This work is a chronological anthology of Zen poetry spanning the 6th through the 20th centuries. In his introduction the translator distinguishes Zen from other forms of Buddhism, and places it in its historical context. These intuitive poems chronicle the spiritual search as well as the awakening of each Zen master.

With a foreword by Edward O. Wilson, this book brings together internationally known experts from the scientific, societal, and conservation policy areas who address policy responses to the problem of biodiversity loss: how to determine conservation priorities in a scientific fashion, how to weigh the long-term, often hidden value of conservation against the more immediate value of land development, the need for education in areas of rapid population growth, and how lack of knowledge about biodiversity can impede conservation efforts. United in their belief that conservation of biological diversity is a primary concern of humankind, the contributing authors address the full scope of global biodiversity and its decline -- the threatened marine life and extinction of many mammals in the modern era in relation to global patterns of development, and the implications of biodiversity loss for human health, agricultural productivity, and the economy. The Living Planet in Crisis is the result of a conference of the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation.

First major anthology in English of Korean poetry written in the classical Chinese style, presenting more than two hundred poems spanning a thousand year period. The selected poems explore a unique cultural phenomenon, expressing a Korean perspective on the transitoriness of life and the ephemerality of kingdoms and beauty, and the joy and longing of the eternal present.--Back cover.

A companion volume to the Classical Korean Poetry, this anthology provides the reader a bird's eye view of modern, 20th century Korean poetry, thus completing the sampling of the Korean poetry beginning with the 12th century through the present.

An anthology of one hundred Korean poems written in Chinese that covers a period of over a thousand years, from the late ninth century to the beginning of the twentieth. It traces the background to the literary use of Chinese in Korea, and discusses the features which set Korean poetry in Chinese apart from traditional poetry from China.