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$19.99 - The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy Leather Bound

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[Amazon.ca] $19.99 - The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy Leather Bound

Shipped and sold by amazon. I've been keeping my eye on this and other books in this collection and this happened to go on sale. Not ATL but its close enough.

Book includes translations of:
- Sun Tzu's Art of War
- Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching
- teachings of the master sage Confucius
- writings of Mencius.
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Always wanted to read the art of war and this is a good excuse to do so lol
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not trying to knock the deal but if this is on demand amazon print books they literally print and bind a book when you order. the content is the same so if you're not into how pretty the book feels/looks it could totally work... but having said that if it's gonna be a slightly better version than a DIY print at home version... doesn't amazon have free ebooks... are these titles available on there?

or is leather bound really worth it?
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The translation of the Art of War 孫子兵法, better translated as Military Methods, is by Lionel Giles and published in 1910.

It's freely available in the public domain.
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Saw this exact book (and other titles) at Costco Yorktech today! All were $19.99 each. Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen... can't remember the others...
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Basically paying for the leather. Good for collectors
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Also, many audio versions of this book are available for free on LibriVox
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Yep, all on free-domain. Don't think these authors have been alive in the past 2000 years at least.
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ADenariusSaved wrote: Yep, all on free-domain. Don't think these authors have been alive in the past 2000 years at least.
The original text is public domain, the translations are not all public domain.
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I found my books from 2005 are now turning yellow...I'm hesitant to buy hard copies, plus space comes at a premium these days.
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ADenariusSaved wrote: I found my books from 2005 are now turning yellow...I'm hesitant to buy hard copies, plus space comes at a premium these days.
Yeah, it’s been 17 years. Paper doesn’t stay white forever. It’s paper !
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The art of war is pretty heavy in every day philosophy thus it might not be treated as a simple military strategy book. The trick and desciplin extends beyond to business decisions , take over deceit etc.

Also the translation lost lots of the original meanings especially for "Dao de Jing". So both books better to be read in original ancient Chinese would be 100% precise literally. Unfortunately, even for us Chinese the ancient Chinese is a bit hard to understand let alone comprehend it thoroughly.
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najibs wrote: Yeah, it’s been 17 years. Paper doesn’t stay white forever. It’s paper !
Lol the saddest realization is that you've become old enough that your first books are turning yellow...
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Good deal op , this is a good compilation deal and shouldn't be read at one sitting .

This is the kind of book which you keep near your favorite coffee spot for a contemplative read which enjoy the sun and silence.

It also has Tao Te Ching Book by Laozi.
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All the titles at Costco Elgin Mills today. Yorktech had the same selection too.
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If you like the book design, flame tree publishing compiles short stories.
They look great on shelves and got into them when indigo had some titles around 10-13$ each.
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