Institute of Chinese Buddhist Culture. Hardcover. 書法是建立在漢字基礎上的藝術，除了其線條、布白的藝術美之外，內外更含有一定的思想，反映人們的審美與精神境界，藉以抒發內心的懷抱及理想。通過筆、墨、紙，印章構成黑、白、紅色的抽象化、符號化的藝術作品，經由文字交流，最能直接道出人生哲學意味，為東方藝術的精髓，在教化作用上有其獨特之處。 四十年前，中國佛教協會成立之初，便向全國佛教徒提出「莊嚴國土，利樂有情」的號召，希望佛教徒不僅致力於物質的文明，更當發揚國民的精神素養，今藉著「中國佛教文化出版有限公司」出版的《佛教嘉言書法集》，正好通過諸書法家的墨寶來從事「莊嚴國土，利樂有情」的事業。 《佛教嘉言書法集》選編了佛教經、論、語錄中有益於修身處世的嘉言一百零八條，分別恭請六十一位當代書法家書寫，其中有年逾九十的長者，有任務繁重的教授和專家等，難得他們都欣然命筆，透過豐富多采的書法藝術，表現佛教教義的內涵和人生哲理。 書中配以簡潔文字，清楚介紹各書法家及嘉言出處，令讀者賞玩書法之餘，又領悟修身養性的哲理，淨化心靈。本書於一九九三年榮獲「香港最佳印製書籍獎」。 Calligraphy is an art based on Chinese characters. In addition to the artistic beauty of its lines and white cloth, it also contains certain ideas inside and outside, reflecting people's aesthetic and..... More

Thirty color reproductions bound in a handy postcard collection Oversized postcards measure 6½ x 4¾ in.The fight for American women to gain the vote lasted more than seven decades, upending traditional notions of gender roles and forcing a reconsideration of the duties and privileges of citizenship. Recorded in photographs..... More

Puzzle size: 20 x 27 in. Box size: 10 x 13 x 1⅞ in.Edward Gorey Cat Fancy Edward Gorey had a fondness for cats. One can only imagine what’s happening in Cat Fancy. Is a cat outside looking in the window at the pampered feline? Is the kitty on..... More

For thousands of years, humans everywhere have brought imaginary creatures to life in stories, songs, and pictures. Adapted from the exhibition Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids, this postcard book contains 30 cards. The beautiful images showcase engravings and paintings drawn from works in the Museum’s library as well as..... More

University of Pennsylvania Press. More

Simon and Schuster, 2016. Hailed as “invaluable…a substantial work of political thought,” (New Statesman) in a groundbreaking report, based on years of reporting, David Rieff assesses whether ending extreme poverty and widespread hunger is truly within our reach, as is increasingly promised. Can we provide enough food for nine..... More

Cornell University Press, 2008. We spend a great deal of time learning our vocations and avocations as we work at jobs, participate in home life, and take part in civic activities and politics. In doing so, we engage in practices that consist of complex bodies of norms. These practices themselves..... More

University of Hawaii Press, 2001. In this ambitious volume, Xian (Chinese Literature, Rice University) has undertaken a reconsideration of one of the monuments of Chinese literature, which he frames within the themes of character and identity. The genre of Shih-shuo , as this developed over subsequent centuries, is analyzed with..... More

2007. A Tranquil Star, the first new American collection of Primo Levi previously untranslated fiction to appear since 1990, affirms his position as one of the twentieth century's most enduring writers. These seventeen stories, first published in Italian between 1949 and 1986, demonstrate Levi's extraordinary range, taking the reader..... More

Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1993. More

Kehrer Verlag, 2011. For her series No Sleep, Hee Jin Kang photographs mattresses abandoned on the streets of New York City, mostly in Brooklyn. Kang's work reveals the unexpected beauty and strangeness of these found urban still lifes. The discarded beds are pathetic, monolithic, and architectural. They lay naked against..... More

University of Exeter Press, 2003. One impression that stands out from this collection is the extent to which improvisation was an important factor in all of the arts. As each of the authors assembles a case by ferreting out bits and pieces of information having to do with a single..... More

Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1993. More