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Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher... Josef Breur on of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis...a secret pact...a young medical intern named Sigmund Freud: these are the elements that combine to create the unforgettable saga of an imagined relationship between an extraordinary patient and a gifted healer. As this compelling novel opens, the unattainable Lou Salmoe begs Breuer to help treat Nietzsche's suicidal despair using his experimental 'talking cure'. As the eminent physician reluctantly accepts the task, he makes a powerful discovery - only through facing up to his own inner demons can he begin to help his patient. In this compelling novel, two brilliant and enigmatic men plumb the depths of their own romantic obsessions and discover the redemptive power of friendship.

Sound clean copy read once. As new Confucianism is reviving in China and spreading in America. The past and present interactions between the revived Confucianism and Daoism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity will likely shape the cultural and political developments in Chinese societies of mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc., and will have global implications in the globalizing world. In addition to the philosophical and theological articulations of Confucianism and other spiritual traditions, this volume includes empirical studies of and analytical reflections on the spiritual traditions in Chinese societies by historians, sociologists, and anthropologists. It is a collection of articles by the best minds in China and the West, and the top experts in multiple disciplines. Collectively, the volume provides an assessment of the present situation and points to the possibilities of future development of Confucianism and other spiritual traditions in modern China and beyond.

Intdocuced by Ned Sherrin, barrister-at-law; 116 pages; with slip case.

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The Prize tells the panoramic history of oil - and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. It is a struggle that has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize is as much a history of the modern world as of the oil industry itself, for oil has shaped politices of the 20th century and has profoundly changed the we we lead our daily lives. The canva is enormour - from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm. 918 Pages. Notes, Bibliography, Index

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This book is a collection of annotated photos taken in 2009 and 2010 at Ching Kwok Chinese Buddhist Temple, located in Toronto, Ontario. The book is arranged as a walk-around, featuring pictures of the main shrine hall, the main altar, all of the statues, close-up details of many statues, the various chapels, offering tables, paintings, ritual objects, decorative panels, and calligraphic scrolls. Each item is accompanied by an explanation of its iconographic meaning, context, fabrication and provenance. The significant contribution of "Understanding the Chinese Buddhist Temple" is to reveal the key concepts embedded within the numerous objects common to Chinese Buddhist shrines, as well as the layout of the temple, in an engaging manner that combines photographic representations with explanations. The book is suitable for anyone interested in Chinese Buddhism and culture.

Condition: clean copy, with slip case.Content: Limited edition, Copy #525 of 1000 copies. Stories of hunting in Africa, in the Norther Frontier District of Kenya of the late 1950's.280 pages, illustrated.

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Content: non-fiction, sociology. "an excellent overview of various apparently conflicting theories of ethnicity which Yoshino (the author) demonstrates may actually be seen as complementary, when used to examine the Japanese phenomena at different stages of Japanese history.' - Ethnic and Racial Studies270 pages, notes, bibliography, index

Condition: clean copy.Content: This volume contains many of Hakuin's finest calligraphies and paintings, along with commentary by Katsuhiro Yoshizawa, the leading Japanese expert on Hakuin and his work.256 pages, list of Hakuin's works.

Condition: clean copy.Content: Anna and Maggie are best friends growing up in the tiny town of Deep Creek, Saskatchewan, in 1948. Anna comes from a big family this is about to get even bigger. Her mother is having another baby, leaving Anna to help with the household and her younger siblings, while her father's drinking is becoming a topic of town gossip. Maggie's life looks perfect from the outside - her father is the chief of police and the most important man in Deep Creek - but she often feels as though she doesn't belong in her own family. As the pressures and prejudices of small-town life get complicated for both girls, the only thing they can count on is their friendship. But when tragedy strikes, their loyalty to one another is put to the test.218 pages.

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Condition< clean copy, worn.Content: A history of the 38 canneries on the northern coast of British Columbia.180 pages, photography, line drawings, endnotes, bibliography, index.

Condition: clean copyContent: 1286 AD. The king of Scotland is dead. Civil war threatens as powerful Scottish families fight over the throne, unaware that King Edward of England has nurtured a fierce vision of conquest, inspirited by the words of an ancient prophecy from the time of the legendary King Arthus, words that will change the face of Britain. In this divided land, a boy grows to manhood in a family torn alpart by ambition and betrayal. The path he takes will never be smooth - he will serve his enemy and betray his friends, before he finds himself. But destiny is awaiting to claim him.500 pages.

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The novel centers on Fergus, owner of the family business, Goodlake's Deli. Although married to Annie whom he loves, Fergus is having an affair with a much younger woman - a relationship that starts carefree but eventually, like a slow-building earthquake, destabilizes and collapses the foundations of everything in his life.

Condition: clean copy.Content: This study examines the image of Judaism and the Jews in the work of two of the most influential modern philosophers, Hegel and Nietzsche. Hegel was a proponent of universal reason and Nietzsche its opponent; Hegel was a Christian thinker and Nietzsche a self-proclaimed 'Antichrist'; Hegel strove to modernity to its climax, while Nietzsche wanted to divert the evolution of modernity into completely different paths. In vies of these conflicting attitudes and philosophical projects, how did each of them assess the historical role of the Jews and their place in the modern world?236 pages, notes, bibliography, index.

Condition: clean copy.Content: Translation of approximately one third of "The Transmission of the Lamp," with an introduction by Professor Paul F. Schmidt.402 pages, index.