Author: Chao-Hsiu Chen
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
ISBN: 9781859060865
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Borrow a strange coat in order to make a new beginning. Written as an "Art of War" for daily life, this book features 108 stratagems from ancient Chinese lore that will arm you with cunning, wisdom, and insight. These maxims come from a variety of sources including Confucianism, Taoism, and traditional folk wisdom. The book is organized in two sections. The first divides the stratagems into three categories - Strengthen Yourself, Weaken Your Opponent, and Develop Yourself. The second part looks at a wide array of everyday problems and is arranged A-Z style into numerous subject areas such as Anger, Business, Friends, Money, Old Age, and Wishes. Each area has three stratagems attached, so when you are confronted with a difficulty you can find immediate guidance. Each stratagem is described in vivid language that makes them easy to remember and call upon in times of need: Always let a good horse run by itself. When you have reached the shore, remember to sink the boat. Steal the fuel from under the kettle. Show the plums in order to forget the thirst. Printed in two colors and beautifully adorned with 36 brush paintings, this book will be a trusted ally in all matters of business, love, and life. 108 strategies drawn from ancient Chinese wisdom for business, love, and daily life. Illustrated with traditional brush paintings. Flapped paperback cover includes a cut-out decorative bookmark.
A Clever Rabbit Has Three Hiding Places
Author: Chao-Hsiu Chen
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
ISBN: 9781859060865
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Borrow a strange coat in order to make a new beginning. Written as an "Art of War" for daily life, this book features 108 stratagems from ancient Chinese lore that will arm you with cunning, wisdom, and insight. These maxims come from a variety of sources including Confucianism, Taoism, and traditional folk wisdom. The book is organized in two sections. The first divides the stratagems into three categories - Strengthen Yourself, Weaken Your Opponent, and Develop Yourself. The second part looks at a wide array of everyday problems and is arranged A-Z style into numerous subject areas such as Anger, Business, Friends, Money, Old Age, and Wishes. Each area has three stratagems attached, so when you are confronted with a difficulty you can find immediate guidance. Each stratagem is described in vivid language that makes them easy to remember and call upon in times of need: Always let a good horse run by itself. When you have reached the shore, remember to sink the boat. Steal the fuel from under the kettle. Show the plums in order to forget the thirst. Printed in two colors and beautifully adorned with 36 brush paintings, this book will be a trusted ally in all matters of business, love, and life. 108 strategies drawn from ancient Chinese wisdom for business, love, and daily life. Illustrated with traditional brush paintings. Flapped paperback cover includes a cut-out decorative bookmark.
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
ISBN: 9781859060865
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Borrow a strange coat in order to make a new beginning. Written as an "Art of War" for daily life, this book features 108 stratagems from ancient Chinese lore that will arm you with cunning, wisdom, and insight. These maxims come from a variety of sources including Confucianism, Taoism, and traditional folk wisdom. The book is organized in two sections. The first divides the stratagems into three categories - Strengthen Yourself, Weaken Your Opponent, and Develop Yourself. The second part looks at a wide array of everyday problems and is arranged A-Z style into numerous subject areas such as Anger, Business, Friends, Money, Old Age, and Wishes. Each area has three stratagems attached, so when you are confronted with a difficulty you can find immediate guidance. Each stratagem is described in vivid language that makes them easy to remember and call upon in times of need: Always let a good horse run by itself. When you have reached the shore, remember to sink the boat. Steal the fuel from under the kettle. Show the plums in order to forget the thirst. Printed in two colors and beautifully adorned with 36 brush paintings, this book will be a trusted ally in all matters of business, love, and life. 108 strategies drawn from ancient Chinese wisdom for business, love, and daily life. Illustrated with traditional brush paintings. Flapped paperback cover includes a cut-out decorative bookmark.
Catch the Rabbit
Author: Lana Bastašic
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529039630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
‘Two young women plunging into post-war Bosnia like two Alices into Wonderland . . . smart, energetic, passionate, announcing a major talent.’ - Aleksandar Hemon Sara hasn’t seen or heard from her childhood best friend, Lejla, in years. She’s comfortable with her life in Dublin, with her partner, their avocado plant, and their naturist neighbour. But when Lejla calls her and demands she come home to Bosnia, Sara finds that she can’t say no. What begins as a road trip becomes a journey through the past, as the two women set off to find Armin, Lejla’s brother who disappeared towards the end of the Bosnian War. Presumed dead by everyone else, only Lejla and Sara believed Armin was still alive. Confronted with the limits of memory, Sara is forced to reconsider the things she thought she understood as a girl: the best friend she loved, the first experiences they shared, but also the social and religious lines that separated them, that brought them such different lives. Translated into English by author Lana Bastašic, Catch the Rabbit tells the story of how we place the ones we love on pedestals, and then wait for them to fall off, how loss marks us indelibly, and how the traumas of war echo down the years.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529039630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
‘Two young women plunging into post-war Bosnia like two Alices into Wonderland . . . smart, energetic, passionate, announcing a major talent.’ - Aleksandar Hemon Sara hasn’t seen or heard from her childhood best friend, Lejla, in years. She’s comfortable with her life in Dublin, with her partner, their avocado plant, and their naturist neighbour. But when Lejla calls her and demands she come home to Bosnia, Sara finds that she can’t say no. What begins as a road trip becomes a journey through the past, as the two women set off to find Armin, Lejla’s brother who disappeared towards the end of the Bosnian War. Presumed dead by everyone else, only Lejla and Sara believed Armin was still alive. Confronted with the limits of memory, Sara is forced to reconsider the things she thought she understood as a girl: the best friend she loved, the first experiences they shared, but also the social and religious lines that separated them, that brought them such different lives. Translated into English by author Lana Bastašic, Catch the Rabbit tells the story of how we place the ones we love on pedestals, and then wait for them to fall off, how loss marks us indelibly, and how the traumas of war echo down the years.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3310
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Category : American literature
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Immortal Becomes a Stay-at-home Dad After Return
Author: Shui Shan
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636457363
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
A thousand years ago, Mo Xun was accidentally swallowed by a spatial crack and entered the cultivation world. A thousand years later, he came back to earth, but only seven years had passed on Earth! Furthermore, his wife even gave birth to a girl, who is his daughter! His wife is beautiful, the child is cute. He had wanted to stay at home and live a simple life, but unexpectedly, he was left with a huge amount of debts. Mo Xun sighed and had no choice but to help his wife and daughter create a land of happiness...
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636457363
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
A thousand years ago, Mo Xun was accidentally swallowed by a spatial crack and entered the cultivation world. A thousand years later, he came back to earth, but only seven years had passed on Earth! Furthermore, his wife even gave birth to a girl, who is his daughter! His wife is beautiful, the child is cute. He had wanted to stay at home and live a simple life, but unexpectedly, he was left with a huge amount of debts. Mo Xun sighed and had no choice but to help his wife and daughter create a land of happiness...
Bunny
Author: Mona Awad
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525559744
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Soon to be a major motion picture "Jon Swift + Witches of Eastwick + Kelly 'Get In Trouble' Link + Mean Girls + Creative Writing Degree Hell! No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled! O Bunny you are sooo genius!" —Margaret Atwood, via Twitter "A wild, audacious and ultimately unforgettable novel." —Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times "Awad is a stone-cold genius." —Ann Bauer, The Washington Post The Vegetarian meets Heathers in this darkly funny, seductively strange novel from the acclaimed author of 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl and Rouge "We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?" Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision. The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination. Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, Electric Literature, and The New York Public Library
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525559744
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Soon to be a major motion picture "Jon Swift + Witches of Eastwick + Kelly 'Get In Trouble' Link + Mean Girls + Creative Writing Degree Hell! No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled! O Bunny you are sooo genius!" —Margaret Atwood, via Twitter "A wild, audacious and ultimately unforgettable novel." —Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times "Awad is a stone-cold genius." —Ann Bauer, The Washington Post The Vegetarian meets Heathers in this darkly funny, seductively strange novel from the acclaimed author of 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl and Rouge "We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?" Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision. The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination. Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, Electric Literature, and The New York Public Library
The Name of this Book is Secret
Author: Pseudonymous Bosch
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409546217
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
I don't know how you got here but this page isn't for you. This is an extremely dangerous book with a very deadly secret. It is an alarming account of two extraordinary adventurers, a missing magician's diary, a symphony of smells and a deadly secret... If you're both curious and brave, visit www.thenameofthisbookissecret.co.uk - but remember - I warned you. "Many different types of readers will thoroughly enjoy this tale including fans of Anthony Horowitz and Lemony Snicket. The book is an interesting read where many types of emotions overwhelm you such as horror, grief, mystery, anxiety the lot. Mixed with a hint of sweet satisfaction that you have finally read the story. I honestly do not know how I lived without reading the book - it baffles me." - Guardian Children's Books Shortlisted Bedforshire Children's Book of the Year Award 2009, selected for the Premier League Reading Stars programme
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409546217
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
I don't know how you got here but this page isn't for you. This is an extremely dangerous book with a very deadly secret. It is an alarming account of two extraordinary adventurers, a missing magician's diary, a symphony of smells and a deadly secret... If you're both curious and brave, visit www.thenameofthisbookissecret.co.uk - but remember - I warned you. "Many different types of readers will thoroughly enjoy this tale including fans of Anthony Horowitz and Lemony Snicket. The book is an interesting read where many types of emotions overwhelm you such as horror, grief, mystery, anxiety the lot. Mixed with a hint of sweet satisfaction that you have finally read the story. I honestly do not know how I lived without reading the book - it baffles me." - Guardian Children's Books Shortlisted Bedforshire Children's Book of the Year Award 2009, selected for the Premier League Reading Stars programme
It's Not Easy Being a Bunny
Author: Marilyn Sadler
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1984895109
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
P.J. Funnybunny doesn't want to be a bunny anymore! In this hilarious story, a young bunny explores life with different animal friends. This bunny-rific tale of self-discovery is now available in a simplified board book perfect for the littlest hands—and with a festive, sparkly cover, it makes the perfect gift to fill any Easter basket. P.J. Funnybunny is tired of cooked carrots and his big ears. It would be way more fun to be a bear, a bird, or a pig...right? Read along as P.J. leaves home and tries to determine who he is—and where he belongs. But this bunny might just learn that all he wants to be is...himself! This sturdy board book adaptation, with text abridged from the beloved Dr. Seuss Beginner Book, makes a fun-filled read aloud for babies and toddlers!
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1984895109
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
P.J. Funnybunny doesn't want to be a bunny anymore! In this hilarious story, a young bunny explores life with different animal friends. This bunny-rific tale of self-discovery is now available in a simplified board book perfect for the littlest hands—and with a festive, sparkly cover, it makes the perfect gift to fill any Easter basket. P.J. Funnybunny is tired of cooked carrots and his big ears. It would be way more fun to be a bear, a bird, or a pig...right? Read along as P.J. leaves home and tries to determine who he is—and where he belongs. But this bunny might just learn that all he wants to be is...himself! This sturdy board book adaptation, with text abridged from the beloved Dr. Seuss Beginner Book, makes a fun-filled read aloud for babies and toddlers!
Real Men Eat Puffer Fish
Author: Robert Twigger
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297856022
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
The Dangerous Book for Men, not boys Every man has faced that emergency where a car needs to be broken into and hot-wired; just as every man needs to be able to mix the perfect dry Martini. The world is a dangerous and unpredictable place; a man never knows when he might be called upon to start a fire with just a coke can, win at croquet or drive a T34 tank. Twigger has plenty of experience of facing down bears, building coracles, swimming with sharks - now he shows every man how to cook a hedgehog, commit hara-kiri and land a Boeing 747.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297856022
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
The Dangerous Book for Men, not boys Every man has faced that emergency where a car needs to be broken into and hot-wired; just as every man needs to be able to mix the perfect dry Martini. The world is a dangerous and unpredictable place; a man never knows when he might be called upon to start a fire with just a coke can, win at croquet or drive a T34 tank. Twigger has plenty of experience of facing down bears, building coracles, swimming with sharks - now he shows every man how to cook a hedgehog, commit hara-kiri and land a Boeing 747.
Three Bags Full
Author: Leonie Swann
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385673795
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd. On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, a flock of sheep gathers around their shepherd, George, whose body lies pinned to the ground with a spade. George has cared devotedly for the flock, even reading them books every night. Led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world), they set out to find George’s killer. The A-team of investigators includes Othello, the “bad-boy” black ram; Mopple the Whale, a Merino who eats a lot and remembers everything; and Zora, a pensive black-faced ewe with a weakness for abysses. Joined by other members of the richly talented flock, they engage in nightlong discussions about the crime, wild metaphysical speculations, and embark on reconnaissance missions into the village, where they encounter some likely suspects. Along the way, the sheep confront their own all-too-human struggles with guilt, misdeeds, and unrequited love. Funny, fresh, and endearing, it introduces a wonderful new breed of detectives to Canadian readers.
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385673795
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd. On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, a flock of sheep gathers around their shepherd, George, whose body lies pinned to the ground with a spade. George has cared devotedly for the flock, even reading them books every night. Led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world), they set out to find George’s killer. The A-team of investigators includes Othello, the “bad-boy” black ram; Mopple the Whale, a Merino who eats a lot and remembers everything; and Zora, a pensive black-faced ewe with a weakness for abysses. Joined by other members of the richly talented flock, they engage in nightlong discussions about the crime, wild metaphysical speculations, and embark on reconnaissance missions into the village, where they encounter some likely suspects. Along the way, the sheep confront their own all-too-human struggles with guilt, misdeeds, and unrequited love. Funny, fresh, and endearing, it introduces a wonderful new breed of detectives to Canadian readers.
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Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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Publisher:
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Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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