John Lee: 261 books

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...

Reverence is defined as a sense of awe or profound respect for the person. It has become increasing rare in modern culture, not only in health care, but in education and in corporations, where people are too often treated in a dehumanizing way. This groundbreaking book is the most comprehensive volume...

Sin and forgiveness are not exciting or happy issues to think about, and most people try to avoid dealing with them whenever possible. John and Paula Sandford explain how ego and pride are involved in hurtful situations and how, in the world’s eyes, it would be natural to seek revenge. But...

In Wreck-It Ralph, Disney's expert team of concept, visual development and story artists explore the hidden world of video games from classic 8-bit arcade games to the most modern and inventive offerings of the digital age. At the center of this hilarious and wildly original video-game-hopping adventure...

Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad...

The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to deepen our understanding of the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. Five years after the storm, its profound impact continues to be felt. This new edition explores...

New Essays on Samuel Johnson: Revaluation is a collection of essays by various hands that examines its point of focus, the inexhaustible English author Samuel Johnson, from a variety of different critical perspectives. The book also simultaneously interrogates particular texts (such as the Dictionary,...

Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques examines the intersection of religion and monstrosity in a variety of different time periods in the hopes of addressing two gaps in scholarship within the field of monster studies. The first part of the volume—running from the medieval to the Early Modern period—focuses...

In the first half of the twentieth century, the rationalist tide had reached its high mark in the arts, politics, and work. But the Holocaust, the Gulag, and other failures have dimmed the popularity of rationalism. However, the evidence of those practical failures would not have been as convincing...

Completely revised, this new edition updates the chemical and physical properties of major food components including water, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, minerals vitamins and enzymes.  Chapters on color, flavor and texture help the student understand key factors in the visual and organoleptic...

脫北女李晛瑞冒死揭露極權黑幕與逃亡血淚史！ 被歐普拉譽為「最受注目的TED演講」網路瀏覽人次已超過八百萬！ 全球唯一中文版   出生時，我叫做金智惠；母親改嫁時，改名為朴敏英；為了隱藏身分，我又變成蔡美蘭、張順香，蔡尹希、朴順子。 李晛瑞，是我擁有的第七個、希望也是最後一個名字…… 厄運與危險咬著不放，稍微鬆懈立刻大難臨頭！這樣的日子，我過了4000多個……   我出生在北韓惠山市，和中國隔著一條鴨綠江。由於父母都擁有絕佳的「出身成分」，因此我們家過得算是很優渥。 從小，我深信祖國是最偉大的！但漸漸地，越來越多事件打擊這根深柢固的想法，並讓我對隔江的中國充滿好奇心──那裡似乎不像是學校所說的「地獄」。 1997年，即將18歲的我決定偷渡去中國見識一下，但作夢也沒想到從此沒了回頭路，我竟變成了背叛祖國的脫北者…… 日子開始充滿恐懼與焦慮，為了不被檢舉，我戴上厚厚的面具撒謊、防備周圍所有人；為了生存，我和黑幫、非法仲介打交道，甚至被囚禁，還差點被強暴。開始適應自由後，新的難題是要把家人也接出來，於是另一次驚心動魄的大逃亡之旅，再度讓我陷入夢魘。 但我拒絕放棄，靠著勇氣、毅力與貴人們的愛，終於撐過來了。現在，請聽我大聲告訴每一個你，關於北韓的真面目、一路走來的心酸與煎熬，希望大家都能更關注此議題，並讓脫北者知道：世界上還有許多人的信念跟他們同在！ 李晛瑞TED大會演講影片連結...

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...

Classic G.I. Joe Volume 10 continues the original run of A Real American Hero, featuring stories like "No Simple Solutions," "Taking the Plunge," "What Goes Around, Comes Around," and "Seeds of Empire." This action-packed volume collects G.I. Joe issues #91-100.