Petals from the Sky

Petals from the Sky PDF Author: Mingmei Yip
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 075824181X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Ming Neng, entering a retreat to test her karma as a Buddhist nun, becomes trapped between her long-held spiritual quest and forbidden passion when she succumbs to temptation with the young American doctor who saved her life. Original.

Petals from the Sky

Petals from the Sky PDF Author: Mingmei Yip
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 075824181X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Book Description
Ming Neng, entering a retreat to test her karma as a Buddhist nun, becomes trapped between her long-held spiritual quest and forbidden passion when she succumbs to temptation with the young American doctor who saved her life. Original.

Pebble Swing

Pebble Swing PDF Author: Isabella Wang
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
ISBN: 088971407X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 113

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A much-anticipated debut collection from one of Canada’s most promising emerging poets Pebble Swing earns its title from the image of stones skipping their way across a body of water, or, in the author’s case, syllables and traces of her mother tongue bouncing back at her from the water’s reflective surface. This collection is about language and family histories. It is the author’s attempt to piece together the resonant aftermath of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which stole the life of her paternal grandmother. As an immigrant whose grasp of Mandarin is fading, Wang explores absences in her caesuras and fragmentation—that which is unspoken, but endures. The poems in this collection also trace the experiences of a young poet who left home at seventeen to pursue writing; the result is a series of city poetry infused with memory, the small joys of Vancouver’s everyday, environmental politics, grief and notions of home. While the poetics of response are abundant in the collection—with poems written to Natalie Lim and Ashley Hynd—the last section of the book, "Thirteen Ghazals and Anti-Ghazals after Phyllis Webb," forges a continued response to Phyllis Webb on Salt Spring Island, and innovates within the possibilities of the experimental ghazal form.

Peach Blossom Pavilion

Peach Blossom Pavilion PDF Author: Mingmei Yip
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007570139
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433

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Torn from her family. Destined to become the most desired courtesan in China. A seductive and evocative debut that opens the doors on life as a Chinese courtesan in the Peach Blossom Pavilion...

Treasury of the True Dharma Eye

Treasury of the True Dharma Eye PDF Author: Kazuaki Tanahashi
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834828367
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1281

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The complete English translation of one of the great Zen classics and works of Japanese literature, by the founder of the Soto school—now in a single volume Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shobo Genzo, in Japanese) is a monumental work, considered to be one of the profoundest expressions of Zen wisdom ever put on paper, and also the most outstanding literary and philosophical work of Japan. It is a collection of essays by Eihei Dogen (1200–1253), founder of Zen’s Soto school. Kazuaki Tanahashi and a team of translators that represent a Who’s Who of American Zen have produced a translation of the great work that combines accuracy with a deep understanding of Dogen’s voice and literary gifts. This eBook includes a wealth of materials to aid understanding, including maps, lineage charts, a bibliography, and an exhaustive glossary of names and terms—and, as a bonus, the most renowned of all Dogen’s essays, “Recommending Zazen to All People.”

Journal

Journal PDF Author: Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 816

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A Sky Painted Gold

A Sky Painted Gold PDF Author: Laura Wood
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 1407186523
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Growing up in her sleepy Cornish village dreaming of being a writer, sixteen-year-old Lou has always wondered about the grand Cardew house which has stood empty for years. And when the owners arrive for the summer - a handsome, dashing brother and sister - Lou is quite swept off her feet and into a world of moonlit cocktail parties and glamour beyond her wildest dreams. But, as she grows closer to the Cardews, is she abandoning her own ambitions... and is there something darker lurking at the heart of the Cardew family? A gorgeously dreamy coming-of-age romance set against a stunning Gatsby-esque backdrop, this is perfect for fans of 'I Capture the Castle' and Eva Ibbotson.

Song of the Silk Road

Song of the Silk Road PDF Author: Mingmei Yip
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 0758268165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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In this richly imaginative novel, Mingmei Yip--author of Peach Blossom Pavilion and Petals From the Sky--follows one woman's daunting journey along China's fabled Silk Road. As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Lily Lin was captivated by photographs of the desert--its long, lonely vistas and shifting sand dunes. Now living in New York, Lily is struggling to finish her graduate degree when she receives an astonishing offer. An aunt she never knew existed will pay Lily a huge sum to travel across China's desolate Taklamakan Desert--and carry out a series of tasks along the way. Intrigued, Lily accepts. Her assignments range from the dangerous to the bizarre. Lily must seduce a monk. She must scrape a piece of clay from the famous Terracotta Warriors, and climb the Mountains of Heaven to gather a rare herb. At Xian, her first stop, Lily meets Alex, a young American with whom she forms a powerful connection. And soon, she faces revelations that will redefine her past, her destiny, and the shocking truth behind her aunt's motivations. . . Powerful and eloquent, Song of the Silk Road is a captivating story of self-discovery, resonant with the mysteries of its haunting, exotic landscape.

Bewildered by All This Broken Sky

Bewildered by All This Broken Sky PDF Author: Anna Scotti
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736483503
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book of poems

Heaven Talisman

Heaven Talisman PDF Author: Tian FuXiaoSheng
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649552122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 844

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An endless expanse of blue, sea, withered wood, immortal mountains, ten thousand miles in total without any sign of human habitation. Endless rays of blue, boundless sea, dead wood, immortal mountains, ten thousand miles devoid of human habitation.

Color Outside the Lines

Color Outside the Lines PDF Author: Sangu Mandanna
Publisher:
ISBN: 1641290463
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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Color Outside the Lines brings together diverse, talented YA voices, including Samira Ahmed, Adam Silvera, Anna-Marie McLemore, Lori Lee, and Elsie Chapman, to reflect on interracial relationships. While focusing predominantly on POC voices, the anthology also includes LGBTQ+, religious, minority, and disability intersectionality, and it's stories range in tone and genre, from light-hearted contemporary to darker fantasy.