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The Shobogenzo (The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye) is a revered eight-hundred-year-old Zen Buddhism classic written by the Japanese monk Eihei Dogen.

A self-help work on the inhibiting inner fears that either motivate or debilitate.

Fascinating insights on what Japanese manga and anime mean to artists, audiences, and fans in the United States and elsewhere, covering topics that range from fantasy to sex to politics.

Healing Hormones tackles a huge, attention-getting subject.

Describes the psychoactive constituents of cannabis and the effects on potency of growth conditions, genetics, harvesting techniques, and processing.

Marijuana Botany presents the scientific knowledge and propagation techniques used to preserve and multiply vanishing Cannabis strains.

Truth really is stranger than fiction -- just look at the film industry.

As the country grows increasingly diverse and complicated, Americans seek, and occasionally find, a common thread to unite them.

The Best Sex Writing series has has fundamentally changed the way people thinkand what they sayabout sexuality.

Cultural criticism for people who grew up with television as the primary background noise.

"e;Bogosian is greatly and bilaterally talented.

Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom is, like New York's CBGB's and Los Angeles's Whiskey a Go-Go, one of the most venerated rock clubs in the world; originally built in 1930, it's hosted a who's-who of music greats before they made it big: The Police, The Clash, Blondie, Talking Heads, Nirvana, New York Dolls, U2, and, more recently, Lady Gaga and the White Stripes.

The 'stache is back!

A doe-eyed doll, a smiley-faced cupcake, a sweet plush kitten: they're cute?

From commune to ecovillage an in-depth look at the past, present and future of the world's best-known intentional community In the Summer of Love in San Francisco's Haight-Asbury, a charismatic young hippie by the name of Stephen Gaskin launched "e;Monday Night Class"e;a weekly event which drew together an eclectic mix of truth-seekers and flower children.

Collaborative consumption is a new way of living in which access is valued above ownership, experience is prized over material possessions, and "e;mine"e; becomes "e;ours,"e; allowing everyone's needs to be met with minimum waste.

There are plenty of places to visit in China.

OUT NOW: The new book by Sunday Times bestselling author, Emma Gannon I love Emma Gannon's wise and refreshing perspective on work, and more broadly on the challenges of building a meaningful life in an era of distraction, overwhelm and uncertainty.

A self-help work on the inhibiting inner fears that either motivate or debilitate.

An up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the history of the Arthurian phenomenon - the imaginary and historical world of the great British warlord and one of the huge historical mysteries of early and medieval Britain.

An up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the history of the Arthurian phenomenon - the imaginary and historical world of the great British warlord and one of the huge historical mysteries of early and medieval Britain.

The name of Joseph Ritson, born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1752, will be familiar to very few people.

An exploration of the continuing appeal of vampires in cultural and social history.

Since 1978 Jim Davis' sarcastic, orange tabby cat has entertained millions of people appearing in newspapers, books, cartoons and even his own films.

Since 1978 Jim Davis' sarcastic, orange tabby cat has entertained millions of people appearing in newspapers, books, cartoons and even his own films.

An examination of the popular view of ancient Egypt as an exotic, esoteric, and mystical culture that questions if that view is entirely accurate.

Madchester may have been born at the Hacienda in the summer of 1988, but the city had been in creative ferment for almost a decade prior to the rise of acid house.

Printing Terror places horror comics of the Cold War in dialogue with the anxieties of their age.

Printing Terror places horror comics of the Cold War in dialogue with the anxieties of their age.

In the company of wolves presents further research from the Open Graves, Open Minds Project.

This book critically examines images in the borderlands of the art world, investigating relations between visual art and vernacular visual culture within different images communities from the 1870s to the present day.

Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads.

Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads.

Ripped, torn and cut offers a collection of original essays exploring the motivations behind - and the politics within - the multitude of fanzines that emerged in the wake of British punk from 1976.

This is the first book to focus on James Bond's relationship to the playboy ideal through the sixties and beyond.

This is the first book to focus on James Bond's relationship to the playboy ideal through the sixties and beyond.

This book explores the concept of 'quiet' - an aesthetic of narrative driven by reflective principles - and argues for the term's application to the study of contemporary American fiction.

This book explores the concept of 'quiet' - an aesthetic of narrative driven by reflective principles - and argues for the term's application to the study of contemporary American fiction.

This is about musicians' working lives in Britain from the late Victorian era to the present day.

This lively and ground-breaking collection brings together work on forms of popular television within the authoritarian regimes of Europe after World War Two.

This lively and ground-breaking collection brings together work on forms of popular television within the authoritarian regimes of Europe after World War Two.

Chic, sophisticated, seductive and enigmatic, the Parisienne possesses a je ne sais quoi that makes her difficult to define.

Chic, sophisticated, seductive and enigmatic, the Parisienne possesses a je ne sais quoi that makes her difficult to define.

From entertainment to citizenship reveals how the young use shows like X-factor to comment on how power ought to be used, and how they respond to those pop stars - like Bono and Bob Geldof - who claim to represent them.

From entertainment to citizenship reveals how the young use shows like X-factor to comment on how power ought to be used, and how they respond to those pop stars - like Bono and Bob Geldof - who claim to represent them.