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Meditations: The Annotated Edition by Marcus Aurelius

Meditations: The Annotated Edition

Marcus Aurelius

384 pages • first pub 180 (editions)

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nonfiction classics history philosophy informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Hardship and Happiness by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Hardship and Happiness

Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

318 pages • first pub 64 (editions)

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nonfiction classics philosophy challenging slow-paced
Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy

Antony and Cleopatra

Adrian Goldsworthy

470 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history informative tense slow-paced
Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control by Ryan Holiday

Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

Stoic Virtue Series

Ryan Holiday

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic by Josiah Osgood

Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic

Josiah Osgood

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Seneca Six Pack - On the Happy Life, Letters from a Stoic Vol I, Medea, On Leisure, The Daughters of Troy and The Stoic (Illustrated) (Six Pack Classics Book 4) by Francis Caldwell Holland, Ella Isabel Harris, Richard Mott Gummere, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Aubrey Stewart

Seneca Six Pack - On the Happy Life, Letters from a Stoic Vol I, Medea, On Leisure, The Daughters of Troy and The Stoic (Illustrated) (Six Pack Classics Book 4)

Francis Caldwell Holland, Ella Isabel Harris, Richard Mott Gummere, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Aubrey Stewart

missing page info • first pub 55 (editions)

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nonfiction classics philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient by William B. Irvine

The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient

William B. Irvine

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction philosophy psychology self help informative reflective slow-paced
Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema Chödrön

Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

Pema Chödrön

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction self help informative reflective relaxing slow-paced
Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself by Rich Roll

Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

Rich Roll

400 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

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nonfiction autobiography sports reflective fast-paced
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

Dave Grohl

376 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir music funny inspiring reflective medium-paced