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New Book Tuesday! Away from Chaos, Climate Change Science and more!
Our weekly list of new books is now available!
Away from Chaos
The Middle East and the Challenge to the West
Gilles Kepel. Translated by Henry Randolph.
Away from Chaos is a sweeping political history of four decades of Middle East conflict and its worldwide ramifications. Gilles Kepel offers a clear and persuasive narrative of the long-term causes of tension while seamlessly incorporating on-the-ground observations and personal experiences from the people who lived through them.
From the Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature series
Readings of Dōgen’s “Treasury of the True Dharma Eye”
Steven Heine
The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shōbōgenzō) is the masterwork of Dōgen (1200–1253), founder of the Sōtō Zen Buddhist sect in Kamakura-era Japan. Steven Heine provides a comprehensive introduction to this essential Zen text, offering a textual, historical, literary, and philosophical examination of Dōgen’s treatise.
From the Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers series
Climate Change Science
A Primer for Sustainable Development
John C. Mutter
This book is a primer on the essential science for grasping the workings of climate change and climate prediction. It is accessible for readers with little to no background in science, with an emphasis on the needs of those studying sustainable development.
