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  • Boulder

    by Eva Baltasar ...
    Working as a cook on a merchant ship, a woman comes to know and love Samsa, a woman who gives her the nickname 'Boulder'. When Samsa gets a job in Reykjavik and the couple decides to move there together, Samsa decides that she wants to have a child. She is already forty and can't bear to let the opportunity pass her by. Boulder is less enthused, but doesn't know how to say no – and so finds ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Permafrost

    by Eva Baltasar ...
    Translated by Julia Sanches ...
    Permafrost's no-bullshit lesbian narrator is an uninhibited lover, a no-hope employee, and a some-time suicidal student of her own dislocated self. As she tries to break out of the roles set for her by a controlling, overprotective mother, a relentlessly positive sister, and a society which imposes a gut-wrenching pressure to conform, she contemplates the so-called will to live when that life is ... Read more

    $12.29 CAD

  • The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence

    by Baltasar Gracián, Jeremy Robbins ...
    Translated by Jeremy Robbins ...
    Written over 350 years ago, The Pocket Oracle and the Art of Prudence is a charming collection of 300 witty and thought-provoking aphorisms. From the art of being lucky to the healthy use of caution, these elegant maxims were created as a guide to life, with further suggestions given on cultivating good taste, knowing how to refuse, the foolishness of complaining and the wisdom of controlling one ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • How to Use Your Enemies

    by Baltasar Gracián ...
    Translated by Jeremy Robbins ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'Better mad with the crowd than sane all alone'In these witty, Machiavellian aphorisms, unlikely Spanish priest Baltasar Gracián shows us how to exploit friends and enemies alike to thrive in a world of deception and illusion.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    by Baltasar Gracián ...
    Baroque philosopher Balthasar Gracian’s The Art of Worldly Wisdom consists of three hundred maxims spanning a wide range of topics relating to all aspects of life and human behavior. Gracian was a Spanish Jesuit Priest whose sermons and writings were disapproved of by his superiors. Admired by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche for the depth and subtlety of his observations, Gracian’s collection of pithy ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    A Pocket Oracle

    by Baltasar Gracian ...
    Translated by Christopher Maurer ...
    A centuries-old rediscovered masterpiece of 300 adages on how to live successfully yet responsibly in a society governed by self-interest, as astonishingly appropriate today as it was in seventeenth-century Spain“The Art of Worldly Wisdom is a book of strategies for knowing, judging, and acting: for making one’s way in the world and achieving distinction and perfection. . . . Like all aphorisms, ... Read more

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  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    by Baltasar Gracián ...
    Life guidance from a famed Renaissance man.This influential work of philosophy by one of the great thinkers of the Renaissance era advises people of all walks of life how to approach political, professional, and personal situations in a dog-eat-dog world. Comprised of three hundred pithy aphorisms, it offers thought-provoking and accessible advice. Some subjects include " Never Compete," " The Art ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • EMPTY QUARTER (the heredity of the sand)

    by Baltasar ...
    …always, behind the black veil of darkness, the pulsating stars invite the man to offer his eyes and thought……this place has been like this for millions of years... I'm walking on sand and rock's grains that have certainly seen the steps of people lived here thousands of years ago... without leaving traces?...“EMPTY QUARTER”, is the name given to a desert of the Arabic peninsula, the extent of ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    by Baltasar Gracian ...
    Translated by Joseph Jacobs ...
    This perenially popular book of advice on how to achieve personal and professional success is valued for its timeless insights on how to make one's way in the world. Written in the seventeenth century by a Spanish Jesuit scholar, the teachings are strikingly modern in tone and address universal concerns such as friendship, morality, effective leadership, and how to manage one's emotions. The Art ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

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  • Stone and Silicon

    Theatrical monologue

    by Baltasar ...
    "My house is not quiet, I am not loud ;But for us God fashioned our fate together.I am the swifter, at times the stronger,My house more enduring, longer to last.At times I rest; my dwelling still runs;Within it I lodge as long as I live.Should we two be severed, my death is sure"(Riddle n° 85 from the Exeter Book)The monologue/soliloquy is, essentially, about self-consciousness, self-awareness. ... Read more

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  • The Etiquette Collection

    The Art of Worldly Wisdom; Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette; and Emily Post's Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home

    by Baltasar Gracián, Eleanor Roosevelt, Emily Post ...
    Three timeless books on the art of living gracefully—from a Renaissance philosopher, a beloved first lady, and the original matron of American manners.The Art of Worldly Wisdom: Seventeenth-century Spanish philosopher Baltasar Gracián advises people of all walks of life on how to approach political, professional, and personal situations in a dog-eat-dog world. Comprised of three hundred pithy ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • eso-exoteria, allegorical writings and drawings

    by Baltasar ...
    …what I am about to dance, is a roundabout dance, around myself.A dervish-like dance, a circular dance, a silent dance ... that disorients me, unbalances me, and sets before me, while I continue to see an image of myself, the truth on my inability to know the Truth. My knowledge blurred by ignorance, by prejudice, and by lies……a wonderful condition that is difficult to grasp if you insist on ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus