Casper ter Kuile Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Birth Place: Earth Race: Human Politics: Freedom Religion: Love
Scott Maxwell
I wonder why love is so often equated with joy when it is everything else as well. Devastation, balm, obsession, granting and receiving excessive value, and losing it again. It is recognition, often of what you are not but might be. - Florida Scott-Maxwell
Paperback, 2018
$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Rationalization of Miracles
Paolo Parigi
The Catholic Church did this in large part because it benefited the institution in the midst of the Reformation, but it is still pretty cool! Source: The Rationalization of Miracles by Paolo Parigi
Paperback, 2014
$51.00$26.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
St Matthew Passion: Vocal Score
J. S. Bach
If you love Bach's St Matthew Passion as I do, this is a wonderful read. https://t.co/ZTl8gqYZ8H
Paperback, 2016
$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leisure: The Basis of Culture
Josef Pieper
Leisure does not exist for the sake of work. - Josef Pieper
Paperback, 2009
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Psalms
Walter Brueggemann
"In the Psalms, the pain is brought to speech. When the pain is brought to speech, it turns into energy. If pain isn’t brought to speech, it turns into despair. That means that the people who make a difference are the people who bring the pain to speech." - Walter Brueggemann
Paperback, 2014
$53.00$28.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life
Simran Jeet Singh
We welcomed @simran and his friend @prabhjotsinghNY in a great conversation about this book and more at @TheNearnessCoop earlier this week. Such a joy!! Highly recommend The Light We Give : ) https://t.co/btKGLakAUv
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
Robert Waldinger
Congrats to @robertwaldinger on the publication of his new book The Good Life! Bob's leadership of the longest study of human relationships has been deeply informative to my work and I can't wait to read this : ) https://t.co/zv0pcYSlZH
Hardcover, 2023
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir
Hilary Mantel
Just started reading Hilary Mantel's memoir Giving Up The Ghost and want to live in her words forever. My god, what a writer.
Paperback, 2004
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
Simone Stolzoff
Huge congrats to @SimoneStolzoff on his publication day! Check out his book: The Good Enough Job - a great antidote to our culture of overwork. https://t.co/Pevyq9rXZH
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
John O'Donohue
When we awaken to the call of Beauty, we become aware of new ways of being in the world. - John O'Donohue
Paperback, 2005
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book