A uniquely playful and incisive collection of Zen teaching stories from one of America’s best-known and most-respected Zen masters.A Modern Classic In the tradition of the great koan collections and t
Written 400 years ago by a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, one hundred years after Columbus and around the time Shakespeare completed Henry VI, accomplished scholar and philosopher Hong Zicheng retired f
Like many little boys, Michael Emmett idolised his father. Growing up, he knew he wanted to follow in his dad's footsteps and join the family business. At just 16 years old, Michael did just that - an
This will be the first comprehensive collection of the writings by the Danish artist Per Kirkeby (b. 1938) in the English language. The book is co-published by Spring Publications and the Michael Wern
The final installment in the long awaited, internationally celebrated My Struggle series.The full scope and achievement of Knausgaard's monumental work is evident in this final installment of his My S
Zen is famous for koans (called kong-ans in Korean, and in this book), those bizarre and seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as “What i
These dialogues between Robert Aitken Roshi, one of the first American-born Zen masters, and Brother David Steindl-Rast, the Roman Catholic monk and hermit, took place during a week-long retreat the t
‘Garnier’s crime novels add significantly to the latest renaissance for this type of dark narrative.’ Publishers WeeklyVolume 2 includes The Front Seat Passenger, in which Fabien discovers his wife di
A quiet retirement in the foothills of the Alps is turned upside-down.A struggling author’s life becomes disconcertingly entangled with the crime novel he’s writing.Vultures circle as a cantankerous r
Aitken (arts and communication, Park U.) et al. bring together scholars in special education, educational technology, communication, and other fields from the US, Canada, and Australia for 26 chapters
This book compares and contrasts several parallel passages in the Hebrew Bible that relate to the David narratives. Lydie Kucová analyses both the ancient texts and versions of the books of Samuel-Kin
Disaster health involves the study and application of multidisciplinary areas of health research towards the prevention, preparation, response and recovery systems for health problems that result from
Monocle reports from around the globe. As its editors and correspondents dart from city to city, they get to know the best places to rest their heads, stretch their limbs, and kick back with a contact
This volume gathers sixteen essays on monarchy and power in the Hellenistic period and charts a new approach to Hellenistic history by focusing attention on biblical and Jewish evidence and reading th
A unique resource for scholars of Older Scots language, literature, and history Comprehensive coverage providing information on every aspect of medieval and renaissance Scottish life and society Base
A unique resource for scholars of Older Scots language, literature, and history Comprehensive coverage providing information on every aspect of medieval and renaissance Scottish life and society Entr
