隐士是中国历史上一个非常独特的文化现象。在那为数众多的历代隐士群体中，纵然也有不少佛、道教的信徒，但他们却主要不是出于宗教信仰而隐居的。他们的隐居，主要是为了实现自我，按自己喜欢的生活方式过自己的生活。他们的隐居，开始也许是出于一种政治态度和政治选择，逐渐就转化、发展成一种生活方式和人生价值追求，并最终趋向一种审美境界和文化追求。在这个过程中，隐士们以自己的种种价值认定、人生实践和文化创造极大地影响了中国的历史文化传统。《适性任情的审美人生：隐逸文化与休闲》对中国古代隐逸文化做了认真地梳理、耙块，并探讨了中国隐逸文化的理想与价值追求、精神。
Raising children ranks as one of life’s most rewardingadventures. Yet between Mom and Dad working full-time jobs, endlesscarpooling of overscheduled youngsters, and the never-endingpressures to buy and consume, family life can beincredibly—needlessly—complex. What if you could find a way tospend more time with your children, replace unnecessary activitieswith meaningful ones, and teach your children an invaluable lifelesson in the process? Living Simply with Children offers arealistic blueprint for zeroing in on the pleasures of familylife: ? How (and why) to live simply and find more time to be with yourchildren ? Activities and rituals that bring out the best in every familymember ? Realistic ways to reclaim your children from corporateAmerica ? Helping children of any age deal with peer pressure ? Raising kids who care about people and the planet ? How to focus on the “good stuff” . . . with less stuff Including sections on limiting television, env
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Each woman has a special spiritual destiny, as unique andinalienable as the rhythms that govern her life. Maria Harristeaches women how to dance to the music of their own souls anddiscover the spiritual steps that can transform their lives.
When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs ofLittle Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she andeight other black students only wanted to make it to class. But thejourney of the “Little Rock Nine,” as they came to be known, wouldlead the nation on an even longer and much more turbulent path, onethat would challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, andforever change the landscape of America. For Carlotta and the eight other children, simply getting throughthe door of this admired academic institution involved angry mobs,racist elected officials, and intervention by President Dwight D.Eisenhower, who was forced to send in the 101st Airborne to escortthe Nine into the building. But entry was simply the first of manytrials. Breaking her silence at last and sharing her story for thefirst time, Carlotta Walls has written an engrossing memoir that isa testament not only to the power of a single person to make adifference but also to the sacrifices made by familie
Juliet Schor breaks a taboo by exposing Americans' shoppinghabits to moral society. Schor disapproves of unfettered privateconsumption, not only because we already use up so much, but alsobecause overspending to bolster a sense of self does not lead tohappiness. Along with her critique, Schor suggests intriguing ideasfor making 'status' goods accessible for all--for example, imposinghigh taxes on expensive items to subsidize lines of affordable'luxury' goods. A firestorm of responses follow from economistRobert Frank and others. The New Democracy Forum is a series of short paperback originalsexploring creative solutions to our most urgent nationalconcerns. "A civic treasure. . . . A truly good idea, carried out withintelligence and panache." --Robert Pinsky
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