Taming The Forest King

Tevra, female colonel of the Light Cavalry, must establish order in the kingdom of chaos ruled by the powerful Forest King

Indexes, covers and tables of contents of Paperback Inferno (issues 43-97, 1983-1992), the paperback reviews journal of the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA). As well as complete tables of contents of all these issues, this book includes indexes to every book and magazine reviewed, every cover artist, and every letter writer, along with summary statistics of the issues.

This book contains 14 numbers of the renowned Wheel Publication series, dealing with various aspects of the Buddha’s teaching. Wheel Publication No. 47: Buddhism and the God-Idea by Nyanaponika Thera; 48– 9: The Discourse on the Snake Simile by Nyanaponika Thera; 50: Knowledge and Conduct by O. H. de A. Wijesekera, K. N. Jayatilleke, & E. A. Burtt; 51: Taming the Mind by Nyanaponika Thera; 52–3: Pathways of Buddhist Thought by Nyanamoli Thera; 54: The Mirror of the Dhamma by Narada Thera & Bhikkhu Kassapa; 55: The Five Precepts by Paul Dahlke, Bhikkhu Silacara, L.R. Oates, G. Constant Lounsbery; 56: Ordination in Theravada Buddhism by Piyadassi Thera; 57–8: A Discourse to Knowers of Veda by T. W. Rhys Davids; 59: Stories of Old by Nyanaponika Thera, Nyanamoli Thera, & Soma Thera; 60: The Satipatthana Sutta and Its Application to Modern Life by V. F. Gunaratna.

Leisure is a corollary to pleasure. Essays in this historical exploration trace how leisure and recreation were often imagined and celebrated during premodern times, from the ancient to the precolonial period. This book takes into account the differential access to leisure and pleasure based on class and gender where masculinity is projected through manly sports and femininity though beauty and indulgence in the projection of recreation, entertainment and luxury. The counter-discourse representing labour for those who cater for this leisure is invisibilized as is their transactional nature. The volume dwells on the attitudes, prescribed and proscribed, and brings to the fore the differences across religious ideologies such as Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jaina and Muslim in various periods. Further it looks at leisure in the various classes and cultural spaces such as the elite, women, the king in the bed chamber, the court with dancing girls, public areas such as orchards and gardens and performance spaces.