Books like The Conference of the Birds by Attar

Reflections by Lebanese‑American poet Kahlil Gibran on love, marriage, joy, sorrow, crime, punishment, pain, and self‑knowledge.

Explore how Winnie‑the‑Pooh embodies the simple, natural principles of Taoism and learn practical ways to live without preconceived ideas about life.

Erich Fromm examines love as a practiced art rather than a simple feeling, distinguishing types such as brotherly, motherly, erotic, self‑love, and love of God, and urging genuine care amid modern superficiality.

A poetic tale of thirty birds on a quest for their true king, the Simorgh.

Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar’s great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism – an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God – it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king, the Simorgh bird. On hearing that to find him they must undertake an arduous journey, the birds soon express their reservations to their leader, the hoopoe. With eloquence and insight, however, the hoopoe calms their fears, using a series of riddling parables to provide guidance in the search for spiritual truth. By turns witty and profound, The Conference of the Birds transforms deep belief into magnificent poetry.