In his posthumously published Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) describes the first fifty-three years of his life. With a frankness at times almost disconcerting, but always refreshing,…
Beginning students of quantum mechanics frequently have difficulty separating essential underlying principles from the specific examples to which these principles have historically been applied. This book…
The authors offer every businessperson and would-be entrepreneur a treasure trove of wisdom on how to think, act, and live passionately, no matter their industry. (Small…
Ten years after writing the definitive, international bestselling book on political debate and messaging, George Lakoff returns with new strategies about how to frame today s essential issues. Called the father of framing by The New York Times, Lakof…
Here is the inimitable Zen Master Seung Sahn up close and personal--in selections from the correspondence that was one of his primary modes of teaching. Seung…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis, IDA 2010, held in Tucson, AZ, USA in May 2010. The…
A Radical but Reverent Paraphrasing of Dogen s Treasury of the True Dharma Eye Even if the whole universe is nothing but a bunch of jerks doing all kinds of jerk-type things, there is still liberation in simply not being a jerk. Eihei Dogen (1200…
With wit, wisdom, and an extraordinary talent for turning dry, difficult reading into colorful, and realistic accounts, the creator of the bestselling "Don't Know Much About…