Eastern category: 10105 books
by Jan Zaprudnik, Vitali Silitski Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
The political map of Eastern Europe changed dramatically in December 1991 when the leaders of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine huddled together in a Bielavieza Forest retreat and decided to dissolve the 15 union republics, which composed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). One of those republics...
Buddhist Practice on Western Ground
Reconciling Eastern Ideals and Western Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2004
This is the first book to offer Buddhist meditators a comprehensive and sympathetic examination of the differences between Asian and Western cultural and spiritual values. Harvey B. Aronson presents a constructive and practical assessment of common conflicts experienced by Westerners who look to Eastern...
Between East and West
From Singularity to Community
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2003
With this book we see a philosopher well steeped in the Western tradition thinking through ancient Eastern disciplines, meditating on what it means to learn to breathe, and urging us all at the dawn of a new century to rediscover indigenous Asian cultures. Yogic tradition, according to Irigaray, can...
On a Knife's Edge
The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of World War II. The German capture of the city, their encirclement by Soviet forces shortly afterwards, and the hard-fought but futile attempts to relieve them, saw bitter attritional fighting and extremes of human misery inflicted on both sides.
The...
The Battle for the Caucasus 1942–1943
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
In late 1942 Hitler's forces advanced far into the Caucasus in the southern Soviet Union in one of the most ambitious offensives of the Second World War, but this extraordinary episode is often forgotten-it is overshadowed by the disastrous German attack on Stalingrad which took place at the same...
by Easton Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
This unusual book is the second of a unique trilogy, which takes you down the corridors of the past, peaking through many windows, right from the beginning of civilisation, up to the present time. Easton Hamilton makes a series of interesting observations where he dares to suggest that the eastern...
The First World War (1)
The Eastern Front 1914–1918
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
This book unravels the complicated and tragic events of the Eastern Front in the First World War. The author details Russia's sudden attack on German forces, despite her inadequate resources. A crushing defeat at Tannenberg was followed by Germany inflicting humiliation after humiliation on desperate...
Radiant Mind
Awakening Unconditioned Awareness
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
Whether it is called enlightenment, pure presence, or "unconditioned awareness," there exists an awakened state of true liberation that is at the heart of every contemplative tradition.
Yet according to Peter Fenner, this experience of boundless consciousness does not have to exist...
Whose Memory? Which Future?
Remembering Ethnic Cleansing and Lost Cultural Diversity in Eastern, Central and Southeastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Scholars have devoted considerable energy to understanding the history of ethnic cleansing in Europe, reconstructing specific events, state policies, and the lived experiences of victims. Yet much less attention has been given to how these incidents persist in collective memory today. This volume...
Britain and Interwar Danubian Europe
Foreign Policy and Security Challenges, 1919-1936
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Danubian Europe presented constant and serious security risks for European peace and stability and, for that reason, contrary to conventional wisdom, it commanded the attention of British diplomacy with a view to appeasing local conflicts. Britain and Interwar Danubian Europe examines the manner in...
by Idries Shah
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Cuando apareció por primera vez en 1964, Los Sufis fue acogido como la obra decisiva sobre la materia. Rico en su alcance, explica por primera vez a un público occidental las tradiciones y la filosofía de los Sufis de un modo claro y didáctico.
Durante las cinco décadas posteriores a su...
by Idries Shah
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Utilizado durante más de setecientos años como cuento-enseñante, El libro del libro es uno de los textos más asombrosos y fascinantes que jamás hayan emergido de Oriente. Su premisa central es la simple frase: 'Cuando te des cuenta de la diferencia entre el contenedor y el contenido, tendrás...
by Idries Shah
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 22, 2017
El camino del Sufi presenta una incomparable variedad de materiales enseñantes y escritos clásicos provenientes de las principales Órdenes Sufis, los cuales conforman un curso básico de estudio Sufi.
El autor comienza con los aspectos externos de la enseñanza que probablemente resulten...
by Idries Shah
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 9, 2019
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 9, 2019
En La sabiduría de los idiotas, los 'idiotas' son los Sufis, llamados asà debido a que su sabiduría penetra a una profundidad que la transforma en inaccesible para el conocedor meramente acadà©mico o inteligente. Los cuentos-ejercicios de los Sufis son herramientas preparadas para propà³sitos...