No-Gate Gateway: The Original Wu-Men Kuan (Hinton David)(Paperback)

No-Gate Gateway: The Original Wu-Men Kuan (Hinton David)(Paperback)

A new translation of one of the great koan collections--by the premier translator of the Chinese classics--that reveals it to be a literary and philosophical masterwork beyond its association with Chan/Zen. A monk asked: 'A dog too has Buddha-nature, no?' And with the master's enigmatic one-word

China Root: Taoism, Ch'an, and Original Zen (Hinton David)(Paperback)

A beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by renowned author and translator David Hinton. Buddhism migrated from India to China in the first century C.E., and Ch'an (Japanese: Zen) is generally seen as China's most distinctive and enduring form of

Hunger Mountain: A Field Guide to Mind and Landscape (Hinton David)(Paperback)

Come along with David Hinton on a series of walks through the wild beauty of Hunger Mountain, near his home in Vermont--excursions informed by the worldview he's imbibed from his many years translating the classics of Chinese poetry and philosophy. His broad-ranging discussion offers insight on

A Little Primer of Tu Fu (Hawkes David)(Paperback)

The deepest and most varied of the Tang Dynasty poets, Tu Fu (Du Fu) is, in the words of David Hinton, the first complete poetic sensibility in Chinese literature. Tu Fu merged the public and the private, often in the same poem, as his subjects ranged from the horrors of war to the delights of

Outside the Gates of Eden (Shiner Lewis)(Paperback / softback)

Outside the Gates of Eden follows two men from their first meeting in high school to their final destination in the 21st century. Alex is torn between his father's business empire and his own artistic yearnings. Cole, constantly uprooted in his childhood, finds his calling at a Bob Dylan concert in

The Wilds of Poetry: Adventures in Mind and Landscape (Hinton David)(Paperback)

An exploration of the emerging Western consciousness of how deeply we belong to the wild Cosmos, as seen through the lineage of modern America's great avant-garde poets --a thrilling journey with today's premier translator of the Chinese classics. Henry David Thoreau, in The Maine Woods, describes

Boffin Boy and the Rock Men (Orme David)(Paperback / softback)

Art of the Yellow Springs (Hung Wu)(Paperback)

We might think the Egyptians were the masters of building tombs, but no other civilization has devoted more time and resources to underground burial structures than the Chinese. For at least five thousand years, from the fourth millennium B.C.E. to the early twentieth century, the Chinese have been

Gateway 2nd edition B1 Workbook (Spencer David)(Paperback / softback)

The Workbook mirrors the Student's Book in its organisation, providing a wealth of extra grammar and vocabulary exercises and opportunities to practise reading, listening, speaking and writing. It also offers higher-level material in the form of Grammar challenge and Vocabulary extension exercises,

Viper's Blood (Gilman David)(Paperback)

With the English army at the gates of Paris, Blackstone faces his deadliest mission yet in the fourth instalment of the Master of War

King Beyond The Gate (Gemmell David)(Paperback / softback)

Britain's king of heroic fantasy continues his classic, bestselling Drenai

No, David! (Shannon David)(Paperback)

The Caldecott Honor-winning classic by bestselling picture-book creator David Shannon In Spanish When David Shannon was five years old, he wrote and illustrated his first book. On every page were these words: NO, DAVID . . . and a picture of David doing things he was not supposed to do. Now David

Sixty Stories (Gates David)(Paperback / softback)

This collection of Donald Barthelme's literary output during the 1960s and 1970s covers the period when the writer came to prominence, producing the stories, satires, parodies, and other formal experiments that altered fiction as we know

Gates of Europe - A History of Ukraine (Plokhy Serhii)(Paperback / softback)

'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' (David Blair Sunday Telegraph)Located at the western edge of the Eurasian steppe, Ukraine has long been the meeting place of empires - Roman to Ottoman, Habsburg to Russian - and they all left their imprint on the landscape,

Gateway to Arabic - Book 1(Paperback / softback)

Aimed at the beginner who has no prior knowledge of Arabic, this work begins with the first letter of the alphabet, and gradually builds up the learner's skills to a level where he or she would be able to read a passage of vocalised Arabic text. It also includes numerous copying exercises that

Gate of the Dead (Gilman David)(Paperback)

The third instalment of MASTER OF WAR - a legend forged in battle: Blackstone is recalled from Italy to serve the crown once more. It will cost him

Constructing the World (Chalmers David J.)(Paperback)

David J. Chalmers constructs a highly ambitious and original picture of the world, from a few basic elements. He develops and extends Rudolf Carnap's attempt to do the same in Der Logische Aufbau Der Welt (1928). Carnap gave a blueprint for describing the entire world using a limited vocabulary, so

Slime (Walliams David)(Paperback)

The new children's book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams - a fantastically funny tale illustrated by artistic genius, Tony

Mr Stink (Walliams David)(Paperback / softback)

The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country - beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake. 'Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he

Bettie Page Unbound (Avallone David)(Paperback)

When you step through an inter-dimensional gate the results are unpredictable: sometimes you find yourself in a bikini made of coins with a sword in your hand! Reality is shattering, the gate has been opened for an invasion from the Great Old Ones...and only model spy BETTIE PAGE can save the world

Slime - David Walliams

The hilarious children's book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams - a fantastically funny tale illustrated by artistic genius Tony Ross. WELCOME TO THE ISLE OF MULCH...This little island is home to a large number of HORRIBLE grown-ups who like nothing more than making children miserable

Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815 (Gates Dr David)(Paperback / softback)

Known collectively as the 'Great War', for over a decade the Napoleonic Wars engulfed not only a whole continent but also the overseas possessions of the leading European

Spaceboy - David Walliams

Go back to the Space Race with No.1 bestselling author David Walliams for a breathless cinematic adventure full of mystery, action, laughs and surprises – and a secret that could change the course of history… America. The 1960s. Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan

No Treason The Constitution of No Authority (Spooner Lysander)(Paperback)

2010 Reprint of the original 1870 edition. Paperback 55pp. Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 - May 14, 1887) was an American anarchist, entrepreneur, political philosopher, abolitionist, supporter of the labor movement, and legal theorist of the nineteenth century. He is also known for competing