The Inquiry of Ugra (Ugrapariprccha) is one of most influential Mahayana sutras, preserved and transmitted in both India and China over many centuries and actively quoted in treatises on the bodhisattva path. It is, nevertheless, one of the most neglected texts in Western treatments of Buddhism. The Ugra appears to be one of the earliest bodhisattva scriptures to come down to u...(展开全部)

For two thousand years, the brief ministry of a young Nazarene preacher has remained the largest single determinant of Western civilization's triumphs and disasters. Now, Norman Mailer has written a novel about Jesus's life. Is God speaking to me? Jesus asks. Or am I hearing voices? If the voices are from God, why has He chosen me as His son? And if they are not from God, then ...(展开全部)

For 2,000 years, the brief ministry of a young Nazarene preacher has remained the largest single determinant of Western civilisation's triumphs and disasters. In THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE SON, Norman Mailer gives the protagonist of one of the greatest tragedies of all time a chance to tell the story of his life in his own words. 'Is God speaking to me?' Jesus asks, 'or am I h...(展开全部)

情緒是什麼？我們如何才能自情緒的雲霄飛車中全身而退，擺脫它的控制？ 生活中某些時刻，我們會覺得難受異常、諸事不順。我們覺得自己已經盡了最大的努力，但卻仍凡事碰壁、不見轉機。於是我們開始變得憤怒、沮喪，不斷抱怨這個世界缺乏公義；我們覺得眼前的道路崎嶇難行，我們彷彿赤足走在熱沙、荊棘與石礫上，雙腳都因此而受傷流血了。撫著受傷的腳板，我們禁不住忿忿地想，到底什麼時候才能踏上平順好走的康莊大道？ 其實，我們必須認清的是，世間的人事物是不可能處處隨順己意的，我們能做的僅是面對無常，調伏自心。這個世界不是由平坦好走的道路所鋪成的，唯一可行的對治方式，是讓自己穿上一雙好鞋，讓每一步都平穩踏實。 這個問題的答案，寂天菩薩在一千多年前便提出來了。寂天菩薩是佛教中觀應成派開創性的思想家，他所著的《入菩薩行》是大乘佛教最重要的精神與哲學典籍之一，它也是一部萬能的「情緒處方...(展开全部)

Maps help us understand and navigate the world. For centuries, maps have become better, more refined, and more precise—there are no blind spots anymore. While Google Maps and GPS systems have become our tools of choice for navigation, contemporary maps have evolved into platforms for cutting-edge illustration, experimental data visualization, and personal visual storytelling. A...(展开全部)

The extraordinary account of Margaret Thatcher's life up to her dramatic election as the first woman Prime Minister of England in 1979. Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. This is the story of her remarkable life in her own words. In this second volume of her memoirs, following 'The Downing Street Years', she writes candidly abo...(展开全部)

Sends chills down the spine. . . . After reading this, we can no longer afford to turn a blind eye. -- Le Point The result of a remarkable three-year-long investigation that took award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin across four continents (North and South America, Europe, and Asia), The World According to Monsanto tells the little-known y...(展开全部)

Introducing Clarkson's Farm favourite Kaleb Cooper's worldly wisdom on life's big issues, from the difference between straw and hay to the importance of having a hair perm. Chipping Norton's celebrity farmer Kaleb Cooper has strong views on lots of things: sheep ('suicidal morons'), Jeremy Clarkson ('there are two types of farming, unless you count whatever it is Jeremy thinks ...(展开全部)