Sleepy Lion And Dark Lotus

Author : Alastair Macleod
Publisher : BookRix
ISBN 13 : 373091121X
Total Pages : 9 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sleepy Lion and Dark Lotus written by Alastair Macleod and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "the Chinese empire was vast and so was the Chinese army. In Bejing the Imperial Palace was enormous with many rooms, for the royal court,for courtiers, cooks and servants. But the emperor had enemies. When you rule a country you cannot please everybody, some are disgruntled because the taxes are too high others because their part of China had been conquered by the emperor in the past. To protect against these enemies the emperor had many guards both outside and inside the palace- trained men, well armed and alert. You would not imagine if you saw him in his living quarters with the empress that the emperor was in any danger"

Author : Priya Sarukkai Chabria
Publisher : Zubaan
ISBN 13 : 9385932004
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Andal written by Priya Sarukkai Chabria and published by Zubaan. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ninth century Tamil poet and founding saint Andal is believed to have been found as a baby underneath a holy basil plant in the temple garden of Srivilliputhur. As a young woman she fell deeply in love with Lord Vishnu, composing fervent poems and songs in his honour and, according to custom, eventually marrying the god himself. The Autobiography of a Goddess is Andal's entire corpus, composed before her marriage to Vishnu, and it cements her status as the South Indian corollary to Mirabai, the saint and devotee of Sri Krishna. The collection includes Tiruppavai, a song still popular in congregational worship, thirty pasuram (stanzas) sung before Lord Vishnu, and the less-translated, rapturously erotic Nacchiyar Tirumoli. Priya Sarrukai Chabria and Ravi Shankar employ a radical method in this translation, breathing new life into this rich classical and spiritual verse by rendering Andal in a contemporary poetic idiom in English. Many of Andal's pieces are translated collaboratively; others individually and separately. The two approaches are brought together, presenting a richly layered reading of these much-loved classic Tamil poems and songs.

Author : Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Publisher : Rangjung Yeshe Publications
ISBN 13 : 9789627341390
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book As it is written by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and published by Rangjung Yeshe Publications. This book was released on 2004-05-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection of teachings presented in As It Is, Volume II, is selected from talks given by the Tibetan meditation master, Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche between 1994 and 1995. The emphasis in Volume I was on the development stage practice and in Volume II primarily on the completion stage. However, to make such divisions is merely for the convenience of the editors. In the reality of Rinpoche's teaching method, no such separations exist. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was someone with extra¬ordinary experience and realization, a fact known throughout the world. It is evident to everyone that he was unlike anyone else when it came to pointing out the nature of mind, and making sure that people both recognized it and had some actual experience. --Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was an incredible master, both learned and ac¬complished. The great masters of this time -- the 16th Karmapa, Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche -- all venerated him as one of their root gurus and a jewel in their crown or¬nament. He was someone who achieved the final realization of the Great Perfection. --Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that sentient beings are busy fabricating. Our self-existing wakefulness is being altered and contrived and as long as it continues to be so, that long we will wander in samsara. Instead, we need to recognize the nature of mind. Here I am explaining this to give you the idea, of how it is. The next step is for you to experience; intellectual understanding is not enough. You need to actually taste it and realize it. Train till it becomes uninterrupted. --Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Author : Thanhha Lai
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702251178
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside Out & Back Again written by Thanhha Lai and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.

Author : John Hodgman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101653507
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book That Is All written by John Hodgman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Hodgman—bestselling author, The Daily Show's "Resident Expert," minor television celebrity, and deranged millionaire—brings us the third and final installment in his trilogy of Complete World Knowledge. In 2005, Dutton published The Areas of My Expertise, a handy little book of Complete World Knowledge, marked by the distinction that all of the fascinating trivia and amazing true facts were completely made up by its author, John Hodgman. At the time, Hodgman was merely a former literary agent and occasional scribbler of fake trivia. In short: a nobody. But during an interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, an incredible transformation occurred. He became a famous minor television personality. You may ask: During his whirlwind tornado ride through the high ether of minor fame and outrageous fortune, did John Hodgman forget how to write books of fake trivia? The answer is: Yes. Briefly. But soon, he remembered! And so he returned, crashing his Kansas farmhouse down upon the wicked witch of ignorance with More Information Than You Require, a New York Times bestseller containing even more mesmerizing and essential fake trivia, including seven hundred mole-man names (and their occupations). And now, John Hodgman completes his vision with That Is All, the last book in a trilogy of Complete World Knowledge. Like its predecessors, That Is All compiles incredibly handy made-up facts into brief articles, overlong lists, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes. It picks up exactly where More Information left off—specifically, at page 596—and finally completes COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE. Look out for John Hodgman's latest book, Vacationland, available from Viking in Fall 2017.

Author : Mary Sieber
Publisher : Krause Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780873498241
Total Pages : 916 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Price Guide to Contemporary Collectibles and Limited Editions written by Mary Sieber and published by Krause Publications. This book was released on 2004-07-28 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 9th edition of the Price Guide to Contemporary Collectibles and Limited Editions is the best way to value all of your contemporary, limited edition collectibles and gifts. Book jacket.

Author : Zhang Wei
Publisher : Devneybooks
ISBN 13 : 1304487776
Total Pages : 1704 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soul Devour Stripe written by Zhang Wei and published by Devneybooks. This book was released on with total page 1704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When youth and maturity are combined, it is difficult to tell an intuitive feeling. It may be that her tender face is born with a little cuteness, or a little charm caused by a casual glance at her smart eyes. But now, it seems to be the touch of her lips, a little arrogance

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Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Author : Alan Gevinson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520209640
Total Pages : 1588 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Within Our Gates written by Alan Gevinson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[These volumes] are endlessly absorbing as an excursion into cultural history and national memory."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Author : Johann Jakob Meyer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136889132
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexual Life In Ancient India V2 written by Johann Jakob Meyer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005. This is book attempts to give a true and vivid account of the life of woman in ancient India, based upon the immense masses of material imbedded in the two great Epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.