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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenanceby Robert M. Pirsig
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 10.99Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions. This 25th Anniversary Quill Edition features a new introduction by the author; important typographical changes; and a Reader's Guide that includes discussion topics, an interview with the author, and letters and documents detailing how this extraordinary book came to be. A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, the book becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions of how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning; the craft of motorcycle... more...
Zen and the Magic of Photographyby Wayne Rowe
Rocky Nook 2012; US$ 11.95Zen and the Magic of Photography is geared toward helping photographers develop their visual awareness, sensitivity, and intuition. It is designed to improve the quality of your photography by helping you to discover, create, and capture the points of intersection and merging between photography and Zen; between camera and "real moments"; between seeing and being. This is the point at which all such distinctions no longer exist, the point at which photography and Zen are one. This is the point at which we discover and create our best photographic images.. Topics include: - The nature of Zen - The nature of photography: the two essential elements in every photograph - The relationship between Zen and photography - The art of photographic... more...
The Dancing Wu Li Mastersby Gary Zukav
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99With its unique combination of depth, clarity, and humor that has enchanted millions, this beloved classic by bestselling author Gary Zukav opens the fascinating world of quantum physics to readers with no mathematical or technical background. "Wu Li" is the Chinese phrase for physics. It means "patterns of organic energy," but it also means "nonsense," "my way," "I clutch my ideas," and "enlightenment." These captivating ideas frame Zukav's evocative exploration of quantum mechanics and relativity theory. Delightfully easy to read, The Dancing Wu Li Masters illuminates the compelling powers at the core of all we know. more...
The Thought of Chang Tsai (10201077)by Ira E. Kasoff
Cambridge University Press 1984; US$ 37.00A thorough analysis of Chang's contribution to the reinvigoration of Confucian thought in eleventh-century China. more...
Tao Te Chingby Lao-Tzu; Stephen Addiss; Stanley Lombardo
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1993; US$ 8.95This translation captures the terse and enigmatic beauty of the ancient original and resists the tendency toward interpretive paraphrase found in many other editions. Along with the complete translation, Lombardo and Addiss provide one or more key lines from the original Chinese for each of the eighty-one sections, together with a transliteration of the Chinese characters and a glossary commenting on the pronunciation and meaning of each Chinese character displayed. This greatly enhances the reader's appreciation of how the Chinese text works and feels and the different ways it can be translated into English. "This crystalline translation of the Tao Te Ching is accurate down to the nuance and as concisely poetic as the original. It preserves... more...
Eastern Philosophyby Oliver Leaman
Routledge 2000; US$ 35.95Through key readings from primary and secondary sources, this book guides the reader through the principle features of the remarkable range of eastern thought - including Buddhist, Confucian, Hindu, Islamic, Shinto and Zoroastrian. more...
Limits of Thoughtby David Bohm; J. Krishnamurti; Ray McCoy
Routledge 1999; US$ 41.95Limits of Thought is an important book by two very respected and important thinkers. Anyone interested to see how Krishnamurti and Bohm probe some of the most essential questions of our very existence will be drawn to this great work. more...
Fifty Eastern Thinkersby Diane Collinson; Robert Wilkinson; Kathryn Plant
Routledge 1999; US$ 35.95This is an updated and expanded edition of the successful Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers . It draws together thinkers from all the major Eastern philosophical traditions, and from the earliest times to the present day. more...
Japanby David Williams
Routledge 1993; US$ 69.95Analyses the challenge that Japan's public policy presents to Western traditions of theory practice in political economy: an important discussion that confronts Fukuyama's 'end of history' thesis. more...
Orientalism and Religionby Richard King
Routledge 1999; US$ 47.95Orientalism and Religion offers a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. It draws on post-structuralist and post-colonial thinkers to reflect on Religion and Indology. more...









