The Practice of Perfection: The Paramitas from a Zen Buddhist Perspective

The Practice of Perfection: The Paramitas from a Zen Buddhist Perspective PDF America’s most senior Zen Roshi presents the “Transcendental Perfections”: Giving, Morality, Patience, Zeal, Meditation, Wisdom, Compassion, Aspiration, Spiritual Power, and Knowledge. These 2,000-year-old ideas serve as both methods and goals to develop one’s spiritual and moral life. Includes question and answer sections. Link… Continue reading The Practice of Perfection: The Paramitas from a Zen Buddhist Perspective

Creative Beaded Jewelry: 33 Exquisite Designs Inspired by the Arts of China, Japan, India and Tibet

Creative Beaded Jewelry: 33 Exquisite Designs Inspired by the Arts of China, Japan, India and Tibet PDF Craft colorful and unique jewelry with this Asian-inspired craft book.Bracelets embellished with Chinese floral and butterfly motifs, a gold-and-pearl lariat inspired by the fridges of a Persian carpet, and the pupular Shamballa bracelet— these are just a few… Continue reading Creative Beaded Jewelry: 33 Exquisite Designs Inspired by the Arts of China, Japan, India and Tibet

Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain’s Role in the Cold War: Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945-1958 (History of Warfare)

Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain’s Role in the Cold War: Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945-1958 (History of Warfare) PDF Marco Wyss examines the extensive Anglo-Swiss armaments relationship between 1945 and 1958 in light of their bilateral relations, and thereby assesses the role of arms transfers, neutrality and Britain, as well as the two countries’ relationship during the… Continue reading Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain’s Role in the Cold War: Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945-1958 (History of Warfare)

The BIM Manager’s Handbook: Guidance for Professionals in Architecture, Engineering and Construction

The BIM Manager’s Handbook: Guidance for Professionals in Architecture, Engineering and Construction PDF The BIM Manager's Handbook: Guidance for Professionals in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a design and construction software that manages not just graphics, but also information—information that enables the automatic generation of drawings and reports, design analysis, schedule… Continue reading The BIM Manager’s Handbook: Guidance for Professionals in Architecture, Engineering and Construction

The Influence of Abraham Cohen de Herrera’s Kabbalah on Spinoza’s Metaphysics

The Influence of Abraham Cohen de Herrera’s Kabbalah on Spinoza’s Metaphysics PDF In this book, Miquel Beltrán undertakes the task of comparing Puerta del Cielo with Spinozas Ethica, in order to find the doctrines asserted both by Herrera and Spinoza concerning Gods essence and attributes. Link http://sharpbook.net/books/the-influence-of-abraham-cohen-de-herrera-s-kabbalah-on-spinoza-s-metaphysics

Roberto Esposito Law, Community and the Political

Roberto Esposito Law, Community and the Political PDF Roberto Esposito: Law, Community and the Political provides a critical legal introduction to this increasingly influential Italian theorist’s work, by focusing on Esposito’s reconceptualisation of the relationship between law, community and the political. The analysis concentrates primarily on Esposito’s Categories de l’Impolitique, Communitas, Immunitas and Bios, which,… Continue reading Roberto Esposito Law, Community and the Political

The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era

The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era PDF In this outstanding cultural biography, the author of the New York Times bestseller A Slave in the White House chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the black elite, from Emancipation through… Continue reading The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era

Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition

Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition PDF Virgil’s agricultural poem, the Georgics, forms part of a long tradition of didactic epic going back to the archaic poet Hesiod. This book explores the relationship between the Georgics and earlier works in the didactic tradition, particularly Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura… Continue reading Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition

Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers

Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers PDF A complete summary of the views of the most important philosophers in Western civilization. Each major field of philosophic inquiry comprises a separate chapter for greater accessibility. Includes Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Dewey, Sartre, and many others. Everyone, whether he be plowman or banker, clerk or captain,… Continue reading Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers

Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond, 4th Edition

Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond, 4th Edition PDF Scheduled for release in mid-2015, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide focuses on information architecture as a set of tools and techniques for dealing with today’s tough information organization problems. It’s ideal for anyone involved in any aspect of design. The universal and timeless… Continue reading Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond, 4th Edition