wyszukanych pozycji: 103
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 (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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68,73 zł |
Beowulf
ISBN: 9780300236668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 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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71,88 zł |
Tao TE Ching Personal
ISBN: 9780060812454 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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70,01 zł |
The Second Book of the Tao
ISBN: 9780143116707 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 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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78,81 zł |
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn
ISBN: 9780802130525 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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62,19 zł |
The Gospel According to Jesus
ISBN: 9780060923211 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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83,15 zł |
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 (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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77,74 zł |
God in the Bath – Relaxing in the Everywhere Presence of God
ISBN: 9781905047659 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A radical book with its roots in a very traditional understanding of God. God is omni-present, so he is everywhere. We are already in God. What does that mean? Here is a radical orthodoxy to give confidence to those who have given up on the fundamentalist expressions of faith that dominate the church today.
A radical book with its roots in a very traditional understanding of God. God is omni-present, so he is everywhere. We are already in God. What does t...
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55,28 zł |
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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60,68 zł |
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 (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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68,73 zł |
Tao Te Ching
ISBN: 9780062214911 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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65,64 zł |
Gilgamesh
ISBN: 9781861977984 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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57,00 zł |
A Book of Psalms: Selected and Adapted from the Hebrew
ISBN: 9780060924706 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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70,01 zł |
The First Christmas: A Story of New Beginnings
ISBN: 9781250861801 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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83,19 zł |
The Way of Forgiveness: A Story about Letting Go
ISBN: 9781250239891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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83,15 zł |
Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation
ISBN: 9780609810347 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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Lacy's Loves
ISBN: 9781524687984 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Lacy Gray is a 21-year-old college senior, a committed Christian and gifted multi-sport athlete from Pennsylvania, attending school in Northern California. Her beautiful new roommate, Renee Lajoie, from Louisiana, is also an accomplished athlete. Because of their dedication to sports, they have never had much of a social or love life. Against all their beliefs and standards, they fall in love with one another. The story tells how God, through his amazing love and grace, worked in their lives to forgive their sin and bring them back to him; and then how he introduced Lacy to the... Lacy Gray is a 21-year-old college senior, a committed Christian and gifted multi-sport athlete from Pennsylvania, attending school in Northern Cal... |
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72,89 zł |
The Book of Job
ISBN: 9780060969592 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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Christians of Phrygia from Rome to the Turkish Conquest
ISBN: 9789004546370 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 724 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The towns and villages of Phrygia, a predominantly rural region of inner Asia Minor, provide richer documentation of their early Christian communities than any other part of the Roman empire. This includes the earliest lengthy Christian funerary text, coin types depicting Noah and the Flood introduced by Christians at the Phrygian emporium of Apamea, the famous ‘Christians for Christians’ inscriptions, and more than a hundred other pre-Constantinian grave monuments, The abundant evidence for the Christian presence up the Turkish invasions throws new light on continuity between Late...
The towns and villages of Phrygia, a predominantly rural region of inner Asia Minor, provide richer documentation of their early Christian communities...
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766,33 zł |
The Enlightened Mind
ISBN: 9780060923204 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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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78,77 zł |