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The Hidden Lamp is a collection of 100 koans and stories of Buddhist women from the time of the Buddha to the present day. This revolutionary book brings together many teaching stories that were hidden for centuries, unknown until this volume. These stories are extraordinary expressions of freedom and fearlessness, relevant for men and women of any time or place. In this audio, we meet nuns, laywomen practicing with their families, famous teachers honored by emperors, and old women selling tea on the side of the road.

Introduced with characteristic wit and sympathy by Sloane Crosley, Constant Reader gathers the complete weekly New Yorker reviews that Parker published from October 1927 through November 1928, with gimlet-eyed appreciations of the high and low, from Isadora Duncan to Al Smith, Charles Lindbergh to Little Orphan Annie, Mussolini to Emily Post.

A twenty-one-day challenge is all it takes to get on the path of reversing diabetes Sounds unbelievable? It's true. Based on her revolutionary diabetes reversal programme, Dr Nandita Shah, renowned homeopath and founder-director of SHARAN, elaborately breaks down the real cause of diabetes using...

America’s beloved storyteller will guide and thrill your imagination with these classic tales. Join Gene Edwards as he recounts his favorite stories from more than 50 years of travel and ministry. Considered the “Paul Harvey” of Christian writers, Gene Edwards is one of America’s most...

In Raffles und Miss Blandish untersucht Orwell das gerade in der Bücher- und Filmwelt aufkommende Phänomen des sympathischen Gentleman-Verbrechertyps, der Romantisierung von Kriminalität und die Glorifizierung des Prinzips „Die Macht des Stärkeren". Dabei spielt es keine Rolle, wer die Verbrechen verübt, da der Staat genauso korrupt und kriminell agiert wie das organisierte Verbrechen, also im Prinzip der Erfolg alle Mittel rechtfertigt.

In W B Yeats wird die Literatur des ersten irischen Literatur-Nobelpreisträgers unter die Lupe genommen und dabei festgestellt, dass dessen persönlicher Hang zum Mystischen und Okkulten durchaus in seine schriftlichen Ergüsse einflossen, wobei Orwell als Quintessenz resultiert, dass auffallende Parallelen zwischen eingefleischten Religionsanhängern und Faschisten in Bezug auf den Hang zur Erklärung der Welt durch einfache Antworten besteht.

服が好き。靴が好き。おしゃれが好き。anan人気連載、待望の書籍化！------人生なんとかなる。お金だってなんとかなる。欲しいものは、どんなことをしたって手に入れる----“この頃はパックもよく買う。

頭の中はいつもトキメキでいっぱい。母校の理事長として、作家として、おしゃれも美食も美容も。毎日毎日、本当に忙しい私。前だって忙しかったけれども、母校の理事長に決まってからその忙しさが二倍になった。

Jonathan Paul is a 26-year-old Trinbagonian author currently living in San Francisco, California. Born and raised on the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, he grew up thoroughly enjoying the creative and performing arts: writing essays, performing poetry, acting, and playing the alto saxophone. He left Trinidad and Tobago with an Open Scholarship for his performance in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations and attended Amherst College where he double majored in Mathematics and Psychology.

Becoming a father can be one of the most profoundly terrifying, exhilarating, life-changing occasions in a man’s life. Now 22 of today’s masterful writers get straight to the heart of modern fatherhood in this incomparable collection of thought-provoking essays.

酸いも甘いも噛み分けておしゃれはあきらめない"いろいろなことがあってダイエットからは遠ざかり、顔がひとまわり大きくなったような。なんとか努力して、少しはマシになりたいものである。そのためにも女子力を上げなくてはならない。女子力がいちばん上がるのは、もちろん恋愛であるが、このトシでヒトヅマの私には到底無理な話。そうかといって、ことさら推したい芸能人もいない。

楽しい時間は向こうからはやって来ない。掴みに行くの。めいっぱいおしゃれしてね。書き下ろしの仕事のため、青山に出来たばかりのおしゃれなホテルに自主“カンヅメ"したり、NHK朝の看板番組に出演したり。

50代になったイチダさんが「はたとわかった」これからの人生を豊かにする40のこと「この本では、50代の今の私が『わかった』ことを、20代だった私に語りかける形で綴ってみました。私と同世代の方には『そうそう！』と共感していただけるかもしれません。20代、30代のまだ惑いの中にいる方には、不安や悩みを少し和らげるちょっとしたヒントになるかもしれません。」（はじめにより）

The Amputee’s Guide to Jules Verne is a listener's guide to every novel Jules Verne wrote; in that respect alone, there is no other book like it on the market. But it’s more than that. Nick DiMartino has included several essays evaluating Verne’s overall approach as a writer and the values embodied in his work. He has included as well a number of deeply personal essays about his struggles with the loneliness, pain, and lack of mobility that came with being an amputee.

Part of BBC Radio 3's 'The Essay' strand, The Book That Changed Me features writers, academics and other eminent professionals discussing the literary works that have had the greatest impact on their lives. Absorbing and enlightening, this entertaining collection sheds new light on the intellectual lives of a host of famous names, and celebrates the transformative power of literature.

Kiss Tomorrow Hello brings together the experiences and reflections of women as they embark on a new stage of life. The 25 stellar writers gathered here explore a wide range of concerns, including keeping love and sex alive, discovering family secrets, negotiating the demands of illness and infertility, letting children go, making peace with parents, and contemplating plastic surgery. The tales are true, the confessions candid, and the humor infectious.

The compilation audiobook featuring Tom Bodett's most beloved stories...

A lo largo de la historia, algunos libros han cambiado el mundo. Han transformado la manera en que nos vemos a nosotros mismos y a los demás. Han inspirado el debate, la discordia, la guerra y la revolución. Han iluminado, indignado, provocado y consolado. Han enriquecido vidas, y también las han destruido.

世界24カ国で5000人に本格手打ち讃岐うどんを振る舞った「世界を旅するうどん屋」とはどういう生き方なのか？を綴った自伝。