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The Analects of Confucius

The Analects of Confucius

Burton Watson

Burton Watson's concise translation uses the pinyin system of romanization and keeps explanatory notes to a minimum, yet his intimate knowledge of the Confucian tradition and precise attention to linguistic detail capture all the elegance, ...
Xunzi: Basic Writings

Xunzi: Basic Writings

Burton Watson

Readers familiar with Xunzi's work will find that Burton Watson's lucid translation breathes new life into this classic.
Clouds Thick, Whereabouts Unknown: Poems by Zen Monks of China

Clouds Thick, Whereabouts Unknown: Poems by Zen Monks of China

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Burton Watson 1989 Waiting for the Wind: Thirty-six Poets of Japan's Late Medieval Age, tr. steven Carter 1989 Selected Writings of Nichiren, ed. Philip B. yampolsky 1990 Saigyō, Poems of a Mountain Home, tr. Burton Watson 1990 The Book ...
Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval ...

Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval ...

Jacqueline Ilyse Stone

Tendai zasu ki Kotei who Tendai zasu ki THR Tendai hongaku ran TZ Tendaishu zensho Watson and Yampolsky Burton Watson and others, trans., and Philip B. Yampolsky, ed., Selected Writings of Nichiren Wen-chil Miao-fa lien-kua ching ...
Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions

Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions

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Burton (Stephen Merceron) Burton's four-figure navigational tables, by S. M. Burton and Gilbert Farm Cunningham. 1st ed. © 1 c. May 1, 1944; A ad int. 28216 , pubd. Mar. 21; Burton's navigational publications, ltd., Alva, Scotland. 2519 Bushey ...
Be Afraid

Be Afraid

Mary Burton

. . Be Afraid is the latest serial killer thriller from bestselling author Mary Burton. Praise for Mary Burton: 'Burton once again demonstrates her romantic suspense chops with this taut novel' Publishers Weekly
Richard Burton: Prince of Players

Richard Burton: Prince of Players

Michael Munn

From nursing Burton through an epileptic seizure to witnessing Burton’s part in East End gang violence, this is an intimate and deeply moving biography.
Zhuangzi: Basic Writings

Zhuangzi: Basic Writings

Burton Watson

This is the central tenet of the philosophy that was to become Daoism, espoused by the person -- or group of people -- known as Zhuanzi (369?-286? B.C.), in the text of the same name.
The Vimalakirti Sutra

The Vimalakirti Sutra

Burton Watson

Originally written in Sanskrit, this sutra is one of the most influential works in the Mahayana canon.
The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition

The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition

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BIBLIOG: PAUL FERRIS, Richard Burton, 1981; Melvyn Bragg, Rich: The Life of Richard Burton, 1988; Tyrone Steverson, Richard Burton: A BioBibliography, 1992. Burton, Tim (b Los Angeles, 1958). Director. Highprofile American director  ...
Christmas Past - Short Story

Christmas Past - Short Story

Mary Burton

Mary Burton's other titles include I'm Watching You, The 7th Victim and No Escape. Praise for Mary Burton: 'A twisted tale . . .
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories

Tim Burton

Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of Tim Burton. Burton - the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks!
Live Life, Love Work

Live Life, Love Work

Kate Burton

" Each step outlined in the book is linked to a discussion of one's physical, mental, inner, or spiritual world Other books by Burton: Personal Development All-in-One For Dummies and Building Confidence For Dummies Burton delivers custom ...
Making My Own Space: The Autobiography of Paul Burton

Making My Own Space: The Autobiography of Paul Burton

Paul Burton

From his early childhood, Paul Burton, now a prolific film and television writer, producer, director and historian, always felt different, as though he were a square peg trying to fit into a round hole, and he was labelled a ‘no-hoper’.
Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff;

Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff;

Richard Watson

A N E O DOT ES OF THE LIFE OF RICHARD WATSON, BISHOP OF LAN DAFF: WRITTEN BY HIM SELF AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS, AND REVISED IN 1814. PUBLISHED BY HIS SON, RICHARD WATSON, LL.B. PREBENDARY OF ...
Han Feizi: Basic Writings

Han Feizi: Basic Writings

Burton Watson

Trenchant, sophisticated, and cynical, Han Feizi has been read in every age and is still of interest today when people are more than ever concerned with the nature and use of power.
Geek Girls Unite: Why Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, and ...

Geek Girls Unite: Why Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, and ...

Leslie Simon

—editor-writer Bonnie Burton, StarWars.com BONNIE BURTON, Voted Jedi- Master Fangirl Ever since migrating to Lucasfilm in 2003 to become an online content developer, Bonnie Burton's name has become synonymous with Star Wars and ...
Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1943-1944

Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1943-1944

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28214; pubd. Mar. 8. Shadow on the cliff. [1st ed.) O May 5, 1944; A 180510. Burton (Stephen Merceron) Burton's four-figure Bushey (Clinton Jay)* Byng ( Edward J.)* navigational tables, by S. M. Burton and Gilbert Farm Cunningham. 1st ed.
Tom Watson: Agrarian Rebel

Tom Watson: Agrarian Rebel

C. Vann Woodward

“demagogue” and a “Muckraker” who was “run by Tom Watson.” He had “ surrendered his convictions and his democratic allegiance to Tom Watson for the latter's support.” In a surprisingly accurate prophecy, the Constitution predicted: “ The ...
The Tales of the Heike

The Tales of the Heike

Burton Watson

Originally written in the mid-thirteenth century, The Tales of the Heike chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history.
John Mohon of Lunenburg County and his descendants

John Mohon of Lunenburg County and his descendants

James Leroy Mohon

Jim and both sons were listed as traveling salesmen.739 James Edward Burton and Millie Bennett had the following children: + 284 i. Lattie Malcomb5 Burton was born 25 July 1887. + 285 ii. Vassie Coleman Burton Sr. was born 7 October ...
The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters

The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters

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Philip B. Yampolsky 1990 Saigyō, Poems of a Mountain Home, tr. Burton Watson 1990 The Book of Lieh Tzu: A Classic of the Tao, tr. A. C. Graham. Morningside ed. 1990 The Tale of an Anklet: An Epic of South India—The Cilappatikāram of ...
Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice

Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice

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78. T 14, no. 475, fascicle 10; see Burton Watson, trans., ''Fragrance Accumulated ,'' in The Vimalakirti Sutra (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997), pp. 112– 20. 79. See the translation from the Pali by T. W. RhysDavids, Buddhist Suttas ...
Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor * Richard Burton The Marriage ...

Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor * Richard Burton The Marriage ...

Sam Kashner

mentioned in several Taylor and Burton biographies, including Tyrone Steverson, Richard Burton, A BioBibliography (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1992), 40. 42 “I loved Richard so much.. .”:Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor,original ...
Network World

Network World

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... connectivity Purchased Red Brick Systems in December 1998 3/31 bmc Max Watson Max Watson Max Watson Enterprise management software To merge with Boole & Babbage in second quarter 1999 12/31 belden C. Baker Cunningham ...

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