Thomas Yuho Kirchner

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Illinois

Essential Writings on Zen Koan Introspection

Sitting with Koans

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Philip B. Yampolsky

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A definitive English translation of the Platform Sutra. Includes a detailed historical introduction on the history and legends of Ch'an Buddhism, and discussions and analysis of the Platform Sutra.

The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

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A. C. Graham

Philosophical Argument in Ancient China

Describes the classical age of Chinese philosophy (500-200 B.C.) that coincides with the final decline of the Chou empire and the period of 'warring states' (403-221 B.C.), an exceptional era in Chinese history when there was no central authority which could claim to rule the entire civilized world. In the absence of a single unified state power enforcing conformity, there blossomed a hundred schools of thought. Philosophical argument and rational debate flourished in China as never before or since.

Disputers of the Tao

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Shunryu Suzuki

Edward Espe Brown

Zen Center San Francisco

Practicing the True Spirit of Zen

Practising the true spirit of Zen. Not Always So is based on Shunryu Suzuki's lectures and is framed in his own inimitable, allusive, paradoxical style, rich with unexpected and off–centre insights. Suzuki knew he was dying at the time of the lectures, which gives his thoughts an urgency and focus even sharper than in the earlier book. In Not Always So Suzuki once again voices Zen in everyday language with the vigour, sensitivity, and buoyancy of a true friend. Here is support and nourishment. Here is a mother and father lending a hand, but letting you find your own way. Here is guidance which empowers your freedom (or way–seeking mind), rather than pinning you down to directions and techniques. Here is teaching which encourages you to touch and know your true heart and to express yourself fully, teaching which is not teaching from outside, but a voice arising in your own being.

Not Always So

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Dalai Dalai Lama

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Dalai Lamai offers teachings on the virtue of compassion, with advice on how to incorporate this important quality in daily life.

The Compassionate Life

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Jeffrey Hopkins

Dalai Lama

A Buddhist Prespective

Drawing on the tenets of Buddhism, a leading Buddhist scholar offers an insightful handbook that explains how to cultivate the spirit of kindness in oneself and others, live from a more compassionate perspective, and reawaken our individual capacity for caring in order to interact with others in a more meaningful, positive way. Reprint.

Cultivating Compassion

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The Way to a Meaningful Life

An instructional resource and inspirational guide to daily life describes each step on the path to spiritual enlightenment and explains how to practice everyday morality, meditation, wisdom, and compassion.

How to Practice

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John Emms

It is generally agreed that one of the best ways for a chess-player to improve is by studying tactics - and the best way to do that is by practising. This book provides a wealth of puzzle positions to test just about every facet of your tactical skills.

The puzzles in this book have been selected by analysing games new and old in search of original puzzle positions (rather than simply trawling through previous puzzle books, as is all too often the case). It is therefore very unlikely that even seasoned solvers will recognize many of these positions. Emms, by allying his skills with those of powerful computers, has also made every effort to ensure that the solutions are sound, and that there are no unmentioned alternative solutions.

The book begins with 100 relatively easy positions suitable for novices, and ends with 100 extremely tough puzzles, which will provide a mind-bending challenge even for top-class players. The remainder of the book contains just about everything between these two extremes, including selections of puzzles based around particular tactical themes, and graded tests, where no clues are given as to the type of ideas involved. Every now and then, there are positions where the correct solution is a positional move, rather than a tempting but unsound combination.

John Emms is one of England's strongest grandmasters, and an experienced trainer. He is also a skilful and versatile writer: he has several opening monographs and general guides to his credit.

The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book

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Neil McDonald

From the First Move to the Last

In this text, Neil McDonald explains every single move made by White and Black in 30 tactical or strategical games played since the 1970s.

Grand master and prolific chess author Neil McDonald explains every single move made in 30 striking tactical or strategical games played over the last quarter century.

 * Includes in-depth analyses of 30 inspiring games played over the last 25 years
 * Instructs the reader on how to think logically to improve strategy
 * Author is an International Grandmaster and prolific chess author

Chess: the Art of Logical Thinking

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Siegbert Tarrasch

Dr. Tarrasch begins with the endgame-because itrsquo;s easier for a novice to deal with a few men than the entire 32. An important and extensive discussion of the middle game follows. Finally, the author deals with openings and offers enlightening comments on many historically important variations. Over 340 diagrams and 12 complete games.

The Game of Chess

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Bruce Pandolfini

In the first completely instructional book ever written on chess openings, National Master and game strategist for Netflix's The Queen's Gambit Bruce Pandolfini teaches players how to take charge of the game's crucial opening phase.

Of the three traditional phases of chess play--the opening, the middle-game and the endgame--the opening is the phase average players confront most often. Unfortunately, though, many openings are not completed successfully, partly because until now most opening instruction has consisted of tables of tournament level moves that offer no explanations for the reasons behind them. Consequently, these classical opening patterns can serve as little more than references to the average player.

In Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps, Bruce Pandolfini uses his unique "crime and punishment" approach to provide all the previously missing explanation, instruction, practical analyses, and much, much more. The book consists of 202 short "openers" typical of average players, arranged according to the classical opening variations and by level of difficulty. Each example includes:
-the name of the overriding tactic
-the name of the opening
-a scenario that sets up the tactic to be learned
-an interpretation that explains why the loser went wrong, how he could have avoided the trap, and what he should have done instead
-a review of important principles and useful guidelines to reinforce each lesson

Also included are a glossary of openings that lists all the classical "textbook" variations for comparison and reference and a tactical index. Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps is a powerful, pragmatic entry into a heretofore remote area of chess theory that will have a profound influence on every player's game.

Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps

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Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

M. Euwe

H. Kramer

Middlegame

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Jeremy Silman

Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery

This book takes the student on a journey through his own mind and returns him to the chess board with a wealth of new-found knowledge and the promise of a significant gain in strength. Most amateurs possess erroneous thinking processes that remain with them throughout their chess lives. These flaws in their mental armour result in stinging defeats and painful reversals. Books can be bought and studied, lessons can be taken -- but in the end, these elusive problems always prove to be extremely difficult to eradicate. Seeking a solution to this dilemma, the author wrote down the thoughts of his students while they played actual games, analysed them, and catalogued the most common misconceptions that arose. This second edition greatly expands on the information contained in the popular first edition.

The Amateur's Mind

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Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens

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Thomas L. Friedman

Oliver Wyman

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century

Offers a concise history of globalization, discussing a wide range of topics, from the September 11 terrorist attacks to the growth of the middle class in both China and India.

The World Is Flat

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Huw Richards

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A History of Rugby Union

A Game for Hooligans

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Sophia Delza

Reflections and Perceptions on Body-Mind Harmony

In this new book, Ms. Delza, the leading proponent in the United States of the Wu Style, offers succinct and illuminating comments from her viewpoint as both teacher and practitioner.

The T'Ai-Chi Ch'uan Experience

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Christian Giudice

The Life and Legend of Roberto Duran

The first definitive biography of the boxing legend often called the greatest fighter of all time - now in paperback. This is the story of Duran's life both in and out of the ring. Giudice has interviewed the fighter himself, his family, closest friends and dozens of his opponents to separate truth from myth and get to the heart of one of the most intriguing sports stars of modern times.

Hands of Stone

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Dave Austin

Jim Peterik

Cathy Lynn

Proven techniques for songwriting success

This friendly, hands-on guide tackles the new face of therecording industry, guiding you through the shift from traditionalsales to downloads and mobile music, as well as how you can harnesssocial media networks to get your music "out there." You get basicsongwriting concepts, insider tips and advice, and inspiration forwriting ? and selling ? meaningful, timeless songs.

 * Songwriting 101 ? get a grip on everything you need toknow to write a song, from learning to listen to your "inner voice"to creating a "mood" and everything in between

 * Jaunt around the genres ? discover the variety of musicalgenres and find your fit, whether it's rock, pop, R&B, gospel,country, or more

 * Let the lyrics out ? master the art of writing lyrics,from finding your own voice to penning the actual words to usinghooks, verses, choruses, and bridges

 * Make beautiful music ? find your rhythm, make melodies,and use chords to put the finishing touches on your song

 * Work the Web ? harness online marketing and socialnetworks like Facebook, Twitter, and others to get your music heardby a whole new audience

Open the book and find:

 * What you need to know before you write a single note

 * Tips on finding inspiration

 * Ways to use poetic devices in lyrics

 * Computer and Web-based shortcuts and technologies to streamlinesongwriting

 * A look at famous songwriting collaborators

 * Writing for stage, screen, and television

 * How to make a demo to get your song heard

 * Advice on how to make money from your music

Learn to:

 * Develop your songwriting skills with tips and techniques fromthe pros

 * Use social networking sites to get your music out to thepublic

 * Break into the industry with helpful, how-to instructions

Songwriting

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David Pogue

Scott Speck

Glenn Dicterow

The more you know about classical music, the more you love it. Now, thanks to Classical Music For Dummies, you can achieve a whole new level of insight into both the composers and the compositions that have made classical music one of the great accomplishments of humankind. Classical Music For Dummies doesn't assume that you have a degree in musicology -- or even that you took a course in music appreciation. Rather, the multimedially gifted David Pogue and renowned conductor Scott Speck explain classical music in terms you can understand, and they describe musical elements so that you can hear them for yourself. A reference you can dip into at any point, Classical Music For Dummies covers such topics as The various forms that classical music takes -- from symphonies to string quartets What goes on behind the scenes and on stage to fill a concert hall with great classical music How to recognize, by sight and by sound, the many instruments that make up an orchestra The nuts and bolts of classical music -- from rhythm to harmonic progression Plus, Classical Music For Dummies comes complete with a CD containing over 60 minutes of masterpieces compiled especially for the book. The CD also includes a demo version of the Angel/EMI Classics For DummiesTM multimedia interface to try out on your Windows-based PC or Macintosh computer.

Classical Music for Dummies®

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Suu Minazuki

Christine Dashiell

Once again, everyone's favorite brazen, brutal babe, Sora Nagihara, lets it rip in exceptionally outrageous fashion with her 2-D Art of Death, Secret Technique!! And no one--not dorm leader Kaburagi, Shouta's graceful hostess Tenka, or any number of other females (and even some males)--will escape unscathed!!

Gou-Dere Sora Nagihara, Vol. 2

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Sora Nagihara, the girl of Shouta Yamakawa's dreams, is sweet, demure, and downright cute. The only problem is that she's two-dimensional...literally. But when Sora miraculously comes to life from the pages of Shouta's manga, he can't believe his luck. That is, until he realizes that "sweet" and "demure" are the last words anyone would pick to describe this brazen, brutal babe!

Gou-Dere Sora Nagihara, Vol. 1

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Kiyohiko Azuma

Yotsuba met a robot at Ena's house! Betcha haven't met one ever! It was THIIIIIS big - but not bigger than Jumbo or anything - and it ate money! Yotsuba's never met anyone who ate money before! Maybe it gets more powers with more money!? Yotsuba should try giving it more money next time! Huh...what happens when money-eating robots get full? Do they have to go to the little robots' room? Hmmmm...

Yotsuba&!, Vol. 5

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Nathan Wheeler

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