A concise and readable history of Dorset from the Post-Roman period to the Normans, accompanied by illustrations of some of the main sites and artefacts of the time.

Helping people to start a mobile catering food business in the U.K. This book provides specific, comprehensive advice that will help the average person avoid the many costly pitfalls and…

Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism emerged from the rich encounter of Indian Buddhism with Chinese Daoism. In this beautifully rendered literary meditation, renowned translator and author David Hinton illuminates anew the Chinese…

The books collected in this volume represent the first time since the mid-nineteenth century that the four seminal masterworks of ancient Chinese thought have been translated as a unified series…

Describes how independent oilman George P. Mitchell developed technology that would unlock trillions of cubic feet of natural gas in the North Texas rock formation known as the Barnett Shale…

Meng Chiao developed an experimental poetry of virtuosic beauty, a poetry that anticipated landmark developments in the modern Western tradition by a millennium. With the T'ang Dynasty crumbling, Meng’s later…

The quintessential Chinese poet, translated by David Hinton, recipient of the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award.

During the great oil speculations in the 1920s, both promoters and investors became victims of their common greed. Outlining the activities of several different promoters and drawing on business papers…