Revolutionizing received opinion of Taoism's origins in light of historic new discoveries Harold D Roth has uncovered China's oldest mystical text-the original expression of Taoist philosophy-and presents it here with a complete translation & commentary Over the past twenty-five years documents recovered from the tombs of China's ancient elite have sparked a revolution in scholarship about early Chinese thought in particular the origins of Taoist philosophy & religion In Original Tao Harold D Roth exhumes the seminal text of Taoism-Inward Training (Nei-yeh)-not from a tomb but from the pages of the Kuan Tzu a voluminous text on politics & economics in which this mystical tract had been "buried" for centuries Inward Training is composed of short poetic verses devoted to the practice of breath meditation & to the insights about the nature of human beings & the form of the cosmos derived from this practice In its poetic form & tone the work closely resembles the Tao-te Ching; moreover it clearly evokes Taoism's affinities to other mystical traditions notably aspects of Hinduism & Buddhism Roth argues that Inward Training is the foundational text of early Taoism & traces the book to the mid-fourth century BC (the late Warring States period in China) These verses contain the oldest surviving expressions of a method for mystical "inner cultivation" which Roth identifies as the basis for all early Taoist texts including the Chuang Tzu & the world-renowned Tao-te Ching With these historic discoveries he reveals the possibility of a much deeper continuity between early "philosophical" Taoism & the later Taoist religion than scholars had previously suspected Original Tao contains an elegant & luminous complete translation of the original text Roth's comprehensive analysis explains what Inward Training meant to the people who wrote it how this work came to be "entombed" within the Kuan Tzu & why the text was largely overlooked after the early Han period ...

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WINNER of the Chartered Management Institute's (CMI's) Mangement Book of the Year Awards 2017 & a 1 New York Times Bestseller! Extraordinary' JJ Abrams Fascinating' Arianna Huffington Inspire creativity & change' Richard Branson One of my favourite thinkers' Malcolm Gladwell Masterful' Peter Thiel One of the great social scientists of our time' Susan Cain bestselling author of Quiet Fresh research counter-intuitive insights lively writing practical calls to action' The Financial Times The New York Times bestselling author examines how people can drive creative moral & organisational progress-and how leaders can encourage originality in their organisations How can we originate new ideas policies & practices without risking it all? Adam Grant shows how to improve the world by championing novel ideas & values that go against the grain battling conformity & bucking outdated traditions Using surprising studies & stories spanning business politics sports & entertainment Grant explores how to recognize a good idea speak up without getting silenced build a coalition of allies choose the right time to act & manage fear & doubt Parents will learn how to nurture originality in children & leaders will discover how to fight groupthink to build cultures that welcome dissent Told through dazzling case studies of people going against the grain you'll encounter an entrepreneur who pitches the reasons not to invest a woman at Apple who challenged Steve Jobs from three levels below an analyst who challenged secrecy at the CIA a billionaire financial wizard who fires employees who don't criticize him & the TV executive who saved Seinfeld from the cutting room floor Originals will give you groundbreaking insights about rejecting conformity & how to change the world ...

WINNER of the Chartered Management Institute's (CMI's) Mangement Book of the Year Awards 2017 & a 1 New York Times Bestseller! Extraordinary' JJ Abrams Fascinating' Arianna Huffington Inspire creativity & change' Richard Branson One of my favourite thinkers' Malcolm Gladwell Masterful' Peter Thiel One of the great social scientists of our time' Susan Cain bestselling author of Quiet Fresh research counter-intuitive insights lively writing practical calls to action' The Financial Times The New York Times bestselling author examines how people can drive creative moral & organisational progress-and how leaders can encourage originality in their organisations How can we originate new ideas policies & practices without risking it all? Adam Grant shows how to improve the world by championing novel ideas & values that go against the grain battling conformity & bucking outdated traditions Using surprising studies & stories spanning business politics sports & entertainment Grant explores how to recognize a good idea speak up without getting silenced build a coalition of allies choose the right time to act & manage fear & doubt Parents will learn how to nurture originality in children & leaders will discover how to fight groupthink to build cultures that welcome dissent Told through dazzling case studies of people going against the grain you'll encounter an entrepreneur who pitches the reasons not to invest a woman at Apple who challenged Steve Jobs from three levels below an analyst who challenged secrecy at the CIA a billionaire financial wizard who fires employees who don't criticize him & the TV executive who saved Seinfeld from the cutting room floor Originals will give you groundbreaking insights about rejecting conformity & how to change the world ...

Written by Dave Gibbons Art & cover by Gibbons Don miss this softcover edition of the acclaimed original hardcover graphic novel by one of comics' most esteemed names Dave Gibbons (co-creator & artist of WATCHMEN & Give Me Liberty writer of THE RANNTHANAGAR WAR) Lel & Bok
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What is life? Where do we come from & how did we evolve? What is the universe & how was it formed? What is the nature of the material world? How does it work? How & why do we think? What does it mean to be human? How do we know? There are many different versions of our creation story This book tells the version according to modern science It is a unique account starting at the Big Bang & travelling right up to the emergence of humans as conscious intelligent beings 138 billion years later Chapter by chapter it sets out the current state of scientific knowledge the origins of space & time; energy mass & light; galaxies stars & our sun; the habitable earth & complex life itself Drawing together the physical & biological sciences Baggott recounts what we currently know of our history highlighting the questions science has yet to answer ...

Origins of the First World War summarizes the policies issues & crises that brought Europe to war in 1914 Examining the strategic & political problems that confronted each of the great powers & the way in which social & economic factors influenced the decision-making process Martel discusses the position of each power & their place in the system of alliances which dominated international politics The fourth edition has been revised & updated throughout to incorporate the body of new scholarship that has appeared since the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of war In a clear & accessible manner it explains how & why the alliance system was created how alliances led to a network of complicated strategic commitments how an escalating series of international crises from the turn of the century fuelled preparations for war why the peculiarities of the Balkan situation are essential in understanding the outbreak of war in 1914 This book also

Includes:: an updated Guide to Further Reading Who's Who of important figures & Glossary of key terms & the selection of documents has been expanded to include the key treaties as well as evidence of popular militarism & nationalism Concise accessible & analytical it is essential introductory reading for all students interested in the origins of the First World War

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