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The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion
by:
Elle Luna
3.96 avg rating β 11,508 ratings 3. 
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Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation
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Joseph Campbell
4.33 avg rating β 3,058 ratings 8. 
Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It
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Ian Leslie
4.03 avg rating β 2,982 ratings 
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On science, necessity, and the love of God;: Essays really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 21 ratings
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How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness 3.93 avg rating β 3,255 ratings
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The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
by:
Vivian Gornick
3.92 avg rating β 2,748 ratings 
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An Eames Anthology: Articles, Film Scripts, Interviews, Letters, Notes, and Speeches
by:
Charles Eames
4.53 avg rating β 17 ratings 
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The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
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Pico Iyer
3.93 avg rating β 1,143 ratings 19. 
The Writings of William James: A Comprehensive Edition
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William James
4.22 avg rating β 105 ratings 
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Nobel Lectures in Literature, Vol 2 (1968-1980)
by:
Sture AllΓ©n
liked it 3.00 avg rating β 1 rating 
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The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod
by:
Henry Beston
4.07 avg rating β 3,782 ratings 
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Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
by:
David Whyte
4.46 avg rating β 4,187 ratings 
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The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life 4.15 avg rating β 1,761 ratings
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Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism
by:
Lorraine Daston
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 33 ratings 
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The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship
by:
David Whyte
3.92 avg rating β 1,374 ratings 