Good Bad Books George Orwell http://feedbooks.com/book/1298 en 1945 Essay This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://feedbooks.com/book/1298.png http://feedbooks.com/book/1298.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/1298.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/1298.mobi The Professional Approach Charles Leonard Harness http://feedbooks.com/book/2413 en 1962 Short Fiction Science Fiction The trials of a patent lawyer are usually highly technical tribulations--and among the greatest is the fact that Inventors are only slightly less predictable than their Inventions! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/2413.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2413.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2413.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2413.mobi The Book of Tea Kakuzo Okakura http://feedbooks.com/book/991 urn:isbn:1933330171 en 1906 Non-Fiction Philosophy The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times. In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism and how Tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. The book is accessibile to Western audiences because Kakuzo was taught at a young age to speak English; and spoke it all his life, becoming proficient at communicating his thoughts to the Western Mind. In his book, he discusses such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of Tea and Japanese life. The book emphasises how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzo argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters, and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyu and his contribution to the Japanese Tea Ceremony. According to Tomonobu Imamichi, Heidegger's concept of Dasein in Sein und Zeit was inspired — although Heidegger remains silent on this — by Okakura Kakuzo's concept of das-in-dem-Welt-sein (to be in the being of the world) expressed in The Book of Tea to describe Zhuangzi's philosophy, which Imamichi's teacher had offerred to Heidegger in 1919, after having followed lessons with him the year before. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/991.png http://feedbooks.com/book/991.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/991.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/991.mobi The Success Machine Henry Slesar http://feedbooks.com/book/2732 en 1960 Short Fiction Science Fiction Mechanical brains are all the rage these days, so General Products just had to have one. But the blamed thing almost put them out of business. Why? It had no tact. It insisted upon telling the truth! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/2732.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2732.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2732.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2732.mobi Why I Write George Orwell http://feedbooks.com/book/1331 en 1946 Essay This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://feedbooks.com/book/1331.png http://feedbooks.com/book/1331.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/1331.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/1331.mobi In the Year 2889 Jules Verne http://feedbooks.com/book/477 urn:isbn:0809501287 en 1889 Short Fiction Science Fiction In the Year 2889 was first published in the Forum, February, 1889. It was published in France the next year. Although published under the name of Jules Verne, it is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely the work of Jules Verne's son, Michel Verne. In any event, many of the topics in the article echo Jules Verne's ideas. http://feedbooks.com/book/477.png http://feedbooks.com/book/477.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/477.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/477.mobi The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away Cory Doctorow http://feedbooks.com/book/2746 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/2746.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2746.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2746.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2746.mobi The Art of War Sun Tzu http://feedbooks.com/book/168 urn:isbn:0762415983 en -514 Non-Fiction Philosophy War The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time. The Art of War is one of the oldest books on military strategy in the world. It is the first and one of the most successful works on strategy and has had a huge influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Sun Tzu was the first to recognize the importance of positioning in strategy and that position is affected both by objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective opinions of competitive actors in that environment. He taught that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through a to-do list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment, but in a competitive environment, http://feedbooks.com/book/168.png http://feedbooks.com/book/168.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/168.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/168.mobi Tao Te Ching Laozi http://feedbooks.com/book/215 urn:isbn:0679724346 en -600 Non-Fiction Philosophy Religion The Tao Te Ching is fundamental to the Taoist school of Chinese philosophy and strongly influenced other schools, such as Legalism and Neo-Confucianism. This ancient book is also central in Chinese religion, not only for Taoism but Chinese Buddhism, which when first introduced into China was largely interpreted through the use of Taoist words and concepts. Many Chinese artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers, and even gardeners have used the Tao Te Ching as a source of inspiration. Its influence has also spread widely outside East Asia, aided by hundreds of translations into Western languages. http://feedbooks.com/book/215.png http://feedbooks.com/book/215.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/215.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/215.mobi