A L Sadler: 12 books

Book cover of Shogun

Shogun

The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu

by A. L. Sadler
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2009

This book tells the fascinating history of the life of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu — Japan's most famous Shogun. Since its initial appearance, A.L.Sadler's imposing biography of the Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu has been recognized as an outstanding contribution to the knowledge of Japanese...
Book cover of Japanese Plays

Japanese Plays

Classic Noh, Kyogen and Kabuki Works

by A. L. Sadler
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011

Classic Noh, Kyogen and Kabuki Works Nothing reflects the beauty of life as much as Japanese theater. It is here that reality is held suspended and emptiness can fill the mind with words, music, dance, and mysticism. A.L. Sadler translates the mysteries of Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki in his groundbreaking...
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Chinese Martial Code

The Art of War of Sun Tzu, The Precepts of War by Sima Rangju, Wu Zi on the Art of War

by A. L. Sadler
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011

Chinese Martial Code provides clear, easy-to-follow translations of three of the most respected Chinese works of military strategy It features a masterful translation of The Art of War of Sun Tzu-the most respected of all works of military strategy-as well as the less famous but equally wise...
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Cha-No-Yu

The Japanese Tea Ceremony

by A. L. Sadler
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011

This classic of Japanese cultural studies explains the famous Japanese tea ceremony or cha-no-yu with great scholarship and clarity. In 1933, when A. L. Sadler's imposing book on the Japanese tea ceremony first appeared, there was no other work on the subject in English that even remotely approached...
Book cover of Japanese Architecture: A Short History
by A. L. Sadler
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011

This expert guide to Japanese architecture is of enormous historical importance to the understanding of Japanese design and culture. Pioneering Japanologist A. L. Sadler's invaluable study of Japanese architecture first appeared in 1941. Considered a classic in its field, unequaled in clarity...
Book cover of Japanese Tea Ceremony
by A.L. Sadler
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011

The tea cermony—known as cha-no-yu, or literally "hot water for tea"—has touched nearly every aspect of Japanese life. First published in 1933 as Cha-No-Yu, or The Japanese Tea Ceremony, this classic remains the gold standard for books on the five-centuries-old tea ceremony, which...
Book cover of The Japanese Tea Ceremony

The Japanese Tea Ceremony

Cha-no-Yu and the Zen Art of Mindfulness

by A. L. Sadler
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019

The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a detailed examination of the five-centuries-old tea ceremony—or Cha-no-Yu in Japanese, literally "hot water for tea"—a cornerstone of Japanese culture and a core practice of Zen Buddhism. Framed by intricately choreographed steps, the tea ceremony...
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Laboratory Lifestyles

The Construction of Scientific Fictions

by Russell Hughes, Sandra Kaji-O'Grady, Chris L. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2019

A generously illustrated examination of the boom in luxurious, resort-style scientific laboratories and how this affects scientists' work. The past decade has seen an extraordinary laboratory-building boom. This new crop of laboratories features spectacular architecture and resort-like amenities....
Book cover of All I Want For Christmas
by Patricia Woodside, Venita Alderman Sadler, Jamantha Williams Watson
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016

Christmas Time Is Here… And Brown Girls Books is bringing you nineteen talented writers, sharing heartwarming stories filled with the joy, sorrow and downright drama of this magical season. Christmas time brings out the best – and for some, the worst – in us and these holiday tales capture it...
Book cover of Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care

Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care

An Interdisciplinary Reader

by Charles E Rosenberg, Ralph B Little, Edward A Strecker
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013

Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries. This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient...
Book cover of Why Retire? Career Strategies for Third-Age Nurses
by Fay L. Bower, William A. Sadler
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2009

Includes strategies for rethinking retirement, tapping the expertise of older nurses, retaining senior nurses, managing nursing careers, and expanding personal freedom. Why Retire? serves three purposes: the book gives nurses younger than 50 a chance to incorporate the principles into their career...
Book cover of The Ex Chronicles
by J. L. Sapphire, Adrienne Thompson, Penelope Christian
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016

Love is a powerful drug…whether it’s the love of family, friends, or that special someone who takes your breath away…chances are, you know the feeling. But what happens when it all goes wrong? Do you break up, then make up? Or do you just walk away? In The Ex Chronicles, twenty talented writers...
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