The book is an attempt to introduce Chinese gardens in various cities from unique professional perspectives, demonstrating the exquisiteness of traditional gardens in an effort...View more

Master Cheng Yen has been called "the Mother Teresa of Asia: and the "Red Cross of China" - where everyone knows her name. As head...View more

Millions of families strive to give their children the best possible upbringing after being split apart by divorce. Separated mothers and fathers -- and in...View more

In this timely and impassioned book, Dana Mack exposes a disturbing aspect of American society. Embedded in the very institutions that are supposed to be...View more

Some were ambitious mothers, others unhappy wives or nuns or scholars... A lively collection of ten concise illustrated biographies of aristocratic ladies of the Byzantine...View more

An enormous intellectual adventure, this groundbreaking new book showcases Wilson's argument for what he calls consilience--the proof that everything in our world is organized by...View more

Not Out of Africa has sparked widespread debate over the teaching of revisionist history in schools and colleges. Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas...View more

When President Clinton sent Richard Holbrooke to Bosnia as America's chief negotiator in late 1995, he took a gamble that would eventually redefine his presidency....View more

Author: John J Pietrangelo Publisher: Bhakti  Released Date: 2016 ISBN: 9781539966685View more

This clear and accessible introduction to the concept of time examines forms of measurement, historic timekeeping methods, uses of time information, and the role of time...View more

A collection of personal essays explores everyday traumas and triumphs and draws on memories and events from the author's life and that of his family. Author: Albert...View more

A spinetingling chronicle of a kayak team's quest to make the first descent through the dangerous Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet describes how the four expert...View more