The Tsurezuregusa is a collection of wise, witty, compassionate and, occasionally, cranky ruminations on the business of living by the monk, Kenko (c1283-c1350). The poems in What the Sky Arranges speak in a voice and tell of things derived from Kenko: reading, travel, good and bad taste, exile, art, art bores, technophobia, scandal, sex, gardening, game theory, graveyards, friendship, death, the moon . . . "Tender, philosophical, disabused, t...
Der Buddhismus geht davon aus, dass wir uns verändern können, selbst wenn das etwas Mühe bedeutet. Wie kann das gehen ? Für den Buddhismus ist Meditation die direkteste Methode, sie ist die Kunst, um unseren Geist kennenzulernen und das Beste in uns hervorzubringen.
In diesem unkomplizierten und einfallsreichen Buch werden zwei Meditationspraktiken vorgestellt, einmal die Achtsamkeit auf den Atem, sozusagen das Urgestein aller Meditationspr...
Scrapbook Albums are a great gift idea for someone special to celebrate a wedding, graduation, birth or any important occasion. Scrapbook Albums are also a personal way to capture your own occasions as well.
Creating a 20-page album may seem like an intimidating proposition but it is possible . . .
. . . and I'm going to show you how.
By using the instructions in this book you will be able to make a 20 page 12" x 12" scrapbooking albu...
An interesting and educational book about the differences between similar animals that are often confused including Alligators and Crocodiles, Beavers and Muskrats, Bees and Wasps, Bison and Buffalo, the Black and White Rhinoceros, Butterflies and Moths, Dromedary and Bactrian Camels, Crows and Ravens, Donkeys and Mules, Dolphins and Porpoises, Ducks and Geese, Frogs and Toads, Moles and Shrews, Monkeys and Apes, Rabbits and Hares, Reindeer an...
Genre: Children's Fantasy (Preteen/early teens)Word Count: 48230In a world ruled by those who own dragons it is almost impossible to change your station in life.Fen is an orphan with a short life expectancy and no hope for the future. In the process of trying to steal a dragon for his master, Fen's life looks like it's going to become even shorter. He's faced with a difficult decision. Should he risk everything, including his blood boiling in ...
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy (with elements of romance).Word Count: 73590Seeing what's hidden can endanger lives.Seventeen-year-old Shadow thinks their country is in bad shape if her Pa is considered one of their greatest heroes. To her he's the bitter man she has to escape before he learns the secret she's kept her entire life. Getting away, with the help of her brother Irlan, is meant to simplify things. Instead, they become involved in plots ...
Sir Ryland, his brother Sir Markes, and the widowed Lady Kate struggle to survive as King Henry VIII and his Chancellor's men seek to destroy them. Ryland must kill his brother's sons and take back his lands, or become their Regent and mentor, only to have them take what is rightfully his. Sister Mary Andrea is torn between Sir Markes and her vows as a bride of God as the King sacks the abbeys and monasteries of England. Power and status reign...
Hans-Georg Gadamer's poetics completely overturns the European aesthetic tradition. This full-length study in English of Gadamer's aesthetics draws on a significant proportion of Gadamer's latter essays on art and aesthetics. It explores the far-reaching consequences of Gadamer's hermeneutical critique of aesthetics.
Mary M. Schaefer examines the ninth-century church Santa Prassede and its foundation myth, as well as an ideal of balanced male-female relationships and women holding pastoral office in the church of Rome.
The Holley carburetor is an icon in the performance industry. Thirty, forty, even fifty years ago, if you looked under the hood of any modified or performance car, you more than likely would discover a Holley carburetor lurking there. Often, many enthusiast's first modification is swapping out the factory induction system for a new Holley 4-barrel carb and intake manifold. While many of today's modern cars have moved past carburetors and into ...
This book examines the long term consequences of improvements in life expectancy in the mid 20th century which are partly responsible for the growth of the elderly population in the developing world. Rapid demographic changes in child and infant mortality due to the reduction in and better treatment of disease were not often accompanied by parallel increases in standard of living. Lower mortality led to greater survival by those who had suffe...
Viggo Johansen: Kücheninterieur, 1884 Christian Krohg: Der Fischer Niels Gaihede beim Mittagsschlaf, um 1882 Peter Severin Krøyer: Sommerabend am Südstrand von Skagen, 1893 Anna Ancher: Sonnenschein im blauen Zimmer, 1891 Michael Ancher: Der Ertrunkene, 1896
The tale begins at Pemberley, at Christmas, almost a year before the opening of Pride and Prejudice. Caroline Bingley is convinced of Mr. Darcy's affection and determined to convert his regard into matrimony as swiftly as possible. Fourteen-year-old Georgiana Darcy has been taken from school, and is about to be sent off to face the rigours of a life in London. As the cast turn their faces to that city, one gentleman awaits them with all the ch...
