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The Star Spangled Buddhist: Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism and the Quest for Enlightenment in America
Published: 2013-06-01
Hardcover: 208 pages
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Approximately four million Americans claim to be Buddhist. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Americans of various faiths read about Buddhism, are interested in its philosophical tenets, or fashionably view themselves as Buddhists. They’re part of what’s been described as the fastest-g...
The Reluctant Buddhist
Published: 2007-09-01
Paperback: 296 pages
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This book is about Buddhism, and the pursuit of happiness. The author takes us on an intensely personal journey into the practice of Nichiren Buddhism, which has now been embraced by many millions of people around the world. It is not in any way about a remote, abstract, inaccessible, philosophy. It...
Buddha in Daily Life, The: Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin
Published: 1995
Paperback: 294 pages
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Travels in Vermeer: A Memoir
Published: 2015-03-05
Paperback: 192 pages
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“This book is a treasure and a guide. It is a type of healing for the intellect and the heart.” - (Rebecca Lee)A lyrical and intimate account of how a poet, in the midst of a bad divorce, finds consolation and grace through viewing the paintings of Vermeer, in six world cities. In the ...
What the Dog Knows: Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World
Published: 2015-03-10
Paperback: 343 pages
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A firsthand exploration of the extraordinary abilities and surprising, sometimes life-saving talents of “working dogs”—pups who can sniff out drugs, find explosives, even locate the dead—as told through the experiences of a journalist and her intrepid canine companion, which The Ne...
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Tenth Edition)
Published: 2012-01-02
Paperback: 496 pages
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One of the "few great investment books" (Andrew Tobias) ever written. A Wall Street Journal Weekend Investor "Best Books for Investors" Pick Especially in the wake of the financial meltdown, readers will hunger for Burton G. Malkiel’s reassuring, authoritative, gimmick-free, and perennia...
Kaleidoscope City: A Year in Varanasi
Published: 2015-04-21
Hardcover: 224 pages
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Situated on the left bank of the Ganges, in the state of Uttar Pradash, Varanasi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. For Hindus there is nowhere more sacred; for Buddhists, it is revered as a place where the Buddha preached his first sermon; for Jains it is the ...
One Cup of Tea
Published: 2012-12-17
Kindle Edition: 77 pages
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Katie Rossetti is young, beautiful and happy. But life turns suddenly by an unanticipated death of her father, and a shattered love affair with her colleague.Does God exist? In such case, why am I suffering? And most importantly, how to get rid of it? She starts searching answers for her m...
Death by Water: A Phryne Fisher Mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries)
Published: 2010-05-01
Paperback: 250 pages
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The nice men at P&O are worried. A succession of jewelry thefts from the first-class passengers is hardly the best advertisement for their cruises. Especially when it is likely that a passenger is the thief. Phryne Fisher, with her Lulu bob, green eyes, cupid’s bow lips, and sense that the ends justify...
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