Eric M. Greene, "The Secrets of Buddhist Meditation: Visionary Meditation Texts from Early Medieval China "
English | ISBN: 0824884442 | 2021 | 384 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 9 MB
In the early 400s, numerous Indian and Central Asian Buddhist "meditation masters" (chanshi) traveled to China, where they established the first enduring traditions of Buddhist meditation practice in East Asia. The forms of contemplative practice that these missionaries brought with them, and which their Chinese students further developed, remained for several centuries the basic understanding of "meditation" (chan) in China. Although modern scholars and readers have long been familiar with the approaches to meditation of the Chan (Zen) School that later became so popular throughout East Asia, these earlier and in some ways more pervasive forms of practice have long been overlooked or ignored. This volume presents a comprehensive study of the content and historical formation, as well as complete English translations, of two of the most influential manuals in which these approaches to Buddhist meditation are discussed: the Scripture on the Secret Essential Methods of Chan (Chan Essentials) and the Secret Methods for Curing Chan Sickness (Methods for Curing).
Zachary Schrag, "The Princeton Guide to Historical Research "
English | ISBN: 0691198225 | 2021 | 440 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first century
The Portuguese Empire and Africa: The History and Legacy of Portugal's Exploration and Colonization of the West African Coast by Charles River Editors
English | February 27, 2019 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07P9769ZC | 70 pages | EPUB | 2.59 Mb
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The Politics of Expertise By Stephen P. Turner
2013 | 350 Pages | ISBN: 0415709431 | PDF | 4 MB
This book collects case studies and theoretical papers on expertise, focusing on four major themes: legitimation, the aggregation of knowledge, the distribution of knowledge and the distribution of power. It focuses on the institutional means by which the distribution of knowledge and the distribution of power are connected, and how the problems of aggregating knowledge and legitimating it are solved by these structures. The radical novelty of this approach is that it places the traditional discussion of expertise in democracy into a much larger framework of knowledge and power relations, and in addition begins to raise the questions of epistemology that a serious account of these problems requires.
Jennifer Jodouin, "The Plant-Based Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: 75 Recipes for Lasting Weight Loss and Lifelong Health"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1648764533 | 156 pages | EPUB | 1.5 MB
Combine the healthy power of plant-forward foods with the Mediterranean diet
The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces by Susan Tomes
English | July 13, 2021 | ISBN: 0300253923 | EPUB | 400 pages | 16.1 MB
A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK's most renowned concert pianists
Elizabeth M. Altmaier, "The Oxford Handbook of Counseling Psychology "
English | ISBN: 0195342313 | 2011 | 960 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Counseling Psychology, one of the original specialties recognized in the profession of psychology, centers on and promotes clients' personal strengths during times of developmental transition or personal challenge and crisis. This tradition has led the discipline to excellence in areas such as
Guy Lautard, "The Machinist's Third Bedside Reader"
English | 1993 | ISBN: 096909809X | 295 pages | PDF | 120.7 MB
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John Ruskin, Harold Bloom, "The Literary Criticism of John Ruskin"
English | 1987 | ISBN: 0306802945, 0393006042 | 398 pages | PDF | 21.4 MB
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The Life and Works of James Easson, the Dundee People's Poet By Anthony Faulkes
2016 | 182 Pages | ISBN: 0952745526 | PDF | 5 MB
James Easson (1833-1865) suffered from more disadvantages than most men are able to bear. He was an illegitimate orphan, and his seaman father died before he himself was born. His mother died when he was two, and he was brought up in Dundee in great poverty by his only surviving relative, his widowed grandmother. He attended only an elementary school and a Sunday school, and worked most of his life as a house-painter in Dundee. He died at the age of 31 in the Lunatic Asylum in Dundee. He left a small book of verse, and had contributed to the Dundee "People's Journal" several other poems and a number of articles, sketches and short stories that in many cases are illustrative of life in Victorian Dundee and show great concern for the poor, the sick and those with disabilities. He was a popular writer in his time and came to be known as the People's Poet. This book includes reprints of all Easson's extant writings.