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  • Audiobook

    The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    Narrated by John Riddle ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 28 min

    "The Art of Worldly Wisdom" is a timeless guidebook to navigating life's challenges with wisdom and prudence. Composed of 300 concise aphorisms, this work by Spanish Jesuit philosopher Baltasar Gracián offers practical advice on topics ranging from social interaction to personal development. With insights into leadership, decision-making, and success, Gracián's wisdom transcends its 17th-century ... Read more

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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

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  • 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

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  • The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence

    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

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  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    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

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  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    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

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  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    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. "Think with the few and speak with the many," "Friends are a second existence," and "Be able to forget" are among ... Read more

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  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    Baltasar Gracian y Morales assumed his final vows of the Jesuits in 1635, having been raised by his uncle, a priest, and studying theology in Zaragoza, Spain. Gracian became quite famous as a preacher, and wrote a number of literary works concerning politics, practical advice for life, and philosophy. Today he is known as the most representative writer of the Spanish baroque style called ... Read more

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  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom

    A Pocket Oracle

    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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  • 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

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  • THE ART OF WORDLY WISDOM - Gracian

    The Art of Worldly Wisdom is considered a masterpiece of Spanish Baroque literature. The work presents a collection of aphorisms, with commentary on various subjects, offering advice and guidance on how to live the best life and evolve as a human being. Written in 1647 by Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601 - 1658), a Spanish writer, thinker, and Jesuit, it is a work belonging to didactic prose. The ... Read more

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  • A Pocket Mirror for Heroes

    Translated by Christopher Maurer ...
    A Pocket Mirror for Heroes is a mirror because it reflects "the person you are or the one you ought to be." It is a pocket mirror because its author took the time to be brief. And it is a mirror for heroes because it provides a vivid image of ethical and moral perfection to which all can aspire. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracian was all but forgotten for three hundred years, until its ... Read more

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