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"The dystopian side of Huxley produced Brave New World, which foretold the myriad bleak worlds to come. The Perennial Philosophy is the mirror opposite, or perhaps the cure. In describing the common features of world spirituality, it outlines with clarity the transcendent strain in what humans aspire to become. Without a transcendent vision, I can’t imagine anyone’s life having deeply rooted purpose and meaning."

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Arthur Schopenhauer

Peter B. Lewis

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Arthur Schopenhauer devoted his adult life to the articulation of a philosophy for the world, a...

I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen

Sylvie Simmons

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The definitive biography of the late Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and...

Meanings of Pain

Simon Van Rysewyk

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Although pain is widely recognized by clinicians and researchers as an experience, pain is always...

The Riddle of Life

J.H. Bavinck and Bert Hielema

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In the spirit of C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, eminent Calvinist thinker J. H. Bavinck's Riddle...

Amy Tan recommended An Unnecessary Woman in Books (curated)

An Unnecessary Woman

Rabih Alameddine | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

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"The breathtaking beauty of Alameddine’s prose alone makes this compulsive reading. Its true genius, however, lies in the sacrosanct ideas that the narrator—a translator of books that will never be read—lays bare with humorous irreverence, wry insouciance, or intellectual outrage. She is fearless in looking at aging and death, the morality of war and survival, and the true meaning of a meaningful life. She also gives advice on not dying your hair blue in bad light."

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NIRV May the Faith be with You Holy Bible, Hardcover

Zondervan

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Life in the Spirit isn't about cushioned pews and easy living-it's about adventure, risk, daring,...

Hayley Hornibrook (48 KP) rated The Diary of a Young Girl in Books

Jun 29, 2018

This is that one book I will return to again and again - each time it has a layer of new meaning (0 more)

Relatable, heart-rending writing

Anne’s honest and open aspirations are cruelly cut short at the end of the diary entries and her life. The universal grief experienced the first time I reached the end (after feeling as though I had become her best friend) will never leave me.