Tom Lowenstein's work as poet and as ethnographer (specialising, above all, in the Inuit of Alaska) has always been interpenetrative, the poetic work deeply informed by the scholarly. This volume selects poetry from his whole career to date...more details Format:Paperback Pages:156
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Tom Lowenstein
ISBN:9781846555763
On a tiny peninsula, the Inuit of Tikigaq worshipped the whales they killed, evolving an elaborate system of myths and rituals to accompany the hunt...more details Format:Paperback / softback
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Tom Lowenstein
ISBN:9781844830954
Buddhism has given immeasurable riches to the West- a collection of profound and life-enhancing ideas, a host of beautiful works of art and a repertoire of spiritual practices that can change all our lives for the better. All these aspects are richly sampled in this superb distillation of Buddhist belief...more details Format:Hardback
Buddhism originated in India more than 2,500 years ago, yet it speaks to the needs of our busy modern lives as if it were created yesterday. Featuring 70 color photos...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:160
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Tom Lowenstein
ISBN:9781844831166
Buddhism has bequeathed immeasurable riches to the West--a collection of life-enhancing ideas, a host of beautiful works of art (from statues of the Buddha to Zen gardens)...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:160
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Tom Lowenstein
ISBN:9781848610651
In contrast to the long, trans-cultural narratives of 'Ancestors and Species', Tom Lowenstein's new poetry is pared down in this volume to the briefest of utterances...more details Format:Paperback Pages:112
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Tom Lowenstein
ISBN:9781844834747
The scope ranges widely over time and place, from the "Upanishads" of ancient India to the words and images of Japan's ukiyo-e - the "floating world." The introductions...more details Format:Other book format Pages:160
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Tom Lowenstein
ISBN:9781844832965
A haiku is a short Japanese poem, mostly of just three lines, often capturing the fleeting moment in a spirit of Zen-like immediacy - the falling of plum blossom...more details Format:Other book format Pages:160
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Tom Lowenstein
ISBN:9781844833054
Buddhism is one of the world's great living faiths, as well as one of its oldest. Initially spreading throughout Asia, over the centuries it triumphed not by the might of military conquest but by virtue of its revolutionary ideas and profound insights. "Treasures of the Buddha" presents...more details Format:Other book format Pages:224
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Tom Lowenstein
ISBN:9781844833214
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The richly varied traditions of Buddhism have given us one of the most visually stunning cultural legacies of any great faith—a heritage of sacred art and architecture built up over two and a half millennia by both wealthy patrons and humble devotees. This book...more details Format:Hardback Pages:223
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Tom Lowenstein
ISBN:9781602230385
Examines the first encounters between the native Tikigaq people and Anglo-Americans during the nineteenth century. This title is suitable for historians...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:368
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Tom Lowenstein
ISBN:9781602230279
The third volume in a series on Point Hope, Alaska, "Ultimate Americans" examines the first encounters between the native Tikigaq people and Anglo-Americans during the nineteenth century. Tom Lowenstein investigates the interactions between Native Alaskans...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:351
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Tom Lowenstein
ISBN:9781903296912
A vivid, richly illustrated guide to the history and legends of Buddhism, its main themes and beliefs. Buddhism has become an increasingly potent influence in the West. In The Vision of the Buddha...more details Format:Paperback
Poetry aficionados will appreciate this beautifully designed and illustrated collection of 200 haiku by the four most celebrated Japanese poets of the 17th...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:176
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Tom Lowenstein;Victoria James
ISBN:9781844833146
Brimming with insights, and featuring sparkling new translations of 50 of the most superb haikus ever written, this opulent collection captures the spirit of the form and opens up its beauty to a whole new audience. Haiku emerged within a great flowering of Japanese arts a thousand years ago...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:160
A beautifully illustrated compendium of places, people, cultures, festivals, and beliefs, this is an homage to an often admired poetic form: the haiku. Embodying the spirit of ancient Japan...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:160