Get to know the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader and one of the most popular world leaders today.…

Includes characters who are obsessed with the rise and fall of gods, empires and heroes.…

• Čeština

The book that created the modern United States, Paine's incendiary call for Americans to revolt against British rule…

Composed during the fourteenth century in the English Midlands, this work describes the events that follow when a mysterious…

The Upanishads represent for the Hindu approximately what the New Testament represents for the Christian. The earliest of…

Presents a tale of morality, tragedy and pure adventure. This book shows how Gilgamesh, King of Uruk and his companion…

Contains essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues in which Berger probes the work of…

Surveys the pre-Christian beliefs of the Scandinavian and Germanic people. This title provides an introduction to this…

Suitable for recitation at festivals, this title includes 33 songs that were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of…

Recounts the conversation between Arjuna the warrior and his charioteer Krishna, the manifestation of God. This book sets…

Who was the real Jesus? What was the original message of the charismatic Jewish healer and moralist who changed the world?…

• Rok vydání 1983

After the death of old Dr Grantly, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him as Bishop of Barchester. And when the…

Explains the path to achieving Zen, a balance between the body and the mind. Based on the result of the author's quest to…

Presents tales such as King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.…

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• Rok vydání 2010

Ezeulu, headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his…

• Rok vydání 1994

In the Bible, according to author: In the beginning God created the Heaven and Earth and darkness was upon the face of the…

The Ramayana is the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling. Telling the…

The Analects express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which the author, one of the most humane thinkers, believed everyone…

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Presenting a collection of simple verses gathered in themes such as 'awareness', 'fools' and 'old age', this title features…

Although the exact identity of this text's author remains obscure, he was probably an English country parson of the late…

The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner - encountering a desperate gang of robbers and being forced to perform lewd…

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Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we understand the world.…

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• Rok vydání 2024

The year is 1933. Hannah Arendt escapes Berlin, seeking refuge among the stateless gathering in Paris. Simone de Beauvoir…

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• Rok vydání 2023

What would it take for your body to be good enough? The pressure to change our bodies is overwhelming. We strive to defy…

Free when packaged with any Damrosch World Literature title.…

The teachings of the Buddha are plain and straightforward because they remain focused on the moment. This book is about…

Demonstrates the individual's reliance on God and on the words of Christ, and the futility of a life without faith, as well…

Tells the story of the Tibetan people. This title offers an introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. It presents a quest for…

As more and more secular funerals are taking place, there is a need for appropriate texts. This collection offers 70 poems…

• Rok vydání 2009

Considered in Islam to be the infallible word of God, The Qur'an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the archangel…

All of us, whether religious, agnostic or atheist, are searching for meaning. In this book, a non-believer both rejects the…

'The Upanisads' is the Hindu equivalent of the Christian New Testament. It is a collection of spiritual treatises written in…

The most graceful English translation of this masterpiece of world literature - prepared with the participation of the Dalai…

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• Rok vydání 2001

Hildegard, the "Sybil of the Rhine," was a Benedictine nun and one of the most prolific and original women writers of the…

A wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, which also has an important role in understanding…

Presents an introduction to the mythology of the peoples, who inhabited the northwestern fringes of Europe from Britain and…

The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in…

Li Po and Tu Fu were devoted friends who are considered to be among China's greatest poets. Li Po, was an itinerant poet.…

Collects poems that: are compiled by an unknown scribe in Iceland around 1270, are based on sources dating back centuries…

What is Buddhism? Drawing on down-to-earth examples from everyday life, this book penetrates the most essential and enduring…

One of the great founders of Taoism, Chaung Tzu lived in the fourth century BC and is among the most enjoyable and…

• Rok vydání 2008

Tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, Queen and King of Connacht,…