các Ä‘á»™c giáş�. (Ghi chĂş: lá thĆ° ấy Ä‘ĂŁ được Ä‘Ć°a vĂ o phần Phá»� lục của quyá»n sách nĂ y).

John Blofeld khĂ´ng những lĂ  má»™t học giáş� uyĂŞn bác vá»›i rất nhiá»u tác pháş©m giá trá»� mĂ  còn lĂ  má»™t Pháş­t tá»� tu theo hạnh Bá»� Tát. Chá»� ná»™i hai Ä‘iá»u nĂ y Ä‘ĂŁ bảo đảm giá trá»� những cuốn sách của Ă´ng nhĆ°ng hơn tháş� nữa, Ă´ng còn lĂ  má»™t người thiáşżt tha vá»›i Chân, Thiện, Má»�, má»™t người Ä‘ĂŁ lÄ©nh há»™i được tinh hoa phương ÄĂ´ng rồi trao truyá»n cho Ä‘á»™c giáş� khắp nơi trĂŞn tháş� giá»›i.

Huston Smith

Giáo sĆ° triáşżt học phương ÄĂ´ng, Äại học Syracuse, New York

Giảng sĆ° Thần học, Äại học Berkeley, California]]> John Blofeld Tracyy 5 4.34 1975 Ngọc sáng trong hoa sen
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]]> HĂ nh Trình Vá»� Phương ÄĂ´ng 7132852
Bá»� sách nĂ y gồm 6 táş­p, bản quyá»n nÄm 1924, 1937 do DeVorss & Company xuất bản. Má»™t phần của hồi kĂ˝ Ä‘ĂŁ được chuyá»n sang Việt ngá»� vá»›i tá»±a Ä‘á»� HĂ nh trình vá»� phương ÄĂ´ng.

Bá»� sách thuáş­t lại những cuá»™c hĂ nh trình vĂ o nÄm 1894 Ä‘áşżn Ấn Ä‘á»� vĂ  các nĆ°á»›c lân cáş­n của má»™t phái Ä‘oĂ n nghiĂŞn cứu gồm 11 nhĂ  khoa học. Trong chuyáşżn Ä‘i, há»� xác nháş­n Ä‘ĂŁ cĂł những cuá»™c tiáşżp xĂşc vá»›i 'Những báş­c Chân SĆ° cao cáş� trĂŞn dĂŁy Himalaya', những người Ä‘ĂŁ thắng Ä‘oạt tá»� thần. Phái Ä‘oĂ n Ä‘ĂŁ cĂąng sống, nghiĂŞn cứu vá»›i những báş­c Chân SĆ° vĂ  Ä‘ĂŁ gáş·t hái được sá»� hiá»u biáşżt sâu sắc vá»� cuá»™c sống vĂ  tháş� giá»›i tâm linh. Nhá»� sá»� tiáşżp xĂşc gần gĹ©i Ä‘Ăł, phái Ä‘oĂ n Ä‘ĂŁ chứng kiáşżn rất nhiá»u vá»� Chân SĆ° hiá»n lá»� những quyá»n nÄng tinh thần trong cuá»™c sống hĂ ng ngĂ y, những Ä‘iá»u mĂ  đối vá»›i người bình thường lĂ  phĂ©p láş�. Trong sá»� những phĂ©p láş� Ä‘Ăł cĂł Ä‘i trĂŞn máş·t nĆ°á»›c, hay hĂła bánh mì ra nhiá»u giĂşp cáş� má»™t Ä‘oĂ n người qua cơn Ä‘Ăłi.

Vá»›i cách trình bĂ y trong sáng, tá»� ngá»� gần gĹ©i, bá»� sách trĆ°á»›c sau Ä‘ĂŁ trá»� thĂ nh phá»� thĂ´ng đối vá»›i những người tìm kiáşżm đời sống tâm linh, những người cĂł hứng thĂş vá»›i ná»n minh triáşżt Ă ÄĂ´ng, vĂ  những người thĂ­ch đọc sách.]]> 256 Baird T. Spalding Tracyy 5 4.20 1924 HĂ nh Trình Vá» Phương ÄĂ´ng
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]]> White Nights 1772910 82 Fyodor Dostoevsky Tracyy 0 to-read 4.16 1848 White Nights
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]]> The Death of Ivan Ilych 18386
How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?

This short novel was an artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period following the publication of Anna Karenina during which he wrote not a word of fiction.
A thoroughly absorbing, and, at times, terrifying glimpse into the abyss of death, it is also a strong testament to the possibility of finding spiritual salvation.]]> 86 Leo Tolstoy Tracyy 0 to-read 4.12 1886 The Death of Ivan Ilych
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]]> War and Peace 656
War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.

As Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving—and human—figures in world literature.


Tolstoy gave his personal approval to this translation, published here in a new single volume edition, which includes an introduction by Henry Gifford, and Tolstoy's important essay `Some Words about War and Peace'.]]> 1392 Leo Tolstoy 0192833987 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.14 1869 War and Peace
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]]> <![CDATA[The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy]]> 8762337

Leo Tolstoy was born in the year 1828 and died in the year 1910, at the age of 82. A writer from Russia, he mainly wrote short stories and novels. He also wrote essays and plays later in life. His most popular novels are Anna Karenina and War and Peace, and these are regarded as some of the best novels in the field of literature. He is often honored as one of the best novelists of all time. His book on the non-violent form of resistance, The Kingdom of God is Within You, inspired great reformers like Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. He is also well known for his criticism of William Shakespeare. (From Flipkart.com)]]> 384 Leo Tolstoy 8184950314 Tracyy 5 4.17 2008 The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy
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]]> The Oceans and the Stars 98653877 Mark Helprin, the #1  New York Times best-selling author of  Winter’s Tale ˛ą˛Ô»ĺĚýA Soldier of the Great War , returns with a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of falling in love.
     
A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined always to do what’s right. In defending the development of a new variant of warship, he makes an enemy of the President of the United States, who assigns him to command the doomed line’s only prototype­–� Athena , Patrol Coastal 15­­––with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral.
     
Rather than resign, Rensselaer takes the new assignment in stride, and while supervising Athena ’s fitting out in New Orleans, encounters a brilliant lawyer, Katy Farrar, with whom he falls in last-chance love. Soon thereafter, he is deployed on a mission that subjects his integrity, morality, and skill to the ultimate test, and ensures that Athena will live forever in the annals of the Navy.
   
As in the  Odyssey , Katy is the force that keeps him alive and the beacon that lights the way home through seven battles, mutiny, and court martial. In classic literary form, an enthralling new novel that extolls the virtues of living by the laws of conscience, decency, and sacrifice,  The Oceans and the Stars  is nothing short of a masterpiece.]]> 512 Mark Helprin 1419769081 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.29 2023 The Oceans and the Stars
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]]> End of Story 202914347
So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . . living alongside his beautiful second wife, Diana; his wayward nephew, Freddy; and his protective daughter, Madeleine. Soon Nicky finds herself caught in an irresistible case of real-life “detective fever.�

“You and I might even solve an old mystery or two.�

Twenty years earlier—on New Year’s Eve 1999—Sebastian’s first wife and teenaged son vanished from different locations, never to be seen again. Did the perfect crime writer commit the perfect crime? And why has he emerged from seclusion, two decades later, to allow a stranger to dig into his past?

“Life is hard. After all, it kills you.�

As Nicky attempts to weave together the strands of Sebastian’s life, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth . . . while Madeleine begins to question what her beloved father might actually know about that long-ago night. And when a corpse appears in the family’s koi pond, both women are shocked to find that the past isn’t gone—it’s just waiting.]]> 408 A.J. Finn 0062678450 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.03 2024 End of Story
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]]> Juvenilia (Vols. 1-3) 814223 * Frederic & Elfrida
* Jack & Alice
* Edgar & Emma
* Henry and Eliza
* The Adventures of Mr. Harley
* Sir William Mountague
* Memoirs of Mr. Clifford
* The Beautifull Cassandra
* Amelia Webster
* The Visit
* The Mystery
* The Three Sisters
* Detached Pieces (A Fragment, A beautiful description, The generous Curate, Ode to Pity)
* Love and Freindship
* Lesley Castle
* The History of England
* A Collection of Letters
* Scraps (The Female Philosopher, The First Act of a Comedy, A Letter from a Young Lady, A Tour through Wales, A Tale)
* Evelyn
* Catharine]]> 538 Jane Austen 1414500157 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.72 1787 Juvenilia (Vols. 1-3)
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]]> The Girls 23346635 The House We Grew Up In and The Third Wife.

You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people’s houses.

You’ve known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly.

You think your children are safe.

But are they really?

Midsummer night: a thirteen-year-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the garden square. What really happened to her? And who is responsible?

Utterly believable characters, a gripping story and a dark secret buried at its core: this is Lisa Jewell at her heart-stopping best.]]> 407 Lisa Jewell 1780893590 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.64 2015 The Girls
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average rating: 3.64
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]]> The Travelling Cat Chronicles 40961230
An instant international bestseller and indie bestseller, The Travelling Cat Chronicles has charmed readers around the world. With simple yet descriptive prose, this novel gives voice to Nana the cat and his owner, Satoru, as they take to the road on a journey with no other purpose than to visit three of Satoru's longtime friends. Or so Nana is led to believe...

With his crooked tail—a sign of good fortune—and adventurous spirit, Nana is the perfect companion for the man who took him in as a stray. And as they travel in a silver van across Japan, with its ever-changing scenery and seasons, they will learn the true meaning of courage and gratitude, of loyalty and love.]]> 281 Hiro Arikawa 0735235244 Tracyy 3 4.35 2012 The Travelling Cat Chronicles
author: Hiro Arikawa
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average rating: 4.35
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]]> Tr� v� t� x� tuyết 34416205
Äối vá»›i người Ă‚u Má»�, Tuyáşżt Sơn chá»� lĂ  má»™t ráş·ng nĂşi tương tá»� nhĆ° trÄm ngĂ n các ráş·ng nĂşi khác trĂŞn máş·t địa cầu, nhĆ°ng người Ă Châu lại xem Tuyáşżt Sơn nhĆ° má»™t nơi chốn linh thiĂŞng, cĂł ảnh hưởng rất lá»›n đối vá»›i sá»� pháş­n nhân loại. Trong khi người Ă Châu sĂąng kĂ­nh những báş­c hiá»n triáşżt áş©n tu nơi đây vĂ  thường khĂ´ng quản khĂł khÄn trèo đèo lá»™i suối Ä‘á»� tìm thầy học đạo thì người Ă‚u Má»� chá»� coi các tu sÄ© sống trĂŞn nĂşi tuyáşżt nhĆ° những káş� vĂ´ học, man rá»�, đầy mĂŞ tĂ­n dá»� Ä‘oan mĂ  thĂ´i.

Äầu tháş� ká»� 20, má»™t giám mục người Anh, Ă´ng C.W. Leadbeater Ä‘ĂŁ tìm lĂŞn Tuyáşżt Sơn Ä‘á»� nghiĂŞn cứu vá»� truyá»n thống tâm linh nơi đây. Äối vá»›i người Ă Châu, việc tầm sĆ° học đạo khĂ´ng phải lĂ  má»™t Ä‘iá»u láş�, nhĆ°ng việc má»™t người Tây phương mạo hiá»m tìm lĂŞn Tuyáşżt Sơn Ä‘á»� học hỏi vá»›i các áş©n sÄ© nơi đây quáş� lĂ  má»™t sá»� kiện vĂ´ cĂąng hiáşżm cĂł. Äáş·c biệt hơn nữa, người nĂ y lại lĂ  má»™t vá»� giám mục nhiá»u uy tĂ­n, cai quản má»™t giáo xá»� rá»™ng lá»›n tại Anh quốc

Ă”ng Ä‘ĂŁ gạt bá»� những thĂ nh kiáşżn háşąp hòi, các dĆ° luáş­n thiá»n cáş­n vá»� truyá»n thống ÄĂ´ng Phương lĂşc Ä‘Ăł, Ä‘á»� tìm hiá»u vá»� những chân lĂ˝ cá»� xĆ°a váş«n được gìn giá»� cáş©n tháş­n trải qua hĂ ng ngĂ n nÄm nay.

Sau nhiá»u nÄm nghiĂŞn cứu, Ă´ng trá»� vá»� Anh quốc vĂ  chia sáş� những kinh nghiệm thu táş­p được qua nhiá»u bĂ i thuyáşżt giảng vĂ  những cuốn sách nĂłi vá»� những hiá»n triáşżt trĂŞn Tuyáşżt Sơn. Ă”ng viáşżt: "TĂ´i khĂ´ng đòi hỏi mọi người phải tin những Ä‘iá»u tĂ´i trình bĂ y nhiá»u chá»� muốn quĂ­ vá»� hĂŁy bình tâm suy gáş«m vĂ  náşżu chĆ°a thá»� chấp nháş­n được nĂł trong lĂşc nĂ y thì tĂ´i hy vọng nĂł sáş� gây má»™t hứng khởi tâm linh nĂ o Ä‘Ăł Ä‘á»� trong tương lai, quĂ­ vá»� cĂł thá»� tìm hiá»u nĂł má»™t cách rõ rĂ ng hơn". Theo Ă´ng, việc học hỏi vá»›i các hiá»n triáşżt trĂŞn Tuyáşżt Sơn Ä‘ĂŁ củng cá»� niá»m tin tĂ´n giáo của Ă´ng má»™t cách vững chắc hơn vá»� những Ä‘iá»u mĂ  trĆ°á»›c Ä‘Ăł, tuy được học hỏi qua truyá»n thống Tây phương, nhĆ°ng Ă´ng khĂ´ng thá»±c sá»� chứng nghiệm được.

Ă”ng káşżt luáş­n ráş±ng trong vĹ© trá»� váş«n cĂł những định luáş­t khĂ´ng bao giá»� thay đổi hay những chân lĂ˝ mĂ  những báş­c giáo chá»� khi xĆ°a Ä‘ĂŁ chứng nghiệm được vĂ  giảng dạy cho học trò. Những lời dạy bảo nĂ y được Ä‘Ăşc káşżt vĂ  truyá»n dạy qua các tĂ´n giáo lá»›n nhĆ°ng theo thời-gian, má»™t sá»� Ä‘iá»u Ä‘ĂŁ bá»� hiá»u lầm hay giảng dạy sai lạc Ä‘i lĂ m mất cái giá trá»� Ä‘Ă­ch thá»±c của nĂł khiáşżn cho tĂ´n giáo thay vì sống Ä‘á»™ng Ä‘ĂŁ trá»� nĂŞn khĂ´ khan, biáşżn thái thĂ nh má»™t hình thức giáo Ä‘iá»u cứng nhắc. Vì tháş�, khĂ´ng những tĂ´n giáo phải lui bĆ°á»›c trĆ°á»›c trĂ o lĆ°u tiáşżn bá»� của ná»n khoa học thá»±c nghiệm mĂ  còn bá»� lợi dụng Ä‘á»� trá»� thĂ nh cĂ´ng cá»� cho những chá»� thuyáşżt phi nhân.
Ă”ng quan niệm phải khĂ´i phục lại ná»n tảng giá trá»� tâm linh báş±ng cách nghiĂŞn cứu các chân lĂ˝ háş±ng cĂł trong vĹ© trá»�, phá vá»� các giáo Ä‘iá»u thiá»n cáş­n Ä‘ang chia ráş� con người, vĂ  bá»� tĂşc cho sá»� bất toĂ n của khoa học thá»±c nghiệm Ä‘á»� tránh cho nhân loại khỏi bĆ°á»›c vĂ o thảm trạng diệt vong của những tráş­n chiáşżn tranh, bạo Ä‘á»™ng, thĂą háş­n Ä‘ang bĂąng ná»� khắp nơi trong thời buổi hiện nay.]]> 299 NguyĂŞn Phong Tracyy 3 4.21 Trở vá» từ xứ tuyáşżt
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]]> Encounter 7472264
Milan Kundera's new collection of essays is a passionate defense of art in an era that, he argues, no longer values art or beauty. With the same dazzling mix of emotion and idea that characterizes his novels, Kundera revisits the artists who remain important to him, and whose works help us better understand the world we live in and what it means to be human. An astute reader of fiction, Kundera brings his extraordinary critical gifts to bear on the paintings of Francis Bacon, the music of Leos Janacek, and the films of Federico Fellini, as well as the novels of Philip Roth, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Gabriel García Márquez, among others. He also takes up the challenge of restoring to its rightful place the work of Anatole France and Curzio Malaparte, major writers who have fallen into obscurity.

Milan Kundera's signature themes of memory and forgetting, the experience of exile, and the championing of modernist art are here, along with more personal reflections and stories. Encounter is a work of great humanism. Art is what we possess in the face of evil and the darker side of human nature. Elegant, startlingly original, and provocative, Encounter follows in the footsteps of Kundera's earlier essay collections, The Art of the Novel, Testaments Betrayed, and The Curtain.]]> 192 Milan Kundera 0061894419 Tracyy 4 3.80 2009 Encounter
author: Milan Kundera
name: Tracyy
average rating: 3.80
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rating: 4
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]]> Bên rặng Tuyết Sơn 25523975 226 Amar Jyoti Tracyy 4 4.18 1979 Bên rặng Tuyết Sơn
author: Amar Jyoti
name: Tracyy
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1979
rating: 4
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]]> Hoa Sen TrĂŞn Tuyáşżt 32053101
Trong Ä‘Ă  sống quay cuồng, cĂł khi khi nĂ o chĂşng ta biáşżt dừng lại Ä‘á»� Ä‘áş·t câu hỏi vá»� cuá»™c sống? Tại sao chĂşng ta lại sống nhĆ° váş­y? ChĂşng ta Ä‘ĂŁ biáşżt gì vá»� sá»� sống? Äây khĂ´ng phải má»™t câu hỏi dĂ nh riĂŞng cho các triáşżt gia, học giáş� hay Ä‘á»� mang ra bĂ n luáş­n lĂşc trĂ  dĆ° tá»­u háş­u, mĂ  lĂ  má»™t câu hỏi thầm kĂ­n, cĂł tĂ­nh cách cá nhân giữa ta vá»›i chĂ­nh ta.]]> 221 NguyĂŞn Phong Tracyy 5 3.99 Hoa Sen TrĂŞn Tuyáşżt
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]]> <![CDATA[Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein]]> 34506916
Mary Shelley first began penning Frankenstein as part of a dare to write a ghost story, but the seeds of that story were planted long before that night. Mary, just nineteen years old at the time, had been living on her own for three years and had already lost a baby days after birth. She was deeply in love with famed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, a mad man who both enthralled and terrified her, and her relationship with him was rife with scandal and ridicule. But rather than let it crush her, Mary fueled her grief, pain, and passion into a book that the world has still not forgotten 200 years later.

Dark, intense, and beautiful, this free-verse novel with over 300 pages of gorgeous black-and-white watercolor illustrations is a unique and unforgettable depiction of one of the greatest authors of all time.]]> 312 Lita Judge 1626725004 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.33 2018 Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
author: Lita Judge
name: Tracyy
average rating: 4.33
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]]> Peter Pan 34268 155 J.M. Barrie 0805072454 Tracyy 5 4.06 1911 Peter Pan
author: J.M. Barrie
name: Tracyy
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1911
rating: 5
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]]> Othello 12996 319 William Shakespeare Tracyy 5 3.89 1603 Othello
author: William Shakespeare
name: Tracyy
average rating: 3.89
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]]> Emma 6969 The newest edition is here. Another alternate cover can be found here.

Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen's most captivating and vivid characters. Beautiful, spoilt, vain and irrepressibly witty, Emma organizes the lives of the inhabitants of her sleepy little village and plays matchmaker with devastating effect.]]> 474 Jane Austen 0141439580 Tracyy 5 4.05 1815 Emma
author: Jane Austen
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> The Little Prince 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 Tracyy 5 4.32 1943 The Little Prince
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average rating: 4.32
book published: 1943
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]]> The Silent Patient 40097951
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.]]> 336 Alex Michaelides 1250301696 Tracyy 5 4.18 2019 The Silent Patient
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know]]> 55539565 Think Again is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the unknown and the joy of being wrong. Evidence has shown that creative geniuses are not attached to one identity, but constantly willing to rethink their stances and that leaders who admit they don't know something and seek critical feedback lead more productive and innovative teams.

New evidence shows us that as a mindset and a skilllset, rethinking can be taught and Grant explains how to develop the necessary qualities to do it. Section 1 explores why we struggle to think again and how we can learn to do it as individuals, arguing that 'grit' alone can actually be counterproductive. Section 2 discusses how we can help others think again through learning about 'argument literacy'. And the final section 3 looks at how schools, businesses and governments fall short in building cultures that encourage rethinking.

In the end, learning to rethink may be the secret skill to give you the edge in a world changing faster than ever.]]> 307 Adam M. Grant 1984878107 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.12 2021 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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]]> Where the Crawdads Sing 36809135
But Kya is not what they say. A born naturalist with just one day of school, she takes life's lessons from the land, learning the real ways of the world from the dishonest signals of fireflies. But while she has the skills to live in solitude forever, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. Drawn to two young men from town, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world—until the unthinkable happens.

In Where the Crawdads Sing, Owens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a profound coming of age story and haunting mystery. Thought-provoking, wise, and deeply moving, Owens’s debut novel reminds us that we are forever shaped by the child within us, while also subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

The story asks how isolation influences the behavior of a young woman, who like all of us, has the genetic propensity to belong to a group. The clues to the mystery are brushed into the lush habitat and natural histories of its wild creatures.]]> 384 Delia Owens 0735219117 Tracyy 5 4.35 2018 Where the Crawdads Sing
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]]> 1984 61439040
Alternate cover edition can be found here.]]> 368 George Orwell 0452284236 Tracyy 0 4.21 1949 1984
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]]> <![CDATA[Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing]]> 59641216
So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a life-threatening health scare. Before the frequent hospital visits and stints in rehab, there was five-year-old Matthew, who traveled from Montreal to Los Angeles, shuffling between his separated parents; fourteen-year-old Matthew, who was a nationally ranked tennis star in Canada; twenty-four-year-old Matthew, who nabbed a coveted role as a lead cast member on the talked-about pilot then called Friends Like Us. . . and so much more.

In an extraordinary story that only he could tell—and in the heartfelt, hilarious, and warmly familiar way only he could tell it—Matthew Perry lays bare the fractured family that raised him (and also left him to his own devices), the desire for recognition that drove him to fame, and the void inside him that could not be filled even by his greatest dreams coming true. But he also details the peace he’s found in sobriety and how he feels about the ubiquity of Friends, sharing stories about his castmates and other stars he met along the way. Frank, self-aware, and with his trademark humor, Perry vividly depicts his lifelong battle with addiction and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all.

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is an unforgettable memoir that is both intimate and eye-opening—as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for.]]> 250 Matthew Perry 1250866448 Tracyy 0 3.89 2022 Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
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]]> Someone Who Isn’t Me 91416956 Someone Who Isn’t Me is a feverish journey through the psyche of someone who no longer recognizes himself. When Geoff hears that a drug called ibogaine might be able to save him from his heroin addiction, he goes to a clinic in Mexico to confront the darkest and most destructive versions of himself. In this modern reimagining of the Divine Comedy, survival lurks in the darkest corners of Geoff’s brain, asking, will he make it? Can anyone?]]> 258 Geoff Rickly Tracyy 0 to-read 4.56 2023 Someone Who Isn’t Me
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average rating: 4.56
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]]> Muôn Kiếp Nhân Sinh 2 58013485
MuĂ´n Kiáşżp Nhân Sinh táş­p 2 của tác giáş� NguyĂŞn Phong tiáşżp tục lĂ  những câu chuyện tiá»n kiáşżp, nhân quáş� luân hồi hấp dáş«n gắn liá»n vá»›i những kiáşżn giải uyĂŞn bác vá»� quá khá»�, hiện tại, tương lai của nhân loại vĂ  tháş� giá»›i thĂ´ng qua gĂłc nhìn của cáş� khoa học vĂ  tâm linh. ChĂşng ta lĂ  ai, chĂşng ta Ä‘áşżn tá»� đâu vĂ  sáş� Ä‘i vá»� đâu? LĂ m cách nĂ o Ä‘á»� chữa lĂ nh tháş� giá»›i nĂ y, hĂ nh tinh nĂ y trĆ°á»›c những biáşżn cá»� lá»›n Ä‘ang vĂ  sáş� diá»…n ra trong tương lai gần?

Trong táş­p 2, hĂ nh trình thức tỉnh tâm linh của nhân váş­t Thomas sáş� dáş«n dắt người đọc Ä‘áşżn vá»›i những tầng cõi nÄng lượng gắn cháş·t vá»›i tháş� giá»›i hữu hình của con người thĂ´ng qua sá»� váş­n Ä‘á»™ng của nghiệp lá»±c, nhân quáş�, Ä‘á»� giải thĂ­ch vá»� thá»� nÄng lượng huyá»n bĂ­ luĂ´n biáşżn chuyá»n trong chu ká»� bất táş­n của vĹ© trá»�. KhĂ´ng chá»� lĂ  trải nghiệm ly ká»� tại tiá»n kiáşżp cá»� đại á»� Assiria, Hy Lạp, Ä‘á»™c giáş� còn được khám phá hĂ nh trình của linh hồn Ä‘áşżn những tầng cõi â€� trạm trung chuyá»n khác nhau, được xâu chuá»—i lại báş±ng cáş� triáşżt học, tĂ­n ngưỡng, lịch sá»� vĂ  khoa học tháş� giá»›i tá»� ÄĂ´ng sang Tây, tá»� cá»� đại Ä‘áşżn hiện đại. NÄng lượng khĂ´ng tá»� nhiĂŞn sinh ra vĂ  cĹ©ng khĂ´ng tá»� nhiĂŞn mất Ä‘i, sá»� sống nĂ y cĹ©ng váş­y, khởi đầu vĂ  káşżt thĂşc - tuy hai mĂ  má»™t, vĂ  chá»� cĂł nhân quáş� sáş� luĂ´n tuần hoĂ n váş­n hĂ nh bất táş­n.

MuĂ´n Kiáşżp Nhân Sinh táş­p 2 lĂ˝ giải ráş±ng vạn váş­t trĂŞn tháş� giá»›i nhĆ° cá»� cây, hoa lá, cĂ´n trĂąng, thĂş váş­t vĂ  con người tuy bá»� ngoĂ i cĂł váş� khác biệt nhĆ°ng tinh hoa bĂŞn trong váş«n lĂ  má»™t, Ä‘Ăł lĂ  sá»� sống hay nÄng lượng khởi thủy uyĂŞn nguyĂŞn. Tinh hoa Ä‘Ăł nhĆ° lĂ  “NĆ°á»›câ€�, còn vạn váş­t chá»� lĂ  “SĂłngâ€�. SĂłng thì muĂ´n trĂąng, sĂłng lá»›n, sĂłng nhỏâ€� nhĆ°ng chĂşng váş«n chá»� lĂ  nĆ°á»›c. Náşżu chân ngĂŁ lĂ  đại dương thì bản ngĂŁ chá»� lĂ  nĆ°á»›c chứa Ä‘á»±ng trong cái chĂ©n. Vấn Ä‘á»� lĂ  lĂ m sao phá vá»� cái chĂ©n Ä‘á»� nĆ°á»›c trá»� vá»� vá»›i đại dương vĂ  Ä‘Ăł cĹ©ng chĂ­nh lĂ  hĂ nh trình của Thomas tá»� má»™t doanh nhân vá»›i niá»m tin duy váş­t hoĂ n toĂ n Ä‘ĂŁ từng bĆ°á»›c giác ngá»�, thức tỉnh Ä‘á»� khám phá vá»� luân hồi, nhân quáş�, chuyá»n hĂła nghiệp quáş�, chuyá»n đổi tâm thức vĂ  gá»­i gắm những thĂ´ng Ä‘iệp nhân sinh tốt Ä‘áşąp Ä‘áşżn Ä‘á»™c giáş�.

Tác giáş� NguyĂŞn Phong chia sáş� trong cuốn sách ráş±ng, mọi việc dĂą lá»›n hay nhá»� cĹ©ng sáş� gĂłp phần ảnh hưởng trá»±c tiáşżp Ä‘áşżn cuá»™c sống hiện tại hoáş·c trong tương lai, tháş­m chĂ­ Ä‘áşżn táş­n kiáşżp sau. ÄĂł lĂ  những nghiệp báo á»� kiáşżp trĆ°á»›c cá»™ng nghiệp vá»›i hĂ nh vi của chĂşng ta trong kiáşżp nĂ y Ä‘á»� hình thĂ nh nĂŞn bánh xe nghiệp lá»±c khổng lá»� phức tạp nhĆ°ng lại khĂ´ng bá»� sĂłt bất cá»� ai, bất cá»� quốc gia nĂ o vĂ  khĂ´ng bá»� sĂłt bất cá»� hĂ nh vi hay tĆ° tưởng nĂ o. Bởi láş�, chĂşng ta Ä‘á»u lĂ  phần tá»�
của má»™t sá»� sống vÄ© đại thuá»™c vá»� má»™t nÄng lượng khởi thuá»�, được sắp Ä‘áş·t khĂ©o lĂ©o bởi những định luáş­t trong vĹ© trá»�.

Báş±ng những câu chuyện thĂş vá»�, sâu sắc, liĂŞn káşżt vá»›i nhau má»™t cách cháş·t cháş�, MuĂ´n Kiáşżp Nhân Sinh táş­p 2 sáş� Ä‘Ć°a Ä‘á»™c giáş� vĂ o cuá»™c hĂ nh trình trĂŞn chuyáşżn tĂ u thời gian tá»� phá»� Wall nĆ°á»›c Má»� Ä‘áşżn những cuá»™c chinh phạt của Alexander Äại Äáş�, bĂ­ áş©n lÄng má»� Tần Thủy HoĂ ng, những cõi giá»›i linh hồn, rồi quay ngược lại cuá»™c sống đời thường mĂ  bất cá»� ai cĹ©ng thấy cĂł mình á»� trong Ä‘Ăł. Äá»� cĂąng suy ngáş«m vá»� những giá trá»� Ä‘áşąp Ä‘áş� của đời sống. Äá»� nắm lấy những thời khắc còn lại của cuá»™c đời mình vĂ  xoay chuyá»n sá»� pháş­n, nghiệp lá»±c theo chiá»u hĆ°á»›ng tỉnh thức vĂ  nhân ái. VĂ  trĂŞn háşżt, Ä‘Ăł lĂ  cĂąng chung tay xây dá»±ng má»™t tháş� giá»›i tốt Ä‘áşąp trĂŞn ná»n tảng của yĂŞu thương vĂ  chữa lĂ nh.

“Náşżu chĂşng ta cĂł thá»� cĂąng nhau chuyá»n hoá những tĆ° tưởng thĂą háş­n, tham lam, Ă­ch ká»� báş±ng những tĆ° tưởng cao thượng, tốt lĂ nh; chuyá»n hĂła các hĂ nh Ä‘á»™ng háş­n thĂą, giáşżt chĂłc báş±ng tình thương yĂŞu rá»™ng lá»›n thì mọi việc cĂł thá»� thay đổiâ€� â€� trĂ­ch MuĂ´n Kiáşżp Nhân Sinh táş­p 2.]]> 568 NguyĂŞn Phong 6043128020 Tracyy 4 4.23 2021 MuĂ´n Kiáşżp Nhân Sinh 2
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]]> Muôn Kiếp Nhân Sinh 3 177770354 604 Nguyên Phong 6045888731 Tracyy 4 4.23 Muôn Kiếp Nhân Sinh 3
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]]> <![CDATA[You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment]]> 20823525 Cut through the busyness and anxieties of daily life to discover the simple happiness of living in the present moment, as taught by a world-renowned Zen monkIn this book, Thich Nhat Hanh—Zen monk, author, and meditation master—distills the essence of Buddhist thought and practice, emphasizing the power of mindfulness to transform our lives. But true mindfulness, Hanh explains, is not an escape. It is being in the present moment, totally alive and free.Based on a retreat that Thich Nhat Hanh led for Westerners, You Are Here offers a range of effective practices for cultivating mindfulness and staying in the present moment—including awareness of breathing and walking, deep listening, and skillful speech. These teachings will empower you to witness the wonder of life and transform your suffering, both within and outside you, into compassion, tenderness, and peace. As Thich Nhat Hanh declares, “the energy of mindfulness is the energy of the Buddha, and it can be produced by anybody.� It is as simple as breathing in and breathing out.]]> 165 Thich Nhat Hanh 0834821117 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.45 2004 You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
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]]> <![CDATA[The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation]]> 209574
“Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal, inner peace, and peace on earth.� —His Holiness the Dalai Lama

In The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching , now revised with added material and new insights, Nhat Hanh introduces us to the core teachings of Buddhism and shows us that the Buddha’s teachings are accessible and applicable to our daily lives.

Covering such significant teachings as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Doors of Liberation, the Three Dharma Seals, and the Seven Factors of Awakening, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching is a radiant beacon on Buddhist thought for the initiated and uninitiated alike.]]> 294 Thich Nhat Hanh 0767903692 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.32 1998 The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
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]]> Dấu Chân Trên Cát 40189854
NhĂ  khảo cá»� Kevin Livingston Ä‘ĂŁ viáşżt “Hình nhĆ° các vá»� minh quân khĂ´ng há»� xây cất lÄng táş©m, khĂ´ng há»� dá»±ng bia đá khắc ghi cĂ´ng trạng của mình. Phần lá»›n các lÄng táş©m hay má»� máş� được Ä‘Ă o lĂŞn chá»� toĂ n của các vá»� vua bất tĂ i, những bạo chĂşa khát máu, những người mĂ  tĂŞn tuổi khĂ´ng còn ai muốn nhắc tá»›i nữaâ€�. NgĂ y nay người ta biáşżt Ä‘áşżn triá»u đại các vua chĂşa Ai Cáş­p thời cá»� qua sách vá»� của người Hy Lạp. Sá»� dÄ© các sá»� gia Hy Lạp biáşżt được các chi tiáşżt nĂ y vì há»� Ä‘ĂŁ học hỏi tá»� người Ai Cáş­p bá»� Ä‘Ă y biệt xá»� tĂŞn lĂ  Sinuhe. Äây lĂ  má»™t nhân váş­t láş� lĂąng, Ä‘ĂŁ cĂł cĂ´ng mang vÄn minh Ai Cáş­p truyá»n vĂ o Hy Lạp khi quốc gia nĂ y còn á»� tình trạng kĂ©m má»� mang so vá»›i Ai Cáş­p lĂşc Ä‘Ăł.

Các sá»� gia ngĂ y nay Ä‘ĂŁ Ä‘Ć°a ra nhiá»u giáş� thuyáşżt vá»� nhân váş­t Sinuhe nĂ y. CĂł người cho ráş±ng Ă´ng lĂ  má»™t lái buĂ´n Ä‘áşżn Hy Lạp láş­p nghiệp, nhĆ°ng lĂ m sao lái buĂ´n lại má»� trường dạy học vĂ  Ä‘á»� lại nhiá»u tĂ i liệu quĂ˝ giá nhĆ° tháş� được? Tá»� ngĂ n xĆ°a, chá»� riĂŞng giai cấp vua chĂşa lĂ  giáo sÄ© má»›i được hưởng quy cháş� giáo dục toĂ n váşąn nhĆ° váş­y mĂ  thĂ´i. Do Ä‘Ăł, má»™t sá»� người cho ráş±ng Ă´ng thuá»™c giai cấp giáo sÄ© nhĆ°ng việc má»™t giáo sÄ© Ai Cáş­p Ä‘áşżn má»� trường dạy học tại Hy Lạp cĹ©ng lĂ  Ä‘iá»u khĂł chấp nháş­n. Máş·c dĂą khi Ä‘Ăł vÄn minh Hy Lạp chĆ°a tiáşżn bá»� nhĆ° Ai Cáş­p nhĆ°ng tĂ´n giáo xá»� nĂ y phát triá»n rất mạnh, hiá»n nhiĂŞn các giáo sÄ© Hy Lạp khĂ´ng thá»� chấp nháş­n cho má»™t giáo sÄ© ngoại quốc Ä‘áşżn má»� trường dạy học tại thánh địa Olympia của há»� được. Náşżu tháş� phải chÄng Sinuhe thuá»™c giai cấp hoĂ ng tá»™c? Äiá»u nĂ y xĂ©t ra cĹ©ng khĂ´ng cĂł lĂ˝ vì má»™t người thuá»™c giai cấp hoĂ ng tá»™c khĂ´ng thá»� bá»� Ä‘Ă y biệt xá»�. Luáş­t pháp Ai Cáş­p chá»� trương xá»� tá»� những káş� trong hoĂ ng tá»™c náşżu há»� vi phạm má»™t tá»™i trọng nĂ o Ä‘Ăł chá»� khĂ´ng cĂł lá»� bá»� Ä‘Ă y biệt xá»�, vì các vua Pharaoh rất sá»� những người trong bọn há»� chiĂŞu binh mĂŁi mĂŁ lĂ m phản. Việc má»™t người Ai Cáş­p, thân tháş� mơ há»�, bá»� Ä‘Ă y biệt xá»�, Ä‘áşżn má»� trường dạy học tại Athens, trung tâm vÄn hĂła của Hy Lạp, váş«n lĂ  má»™t bĂ­ máş­t Ä‘áşżn nay các nhĂ  khảo cá»� chĆ°a tìm ra được câu tráş� lời.]]> 420 Mika Waltari 604949696X Tracyy 0 4.32 1945 Dấu Chân TrĂŞn Cát
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]]> <![CDATA[Muôn Kiếp Nhân Sinh: Many Lives Many Times]]> 53599866 Nguyên Phong Tracyy 4 4.09 Muôn Kiếp Nhân Sinh: Many Lives Many Times
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gods Are Thirsty: A Novel of the French Revolution]]> 367250 528 Tanith Lee 0879516720 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.80 1996 The Gods Are Thirsty: A Novel of the French Revolution
author: Tanith Lee
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]]> Men Without Women 24164107 A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all.

Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic.]]> 196 Haruki Murakami Tracyy 5 to-read 3.82 2014 Men Without Women
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business]]> 12609433
Marketers at Procter & Gamble study videos of people making their beds. They are desperately trying to figure out how to sell a new product called Febreze, on track to be one of the biggest flops in company history. Suddenly, one of them detects a nearly imperceptible pattern—and with a slight shift in advertising, Febreze goes on to earn a billion dollars a year.

An untested CEO takes over one of the largest companies in America. His first order of business is attacking a single pattern among his employees—how they approach worker safety—and soon the firm, Alcoa, becomes the top performer in the Dow Jones.

What do all these people have in common? They achieved success by focusing on the patterns that shape every aspect of our lives.

They succeeded by transforming habits.

In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.

Along the way we learn why some people and companies struggle to change, despite years of trying, while others seem to remake themselves overnight. We visit laboratories where neuroscientists explore how habits work and where, exactly, they reside in our brains. We discover how the right habits were crucial to the success of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and civil-rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. We go inside Procter & Gamble, Target superstores, Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, NFL locker rooms, and the nation’s largest hospitals and see how implementing so-called keystone habits can earn billions and mean the difference between failure and success, life and death.

At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work.

Habits aren’t destiny. As Charles Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.]]> 375 Charles Duhigg 1400069289 Tracyy 5 to-read 4.13 2012 The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
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]]> Sharp Objects 6460221 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B000JMKTLO

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.]]> 394 Gillian Flynn Tracyy 4 4.05 2006 Sharp Objects
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]]> The Archer 52585195
With the wisdom, generosity, simplicity, and grace that have made him an international bestseller, Paulo Coelho provides the framework for a rewarding life: hard work, passion, purpose, thoughtfulness, the willingness to fail, and the urge to make a difference.]]> 131 Paulo Coelho 152471187X Tracyy 5 3.67 2003 The Archer
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]]> The Crimes of Love 60198 their depraved passions, and they in turn suffer under the thrall of love.
This is the most complete selection from the Marquis de Sade's four-volume collection of short stories, The Crimes of Love . David Coward's vibrant new translation captures the verve of the original, and his introduction and notes describe Sade's notorious career. This new selection includes "An
Essay on Novels," Sade's penetrating survey of the novelist's art. It also contains the preface to the collection and an important statement of Sade's concept of fiction and one of the few literary manifestoes published during the Revolution. Appendices include the denunciatory review of the
collection that it received on publication, and Diderot's vigorous response. A skilled and artful story-teller, Marquis de Sade's is also an intellectual who asks questions about society, about ourselves, and about life. Psychologically astute and defiantly unconventional, these stories show Sade at
his best.]]> 400 Marquis de Sade 019280507X Tracyy 4 3.61 1799 The Crimes of Love
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]]> Through Time Into Healing 840755 Many Lives, Many Masters. Now, based on his extensive clinical experience, he builds on time-tested techniques of psychotherapy, revealing how regression to past lifetimes provides the necessary breakthrough to healing mind, body, and soul. Using vivid past life case studies, Dr. Weiss shows how regression therapy can heal grief, create more loving relationships, uncover hidden talents, and ultimately shows how near death and out of body experiences help confirm the existence of past lives. Dr. Weiss includes his own professional hypnosis, dream recall, meditation and journaling techniques for safe past life recall at home.]]> Brian L. Weiss Tracyy 4 4.21 1992 Through Time Into Healing
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]]> <![CDATA[Only Love Is Real: A Story of Soulmates Reunited]]> 135564
In Brian Weiss's bestseller Many Lives, Many Masters, nearly one and a half million readers met Catherine. In a hypnotic trance, Dr. Weiss's young patient summoned memories of many past lifetimes, demonstrated an astonishing ability to transmit transcendental messages, and turned the life of a respectable psychiatrist upside down.

CAN YOU FIND YOUR SOULMATE AGAIN?

Now Dr. Weiss takes his research one breathtaking step further. He portrays two strangers, Elizabeth and Pedro, who are unaware that they have been lovers throughout the long centuries -- until fate brings them together again. He shows how each and every one of us has a soulmate whom we have loved in past incarnations and who waits to reunite with us now. And he opens up entirely new worlds for all of us everywhere, based on a single, powerful truth...]]> 192 Brian L. Weiss 0446672653 Tracyy 4 4.19 1998 Only Love Is Real: A Story of Soulmates Reunited
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]]> Fear of Intimacy 19303186 358 Robert W. Firestone Tracyy 0 to-read 4.14 1999 Fear of Intimacy
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Wisdom: The Heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Commentaries on Atisha's Seven Points of Mind Training]]> 9509010 682 Osho Tracyy 0 4.38 1984 The Book of Wisdom: The Heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Commentaries on Atisha's Seven Points of Mind Training
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Kundera's discussion of his own work includes his views on the role of historical events in fiction, the meaning of action, and the creation of character in the post-psychological novel.]]> 170 Milan Kundera 0060093749 Tracyy 5 4.00 1986 The Art of the Novel
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]]> Identity 28635
With stunning artfulness in expanding and playing variations on the meaningful moment, Milan Kundera has made this situation--and the vague sense of panic it inspires--the very fabric of his novel. Here brevity goes hand in hand with intensity, and a moment of bewilderment marks the start of a labyrinthine journey during which the reader repeatedly crosses the border between the real and the unreal, between what occurs in the world outside, and what the mind creates in its solitude.

Of all contemporary writers, only Kundera can transform such a hidden and disconcerting perception into the material for a novel, one of his finest, most painful, and most enlightening. Which, surprisingly, turns out to be a love story.]]> 176 Milan Kundera 0060930314 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.73 1997 Identity
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]]> Life is Elsewhere 44559 The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made him a poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed, and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a sombre farce.]]> 432 Milan Kundera 0060997028 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.00 1973 Life is Elsewhere
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]]> The Joke 26114
The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of The Joke. For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with the assistance of his American publisher-editor) a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel's narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic.]]> 371 Milan Kundera Tracyy 0 to-read 4.05 1967 The Joke
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]]> <![CDATA[Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives]]> 6564139 130 David Eagleman 0307378020 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.17 2009 Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
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]]> <![CDATA[Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously]]> 96999
The book begins with an in-depth exploration of the meaning of courage and how it is expressed in the everyday life of the individual. Unlike books that focus on heroic acts of courage in exceptional circumstances, the focus here is on developing the inner courage that enables us to lead authentic and fulfilling lives on a day-to-day basis. This is the courage to change when change is needed, the courage to stand up for our own truth, even against the opinions of others, and the courage to embrace the unknown in spite of our fears-in our relationships, in our careers, or in the ongoing journey of understanding who we are and why we are here.

Courage also features a number of meditation techniques specifically designed by Osho to help people deal with their fears.]]> 193 Osho 0312205171 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.16 1977 Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
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]]> <![CDATA[Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Loving and Living Alone]]> 61089544
Using Joni Mitchell's seminal album Blue - an album that shaped Key's expectations of love - as her guide, she examines the unexpected life she has created for herself. Building a home, travelling alone, choosing whether to be a mother, recognising her own milestones, learning the limits of self-care and the expansive potential of self-friendship, Key uncovers the many forms of connection and care that often go unnoticed.

With profound candour and intimacy, Arrangements in Blue explores the painful feelings we are usually too ashamed to discuss: loneliness, envy, grief and failure. The result is a singular work - a beautifully-written and essential book about building a life on your own terms, which inspires us to live and love more honestly.]]> 240 Amy Key 1324091738 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.79 2023 Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Loving and Living Alone
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]]> Written in the Stars 62699322 A unique collection of stories from bestselling authors Angela Marsons, Rob Sinclair, Joy Ellis, Louise Beech and many more!

Written in the Stars is a festive charity anthology with short stories from a variety of authors, including international bestsellers and award-winning writers. There's something for everyone, with tales that will make you laugh, make you cry, or make you sleep with the light on. It's the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter's night.

All net profits from this anthology are in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity and The Butterfly AVM Charity, who both work tirelessly to offer help to children and their families with life-threatening illnesses.

Authors include: A.A. Abbott, Angela Marsons, Beverley Harvey, Caron McKinlay, Diane Saxon, D.S. Butler, Emma Tallon, Eva Jordan, Gina Kirkham, Helen Walters, Jen Faulkner, John Harkin, Joy Ellis, Keri Beevis, Laura Stewart, Louise Beech Marrisse Whittaker, Mike Walters, Natasha Boydell, Patricia Dixon, Rob Sinclair (writing as CJ Stone), Stephen Edger and Valerie Keogh.]]> 303 Angela Marsons 1504079981 Tracyy 0 to-read 4.46 Written in the Stars
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]]> The Legacy of Eve 61456431
Can she discover the truth about her long-lost mother before becoming a mother herself? A tale of fear and family secrets by the author of The Missing Husband.

Annie's mother, Eve, died in childbirth thirty-five years ago. Despite this profound loss, Annie's made it to adulthood just fine. She enjoys being an estate agent, she loves her partner, Gabe--and now, after two years of trying, she's finally expecting a baby.

But as her pregnancy progresses, Annie grows anxious about what happened to her mother, wanting to ensure history doesn't repeat itself. Her quest for more information, though, leads only to frustration. The medical records no longer exist, her mother's family are estranged, and even her father can't fill in the blanks.

Then Annie comes across three long-hidden photographs. But these clues to the past raise more questions than answers--and make Annie wonder what's real and what isn't . . .]]> 284 Natasha Boydell 150407694X Tracyy 0 to-read 4.18 2022 The Legacy of Eve
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]]> The Missing Husband 57911684
In a note Kate discovers, he confesses that he’s been unhappy for a long time and that he’s met someone else.

Distraught, Kate later learns that he has left everything, including his mobile phone, behind and sets out to learn the truth about her husband’s disappearance.

But is she prepared for what she will learn?

When nothing is as it seems, who can you trust?]]> 264 Natasha Boydell Tracyy 2 3.86 2021 The Missing Husband
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil]]> 359194
Renowned social psychologist and creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment Philip Zimbardo explores the mechanisms that make good people do bad things, how moral people can be seduced into acting immorally, and what this says about the line separating good from evil.

The Lucifer Effect explains how—and the myriad reasons why—we are all susceptible to the lure of “the dark side.� Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent men and women.

Here, for the first time and in detail, Zimbardo tells the full story of the Stanford Prison Experiment, the landmark study in which a group of college-student volunteers was randomly divided into “guards� and “inmates� and then placed in a mock prison environment. Within a week the study was abandoned, as ordinary college students were transformed into either brutal, sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners.

By illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardo enables us to better understand a variety of harrowing phenomena, from corporate malfeasance to organized genocide to how once upstanding American soldiers came to abuse and torture Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib. He replaces the long-held notion of the “bad apple� with that of the “bad barrel”—the idea that the social setting and the system contaminate the individual, rather than the other way around.

This is a book that dares to hold a mirror up to mankind, showing us that we might not be who we think we are. While forcing us to reexamine what we are capable of doing when caught up in the crucible of behavioral dynamics, though, Zimbardo also offers hope. We are capable of resisting evil, he argues, and can even teach ourselves to act heroically. Like Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem and Steven Pinker’s The Blank Slate, The Lucifer Effect is a shocking, engrossing study that will change the way we view human behavior.]]> 551 Philip G. Zimbardo 1400064112 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.91 2007 The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
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]]> <![CDATA[Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn't Enough]]> 62337617
From the author of The Ungrateful Refugee—finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Kirkus Prize�Who Gets Believed? is a groundbreaking book about persuasion and performance that asks unsettling questions about lies, truths, and the difference between being believed and being dismissed in situations spanning asylum interviews, emergency rooms, consulting jobs, and family life

Why are honest asylum seekers dismissed as liars? Former refugee and award-winning author Dina Nayeri begins with this question, turning to shocking and illuminating case studies in this book, which grows into a reckoning with our culture’s views on believability. From persuading a doctor that she’d prefer a C-section to learning to “bullshit gracefully� at McKinsey to struggling, in her personal life, to believe her troubled brother-in-law, Nayeri explores an aspect of our society that is rarely held up to the light. For readers of David Grann, Malcolm Gladwell, and Atul Gawande, Who Gets Believed? is a book as deeply personal as it is profound in its reflections on morals, language, human psychology, and the unspoken social codes that determine how we relate to one another.]]> 284 Dina Nayeri 1646220722 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.49 2023 Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn't Enough
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]]> <![CDATA[Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear]]> 60784365 An original and probing debut work of nonfiction by a brilliant new writer, rooted in her years-long quest to study the cultural legacy of the wolf

In this enthralling, kaleidoscopic exploration of wolves both real and symbolic, Erica Berry weaves historic and scientific findings alongside criticism, journalism, and memoir to illuminate the strands of our cultural constructions of predator and prey, and what it means to navigate a world in which we can be both.

From 17th-century Europeans referring to mysterious bodily sores as wolves, to contemporary xenophobia about wolves crossing national borders, wolves have long been made to carry our most entrenched sociopolitical, environmental, and bodily fears. Intimate and thought-provoking, Wolfish is a lyrical inquiry into the relationship between humans and wolves, anchored in the dual stories of one legendary tagged wolf, OR-7, and the author.

Charting OR-7’s long-distance solo journey after he leaves his pack in northeastern Oregon beside the author’s own roaming trajectory away from her Oregon home, Wolfish wrestles with inherited narratives around fear, danger, and the body. From her grandfather’s sheep farm to a wolf sanctuary on an aristocratic English estate, Erica Berry untangles binaries of predator and prey, self and other, and wild and domestic, finding new expressions for how to be a brave woman, human, and animal in our warming world.

Perfect for readers of cultural criticism, environmental writing, Rebecca Solnit, H is for Hawk, or anybody trying to navigate a world that is often scary. A timely and necessary book for current and future generations.]]> 432 Erica Berry 1250821622 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.57 2023 Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear
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]]> Age of Vice 60177466 This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also kill.

New Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the curb and in the blink of an eye, five people are dead. It’s a rich man’s car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the strange series of events that led to this crime. Nor can he foresee the dark drama that is about to unfold.

Deftly shifting through time and perspective in contemporary India, Age of Vice is an epic, action-packed story propelled by the seductive wealth, startling corruption, and bloodthirsty violence of the Wadia family � loved by some, loathed by others, feared by all.

In the shadow of lavish estates, extravagant parties, predatory business deals and calculated political influence, three lives become dangerously intertwined: Ajay is the watchful servant, born into poverty, who rises through the family’s ranks. Sunny is the playboy heir who dreams of outshining his father, whatever the cost. And Neda is the curious journalist caught between morality and desire. Against a sweeping plot fueled by loss, pleasure, greed, yearning, violence and revenge, will these characters� connections become a path to escape, or a trigger of further destruction?

Equal parts crime thriller and family saga, transporting readers from the dusty villages of Uttar Pradesh to the urban energy of New Delhi, Age of Vice is an intoxicating novel of gangsters and lovers, false friendships, forbidden romance, and the consequences of corruption. It is binge-worthy entertainment at its literary best.]]> 544 Deepti Kapoor 0593328795 Tracyy 0 to-read 3.55 2023 Age of Vice
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