Author: Elizabeth Kadetsky
Publisher: C&r Press
ISBN: 9781936196432
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fiction. An Italian soul-seeker in India encounters an antique racist toy-bank from 19th-Century America and believes it to be an incarnation of Krishna. A fertility-seeking single woman in New York's Chinatown becomes fixated on a Chinese boy and plots a kidnap. An American archaeologist suffers from under-medicated bipolar disease after the 1976 earthquake in Guatemala. A New Yorker interprets the small earthquake of 2011 as a sign of conspiracy, and her obsession masks feelings of grief surrounding the disappearance of her self-destructive twin sister. Following the existential mystery of Paul Auster, Paul Bowles' critique of the tourist, and Flannery O'Connor's redemptive grotesques, Kadetsky adds a sharp and nuanced voice to the short story, calling upon her extensive travels abroad and study of languages for a portrayal of innocents often caught in the tangles of global alliance and discord. "This thought- provoking collection explores the variety of ways that we seek personal and spiritual connections—and the ways that we can poison ourselves and others in our quests. Elizabeth Kadetsky is a writer of keen insight and graceful prose."—Dan Chaon "Elizabeth Kadetsky deftly constructs fully realized places—some foreign, some familiar—and fully realized characters—some of them more like us than we'd like to admit. She tugs gently on these places and people until she finds their loose strings, and begins spooling out quiet strands of damage or dread. Before you know it, the dread is your own. These stories sneak up on you, hijack you, and before you know it, it's too late. A stunning first collection."—Brian Evenson
The Poison that Purifies You
Author: Elizabeth Kadetsky
Publisher: C&r Press
ISBN: 9781936196432
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fiction. An Italian soul-seeker in India encounters an antique racist toy-bank from 19th-Century America and believes it to be an incarnation of Krishna. A fertility-seeking single woman in New York's Chinatown becomes fixated on a Chinese boy and plots a kidnap. An American archaeologist suffers from under-medicated bipolar disease after the 1976 earthquake in Guatemala. A New Yorker interprets the small earthquake of 2011 as a sign of conspiracy, and her obsession masks feelings of grief surrounding the disappearance of her self-destructive twin sister. Following the existential mystery of Paul Auster, Paul Bowles' critique of the tourist, and Flannery O'Connor's redemptive grotesques, Kadetsky adds a sharp and nuanced voice to the short story, calling upon her extensive travels abroad and study of languages for a portrayal of innocents often caught in the tangles of global alliance and discord. "This thought- provoking collection explores the variety of ways that we seek personal and spiritual connections—and the ways that we can poison ourselves and others in our quests. Elizabeth Kadetsky is a writer of keen insight and graceful prose."—Dan Chaon "Elizabeth Kadetsky deftly constructs fully realized places—some foreign, some familiar—and fully realized characters—some of them more like us than we'd like to admit. She tugs gently on these places and people until she finds their loose strings, and begins spooling out quiet strands of damage or dread. Before you know it, the dread is your own. These stories sneak up on you, hijack you, and before you know it, it's too late. A stunning first collection."—Brian Evenson
Publisher: C&r Press
ISBN: 9781936196432
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fiction. An Italian soul-seeker in India encounters an antique racist toy-bank from 19th-Century America and believes it to be an incarnation of Krishna. A fertility-seeking single woman in New York's Chinatown becomes fixated on a Chinese boy and plots a kidnap. An American archaeologist suffers from under-medicated bipolar disease after the 1976 earthquake in Guatemala. A New Yorker interprets the small earthquake of 2011 as a sign of conspiracy, and her obsession masks feelings of grief surrounding the disappearance of her self-destructive twin sister. Following the existential mystery of Paul Auster, Paul Bowles' critique of the tourist, and Flannery O'Connor's redemptive grotesques, Kadetsky adds a sharp and nuanced voice to the short story, calling upon her extensive travels abroad and study of languages for a portrayal of innocents often caught in the tangles of global alliance and discord. "This thought- provoking collection explores the variety of ways that we seek personal and spiritual connections—and the ways that we can poison ourselves and others in our quests. Elizabeth Kadetsky is a writer of keen insight and graceful prose."—Dan Chaon "Elizabeth Kadetsky deftly constructs fully realized places—some foreign, some familiar—and fully realized characters—some of them more like us than we'd like to admit. She tugs gently on these places and people until she finds their loose strings, and begins spooling out quiet strands of damage or dread. Before you know it, the dread is your own. These stories sneak up on you, hijack you, and before you know it, it's too late. A stunning first collection."—Brian Evenson
Teachings from the Vajrasattva Retreat
Author: Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN: 1891868713
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
This book is an edited transcript of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings at a three-month Vajrasattva retreat held at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California, from February 1 to April 30, 1999.
Publisher: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN: 1891868713
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
This book is an edited transcript of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings at a three-month Vajrasattva retreat held at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California, from February 1 to April 30, 1999.
Going Om
Author: Melissa Carroll
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1936740982
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
With candid, witty, and compelling experiences of yoga from renowned memoirists, including Cheryl Strayed (author of the number-one New York Times bestseller Wild), Claire Dederer (author of national bestseller Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses), Dinty W. Moore (author of The Accidental Buddhist), Neal Pollack (author of Stretch: The Making of a Yoga Dude) and many others, Going Om shares a range of observations about this popular practice. Unlike books on yoga that provide instruction on technique, Going Om is a unique collection of personal narratives from celebrated authors. This anthology of original material values the quality of writing over the authors’ flexibility. Ira Sukrungruang shares his heartbreaking struggle as a 375 pound yoga student discovering self-worth on his mat; Gloria Munoz explores the practice of stillness with lyrical elegance in the midst of her busy mind; Neal Pollack’s signature sarcasm leads to surprising turns at yoga class with his dad; Elizabeth Kadetsky uses yogic wisdom while coping with her mother’s devastating Alzheimer’s.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1936740982
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
With candid, witty, and compelling experiences of yoga from renowned memoirists, including Cheryl Strayed (author of the number-one New York Times bestseller Wild), Claire Dederer (author of national bestseller Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses), Dinty W. Moore (author of The Accidental Buddhist), Neal Pollack (author of Stretch: The Making of a Yoga Dude) and many others, Going Om shares a range of observations about this popular practice. Unlike books on yoga that provide instruction on technique, Going Om is a unique collection of personal narratives from celebrated authors. This anthology of original material values the quality of writing over the authors’ flexibility. Ira Sukrungruang shares his heartbreaking struggle as a 375 pound yoga student discovering self-worth on his mat; Gloria Munoz explores the practice of stillness with lyrical elegance in the midst of her busy mind; Neal Pollack’s signature sarcasm leads to surprising turns at yoga class with his dad; Elizabeth Kadetsky uses yogic wisdom while coping with her mother’s devastating Alzheimer’s.
Body Purification
Author: Brown Landone
Publisher: Health Research Books
ISBN: 9780787311322
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
A course of 13 lessons. Contents: Purify or die; Body purification the savior of the human body; its is bloat which makes people stout and fat; Be thou clean; Body transformation; Body purification; the bath that gives you three extra hours of life each.
Publisher: Health Research Books
ISBN: 9780787311322
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
A course of 13 lessons. Contents: Purify or die; Body purification the savior of the human body; its is bloat which makes people stout and fat; Be thou clean; Body transformation; Body purification; the bath that gives you three extra hours of life each.
Food and Drugs Act, Notices of Judgement
Author: United States. Food and Drug Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1314
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1314
Book Description
Imagine the Angels of Bread
Author: Martín Espada
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393039160
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
A collection of poems touches subjects ranging from childhood memories, and experiences at work, to poems that examine political persecution
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393039160
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
A collection of poems touches subjects ranging from childhood memories, and experiences at work, to poems that examine political persecution
Abiding in the Retreat
Author: Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN: 1891868705
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Nyung nä means “abiding in the retreat.” In other words, you are retreating from negative karmas of body, speech and mind. When you hear, say or think of the word “nyung nä” don’t think only of fasting, of the physical practices involved. Don’t think a nyung nä is only about not eating—there is a much vaster meaning to think about. Doing a nyung nä means your body is abiding in retreat, your speech is abiding in retreat and your mind is abiding in retreat. The essential meaning of retreat is retreat from nonvirtuous actions of body, speech and mind. Abstaining from negative karmas that harm others is the fundamental tantric practice. - Lama Zopa Rinpoche Abiding in the Retreat is a commentary to a nyung nä sadhana composed by Kälzang Gyatso, the Seventh Dalai Lama. Nyung nä is an intensive two-day retreat that combines meditation on Thousand-Arm Chenrezig and recitation of Chenrezig’s mantra, OM MANI PADME HUM, with prostrations, fasting and silence. In this book, editor Ven. Ailsa Cameron has skillfully combined teachings on nyung nä practice given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche from 1984 through to 2009. The book contains the benefits of nyung nä retreat and of various practices within the retreat, stories of Chenrezig, Bhikshuni Lakshmi and the lineage lamas, and actual instructions on how to do a nyung nä. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery, multimedia titles and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website at http://www.LamaYeshe.com.
Publisher: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN: 1891868705
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Nyung nä means “abiding in the retreat.” In other words, you are retreating from negative karmas of body, speech and mind. When you hear, say or think of the word “nyung nä” don’t think only of fasting, of the physical practices involved. Don’t think a nyung nä is only about not eating—there is a much vaster meaning to think about. Doing a nyung nä means your body is abiding in retreat, your speech is abiding in retreat and your mind is abiding in retreat. The essential meaning of retreat is retreat from nonvirtuous actions of body, speech and mind. Abstaining from negative karmas that harm others is the fundamental tantric practice. - Lama Zopa Rinpoche Abiding in the Retreat is a commentary to a nyung nä sadhana composed by Kälzang Gyatso, the Seventh Dalai Lama. Nyung nä is an intensive two-day retreat that combines meditation on Thousand-Arm Chenrezig and recitation of Chenrezig’s mantra, OM MANI PADME HUM, with prostrations, fasting and silence. In this book, editor Ven. Ailsa Cameron has skillfully combined teachings on nyung nä practice given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche from 1984 through to 2009. The book contains the benefits of nyung nä retreat and of various practices within the retreat, stories of Chenrezig, Bhikshuni Lakshmi and the lineage lamas, and actual instructions on how to do a nyung nä. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery, multimedia titles and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website at http://www.LamaYeshe.com.
Encyclopedia of the American Short Story
Author: Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher: Infobase Learning
ISBN: 1438140754
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3225
Book Description
Two-volume set that presents an introduction to American short fiction from the 19th century to the present.
Publisher: Infobase Learning
ISBN: 1438140754
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3225
Book Description
Two-volume set that presents an introduction to American short fiction from the 19th century to the present.
Infraction -- Getting Even
Author: Ken Lord
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847289401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Here are two serial killers, each wishing to settle a score. Meet Wilberforce Duggie Hansen, at odds with a mother who is a domineering drunk and has a bias against the gay friends her son wishes to bring home. She arranges never to have to confront the question again. There's Marty Syrzinski, a Navy Seal dropout with a temper, who goes on a murder spree just because he can. There are eight victims, with nothing unique about them except that they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. There are also two bank robbers, freshly released from an Oregon prison, on their way to Reno. A zip gun, a poisonous snake, a firebombing, stolen dynamite, an explosion, and three funerals-all within two weeks. Share the Chief's second mystery. Visit him and his new love; banter with the city's gadfly, Doris Odland; listen to the City's Mayor McCheese; and watch the antics of the Reverend Amos Wilson as he puts on a Northwesterner's version of a New Orleans funeral.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847289401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Here are two serial killers, each wishing to settle a score. Meet Wilberforce Duggie Hansen, at odds with a mother who is a domineering drunk and has a bias against the gay friends her son wishes to bring home. She arranges never to have to confront the question again. There's Marty Syrzinski, a Navy Seal dropout with a temper, who goes on a murder spree just because he can. There are eight victims, with nothing unique about them except that they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. There are also two bank robbers, freshly released from an Oregon prison, on their way to Reno. A zip gun, a poisonous snake, a firebombing, stolen dynamite, an explosion, and three funerals-all within two weeks. Share the Chief's second mystery. Visit him and his new love; banter with the city's gadfly, Doris Odland; listen to the City's Mayor McCheese; and watch the antics of the Reverend Amos Wilson as he puts on a Northwesterner's version of a New Orleans funeral.
The Teachings of Hasidism
Author: Joseph Dan
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
ISBN: 9780874412239
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
ISBN: 9780874412239
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description