Alan Watts: 42 books

Ne "La cultura della controcultura", Alan Watts presenta le idee, i valori e la visione dell'uomo, della società e del mondo che hanno ispirato il movimento controculturale degli anni '60, descrivendone i profondi legami con le tradizioni filosofiche e spirituali dell'Oriente – quali l'induismo,...

Attraverso un'esposizione vivace e coinvolgente, colta e colloquiale insieme, Alan Watts ci introduce alle molte e complesse espressioni del pensiero orientale. Nelle conferenze che compongono questo volume, siamo guidati alla scoperta delle principali tradizioni filosofiche e spirituali dell'Asia,...

Chi sono? Cos'è l'universo? Che posto occupo in esso? Questi sono gli interrogativi a cui Alan Watts cerca di rispondere, prendendo le mosse dal taoismo e da altre tradizioni filosofico-religiose dell'Asia (come il buddhismo e il vedānta) e mettendo in dialogo Oriente e Occidente. Negli otto testi...

Weather Wise is a highly practical, lively and very accessible guide to weather phenomena for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Suitable for sailors, walkers, climbers, skiers, fishermen, golfers and holidaymakers, it explains how forthcoming weather will affect them, as well as how to predict what...

The Tao of Philosophy is a literary adaptation of talks selected to introduce the new "Love of Wisdom" series by Alan Watts to today's audiences. The following chapters provide rich examples of the way in which the philosophy of the Tao is as contemporary today as it was when it flourished...

Alan Watts noted author and respected authority on Far Eastern thought studied Taoism extensively and in his final years moved to a quiet cabin in the mountains and dedicated himself almost exclusively to meditating and writing on the Tao. This new book gives us an opportunity to not only understand...

The comprehensive guide to the place that brought sport climbing to North America— a full-color, thoroughly updated new edition Smith Rock State Park. It was on the impressive crags of this Oregon hideaway that American sport climbing came into its own, and to this day, some of the hardest...

Seabreezes are the lifeblood of cruising and racing sailors - but they are a fickle resource and it's vital to be able to predict and read the situations when they will blow strongly, change direction (annoyingly) or vanish altogether. This is a highly practical handbook from Alan Watts, the...

Quasi tutti, prima o dopo, hanno incrociato una delle grandi tradizioni religiose e filosofiche dell'Oriente, anche se spesso non hanno di esse che qualche vaga nozione, neppure esente da errori o inesattezze. Uno dei mediatori più seri e accreditati di questo immenso patrimonio dello spirito umano...

Der moderne Mensch will das Leben immer stärker planen und kontrollierbar machen. Er treibt einen unglaublichen technischen Aufwand, nur um sich sicherer zu fühlen. Dahinter steckt ein ängstliches Ich, das sich von der Welt bedroht fühlt. Alan Watts zeigt den Weg in eine tiefere Dimension des Bewusstseins, in der man dem Leben vollkommen offen und furchtlos zu begegnen lernt.

Questo volume raccoglie una serie di lezioni tenute da Alan Watts fra il 1968 e il 1973, a cui parteciparono folle entusiaste e dal background culturale estremamente variegato: alcuni erano suoi allievi, altri erano incuriositi dalla filosofia del wu wei, il «non agire», altri inseguivano i venti...

The Weather Handbook is the essential guide to how the weather is formed, providing readers with the ability to look at the sky and interpret its signs, and combine this knowledge with information provided by professional forecasts to assess for themselves what the coming weather is likely to be. This...

Instant Weather Forecasting has been a perennial bestseller since it was first published nearly 40 years ago. A brilliant concept, its winning formula of 24 colour photographs of cloud formations and their accompanying explanatory text enables the reader to read the sky, pick up the clues, and predict...

Instant Weather Forecasting has been a perennial bestseller since it was first published nearly 50 years ago. A brilliant concept, its winning formula of 24 clear colour photographs of cloud formations and their accompanying explanatory text enables the reader to read the sky, pick up the clues, and...