A book for everyone that is seeking the secrets of the universe, which entrails the secrets of Karate Do's practice and the oriental religions that influenced its creation and development. Reaching beyond its martial aspect, the reader can attain that whichIn this brief publication, the author takes us through the way of understanding the secrets of The Way of the Empty Hand, and how this allows reaching the highest levels of self-realization, surpassing the martial aspects of prac...

No matter how insulated we are by wealth or friends we can all expect to undergo some form of loss, failure or disappointment. The common reaction is to bear it as best we can - some do this better than others - and move on with life. Christopher Hamilton proposes a different response to adversity. Focusing on the arenas of family, love, illness and death, he explores constructive ways to deal with adversity and embrace it to derive unique insight into our condition. Offering examples from...

What is it like to experience rapture? For philosopher Christopher Hamilton, it is a loss of self that is also a return to self—an overflowing and emptying out of the self that also nourishes and fills the self. In this inviting book, he reflects on the nature of rapture and its crucial yet unacknowledged place in our lives.Hamilton explores moments of rapture in everyday existence and aesthetic experience, tracing its disruptive power and illuminating its philosophical significanc...

Middle age, for many, marks a key period for a radical reappraisal of one's life and way of living. The sense of time running out, both from the perspective that one's life has ground to a halt, and from the point of view of the greater closeness of death, and the sense of loneliness engendered by the compromised and wasteful nature of life, become ever clearer in mid-life, and can lead to a period of dramatic self doubt.In this book, the philosopher Christopher Hamilton (early 40s) explor...

A Philosophy of Tragedy explores the tragic condition of man in modernity. Nietzsche knew it, as have countless characters in literature, and the modern age places us squarely before it: the sheer contingency and instability of our existence, our homelessness, our unredeemed suffering, our fractured relation to morality.Christopher Hamilton draws as much on literature, including the tragic theatre, as on philosophy to offer a stirring account of our tragic state. In doing ...

This book, taking its point of departure from Stanley Cavell’s claim that philosophy and autobiography are dimensions of each other, aims to explore some of the relations between these forms of reflection, first by seeking to develop an outline of a philosophy of autobiography, and then by exploring the issue from the side of five autobiographical works. Christopher Hamilton argues in the volume that there are good reasons for thinking that philosophical texts can be considered autobiograp...

Sosem lehetünk felkészülve a veszteségekre, kudarcra vagy csalódásra. Christopher Hamilton vallásfilozófus könyve azonban megmutatja, miként nézzünk szembe ezekkel, amikor mégis bekövetkeznek. Történelmi, filozófiai és irodalmi példákkal illusztrálja, milyen megpróbáltatásokat rejt a családi élet, a szerelem, a barátság, a betegség és a halál közelsége. Ismerteti a leghatékonyabb megküzdési stratégiákat, és arra biztat, hogy a nehézségeket inkább a megvilágosító felismerések bőséges tárház...

Viorica never saw him coming. A leader in her church, a woman with a plan, a heart on fire for God—until Archer walked in and set her world ablaze.He’s bold. He’s relentless. He looks at her like she’s the only thing that matters. And against all reason, against every warning in her soul, she can’t help but look back.Even worse, before she can settle her feelings for Archer, she crosses paths with Maverick, another charming stranger, and a lifelong Christian with a dark sec...

“Il y a quelque chose de réconfortant dans le fait d’avoir quarante ans.” Quelques cheveux blancs et trois pattes d’oie : on n’a rien vu venir. Un sentiment paradoxal nous saisit, mêlé de nostalgie et d’ennui, mais aussi de lucidité, de confiance et de sérénité. La quarantaine est une étape délicate et contradictoire : d’un côté les dés sont jetés, de l’autre la trajectoire n’a jamais été aussi limpide. Un philosophe anglais interroge ce moment si particulier de la vie avec une sincérité r...

THE SCHOOL OF LIFE IS DEDICATED TO EXPLORING LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS IN HIGHLY-PORTABLE PAPERBACKS, FEATURING FRENCH FLAPS AND DECKLE EDGES, THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS "DAMNABLY CUTE." WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT WE WILL DIRECT YOU TOWARDS A VARIETY OF USEFUL IDEAS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO STIMULATE, PROVOKE, AND CONSOLE.AN INSPIRATIONAL, ENTERTAINING, AND INSTRUCTIVE GUIDE ON WHAT TO DO WHEN FACED WITH ADVERSITY AND HOW TO DERIVE MEANING FROM ITNo matter how insulated...

Elias has lived 400 years, and is still learning about love, loss, himself......and how to maintain a couch for longer than a week.Follow his journey to understand relationships, what it means to be human, and how to keep various bodily fluids off your furniture.

Eighty-one delicious triple-tested recipes specially designed for summer come together in a vibrantly illustrated cookbook as beautiful as it is functional.CANAL HOUSE COOKING, VOLUME N° 1, SUMMER is a collection of our favorite summer recipes, ones we cook for ourselves all through the long lazy months. We are home cooks writing about home cooking for other home cooks. We cook seasonally because that's what makes sense. In midsummer, we buy boxes of tomatoes to dre...