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The eleven essays in this volume examine Kapleau's pivotal role in the transmission of Zen to the West. Kapleau's book The Three Pillars of Zen, was first published in 1965...

Buddhists across Asia have often aspired to die with a clear and focused mind, as the historical Buddha himself is said to have done. This book explores how the ideal...

A refugee boy creates a paradise where dreams are possible.

The book titled Lolita by the author Vladimir Nabokov. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

What if historical fiction were understood as a disfiguring of calculus? Or poems enacting the formation and breakdown of community as expositions of irrational numbers? What if, in other words,...

What is the meaning of Peter Pan -- not for J. M. Barrie, but for the thousands who have continued to purchase for children version after version of the story...

An original study of the influence of American art on art of the 20th century and the works of such people as Paul Gauguin, Frank Lloyd Wright, Diego Rivera, Henry...

In a brilliant coda to the play "Copenhagen," Michael Frayn receives mysterious letters that take him back to the theme of his bestselling novel, Headlong -- human folly, this time...

A critical biography of the poet explores the Spanish Civil War, the rise and fall of Marxism and Nazism, World War II, Vietnam, the sexual revolution, and modern figures such...

"One of the greatest achievements of modern literature." -Richard Howard "A major achievement . . . . Genet transforms experiences of degradation into spiri tual exercises and hoodlums into bearers...

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"Remember that scent, Ahmek!" his mother had said. "For that is the scent of human." She said it so gravely that he knew that is was one of the Greater...

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and later went to London, where he became an actor and playwright with the Lord Chamberlain's Men,...

Now reissued with a stunning new jacket look 'This novel has the sparkle of sunlight on water...once more Rose Tremain beguiles you into suspending disbelief' Independent on Sunday 'A magical...

For some time now, I've been getting visits, every now and again, from December II, the little pot-bellied king. He's about three inches tall and so fat that he can't...

This work is a combination of critical essays on understanding romantic poetry, prose and drama, as well as the contemporary historical background, with a complementary A-Z section of detailed entries....

The Usborne Nursery Rhyme Songbook contains words and music for nearly thirty nursery rhymes, carefully arranged with children''s voices in mind. There is easy-to-pl ay music for piano and melody...

A novel of imposture and identity where no one is who he claims to be - and destinies hang on a game of chess. 1943: General Thadeus Dreyer, hero of...

Illustrated with over 260 colour plates from three major collections, 'One Sun One Moon' captures the breadth and depth of Aboriginal art and its contemporary expression.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live. Inspired by the 1950s landmark photographic exhibition 'The Family of Man', M.I.L.K. began as an epic global...

The book titled Death Dreams & Dancing in Nicaragua by the author Penny O'Donnell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Australian Dinosaurs by the author Marilyn Pride. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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The book titled Spectrum Blue (Recommended for 9-11 Yrs): the Secret of Yesterday by the author Elsie Young. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The book is a study of the literature and visual arts concerned with the many and diverse forms of slaveries produced by globalisation in Britain since the early 1990s.Starting from...

The politics of war reporting: Authority, authenticity and morality challenges the assumptions that reporters and their audiences have about the way the journalistic trade operates and how it sees the...

A collection of some of Spike Milligan's most recent articles in which he brandishes his quill at a selection of his passions, frustations, interests and experiences, ranging from antiques to...

A comprehensive look at the thought-provoking, eye-catching and mind-expanding work of this visionary West Coast artist.

Pop Art was one of the most revolutionary art movements of the twentieth century. During the years of the Macmillan and Eisenhower administrations, a period of peace and prosperity and...

The fragile beauty of glass has ensured its popularity through the ages in forms ranging from simple beakers to ornate decorative masterpieces. This beautifully illustrated book traces the story of...

Can a renowned mathematician successfully outwit the stock market? Not when his biggest investment is WorldCom. This text tells the story of how John Allen Paulos gambled - and lost...

Integrating science, archaeology and history, Brian Fagan shows how th e interaction of climate, land and people has shaped culture from the dawn of history to the present day. In...

The book titled Into Battle! by the author Robert Challoner. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Zoom in to discover what life was like for Ancient Romans in this innovative and interactive illustrated title that takes you right into their fascinating world! Learn how the Romans...

First published as a two-volume history "British buses before 1945" and "British buses since 1945", this combined volume is updated to bring the story up to the end of the...

The book titled Astronomy and the Imagination: A New Approach to Man's Experience of by the author Norman Davidson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

The book titled Perversity of Politics by the author Edward H. Beuhrig. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Turmoil: Druzes, Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by the author Najib Alamuddin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Moving between places and cultures, Comfort Food explores identity, sovereignty and the restless quest for love. Following on from the success of her award-winning fiction debut, Heat and Light, Ellen...

When the Blackouts' star player Nevil Dooley wakes one morning to don a frock and 'eyeshada', his mother's idle days at the bingo hall are gone forever. Mystified and clueless,...

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The book titled Heard it in the Playground by the author Allan Ahlberg. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

My Shadow is Pink is a beautifully written rhyming story that touches on the subjects of gender identity, self acceptance, equality and diversity. Inspired by the author's own little boy,...

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Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were...