Audiobooks by Thomas Cleary

Sage Leadership: Taoist Wisdom to Overcome Conflict and Create a Just World; Translations from the H

"The subtle arts of management and leadership have been developed over thousands of years by the Chinese. The Book of Leadership and Strategy represents the Taoist culmination of this long tradition and is one of the most prestigious works of ancient Chinese thought. Collected here are insightful teachings on the challenges of leadership on all levels, from organizational management to political statecraft. The translator, Thomas Cleary, has chosen and arranged these teachings to emphasize the most valuable lessons of Taoist wisdom for modern Western listeners. Like Cleary's bestselling translation of The Art of War by Sun Tzu, this work will serve as an enlightening guide for people in business, politics, and government."

Thomas Cleary (Author), David Shih (Narrator)

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Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke

"Code of the Samurai is a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese Way of the Warrior. Bushido has played a significant role in shaping the behavior of modern Japanese government, corporations, society, and individuals, as well as in developing modern Japanese martial arts within Japan and internationally. The Japanese original of this book, Bushido Shoshinshu, (Bushido for Beginners), has been one of the primary sources on the tenets of Bushido, a way of thought that remains fascinating and relevant to the modern world, East and West. This handbook, written after five hundred years of military rule in Japan, was composed to provide practical and moral instruction for warriors, correcting wayward tendencies and outlining the personal, social, and professional standards of conduct characteristic of Bushido, the Japanese chivalric tradition. With a bright, conversational narrative by Thomas Cleary, this book is indispensable to corporate executives, students of Asian Culture, martial artists, or anyone sincerely interested in Japan and its people."

Thomas Cleary (Author), Eric Michael Summerer (Narrator)

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The Way of Leadership: Timeless Strategies for Success from Zen and Taoist Masters

"Proven to be invaluable resources for anyone in a position of power, here are three of China's greatest classical works on leadership, warriorship, and strategy: - The Art of War: This timeless guide is perhaps the most influential book of strategy in the world today. - Zen Lessons: These core teachings of China's greatest Zen masters cover leadership and spiritual practice, decision making, how to inspire respect, and much more. - The Book of Leadership and Strategy: Written by eight Taoist masters of the early Han dynasty, this text explains how to achieve wisdom and success in any endeavor."

Thomas Cleary (Author), David Warrilow, Michael O'Keefe (Narrator)

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The Art of War

"For more than 2,000 years, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business or in relationships. Now, in this crisp, accessible new translation, John Minford brings this seminal work to life for today's readers. A lively, learned introduction, chronologies and suggested further reading are among the valuable apparatus included in this authoritative volume. Even those readers familiar with The Art of War will experience it anew, finding it more fascinating - and more chilling - than ever. Little is known about Sun Tzu (544-496 B.C.) and his life during the Warring States period after the decline of the Zhou dysnasty, but his classic, The Art of War, has been one of the central works of Chinese literature for 2500 years. John Minford studied Chinese at Oxford and at the Australian National University and has taught in China, Hong Kong, and New Zealand. He edited (with Geremie Barme) Seeds of Fire: Chinese Voices of Conscience and (with Joseph S. M. Lau) Chinese Classical Literature: An Anthology of Translations. He has translated numerous works from the Chinese, including the last two volumes of the Penguin Classics edition of Cao Xueqin's eighteenth-century novel The Story of the Stone and the martial-arts fiction of the contemporary Hong Kong novelist Louis Cha."

Sun Tzu, Thomas Cleary (Author), Lloyd James (Narrator)

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