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  • A Little History of the World

    by E. H. Gombrich, Clifford Harper ...
    Series series Little Histories
    The international bestseller: E. H. Gombrich’s sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages“All stories begin with ‘Once upon a time.’ And that’s just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time.” So begins A Little History of the World, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old. Rather than focusing on dry facts and dates, E. H. Gombrich ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Little History of the World

    Illustrated Edition

    by E. H. Gombrich ...
    E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Art and Illusion

    A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation - Millennium Edition

    by E. H. Gombrich ...
    Series series Bollingen Series
    A groundbreaking account of perception and art, from one of the twentieth century’s most important art historiansE. H. Gombrich is widely considered to be one of the most influential art historians of the twentieth century, and Art and Illusion is generally agreed to be his most important book. Bridging science and the humanities, this classic work examines the history and psychology of pictorial ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Shadows

    The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art

    by E. H. Gombrich, Neil MacGregor ...
    In this intriguing book, E.H. Gombrich, who was one of the world’s foremost art historians, traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western art through the centuries. Gombrich discusses the way shadows were represented—or ignored—by artists from the Renaissance to the 17th century and then describes how Romantic, Impressionist, and Surrealist artists exploited the device of the cast shadow ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Theravada Buddhism

    A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo

    by Richard F. Gombrich ...
    Series series The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices
    Written by the leading authority on Theravada Buddhism, this up-dated edition takes into account recent research to include the controversies over the date of the Buddha and current social and political developments in Sri Lanka. Gombrich explores the legacy of the Buddha's predecessors and the social and religious contexts against which Buddhism has developed and changed throughout history, ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Buddhism Transformed

    Religious Change in Sri Lanka

    by Richard Gombrich, Gananath Obeyesekere ...
    In this study a social and cultural anthropologist and a specialist in the study of religion pool their talents to examine recent changes in popular religion in Sri Lanka. As the Sinhalas themselves perceive it, Buddhism proper has always shared the religious arena with a spirit religion. While Buddhism concerns salvation, the spirit religion focuses on worldly welfare. Buddhism Transformed ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • How Buddhism Began

    The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings

    by Richard F. Gombrich ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism - Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies
    Written by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism, this new and updated edition of How Buddhism Began, discusses various important doctrines and themes in early Buddhism. It takes 'early Buddhism' to be that reflected in the Pali canon, and to some extent assumes that these doctrines reflect the teachings of the Buddha himself. Two themes predominate. Firstly, the author ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • E. H. Gombrich on Fresco Painting

    by Ernst Gombrich ...
    Series Book 4 - Pocket Perspectives
    An interpretation of the history of mural painting from ancient Egypt to the twentieth century by one of most eminent art historians of all time, a writer who wielded huge influence over both his professional peers and a vast popular readership.This timeless essay by E. H. Gombrich—one of the most influential art historians of the last century—explores the relations between ends, means, form, and ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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    A Little History of the World

    by E. H. Gombrich ...
    Narrated by Ralph Cosham ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 11 min

    In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, twenty-six-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser was published in Vienna to immediate success. It is now an international bestseller and available in almost thirty languages ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Buddhist Precept & Practice

    by Gombrich ...
    First published in 1995. This study is intended as a contribution to the empirical study of religion, and in particular to the study of religious change. Using empirical method of using documents, interviews and experiments the author tests his old hypotheses in order to formulate new ones that my lead him to the truth. He focusses on the distinctions used throughout this book, that are between ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    A Little History of Science

    by William F. Bynum ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 2 min

    Science is fantastic. It tells us about theinfinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body,the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because theyhave always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power.From ancient Greek philosophers through Einstein and Watson and Crick tothe computer-assisted scientists of today, men and women have wondered ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Open Society and its Enemies

    by Karl Popper ...
    Written in political exile in New Zealand during the Second World War and published in two volumes in 1945, The Open Society and its Enemies was hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound defence of democracy'. This legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx prophesied the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and exposed the fatal flaws of socially engineered ... Read more

    $180.00 USD