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  • Three Japanese Buddhist Monks

    by Saigyo, Kamo no Chomei, Yoshida Kenko ...
    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
    'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky'These simple, inspiring writings by three medieval Buddhist monks offer peace and wisdom amid the world's uncertainties, and are an invitation to relinquish earthly desires and instead taste life in the moment.One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees

    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    by Kenko ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met...'Moonlight, sake, spring blossom, idle moments, a woman's hair - these exquisite reflections on life's fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the senses.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Essays in Idleness

    and Hojoki

    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    by Kamo no Chomei, Kenko ...
    These two works on life's fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. In the short memoir Hôjôki, Chômei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny hut in the mountains, contemplating the impermanence of human existence. Kenko, however, displays a fascination with more earthy matters in his ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Essays in Idleness

    by Yoshida Kenkō ...
    Essays in Idleness by Yoshida Kenkō is one of the most treasured works of classical Japanese literature, a timeless collection of reflections that captures the beauty, simplicity, and fleeting nature of life. Written in the fourteenth century by the Buddhist monk and courtier Yoshida Kenkō, this remarkable work offers a series of short observations and meditations on human experience, nature, ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Economically Enabled Energy Management

    Interplay Between Control Engineering and Economics

    Edited by Takeshi Hatanaka, Yasuaki Wasa, Kenko Uchida ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book gathers contributions from a multidisciplinary research team comprised of control engineering and economics researchers and formed to address a central interdisciplinary social issue, namely economically enabled energy management. The book’s primary focus is on achieving optimal energy management that is viable from both an engineering and economic standpoint. In addition to the ... Read more

    $140.99 CAD

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  • On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts

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