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The Republic Of Plato: Second Edition
Plato
Basic Books, 1991
Great Political Theory and Philosophy
+ Indispensable
+ Correcting two reviewers
+ Nice Translation!
+ Best Literal Translation
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The Power of Positive Thinking
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Fireside, 2007
Just what I needed.
+ Loved this book
+ A little dated in the presentation, but not the content.
+ Great Read
+ Inspired by the title ...
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A Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections)
Aldo Leopold
Oxford University Press, USA, 2001
Leaving a light footprint on the good earth
+ Frankly, I was disappointed
+ Classic
+ Sand County Almanac book
+ NOT Censored.
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The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction (with a New Epilogue)
Frank Kermode
Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
Foundational
+ Profound Reflections on Literary (and Historical) Endings
Apocalyptic literature is one area of novels that is permanent fixed with the ending of a time period, and by nature it has to be. When authors attempt through their literature to prophecy how the future will end up because of social beliefs or actions today or to predict the timing of future ...
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Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity (Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences)
Gregory Bateson
Hampton Press, 2002
The most important book on epistemology there is
+ Brilliant but incredibly obtuse
+ That reminds me of a story...
+ Inspiration Beyond Imagination!
+ You're Smarter Than You Think You Are
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The Nature of Personal Reality: Specific, Practical Techniques for Solving Everyday Problems and Enriching ...
Jane Roberts
Amber-Allen Publ., New World Library, 1994
The best of it's kind...
+ Point Of Power
+ Amazing
+ Classic New Age
+ This book can be a Life-Changing book
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Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
Keith Johnstone
Theatre Arts Book, 1987
Impro
+ Just do it
+ Of interest to all enlightened beings.
+ Has the power to change your life and how you experience it
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Plotinus: The Enneads (LP Classic Reprint Series)
Stephen MacKenna
Larson Publications, 2004
Arguably the greatest mind in Western culture
+ Plotinus: The Divine, Supra-Celestial Philosophy
+ An inspired system of spiritual philosophy
+ the ultimate sky-hook
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Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Toward Self-Realization
Karen Horney
W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
Give This Woman At Least 5 Stars, If Not a Nobel Prize
+ excellent basic
+ Neurosis and Human Growth
+ Understanding the human condition
+ An essential book for a psychology-minded person's bookshelf
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perrennial Modern Classics)
Annie Dillard
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007
The result of relentless observation
+ Five Stars--Seen Clearly
I first read this book in High School. I was impressed but 8 years later re-read the book to my younger sister for a class she was taking. She wasn't getting much from the book. But as I read it to her, I realized how supreme this book is among American Lit.
Dillard's book is the result of ...
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An Actor Prepares
Constantin Stanislavski
Theatre Arts Book, 1989
Absolutely essential read
+ Very Informative
+ any performing artist should read this book...
+ Definitely The Bible for actors.
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Acting: The First Six Lessons. (Theatre Arts Book)
Richard Boleslavsky
Theatre Arts / Routledge, 1987
Great Book for the Acting Student
+ Live it, Love it
+ Excellent Handbook
+ Deceptively Simplistic
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The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays (University of Texas Press Slavic Series)
M.M. Bakhtin
University of Texas Press, 1982
Bakhtin's most important and influential work on the novel
+ Dialogic Imagination
+ Conversation vs. Generic Being
+ Bakhtin at his best
+ damnably brilliant
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Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)
Meister Eckhart
Penguin Classics, 1995
The best single volume I have seen
+ "Love essentially resides in the will alone, so that whoever has more will, has more of love."
+ Pleasing and Profound!
+ Fairly good selection of Eckhart's works
+ wow
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shambhala Library)
Shunryu Suzuki
Shambhala, 2006
excellent intro to zen
+ a great book and even better b/c you can find it free online
+ A Beginner Always
+ A book that grows and dies with you
+ A must for your library
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