At last: a book on the martial arts from a true Zen master. Taisen Deshimaru was born in Japan of an old samurai family, and he recieved from the Great Master Kodo Sawaki the Transmission of Mind to Mind when Sawaki died. In 1967, Deshimaru-Roshi went to France and taught as a missionary general of [...]
"The pracitcal wisdom in George Leonard's book will have a great influence for many years to come."
--Michael Murphy, author of Golf in the Kingdom and The Future of the Body Drawing on Zen philosophy and his expertise in the martial art of aikido, bestselling author Gorge Leonard shows how the [...]
Over 2,000 prize recipes fill this restaurant professional's "bible". American, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, and Japanese dishes are included. Illustrated.[...]
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Chords and notes for 34 of his best: Ace in the Hole * Adalida * All My Ex's Live in Texas * Am I Blue (Yes, I Am Blue) * Baby Blue * Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye * The Big One * Blue Clear Sky * Carried Away * Carrying Your Love with Me * The Chair * Check Yes[...]
The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook is a graphic retrospective of Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen's career. Consisting of 80 black and white wood engravings, the book was crafted by master engraver George A. Walker in honour of Cohen's 80th birthday.[...]
This consise anthology offers a balanced approach to the enjoyment of reading American literature.Over 20 new authors representing diverse cultural backgrounds allow students to read about unique experiences through the eyes of esteemed writers including Sonia Sanchez, Sherman Alexie, Maxine Hong Ki[...]
A fifth-degree black belt in the revolutionary martial art of aikido and co-owner of an aikido school in Mill Valley, California, George Leonard is, "the granddaddy of the consciousness movement" (Newsweek). Leonard is president of the Esalen Institute and founder of Leonard Energy Training (LET), a[...]
A world-class physicist and a citizen scientist combine forces to teach Physics 101--the DIY way
"The Theoretical Minimum" is a book for anyone who has ever regretted not taking physics in college--or who simply wants to know how to think like a physicist. In this unconventional introduc[...]
A "Wall Street Journal" Best Book of 2013
If you ever regretted not taking physics in college--or simply want to know how to think like a physicist--this is the book for you. In this bestselling introduction, physicist Leonard Susskind and hacker-scientist George Hrabovsky offer a first course i[...]
The sequel to the 1966 book UFOs and Anti-Gravity: Piece for a Jig-Saw.
British aerospace engineer Cramp began much of his scientific anti-gravity and UFO propulsion analysis back in 1955 with his landmark book Space, Gravity and the Flying Saucer (out-of-print and rare). His next books UFOs and Anti-Gravity: Piece for a Jig-Saw and The Cosmic Matrix: Piece for a Jig-Sa[...]
Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) is one of the most original and seminal thinkers of the twentieth century. Rich in ideas, vast in scope, far-ranging and complex, his work is distributed over a large corpus of writing. In fact, it is just the very size and the range of his thought that have tended to make J[...]
In this unconventional and stimulating primer, world-class physicist Leonard Susskind and citizen-scientist George Hrabovsky combine forces to provide a brilliant first course in modern physics. Unlike most popular physics books - which give readers a taste of what physicists know but not what they [...]