Considers the Mongols as law givers, economists, diplomats, builders and promoters of religious tolerance, whose legacy remains palpable now across the 2 million square miles of Eurasia tha... read more
From the author of the best book on Dreyfus, this is a biography of the Indian monk who inspired Freud, Gandhi, and Tagore and introduced Westerners to yoga and the Vedanta.
Shinichi Suzuki was a violinist who became more famous as an educator and philosopher; his ideas of language acquisition revolutionised musical training. He also did much to erode occidental... read more