The Ancient Art of Tea is a delightful look at the philosophy, history, and culture of tea in China. The health benefits of tea, from green teas to white, oolong and black teas, are well known in our world today. How to create the perfect, healthy cup of tea is a process few people genuinely understand, making The Ancient Art of Tea a needed guide for tea lovers. Making a perfect cup of tea is a dynamic process that requires the right environm...
Lorsque Flynn Rider, le bandit le plus recherché du royaume, se réfugie dans une mystérieuse tour, il est pris en otage par une belle et téméraire jeune fille à l'impressionnante chevelure de vingt mètres de long : Raiponce. Gardée prisonnière par Mère Gothel, l'étonnante geôlière de Flynn cherche un moyen de s'échapper de cette tour où elle est enfermée depuis des années avec son caméléon, Pascal. Elle passe alors un accord avec le séduisant ...
This book explores one indigenous society and how they managed to live sustainably with their ecosystems for over two thousand years, showing how human systems connect environmental ethics and sustainable ecological practices through institutions.
The two autobiographical volumes entitled Incidents in My Life, published in 1863 and 1872, recount the mysterious experiences of the internationally renowned spiritualist and medium D. D. Home and respond to his critics. They present fascinating insights into the controversies surrounding spiritualism, which attracted many famous adherents during the Victorian period.
Using research funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Tracy Stecker, Ph.D., applies cognitive-behavioural therapy to a sixty-minute brief intervention that has widespread applications in a variety of settings---from primary care facilities to intake call centres and military outlets to school counselling departments and parole offices.
Cookies are a great way to brighten up your day and see the sweet side of life - and making them just got easier. This book includes delicious cookie recipes and four lovely cookie cutters.
Every year, three million single women in America move into an apartment for the first time. Juliet Devereau can't believe her luck: after weeks of looking for a place to live, she's found a beautiful, spacious apartment overlooking Brooklyn Bridge.
Based on extensive data sets from national election studies in nine major democracies, this book brings together leading experts to assess the impact of political leaders on voting patterns. This is the first major book-length treatment of the importance of leaders' personality on the outcome of democratic elections.
Deep emotions pervade our human lives and ongoing moods echo them. Religious traditions often shape these and give devotees a sense of identity in a hopeful and meaningful life despite the conflicts, confusion, pain and grief of existence. Driven by anthropological and sociological perspectives, Douglas J. Davies describes and analyses these dynamic tensions and life opportunities as they are worked out in ritual, music, theology, and the allu...