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The author, familiar with the language, politics, and culture of the most populous country in the world, gives his account…
of China harking back to Mao's "Liberation." Terrill focuses on the Chinese version of Communist ideology with its Leninist slant and the Chinese penchant for conformity, both of which he believes hamper the pro-democratic movement. 1992.Insight meditation: the practice of freedom
By Joseph Goldstein. 1993
In Buddhist teaching, wisdom is knowing that whatever arises has the nature to cease. This knowledge stops clinging which in…
turn stops suffering. Meditation retreat leader Goldstein asserts that practicing meditation and selfless nonharming behaviour leads to enlightenment or freedom from suffering. He then discusses how to meditate with this goal in mind and points out the traps to avoid along the way. 1993.A history of the Arab peoples
By Albert Habib Hourani. 1991
L'empire désorienté
By Catherine Bergman. 2001
La paix: un art, une pratique
By Thich Nhat Hanh, Francis Chauvet. 1991
Mystique et zen
By Thomas Merton, C Tunmer. 1972
Essais sur le Bouddhisme Zen ((Spiritualités vivantes. Bouddhisme ; 9-11).)
By Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, De Jean Herbert. 1972
Des origines à 1945 (Histoire du Japon et des Japonais. #1.)
By Edwin O Reischauer. 1973
Voyage d'une Parisienne à Lhassa: à pied et en mendiant, de la Chine à l'Inde à travers le Thibet
By Alexandra David-Néel. 1985
En 1924, Alexandra David-Néel réalisait un fantastique exploit. Cette femme que rien n'arrêtait traversa à pied la Chine et tout…
le Tibet pour atteindre enfin Lhassa, la cité interdite, où elle fut la première Européenne à pénétrer et à séjourner. 1985.Zen et vie quotidienne: la pratique de la concentration (Maîtres et mystiques vivants)
By Taisen Deshimaru. 1985
Cet ouvrage est le fruit de la pratique de zen enseignée par Maitre Taisen Deshimaru, expérience fondamentale de connaissance de…
soi, des autres, du monde et du cosmos. Comment se concentrer pleinement instant après instant tout au long de la vie quotidienne. 1985.Une tragédie sans importance
By William Shawcross, Françoise Bonnet. 1979
L'histoire d'un petit pays transforme en un vaste champ de bataille sanglant et témoin muet de l'affrontement d'une démocratie corrompue…
et du marxisme le plus totalitaire. C'est l'histoire vraie du Cambodge depuis l'invasion Américaine de 1970 jusqu'à l'occupation Vietnamienne actuelle. Descriptions régulières de violence. 1979. Titre uniforme: Sideshow.Biography of British biochemist Joseph Needham (1900-1995) discusses his intellectual development, marriage, and long-standing love affair with a visiting Chinese…
student. Features his travels to China and his investigations into the history of Chinese inventions and technology, including the compass, explosives, and suspension bridges. 2008.The crippled tree: China : biography, history and autobiography
By Suyin Han. 1965
Women of the Long March: [the never before told story]
By Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles. 1999
The Long March of 1934-5 is the central event in modern Chinese history. Virtually all of China's later Communist leaders…
took part, and the March has been the subject of many books and films. Most of what has already been written on the Long March is about the men: figures such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping. This is the story of the women who took part in the Long March, seen through the biographies of three key players. Lee and Wiles trace the women's stories in three time periods: the Long March itself, a decade later at liberation and then forty years later. Drawing on interviews and published and unpublished sources, it is a moving account of a little understood group of women. 1999.The Yamato dynasty: the secret history of Japan's imperial family
By Sterling Seagrave, Peggy Seagrave. 1999
Authors of "The Marcos Dynasty" and "The Soong Dynasty" scrutinize Japan's royal family, gauge the extent of their complicity in…
World War II, and investigate alleged postwar collusion with General Douglas MacArthur in rebuilding the country. The Seagraves claim many Japanese business and political leaders are embroiled in corruption. 1999.What the Buddha never taught
By Tim Ward. 1990
Tim Ward spent a season in the Theravada Buddhist monastery of Pan Nanachat in Thailand. He tells of his initiation…
into the monastery, where half of the members are western Caucasians, and his life there over the following months. 1993, c1990.Une mosaïque chinoise ((Roman policier))
By France-Marie Watkins, Martine Leroy-Battistelli, Bette Lord. 1990
Three ways of Asian wisdom: Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen, and their significance for the West
By Nancy Wilson Ross. 1966
Based on years of study, this is an introduction to the background, history, beliefs, and significance of the three major…
religions of the Far East. The author includes a discussion of the influence of each faith on Eastern art, as well as an appraisal of their effects on Western culture. 1966.The secret oral teachings in Tibetan Buddhist sects
By Alexandra David-Néel. 1967
The Madhyamika (or "middle-way") School of Buddhism is a method of meditation and enlightenment developed between 150 and 250 A.D.…
by the Indian sage and pandit Nagarjuna. An introduction to Mahayana Buddhism and the Madhyamika School. 1967.The way of Zen
By Alan Watts. 1957