The Sayings of Confucius by Echo Library $9.90
A cased edition of a twentieth century translation of the sayings of Confucius, first published in 1994. Sayings look at morality and politics, and paths of human conduct, and reveal an interaction between the master and his disciples.
Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Defend, and Explain the Catholic Faith by Grover Gardner $24.98
This book unravels mysteries, corrects misunderstandings, and offers thoughtful, straightforward responses to common objections about the Catholic faith.Bestselling author Scott Hahn, a convert to Catholicism, has experienced the doubts that so often drive discussions about God and the Church. In the years before his conversion, he was first a nonbeliever and then an anti-Catholic clergyman. In...
I Ching Or Book of Changes (Arkana) by Arkana $18.49
At least 5000 years old, the "I Ching" is a book of oracles containing the whole of human experience. Used for divination, it is a method of exploring the unconscious; through the symbolism of its hexagrams we are guided towards the solution of difficult problems and life situations. It can also be read as a book of wisdom revealing the laws of life to which we must all attune ourselves if we are...
A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions by William Morrow $19.99
The original What Not to Wear from one of fashion's most enduringly stylish women ... Written by French style guru Madame Genevieve Antoine Dariaux, Elegance is a classic style bible for timeless chic, grace, and poise -- every tidbit of advice today's woman could possibly need, all at the tips of her (perfectly manicured) fingers. From Accessories to Zippers, Madame Dariaux imparts her pearls...
The Analects of Confucius : A Philosophical Translation (Classics of Ancient China) by Ballantine Books $27.00
"To quietly persevere in storing up what is learned, to continue studying without respite, to instruct others without growing weary-- is this not me?"--ConfuciusConfucius is recognized as China's first and greatest teacher, and his ideas have been the fertile soil in which the Chinese cultural tradition has flourished. If influence is determined by the number of people who have lived and died in...
My Splendid Concubine (Concubine Saga) by Anchee Min $3.99
2008 Winner London Book Festival, Honorable Mention in Fiction2009 Winner San Francisco Book Festival, Honorable Mention in General Fiction2009 Winner Hollywood Book Festival, Honorable Mention in General FictionA fascinating illumination of nineteenth-century Chinese culture and the complex Englishman Robert Hart, the father of China’s modernization. Hart’s struggles adapting to Chinese...
The New Guide to Crisis and Trauma Counseling by Regal $34.99
An informative and practical guide for beginning or lay counselors and those in situations that require immediate action in emergency situations. This relaunch of Crisis Counseling is upgraded and expanded, with new material and anecdotes in chapters that cover the areas of crisis intervention, how to counsel the depressed, the suicidal, and those going through divorce, children and adolescents...
Confucius: The Analects by D. C. Lau $20.00
A record of the words and teachings of Confucius, The Analects is considered the most reliable expression of Confucian thought. However, the original meaning of Confucius's teachings have been filtered and interpreted by the commentaries of Confucianists of later ages, particularly the Neo-Confucianists of the Song dynasty, not altogether without distortion.In this monumental translation by...
Mencius (Penguin Classics) by D. C. Lau $16.00
Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he defended and expanded. The Mencius, in which he recounts his dialogues with kings, dukes and military men, as well as other philosophers, is one of the Four Books that make up the essential Confucian corpus. It takes up Confucius's theories of jen, or goodness and yi,...
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About Book:This is not really a sequel to One Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems [1916], Waley's first book. This, his second work, which stands by itself, includes such famous poets as Ch'u Yüan, Wang Wei, Li Po, Po Chü-i and others. Arthur Waley, a life-long Londoner, was one of the leading Chinese scholars of the 20th century. He was close to the Bloomsbury group, lectured at the School of...