Michel Houellebecq, author of five novels including Atomised and Platform, has become possibly the world’s most famous literary pessimist. His work declares that life is painful and disappointing, death is terrifying, and the human condition is a nasty sort of joke. He has been wildly successful – translated into over 25 different languages and hailed as the voice of a generation. Beginning with Houellebecq’s novels, this book explores the concept of ‘Depressive Realism’ in literature and philosophy – the proposition that the facts of life are bleak and unkind. Ranging over work by David Foster Wallace, Susan Sontag, Fredric Jameson and Margaret Atwood, Anti-Matter surveys the case for pessimism, asks how a mass culture rooted in sentimentality and trivialisation manages to produce so much cynicism and apathy, and hunts for the space that remains for serious, life-affirming art.
The authors make this much-needed Naturalists' Handbook accessible by confining themselves to aphids living on broad-leaved trees. This has reduced the problems of identification to manageable proportions.
The authors make this much-needed Naturalists' Handbook accessible by confining themselves to aphids living on broad-leaved trees. This has reduced the problems of identification to manageable proportions.
| An insightful collection of first person accounts, news reports, and interviews with two generations of the Bhuttos, the Sharifs, Hamid Gul; it also includes Mohammed Hafeez Saeed's illuminating first ever interview, with a female journalist. |
Mobile devices have become an important part of our daily lives and, because of our familiarity with the technology, present a terrific opportunity to enhance learning and development. But to incorporate mobile technology into training, we must first fully understand what mobile learning (m-learning) is, and then identify the movement, adoption, and implementation of m-learning as a learning strategy.
| This book focuses on the multitude of elements and forms that go into Thai architecture. It is a guide to aesthetics that also explores the underlying meanings of forms. All the important features of Thai culture—its agrarian roots, its religion and monarchy, its rich mix of foreign influences—are embodied in buildings. As a result, this book also illuminates Thai tradition and history. Lively text and hundreds of photographs and illustrations explore Thailand’s indigenous house architecture, from the humble but charming field hut woven of bamboo to the splendid teak mansion built high on stilts. Religious architecture, the product of centuries of influences from all over Asia and the world, is viewed in terms of the special features and functions of each building in the temple compound. Regional stylistic variations are also presented. There are chapters devoted to the Grand Palace; the elements and ornamentation of palaces and temples; and architecture shaped by immigrants and by foreign tradition. Some topics here are little covered elsewhere: Thailand’s Islamic architecture, shophouses, Siamese-style bonsai gardening, courtyard walls and gates, and ornament such as glass mosaic. Finally, the authors look at today’s innovative adaptation of traditional Thai forms in modern architecture. |
| A powerful combination of the spiritual and the psychological, leading you to happiness now. |
| The Minoan world comes alive through seasonal rituals and rites of passage, honoring Ariadne and her Labyrinth. |
| The book presents one of the most innovative museums and places for research in the world and the creative masterminds behind it. |
| This book seeks to help little ones - and not such little ones - along their way to understanding basic concepts in art through the protagonists of this area: the artworks themselves. When we were thinking up the texts and illustrations for this book we t |
| A fantastic graphic design resource for creating imaginative and eye-catching product promotion and packaging. |
An all-in-one volume for the new beer enthusiast, ARTISAN BEER covers how beers are made, how beer styles differ, unusual beers you must try, pairing beer with food, getting the most out of beer events and festivals, beers that can be enhanced by aging, and much more.
| The first illustrated book to explore the unique and rich cultural heritage of one of India's most diverse and interesting states - Arunachal Pradesh. |
Near the end of WWII, a Navy pilot meets and falls in love with a beautiful California girl. They have a brief two weeks together before he is shipped off to the South Pacific. This is an engaging collection of his letters, compiled by the daughter he never got to meet. Full of poignant detail—a chronicle of the passions and fears of wartime—the book is the ultimate love story of America's “greatest generation.””
| Offering a unique – and very easy – method of creating effective, intriguing, and authentic multi-layered personalities that leap off the page. |
Future generations of disciples of the Himalayan Tradition will surely be captivated by the inspiring tales narrated by disciples of diverse backgrounds, education, profession and nationality, with the common thread of reverence and admiration for a loving, compassionate and accomplished Guru. By capturing the inspiring tales of direct experience in these volumes, we hope to eliminate the distortion and exaggeration that invariably creeps in over time in recounting the lives of great spiritual adepts. May Swami Rama and his spiritual lineage of Himalayan sages continue to bless and guide us.
- From the Preface by Prakash Keshaviah
Future generations of disciples of the Himalayan Tradition will surely be captivated by the inspiring tales narrated by disciples of diverse backgrounds, education, profession and nationality, with the common thread of reverence and admiration for a loving, compassionate and accomplished Guru. By capturing the inspiring tales of direct experience in these volumes, we hope to eliminate the distortion and exaggeration that invariably creeps in over time in recounting the lives of great spiritual adepts. May Swami Rama and his spiritual lineage of Himalayan sages continue to bless and guide us.
- From the Preface by Prakash Keshaviah
Future generations of disciples of the Himalayan Tradition will surely be captivated by the inspiring tales narrated by disciples of diverse backgrounds, education, profession and nationality, with the common thread of reverence and admiration for a loving, compassionate and accomplished Guru. By capturing the inspiring tales of direct experience in these volumes, we hope to eliminate the distortion and exaggeration that invariably creeps in over time in recounting the lives of great spiritual adepts. May Swami Rama and his spiritual lineage of Himalayan sages continue to bless and guide us.
- From the Preface by Prakash Keshaviah
Future generations of disciples of the Himalayan Tradition will surely be captivated by the inspiring tales narrated by disciples of diverse backgrounds, education, profession and nationality, with the common thread of reverence and admiration for a loving, compassionate and accomplished Guru. By capturing the inspiring tales of direct experience in these volumes, we hope to eliminate the distortion and exaggeration that invariably creeps in over time in recounting the lives of great spiritual adepts. May Swami Rama and his spiritual lineage of Himalayan sages continue to bless and guide us.
- From the Preface by Prakash Keshaviah
| Atma Bodha is Sankaracarya's classic introduction to Advaita Vedanta. This volume also includes devotional favorites. |
Grandmaster John Emms examines the key ideas in IQP positions, with an emphasis on attack, defence and opening choices to reach the positions you desire.