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  • An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism

    with especial reference to Chinese and Japanese phases

    by William Montgomery McGovern ...
    Buddhism is divided into two great schools, Mahayana and Hinayana. Both systems originated in India, but since the former predominates in China, Japan, Nepal and in a modified form, in Tibet and Mongolia, while the latter is confined almost exclusively to Ceylon, Burma, and Siam; they are often and rather incorrectly known as Northern and Southern Buddhism. Mahayana is again divided into ... Read more

    $13.67 CAD

  • To Lhasa in Disguise

    A Secret Exhibition Through Mysterious Tibet

    by William Montgomery McGovern ...
    This is a record of adventures, and of achievements in the face of supposedly insuperable obstacles, which is thrilling by reason of the size and color and significance of the events.Tibet and especially Lhasa, its capital city, is guarded from outsiders by fanatic natives, and the country is further guarded by the giant mountain ranges that hem it in. No white man before Dr. McGovern ever got ... Read more

    $4.18 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Introduction to Mahāyāna Buddhism

    With especial Reference to Chinese and Japanese Phases

    by William McGovern ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Japan
    William Montgomery McGovern’s Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism was one of the first books on Mahayana Buddhism written for a Western audience. It predates influential English language overviews of Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki, A. Watts, and W. Rahula. The author was born in New York City in 1897 and spent his latter teenage years (1914-1917) training at the Nishi Hongwanji Mahayana Buddhist monastery ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Drugs, Identity and Stigma

    Edited by Michelle Addison, William McGovern, Ruth McGovern ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book calls attention to the impact of stigma experienced by people who use illicit drugs. Stigma is powerful: it can do untold harm to a person and place with longstanding effects. Through an exploration of themes of inequality, power, and feeling ‘out of place’ in neoliberal times, this collection focuses on how stigma is negotiated, resisted and absorbed by people who use drugs. How does ... Read more

    $153.69 CAD

  • Understanding Safeguarding for Children and their Educational Experiences

    A Guide for Students, ECTs and School Support Staff

    Edited by Dr Helen Woodley, William McGovern, Aidan Gillespie ...
    Series series Emerald Points
    Many of the problem’s children face in relation to their personal lives, educational experiences and attainment are caused by factors that exist outside schools. Yet despite this, all educational establishments and all school staff now have a clear ‘duty’ and ‘responsibility’ to respond to safeguarding and vulnerability concerns. All school staff are expected to be particularly alert to specific ... Read more

    $69.29 CAD

  • Developing and Implementing Teaching in Sensitive Subject and Topic Areas

    A Comprehensive Guide for Professionals in FE and HE Settings

    Edited by William McGovern, Aidan Gillespie, Toby Brandon, Alison McInnes ...
    Series series Emerald Points
    Engaging with sensitive topics is crucial for students to develop classroom and workplace resilience. These should be taught in a way that supports the acquisition of new knowledge, skills, and attributes, and that enables students to prepare for and thrive in their future professional life.Providing educators with a comprehensive understanding of the issues involved in teaching sensitive subjects ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

  • Public Involvement and Community Engagement in Applied Health and Social Care Research

    Critical Perspectives and Innovative Practice

    Edited by William McGovern, Hayley Alderson, Bethany Kate Bareham, Monique Lhussier ...
    The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.This edited collection brings academics, researchers and practitioners/public from a range of subject and discipline areas together with a view to providing insight into critical concerns and innovative practices on the process of developing and delivering Public Involvement and Community Engagement (PICE work) in a ... Read more

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  • To Lhasa In Disguise

    by William Montgomery Mcgovern ...
    First published in 2004. A secret traveller to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the author of this unusual volume was forced to live, dress and behave as a Tibetan in order to remain undetected. Because of his unique perspective, he is able to provide an excellent description of the diplomatic, political, military and industrial situation of the country in the 1920s. His account of life in the ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • A Manual of Buddhist Philosophy

    by William Montgomery McGovern ...
    This is Volume VIII of sixteen in a collection on Buddhism. Originally published in 1923, this volume looks at cosmology. All forms of Buddhism, however divergent, claim to have but three objects of worship: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.. The first is the founder of the faith, the second the teaching which he gave, and the third the order which he founded. Regarding each of the Ratnas or ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • Out of Iraq

    A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now

    by George McGovern, William R. Polk ...
    Former senator George McGovern and William R. Polk, a leading authority on the Middle East, offer a detailed plan for a speedy troop withdrawal from Iraq.During the phased withdrawal, to begin on December 31, 2006, and to be completed by June 30, 2007, they recommend that the Iraq government engage the temporary services of an international stabilization force to police the country. Other elements ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Alcohol Problems in the United States

    Twenty Years of Treatment Perspective

    by Thomas F Mcgovern, William White ...
    Alcohol Problems in the United States: Twenty Years of Treatment Perspective presents an overview of trends in the treatment of alcohol problems over a 20-year period from three vantage points: broader treatment perspectives, experienced views from the field, and personal perspectives. Some of the field's foremost experts, including Alcoholics Anonymous historian Dr. Ernest Kurtz and Dr. Robert ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Nilpotent Orbits In Semisimple Lie Algebra

    An Introduction

    by David .H. Collingwood, William .M. McGovern ...
    Through the 1990s, a circle of ideas emerged relating three very different kinds of objects associated to a complex semisimple Lie algebra: nilpotent orbits, representations of a Weyl group, and primitive ideals in an enveloping algebra. The principal aim of this book is to collect together the important results concerning the classification and properties of nilpotent orbits, beginning from the ... Read more

    $529.99 CAD