Slickdeals is community-supported.  We may get paid by brands or deals, including promoted items.
Sorry, this deal has expired. Get notified of deals like this in the future. Add Deal Alert for this Item
Frontpage

The Wisdom of Insecurity (eBook) Expired

$2
$9.99
+44 Deal Score
9,704 Views
Various retailers have The Wisdom of Insecurity (eBook) by Alan Watts for $1.99.

Thanks to Community Member phoinix for finding this deal.

Available Retailers:About this book:
  • Spending all our time trying to anticipate and plan for the future and to lamenting the past, we forget to embrace the here and now. We are so concerned with tomorrow that we forget to enjoy today. Drawing from Eastern philosophy and religion, Alan Watts shows that it is only by acknowledging what we do not—and cannot—know that we can learn anything truly worth knowing.

Editor's Notes & Price Research

Written by
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $8 lower (80% savings) than the list price of $9.99.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.7/5 from over 2,800 Amazon customer reviews.
  • About this store:
No Longer Available:

Original Post

Written by
Edited February 22, 2022 at 08:38 PM by
AuthorAlan Watts
PublisherVintage
Publication dateNovember 16, 2011
Print length162 pages
Customer Reviews4.7 out of 5 stars / 2,851 ratings
Sold byRandom House LLC
Great on Kindle
Price$8.00 lower (%80 savings) than the regular price of $9.99


Alan Watts is "the perfect guide for a course correction in life, away from materialism and its empty promise" (Deepak Chopra). Here he shows us how—in an age of unprecedented anxiety—we must embrace the present and live fully in the now in order to live a fulfilling life.

Spending all our time trying to anticipate and plan for the future and to lamenting the past, we forget to embrace the here and now. We are so concerned with tomorrow that we forget to enjoy today. Drawing from Eastern philosophy and religion, Alan Watts shows that it is only by acknowledging what we do not—and cannot—know that we can learn anything truly worth knowing.

"Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of 'writing beautifully the unwritable.'" —Los Angeles Times


Available Retailers:
Might be eligible for Reader Rewards [penguinrandomhouse.com] points.
in eBooks (10)
If you purchase something through a post on our site, Slickdeals may get a small share of the sale.
Deal
Score
+44
9,704 Views
$2
$9.99
Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more. If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available. You can also earn cash back rewards on Amazon and Whole Foods purchases with the Amazon Prime Visa credit card. Read our review to see if it’s the right card for you.

12 Comments

Your comment cannot be blank.

Featured Comments

You should probably read or listen to this book. But I got a hunch you wouldn't get it.
Alan Watts 🍄🙌❤️

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Show Comment
Joined Nov 2011
L5: Journeyman
> bubble2 665 Posts
66 Reputation
topshelf207
02-22-2022 at 03:11 PM.
02-22-2022 at 03:11 PM.
Quote from steelevo :
Come on mods! How many more of these posts do we need to see before talking to the OP. They are clogging up the iTunes, Amazon, etc. keywords alert and clogging up the hot deals forum. Maybe just create an ebooks only forum if we let it continue.
You should probably read or listen to this book. But I got a hunch you wouldn't get it.
21
2
2
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined Jan 2018
L4: Apprentice
> bubble2 311 Posts
568 Reputation
DrBargin
02-22-2022 at 03:35 PM.
02-22-2022 at 03:35 PM.
Alan Watts 🍄🙌❤️
8
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined Jul 2019
Space Cowboy
> bubble2 1,492 Posts
423 Reputation
Pro
Milk4Ever
02-22-2022 at 04:39 PM.
02-22-2022 at 04:39 PM.
You can add the audiobook for $7.49(normally $12.25). I wish it was narrated by Alan watts, himself!
Here is a taste:
https://youtu.be/YhAareENqbg
3
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Last edited by Milk4Ever February 22, 2022 at 04:46 PM.
Joined Mar 2007
L8: Grand Teacher
> bubble2 3,749 Posts
1,153 Reputation
TheJerkStoreCalled
02-22-2022 at 05:27 PM.
02-22-2022 at 05:27 PM.
Hardcover only $779.32, thinking of taking the plunge...
4
1
1
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined Apr 2009
L1: Learner
> bubble2 22 Posts
21 Reputation
chemdude94
02-22-2022 at 06:02 PM.
02-22-2022 at 06:02 PM.
My local library has this for free as an audiobook rental.
3
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined Jul 2009
L8: Grand Teacher
> bubble2 3,254 Posts
591 Reputation
jeffricks2051
02-22-2022 at 07:37 PM.
02-22-2022 at 07:37 PM.
Quote from TheJerkStoreCalled :
Hardcover only $779.32, thinking of taking the plunge...
$779?? OMG the hardcover must be really rare. Better hurry up and purchase it. <s></s>
1
1
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Joined Sep 2020
cheap a$$
> bubble2 11 Posts
18 Reputation
drewsixers
02-22-2022 at 07:41 PM.
02-22-2022 at 07:41 PM.
This keeps happening where the Apple Books version will be listed, but it's not really on sale.
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined May 2018
L3: Novice
> bubble2 221 Posts
14 Reputation
lavendermermaid
02-22-2022 at 07:45 PM.
02-22-2022 at 07:45 PM.
reg 9.99 on google play
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined Dec 2010
[💸 🤑 🔥]
> bubble2 18,212 Posts
75,465 Reputation
Original Poster
Pro
Expert
This user is an Expert in Books & Magazines
phoinix
02-22-2022 at 11:43 PM.
02-22-2022 at 11:43 PM.
Quote from drewsixers :
This keeps happening where the Apple Books version will be listed, but it's not really on sale.
There are many today-only deals and some of the vendors delist them even earlier.
Seems that Amazon is most consistent.
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined Jul 2009
L1: Learner
> bubble2 8 Posts
10 Reputation
djronh1
02-23-2022 at 03:27 AM.
02-23-2022 at 03:27 AM.
Deal appears to be dead at all listed sites
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Page 1 of 1
1
Start the Conversation
 
Link Copied

The link has been copied to the clipboard.