wyszukanych pozycji: 96
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Ignorance is Bliss: A story proving that one man can make a difference--unfortunately
ISBN: 9781477520147 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A political satire wherein one very powerful Senator is able to turn the entire country upside-down so as to match the conditions of his own personal life. Stephen Mitchell's Ignorance is Bliss takes us into the myopic and inebriated world of Martin Bliss, a senior Senator and an important figure on the Senate Intelligence Committee. He comes from a privileged background-his father held sway over the Senate Ways and Means Committee-and Martin is striving to create his own legacy. Unfortunately, he will do just that "Stephen Mitchell is America's answer to Martin Amis "
A political satire wherein one very powerful Senator is able to turn the entire country upside-down so as to match the conditions of his own personal ...
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65,60 zł |
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The Book of Job
ISBN: 9780060969592 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The theme of "The Book of Job" is nothing less than human suffering and the transcendence of it: it pulses with moral energy, outrage, and spiritual insight.
Now, "The Book of Job" has been rendered into English by the eminent translator and scholar Stephen Mitchell, whose versions of Rilke, Israeli poetry, and the "Tao Te Ching" have been widely praised. This is the first time ever that the Hebrew verse of Job has been translated into verse in any language, ancient or modern, and the result is a triumph. The theme of "The Book of Job" is nothing less than human suffering and the transcendence of it: it pulses with moral energy, outrage, and spiritual i...
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66,82 zł |
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Past Perfect: freedom from perfection in life and faith
ISBN: 9781785357886 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Perfect has lost nearly all meaning. A way of life, faith and theology without perfection.
Perfect has lost nearly all meaning. A way of life, faith and theology without perfection.
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42,62 zł |
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The Enlightened Mind
ISBN: 9780060923204 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A magnificent compilation of sacred writings from all traditions and the perfect companion to Stephen Mitchell's poetry collection, The Enlightened Heart, and the bestselling Tao Te Ching.
A magnificent compilation of sacred writings from all traditions and the perfect companion to Stephen Mitchell's poetry collection, The Enlightene...
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75,18 zł |
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Beowulf
ISBN: 9780300236668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. A widely celebrated translator's vivid, accessible, and elegantly concise rendering of an ancient English masterpiece
A widely celebrated translator's vivid, accessible, and elegantly concise rendering of an ancient English masterpiece
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69,29 zł |
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The Second Book of the Tao
ISBN: 9780143116707 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "A twenty-first-century form of ancient wisdom . . . Mitchell's flights, his paradoxes, his wonderful riffs are brilliant and liberating." -Pico Iyer
The most widely translated book in world literature after the Bible, Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living. Following the phenomenal success of his own version of the Tao Te Ching, renowned scholar and translator Stephen Mitchell has composed the innovative The Second Book of the Tao. Drawn from the work of Lao-tzu's disciple Chuang- tzu and Confucius's... "A twenty-first-century form of ancient wisdom . . . Mitchell's flights, his paradoxes, his wonderful riffs are brilliant and liberating." -Pico I...
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75,22 zł |
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Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn
ISBN: 9780802130525 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Somebody comes into the Zen center with a lighted cigarette, walks up to the Buddha statue, blows smoke in its face, and drops ashes on its lap. You are standing there. What can you do? This is a problem that Zen Master Seung Sahn is fond of posing to his American students who attend his Zen centers. Dropping Ashes on the Buddha is a delightful, irreverent, and often hilariously funny living record of the dialogue between Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn and his American students. Consisting of dialogues, stories, formal Zen interviews, Dharma speeches, and letters using the Zen Master s actual...
Somebody comes into the Zen center with a lighted cigarette, walks up to the Buddha statue, blows smoke in its face, and drops ashes on its lap. You a...
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66,86 zł |
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Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation
ISBN: 9780609810347 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Stephen Mitchell is widely known for his ability to make ancient masterpieces thrillingly new, to step in where many have tried before and create versions that are definitive for our time. His celebrated version of the Tao Te Ching is the most popular edition in print, and his translations of Jesus, Rilke, Genesis, and Job have won the hearts of readers and critics alike. Stephen Mitchell now brings to the Bhagavad Gita his gift for breathing new life into sacred texts.
The Bhagavad Gita is universally acknowledged as one of the world's literary and spiritual masterpieces. It is the core... Stephen Mitchell is widely known for his ability to make ancient masterpieces thrillingly new, to step in where many have tried before and create vers...
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66,82 zł |
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Action/ReAction: A unique and innovative technique for actors and the history of its origins...
ISBN: 9781477513057 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The first half of this book presents the fundamentals of Stephen Mitchell's Action/ReAction technique for actors that is unique, innovative and effective in developing a 'seasoned' actor in a very short time. The second half of the book describes Stephen's history in Hollywood encountering some of the greats in the film business, including Marlon Brando and Steve McQueen, and producing independent and innovative movies and TV shows that led to his creation of Action/ReAction.
The first half of this book presents the fundamentals of Stephen Mitchell's Action/ReAction technique for actors that is unique, innovative and effect...
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65,60 zł |
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Gilgamesh
ISBN: 9781861977984 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Gilgamesh is a born leader, but in an attempt to control his growing arrogance, the Gods create Enkidu, a wild man, his equal in strength and courage. Enkidu is trapped by a temple prostitute, civilised through sexual experience and brought to Gilgamesh. They become best friends and battle evil together.
Gilgamesh is a born leader, but in an attempt to control his growing arrogance, the Gods create Enkidu, a wild man, his equal in strength and courage....
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56,48 zł |
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Tao TE Ching Personal
ISBN: 9780060812454 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In a widely praised translation, Stephen Mitchell provides an accessible understanding of a classic guide for living, now in an attractive, pocket-size trim designed to fit in a purse, briefcase, backpack, or pocket. The English, as 'fluid as meling ice, ' is a joy to read throughout.--New Republic.
In a widely praised translation, Stephen Mitchell provides an accessible understanding of a classic guide for living, now in an attractive, pocket-siz...
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66,82 zł |
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Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
ISBN: 9781846046971 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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77,04 zł |
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Odklepávání popela na Buddhu
ISBN: 9788075115294 / Czeski / 2020 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Zenové učení je jako okno. Nejprve v něm vidíme pouze nejasný odraz vlastní tváře. Časem se však náš zrak postupně projasňuje a spolu s tím je nám čím dál jasnější také zenové učení. Až je nakonec docela čiré a průzračné. Vidíme skrz. Vidíme všechny věci: svou vlastní tvář. Tato kniha je sbírkou různých textů z doby, kdy zenový mistr Seung Sahn působil ve Spojených státech. Obsahuje dialogy, příběhy, formální zenové rozhovory, řeči dharmy i korespondenci se studenty. Slova jsou vždy adekvátní dané situaci, přičemž každá z...
Zenové učení je jako okno. Nejprve v něm vidíme pouze nejasný odraz vlastní tváře. Časem se však náš zrak postupně projasňuje a spolu s...
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60,55 zł |
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The Gospel According to Jesus
ISBN: 9780060923211 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At the center of this dazzling presentation of the life and teachings of Jesus is a new translation by Mitchell of what might be called the Essential Gospel. Mitchell has retained from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John only the authentic sayings and doings of Jesus--highlighted with Mitchell's insightful commentary--and has eliminated the passages added by the early church.
At the center of this dazzling presentation of the life and teachings of Jesus is a new translation by Mitchell of what might be called the Essential ...
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79,36 zł |
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The First Christmas: A Story of New Beginnings
ISBN: 9781250861801 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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79,40 zł |
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How to Shoot a Feature Film in 15 Days (And Survive to See Profits)
ISBN: 9781505402377 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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65,77 zł |
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Permanent Moments: A Fictional Autobiography
ISBN: 9781493121441 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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81,96 zł |
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The Way of Forgiveness: A Story about Letting Go
ISBN: 9781250239891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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79,36 zł |
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A Book of Psalms: Selected and Adapted from the Hebrew
ISBN: 9780060924706 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Psalm 93God acts within every moment
and creates the world with each breath. He speaks from the center of the universe, in the silence beyond all though. Mighter than the crash of a thunderstorm, mighter than the roar of the sea, is God's voice silently speaking in the depths of the listening heart. Psalm 93God acts within every moment
and creates the world with each breath. He speaks from the center of the universe, in the silence... |
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66,82 zł |