Literatura obcojęzyczna

• ISBN9780451528896
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• Ilość stron416
• Rok wydania2001

Paine's daring prose paved the way for the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War. This volume also includes " The Crisis," " The Age of Reason," and " Agrarian Justice."§

• ISBN9780198503361
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• Ilość stron930
• Rok wydania2001

The second volume of the collected papers of W D Hamilton, each one introduced aby an autobiographical essay. Hamilton is the most important theoretical biologist of the 20th century and his papers, not especially numerous, have had, and continue to exert, an enormous influence. Many were originally published in obscure and inaccessible places. Volume 1 (OUP, still in print) was devoted mainly to selection for social behaviour, the first half of Hamilton's life's work; Volume 2 is on the other half, on sex and sexual selection, and it includes the 18 papers published between 1980 and 1991. Each paper is accompanied aby a specially written introduction describing why the work was done, how the paper came to be written, and its eventual fate. The introductions, written in an accessible, non-technical style, include history, opinion, and excerpts from Hamilton's life.

• ISBN9780140298475
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• Ilość stron352
• Rok wydania2001

Now in paperback, the self-disciplined and glacially poised Bridget is back with another year's worth of unflinching self-analysis, as she lurches through self-help books, struggles with mad advice from her best friends, and deals with a boyfriend-nabbing ex-friend with thighs like a baby giraffe.

• ISBN9780141185330
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• Autorde Beauvoir Simone
• WydawnictwoPenguin Books

A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, "Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter" offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s. Simone de Beavoir describes her early life, from her birth in Paris in 1908 to her student days at the Sorbonne, where she met Jean-Paul sartre - 'the dream-companion I had longed for since I was fifteen'.

• ISBN9780140437973
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• Ilość stron272
• Rok wydania2001

This unflinching portrayal of the squalor and brutality of New York life produced a scandal when it was published in 1893. Crane's novel tells the story of Maggie Johnson, a young woman who, seduced aby her brother's friend and then disowned żeby her family, turns to prostitution. More than the tale of a young woman's tragic fall, this is a powerful exploration of the destructive forces underlying urban society and human nature. Also included here is "George's Mother", along with eleven other tales and sketches of New York writers.

• ISBN9780521788045
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron540
• Rok wydania2001

This volume contains four versions of the lecture notes taken żeby Kant's students of his university courses in ethics given regularly over a period of some thirty years. The notes are very complete and expound not only Kant's views on ethics but many of his opinions on life and human nature. Much of this material has never before been translated into English. As with other volumes in the series, there are copious linguistic and explanatory notes and a glossary of key terms.

• ISBN9780140295962
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• Ilość stron464
• Rok wydania2001

Bee Bearhorn had a number-one hit single in 1985 and was never heard of again. Fifteen years later she is found dead in her flat and nobody seems to care But Ana Wills always day-dreamed about the exotic half-sister she hasn't seen in years. And when she comes to London to clear Bee's flat, she uncovers a life more exotic than she imagined: a secret country cottage, mysterious weekends away, and even a missing cat. With Bee's closest friends mad Lol and strong, silent Flint Ana sets out to discover exactly what did happen to Bee Bearhorn, the one-hit wonder

• ISBN9780739021194
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• Ilość stron48
• Rok wydania2001

This series answers the often-expressed need for a variety of supplementary material in many different popular styles. What could be more fun for an adult than to play the music that everybody knows and loves? When the books in the Greatest Hits series are assigned in conjunction with the Lesson Books, these appealing pieces reinforce new concepts as they are introduced. In addition, the motivation the music provides could not be better. The emotional satisfaction students receive from mastering each popular song increases their enthusiasm to begin the next one. With the popular music available in the Greatest Hits series (Levels 1 and 2), the use of both books will significantly increase every adult's interest in piano study. Two selections from this book are featured on the Royal Conservatory of Music Popular Selection List (2007 Ed.): The Rainbow Connection * Nadia's Theme.

• ISBN9781405915458
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• Ilość stron944
• Rok wydania2001

In Red Rabbit Tom Clancy gives Jack Ryan fans an insight into his greatest hero's first years fighting terrorism. Jack Ryan. The early CIA days...When young Jack Ryan joins the CIA as an analyst he is thrust into a world of political intrigue and conspiracy. Stationed in England, he quickly finds himself debriefing a Soviet defector with an extraordinary story to tell: senior Russian officials are plotting to assassinate Pope John Paul II. The CIA novice must forget his inexperience and rely on all his wits to firstly discover the details of the plot - and then prevent its execution. For it is not just the Pope's life that is at stake, but also the stability of the Western World. Red Rabbit is the thrilling eighth novel featuring Jack Ryan, following The Sum of All Fears and Debt of Honour. Published after Executive Orders, the novel charts Jack Ryan's earliest mission for the CIA, and is the stunning prequel to The Hunt For Red October. Praise for Tom Clancy: "Truly riveting, a dazzling read". (Sunday Express). "A brilliantly constructed thriller". (Daily Mail). Thirty years ago Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history.Years before, he had been an English major at Baltimore's Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel. His first effort, The Hunt for Red October, sold briskly as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted on to the New York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it 'the perfect yarn'. From that day forward, Clancy established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. He passed away in October 2013.

• ISBN9780141185781
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron400
• Rok wydania2001

It is September 1938 and during a heatwave, Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich conference, where they will learn if there is to be a war. In Paris, people are waiting too, among them Mathieu, Jacques and Philippe, each wrestling with their own love affairs, doubts and angsts - and none of them ready to fight. The second volume in Sartre's wartime Roads to Freedom trilogy, "The Reprieve" cuts between locations and characters to build an impressionistic collage of the hopes, fears and self-deception of an entire continent as it blinkers itself against the imminent threat of war.

• ISBN9780764314254
• Oprawatwarda
• Ilość stron216
• Rok wydania2001

This book has been created as a primer showing the best available and rare photographs of Panzers with units at the front. Covered are the Panzers I, II, 38(t), III, IV, Panther and Tiger tanks on a variety of war fronts. Also included are detailed data sheets showing line schemes and technical information that offer the most complete and accurate data available.

• ISBN9780764314315
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• Ilość stron48
• Rok wydania2001

Operational and technical history of Germany's World War II jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.

• ISBN9780062516695
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• Ilość stron352
• Rok wydania2001

For practicing witches or anyone interested in the goddess movement, this continuation of Starhawk's bestselling "The Spiral Dance" is a practical workbook of self-discovery and a rich resource of rituals, exercises, and methods of earth-based spirituality.

• ISBN9780465013777
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• Ilość stron288
• Rok wydania2001

In A Universe of Consciousness, Gerald Edelman builds on the radical ideas he introduced in his monumental trilogy-Neural Darwinism, Topobiology, and The Remembered Present-to present for the first time an empirically supported full-scale theory of consciousness. He and the neurobiolgist Giulio Tononi show how they use ingenious technology to detect the most minute brain currents and to identify the specific brain waves that correlate with particular conscious experiences. The results of this pioneering work challenge the conventional wisdom about consciousness.

• ISBN9780071373234
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• Ilość stron272
• Rok wydania2001

An excellent first book for the building electrical experimenter and a superb book for accomplished experimenters who haven't spent much time with electrostatics.

• ISBN9788478083817
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• Ilość stron160
• Rok wydania2001

El estancamiento energético puede llegar a entorpecer las funcionesvitales originando enfermedades. Las técnicas del Chi Nei Tsang IIdetalladas en este libro nos ense?an a liberar estas influenciasnegativas y a restaurar el flujo de la energía vital, permitiéndonosrecuperar la salud de una forma rápida y permanente.

• ISBN9780631225461
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• Ilość stron168
• Rok wydania2001

Written for those who may be approaching the subject for the first time, "Philosophy Matters" shows that philosophy is crucial in questioning our presuppositions, and for helping us to establish our own beliefs about the nature of the world. Anyone with an interest in the underlying philosophical origins of popular notions about reality is encouraged to read this book. Asserting that all too often we take ideas for granted, it shows how even 'common sense' depends on the philosophy of previous generations. "Philosophy Matters" takes on the task of confronting and elucidating the important philosophical issues that play their part in guiding our lives today. In the process, it also shows that philosophy is not a sterile intellectual pursuit, but a particularly relevant and practical tool to be used in gaining knowledge of ourselves and our place in the world.

• ISBN9781885767660
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• Ilość stron192
• Rok wydania2001

Suzanne Rhodes, a longtime poet and teacher, offers "The Roar on the Other Side" as an introductory guide for students (junior high and up). Clear and imaginative, this book makes poetry approachable. Focusing on the importance of sight and the necessity of practice, Rhodes easily communicates the joy of words to her readers and helps them see how good poetry binds all seemingly-contradictory things together. Students will emerge from this book with a good handle on the basics of writing poetry and a new appreciation for the awesome world wherein we live.

• ISBN9788827214312
• Ilość stron280
• Rok wydania2001

Gli antichi ebrei svilupparono il più ricco e sofisticato sistema astrologico che il mondo occidentale conosca. Joel Dobin, rabbino e astrologo praticante, porta alla luce la ricchezza di informazioni astrologiche contenute nella Kabbalah, nella Bibbia, nel Talemud e nel Midrash. La chiave di questo sistema astrologico è la Kabbalah, la tradizione mistica ebraica, nella quale il Sacro Albero della Vita collega gli influssi delle dodici costellazioni dello zodiaco e dei sette pianeti con le singole lettere dell'alfabeto ebraico, creando così un metodo peculiare per realizzare un oroscopo. L'opera propone le informazioni necessarie per effettuare responsi astrologici, con più di trenta tavole e diagrammi.

• ISBN9780333753668
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• Ilość stron216
• Rok wydania2001

This text offers an introductory guide for students to four centuries of diplomatic thought. Since diplomacy as we know it was created during the Renaissance in Italy, a number of major figures have reflected on the place of diplomacy in foreign affairs and the problems associated with its pursuit. These include statesmen, international lawyers and historians, most of whom had experience as diplomats of the first or second rank. This book examines the thought of some of the most important of them, from Niccolo Machiavelli in the early 16th-century to Henry Kissinger in the late 20th-century.

• ISBN9780345391698
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron480
• Rok wydania2001

In our supposedly secular age governed żeby reason and technology, fundamentalism has emerged as an overwhelming force in every major world religion. Why? This is the fascinating, disturbing question that bestselling author Karen Armstrong addresses in her brilliant new book The Battle for God. Writing with the broad perspective and deep understanding of human spirituality that won huge audiences for A History of God, Armstrong illuminates the spread of militant piety as a phenomenon peculiar to our moment in history. Contrary to popular belief, fundamentalism is not a throwback to some ancient form of religion but rather a response to the spiritual crisis of the modern world. As Armstrong argues, the collapse of a piety rooted in myth and cult during the Renaissance forced people of faith to grasp for new ways of being religious--and fundamentalism was born. Armstrong focuses here on three fundamentalist movements: Protestant fundamentalism in America, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel, and Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt and Iran--exploring how each has developed its own unique way of combating the assaults of modernity. Blending history, sociology, and spirituality, The Battle for God is a compelling and compassionate study of a radical form of religious expression that is critically shaping the course of world history.

• ISBN9780192801449
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• Ilość stron192
• Rok wydania2001

This book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literature, either through the texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or opera. Rather than a conventional chronology of Russian literature, the book will explore the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? The book will uses the figure of Pushkin, 'the Russian Shakespeare' as a recurring example as his work influenced every Russian writer who came after hime, whether poets or novelists. It will look at such questions as why Russian writers are venerated, how they've been interpreted inside Russia and beyond, and the influences of such things as the folk tale tradition, orthodox religion, and the West ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

• ISBN9788497783071
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• Ilość stron48
• Rok wydania2001

- En este solucionario se incluyen las respuestas de todas las actividades que aparecen en el libro del alumno, nivel medio.

• ISBN9783768810593
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• Ilość stron336
• Rok wydania2001

So wird s gemacht zeigt technisch interessierten Neu- und Gebrauchtwagenbesitzern, wie ihr Fahrzeug funktioniert und welche Wartungs- und Reparaturarbeiten sie selbst durchführen können. In über 150 Bänden beschreibt die Handbuchreihe die gängigsten Pkw-Modelle und ist damit eine der umfangreichsten deutschen Autohandbuchreihen.§§VW GOLF IV Limousine (9/97 bis 9/03) und Variant (5/99 bis 5/06)§VW BORA Limousine (9/98 bis 5/05) und Variant (5/99 bis 9/04)§§Benziner§1,4 l / 55 kW (75 PS) AHW/AKQ/APE/AXP/BCA 09/97-05/06§1,6 l / 74 kW (100 PS) AEH/AKL/APF 09/97-08/00§1,6 l / 75 kW (102 PS) AVU/BFQ 09/00-05/06§1,6 l / 77 kW (105 PS) ATN/AUS/AZD/BCB 11/99-05/06§1,6 l / 81 kW (110 PS) BAD (FSI) 10/01-05/06§1,8 l / 92 kW (125 PS) AGN 09/97-06/00§1,8 l / 110 kW (150 PS) AGU/AQA/ARZ/AUM 09/97-09/03§1,8 l / 132 kW (180 PS) AUQ 06/01-09/03§2,0 l / 85 kW (115 PS) APK/AQY/AZH/AZJ/BEH/BHP 11/98-05/06§2,3 l / 110 kW (150 PS) AGZ (VR5) 09/97-09/00§2,3 l / 125 kW (170 PS) AQN (VR5) 10/00-09/03§2,8 l / 150 kW (204 PS) AQP/AUE/BDE (VR6) 05/99-09/03§

• ISBN9781931082037
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• Ilość stron827
• Rok wydania2001

Set in small Georgia towns that are at once precisely observed and mythically resonant, McCullers's novels explore the strange, sometimes grotesque inner lives of characters who are often marginal and misunderstood. In this collection, readers will find "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" and other favorites.

• ISBN9781861264596
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• Ilość stron64
• Rok wydania2001

This title offers a useful reference source for the uniform collector, modeller and student of military dress and equipment. The reader can trace the development of the colour and design of the Waffen-SS uniforms: all the uniforms worn in the 150 colour photographs presented here are rare, original items, from private collections. All major types of service uniform are illustrated, together with a full range of the unique camouflage clothing which was the hallmark of these much-feared divisions. Privates, NCOs, officers, infantrymen, mountain troopers, tank and assault gun crews are all illustrated here as they appeared on the actual battlefield, and described in detail.

• ISBN9780793596638
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• Ilość stron64
• Rok wydania2001

(Classic Jazz Masters). Essential for all drummers, this collection includes transcriptions of fantastic standards performed aby legendary jazz drummers: Billy Boy (Philly Joe Jones) * Delilah Dances (Delilah) (Max Roach) * Fly Me to the Moon (Roy Haynes) *

• ISBN9788845291456
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• Rok wydania2001

Nel "Leviatano" (testo inglese 1651, testo latino 1668) sono codificati tutti i principali concetti del pensiero politico moderno. Scritto durante l'esilio volontario di Parigi, mentre in Inghilterra si succedevano gli eventi laceranti della guerra civile, ha provocato subito vivaci polemiche, per la teoria politica e per l'originale interpretazione della Bibbia. Il "Leviatano" č lo stato: un animale artificiale creato dagli uomini attraverso un patto. Ha un'anima, la sovranitŕ, e il suo ambiente naturale č la concordia. Si ammala con la sedizione e muore con la guerra civile. Senza lo stato, gli uomini sono liberi di fare ciň che vogliono, ma si trovano in una situazione di perenne insicureza che mette in pericolo il bene piů prezioso: la vita.

• ISBN9780140447835
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• Ilość stron464
• Rok wydania2001

Now the basis for the major BBC tv adaptation. "The Paradise", this is a lavish drama and a timeless commentary on consumer capitalism. "The Penguin Classics" edition of Emile Zola's "The Ladies' Delight" is based on an acclaimed, vivid and modern translation aby Robin Buss, who has also introduced the novel. The Ladies' Delight is the glittering Paris department store run aby Octave Mouret. He has used charm and drive to become director of this mighty emporium, unscrupulously exploiting his young female staff and seducing his lady customers with luxurious displays of shimmering silks, satins, velvets and lace. Then Denise Baudu, a naive provincial girl, becomes an assistant at the store - and Mouret discovers that he in turn can also be enchanted. With its greedy customers, gossiping staff and vibrant sense of theatre, "The Ladies' Delight" ("Au Bonheur des Dames" in the original French) is one of the most richly exciting novels in Zola's "Les Rougon-Macquart" cycle. This edition also contains a bibliography, introduction, chronology and explanatory notes. Emile Zola (1840-1902) was the leading figure in the French school of naturalistic fiction.His principal work, "Les Rougon-Macquart", is a panorama of mid-19th century French life, in a cycle of 20 novels which Zola wrote over a period of 22 years, including "Au Bonheur des Dames" (1883), "The Beast Within" (1890), "Nana" (1880), and "The Drinking Den" (1877). "A complete page-turner about the consumer society, greed, fashion and instant gratification". ("India Knight"). "A fine translation". ("The Times Literary Supplement").

• ISBN9780694015153
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• Ilość stron12
• Rok wydania2001

Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar? Piggy stole the cookies from the cookie jar Who Me?Yes, you Couldn't be Then Who?Was it Piggy, Kitty, Bunny, Dog, or Mouse? They each have a motiveA of them love cook

• ISBN9782253193043
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• Ilość stron92
• Rok wydania2001

Dans ces deux brefs récits, parus en 1927 et 1930, le créateur d

• ISBN9780971412705
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• Ilość stron500
• Rok wydania2001

A two-volume collection of folktales that were published in Papua New Guinea?s Wantok newspaper. The two-volume collection presents the complete set of 1047 folktales that were originally published from 1972 through 1997 in Tok Pisin.

• ISBN9780971412712
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron588
• Rok wydania2001

A two-volume collection of folktales that were published in Papua New Guinea?s Wantok newspaper. The two-volume collection presents the complete set of 1047 folktales that were originally published from 1972 through 1997 in Tok Pisin.

• ISBN9780764314360
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• Ilość stron160
• Rok wydania2001

Take a look through the lens of acclaimed photographer Steve Bonge, who has traveled worldwide for years to capture the best of modern tattoo art. On the other side youll meet an incredible assembly of personalitiesmen and women, young and old, who have adorned their bodies in spectacular ways. Hundreds of gorgeous color photos both hone in on intricate details, and pull back to encompass a culture of people who are unafraid to show their true colors. Enhanced with comments from prominent tattoo artists of the past and present, this book is an eye-popping saturnalia of freedom and counter-culture. It will taunt and bewitch, amaze and inspire,

• ISBN9780844225517
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• Ilość stron352
• Rok wydania2001

Contains 5,000 idiomatic terms and slang expressions in Spanish. This title features a thesaurus that contains 150 general categories or themes, and a Spanish-English dictionary that cross-references 5,000 terms and expressions included in the thesaurus.

• ISBN9780906048702
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• Ilość stron628
• Rok wydania2001

The aim has been to provide an up-to-date analysis of the theoretical and practical problems involved in circuit breaker design. Circuit breakers present very special design problems because of the wide mixture of experience required. Designers n

• ISBN9788434868854
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• Ilość stron432
• Rok wydania2001

Un completo manual de técnicas narrativas para el cuento y la novela,con 130 sugerencias y ejercicios prácticos para mejorar laconstrucción y el estilo de las historias.

• ISBN9780940322820
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• Ilość stron535
• Rok wydania2001

"The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian" is an astonishing work of self-discovery and the revelation of a peerless and provocative sensibility. Describing his childhood in the Bengali countryside and his youth in Calcutta--and telling the story of modern India from his own fiercely independent viewpoint--Chaudhuri fashions a book of deep conviction, charm, and intimacy that is also a masterpiece of the writer's art.

• ISBN9780520232129
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• Ilość stron199
• Rok wydania2001

When Shunryu Suzuki Roshi's "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" was published in 1972, it was enthusiastically embraced żeby Westerners eager for spiritual insight and knowledge of Zen. The book became the most successful treatise on Buddhism in English, selling more than one million copies to date. "Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness" is the first follow-up volume to Suzuki Roshi's important work. Like "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind", it is a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made Suzuki Roshi so influential as a teacher. "The Sandokai" - a poem by the eighth-century Zen master Sekito Kisen (Ch. Shitou Xiqian) - s the subject of these lectures. Given in 1970 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the lectures are an example of a Zen teacher in his prime elucidating a venerated, ancient, and difficult work to his Western students. The poem addresses the question of how the oneness of things and the multiplicity of things coexist (or, as Suzuki Roshi expresses it, 'things-as-it-is'). Included with the lectures are his students' questions and his direct answers to them, along with a meditation instruction.Suzuki Roshi's teachings are valuable not only for those with a general interest in Buddhism but also for students of Zen practice wanting an example of how a modern master in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition understands this core text today.

• ISBN9780375813610
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For more than 10 years, Junie B. Jones has been a favorite for readers. Now this boxed set contains her first four books: "Junie B. Jones and the Smelly Bus, Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth", and "Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying". Illustrations.

• ISBN9781929280018
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• Ilość stron248
• Rok wydania2001

Published serially between 1928 and 1931, Shanghai tells the story of a group of Japanese expatriates living in the International Settlement at the time of the May 30th Incident of 1925. The personal lives and desires of the main characters play out agains

• ISBN9781930097377
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• Ilość stron486
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This Rite is now the ascendant troughout the Masonic worl. It consists of thirty-three degrees, counting the three old York Rite Degrees: Entered Apprentice; fellow craft; and master mason; which three degrees are the basis of all the Masonic Rites

• ISBN9780879306304
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• Ilość stron192
• Rok wydania2001

This book aby the founding editor and former publisher of Bass Player magazine not only celebrates the 50-year history of Fender's revolutionary Precision Bass, it also - for the first time - illuminates the full scope of its profound impact on music and society. Focusing on the bass' artistic influence, it details the technical milestones that gave the bass its musical power. This book also describes the impact of the bass in the hands of such visionaries as James Jamerson; cheers the innovations of rockers like Jack Bruce, Paul McCartney, John Entwistle and Sting; and honors the inspired work of such virtuosos as Jaco Pastorius. Loaded with black & white and 100 stunning color photos.

• ISBN9780892818686
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• Ilość stron280
• Rok wydania2001

Under the guidance of Madam Lin, the matriarch of a distinguished White Tigress lineage still in existence in Taiwan, Hsi Lai was given the privilege to study these practices and record them from a modern perspective so they will be forever preserved. The vast majority of Taoist texts on alchemy, meditation and sexuality are directed at male practitioners. THE SEXUAL TEACHINGS OF THE WHITE TIGRESS presents traditions that focus on women, traditions that stem from along line of courtesans and female Taoists. Translations of the ancient teachings from a rare White Tigress manual dating back 3,000 years explain the sexual and spiritual refinement of ching (sexual energy), chi (vital energy) and shen (consciousness) - the three treasure of Taoism - the secret to unlocking eternal youthfulness and immortality.

• ISBN9780521002301
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• Ilość stron414
• Rok wydania2001

This book provides a comprehensive account of mosaics in the ancient world from the early pebble mosaics of Greece to the pavements of Christian churches in the East. Separate chapters in Part I cover the principal regions of the Roman Empire in turn, in order to bring out the distinctive characteristics of their mosaic workshops. Questions of technique and production, of the role of mosaics in architecture, and of their social functions and implications are treated in Part II. The book discusses both well-known works and recent finds, and balances consideration of exceptional masterpieces against standard workshop production. Two main lines of approach are followed throughout: first, the role of mosaics as a significant art form, which over an unbroken span illuminates the evolution of pictorial style better than any comparable surviving medium; and secondly, their character as works of artisan production closely linked to their architectural context.

• ISBN9783150084298
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• Ilość stron136
• Rok wydania2001

Nicht zufällig ist die Epoche der Aufklärung eine Blütezeit der Fabel: Den Einzelnen und die Gesellschaft durch Verbreitung von Wahrheit zu läutern, gelingt gerade der Fabel mit ihren treffsicheren wie überraschenden Pointen. Vertreten sind Hagedorn, Gellert, Gleim, Lessing, Pfeffel, Claudius, Pestalozzi, Bürger und viele andere Fabeldichter.

• ISBN9788466713221
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• Ilość stron144
• Rok wydania2001

De los cantares de gesta, con las haza?as de Roldán y Guillermo deOrange, donde se funden mito e Historia, a los cuentos populares,donde encontramos humor e ironía, pero también consejos morales,pasando por la literatura satírica de El «Roman de Renart» y loscuentos de amor cortés, he aquí un completo recorrido por lacuentística medieval europea.