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How to Write Like Tolstoy
A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
Häftad, 2017
120 kr
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A charming, eloquent love letter to the stories and writers we loveA SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR‘This book is a wry, critical friend to both writer and reader.’ Hilary Mantel‘There are three rules for writing a novel,’ Somerset Maugham once said. ‘Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.’So how to …
The Splendid Vision
Reading a Buddhist Sutra
Inbunden, 2012
861 kr
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Featuring the first-ever English translation of the "Splendid Vision Sutra," a sixth-century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its rich ritual magic and worship of bodhisattva-goddesses, this volume explicates the text's cultural significance as a source of extraordinary value, cosmic …
The Splendid Vision
Reading a Buddhist Sutra
Häftad, 2012
229 kr
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Featuring the first-ever English translation of the "Splendid Vision Sutra," a sixth-century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its rich ritual magic and worship of bodhisattva-goddesses, this volume explicates the text's cultural significance as a source of extraordinary value, cosmic …
World Trade and Payments Cycles
The Advance and Retreat of the Postwar Order
Inbunden, 1989
1104 kr
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This landmark study of economic history since World War II systematically explores why postwar trade and payments have evolved as they have, the prospects for their future evolution, and the range of policy adjustments likely to be required. Through a rigorous examination and analysis of historical …
By the Sword
A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
E-bok, 2007
126 kr
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Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with his daughter, Margaret, when she came home from school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Igantius Loyala challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ’s divinity (and won). Less successful, but …
Superpowers in Economic Decline
U.S. Strategy for the Transcentury Era
Av Richard Cohen, Peter A. Wilson
Inbunden, 2021
1892 kr
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This book, first published in 1990, evaluates what future policy adjustments the US will have to make in order to successfully navigate through a national security environment radically altered from that of the past and one determined more than at any point in the post-war period by the economic …
Superpowers in Economic Decline
U.S. Strategy for the Transcentury Era
Av Richard Cohen, Peter A. Wilson
Häftad, 2022
520 kr
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This book, first published in 1990, evaluates what future policy adjustments the US will have to make in order to successfully navigate through a national security environment radically altered from that of the past and one determined more than at any point in the post-war period by the economic …
Beyond Enlightenment
Buddhism, Religion, Modernity
Inbunden, 2006
2525 kr
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The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying …
Beyond Enlightenment
Buddhism, Religion, Modernity
Häftad, 2009
754 kr
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The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying …
By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th anniversary edition
Häftad, 2003
325 kr
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How to Write Like Tolstoy
A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
Häftad, 2021
219 kr
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A thought-provoking journey inside the minds of the world’s most accomplished storytellers, from Shakespeare to Stephen King NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SPECTATOR • “Richard Cohen’s book acted as a tonic to me. It didn’t make me more Russian, but it fired up my imagination. I …
How to Write Like Tolstoy
A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
E-bok, 2016
79 kr
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For anyone who has ever identified with a hero or heroine, been seduced by a strong opening sentence, or been powerfully moved by a story’s end, How to Write Like Tolstoy is a thought-provoking journey inside the minds of the world’s most accomplished storytellers, from Shakespeare to Stephen King. …
Chasing the Sun
The Epic Story of the Star That Gives us Life
E-bok, 2011
121 kr
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The Sun is so powerful, so much bigger than us, that it is a terrifying subject. Yet though we depend on it, we take it for granted. Amazingly the first book of its kind, CHASING THE SUNis a cultural and scientific history of our relationship with the star that gives us life. Richard Cohen, …
Superpowers in Economic Decline
U.S. Strategy for the Transcentury Era
Av Peter A. Wilson, Richard Cohen
E-bok, 2021
576 kr
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This book, first published in 1990, evaluates what future policy adjustments the US will have to make in order to successfully navigate through a national security environment radically altered from that of the past and one determined more than at any point in the post-war period by the economic …
Superpowers in Economic Decline
U.S. Strategy for the Transcentury Era
Av Peter A. Wilson, Richard Cohen
E-bok, 2021
576 kr
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This book, first published in 1990, evaluates what future policy adjustments the US will have to make in order to successfully navigate through a national security environment radically altered from that of the past and one determined more than at any point in the post-war period by the economic …
Anus
Surgical Treatment and Pathology
Av Richard Cohen, Alastair Windsor
Häftad, 2016
1580 kr
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There is an increase in specialisation within general surgery and now even within its sub specialties. Colorectal surgery is probably the largest of the subspecialties of general surgery, and one of the areas where trainees and consultant general /colorectal surgeons are least confident is in their …
Making History
The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
Häftad, 2023
219 kr
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'A huge, fizzing omnium-gatherum of a book . . . marvellous' Daily Telegraph'Witty, wise and elegant . . . a classic of history itself' The Spectator'Grave and witty, suave yet pointed . . . full of energy' Hilary Mantel'An enthralling investigation . . . consistently entertaining' The Times'Epic . …
Making History
The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
E-bok, 2022
45 kr
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''A huge, fizzing omnium-gatherum of a book . . . marvellous'' Daily Telegraph ''Witty, wise and elegant . . . a classic of history itself'' The Spectator ''Grave and witty, suave yet pointed . . . full of energy'' Hilary Mantel ''An enthralling investigation . . . consistently entertaining'' The …
Physics Quick Reference Guide
Häftad, 1998
552 kr
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This book consists of material in the first chapter of A Physicist's Desk Reference, updated and supplemented by additional new data. It's a self-contained, quick reference guide to the most commonly used mathematical formulas, tables of data, symbols, units, standard nomenclature, and fundamental …
Chasing the Sun
The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life
E-bok, 2010
115 kr
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In the grand tradition of the scholar-adventurer, acclaimed author Richard Cohen takes us around the world to illuminate our relationship with the star that gives us life. Drawing on more than seven years of research, he reports from locations in eighteen different countries. As he soon discovers, …
