In seventh-century China a young girl from the humble Wu clan entered the imperial gynaecium, housing ten thousand concubines. Inside the Forbidden City, she witnessed seductions, plots, murders, and brazen acts of treason - but shrewdly masterminded her way to the ultimate position of power. From there she instigated positive reforms in ...
"The Life Divine" explores for the modern mind the great streams of Indian metaphysical thought, reconciling the truths behind each, and, from this synthesis, extends in terms of consciousness the concept of evolution.
Set in Japanese occupied Manchuria in the 1930s, The Girl Who Played Go is harsher, more shocking than Balzac, a timeless tale of love and war reflected in the age-old game of go. In the Place of a Thousand Winds, snow falls as a sixteen-year-old Chinese girl beats all-comers at the game of go. One of her opponents is a young Japanese officer of ...
The creation, fall, and salvation of man are among the themes treated in this storybook for children, written in a way that will be comprehensible and appealing to their young minds.
Beginning with Alexander's childhood in Macedonia with his abusive father, tyrannical King Philip and his overbearing mother Olympias - educated by Aristotle and trained in the military training - he develops the fierce character, strength, and ambition to overthrow his abusive father and take the crown. Meanwhile, in the wilds of the Siberian ...
In this epic spiritual poem, Sri Aurobindo reveals his vision of mankind's destiny within the universal evolution. He sets forth the optimistic view that life on earth has a purpose, and he places our travail within the context of this purpose: to participate in the evolution of consciousness that represents the secret thread behind life on Earth.
Who will overthrow the Imam? Who will defeat the oppression, the tyranny, the injustice and the killings?...Then, who is the Imam? Is he the man, the male, the father, the husband, the ruler, the leader? Bint Allah (the Daughter of God), a beautiful illegitimate girl, a child of sin, looked down upon by those around her, is falsely accused by the ...
Sri Aurobindo breaks new ground in interpreting the ancient Vedas. His deeper insight into this came from his own spiritual practices for which he found vivid allegorical descriptions in the Vedas. The hidden meaning of the rig Veda revealed with numerous translations and commentary.
Celebrate the gift of love with poems by Butcher and Steele and the winsome Precious Moments waifs. Tender sentiments and wide-eyed wonder combine to make this little book a gentle reminder of the joy of love. Full-color illustrations.
Contained here are selected daily teachings that were originally circulated among the members of the Lotus Sangha of World Social Buddhism - a community of several thousand practisioners living and working primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia - and of which Great Dharma Master Ji Kwang is the "Chung Chong", or Supreme Matriarch. These daily ...
"Like all folk tales they mirror the child life of the world. There is in them a note of wild, strange music...I have read them with exquisite pleasure." - Helen Keller. "The legends are told in an easy, engaging style with a certain dramatic power." - Agnes M. Picotte, University of South Dakota. Early in the century a magnificent Sioux woman ...
This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing an innovative and important account of how material culture is used in the construction of gender. Throughout this lively and accessible text, Sorensen engages with the question of how gender is materially constituted, and examines the intersection of social ...
The global economy is changing business practices: organizations now fail or succeed based upon their ability to respond quickly to changing customer demands and to utilize new technological innovations. The advantage goes to the firm that can offer greater varieties of new products with higher performance and greater overall appeal. To be ...
An unprecedented wealth of data is being generated by genome sequencing projects and other experimental efforts to determine the structure and function of biological molecules. The demands and opportunities for interpreting these data are expanding rapidly. Bioinformatics is the development and application of computer methods for management, ...
Profound Thoughts and Aphorisms on the paths of Knowledge, Works and Devotion. Truths expressed in succinct sentences for contemplation and meditation.
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Precious Moments of Celebration
by
Helen Steiner Rice, Samuel J Butcher, (Sa (Illustrator)
