Here is the unparalleled account of the most awesome and awfulchapter in the moral history of humanity. Lucid, chilling andcomprehensive, Lucy S. Dawidowicz’s classic tells the completestory of the Nazi Holocaust–from the insidious evolution of GermanAnti-Semitism to the ultimate tragedy of the Final Solution.
The I Ching (pronounced ee-ching) is the oldest and mostrespected oracle or divinatory system in the world. There arecurrently two translations available which offer somewhatconflicting interpretations - the popular Confucian version and anearlier Taoist version called Zhouyi. Reconstructed bytwentieth-century scholars and archaeologists, Zhouyi presents thehighly imaginative world of myth and ritual that is the hidden baseof thousands of years of Eastern thought. Now, for the first timeever, Stephen Karcher fuses these two traditions using modernscholarship and archaeological and linguistic research, along witha wide background in Eastern philosophy and comparative religion,and presents them to the modern Western reader in a comprehensiveand accessible new form. TOTAL I CHING is a complete oracle withinstruction for immediate use in all life situations, but is alsothe first translation to detail the mythology of the divinatorysystem, offering a revolutionary new approach to the world's oldestwisdom tr
Raja and Nilu are fated to fall in love. They both have been abandoned—he through his mother’s suicide inthe public pond, she through her mother’s constant escape intodrink. He has grown up on the streets, she in a crumbling mansion.And yet, they find each other, again and again. First when they arechildren. Then when they are young lovers. And finally after theyboth fear they have lost their marriage. But the events of thepast, even those we are ignorant of, inevitably haunt the present.And Raja and Nilu’s story is not only their own. Using Nepal’s political upheavals as a backdrop to demonstratehow we are irreparably connected to past and home, Buddha’s Orphansis an engrossing, unconventional love story, a seductive,transporting read, and further evidence that Samrat Upadhyay is oneof our finest writers, thoroughly deserving of his acclaim as “theBuddhist Chekhov” and comparisons to Amitav Ghosh, William Trevor,and Jhumpa Lahiri.
In the same engaging style that has endeared him to readers ofhis bestselling Mindfulness in Plain English, Bhante Gunaratanadelves deeply into each step of the Buddha's most profound teachingon bringing an end to suffering: the noble eightfold path. Withgenerous and specific advice, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness — aForeword magazine Book of the Year Awards finalist — offersskillful ways to handle anger, find right livelihood, and cultivateloving-friendliness in relationships with parents, children, andpartners. It also offers tools to overcome all the mentalhindrances that prevent happiness. Whether you are an experiencedmeditator or someone who's only just beginning to practicemindfulness, this gentle and down-to-earth guide will help youbring the heart of the Buddha's teachings into every aspect of yourlife.
