有关苯教的宇宙观、其世界相、世界的构造及其位置、神袛及人类起源神话及其繁衍、各氏族的始祖及派系与其分布情况、地域的分布、各氏族的风俗文化及其起源、外国的列举及其地理、应用一些重要的历史书书名、有关苯教的重要人物、受到佛教影响的痕迹等等。从另一个角度来看,它是一本西藏文学史及民族风俗史上也具有研究价值的宝贵古文献。跟《卓浦文献》比较起来,《黑头凡人的起源》显得一样重要,是不可缺少的一本研究西藏历史等的重要古文献。《苯教古文献之汉译及其研究》作者金东柱以融会哲学、宗教、历史与文献学的方法来研究此文献,显得新颖、完整和全面,很有见地。
有关苯教的宇宙观、其世界相、世界的构造及其位置、神袛及人类起源神话及其繁衍、各氏族的始祖及派系与其分布情况、地域的分布、各氏族的风俗文化及其起源、外国的列举及其地理、应用一些重要的历史书书名、有关苯教的重要人物、受到佛教影响的痕迹等等。从另一个角度来看,它是一本西藏文学史及民族风俗史上也具有研究价值的宝贵古文献。跟《卓浦文献》比较起来,《黑头凡人的起源》显得一样重要,是不可缺少的一本研究西藏历史等的重要古文献。《苯教古文献之汉译及其研究》作者金东柱以融会哲学、宗教、历史与文献学的方法来研究此文献,显得新颖、完整和全面,很有见地。
Could Moses Mendelssohn (1729–86), the Enlightenment Jewishphilosopher and originator of the Bi’ur (a translation of the Bibleinto German in Hebrew characters), have seen what a Galician-bornJewish artist used for the frontispiece of an illustrated Bible atthe beginning of the twentieth century, he would certainly havebeen shocked and uncomfortable. But whether Ephraim Moses Lilien(1874–1925) was out to stun his audience or was just deeplyengrossed in the art nouveau style is at present of littlesignificance. However, by placing the renowned thinker alongsidethe less-known, erstwhile Zionist artist, we get a fuller view ofthe cultural transformation of West and Central European Jewryduring a century and a half. Jewish sensibilities and concerns wereradically transposed as the engagement with a panoply of culturalorientations superseded earlier pinnacles of Jewish integration,such as Muslim Spain. Even the Bible, the Old Testament, thetouchstone of Judaism, would be refracted and refashioned in am
In The Greatest Generation, his landmark bestseller, TomBrokaw eloquently evoked for America what it meant to come of ageduring the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, inBoom!, one of America’s premier journalists gives us an epicportrait of another defining era in America as he brings to lifethe tumultuous Sixties, a fault line in American history. Thevoices and stories of both famous people and ordinary citizens cometogether as Brokaw takes us on a memorable journey through aremarkable time, exploring how individual lives and the nationalmindset were affected by a controversial era and showing how theaftershocks of the Sixties continue to resound in our lives today.In the reflections of a generation, Brokaw also discovers lessonsthat might guide us in the years ahead. Boom! One minute it was Ike and the man in the grey flannel suit,and the next minute it was time to “turn on, tune in, drop out.”While Americans were walking on the moon, Americans were dying inVietnam. Nothing w
From 1942 to 1944, twelve thousand children passed through theTheresienstadt internment camp, near Prague, on their way toAuschwitz. Only a few hundred of them survived the war. In TheGirls of Room 28, ten of these children—mothers and grandmotherstoday in their seventies—tell us how they did it. The Jews deported to Theresienstadt from countries all overEurope were aware of the fate that awaited them, and they decidedthat it was the young people who had the best chance to survive.Keeping these adolescents alive, keeping them whole in body, mind,and spirit, became the priority. They were housed separately, indormitory-like barracks, where they had a greater chance of stayinghealthy and better access to food, and where counselors (young menand women who had been teachers and youth workers) created adisciplined environment despite the surrounding horrors. Thecounselors also made available to the young people the talents ofan amazing array of world-class artists, musicians, andplaywrights–Euro
A raw, heartfelt story of how a man of valor lost his bearingsand eventually found the courage to share his story. Shadow of theSword leaves you hoping and cheering for the happy ending thatWorkman deserves.—Bing West, author of The Strongest Tribe "In writing this moving and incredibly honest book, Workman showsat least as much courage as he did in Fallujah. His story giveshope to anyone who struggles that they, too, can overcome if theyjust keep fighting—one day at a time, one battle at a time, onevictory at a time."—Donovan Campbell, author of Joker One
Beginning beneath the walls of Troy and culminating in 1930sEurope, a magisterial exploration of the nature of heroism inWestern civilization. In this riveting and insightful cultural history, LucyHughes-Hallett brings to life eight exceptional men from historyand myth to explore our timeless need for heroes. As she re-createsthese extraordinary lives, Hughes-Hallett illuminates theattractions and dangers of hero worship. This is a fascinating bookabout dictatorship and democracy, seduction and mass hysteria,politics and culture, and the tensions between being good and beinggreat.
In See America First, Marguerite Shaffer chronicles the birthof modern American tourism between 1880 and 1940, linking tourismto the simultaneous growth of national transportation systems,print media, a national market, and a middle class with money andtime to spend on leisure. Focusing on the See America First sloganand idea employed at different times by railroads, guidebookpublishers, Western boosters, and Good Roads advocates, shedescribes both the modern marketing strategies used to promotetourism and the messages of patriotism and loyalty embedded in thetourist experience. She shows how tourists as consumersparticipated in the search for a national identity that couldassuage their anxieties about American society and culture. Generously illustrated with images from advertisements,guidebooks, and travelogues, See America First demonstrates thatthe promotion of tourist landscapes and the consumption of touristexperiences were central to the development of an Americanidentity.
In Storming Caesars Palace, historian Annelise Orleck tellsthe compelling story of how a group of welfare mothers built one ofthis country's most successful antipoverty programs. Declaring "Wecan do it and do it better," these women proved that poor mothersare the real experts on poverty. In 1972 they founded OperationLife, which was responsible for many firsts for the poor in LasVegas-the first library, medical center, daycare center, jobtraining, and senior citizen housing. By the late 1970s, OperationLife was bringing millions of dollars into the community. Thesewomen became influential in Washington, DC-respected and listenedto by political heavyweights such as Daniel Patrick Moynihan, TedKennedy, and Jimmy Carter. Though they lost their funding with thecountry's move toward conservatism in the 1980s, their strugglesand phenomenal triumphs still stand as a critical lesson about whatcan be achieved when those on welfare chart their own course.
In 1922, the British archaeologist Henry Carter opened KingTutankhamun’s tomb, illuminating the glories of an ancientcivilization. And while the world celebrated the extraordinaryrevelation that gave Carter international renown and an indelibleplace in history, by the time of his death, the discovery hadnearly destroyed him. Now, in a stunning feat of narrativenonfiction, Daniel Meyerson has written a thrilling and evocativeaccount of this remarkable man and his times. Carter began his career inauspiciously. At the age ofseventeen–unknown, untrained, untried–he was hired as a copyist oftomb art by the brash, brilliant, and boldly unkempt father ofmodern archaeology, W. F. Petrie. Carter struck out on his own afew years later, sensing that something amazing lay buried beneathhis feet, waiting for him to uncover it. But others had the same idea: The ancient cities of Egypt werecrawling with European adventurers and their wealthy sponsors, eachhoping to outdo the others with glittering d
Fighter Pilot's Heaven presents the dramatic inside story ofthe American military's transition into the jet age, as told by aflyer whose life depended on its success. With colorful anecdotesabout fellow pilots as well as precise technical information,Donald S. Lopez describes how it was to be “behind the stick” as atest pilot from 1945 to 1950, when the U.S. military was shiftingfrom war to peacetime operations and from propeller to jetaircraft. An ace pilot who had served with Gen. Claire Chennault's FlyingTiger Fighter Group, Lopez was assigned at the close of World WarII to the elite Proof Test Group of the Air Proving Ground Command.Located at Eglin Field (later Eglin Air Force Base) in Florida, thegroup determined the operational suitability of Air Force weaponssystems and aircraft and tested the first operational jet, the P-80Shooting Star. Jet fighters required new techniques, tactics, andweaponry. Lopez recounts historic test flights in the P-59, P-80,and P-84, among other planes, des
The unsentimental education of an idealistic, brilliantAmerican naval officer. It begins in 2001. Christopher Brownfield is a na?ve youngmidshipman. His heroes at the time: Oliver North and JohnMcCain. In My Nuclear Family, Brownfield writes about how he loved thenavy for its “rigidity and its clarity in separating right fromwrong”; how he cut his teeth there on the principles of energy andviolence, strategy and thermodynamics, on war doctrine and weaponssystems. The question was never if he was capable of killing; itwas simply about methods and rationales. He writes about his years serving on a nuclear submarine, withits hundred-ton back-up battery—the first hybrid vehicle capable ofsustaining its environment and mission independent of oil. We see Lieutenant Brownfield making his way, receiving hisadvanced nuclear supervisory certification from the departments ofdefense and energy, and, after years of training to become anuclear submariner, being able to supervise an enti
In this luminous portrait of wartime Washington, Ernest B.Furgurson–author of the widely acclaimed Chancellorsville1863 , Ashes of Glory , and Not War butMurder --brings to vivid life the personalities and events thatanimated the Capital during its most tumultuous time. Here amongthe sharpsters and prostitutes, slaves and statesmen are detectiveAllan Pinkerton, tracking down Southern sympathizers; poet WaltWhitman, nursing the wounded; and accused Confederate spy AntoniaFord, romancing her captor, Union Major Joseph Willard. Here aregenerals George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant, railroad crew bossAndrew Carnegie, and architect Thomas Walter, striving to finishthe Capitol dome. And here is Abraham Lincoln, wrangling withofficers, pardoning deserters, and inspiring the nation. FreedomRising is a gripping account of the era that transformedWashington into the world’s most influential city.