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This is a short interpretation of the ancient Taoist classic named after its author, Chuang Tzu. This ancient text, originating in China in the fourth century BC, stands as one of the world's profoundest manuals of spiritual transformation. In ten short chapters, the author explores the key ideas of the Chuang Tzu, revealing the way to enlightenment and inner peace as taught by this ancient Taoist teacher. The book is illustrated with traditio...

Turbo Sales can be described as Swim with the Sharks meets the The goal. It takes complex sales methodology and presents it in a storyline format much the way The goal presented its insights as a fictional narrative. Told in the first person with ample use of wit and a clear voice, the book traces the journey of chief operating officer, Peter Jordan hired by a venture capital firm in a last-ditch effort to save a fledgling technology company. ...

SOHO. London's most notorious and unforgettable village. The Bohemian heart beating at the city centre for more than three hundred years. The place where respectable West End theatres, gay bars, hookers and sex shops vie for your pound, dollar or yen less than a mile from Buckingham Palace. Sit outside one of Soho's many street cafés for any length of time and you'll see a huge variety of people passing by. A handful will have been born there,...

This book is a photographic celebration of early lawn tennis, Lawn tennis in the 19th Century was essentially a game played by the upper social classes, although some homeowners of moderate income did build tennis courts on their property. Courts at the large country manors and estates were established on or near the croquet lawns and often provided a reasonable surface for play. The courts of lesser houses often were sloped, had uneven surfac...

When Martin Lawrence starts his journey of recovery from alcoholism he is not on his own. He has a supportive family and a team of professionals to help him. But he also has a host of painful memories, stretches of time he can remember nothing about and half a million pounds in his bank account that isn't his. As he struggles to come to terms with his past, make sense of the present and build plans for the future he collects a colourful array ...

The enchanting and often mysterious world of the vampire is brought to life with a series of poems depicting the life and struggle of my existence and ranges from my darkest moments to the joys that no amount of words can describe and whose depths, I truly believe that you would never comprehend. It is curious, is it not to catch a moment of another's thoughts, passions or something darker and have no context to place it. This tingle of insigh...

Two English folks and four Americans tour Montana, Wyoming, and Pennsylvania in what becomes a journey of discovery about themselves and their nations. Nine-Eleven and the 2003 Iraq War changes all, dividing friend from friend, nation from nation.

Teased mercilessly by her so-called friends, and ignored by the only boy in the world who matters, Laura dreads her school days. Things aren't much better at home: Mum's always stressed out and Dad's long gone. Late-night music lessons in school provide some escape, but when Laura hears strange noises in the dark, empty building, she discovers she's not alone. Unravelling the mystery becomes an obsession. Gradually, she uncovers a secret that ...

A cross between Trainspotting and The Beach, Last Seen in Bangkok is a must read for anyone who's even thought of going anywhere besides Majorca on holiday. Vinny Croston's, had enough of the work, weather and women in England. When he meets Jeed in Pattaya he thinks he's found true love in tropical paradise. Along with his best mate Keith Rossi a debt ridden Cocaine dealer he conspires to realise his dream and embarks on a treacherous journey...

Join Seydali Mesut on this fabulous and great adventure. Megan, the vain girl, is confronted with her own undoing when she meets Miss. Christina. Will she put an end to her self-obsessed ways? Seydali Mesut is a popular psychic. Do not miss the opportunity to read Seydali's first most lovely book.

This is a new translation of the ancient Chinese Taoist classic, the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu. It aims at clarity and simplicity. Its underlying philosophy is explored in the Introduction, and key terms are explained in the Glossary. The Index will show whereabouts in the Tao Te Ching key concepts and ideas are mentioned, making it a handy tool for exploring the text and for locating favourite passages. The book is illustrated with pen and ink ...

This collection of stories explores the life of individuals and minorities in an African context. Heightened description of a world of wonder, danger and hidden emotions comes to light at every turn of the page. The white refugee from Mozambique accused of murder, the National Parks Ranger on the run from the ZNA - Zimbabwe National Army, the ex-Rhodesian soldier coming to terms with his past and finding himself crossing the colour barrier of ...

This is the first-hand story of an integrated group of British, Polish and Free French convoy escort vessels in WWII, from the viewpoint of a junior officer in one of the British corvettes. The Group, inspired by its first leader's secret capture of the German 'Enigma' coding machine in 1941, fought through the Atlantic battles of 1942 and 1943, eventually dispersing for the assault on Normandy.

Personal Magnetism, Personal Power - working with the Law of Attraction and the Power of Intention to create the reality you want. Become the 'perfect magnet' for everything good!

The Terracan, Vicehorn, the Tel bi Ree are all gone, fallen to dust. Only those known as the Four survive the 60 forgotten millennia, thrown across an ocean of time to find the Dreaming Stone and open the path back to the stone builders, the Cad a Hoi. But would those who inherited the quest understand it? The Baron Moncrieff thought he did but it robbed him of his reputation, health and finally his life. It led him to ever more desperate trek...

Introduction A secret agent torn between his profession and family life especially when he found out the truth about both worlds which took his confidence beyond his imagination. Finally when he made his decision life became a very challenging place to be.

A charming, fascinating and knowledgeable account of a year in the garden of "E.V.B." - Eleanor Vere Boyle, which was written over the year 1882/1883. This is believed to be the first reprint in 100 years of the eighth edition, which was published in 1892. The garden was at Huntercombe Manor (then in Buckinghamshire), the history of which goes back to the Domesday Book, and a short account of that history is included, together with a biography...

In 1775 a man was sentenced to be transported for seven years to the Mewstone, a barren rock off Plymouth Harbour in Devon. When he had served his sentence he took the tenancy of Looe Island in Cornwall. His family prospered through their involvement in the flourishing trade of smuggling into Cornwall from the Channel Islands and France. This is the story of how a convicted felon was able to take over a fertile and prosperous living and bring ...

16th Century Scottish Romance Adventure

Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982 from the occupation of South Georgia and the Falklands Islands/Malvinas by the Argentines, the assembly and dispatch of the British Task Force, to the reconquest of the islands. Includes 48 maps, 51 photographs, and appendices listing British ships and aircraft and Argentine aircraft losses and British gallantry awards