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Mindfulness: Brief Intro.Buddhist Foun.. by Sarah Shaw
Category: No Category | Series: Buddhist Foundations Ser.
From the time of the Buddha to the age of meditation apps, this straightforward introduction gives an entire overview of the use of the term "mindfulness" in Buddhist meditative traditions. Drawing upon years of experience through practicing, researching, and teaching the history of mindfulness, Dr. Sar ...Show more
Of One Blood: or, the Hidden Self by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins; Patty Nicole Johnson (Introduction by); Sandra M. Grayson (Foreword by)
Category: No Category | Series: Foundations of Black Science Fiction Ser.
A rip-roaring lost worlds thriller written in the early 1900s by a pioneering black writer of black fiction. The story of Reuel is fuelled by love, betrayal and a heavy undertow of the supernatural; an impulsive medical student, he travels from Boston to Ethiopia, discovers a hidden city, ancient treasu ...Show more
On the Origin of Species (Concise Edition) by CHARLES DARWIN
Category: Science | Series: Foundations Ser.
Darwin's masterpiece helped shaped the cultural landscape of the world today. Now in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader. Initially received with muted applause, Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was soon recognised as the breakthrough scientific advance that exp ...Show more
Physics. Writings on Natural Philosophy (Concise Edition) by ARISTOTLE
Category: Science | Series: Foundations Ser.
Aristotle's great work that gave the foundations to Galileo, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein's much later discoveries about the the natural laws of life and the universe. In the philosophical language of Aristotle and the Greeks of Antiquity Physics roughly translates as 'the order of nature', covering ...Show more
Principia. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Concise edition) by ISAAC NEWTON
Category: Science | Series: Foundations Ser.
Newton's bold masterwork helped shaped the cultural landscape of the world today. Now in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader. The Principia. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy is one of the most important scientific works ever to have been written and has had a profound impact o ...Show more
Pure Land: History, Tradition, and Practice by Charles Jones
Category: No Category | Series: Buddhist Foundations Ser.
An introductory guide to the beliefs and key concepts of Pure Land Buddhism, the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in East Asia.Pure Land is a brief introduction to the history and practices of Pure Land Buddhism, a popular and growing global tradition. Pure Land practices center on Amitābha Buddha ...Show more
Quantum Theory (A Concise Edtition) by NEILS BOHR
Category: Science | Series: Foundations Ser.
Bohr and Planck helped shaped the cultural landscape of the world today. Now their work is available here in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader. Quantum Theory contains foundational works of quantum research from the early years of the 20th Century, representing breakthroughs in science t ...Show more
Revolution of Heavenly Spheres (Concise Edition) by NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
Category: Science | Series: Foundations Ser.
Controversial at the time Copernicus' discoveries led to the scientific revolution, and a greater understanding of our place in the universe. Copernicus' pioneering discovery of the heliocentric nature of the solar system is one of the few identifiable moments in history that define the understanding of ...Show more
Special and General Relativity (Concise Edition) by ALBERT EINSTEIN
Category: Science | Series: Foundations Ser.
Einstein's pioneering work helped shaped the cultural landscape of the world today. Now in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader. Special and General Relativity by Albert Einstein contains his core paper, 'Relativity, The Special & The General Theory. A Popular Exposition', which establi ...Show more
The Typographic Medium by Kate Brideau
Category: No Category | Series: History and Foundations of Information Science Ser.
An innovative examination of typography as a medium of communication rather than part of print or digital media. Typography is everywhere and yet widely unnoticed. When we read type, we fail to see type. In this book, Kate Brideau considers typography not as part of print media or digital media but as a ...Show more
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