Bruno: 2026 books

Guitarists face a sometimes overwhelming number of choices as to where to play a given note or phrase and what fingering to use. While a given fingering for a scale or phrase may be possible, it may not be practical. In this book, jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno lays out six fingerings for the major scales...

These thoughts are based on the "philosophy" of Zen Buddhism and day-to-day meditation practice. They should not be taken so seriously because they are not part of a dogma. They may be part of a way of life, a way of acting to make it simple and conscious. Meditation is the essence of this...

Unique memoir of a Canadian serving in a German armored division What it was like to fight in a tank on the Eastern Front Details on the battlefield performance of the Panzer IV tank Six months before World War II erupted in 1939, Bruno Friesen was sent to Germany by his father...

On August 1, 1914, war erupted into the lives of millions of families across France. Most people thought the conflict would last just a few weeks. Yet before the month was out, twenty-seven thousand French soldiers died on the single day of August 22 alone—the worst catastrophe in French military...

Conflict across the cosmos. New frontiers discovered. What it means to be human reimagined. Dreams of tomorrow become reality in this third collection of bestselling authors and newly emerging writers from Sci-Fi Bridge. From the inner worlds of unforgettable characters to alien planets at...

This massive anthology of philosophy contains over 75 works by a dozen of the most known philosophers of all time. An active table of contents makes it easy to quickly to the work you want.Authors and books include:Aeschylus:AgamemnonBound and Seven Against ThebesThe House of AtreusMaidens and Other...

"An illuminating and convincing account of the enormous change in the whole conception of morals and human personality which took place during the centuries covered by Homer, the early lyric poets, the dramatists, and Socrates." — The Times (London) Literary Supplement.European thinking began with...

Spinoza est peut-être le plus grand philosophe de l′Occident, mais il est si difficile à lire que très peu arrivent à le comprendre. Voici son Éthique rendue enfin accessible à tous dans une version simplifiée et modernisée enrichie de précieuses explications et de nombreux exemples. Reformulant...

The book aims to counter the normative functioning of creativity in contemporary capitalism with a plethora of alternatives to radical creative practices. In the first part, titled “Creative Capitalism”, five authors analyze the forms of contemporary capitalism: on the one hand, there are new...

Spurensuche nach dem Sinn des Lebens Warum gibt es Leben, warum gibt es insbesondere menschliches Leben, welchen Zweck und welches Ziel hat dieses Leben? Es gibt vielfältige Erklärungsversuche, die meisten davon sind jedoch unbefriedigend, weil sie sich immer darum drehen, was geschah und wie es geschah,...

The relationship of texts and maps, and the mappability of literature, examined from Homer to Houellebecq. Literary authors have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground fictional space, to visualize sites, and to help readers get their bearings in the imaginative world of the...

Bruno Latour’s long term project is to compare the felicity and infelicity conditions of the different values dearest to the heart of those who have ‘never been modern’. According to him, this is the only way to develop an anthropology of the Moderns. After his work on science, on technology...

Christianity has been dominated by the sign of the cross for centuries. But is the crucifixion really the core of the Gospel? Only a few scriptures tend to point in that direction. Paul was “preaching Christ only, and him crucified”. He told people, that the only thing he boasts is “the cross...

De origem sânscrita, a palavra meditação pode ser também interpretada como ir além do pensamento. O Zen não é religião, não é filosofia e, muito menos, um dogma. É um estado de espírito, uma maneira de viver. O Zen é o aqui e agora, o simples e o espontâneo. É estar presente de corpo...