Safi Bahcall

These essays offer a witty and insightful look at aging and the writing life. Donald Hall, a celebrated poet and author, reflects on his past and present, from his terrifying thirties to his newfound love of testosterone in his eighties. He also writes lovingly of his ancestral farm and his daily writing routine. Alternately lyrical and humorous, Essays After Eighty is a delightful and inspiring treasure.

Yongey Mingyur is one of the most celebrated among the new generation of Tibetan meditation masters, whose teachings have touched people of all faiths around the world. His first book, The Joy of Living, was a New York Times bestseller hailed as “compelling, readable, and informed” (Buddhadharma) and praised by Richard Gere, Lou Reed, and Julian Schnabel for its clarity, wit, and unique insight into the relationship between science and Buddhism. His new book, Joyful Wisdom, addresses the timely and timeless problem of anxiety in our everyday lives. “From the 2,500-year-old perspective of Buddhism,” Yongey Mingyur writes, “every chapter in human history could be described as an ‘age of anxiety.’ The anxiety we feel now has been part of the human condition for centuries.” So what do we do? Escape or succumb? Both routes inevitably lead to more complications and problems in our lives. “Buddhism,” he says, “offers a third option. We can look directly at the disturbing emotions and other problems we experience in our lives as stepping-stones to freedom. Instead of rejecting them or surrendering to them, we can befriend them, working through them to reach an enduring authentic experience of our inherent wisdom, confidence, clarity, and joy.” Divided into three parts like a traditional Buddhist text, Joyful Wisdom identifies the sources of our unease, describes methods of meditation that enable us to transform our experience into deeper insight, and applies these methods to common emotional, physical, and personal problems. The result is a work at once wise, anecdotal, funny, informed, and graced with the author’s irresistible charm.

¿En qué consiste la excelencia? ¿Puede cualquiera llegar a ser el mejor en aquello que emprenda o acaso la genialidad está reservada a unos pocos superdotados? Figura pública desde que a los nueve años ganara su primer campeonato de ajedrez y catapultado a la fama cuando el libro de su padre, Buscando a Bobby Fisher, fue convertido en un filme de éxito, Josh Waitzkin sabe lo que significa llegar a lo más alto. El apasionante testimonio de sus años como campeón de ajedrez primero y de Tai-Chi después, no deja lugar a la excelencia es un proceso al alcance de todos? si descubrimos la esencia del verdadero aprendizaje. Con ejemplos procedentes de todo tipo de disciplinas, Waitzkin comparte con sus lectores los hallazgos que ha ido atesorando a lo largo de años de concentración y un camino de autoconocimiento que guiará a cualquiera dispuesto a dar lo mejor de sí mismo, ya sea en el trabajo o en cualquier otra disciplina.

Discover the strategic parallels between life and chess in this inspiring book by a legendary chess player. Delve into lessons both personal and professional, as the author shares his own experiences and draws from the worlds of politics and business.

This collection of sixty-five tales, written by the famed author of Lolita and Pale Fire, offers readers a glimpse into the many shades of Nabokov's imagination. Ranging from fables to horror, and even including eleven stories translated into English for the first time, it's a testament to the genius of the master storyteller's devious wit and ability to turn language into an instrument of ecstasy. Whether you're a fan or new to Nabokov, The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov is sure to delight and shock in equal measure.