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226 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780465087792
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 02 February 2005
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It has been said that supreme enlightenment is reflected in the holy smile of the Buddha. Yet, the Victorians thought of open-mouthed smiling as obscene, and nineteenth-century English and American slang equated "smiling" with drinking whisky. Eve...
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226 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780465087792
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 02 February 2005
Description
It has been said that supreme enlightenment is reflected in the holy smile of the Buddha. Yet, the Victorians thought of open-mouthed smiling as obscene, and nineteenth-century English and American slang equated "smiling" with drinking whisky. Eve...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings