friendly letters to the society of friends on some of their

The Illustrated Key to the Tarot

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: de Laurence, L. W., PUBLISHER: Standard Publications, Destiny is not some planed and unchangeable road imposed on life. Tarot, as a system ong>ofong> interpretation, can discover many secrets ong>ofong> your destiny by ong>theong> way ong>ofong> ong>theong> Major and Minor Arcana. Tarot cards can give you an answer ong>toong> almost any question and can uncover solutions ong>toong> ong>theong> problems before you. ong>Theong>y can warn you ong>ofong> dangers or assure you ong>ofong> your decisions. ong>Theong>y are your guide on ong>theong> road ong>ofong> life. Simply present your question and follow ong>theong> rules ong>ofong> ong>theong> tarot ong>toong> find your answer. This book is ong>theong> traditional guide ong>toong> reading ong>theong> tarot. It presents you with ong>theong> meanings ong>ofong> all ong>ofong> ong>theong> cards, even ong>theong>ir specific tricks and pitfalls. It will also show you exactly how ong>toong> lay out ong>theong> cards and ong>theong> exact methods that are best used when divining from your Tarot deck.

Our Children Free & Happy: Letters from Black Settlers in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fyfe, Chrisong>toong>pher, PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press, This is a unique group ong>ofong> previously unpublished ong>lettersong> which are held in manuscript form by ong>theong> British Library, ong>theong> Library ong>ofong> ong>theong> University ong>ofong> Illinois, Chicago, and ong>theong> Public Record ong>Ofong>fice, London. ong>Theong> ong>lettersong> were written by black settlers who had migrated from North America ong>toong> Sierra Leone. ong>Theong>y record an attempt by self-liberated ex-slaves ong>toong> obtain political and land rights, which ong>theong>y felt had been unjustly denied ong>theong>m, using ong>theong>ir literacy in English as a ong>toong>ol. Chrisong>toong>pher Fyfe's introduction explains ong>theong> hisong>toong>rical backgroundong>toong> ong>theong> period. An important supplementary essay by Prong>ofong>essor Charles Jones examines ong>theong> linguistic significance ong>ofong> ong>theong> ong>lettersong>, comparing ong>theong>m with native English ong>lettersong> ong>ofong> ong>theong> period.

Real Love for Real Life: The Art and Work of Caring

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ashworth, Andi, PUBLISHER: Shaw Books, Because we are made in ong>theong> image ong>ofong> a creatively caring God, we reflect his love and concern when we respond ong>toong> ong>theong> distinct calling ong>toong> care for families, neighbors, ong>friendsong>, and communities. As ong>societyong> grows increasingly technological, isolated, and lonely, those who take ong>theong>ir caregiving gifts seriously can fill a tremendous void. In "Real Love for Real Life, " caregivers ong>ofong> all kinds can find ong>theong> help and hope ong>theong>y need ong>toong> fulfill ong>theong>ir calling. Through personal illustrations, timely research, and thoughtful quotations, Andi Ashworth addresses ong>theong> practicalities, philosophies, challenges, and joys ong>ofong> providing care in ong>theong> relationships ong>ofong> home and community-leading readers ong>toong> a greater understanding ong>ofong> ong>theong> value and ong>theong> validity ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir call ong>toong> be caregivers. With ong>theong> encouraging hope and creative insights ong>theong>y'll find in ong>theong>se pages, ong>theong>y can serve oong>theong>rs in more effective, more fulfilling ways-in ong>theong> name ong>ofong> God.

Yesterday When They Were Young: Life in the Dutch Fork

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jones, Elwood, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, 'Yesterday When ong>Theong>y Were Young' is a true magnificent love song>toong>ry from a time and place where ong>theong> men were gallant, ong>theong> women were courageous and marriage was forever. ong>Theong> song>toong>ry is ong>toong>ld through ong>theong> insights ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir ong>lettersong>; his from ong>theong> front lines ong>ofong> ong>theong> war and hers from ong>theong> home front. From ong>theong>ir ong>lettersong> you will relive what ong>theong>y and countless oong>theong>r families went through. You will be able ong>toong> feel ong>theong>ir thoughts through ong>theong>ir words and you will be able ong>toong> feel ong>theong>ir joy through ong>theong>ir smiles, and yes, you will feel ong>theong>ir sadness through ong>theong>ir tears. ong>Theong>ir life was simple but ong>theong>ir love was true. ong>Theong>y had ong>toong> do what ong>theong>y had ong>toong> do

Kim Jong Il on the Juche Philosophy Pyongyang, Korea

Kim Jong Il on ong>theong> Juche Philosophy; Binding: Song>ofong>tcover; Pages:190; Dimensions: 21x15cm Weight:140 grams; Brand: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Korea . Collection ong>ofong> 6 Works ong>ofong> Kim Jong Il On ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy. Includes: - On Some Questions In Understanding ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy - On Correctly Understanding ong>Theong> Originality ong>Ofong> Kimilsungism - On ong>Theong> Juche Idea - On Some Problems On ong>Theong> Ideological Foundations ong>Ofong> Socialism - On Having A Correct Viewpoint And Understanding ong>Ofong> ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy - ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy Is An Original Revolutionary Philosophy. Le tariffe postali sono: - Raccomandata.........€. 5,10 - Piego libri ordinario.........€. 2,10

The Century of Bach and Mozart: Perspectives on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gallagher, Sean / Kelly, Thomas Forrest, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Department ong>ofong> Music, For many ong>toong>day Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stand as ong>toong>wering representatives ong>ofong> European music ong>ofong> ong>theong> eighteenth century, composers whose works reflect intellectual, religious, and aesong>theong>tic trends ong>ofong> ong>theong> period. Research on ong>theong>ir compositions continues in many ways ong>toong> shape our broader understanding ong>ofong> eighteenth-century musical thought and its contexts. This collection ong>ofong> essays by leading authorities in ong>theong> field ong>ofong>fers a variety ong>ofong> new perspectives on ong>theong> two composers, as well as some ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir important contemporaries, Haydn in particular. Addressing ong>toong>pics as diverse as ong>theong> hisong>toong>riography ong>ofong> eighteenth-century music, concepts ong>ofong> time and musical form, ong>theong> idea ong>ofong> ong>theong> musical work and its relation ong>toong> publishing practices, compositional process, and performance practice, ong>theong>se essays ong>toong>geong>theong>r constitute a major contribution ong>toong> eighteenth-century studies. This book had its origin in a conference that ong>toong>ok place at ong>theong> Music Department ong>ofong> Harvard University on September , ong>toong> honor Prong>ofong>essor Chrisong>toong>ph Wolff, Adams University Prong>ofong>essor at Harvard University.

Children During the Holocaust

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heberer, Patricia / Tec, Nechama / Browning, Chrisong>toong>pher R., PUBLISHER: Altamira Press, Children during ong>theong> Holocaust, from ong>theong> United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, tells ong>theong> song>toong>ry ong>ofong> ong>theong> Holocaust through ong>theong> eyes, and fates, ong>ofong> its youngest victims. ong>Theong> ten chapters follow ong>theong> arc ong>ofong> ong>theong> persecuong>toong>ry policies ong>ofong> ong>theong> Nazis and ong>theong>ir sympathizers and ong>theong> impact ong>theong>se measures had on Jewish children and adolescents-from ong>theong> years leading ong>toong> ong>theong> war, ong>toong> ong>theong> roundups, deportations, and emigrations, ong>toong> hidden life and death in ong>theong> ghetong>toong>s and concentration camps, and ong>toong> liberation and coping in ong>theong> wake ong>ofong> war. This volume examines ong>theong> reactions ong>ofong> children ong>toong> discrimination, ong>theong> loss ong>ofong> livelihood in Jewish homes, and ong>theong> public humiliation at ong>theong> hands ong>ofong> fellow citizens and explores ong>theong> ways in which children's experiences paralleled and diverged from ong>theong>ir adult counterparts. Additional chapters reflect upon ong>theong> role ong>ofong> non-Jewish children as victims, perpetraong>toong>rs, and bystanders during World War II. ong>Ofong>fering a collection ong>ofong> personal ong>lettersong>, diaries, court testimonies, government documents, military reports, speeches, newspapers, phoong>toong>graphs, and artwork, Children during ong>theong> Holocaust highlights ong>theong> diversity ong>ofong> children's experiences during ong>theong> nightmare years ong>ofong> ong>theong> Holocaust.

Bagehot: The English Constitution

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bagehot / Smith, Paul / Geuss, Raymond, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is a new and highly accessible rendition ong>ofong> one ong>ofong> ong>theong> classics ong>ofong> English political writing. Paul Smith presents ong>theong> text ong>ofong> ong>theong> first () edition ong>ofong> Bagehot's ong>Theong> English Constitution, ong>toong>geong>theong>r with ong>theong> original conclusion, as well as Bagehot's long introduction ong>toong> ong>theong> second edition ong>ofong> . All ong>theong> usual student-ong>friendlyong> features ong>ofong> ong>theong> Cambridge Texts series are present, including a concise explanaong>toong>ry introduction, select bibliography and brief biographies ong>ofong> key figures, as well as annotation designed ong>toong> explain ong>toong> modern readers some ong>ofong> Bagehot's more arcane contemporary allusions.

Elizabethan Writers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nichell, Charles / Nicholl, Charles, PUBLISHER: National Portrait Gallery, Featuring some ong>ofong> ong>theong> key writers and patrons ong>ofong> ong>theong> period, Charles Nicholl probes ong>theong> uncertain world ong>ofong> Elizabethan England ong>toong> provide fascinating insights inong>toong> ong>theong> lives ong>ofong> some ong>ofong> hisong>toong>ry's greatest writers.

The Duke of Naxos: Of the House of Nasi

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roth, Cecil, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication ong>Societyong> ong>ofong> America, Read ong>theong> song>toong>ry ong>ofong> Joseph Nasi, Duke ong>ofong> Naxos, Lord ong>ofong> Tiberias, a heroic leader who prong>ofong>oundly affected ong>theong> hisong>toong>ry ong>ofong> sixteenth-century Jews ong>ofong> Eastern Europe. A biography based on meticulous research, a study ong>ofong> human character and ong>theong> effect ong>ofong> a hero upon his age.

Between Friends

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Oz, Amos, PUBLISHER: Houghong>toong>n Mifflin Harcourt, In "Between ong>Friendsong>, " Amos Oz returns ong>toong> ong>theong> kibbutz ong>ofong> ong>theong> late s, ong>theong> time and place where his writing began. ong>Theong>se eight interconnected song>toong>ries, set in ong>theong> fictitious Kibbutz Yikhat, draw masterly prong>ofong>iles ong>ofong> idealistic men and women enduring personal hardships in ong>theong> shadow ong>ofong> one ong>ofong> ong>theong> greatest collective dreams ong>ofong> ong>theong> twentieth century. A devoted faong>theong>r who fails ong>toong> challenge his daughter's lover, an old friend, a man his own age; an elderly gardener who carries on his shoulders ong>theong> sorrows ong>ofong> ong>theong> world; a woman writing perversely poignant ong>lettersong> ong>toong> her husband's mistress. Amid this motley group ong>ofong> people, a man named Martin attempts ong>toong> teach everyone Esperanong>toong>. Each ong>ofong> ong>theong>se song>toong>ries is a luminous human and literary study; ong>toong>geong>theong>r ong>theong>y ong>ofong>fer an eloquent portrait ong>ofong> an idea, and ong>ofong> a charged and fascinating epoch. Amos Oz at home. And at his best.

The Second Rescue: The Story of the Spiritual Rescue of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Madsen, Susan Arringong>toong>n, PUBLISHER: Millennial Press, In . President Brigham Young sent rescue teams ong>toong> ong>theong> aid ong>ofong> more than a thousand pioneers who were stranded in winter song>toong>rms on ong>theong> plains. Little did anyone know ong>theong>n ong>ofong> ong>theong> need those faithful Saints would have for a Second Rescue-a spiritual rescue that would begin 135 years later. In , ong>theong> saints ong>ofong> ong>theong> Riverong>toong>n Wyoming Stake embarked on a sacred trek ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir own, a journey filled with miracles and laden with spiritual blessings. ong>Theong> Second Rescue is ong>theong> song>toong>ry ong>ofong> that journey. It tells ong>ofong> faithful people working ong>toong>geong>theong>r ong>toong> provide temple blessings ong>ofong> ong>theong> Willie and Martin handcart pioneers and for ong>theong>ir immediate families. It chronicles ong>theong>ir trials and triumphs in ong>theong>ir efforts ong>toong> build monuments and pave ong>theong> way for oong>theong>rs ong>toong> experience ong>theong> sacred sites associated with ong>theong> handcart prioneers.

Builders and Fighters: U.S. Army Engineers in World War II

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: U. S. Army Corps ong>ofong> Engineers / Fowle, Barry W., PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> ong>theong> Pacific, ong>Theong> Corps ong>ofong> Engineers played an important part in winning World War II. Its work included building and repairing roads, bridges, and airfields; laying and clearing minefields; establishing and destroying obstacles; constructing training camps and oong>theong>r support facilities; building ong>theong> Pentagon; and providing facilities for ong>theong> development ong>ofong> ong>theong> aong>toong>mic bomb. In addition ong>toong> ong>theong>ir construction work, engineers engaged in combat with ong>theong> enemy in ong>theong> Battle ong>ofong> ong>theong> Bulge, on ong>theong> Ledo Road in Burma, in ong>theong> mountains ong>ofong> Italy, and at numerous oong>theong>r locations. Certainly one ong>ofong> ong>theong> highlights ong>ofong> Corps activity during World War II was ong>theong> construction ong>ofong> ong>theong> -mile Alaska Highway, carved out ong>ofong> ong>theong> Canadian and Alaskan wilderness. Builders and Fighters is a series ong>ofong> essays on some ong>ofong> ong>theong> hectic engineer activity during World War II. Veterans ong>ofong> that war should read this book and point with pride ong>toong> ong>theong>ir accomplishments. In it, ong>toong>day's engineers will find furong>theong>r reasons ong>toong> be proud ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir heritage. H. J. Hatch Lieutenant General, USA Chief ong>ofong> Engineers

Stormtrooper

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Drury, Ian, PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing (UK), How ong>theong> German song>toong>rmtroopers developed ong>theong>ir battle winning infantry tactics was a mystery ong>toong> ong>theong> Allies. Far ahead ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir time, ong>theong> tactics and techniques ong>ofong> ong>theong>se elite infantrymen ong>ofong> resembled those used by ong>theong> 2nd Para at Goose Green in . Song>toong>rmtroopers were fit and aggressive, earning distinctions -- and extra rations -- through proven bravery on ong>theong> field, and ong>theong>ir training placed ong>theong> emphasis on individual initiative. This book provides a concise guide ong>toong> an extraordinary group ong>ofong> fighters whose name remained associated with vicong>toong>ry long after ong>theong> German defeat.

A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Manchester, William, PUBLISHER: Back Bay Books, From tales ong>ofong> chivalrous knights ong>toong> ong>theong> barbarity ong>ofong> trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source ong>ofong> awe, horror, and wonder than ong>theong> Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with ong>theong> grace and authority ong>ofong> his extraordinary gift for narrative hisong>toong>ry, William Manchester leads us from a civilization ong>toong>ttering on ong>theong> brink ong>ofong> collapse ong>toong> ong>theong> grandeur ong>ofong> its rebirth-ong>theong> dense explosion ong>ofong> energy that spawned some ong>ofong> hisong>toong>ry's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some ong>ofong> its most spectacular villains- ong>theong> Renaissance.

Things I Wish I'd Known: Cancer Caregivers Speak Out

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cornwall, Deborah J., PUBLISHER: Bardolf & Company, Family caregivers are ong>theong> unsung heroes ong>ofong> ong>theong> life-saving drama that's triggered by a cancer diagnosis. Nearly three quarters ong>ofong> American households will find ong>theong>mselves caring for a cancer patient at one point in ong>theong>ir lives. This book is ong>theong> first ong>toong> capture ong>theong>ir thoughts, feelings, and insights on a large scale. It is based on 86 formal interviews with non-prong>ofong>essional caregivers (some ong>ofong> whom are cancer survivors ong>theong>mselves), covering 107 patients ranging in age from 2 ong>toong> 90 and facing 40 different cancer diagnoses. Practical lessons drawn from caregivers' experiences are intermingled with ong>theong>ir own words ong>toong> forge a compelling narrative intended ong>toong> help both patients and ong>theong>ir family caregivers ong>toong> understand and cope with ong>theong> full range ong>ofong> issues ong>theong>y should anticipate as ong>theong>y fight ong>theong> battle ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir lives.

Songs of Zion: The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Campbell, James T., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Songs ong>ofong> Zion focuses on ong>theong> African Methodist Episcopal Church, black America's oldest and largest independent church. Campbell charts ong>theong> origins and evolution ong>ofong> African American independent churches, arguing that ong>theong> very act ong>ofong> becoming Christian forced black Americans ong>toong> reflect on ong>theong>ir relationship ong>toong> ong>theong>ir ancestral continent. ong>Theong> book ong>theong>n turns ong>toong> South Africa, examining ong>theong> AME Church's entrance and evolution in a series ong>ofong> specific African contexts. ong>Theong> final third ong>ofong> ong>theong> book is devoted ong>toong> what Campbell calls "middle passages," ong>toong> ong>theong> careers ong>ofong> men and women who moved between South Africa and ong>theong> United States in ong>theong> nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Throughout ong>theong> book, Campbell focuses on ong>theong> comparisons that Africans and African Americans ong>theong>mselves drew between ong>theong>ir situations, arguing that ong>theong> transatlantic encounter enabled both groups ong>toong> understand and act upon ong>theong>ir worlds in new ways.

Banjo Playing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hood, Jack B., PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, Sam Song>toong>ne, an Assistant U.S. Atong>toong>rney from Birmingham, Alabama, visits his ex-wife, "Jonesy" Regina Jones Oliveira, in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Some old enemies and criminals try ong>toong> kill him and some new ong>friendsong> and his ex-wife try ong>toong> save him. In his travels, Sam discovers some new life lessons about telling ong>theong> truth, some old and new banjo tunings, and some unusual codes. He also learns ong>theong> song>toong>ry ong>ofong> a fleeing Confederate's gift ong>ofong> gold ong>toong> a young Confederado who settled in Americana, Brazil, in ong>theong> mid-'s and became a veteran ong>ofong> ong>theong> War ong>ofong> ong>theong> Triple Alliance.

Violence and Culture in the Antebellum South

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bruce, Jr. Dickson D. / Bruce, Dickson D., PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Texas Press, This provocative book draws from a variety ong>ofong> sources--literature, politics, folklore, social hisong>toong>ry--ong>toong> attempt ong>toong> set Souong>theong>rn beliefs about violence in a cultural context. According ong>toong> Dickson D. Bruce, ong>theong> control ong>ofong> violence was a central concern ong>ofong> antebellum Souong>theong>rners. Using contemporary sources, Bruce describes Souong>theong>rners' attitudes as illustrated in ong>theong>ir duels, hunting, and ong>theong> rheong>toong>ric ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir politicians. He views antebellum Souong>theong>rners as pessimistic and deeply distrustful ong>ofong> social relationships and demonstrates how this world view impelled ong>theong>ir reliance on formal controls ong>toong> regularize human interaction. ong>Theong> attitudes ong>toong>ward violence ong>ofong> masters, slaves, and "plain-folk"--ong>theong> three major social groups ong>ofong> ong>theong> period--are differentiated, and ong>lettersong> and family papers are used ong>toong> illustrate how Souong>theong>rn child-rearing practices contributed ong>toong> attitudes ong>toong>ward violence in ong>theong> region. ong>Theong> final chapter treats Edgar Allan Poe as a writer who epiong>toong>mized ong>theong> attitudes ong>ofong> many Souong>theong>rners before ong>theong> Civil War.

The Water Hole

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Base, Graeme, PUBLISHER: Puffin Books, In ong>theong> tradition ong>ofong> his best-selling alphabet book, Animalia, author and illustraong>toong>r Graeme Base takes young readers on an exhilarating journey ong>ofong> discovery with an ingenious fusion ong>ofong> counting book, puzzle book, song>toong>rybook, and art book. From ong>theong> plains ong>ofong> Africa and ong>theong> jungles ong>ofong> ong>theong> Amazon ong>toong> ong>theong> woodlands ong>ofong> North America and ong>theong> deserts ong>ofong> outback Australia, ong>theong> animals come ong>toong>geong>theong>r ong>toong> drink from ong>theong> water hole. But ong>theong>ir water supply is diminishing. Whatas going on? Each sumptuous landscape illustration conceals hidden animal pictures for readers ong>toong> find as ong>theong>y count ong>theong> animals that visit ong>theong> water hole and try ong>toong> solve ong>theong> mystery: will ong>theong> animals come back or is ong>theong>ir water source gone forever?

The Sinking of the Princess Sophia: Taking the North Down

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Coates, Ken / Morrison, William, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, On Ocong>toong>ber , ong>theong> Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Sophia left Skagway, Alaska, on its last run ong>ofong> ong>theong> season ong>toong> Vancouver, Vicong>toong>ria, and Seattle. A song>toong>rm rose and at 2 a.m. it ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef. Rescue vessels were quickly assembled, but ong>theong> song>toong>rm worsened and ong>theong>y were forced ong>toong> take shelter ong>theong>mselves. By ong>theong> following morning, ong>theong> Princess Sophia had sunk ong>toong> ong>theong> botong>toong>m ong>ofong> ong>theong> Lynn Canal, taking all ong>ofong> its passengers--a significant cross-section ong>ofong> ong>theong> population ong>ofong> ong>theong> Yukon and Alaska--with it. This volume examines ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> this loss on a ong>societyong> that, with ong>theong> end ong>ofong> ong>theong> gold rush, was already in decline.

Nation Building and Develoment Assistance in Africa:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ishikawa, Kaoru, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, Sub-Saharan Africa seems ong>toong> be forgotten in ong>theong> post-cold war era. But Kaoru Ishikawa's analysis ong>ofong> Africa's hisong>toong>ry and its political and economic development suggests that a brighter future is in prospect for ong>theong> nations ong>ofong> Africa. ong>Theong> African nations hosted dynamic societies prior ong>toong> ong>theong> slave trade era, and many ong>ofong> ong>theong> obstacles ong>toong> ong>theong>ir future prosperity and dynamism have been removed. ong>Theong> focus ong>ofong> ong>theong> book is on how African countries and ong>theong> international community beyond Africa can work ong>toong>geong>theong>r ong>toong> realize this potential and build on recent improvements, notably in health and ong>theong> position ong>ofong> women in ong>societyong>. ong>Theong> ability ong>ofong> South Africa--no longer an international pariah--ong>toong> be a locomotive for growth is assessed.

Early Years of Adventure, Letters & Journals (The L. Ron

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Based on ong>theong> Works ong>ofong> L. Ron Hubbard, PUBLISHER: Bridge Publications, Inc., Here is a young L. Ron Hubbard as revealed through a rare assemblage ong>ofong> ong>lettersong>, journals and phoong>toong>graphs--from ong>theong>n remote hinterlands ong>ofong> Caribbean isles, ong>toong> his captivating voyages across ong>theong> Pacific. Also included are selections from his China diaries, revealing a world ong>ofong> lost mystery and splendor.

Letters of the Nun Eshinni: Images of Pure Land Buddhism in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dobbins, James C., PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Hawaii Press, Eshinni (?), a Buddhist nun and ong>theong> wife ong>ofong> Shinran (), ong>theong> celebrated founder ong>ofong> ong>theong> True Pure Land, or Shin, school ong>ofong> Buddhism, was largely unknown until ong>theong> discovery ong>ofong> a collection ong>ofong> her ong>lettersong> in . In this study, James C. Dobbins, a leading scholar ong>ofong> Pure Land Buddhism, has made creative use ong>ofong> ong>theong>se ong>lettersong> ong>toong> shed new light on life and religion in medieval Japan. He provides a complete translation ong>ofong> ong>theong> ong>lettersong> and an explication ong>ofong> ong>theong>m that reveals ong>theong> character and flavor ong>ofong> early Shin Buddhism. Readers will come away with a new perspective on Pure Land scholarship and a vivid image ong>ofong> Eshinni and ong>theong> world in which she lived. After situating ong>theong> ideas and practices ong>ofong> Pure Land Buddhism in ong>theong> context ong>ofong> ong>theong> actual living conditions ong>ofong> thirteenth-century Japan, Dobbins examines ong>theong> portrayal ong>ofong> women in Pure Land Buddhism, ong>theong> great range ong>ofong> lifestyles found among medieval women and nuns, and how ong>theong>y constructed a meaningful religious life amid negative stereotypes. He goes on ong>toong> analyze aspects ong>ofong> medieval religion that have been omitted in our modern-day account ong>ofong> Pure Land and tries ong>toong> reconstruct ong>theong> religious assumptions ong>ofong> Eshinni and Shinran in ong>theong>ir own day. A prevailing ong>theong>me that runs throughout ong>theong> book is ong>theong> need ong>toong> look beyond idealized images ong>ofong> Buddhism found in doctrine ong>toong> discover ong>theong> religion as it was lived and practiced. Scholars and students ong>ofong> Buddhism, Japanese hisong>toong>ry, women's studies, and religious studies will find much in this engaging work that is thought-provoking and insightful.

Roots of Revolution: Radical Thought in Cuba

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Liss, Sheldon B., PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Nebraska Press, Concerned with what Cuban radicals have thought about ong>theong>ir na-tion's protracted struggle for independence, Sheldon B. Liss looks at each one's mode ong>ofong> analysis, position on ong>theong> class struggle, ideas on reform or revolution, and search for community. Each writer's beliefs about ethics, morality, religion, social mobility, political control, aesong>theong>tics, and quality ong>ofong> life are subjected ong>toong> scrutiny by Liss. He also considers ong>theong>ir views on Cuban-United States relations, ong>theong>ir perceptions ong>ofong> ong>theong> state and power, and ong>theong>ir relationships ong>toong> ong>theong> means ong>ofong> production and workers' movements.

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