Author: Donald W. Mitchell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: experience, buddhist, introducing, buddhism
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2007-10-26
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0195311035
ISBN-13: 9780195311037

Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience, Second Edition, focuses on the depth of Buddhist experience as expressed in the teachings and practices of its religious and philosophical traditions. Taking a broad and inclusive approach, this unique work spans over 2,500 years, offering chapters on Buddhism’s origins in India; Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism; and Buddhism in Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan. It also includes an extensive discussion of modern, socially engaged Buddhism and a concluding chapter on the spread of Buddhism to the West. Author Donald W. Mitchell p

Authors:Paul Cobley, Litza Jansz,
Publisher: Totem Books
Keywords: semiotics, introducing
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2001-04-26
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1840465840
ISBN-13: 9781840465846

Outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism.

Author: Carla Willig
Publisher: Open University Press
Keywords: psychology, research, qualitative, introducing
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-06-01
List price: $62.00
ISBN-10: 0335221157
ISBN-13: 9780335221158

Why use qualitative research in psychology? How is qualitative research in psychology carried out? What are the major debates and unresolved issues surrounding this form of research? Introducing Qualitative Research in Psychology is a vital resource for students new to qualitative psychology. It offers a clear introduction to the topic by taking six different approaches to qualitative methods and explaining when each one should be used, the procedures and techniques involved, and any limitations associated with such research. Throughout the new edition, material has been r

Authors:Murray Knowles, Rosamund Moon,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: metaphor, introducing
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-12-12
List price: $30.95
ISBN-10: 0415278015
ISBN-13: 9780415278010

Introducing Metaphor is an accessible introduction to the different ways in which metaphor permeates all areas of language, and other methods of communication, covering both theoretical and practical approaches to the analysis of texts. Combining a variety of approaches to this widely studied subject, the book provides a thorough grounding in metaphor and word meaning, theories on the processing and understanding of metaphorical language, and metaphor in other languages and translation. Moon and Knowles draw on a wide selection of examples to explore metaphor in relation to text, disco

Author: Ted Honderich
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: thinkers, western, introducing, philosophers
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2001-06-28
List price: $26.50
ISBN-10: 0192854186
ISBN-13: 9780192854186

What better introduction to the world of philosophy than through the lives of its most prominent citizens. In The Philosophers, we are introduced to twenty-eight of the greatest thinkers in Western civilization, ranging from Aristotle and Plato to Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and Sartre. An illustrious team of scholars takes us on a concise and illuminating tour of some of the most brilliant minds and enduring ideas in history. Here is Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics, Plato’s cave of shadows, Schopenhauer’s vision of reality as blind, striving Will, Hegel’s idea of the

Author: Maeve Olohan
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: studies, translation, corpora, introducing
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2004-09-27
List price: $42.95
ISBN-10: 0415268850
ISBN-13: 9780415268851

The use of corpora in translation studies, both as a tool for translators and as a way of analyzing the process of translation, is growing. This book provides a much-needed assessment of how the analysis of corpus data can make a contribution to the study of translation.Introducing Corpora in Translation Studies: traces the development of corpus methods within translation studies defines the types of corpora used for translation research, discussing their design and application and presenting tools for extracting and analyzing data examines research potential and methodological limitatis

Author: Philebus
Publisher: CreateSpace
Keywords: tarot, games, card, introducing, tarocchi
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 2009-06-13
List price: $10.04
ISBN-10: 1448609720
ISBN-13: 9781448609727

It might surprise you to learn that tarot cards were created for playing card games and not fortune telling. Indeed, contrary to popular myths, there is nothing occult in their origins. The family of tarot games has been played since the 15th century and continues to be played throughout continental Europe to this day. Sadly, English speakers have usually only heard of tarot in the context of magic and divination. This little book sets out to correct that, starting with chapters about the real history of the cards and continuing with the rules to more than 40 games from across Europe. To help