Bonds of the Dead. Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism, Paperback - Mark Michael Rowe

Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. This t...

Archaeological proof of the advanced civilization on the southern tip of Africa that preceded Sumer and Egypt by 200, 000 years - Includes more tha...

Even the most seasoned Middle East observers were taken aback by the events of early 2011. Protests born of oppression and socioeconomic frustratio...

Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, is the one who 'hears the cries of the world and vows to 'assist anyone in distress.' As the author embarks ...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Nancy FonerIllustration(s): 1 b/w illus. 1 table. 1 map.Number of pages: 232Publication date: 2022D...

Reducere. Shin is the uniquely Japanese flowering of the type of Buddhism known as "Pure Land." It originated in the thirteenth century with the charismatic ...

Reducere. A major new history of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, set in a larger global context than previous accounts Previous accounts of the fall...

The Poet's Great War: Violence, Revolution and Modernism

Through a compilation of essays written by professional historians with expertise in a diverse array of eras and fields, Michael Gagnon and Matthew...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Sebastien Penmellen BoretNumber of pages: 222Collection: Japan Anthropology Workshop SeriesPublication da...

Reducere. Claudio Saunt vividly depicts a dramatic transformation in the eighteenth century that overturned the world of the powerful and numerous Creek Indi...

DescriptionThe year 59 BC--when Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus served as joint consuls--marked a major turning point in the hist...

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Perhaps no one in the 20th century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. This title provides a biography of his life....

William F. Bristow presents an original and illuminating study of Hegel's hugely influential but notoriously difficult Phenomenology of Spirit (180...

This book explores the transformation of Japan's state in response to the challenges of governance by focusing on the case studies of ICT regulatio...

Reducere. DescriptionDon't Blame Us traces the reorientation of modern liberalism and the Democratic Party away from their roots in labor union halls of nort...

Through a detailed and fascinating exploration of changing medical knowledge and practice, this book provides a timeline of humankind-s understandi...

Examines how ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese constructed a civilized sense of Self and a 'barbarian' Other, and how these notions held up in cr...

A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War IIPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s...

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Reducere. Reveals the Mayan calendar to be a spiritual device that describes the evolution of human consciousness from ancient times into the future - Shows ...

The onslaught of globalization has brought with it sweeping changes to the foreign economic policy of the last 50 years. As the international polit...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Alex KitnickIllustration(s): 56 halftonesNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

Reducere. By the late 1810s, a global revolution in cotton had remade the U.S.-Mexico border, bringing wealth and waves of Americans to the Gulf Coast while ...

Reducere. The purpose of this book is to illustrate the magnificence of the fabless semiconductor ecosystem, and to give credit where credit is due. We trace...

Follow the author as they excavate human remains buried inside an ancient Kirk.Illustrations: 32 black and white illustrations

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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Tristram HuntNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 162 x 241 x 37Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

This Element focuses on Xin Fengxia (1927-1998), a star of the regional xiqu form pingju, and her prominent role in transforming the genre from fol...