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The Enneads by Plotinus
30.00 NZD
Category: Greek Philosophy | Series: Classics Ser.
Regarded as the founder of Neo-Platonism, Plotinus (AD 204 70) was the last great philosopher of antiquity, producing 0works that proved in many ways a precursor to Renaissance thought. Plotinus was convinced of the existence of a state of supreme perfection and argued powerfully that it was necessary t ...Show more
The Epic of Gilgamesh by N K Sandars, N. K. Sandars
30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Andrew George's "masterly new translation" (The Times) of the world's first truly great work of literatureMiraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic, predating Homer by many centuries. The story tells ...Show more
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
One of the century's most challenging novels of ideas, The Fountainhead champions the cause of individualism through the story of a gifted young architect who defies the tyranny of conventional public opinion. The struggle for personal integrity in a world that values conformity above creativity is powe ...Show more
The Iliad And the Odyssey by Homer
45.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Fall River Classics Ser.
Two of the greatest adventure stories of all time, these timeless epics of war, duty, honour and revenge are filled with magic, mystery and an assortment of gods and goddesses who meddle freely in the affairs of men. The Iliad recounts the war between the Trojans and Achaeans and the personal and tragic ...Show more
The Last Barrier - A Sufi Journey by Reshad Feild
20.00 NZD
Category: Sufism | Series: Element Classics Ser.
This classic work by Reshad Feild, one of today's best-known Sufi teachers in the West, tells the compelling story of his journey into an ancient and powerful spiritual path. Starting as a London antique dealer, Feild comes into contact with the enigmatic Hamid, a Sufi teacher who leads him into a world ...Show more
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
38.00 NZD
Category: Islam | Series: A\Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.
Utterly unique and beloved around the world, The Prophet is a collection of twenty-six poetic essays by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. Telling the story of the prophet Al-Mustafa and his conversations with various acquaintances as he returns home after a long absence, the boo ...Show more
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
35.00 NZD
Category: Judaism | Series: FSG Classics Ser.
Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's "The Sabbath" has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication-and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in modern life. In this brief yet profound meditation o ...Show more
The Second Sex (Vintage Feminism Short Edition) by Simone de Beauvoir
20.00 NZD
Category: Feminism | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short form. This book comes with an introduction by Natalie Haynes. When this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage and scandal. Never before had the case for female liberty been so forcefully and successfully argued. De Beauvoir's belief that 'On ...Show more
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh; Christiana Figueres (Foreword by)
37.00 NZD
Category: Spirituality | Series: Thich Nhat Hanh Classics Ser.
It was written as a sequel to Miracle of Mindfulness and contains the journey, on the path of everyday practice, from mindfulness to insight in an informational, conversational manner. Using the objects and events of everyday life in his hermitage in Plum Village-the gradual settling of the pulp in a gl ...Show more
The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo
40.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
A new translation by Scott James Hogarth for the first unabridged English edition of the novel, which tells the story of a reculsive fisherman from the Channel Islands who must free a ship that has run aground in order to win the hand of the woman he loves, a shipowner's daughter
The Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran
35.00 NZD
Category: Hinduism | Series: Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality Ser.
Among the oldest of India's spiritual texts, the Upanishads are records of intensive question-and-answer sessions given by illumined sages to their students - in ashrams, at family gatherings, in a royal court, and in the kingdom of Death. The sages share flashes of insight, extraordinary visions, the r ...Show more
Timaeus & Critias by , Plato
18.00 NZD
Category: Greek Philosophy | Series: Classics Ser.
Plato'sambitious dialogue Timaeus and the unfinished Critias were meant to be part of a trilogy that would outline a proper and sufficiently detailed natural philosophy and cosmology. The Timaeus is Plato's spirited response to the cosmogony and physics of the "atheist" Atomist philosophers Leucippu ...Show more