"The Ben cao gang mu was the world's most comprehensive encyclopedia of natural history and medicine when it was published in China in 1593. In fifty-two chapters, the physician Li Shizhen evaluated the wisdom of two millennia about plants, animals, minerals, and artificial substances used in medicine and collected it with countless verbatim quotations and his own supplementary comments. A Catalog of Benevolent Items provides the first single-volume introduction to this vast record of the classical Chinese world. Edited and translated by Paul U. Unschuld, a leading expert on historical Chinese medical texts, this anthology offers little-known details of China's historical knowledge of nature; traditional Chinese medicine and its theoretical foundations; social and cultural facets of ancient Chinese civilization not documented elsewhere; and the information management of a sixteenth-century Chinese scholar. Thoughtfully curated and organized by theme, A Catalog of Benevolent Items provides an accessible gateway to this foundational work"--

The first in the Secrets of Feminine Science series, provides a simple, easy-to-read introduction to benevolent magic and living prayer. Reveals the Mysteries, offers these techniques so that we can help create benevolent lives for ourselves and others here and now.

Stephen Porter examines political-refugee aid initiatives and related humanitarian endeavors led by American people and institutions from World War I through the Cold War. The supporters of these endeavors presented the United States as a new kind of world power, a Benevolent Empire.

Discover Bastiat's brilliant insights in 'Essays on Political Economy. A seminal work that remains as relevant today as it was in Bastiat's time. In this captivating collection, Bastiat showcases his wisdom to illuminate the fundamental principles of economics and the perils of government intervention with clarity and conviction, he champions the virtues of free markets, individual liberty, and the rule of law, urging readers to challenge the status quo and embrace the power of economic freedom. A beacon of intellectual rigor and moral clarity, Essays on Political Economy is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of prosperity and the enduring legacy of classical liberalism.