Author: Camila Reimers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981074986
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Three Lotuses in a Sea of Fire
Author: Camila Reimers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981074986
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981074986
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Cloudburst
Author: Julio Torres-Recinos
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776621203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A flavourful and fascinating collection of 42 brilliantly written short stories by 22 Latino North American writers.
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776621203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A flavourful and fascinating collection of 42 brilliantly written short stories by 22 Latino North American writers.
The Lotus Quest
Author: Mark Griffiths
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429964529
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
A captivating history of one of the world's most iconic and mysterious flowers Bewitched by a lotus which flowered from three-thousandyear- old seeds in his English garden, Mark Griffiths set out to track the origins and significance of this sublime plant in this beautifully-illustrated book. The Lotus Quest takes Griffiths from the headquarters of the Linnaean Society in London to a mountain top in northern Japan. As he travels in search of this ancient flower, Griffiths looks at the lotus's significance in ancient Egypt and India, the plant's medicinal uses and the inspiration it has provided to Western artists. As he tracks the plant, its story unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era with visits to shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes as well as meetings with priests and archaeologists, philosophers and anthropologists, gardeners and botanists, poets and artists. He even dines on the lotus in a Tokyo cafe. By the end of Griffiths' journey, when he reaches the hauntingly beautiful Japanese temple of Chuson-ji, readers will finally understand why the lotus has obsessed people throughout the ages.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429964529
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
A captivating history of one of the world's most iconic and mysterious flowers Bewitched by a lotus which flowered from three-thousandyear- old seeds in his English garden, Mark Griffiths set out to track the origins and significance of this sublime plant in this beautifully-illustrated book. The Lotus Quest takes Griffiths from the headquarters of the Linnaean Society in London to a mountain top in northern Japan. As he travels in search of this ancient flower, Griffiths looks at the lotus's significance in ancient Egypt and India, the plant's medicinal uses and the inspiration it has provided to Western artists. As he tracks the plant, its story unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era with visits to shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes as well as meetings with priests and archaeologists, philosophers and anthropologists, gardeners and botanists, poets and artists. He even dines on the lotus in a Tokyo cafe. By the end of Griffiths' journey, when he reaches the hauntingly beautiful Japanese temple of Chuson-ji, readers will finally understand why the lotus has obsessed people throughout the ages.
Come to The Peak
Author: Shi YueLiuNian
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647876826
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 809
Book Description
He had excellent martial arts qualifications, but his tendon and vein were destroyed by a power struggle, such a person couldn't cultivate. This not only discouraged him and his parents but also made them accept ridicule and satire from others.However, this was not an insurmountable difficulty for the gifted man. After six years of painstaking study. He finally repaired his body and began his training journey.He did not care about the ridicule and sarcasm of those people, he just wanted to reach the peak, to be a top man that no one can match. But the difficulties and obstacles along the way, how can he overcome it?☆About the Author☆Shi Yue Liu Nian, an excellent author of online novels. He has rich experience in novel writing. His novel is fluent in writing and rich in imagination.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647876826
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 809
Book Description
He had excellent martial arts qualifications, but his tendon and vein were destroyed by a power struggle, such a person couldn't cultivate. This not only discouraged him and his parents but also made them accept ridicule and satire from others.However, this was not an insurmountable difficulty for the gifted man. After six years of painstaking study. He finally repaired his body and began his training journey.He did not care about the ridicule and sarcasm of those people, he just wanted to reach the peak, to be a top man that no one can match. But the difficulties and obstacles along the way, how can he overcome it?☆About the Author☆Shi Yue Liu Nian, an excellent author of online novels. He has rich experience in novel writing. His novel is fluent in writing and rich in imagination.
A Paradigm for a Peace Movement
Author: Jude Lal Fernando
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peace
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
"Both the nationalist and liberal paradigms employed respectively by the Simhala Buddhist Sangha and the Christian churches have failed to solve the ethnic as well as Buddhist-Christian tensions, in Sri Lanka. This reflects on the moral failure of Asian Buddhism and Western Christianity. This book explores how the two religious traditions could contribute to an alternative paradigm for peace among diverse groups by transcending the liberal and nationalist models. This alternative paradigm is informed by the peace movement in Vietnam, led by Thich Nhat Hanh, and Civil Rights and peace movement in America, led by Martin Luther King Jr."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peace
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
"Both the nationalist and liberal paradigms employed respectively by the Simhala Buddhist Sangha and the Christian churches have failed to solve the ethnic as well as Buddhist-Christian tensions, in Sri Lanka. This reflects on the moral failure of Asian Buddhism and Western Christianity. This book explores how the two religious traditions could contribute to an alternative paradigm for peace among diverse groups by transcending the liberal and nationalist models. This alternative paradigm is informed by the peace movement in Vietnam, led by Thich Nhat Hanh, and Civil Rights and peace movement in America, led by Martin Luther King Jr."--BOOK JACKET.
Campus Beauty's Genius Master
Author: Fei XiangDeQingWa
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636544266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
A genius abandoning the young, being treated as a servant by a beautiful female student, being stepped on by a tyrant, being bullied by his friends and relatives, being beaten up by his friends for the sake of his friends and being thrown to the ground to die.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636544266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
A genius abandoning the young, being treated as a servant by a beautiful female student, being stepped on by a tyrant, being bullied by his friends and relatives, being beaten up by his friends for the sake of his friends and being thrown to the ground to die.
Legend of Holy Door
Author: Dian ShuiHu
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649556756
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Young Ye Zangming, Green Lotus Pearl. The strong wind blew against the willow tree, neutralizing the irreversible situation; the Fiery Blaze Needle pierced through the gate of rebirth with a faint glow. After entering the World Gate, a beautiful woman appeared within the world tomb. After experiencing life and death several times, she would obtain the benefits of being able to destroy the heavens. On the road of no return, brothers share the same heart, and the true and false know what a hero is. Outside of Cheng City, demons flew in a frenzy, and people kowtowed to become true kings. The Three Gates of Life and Death would swarm over the world, turning the sun and moon into a new song. The Cave of Samsara, surrounded by mountains, had smoke rising from all corners of the world, looked like a painting in the tenth generation, and within the compass formation, four ferocious beasts and a hundred thousand devil soldiers would be reduced to fragments after ten thousand years of enmity. Her beauty was old, and she had no desire for marriage. She could only look forward to dancing with the king for all eternity. Hand-to-hand desire, the crippled king, life does not love, just to join hands to advance the new article. Communicator 476311286 [Wrap]
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649556756
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Young Ye Zangming, Green Lotus Pearl. The strong wind blew against the willow tree, neutralizing the irreversible situation; the Fiery Blaze Needle pierced through the gate of rebirth with a faint glow. After entering the World Gate, a beautiful woman appeared within the world tomb. After experiencing life and death several times, she would obtain the benefits of being able to destroy the heavens. On the road of no return, brothers share the same heart, and the true and false know what a hero is. Outside of Cheng City, demons flew in a frenzy, and people kowtowed to become true kings. The Three Gates of Life and Death would swarm over the world, turning the sun and moon into a new song. The Cave of Samsara, surrounded by mountains, had smoke rising from all corners of the world, looked like a painting in the tenth generation, and within the compass formation, four ferocious beasts and a hundred thousand devil soldiers would be reduced to fragments after ten thousand years of enmity. Her beauty was old, and she had no desire for marriage. She could only look forward to dancing with the king for all eternity. Hand-to-hand desire, the crippled king, life does not love, just to join hands to advance the new article. Communicator 476311286 [Wrap]
The Lotus Eaters
Author: Tom Kratman
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN: 1618247662
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Sometimes paranoia is just a heightened state of awareness. Carrera's won his war, and inflicted a horrific revenge upon his enemies. But there are wars after wars. The Tauran Union is planning an attack. The criminals of neighboring states are already attacking, and threatening to embroil him in a war with the planet's premier power. His only living son is under fire among the windswept mountains of Pashtia. An enemy fleet is hunting his submarines. His organization has been infiltrated by spies. One of the two governments of his adopted country, Balboa, is trying to destroy everything he's built and reinstitute rule by a corrupt oligarchy. Worst of all, perhaps, he, himself, bearing a crushing burden of guilt, isn't quite the man he once was. Fortunately, the man he once was, was lucky enough to marry the right woman . . . . The Lotus Eaters is the direct sequel to A Desert Called Peace and Carnifex. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN: 1618247662
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Sometimes paranoia is just a heightened state of awareness. Carrera's won his war, and inflicted a horrific revenge upon his enemies. But there are wars after wars. The Tauran Union is planning an attack. The criminals of neighboring states are already attacking, and threatening to embroil him in a war with the planet's premier power. His only living son is under fire among the windswept mountains of Pashtia. An enemy fleet is hunting his submarines. His organization has been infiltrated by spies. One of the two governments of his adopted country, Balboa, is trying to destroy everything he's built and reinstitute rule by a corrupt oligarchy. Worst of all, perhaps, he, himself, bearing a crushing burden of guilt, isn't quite the man he once was. Fortunately, the man he once was, was lucky enough to marry the right woman . . . . The Lotus Eaters is the direct sequel to A Desert Called Peace and Carnifex. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Concepts of Nature
Author: Hans Ulrich Vogel
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004185267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Gnnter Dux, Dr. iur., University of Bonn, is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Freiburg University; Germany. He has published mainly on the sociology of culture, sociology of social and cultural change and sociology of politics. --
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004185267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Gnnter Dux, Dr. iur., University of Bonn, is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Freiburg University; Germany. He has published mainly on the sociology of culture, sociology of social and cultural change and sociology of politics. --
Baoan martial arts novels:Lotus Crisis
Author: Baoan Liu
Publisher: Baoan Liu
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 873
Book Description
Publisher: Baoan Liu
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 873
Book Description