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  • Paths of Fire

    An Anthropologist's Inquiry into Western Technology

    by Robert McC. Adams ...
    Technology, perhaps the most salient feature of our time, affects everything from jobs to international law yet ranks among the most unpredictable facets of human life. Here Robert McC. Adams, renowned anthropologist and Secretary Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution, builds a new approach to understanding the circumstances that drive technological change, stressing its episodic, irregular ... Read more

    $61.19 USD

  • Meaning in Life and Why It Matters

    by Susan Wolf, John Koethe, Nomy Arpaly, Jonathan Haidt, Robert McC. Adams ...
    Series series The University Center for Human Values Series
    A fresh reflection on what makes life meaningfulMost people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the altruistic, the self-interested or the moral. According to Susan Wolf, however, much of what motivates us does not comfortably fit into this scheme. Often we act neither for our own sake nor out of duty or an impersonal ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • The Evolution of Urban Society

    Early Mesopotamia and Prehispanic Mexico

    by Robert McC. Adams ...
    The Evolution of Urban Society is concerned with the presentation and analysis of regularities in the two best-documented examples of early, independent urban society: Mesopotamia and central Mexico. It provides a systematic comparison of institutional forms and trends of growth that are to be found in both of them. Emphasizing basic similarities in structure rather than the many acknowledged ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Family in America

    Searching for Social Harmony in the Industrial Age

    by Robert McC. Adams ...
    The Family in America offers a fresh interpretation of American social history, emphasizing the vital role of the family and household autonomy and threats to both imposed by industrial organization and the state. Allan Carlson shows that the United States, rather than being "born modern" as a progressive consumerist society, was in fact founded as an agrarian society composed of independent ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

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  • The Foundations of Buddhism

    by Rupert Gethin ...
    Series series OPUS
    Buddhism is a vast and complex religious and philosophical tradition with a history that stretches over 2,500 years, and which is now followed by around 115 million people. In this introduction to the foundations of Buddhism, Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism (Thervada, Tibetan, and Eastern) which ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Wisdom Wide and Deep

    A Practical Handbook for Mastering Jhana and Vipassana

    by Shaila Catherine ...
    Wisdom Wide and Deep is a comprehensive guide to an in-depth training that emphasizes the application of concentrated attention (jhana) to profound and liberating insight (vipassana). With calm, tranquility, and composure established through a practical experience of jhana meditators are able to halt the seemingly endless battle against hindrances, eliminate distraction, and facilitate a ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Don't Worry, Be Grumpy

    Inspiring Stories for Making the Most of Each Moment

    by Ajahn Brahm ...
    Laugh aloud even as you look at life anew with these stories from the bestselling author of Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?In 108 brief stories with titles like "The Bad Elephant," "Girlfriend Power," and "The Happiness License," Ajahn Brahm offers up more timeless wisdom that will speak to people from all walks of life. Drawing from his own experiences, stories shared by his students, and old ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Art of Disappearing

    Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy

    by Ajahn Brahm ...
    Whether mere bumps in the road or genuine crises, we live in a world of unwanted events that no willpower can prevent. In The Art of Disappearing, Ajahn Brahm helps us learn to abandon the headwind of false expectations and follow instead the Buddha's path of understanding. Releasing our attachment to past and future, to self and other, we can directly experience the natural state of serenity ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • In the Buddha's Words

    An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon

    by Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi ...
    Series series The Teachings of the Buddha
    This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings - in his own words. The American scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous translations have won widespread acclaim, here presents selected discourses of the Buddha from the Pali Canon, the earliest record of what the Buddha taught. Divided into ten thematic chapters, In the Buddha's Words reveals the full scope ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond

    A Meditator's Handbook

    by Ajahn Brahm ...
    Meditation can be a way to radically encounter bliss and to begin—and sustain—real transformation in ourselves.In Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond, self-described meditation junkie Ajahn Brahm shares his knowledge and experience of the jhanas - a core part of the Buddha's original meditation teaching. Never before has this material been approached in such an empowering way, by a teacher of such ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Stoicism and the Art of Happiness

    Practical wisdom for everyday life: embrace perseverance, strength and happiness with stoic philosophy

    by Donald Robertson ...
    This new guide to finding a happier way of life draws on the ancient wisdom of the stoics to reveal lasting truths and proven strategies for enhanced wellbeing. By learning what stoicism is, you can revolutionise your life, learning how to - properly - 'seize the day', how to cope in the face of adversity, and how to come to terms with whatever situation you're in ... Read more

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  • Buddhism Is Not What You Think

    Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs

    by Steve Hagen ...
    A practical, straight-forward guide to the true purpose of Buddhism, examining the essential & enduring questions at the heart of the Buddha's teachings.Bestselling author and renowned Zen teacher Steve Hagen penetrates the most essential and enduring questions at the heart of the Buddha's teachings: How can we see the world in each moment, rather than merely as what we think, hope, or fear it is? ... Read more

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