Bk Theme: Philosophy
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The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time–a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages. The Prophet contains powerful words of wisdom on such essential subjects as marriage, children, friendship, work, and pleasure–words that…
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Journey to Mount Tamalpais
JOURNEY TO MOUNT TAMALPAIS is an essay on Nature, Art, and the relationship between them. Highly original in both content and literary structure, it provides a new outlook on the importance of Nature as an element of thinking; one of the major works on the “spirit of place” in contemporary literature.
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These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit: Poems
A thoughtful new collection of poems, one that deconstructs the deceptively simple question if what it means to be good–a good person, a good citizen, a good teacher, a good poet, a good father.