Page 4 of Fall / Winter 2007 Catalog by Inner Traditions • Bear & Company

featured titles new available the genius of china 3,000 years of science discovery and invention robert temple foreword by joseph needham ph.d frs fba isbn-13 978-1-59477-217-7 $29.95 pb · 288 pages 7.63 x 10.25 full color throughout since its original publication the genius of china has won five literary awards in america and been translated into 43 languages its chinese edition the spirit of chinese invention was approved by the chinese ministry of education for use in connection with the national secondary curriculum in china based on the immense authoritative scholarship of the late joseph needham the world s foremost scholar of chinese science this revised full-color illustrated edition brings to life the spirit and excitement of the unparalleled achievements of ancient china with one hundred firsts in the fields of agriculture astronomy engineering mathematics medicine music technology and warfare also by robert temple the sirius mystery p 27 new december 2007 eleanor of aquitaine queen of the troubadours jean markale isbn-13 978-1-59477-195-8 $16.95 can $20.50 pb 272 pages 6 x 9 eleanor of aquitaine 1122­1204 has long been noted for her political and cultural achievements that profoundly shaped twelfth-century europe but her greatest influence still shaping modern sensibilities was her role as the symbol of courtly love which was not a mere diversion of the aristocracy but a process of male initiation and transcendence that bears a close resemblance to indian tantra eleanor embodied the adulterous queen who incarnates sovereignty the woman who shares authority with the men who act in her name but only after that power has been transmitted to them through an initiatory process leading to sexual union for other books by jean markale see p 56 4 to ordercall 1 8 0 0 2 g o t o i t 8 0 0 2 4 6 8 6 4 8

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