**Winner of the 2006 American Horticultural Society Book Award**The Art of the Japanese Garden is the only historical overview of Japanese gardens that covers Japanese gardening culture in one beautiful book.
Discover extraordinary mindfulness through whole-body Vipassana meditationBeyond the Breath is one of the first books to give a complete overview and description of sensation based vipassana meditationthe form of mediation believed to have been used by the Buddha 2,500 years ago.
Photography in Japan 1853-1912 is a fascinating visual record of Japanese culture during its metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern, industrial nation at a time when the art of photography was still in its infancy.
With over 350 full-color photographs and in-depth text, Classic Thai showcases the finest interior design art and architecture of the Kingdom of Thailand.
**Winner of the 2006 American Horticultural Society Book Award**The Art of the Japanese Garden is the only historical overview of Japanese gardens that covers Japanese gardening culture in one beautiful book.
Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonization, this classic written by Okakura Kakuzo helped preserve the masterpieces of Japanese art and culture by illuminating the spirit of the Japanese Tea Masters.
When Jack Karouac wrote about Zen in Dharma Bums he was echoing the sentiments of the Beat generation, who found in Zen credence for a way of life unencumbered by the limits of "e;square"e; society.
The widespread influence of Buddhism is due in part to the skill with which a way of liberation was refined by it's teachers and became accessible to people of diverse cultures.
Ian Adams is perhaps the best-known landscape photographer in Ohio, and in the first volume of A Photographer's Guide to Ohio, he shared his knowledge of what to photograph in the Buckeye State and how to photograph it.
While women are officially barred from combat in the American armed services, in the current war, where there are no front lines, the ban on combat is virtually meaningless.
In 1942, Bill Manbo (19081992) and his family were forced from their Hollywood home into the Japanese American internment camp at Heart Mountain in Wyoming.
One of the key tenets of the Zen school of Mahayana Buddhism is that each one of us is already a Buddha—our enlightenment is inherent within us, and the practice of mindfulness is the tool to bring this truth to our full awareness.
In 2008, the Chinese government cracked down on protests throughout Tibet, and journalist Amy Yee found herself covering a press conference with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, his exile home in India.
Witness in Our Time traces the recent history of social documentary photography in the words of twenty-nine of the genre''s best photographers, editors, and curators, showing how the profession remains vital, innovative, and committed to social change.
A trailblazer for women photographers in the South, North Carolinas Bayard Wootten (18751959) overcame economic hardship, gender discrimination, and the obscurity of a small-town upbringing to become the states most significant early female photographer.
This book is a translation and study of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra and an examination of its broad implications for the development of East Asian Buddhism.
One of the key tenets of the Zen school of Mahayana Buddhism is that each one of us is already a Buddha—our enlightenment is inherent within us, and the practice of mindfulness is the tool to bring this truth to our full awareness.
A trailblazer for women photographers in the South, North Carolinas Bayard Wootten (18751959) overcame economic hardship, gender discrimination, and the obscurity of a small-town upbringing to become the states most significant early female photographer.
Ian Adams is perhaps the best-known landscape photographer in Ohio, and in the first volume of A Photographer's Guide to Ohio, he shared his knowledge of what to photograph in the Buckeye State and how to photograph it.
While women are officially barred from combat in the American armed services, in the current war, where there are no front lines, the ban on combat is virtually meaningless.
In 1942, Bill Manbo (19081992) and his family were forced from their Hollywood home into the Japanese American internment camp at Heart Mountain in Wyoming.
Discover extraordinary mindfulness through whole-body Vipassana meditationBeyond the Breath is one of the first books to give a complete overview and description of sensation based vipassana meditationthe form of mediation believed to have been used by the Buddha 2,500 years ago.
This beautiful gardening bookfull of lush photographs and insightful commentarywill surely give readers some new ideas for their home landscaping projects or Bali travel plans.
When Jack Karouac wrote about Zen in Dharma Bums he was echoing the sentiments of the Beat generation, who found in Zen credence for a way of life unencumbered by the limits of "e;square"e; society.
This Asian interior design book features hundreds of stunning photographs and thoughtful commentary and will add a distinctly Eastern flair to your collection.
This Asian interior design book features hundreds of stunning photographs and thoughtful commentary and will add a distinctly Eastern flair to your collection.
Aktfotografie – Der Weg zu kreativen Kunstwerken- Das umfassende Praxisbuch voller Know-how und Inspiration- Von der kreativen Bildidee bis zur richtigen Inszenierung - Wie Sie spannende und ausdrucksstarke Bildwelten erschaffenAktfotografie ist weit mehr als die Kunst, nackte Körper abzubilden – sie eröffnet einen ganz persönlichen Raum für Ausdruck, Emotion und Kreativität.
Self-taught photographer Hugh Mangum was born in 1877 in Durham, North Carolina, as its burgeoning tobacco economy put the frontier-like boomtown on the map.
Thomas Nast (18401902), the founding father of American political cartooning, is perhaps best known for his cartoons portraying political parties as the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant.
