Albert CamusThese six stories, written at the height of Camus' artistic powers, all depict people at decisive, revelatory moments in their lives. Translated by Justin O'Brien.These works of fiction cover...

Nikos KazanyzakisThe classic novel, international sensation, and inspiration for the film starring Anthony Quinn explores the struggle between the aesthetic and the rational, the inner life and the life of...

Stephen LevineIn his new book, Stephen Levine, author of the perennial best-seller Who Dies?, teaches us how to live each moment, each hour, each day mindfully--as if it were all...

Erik DurschmiedFrom the wooden horse at Troy to a dropped package of cigars at Antietam, world history has been shaped as much by chance and error as by courage and...

Jose SaramagoJosé Saramago is a master at pacing. Readers unfamiliar with the work of this Portuguese Nobel Prize winner would do well to begin with The Cave, a novel of...

Sheldon B KoppIf You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him: The Pilgrimage Of Psychotherapy PatientsTherapists do not and cannot give answers. Explore the true nature of the therapeutic...

Paulo Coelho How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves—even if we are unsure of who we are? The Witch of Portobello is the story of...

Paulo CoelhoFrom bestselling author and international sensation Paulo Coelho, a novel set in a small village about a young, poor barmaid whose wager with the devil leads to a spiritual...

Sam Harris For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by...

Aldous Huxley An inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the "divine reality" common to all faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley"The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among...

Douglas Hofstadter What do we mean when we say “I”? Can thought arise out of matter? Can a self, a soul, a consciousness, an “I” arise out of mere matter?...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C Cutler, MDNearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like...