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I Ching: The Essential Translation Of The Ancient Chinese Oracle And Book Of Wisdom (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by John Minford
$44.95 AUD
Category: I Ching | Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser.
This is a landmark new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom, in a stunning Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. The I Ching, or Book of Change, has been consulted through the ages, in both China and the West, for answers to fundamental questions about the world and our place in it. T ...Show more
Ka - 2019 Edition by Roberto Calasso
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
In Ka, Roberto Calasso delves into the corpus of classical Sanskrit literature recreating and re-imagining the enchanting world of ancient India. Beginning with the Rig-Veda, Ka weaves together myths from the Upanishad, the Mahabharata and the stories of the Buddha, all of which pose questions that have ...Show more
Kabir: the Weavers Song by DHARWADKER (TR)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
One of India's greatest mystics, Kabir (1398-1448) was also a satirist and philosopher, and a poet of timeless wit and wisdom. Equally immersed in theology and social thought, music and politics, his songs have won devoted followers from every walk of life through the past five centuries. He was a Musli ...Show more
Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
$22.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: A\Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.
Like the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca's Letters are a treasure of practical wisdom on how to live and enjoy life. The focus is on living a simple, stress-free life thorough the use of rationalism. Seneca's timeless essays provide practical steps for people to deal with the human suffering that ...Show more
Mahabharata by NARAYAN R.K.
$34.95 AUD
Category: Indian Sacred Texts | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Includes characters who are obsessed with the rise and fall of gods, empires and heroes.
Meetings With Remarkable Men by G. I. Gurdjieff
$22.99 AUD
Category: George Gurdjieff | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
This is the exhilarating, life-affirming call to spiritual arms from world-renowned spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. 'Gurdjieff's voice is heard as a call. He calls because he suffers from the inner chaos in which we live. He calls to us to open our eyes. He asks us why we are here, what we wish for, ...Show more
Metamorphoses by Ovid
$37.95 AUD
Category: Mythology | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
In "The Metamorphoses", Ovid draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and tales from Babylon and the East to create a series of narrative poems, linked by the common theme of transformation. Arthur Golding's 16th-century translation of the verses was the first major English version and brought Ovid to ...Show more
Monkey King: Journey to the West by Wu Ch'eng-en
$45.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
One of China's Four Great Classical Novels, Monkey King was written anonymously during the Ming dynasty and is most commonly attributed to Wu Cheng'en, the son of a silk-shop clerk from east China. It recounts a Tang-dynasty monk's quest for Buddhist scriptures, accompanied by an omni-talented kung-fu M ...Show more
Njal's Saga by Leifur Eiricksson
$27.95 AUD
Category: Norse Lore | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It ...Show more
Rumi: Selected Poems by Rumi
$7.50 AUD
Category: Second Hand Titles | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Thirteenth-century Persian philosopher, mystic, scholar and founder of the order of the Whirling Dervishes, Rumi was also a poet of transcendental power. His inspirational verse speaks with the universal voice of the human soul and brims with exuberant energy and passion. Rich in natural imagery from ho ...Show more
Selected Poems by Rumi
$17.99 AUD
Category: Sufism | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Thirteenth-century Persian philosopher, mystic, scholar and founder of the order of the Whirling Dervishes, Rumi was also a poet of transcendental power. His inspirational verse speaks with the universal voice of the human soul and brims with exuberant energy and passion. Rich in natural imagery from ho ...Show more
Songs of Mihyar the Damascene by Adonis
$22.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Written in the early 1960s by Adonis, 'the most eloquent spokesman and explorer of Arabic modernity' (Edward Said), Songs of Mihyar the Damascene is widely considered to be the apex of the modernist poetry movement in the Arab world, and a radical departure from the rigid formal structures that had domi ...Show more