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How the People's Republic of China Works to Define and Control Tibetan Buddhism
The Buddha Party tells the story of how the People's Republic of China employs propaganda to define Tibetan Buddhist belief and sway opinion within th...
This is the most comprehensive and authoritative introduction to Tibetan Buddhism available to date, covering a wide range of topics, including histor...
Comparing Berlin with Los Angeles
"This study focuses on the production and reception of sculpture and installation artworks temporarily realized in public places in Berlin and Los Ang...
A comprehensive and eminently comprehensible overview of the history, key figures, doctrines, systems, and texts of Tibetan Buddhism....
Historical Dictionary of Tibet, Second Edition is a comprehensive resource for Tibetan history, politics, religion, major figures, prehistory and pale...
A Photographic Tour of Its Peoples & Landscapes
Welcome to the wonderful and exhilarating world of Vietnam! This book is a celebration of the delightful cultures and rich tapestries of life througho...
From the teachings of the early masters to the growth of the tradition in the West, this authoritative new reference tool contains over 900 entries su...
Tibetan Exiles Versus the People's Republic of China
By now most Westerners probably think they understand the political situation in Tibet. But, John Powers argues, most Western scholars of Tibet evince...
Finding the Passion for Who You Are and What You Do
In a world of evens, you have to be ODD. Imagine a world in which you live your way and embrace the wondrous peculiarities of your personality, talent...
A Fictionalized Memoir
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Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism
The androgynous, asexual Buddha of contemporary popular imagination stands in stark contrast to the muscular, virile, and sensual figure presented in ...
A Bibliography
A comprehensive guide to scriptural sources and authors, translations and critical editions of texts, and books and articles on Yogacara and related t...
A Salute to the Coolest, Cruelest, Longest-Running Major League Baseball Stadium in America
Fenway Park. The name evokes a team and a sport that have become more synonymous with a city's identity than any stadium or arena in the country. Sinc...
'The Buddha Party' tells the story of how the People's Republic of China employs propaganda to define Tibetan Buddhist belief and sway opinion within ...
The Bolex camera, 16mm reversal film stocks, commercial film laboratories, and low-budget optical printers were the small-gauge media technologies tha...
The long-awaited retrospective from the internationally renowned film director celebrated for his visually lush and atmospheric films. Wong Kar Wai is...
Properties and Manipulation
Focusing on the dental materials most commonly used, Dental Materials: Properties and Manipulation, 10th Edition covers the tasks that dental assistan...
Lucid and economical, the Concise Introduction delivers a brisk, fast-moving survey. For many years, Powers' nearly six hundred-page Introduction to T...
An illustrated guide to grooming, fashion, and etiquette for women....
Economic Dimensions of the Problem
East-West Perspectives on Pathways Through Disruption
As the pace of economic change seems to only quicken, including rapid technological advance, todayโs advanced economies face uncertainty from a numb...
The Art of Facing Your Emotions
Get to know yourself better through the process of "inner dialogue." Come to grips with dormant emotions that cause conflict of mind and soul, and dis...
The Ultimate Kettlebell Workout to Lose Weight and Get Ripped in 30 Days
Are you tired of paying way too much for a gym membership without getting results? Discover a simple, low-cost alternative to help you lose weight, bu...
A small boy is very sad that his parents cannot seem to see the rhinoceros that is wrecking their house, but when they finally do and get help to work...
The fifth edition of Scriptures of the World's Religions brings together many of the world's most influential sacred texts. This text includes chapter...
Are you ready to stop wasting time at the gym and actually get the body you've always wanted? Whether you are a beginner or an old pro, the Kettlebell...
The poems in this collection represent, for the most part, my experience with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome---AIDS---both on a personal level an...
Two unlikely friends, Theodore the lion cub and Hew the lamb, go on an adventure of friendship, faith, and understanding, as Theodore grows into his v...
Ten Witnesses to the Passion of Jesus
An imaginative portrayal of ten witnesses involved with the life, judgment, and death of Jesus. Each witness applies the lessons learned from his or h...
American Idols, Patriotic Shoppers, and Other Strange Species in George Bush's America
Politics and culture, culture and politics. Theyโve never been normal in America, but today theyโre weirder than ever. Millionaire populists like ...
A Communicative Grammar
This volume leads students through grammar in a way that builds up from from simple to more complex material, basic grammatical features recurring tho...
This new edition of Scriptures of the World's Religions uses selections from scriptures to examine the world's religions. It emphasizes religions that...
Inside the Football Mind of Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick is a different man on Fridays. With preparations for Sunday's game essentially complete, and the media presence reduced to those regula...
"In 1972, the filmmaker John Luther Schofill lured two promising students, Bill Brand and Louis Hock, to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to...