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Stone Bridge Classics eBook Series

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  • The Book of Tea

    by Kakuzo Okakura ...
    Series series Stone Bridge Classics
    A classic essay at the intersection of art, philosophy, and tea.Kakuzo Okakuzo was a fascinating intellectual of Japan's Meiji period. He was bilingual in English and Japanese from an early age and spent his career bridging the gap between the two cultures. Originally written in English and addressed to the Western world, The Book of Tea introduced readers to "Teaism"—the practice of drinking tea ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Ideals of the East

    With Special Reference to the Art of Japan

    by Kakuzo Okakura ...
    Series series Stone Bridge Classics
    An exploration of the roots of beauty in Japanese aesthetics.Written by the foremost authority of the era on Oriental archeology and art, this extremely influential book offers a brief but concise introduction to Asian art. First published in 1883, it responded to a vogue in Western culture for a growing awareness and appreciation of Japanese artistic expressions of beauty and philosophy—a ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

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    by Oscar Wilde ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself'Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and ... Read more

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  • A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees

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    by Kenko ...
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    'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met...'Moonlight, sake, spring blossom, idle moments, a woman's hair - these exquisite reflections on life's fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the senses.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 ... Read more

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  • Lips too Chilled

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Lucien Stryk ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'Nothing more lonely -'A selection of Basho's most magical haikuIntroducing 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 around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th ... Read more

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  • On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts

    by Thomas De Quincey ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed - a knife - a purse - and a dark lane...'In this provocative and blackly funny essay, Thomas de Quincey considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how practically every philosopher over the past two hundred years has been murdered - 'insomuch, that if a man ... Read more

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  • The Life of a Stupid Man

    by Ryunosuke Akutagawa ...
    Translated by Jay Rubin ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.'Autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling.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 around the world and across many centuries. They ... Read more

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  • Why I Am so Clever

    by Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    Translated by R. J. Hollingdale ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?'Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the ... Read more

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  • Aphorisms on Love and Hate

    by Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'We must learn to love, learn to be kind, and this from our earliest youth ... Likewise, hatred must be learned and nurtured, if one wishes to become a proficient hater'This volume contains a selection of Nietzsche's brilliant and challenging aphorisms, examining the pleasures of revenge, the falsity of pity, and the incompatibility of marriage with the philosophical life.Introducing Little Black ... Read more

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  • Three Tang Dynasty Poets

    by Penguin Books Ltd ...
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    'Can I bear to leave these blue hills?'A generous selection from three of the greatest and most enjoyable of Chinese poetsIntroducing 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 around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a ... Read more

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  • The Eve of St Agnes

    by John Keats ...
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    'Hoodwink'd in faery fancy...'This volume contains a selection of Keats's greatest verse - including his gothic story in verse, 'The Eve of St Agnes', and the mysterious 'Lamia' - exploring themes of love, enchantment, myth and magic.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 ... Read more

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  • My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun

    by Emily Dickinson ...
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    'It's coming - the postponeless Creature'Electrifying poems of isolation, beauty, death and eternity from a reclusive genius and one of America's greatest writers.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and ... Read more

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