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  • Foundations of Modern Cosmology

    by John F. Hawley, Katherine A. Holcomb ...
    Recent discoveries in astronomy, especially those made with data collected by satellites such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, have revolutionized the science of cosmology. These new observations offer the possibility that some long-standing mysteries in cosmology might be answered, including such fundamental questions as the ultimate fate of the universe ... Read more

    $243.99 CAD

  • Guidelines for Mine Waste Dump and Stockpile Design

    Edited by Mark Hawley, John Cunning ...
    Guidelines for Mine Waste Dump and Stockpile Design is a comprehensive, practical guide to the investigation, design, operation and monitoring of mine waste dumps, dragline spoils and major stockpiles associated with large open pit mines. These facilities are some of the largest man-made structures on Earth, and while most have performed very well, there are cases where instabilities have occurred ... Read more

    $165.99 CAD

  • ALT 36: Queer Theory in Film & Fiction

    African Literature Today

    by Ernest N. Emenyonu, Ernest N. Emenyonu, Ives S. Loukson, John C. Hawley, John C. Hawley, John C. Hawley, Kerry Manzo, Lizzy Attree, M'Bha Kamara, Naminata Diabate, Ndubuisi Osuagwu0, Ng'ang'a Wahu-Muchiri1, Pede Hollist2, Robert LaRue3, Shola Adenekan4, Simone James Alexander5, Stella Onome Omonigho6, Unoma Azuah7, Asuncion Aragon8, Chioma Toni-Duruaku9, Edgar Fred Nabutanyi0, Grant Andrews1, Isidore Diala2 ...
    Debates on the future of the African continent and the role of gender identities in these visions are increasingly present in literary criticism forums as African writers become bolder in exploring the challenges they face and celebrating gender diversity in the writing of short stories, novels, poetry, plays and films. Controversies over the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • A Storm of Songs

    India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement

    by John Stratton Hawley ...
    India celebrates itself as a nation of unity in diversity, but where does that sense of unity come from? One important source is a widely-accepted narrative called the “bhakti movement.” Bhakti is the religion of the heart, of song, of common participation, of inner peace, of anguished protest. The idea known as the bhakti movement asserts that between 600 and 1600 CE, poet-saints sang bhakti from ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • A Storm of Songs

    India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement

    by John Stratton Hawley ...
    India celebrates itself as a nation of unity in diversity, but where does that sense of unity come from? One important source is a widely-accepted narrative called the “bhakti movement.” Bhakti is the religion of the heart, of song, of common participation, of inner peace, of anguished protest. The idea known as the bhakti movement asserts that between 600 and 1600 CE, poet-saints sang bhakti from ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Text and Tradition in Early Modern North India

    Edited by Tyler Williams, Anshu Malhotra, John S. Hawley ...
    Early modern India—a period extending from the fifteenth to the late eighteenth century—saw dramatic cultural, religious, and political changes as it went from Sultanate to Mughal to early colonial rule. Witness to the rise of multiple literary and devotional traditions, this period was characterized by immense political energy and cultural vibrancy. Text and Tradition in Early Modern North India ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • Krishna’s Playground

    Vrindavan in the 21st Century

    by John Stratton Hawley ...
    This is a book about a deeply beloved place—many call it the spiritual capital of India. Located at a dramatic bend in the River Yamuna, a hundred miles from the center of Delhi, Vrindavan is the spot where the god Krishna is believed to have spent his childhood and youth. For Hindus it has always stood for youth writ large—a realm of love and beauty that enables one to retreat from the weight and ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Memory of Love

    Surdas Sings to Krishna

    by John Stratton Hawley ...
    No Hindu god is closer to the soul of poetry than Krishna, and in North India no poet ever sang of Krishna more famously than SūrdD^=as-or Sūr, for short. He lived in the sixteenth century and became so influential that for centuries afterward aspiring Krishna poets signed their compositions orally with his name. This book takes us back to the source, offering a selection of Sūrdās's poems that ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Expanding the Circle

    Creating an Inclusive Environment in Higher Education for LGBTQ Students and Studies

    Edited by John C. Hawley ...
    Series series SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures
    Examines strategies and best practices that effectively integrate LGBTQ areas of teaching and research with student life activities.Many educational professionals agree that the time has come to expand their circle of inclusion and broaden their definition of diversity by increasing LGBTQ studies, but the question of how to do so is still debated. Although some colleges and universities have been ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Literary Expressions of African Spirituality

    by Kameelah L. Martin, Beauty Bragg, Mario Chandler, Darryl Dickson-Carr, John C. Hawley, Melvin Rahming, Erica L. Still, Artress Bethany White, James Manigault-Bryant, Georgene Bess Montgomery, Roberto Strongman ...
    With a focus on the connected spiritual legacy of the black Atlantic, Literary Expressions of African Spirituality leads the way to more comprehensive trans-geographical studies of African spirituality in black art. With essays focusing on African spirituality in creative works by several trans-Atlantic black authors across varying locations in the Ameri-Atlantic diaspora, this collection reveals ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • The Life of Hinduism

    Edited by John Stratton Hawley, Vasudha Narayanan ...
    Series Book 3 - The Life of Religion
    The Life of Hinduism brings together a series of essays—many recognized as classics in the field—that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly "lived" religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the "new India" of Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley, where global connections and local traditions rub shoulders daily. Readers are then offered a ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Sur’s Ocean

    Classic Hindi Poetry in Translation

    by Surdas ...
    Translated by John Stratton Hawley ...
    Series series Murty Classical Library of India
    “John Stratton Hawley miraculously manages to braid the charged erotic and divine qualities of Krishna, the many-named god, while introducing us—with subtle occasional rhyme—to a vividly particularized world of prayers and crocodile earrings, spiritual longing and love-struck bees.”—Forrest Gander, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for PoetryAn award-winning translation of Hindi verses composed by one ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD