The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover Beginning with Indian Buddhism and Chinese Taoism it shows Zen as it was created by the personalities, perceptions, and actions of its masters over the centuries. Gradual and sudden enlightenment, shock enlightenment, the koan, the...
Zen Culture by Thomas Hoover Hoover provides an excellent introduction to the aesthetics of Japanese culture. Hoover covers the ground in an easy and informative way, describing the origins of Zen itself and the Zen roots of swordsmanship, architecture, food, poetry,...
Caribbee by Thomas Hoover This action-crammed, historically factual novel . . . is a rousing read, ably researched by Hoover. Barbados, 1648 – The lush and deadly Caribbean paradise, domain of rebels and freeholders, of brigands, bawds and buccaneers. Where the...
Whirl of the Wheel by Catherine Condie Three children whirl back in time through an enchanted potter’s wheel into the reality of evacuation in 1940s Britain. Only two return. A whispering house, blue and gold spotted china cats that come to life, an enigmatic...
The Gandhi Project by Nashid Fareed-Ma’at A Context for Organizing: Reflections on Gandhi’s Approach to Satyagraha (Non-violence) provides a comprehensive examination of Satyagraha as Gandhi lived it and applied it to his work in India. The book focuses on...
