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  • When Asia Was the World

    Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the ""Riches of the ""East""

    by Stewart Gordon ...
    "New insights, especially into the remarkable developments of Asian worlds in a millennium of Asian predominance. . . . [A] thoughtful, innovative history." —David Landes, Professor of Economics and History, emeritus, Harvard UniversityWhile European civilization stagnated in the "Dark Ages," Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Planning Your Piano Success

    A Blueprint for Aspiring Musicians

    by Stewart Gordon ...
    Young pianists pursuing a professional career face a barrage of questions, choices, and challenges. In this book, experienced teacher and performer Stewart Gordon offers a new and practical way to approach them by helping readers to plan strategically and build a secure and successful career from the ground up. For decades, Gordon has guided young pianists through the details of how to prepare ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks

    by Stewart Gordon ...
    Stories of disasters at sea, whether about Roman triremes, the treasure fleet of the Spanish Main, or great transatlantic ocean liners, fire the imagination as little else can. From the historical sinkings of the Titanic and the Lusitania to the recent capsizing of a Mediterranean cruise ship, the study of shipwrecks also makes for a new and very different understanding of world history. A History ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Mastering the Art of Performance

    A Primer for Musicians

    by Stewart Gordon ...
    In Mastering the Art of Performance: A Primer for Musicians, Stewart Gordon offers seasoned advice to musicians intent on meeting the challenges of performance. Through real-life examples and pre-performance exercises, this accessible manual gives musicians and other performers practical insights into every aspect of performance. While other books merely identify and describe the problems ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • There and Back

    Twelve of the Great Routes of Human History

    by Stewart Gordon ...
    Though travelling is lauded as a means of enriching our lives, the emphasis is generally on the destination rather than the journey. Yet, throughout human history, routes have ferried not just people but books, scrolls, and art, in addition to armies, ambassadorial entourages, slaves, brides, and pilgrims. The interaction of people on routes generated surprising innovations. Through myths, memoirs ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas

    A Handbook for Performers

    by Stewart Gordon ...
    The thirty-two Piano Sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven form one of the most important segments of piano literature. In this accessible, compact, and comprehensive guidebook, renowned performer and pedagogue Stewart Gordon presents the pianist with historical insights and practical instructional tools for interpreting the pieces. In the opening chapters of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas, Gordon ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Etudes for Piano Teachers

    Reflections on the Teacher's Art

    by Stewart Gordon ...
    Just as musical etudes focus on the development of skills and address the technical problems encountered in keyboard literature, the "etudes" in Stewart Gordon's new book also focus on ideas which prepare piano teachers for meeting the problems encountered in piano performing and teaching. This major new collection on the piano teacher's art opens with an assessment of the role of the piano ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

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    When Asia Was the World

    Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East”

    by Stewart Gordon ...
    Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 37 min

    While European intellectual, cultural, and commercial life stagnated during the early medieval period, Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion.Linked together by a web of religious, commercial, and intellectual connections, the different regions of Asia's vast civilization, from Arabia to China, hummed with commerce, international diplomacy, and the brisk exchange of ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Aristotle's Theory of Justice in Exchange

    by John-Stewart Gordon ...
    Series series Elements in Ancient Philosophy
    This Element provides a systematic analysis of Aristotle's theory of justice in exchange as developed in Nicomachean Ethics Book V. It examines Aristotle's distinction between voluntary exchanges (commutative justice) and involuntary transactions (corrective justice), explaining how proportional reciprocity in voluntary exchange secures an equitable balance between parties of different ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Robot Rights Manifesto

    by John-Stewart Gordon ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book confronts one of the most pressing moral challenges of our technological age: should autonomous, intelligent, human-like machines be recognized as bearers of moral and socio-political rights? Anticipating a future in which artificial humanoids may develop traits such as autonomy, self-awareness, intelligence, and sentience, John-Stewart Gordon offers a rigorous and balanced case for ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Global Ethics and Moral Responsibility

    Hans Jonas and his Critics

    Edited by John-Stewart Gordon, Holger Burckhart ...
    The philosophy of Hans Jonas was widely influential in the late twentieth century, warning of the potential dangers of technological progress and its negative effect on humanity and nature. Jonas advocated greater moral responsibility and taking this as a starting point, this volume explores current ethical issues within the context of his philosophy. It considers the vital intersection between ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Pediatric Obesity

    Clinical Management

    Edited by Melinda S. Sothern, Stewart T. Gordon, T. Kristian von Almen ...
    A compilation of management, medical, nutrition, psychological, and physical activity facts, models, theories, interventions, and evaluation techniques, the Handbook of Pediatric Obesity: Clinical Management is the most clinically appropriate and scientifically supported source of information available for pediatric health care and research profess ... Read more

    $458.99 CAD