6/10/2023 0 Comments Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu![]() ![]() The covers in this series are rendered by Colorado artist Robert Spellman. The Shambhala Pocket Library is a collection of short, portable teachings from notable figures across religious traditions and classic texts. This book is part of the Shambhala Pocket Library series. Wu was a recognized authority on Taoism and the translator of several Taoist and Zen texts and of Chinese poetry. Wu has done a remarkable job of rendering this subtle text into English while retaining the freshness and depth of the original. To follow the Tao or Way of all things and realize their true nature is to embody humility, spontaneity, and generosity. Today, Lao Tzu's words are as useful in mastering the arts of leadership in business and politics as they are in developing a sense of balance and harmony in everyday life. Traditionally attributed to the legendary -Old Master, - Lao Tzu, the Tao Teh Ching teaches that the qualities of the enlightened sage or ideal ruler are identical with those of the perfected individual. ![]() Written more than two thousand years ago, the Tao Teh Ching, or -The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue, - is one of the true classics of the world of spiritual literature. A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket Library edition. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Restoring then improving the house, transforming an overgrown jungle into its proper function. ![]() Now the blue book has become Under the Tuscan Sun, a natural outgrowth of my first pleasures here. Because it is thick, I still have room in it for a few more summers. Today it is stuffed with menus, postcards of paintings, a drawing of a floor plan of an abbey, Italian poems, and diagrams of the garden. The book became a chronicle of our first four years here. Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy (1996) is a nonfiction book about author Frances Mayess efforts to renovate an abandoned villa in Cortona, Italy. I wrote about the people we met and the food we cooked. I added planting advice, "Plant sunflowers when the moon crosses Libra," although I had no clue myself as to when that might be. Follow the Author Frances Mayes Under the Tuscan Sun Audio CD Februby Frances Mayes (Author) 2,036 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 46.98 3 Used from 42.99 Paperback 12.46 400 Used from 1.16 45 New from 6.24 5 Collectible from 14. The book looked as though it should have immortal poetry in it but I began with lists of wildflowers, lists of projects, new words, sketches of tile in Pompeii. In 1990, our first summer here, I bought an oversized blank book with Florentine paper on the cover and blue leather binding. ![]() ![]() ![]() Myers' life as a child centered on the neighborhood and the church. Myers later took "Dean" as his middle name in honor of his foster parents Florence and Herbert. Herbert Dean was an African-American man and his wife was a German and Native American woman who taught English at the local high school. Florence and Herbert Dean raised him in Harlem, New York City. At the age of three, Myers was given over to Florence Dean, the first wife of his biological father George Myers, and her husband Herbert. ![]() Walter Milton Myers was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on August 12 ![]() He also sat on the Board of Advisors of the Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators ( SCBWI). National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving in 20. because of its adult language and its realistic depiction of the Vietnam War. His 1988 novel Fallen Angels is one of the books most frequently challenged in the U.S. He won the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors five times. He wrote more than one hundred books including picture books and nonfiction. A tough childhood led him to writing and his school teachers would encourage him in this habit as a way to express himself. He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but was raised in Harlem. Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers Aug– July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Richard foster simplicity![]() I don’t think we can keep our children from being bored by buying them every toy their heart desires. There is nothing to do!” Do you remember days when sticks could become a make-believe gun, baton, secret transmitter, or other imaginary device and we would be entertained for hours? Therefore, every parent is amazed when their child exclaims, “I am bored. Go into any child’s playroom, and you will likely see a small version of the Walmart toy department. Nowhere is the need to live more simply more necessary than in the lives of our children. “Thou shalt not covet your neighbor’s house you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s” (Exodus 20:17). I think we could consider the 10th commandment the simplicity commandment. We were not living to have a better understanding of our faith in Jesus, but were dreaming of future days of employment when success would surely bring us all the toys of life. We used bricks and boards for shelves and a foot locker for a coffee table.īut I must confess: Our lives of simplicity were not chosen, but forced on us. ![]() We didn’t have the money, nor was there space in our dorm room. ![]() ![]() We showed simplistic discipline by passing up the other two matching pieces of furniture, though the reason was not spiritual at all. My roommate and I bought a repossessed sofa for $50. Do you remember a time in your life when you had fewer things, and life seemed simpler? I remember my college days as simpler days. ![]() ![]() ![]() And the lines! Some of Shakespeare's great lines and great musings jump energetically from Falstaff's lips: "Well, ’tis no matter honour pricks me on. There is no doubt that Henry loves Falstaff and that Falstaff loves Henry, but it is also clear that they are both using each other and KNOW the other is using them. He does it through his humanity, his base motives, and his complicated affections. And he doesn't do it through and other-worldliness. Breathing color and dynamics into every scene he is a part of. ![]() Obviously, Henry, Prince of Wales plays that part (and he is fascinating himself) but Falstaff just dervishes around the play making everything better. It was certainly not a play where Falstaff played a central role. ![]() But every time Falstaff arrived it seemed to jump up a level. Henry IV, Part I seems like one of those. There are plays where the character and the play are equally matched (Othello, Hamlet, etc), but there are those plays where the character seems to float beyond the play. I hadn't touched any of Shakespeare's histories (I'm not counting Julius Caesar, etc., as a history) and so was surprised at just how much I liked this character. But until this year my exposure to Falstaff was mainly second-hand, through books that spoke of him. “O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the Devil!” ― William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 1 Falstaff! Yes, I knew who he was. O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the Devil ![]() ![]() ![]() Occasionally he gets lucky, but more often, he draws on a deep knowledge of America's past and the odd, fascinating, and beautiful objects that have survived it. ![]() Master dealer Curt Avery, the unlikely star of Killer Stuff and Tons of Money, plays that lottery every day, and he wins it more than most. This world has the air of a lottery: a $20 purchase might net you four, five, or six figures. Millions of Americans are drawn to antiques and flea-market culture, whether as participants or as viewers of the perennially popular Antiques Roadshow or the recent hit American Pickers. ![]() One dealer's journey from the populist mayhem of flea markets to the rarefied realm of auctions reveals the rich, often outrageous subculture of antiques and collectibles. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Dory fantasmagory book 7![]() Mischief and fantastic adventures aside, there's little to worry about there's one use of "butt" as Dory describes being propelled through the air as her friend gives her butt a push. Kids will love the zany antics, and parents will find plenty of chances to discuss the real-vs.-made-up worlds. While Rosabelle can read chapter books in her head, Dory is stuck with baby books about a happy little farm. The adventures are all the more fun because they're shared with a real-life friend - even though Dory's family, after long experience with her fantasy characters, think Dory's making up this friend too. Dory Fantasmagory: Dory Dory Black Sheep. ![]() Her adventures with imaginary friends, particularly BFF Mary the monster, involve low-level, real-world mayhem (such as going to school with a supply of sliced salami stashed in various places) and wacky imaginary adventures complete with swordplay, poison, a scary witch, and another imaginary character the witch has turned into a chicken and intends to turn into soup. ![]() The character of Dory and the accompanying illustrations are so hilarious and loveable that we laughed, cringed, and rooted for her, often at the same time. ![]() Parents need to know that, as in the previous volume, chapter book Dory and the Real True Friend is narrated by imaginative 6-year-old (and often annoying younger sibling) Dory, aka Rascal. Written by Abby Hanlon At the strong recommendation of our local bookstore, The Curious Reader, we recently read this book with both our daughters, age 10 and almost 6, and we all loved it. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments The yaqui way![]() ![]() Many Yaquis left the Rio Yaqui area to fight in the Vakatetteve Mountains, while others relocated to Yaqui communities in Arizona. The Yaquis lived more or less independently until the late 19th century, when many of them were driven from their lands surrounding the Rio Yaqui by the Mexican Army and forced to flee to more remote areas. ![]() Yaquis traded native foods, furs, shells, salt, and other goods with many indigenous groups of central North America. The Yaqui used simple irrigation techniques to cultivate corn, beans, and squash while also hunting local game and gathering wild foods from the area. Burnham left Holder, rightĪs early as the 6th century AD, native inhabitants known as the Yoeme or Yaqui were living in family groups along the Rio Yaqui. Found by Major Frederick Russell Burnham in the Yaqui Valley in 1908. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Court of owls volumes![]() This now-classic graphic novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo is not just fantastic jumping-on point for any new reader, but one of the great Batman stories ever told. If the dark legends are true, his masters are more powerful predators than the Batman could ever imagine. Until now.Ī brutal assassin is sinking his razor-sharp talons into the city’s best and brightest, as well as its most dangerous and deadly. The Dark Knight dismissed the stories as rumors and old wives’ tales. ![]() As the Caped Crusader begins to unravel this deadly mystery, he discovers a conspiracy going back to his youth and beyond to the origins of the city he's sworn to protect.īatman has heard tales of Gotham City’s Court of Owls: that the members of this powerful cabal are the true rulers of Gotham. ![]() The reader will experience the story from Batman’s viewpoint on pages 108-117.Īfter a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. ![]() ![]() ![]() The road isn’t perfectly smooth-that would be too unrealistic. What will they think? But as she slowly starts to share her secret, she finds so much love and acceptance. ![]() George is afraid to tell anyone that she’s really a girl. I inhaled this book in just a few hours and it left me with so much joy for George, I was almost in tears. But George’s best friend Kelly has an idea…. The teacher refuses to cast a boy in the role and George is heartbroken. The only problem is that everyone sees George as a boy but George knows in her heart that she’s really a girl. Ten-year-old George loves the book, Charlotte’s Web, so when her class puts on a stage production, she is desperate to play the role of Charlotte. I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you if you purchase merchandise through links on my site. I have an affiliate relationship with Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe in beautiful Asheville, NC. Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Social Issues Title: Melissa (Formerly published as George) ![]() |