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It looks like a simple riddle book. A monk asks, "Has a dog Buddha‑nature?" The master replies, "Mu." Nothing more. But this single syllable—meaning literally "no" or "not"—has undone more clever minds than any philosophical argument. The Gateless Gate (Wúménguān) is a collection of 48...

Before AA… Before The Twelve Steps… Soul Surgery defined personal work, was the foundation of sponsorship and step work, and bridged the Oxford Group and Alcoholics Anonymous. The practical evangelical method covers: - Confidence, gained through trust and discretion - Confession of moral...

The origin of the phrase “call a spade a spade.” Πῶς δεῖ ἱστορίαν συγγράφειν was written in the mid‑160s AD, and is the the most complete surviving ancient treatise on historiographical method. Prompted by the deluge of amateur accounts celebrating Rome’s...

The true teachings of Jesus, stripped of mysticism, hierarchies and rules; the philosophy of humanity's greatest teacher as "a very strict, pure, and complete metaphysical and ethical doctrine." From Tolstoy's preface: An examination of Christian teaching not according to interpretations [by...

The Classic of Changes (I Ching / Yìjīng / 易經) is one of the oldest and most enduring texts in the Chinese literary tradition, and one of the oldest books on record. The trigrams and method are classically attributed to the culture hero and legendary emperor Fu Xi (c. 2800 BCE), who also...

The Huáinánzǐ (淮南子) is one of the great synthetic works of early Daoism. It weaves together cosmology, statecraft, and self-cultivation into a vision of the Dào (道) as the formless, generative source of all order. It is also known under its full title Huáinán Hóngliè...

In this classic of stoic philosophy, Epictetus gives short rules for living a well-ordered life, defined by knowing what is in your control and not getting upset about what isn't. Compiled by his student Arrian from classroom lectures, it distills a lifetime of ethical teaching into fifty-two...

A selection of the very best of Chinese poetry over the course of a thousand years, from 100 years before Christ was born up of the middle ages. Arthur Waley's translations of Chinese poetry are still the benchmark by which such translations are held, nearly two hundred years after he introduced the west to the wonder of classical Chinese poetry.

There are many versions of this work in English, and it is included as a useful reflection once one has pondered Daoism’s key texts. The title is properly ‘'Sun Tzu's Military Method'. It was written at the time of the Dao and Zhuang Zi, several centuries before the Lieh Tzu. For fifteen hundred years, it was part of China’s canonical strategic anthology, which became known as the Seven Military Classics.

Step into the madcap medieval world of A Comic History of England, Book IV, where Gilbert Abbott à Beckett turns the tumultuous era of Henry IV to Richard III into a sidesplitting spectacle!

Embark on a journey through 2,400 years of history with this definitive collection of 161 of the world’s greatest speeches. Presented chronologically, this master volume spans from the golden age of Athens in 431 BCE to the dawn of a new China in 1926, now complete with seminal speeches from India’s Mohandas Gandhi and China’s Mao Tse-Tung.

A diverse collection of works from various writers, many of whom are unpublished until now. There are laughs, tears, and numerous flights of fancy. In short; quirky and fun. Pull up a chair to the fireside in the comfort of the Stranger's Room, and be transported to the world of Holmes and Watson.

Four centuries ago, the philosopher, statesman and father of the scientific method Francis Bacon wrote a proto sci-fi book that would help reshape the world. The vision of ‘Salomon’s House’ inspired the Royal Society (the oldest continuously existing scientific academy on earth, founded in...

You probably know the name Nathaniel Hawthorne. Often described as one of the greatest fiction writers of the 19th century, and master of the allegorical and symbolic tale, he penned The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables, and was a close friend of Herman Melville, Merson, Thoreau, and...

Long before the term “science fiction” was coined in 1929, Edgar Allan Poe was writing tales that reached for the stars, probed the boundaries of life and death, and imagined strange future histories. Best known as the master of the macabre, Poe here turns his restless imagination to what...

Between every stimulus and every response, there is a space. Three to five seconds wide. Most people never feel it. They react before it opens, then construct an explanation afterwards for why the reaction was reasonable. The explanation is almost always wrong. You Are Not Your Reaction is about...

"The Elements of Style" is an American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and it was published by Harcourt in 1920, comprising eight "elementary rules of usage," ten "elementary principles of composition," "a few matters of form," a list of 49 "words and expressions commonly misused," and a list of 57 "words often misspelled."

In 100 AD, Plutarch wrote what would become the first science fiction about the civilisation on the moon, appended to a rigorous scientific analysis of current knowledge about the moon. Orbital mechanics, optics, atmospheric refraction, lunar geography, planetary and stellar composition...

“If you have lost a son, you have only ceased to hold him; you have not lost him. He is beyond all harm… Nature lends us children not as possessions, but as gifts that must be returned.” The two most personal letters that Seneca wrote were to his mother, after he had been exiled to Corsica...

A great primer on the history of Japanese art as it evolved under the Buddhist (and later Zen) movements embedding in Japan's culture. Written by the first great populariser of Chinese and Japanese cultural artefacts, including translating a great number of Chinese poems and literary works.