
Better Living Through Criticism
Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A. O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact...
View full detailsFew could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A. O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact...
View full detailsThomas Cathcart and Daniel Klien have been thinking deep thoughts and writing jokes for decades, and now they are here to help us understand Philos...
View full detailstranslated by A. N. D. Haksar Little is known about Vatsyayana, who is reputed to have composed the Kama Sutra "while observing a celibate's life i...
View full detailstranslated by John Minford The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or "Book of the Tao," is a guide to cultivating...
View full detailsIn clear, practical, easily adopted lessons--one a day for 100 days--renowned Buddhist monk Shunmyo Masuno draws on centuries of wisdom to teach yo...
View full detailsThomas Ligotti's first nonfiction outing is an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an insightful, unsparing argument th...
View full detailsThe original blueprint for realpolitik, The Prince shocked sixteenth-century Europe with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute powe...
View full detailstranslated by Gyurme Dorje Graced with opening words by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, the Penguin Deluxe Edition of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is ...
View full detailsThe kindness we owe one another goes far beyond the everyday gestures of feeding someone else's parking meter--although it's important not to downp...
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