Watts: 576 books
Amiri Baraka
The Politics and Art of a Black Intellectual
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
Amiri Baraka, formerly known as LeRoi Jones, became known as one of the most militant, anti-white black nationalists of the 1960s Black Power movement. An advocate of Black Cultural Nationalism, Baraka supported the rejection of all things white and western. He helped found and direct the influential...
Energy at the End of the World
An Orkney Islands Saga
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Making local energy futures, from marine energy to hydrogen fuel, at the edge of the world.
The islands of Orkney, off the northern coast of Scotland, are closer to the Arctic Circle than to London. Surrounded by fierce seas and shrouded by clouds and mist, the islands seem to mark the edge...
In This Remote Country
French Colonial Culture in the Anglo-American Imagination, 1780-1860
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
When Anglo-Americans looked west after the Revolution, they hoped to see a blank slate upon which to build their continental republic. However, French settlers had inhabited the territory stretching from Ohio to Oregon for over a century, blending into Native American networks, economies, and communities....
Does It Matter?
Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
This classic series of essays represents Alan Watts's thinking on the astonishing problems caused by our dysfunctional relationship with the material environment. Here, with characteristic wit, a philosopher best known for his writings and teachings about mysticism and Eastern philosophy gets down...
The Joyous Cosmology
Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
In describing the effects of mescaline, Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception opened a proverbial door for a generation of seekers. Watts walked through it with this classic account of the levels of insight that consciousness-changing drugs can facilitate “when accompanied with sustained philosophical...
Out of Your Mind
Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
In order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go out of your mind. Perhaps more than any other teacher in the West, this celebrated author, former Anglican priest, and self-described spiritual entertainer was responsible for igniting the passion of countless wisdom...
What's Your Story?
Storytelling to Move Markets, Audiences, People and Brands
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
“As usual these two future-finders have their fi ngers on the pulse of what’s happening--and what we need to know about. In every business, in every organization, the seven most important words these days are: ‘But wait! A story goes with it!’ You need to read this book to fi nd out why.”...
Engineering Documentation Control Handbook
Configuration Management and Product Lifecycle Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
In this new edition of his widely-used Handbook, Frank Watts, widely recognized for his significant contributions to engineering change control processes, provides a thoroughly practical guide to the implementation and improvement of Engineering Documentation Control (EDC), Product Lifecycle Management...
by Rebecca Watts
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Shortlisted for The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry First Collection Prize 2017. Rebecca Watts's debut collection is a witty, warm-hearted guide to the English landscape, and a fresh take on nature poetry. In assured style, Watts positions herself where Wordsworth, Frost and Hughes have stood; with...
by Alan Watts
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
When Jack Karouac wrote about Zen in Dharma Bums he was echoing the sentiments of the Beat generation, who found in Zen credence for a way of life unencumbered by the limits of "square" society. And it was Alan Watts who first wrote and spoke about Zen and Eastern culture in terms accessible...
by Rachel Watts
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
The world has suffered economic collapse and multiple environmental crises. In a flooded city, Ava Murasaki is searching for her activist sister Sophia. Meanwhile, Valerie Newlin lives in the secure complex of the Scylla Corporation, the world's only remaining multinational. There, she finds evidence...
Joy to the World
The Forgotten Meaning of Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Few people know that “Joy to the World” – the world’s most popular Christmas song – wasn’t written for Christmas at all. Isaac Watts wrote it in imitation of Psalm 98. That psalm has nothing to say about the coming of the Messiah as a child; it is instead about the Messiah who comes in...
by Michael Watts BSc
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
'Michael Watts contributed a highly successful doodle analysis column to Bella. Many readers and members of staff who had doodles interpreted were amazed by his uncanny accuracy. Now, with this extremely well-written book, you will be able to instantly interpret any doodle you are likely to come across....
Art of Baby Nameology
Explore the Deeper Meaning of Names for Your Baby
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
What really is in a name? What does that mean for your baby?
Astrologist and nameology expert Norma J. Watts helps every expecting parent explore those questions. By analyzing names using numerology, Watts has crafted a comprehensive guide to using a name's letters to unlock hidden meaning.
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