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  • The Illustrated Art of War: Sun Tzu

    by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...
    Series series Cognoscenti Books
    Sun Tzu’s Art of War has been read and appreciated by a host of military men and philosophers down through the ages. More recently, it has become popular as a manual for business success and guide to boardroom battles, seen by many as a lodestar in achieving success in the ruthless world of competitive capitalism – a text so currently fashionable that even Paris Hilton has been photographed ... Read more

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  • Apocalypse: The Illustrated Book of Revelation

    by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...
    Series series Cognoscenti Books
    The original King James version of the Book of Revelation profusely illustrated with rare and magnificent images from the 10th and 11th century Beatus commentaries; the 12th century Bamberg Apocalypse and the 15th century Ottheinrich Bible. 14,500 words, 99 full colour imagesThe version of the Book of Revelation given here is that of the authorised King James Version of the Bible, begun in 1604 ... Read more

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  • 47 Ronin: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Edition

    by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...
    The story of the 47 Ronin is perhaps the most popular and best known legend of traditional Japan. Set in the early 18th century, it tells a tale of honour and bloody revenge as the brotherhood of 47 masterless Samurai pursue the ruthless killing of Lord Kira, the official who brought about the downfall and suicide of their master, Lord Asano.This edition of the story is illustrated by the full set ... Read more

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  • The Illustrated Tao Te Ching

    by Andrew Forbes, David Henley, James Legge ...
    Series series Cognoscenti Books
    The Tao Te Ching or ‘Canon of the Way of Virtue' is a classical Chinese text generally dated to the 6th century BCE. It has traditionally been attributed to Laozi (or Lao Tzu), the ‘Old Master', said to have been a scribe at the court of the Zhou Dynasty.The Tao Te Ching, is central to both religious and philosophical Taoism, and represents a central tenet of the san jiao or ‘Three Teachi... ... Read more

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  • 47 Ronin: Utagawa Kuniyoshi Edition

    by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...
    The story of the 47 Ronin is perhaps the most popular and best known legend of traditional Japan. Set in the early 18th century, it tells a tale of honour and bloody revenge as the brotherhood of 47 masterless Samurai pursue the ruthless killing of Lord Kira, the official who brought about the downfall and suicide of their master, Lord Asano.This edition of the story is illustrated by the full set ... Read more

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  • Pages from the Book of Kells

    by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...
    The Book of Kells is a magnificently illuminated manuscript Gospel in Vulgate Latin containing the four Gospels of the New Testament - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created by Celtic monks on the small Island of Iona off the coast of western Scotland in about 800 CE. The text is mainly in Vulgate Latin dating from the 4th century CE, though ... Read more

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  • The Illustrated Book of Tea

    by Andrew Forbes, DAvid Henley, Okakura Kakuzo ...
    An illustrated version of Okakura Kakuzo’s classic ‘The Book of Tea’ with an introductory biography of Okakura and a chapter on ‘Tea - The Serviceable Herb’. 22,000 words, 75 imagesPerhaps the most universal of all drinks but water, tea enjoys a unique popularity around the globe. From the Patagonian Pampas in Argentina, to the high plateau of Tibet, it serves as a restorative, an aid to digestion ... Read more

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  • The Illustrated Tibetan Book of the Dead

    by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...
    Bardo Thodol or 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead' is a mystical funerary text rooted in the Tibetan Tantric and Vajrayana Buddhist teachings. Composed by the guru and sage Padmasamhava in the 8th century, the Bardo Thodol is recited by a Buddhist lama over a dying or recently deceased person as a spiritual guide to the process of death and that which follows.This illustrated version combines the ... Read more

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  • China's Ancient Tea Horse Road

    by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...
    The antique Silk Road that connected the Chinese and Mediterranean Worlds for more than a millennium, facilitating the exchange of both goods and cultures, is widely known and celebrated. Less familiar is its more southerly equivalent, the ‘Ancient Tea-Horse Road’ that once linked the lush gardens of southwest China with the frigid wastelands of Tibet and – beyond – the torrid plains of northern ... Read more

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  • Traders of the Golden Triangle

    by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...
    Series series Cognoscenti Books
    During the latter half of the twentieth century the little-known and often lawless region where Laos, Burma, Thailand and China meet has become known and widely romanticised as ‘The Golden Triangle’. Originally a Western designation applied to the region because of its wealth in jade, silver, rubies, lumber, rare animal products and, above all, opium, the name has stuck and is today accepted both ... Read more

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  • Ancient Chiang Mai Volume 3

    by Andrew Forbes, DAvid Henley ...
    Series series Ancient Chiang Mai
    The beautiful old walled city of Chiang Mai, set amid the forested mountains and fertile valleys of northern Thailand, is the historic capital of the former Lanna Kingdom. Founded in 1296 by King Mangrai the Great, it did not become fully part of Thailand until 1939, and even today the region retains a distinctly different character, with its own language, culture, cuisine and even temperament ... Read more

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  • Health and Well Being: A Medieval Guide

    by Andrew Forbes, Daniel Henley, David Henley ...
    The Tacuinum Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on Health and Well Being. First produced in Italy around 1380, it was aimed at an educated secular readership and offered concise and sensible advice on how to live a long, healthy and enjoyable life. Five handsomely illustrated manuscripts of the Tacuinum survive, all produced in Lombardy and now housed, respectively, at libraries in Rome, Vienna, ... Read more

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