Upanishads are mankind's oldest works of philosophy, predating the earliest Greek philosophy. They are the concluding part of the Vedas, the ancient Indian sacred literature, and mark the culmination of a tradition of speculative thought first expressed in the Rig-Veda more than 4000 years ago. Remarkable for their meditative depth, spirit of doubt and intellectual honesty, the Upanishads are concerned with the knowledge of the Brahman, the Ultimate Reality, and Man's relationship with it. The name Upanishad is derived from the face-to-face mode of imparting knowledge - in the utmost sanctity and secrecy, to prevent its trivialisation or perversion. Composed in Sanskrit between 900 and 600 BC, the Upanishads presented here are by far the oldest and most important of those that exist. Twelve were first translated more than a hundred years ago, and have been extensively revised and edited. The thirteenth is an entirely new translation by Suren Navlakha.
St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, buteveryone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat andhatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn hasmasterminded a brilliant terrorist act -- the seizure of SaintPatrick's Cathedral. Among his hostages: the woman Brian Flynn onceloved, a former terrorist turned peace activist. Among his enemies:an Irish-American police lieutenant fighting against a traitorinside his own ranks and a shadowy British intelligence officerpursuing his own cynical, bloody plan. The cops face abooby-trapped, perfectly laid out killing zone inside the church.The hostages face death. Flynn faces his own demons, in anelectrifying duel of nerves, honor, and betrayal....
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Who were the Twelve Tribes? What actually happened at the LastSupper? Many people are familiar with the Bible, but few have readit in depth let alone in its entirety. Reverend Doctor MichaelHinton bridges the gap with this pocket-sized, modern summary,distilling the essential elements from Creation to Revelation intoan accessible page-turner for today's time-pressed reader. Aninstant best-seller in Great Britain and translated into manylanguages, this 100-minute read covers all of the decisive momentsand influential characters in short, straightforward chapters. Thisnew way of looking at the Bible and the story of Christianity isthe perfect companion for the airplane, bedtime, or the dailycommute.
When a preacher with a message of hope for the homeless isfound brutally executed, reporter Cindy Thomas knows the storycould be huge . Probing deeper into the victim's history, shediscovers he may not have been as saintly as everyonethought... Rich, beautiful, and powerful, Isa and Ethan Bailey were livingin the spotlight as San Francisco's perfect couple--until they arefound dead in their luxurious home. As the hunt for two criminals tests the skills of the entireWomen's Murder Club, sparks begin to fly between Detective LindsayBoxer and her partner, Rich Conklin, making it difficult to stayfocused on the case. The electrifying new chapter in the Women'sMurder Club series, THE 8TH CONFESSION serves up the mile-a-minutetwists that only James Patterson can deliver.
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John Worth is a painter with a genuine calling,and a real gift.But he seems in some sense subdued,His radical girlfriend has a ready diagnosis:she tells him that his work will never come to more than decoration if he does not infuse it with social meaning,political meaning Because she in a substantial person he has to consider what she says,and it hurts-he's just not the man for the job.Stubbornly,instinctive-ly,worth resists. His life becomes disordered,unhappy.But somehow,ion his trouble and loneliness,he finds himself breaking new ground,He has always been workmanlike and steady.Now he works endlessly,with a pertinactiy that look like rage,as he begins to see h8is way.And as his art changes,his life is not spared the accidents of mortality,His girl leaves him,a good friend has a breakdown and kills himself.But within a year a big London exhibition of his work is arranged,the precocious climacteric of his life and art-bes expressed in the violent shock of one large canvas,a modern Christ's entry int
