Zen And The Art Of Christmas Letters

Author : Chuck Storla
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1979764379

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Zen and the Art of Christmas Letters by Chuck Storla Pdf

"Christmas letters are the fruitcakes of the literary world. At least once in life, everyone sends one, but no one likes to receive one." Use humor to fight back against boring Christmas letters. This book will teach you how to write a Christmas letter that doesn't suck and even enjoy reading the ones that do. If you hate wading through Christmas letters each year, this book will show you the world as it could be. "Your relatives are already laughing at you. Make them get in line by laughing at yourself first." This book teaches you - - How to walk the fine line between embellishing and lying. - Why you should never let your pets write the letter for you. - How stock photos can give you a more attractive family. - When to write a special letter if an inheritance is at stake. - Why Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs should drive your letter's content. - How to adapt the Christmas letter format for all your holiday needs, from Hanukkah to Kwanza. But wait. There's more. The holidays are busy. If you do not have time to write an original letter, this book includes templates of paragraphs and an entire letter that you can modify to make your own. Put humor back in your holidays and buy this book. Even better, buy a copy for everyone who sends you a boring Christmas letter every year. It is a present for them and a favor for yourself.

Author : Martin Avery
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780557542116

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Zen And The Art Of Building A Log Cabin by Martin Avery Pdf

A novel about the causes of happiness and the secrets of enlightenment and Zen, set in the Zen Forest.

Author : Leslie Rutkin
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Police corruption
ISBN : 9781468539219

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Counting the Days by Leslie Rutkin Pdf

Counting the Days is a cop story and a love story that took place in the era when corruption in the NYC police department was rampant, and the Knapp Commission was dominating headlines. Matthew Smith, a decorated cop, had been handed $3000 after a drug bust - his share of the take. To accept the money would compromise his principles; not to take it would put his career in jeopardy. Either way he'd be in trouble. While on his honeymoon, Matthew was indicted on charges of grand larceny and went to prison for 366 days after refusing to turn state's evidence against corrupt cops in the anti-crime unit. Counting the Days, written by Matthew's wife, Leslie, based on more than 650 letters, cards and notes written by them while he was away, is the story of love and survival during a good cop's incarceration. A former "prince of the street" is trapped in the system he once championed, dealing with his own demons as well as befriending the kinds of men he had once locked up. It is a story of integrity, honor, commitment and true friendships - and most of all an enduring love. It is the story of Matthew's new role, that of ex-felon, never truly free no matter how far he travels from his time in prison.

Author : Alan Watts,Anne Watts
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781608686087

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The Collected Letters of Alan Watts by Alan Watts,Anne Watts Pdf

Philosopher, author, and lecturer Alan Watts (1915–1973) popularized Zen Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies for the counterculture of the 1960s. Today, new generations are finding his writings and lectures online, while faithful followers worldwide continue to be enlightened by his teachings. The Collected Letters of Alan Watts reveals the remarkable arc of Watts's colorful and controversial life, from his school days in England to his priesthood in the Anglican Church as chaplain of Northwestern University to his alternative lifestyle and experimentation with LSD in the heyday of the late sixties. His engaging letters cover a vast range of subject matter, with recipients ranging from High Church clergy to high priests of psychedelics, government officials, publishers, critics, family, and fans. They include C. G. Jung, Henry Miller, Gary Snyder, Aldous Huxley, Reinhold Niebuhr, Timothy Leary, Joseph Campbell, and James Hillman. Watts’s letters were curated by two of his daughters, Joan Watts and Anne Watts, who have added rich, behind-the-scenes biographical commentary. Edited by Joan Watts & Anne Watts

Author : Garr Reynolds
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780321601896

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Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds Pdf

FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.

Author : Shabnam Minwalla
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9789357080798

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Zen by Shabnam Minwalla Pdf

In 1935, Zainab Essanji wants to break out of her restricted life and be part of the independence movement. But it seems that all she is destined to do is embroider and wait to get married. In 2019, Zainab Currimji, class XI student, is unhappy at getting drawn into debates and controversies which she would rather not be part of. But in India of 2019, how can one not be drawn into these? In this deeply addictive, sweeping book about the life and times of the two Zainabs, is captured a short history of Mumbai, and of India. Of what we were and what we have become. Zipping between the past and the present, between midnight's children and millennials and getting both right, Shabnam Minwalla has crafted a page-turner whose heart is open, inclusive and populated by a host of memorable characters. -Jerry Pinto

Author : Peter C. Phan
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608334704

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Asian Synod by Peter C. Phan Pdf

Author : ANTHONY WOLFF
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491868249

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A Case of Virga by ANTHONY WOLFF Pdf

Clues that solve a crime can be as evanescent as virga: rain that falls in the desert which the deserts rising heat evaporates before the rain has a chance to reach the ground. Using Zens pragmatic approach to discover the complexity of a crime that had been regarded as cut and dry, Beryl Tilson and Sensei Percy Wong of Wagner & Tilson, Private Investigators, apply their skill and intuition to free a man who has been wrongly accused of murder. The biggest clue to solving this mystery is in the false evidence that was submitted at trial. A gun which was alleged to have lain in the Sonora desert for 5 hours in July was apparently picked up without pot holders - directly in the hand and shown to a covering TV camera. This cannot happen. But the defense attorneys are not desert people and know only Hollywood versions of desert life. Beryl Tilson has lived in the Mojave and understands sun and heat. Nobody can pick up metal that has been lying in the sun for half an hour much less 5 hours. (Also you can never see sweaty shirts in the desert. Perspiration evaporates as fast as you can produce it.)

Author : David Shields,Shane Salerno
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476744858

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Salinger by David Shields,Shane Salerno Pdf

"The official book of the acclaimed documentary film"--Jacket.

Author : Bert Winther-Tamaki
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0824824008

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Art in the Encounter of Nations by Bert Winther-Tamaki Pdf

Art in the Encounter of Nations is the first book-length study of interactions between the Japanese and American art worlds in the early postwar years. It brings to light a rich exchange of opinions and debates regarding the relationship between the art of the two nations. The author begins with an examination of the Japanese margins of American Abstract Expressionism. Taking a contrapuntal approach, he investigates four abstract painters: two Japanese artists who moved to the United States (Okada Kenzo and Hasegawa Saburo) and two European Americans whose work is often associated with Japanese calligraphy (Mark Tobey and Franz Kline). He then looks at the work of two young scions of the calligraphy and pottery worlds of Japan -- Morita Shiryo and Yagi Kazuo -- and argues that their radical innovations in these ancient arts were, in part, provoked by their sense of a threat posed by Euro-American modernity. The final chapter is devoted to the career of Japanese American sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi, whose feeling of affiliation was directed to both the U.S. and Japan in shifting ratios through a series of public and private places, each posing unique opportunities for exploring national distinctions.

Author : Alan Spence
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781847677372

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Glasgow Zen by Alan Spence Pdf

A superb new collection of haiku and other short poetic forms on the theme of Glasgow – its people, landscape, culture. As always, Spence is uniquely illuminating, witty and delightful. Incorporating some of the poems which appeared decades ago in the much sought-after collection of the same title, Glasgow Zen includes mostly new material from this highly popular and exquisite poet.

Author : Jon J Muth
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545629232

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Zen Ghosts (A Stillwater and Friends Book) by Jon J Muth Pdf

Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, now in his own Apple TV+ original series! It's Halloween. The trees are ablaze in fiery reds. Excited children don colorful costumes. And there's mystery and fun around every corner!When Addy, Michael, and Karl finish trick-or-treating, their bags are brimming with treats. But the fun isn't over yet. Their good friend Stillwater the panda has one more special surprise in store for them. A mysterious visitor is about to tell them a spine-tingling story --- one that will fill each and every reader with wonder.

Author : Anthony Wolff
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496916655

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Murder by Suicide by Anthony Wolff Pdf

Self-destruction is not always a motive for suicide. Spite and revenge can set in motion actions that appear to be murder. The detectives must prove that a man has been unjustly convicted of murder. In doing this, they discover that he has committed even more horrible crimes.

Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780062954831

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Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “When you wake up and you see that the Earth is not just the environment, the Earth is us, you touch the nature of interbeing. And at that moment you can have real communication with the Earth… We have to wake up together. And if we wake up together, then we have a chance. Our way of living our life and planning our future has led us into this situation. And now we need to look deeply to find a way out, not only as individuals, but as a collective, a species.” -- Thich Nhat Hanh We face a potent intersection of crises: ecological destruction, rising inequality, racial injustice, and the lasting impacts of a devastating pandemic. The situation is beyond urgent. To face these challenges, we need to find ways to strengthen our clarity, compassion, and courage to act. Beloved Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is blazingly clear: there’s one thing we all have the power to change, which can make all the difference, and that is our mind. Our way of looking, seeing, and thinking determines every choice we make, the everyday actions we take or avoid, how we relate to those we love or oppose, and how we react in a crisis. Mindfulness and the radical insights of Zen meditation can give us the strength and clarity we need to help create a regenerative world in which all life is respected. Filled with Thich Nhat Hanh’s inspiring meditations, Zen stories and experiences from his own activism, as well as commentary from Sister True Dedication, one of his students Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet shows us a new way of seeing and living that can bring healing and harmony to ourselves, our relationships, and the Earth.

Author : Alan Spence
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786892980

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Its Colours They Are Fine by Alan Spence Pdf

A classic of short fiction, Alan Spence’s celebrated debut collection, first published in 1977, brings Glasgow to vibrant life and captures the spirit of the city as it teetered on the brink of change. From childhood Christmases in small tenement flats and games played on scrubland, to Orange Walks on bright Saturday afternoons and Thursday nights in dark, pulsing dancehalls, these interlinked stories vividly evoke the city and its inhabitants – young and old, Catholic and Protestant, hopeful and disillusioned.