Download or read book The Amida Tree written by Bonnie Ferrante and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon Korman on The Amida Tree ..".This piece works so well... There's beauty in the simplicity of its telling, and the communication between the woman and the tree is hauntingly believable." The Amida Tree is this generation's tree. It will appeal to parents interested in a sustainable environment, healthy emotional bonds, and a balanced life. Discussion questions included. Suitable for all ages. This is the second edition. For more reviews, go to the first edition. http: //amzn.com/0992103738
Download or read book The Talmud of Jerusalem Vol 1 written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Matters written by Aerle Taree and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matters: Humanities for the People By: Aerle Taree Matters is a global perspective of author Aerle Taree, an applicant for the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in fiction and poetry. Ever wanted to be a world traveler? Well, she has, and she has written all about it so you can take the trip with her. Including a letter by Johnnetta B. Cole, Taree’s essays bring to light an understanding of social interaction, historical behavior, and human and humanistic development.
Download or read book The Talmud of Jerusalem written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Architecture written by Leland M. Roth and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-18 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widely acclaimed and beautifully illustrated Understanding Architecture is now revised and expanded in its fourth edition, vividly examining the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture, from prehistory to the present, in ways that are both accessible and engaging. Significant features of the fourth edition include: Expanded global essays outlining the encounters and interchanges, conflicts and accommodations, between disparate global communities A brand-new final chapter addressing the twenty-first century during which Western and global architectural developments have increasingly become one broad, interwoven expression. This chapter includes sections on CAD, Contemporary Architecture of the Twenty-First Century, Starchitects, Contemporary Architectural Prizes, Architecture and Energy Consumption, and Architecture Integrated with Nature New sections on Frank Lloyd Wright and Late Twentieth-Century Expressionism Thoroughly revised and expanded illustration, including over 700 images, over half of which are in full color, and 120 original line art drawings Understanding Architecture continues to be the only text in the field to examine architecture as a cultural phenomenon as well as an artistic and technological achievement with its straightforward, two-part structure: The Elements of Architecture and the History and Meaning of Architecture. Comprehensive and clearly written, Understanding Architecture is both a primer for visual environmental literacy and a classic survey of architecture. This is an essential book for anyone interested in our built environment and the layered historical meaning embodied within it.
Download or read book The Japanese written by Christopher Harding and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'Mightily impressive ... a marvellous read' Sunday Times From the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals. The vivid and entertaining portraits in Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book take the reader from the earliest written accounts of Japan right through to the life of the current empress, Masako. We encounter shamans and warlords, poets and revolutionaries, scientists, artists and adventurers - each offering insights of their own into this extraordinary place. For anyone new to Japan, this book is the ideal introduction. For anyone already deeply involved with it, this is a book filled with surprises and pleasures.
Download or read book The Land of the Sun Goddess written by Paul Michael Barlow and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-06-21 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Duke Isami Fujiwara, his Native American wife WeNoNah and their son Ishe as they fight to save the empire from invasion and civil war. Explore the New World with the Conquistadors Miguel Ruiz and Herve Sanchez. They came in search of gold and found a different kind of treasure.
Download or read book Transitions and Transformations in the History of Religions written by Reynolds and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cursing the Basil and Other Folklore of the Garden written by Vivian Rich and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mania for tulip bulbs that caused a Holland stock market crash, traditions spells and rituals for finding true love, the symbolism of royal wedding bouquets and much more are all described in this exploration into the strange history of many familiar plants.
Download or read book Tokyo Year Zero written by David Peace and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2007-09-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unblinking in its vision of a nation in a chaotic, hellish period in its history, Tokyo Year Zero is a “brilliant, perplexing, claustrophobic … exhilarating” crime novel (The New York Times Book Review). It's August 1946—one year after the Japanese surrender—and women are turning up dead all over Tokyo. Detective Minami of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police—irreverent, angry, despairing—goes on the hunt for a killer known as the Japanese Bluebeard—a decorated former Imperial soldier who raped and murdered at least ten women amidst the turmoil of post-war Tokyo. As he undertakes the case, Minami is haunted by his own memories of atrocities that he can no longer explain or forgive.
Download or read book The Karma of Words written by William R. LaFleur and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A masterly book . . . will prove of great assistance to a student of Japanese literature and thought from the eleventh century onwards."--Times Literary Supplement "A major contribution to the fields of Japanese studies, comparative literature, and history of religions . . . a book that begs for classroom use."--The Eastern Buddhist "Innovative and provocative . . . will be of interest not only to specialists in Japanese religion and Japanese culture, but also to literary critics and cultural historians."--Religious Studies Review "Rich and stimulating material . . . an important help and influence to all concerned with understanding the tradition that has shaped Japanese culture and religion."--History of Religions "Thought provoking, finely written . . . one of the more original and creative contributions to the study of medieval culture and religion to be produced by a Western scholar. . . . Can be read with profit by all Western students of Japanese culture . . . one of those rare books that has something to offer Japanese specialists in medieval studies."--Journal of Japanese Studies "A very important contribution to Japanese studies . . . a paradigm of the genre."--Pacific Affairs "This is an exciting, ground-breaking book."--Chanoyu Quarterly "I have been most impressed and even excited by what I have read."--Donald Keene, Professor Emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Columbia University "This is one of the most important books in Japanese studies in a long time and will influence the entire field."--Robert Bellah, former Elliott Professor of Sociology, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley
Download or read book The Return of the Galilean written by John Clark Smith and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-01-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a fragmented, divisive, and secular world, a follower of John the Baptist miraculously appears to continue the mission he had pursued in the ancient world. As his journey unfolds, he visits many of the world's leaders to warn them of a coming transformation. Though they ignore him, the popularity of his message grows. At the same time, a young woman starts her own mission through inspirational speeches, railing against the leaders of our society and their lack of spiritual life. The two join together to bring on the coming transformation, but numerous enemies attack them and try to prevent their work.
Download or read book A Year in Seventeenth century Kyoto written by Gerald Groemer and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the twentieth century, Japanese religious and cultural life was shaped by a variety of yearly ceremonies, festivals, and customs. These annual events (nenju gyoji) included Shinto festivals in which participants danced through the night to boisterous music and Buddhist temple practices that honored deities, great priests, or temple founders with solemn rituals and prayers--and sometimes, when the Buddha was invoked, raucous dancing. Temples also hosted popular fairs, where holy objects and artwork were displayed to the faithful and curious. Countless other celebrations were held annually at the residences of the nobility and military elite and at commoner domiciles. Kyoto, the imperial--and cultural--capital since the eighth century, was the center of many of these events. From Kyoto festivals, rituals, and celebrations diffused to other parts of the land, ultimately shaping religious, artistic, and everyday life as a whole. By the seventeenth century the Kyoto public wished to inform itself more accurately about nenju gyoji and their dates and meanings. As a result, a growing number of guidebooks and almanacs were written and published for the urban populace. This volume is the first to present translations of two such publications. Introductory chapters explain Japanese conceptions of time and space within which annual celebrations took place and outline how ceremonies and festivals in and about Kyoto were chronicled, described, and interpreted from the earliest times to the seventeenth century. The final two chapters offer annotated translations of writings from the seventeenth century that catalogue and describe the dates, sites, meanings, and histories of many Kyoto annual events. The two works, one largely historical, the other more ethnographic in nature, indicate not only when and where observances and commemorations took place, but also how their authors understood the significance of each. Both translations feature a large number of illustrations depicting events as they appeared in Kyoto at the time.
Download or read book The Talmud of Jerusalem tr by M Schwab written by Talmud Yerushalmi and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early and Buddhist Stone Sculpture of Japan written by Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan S Iconographical Material Covers Buddhism, Shintoism And A Few Other Smaller Sects In That Country. Yet Buddhist Iconography Sculptural And In Painting Constitutes By Far The Greatest In Number And Variety. Further, Again, Wood Sculpture In That Land Of Wood-Yielding Vegetation, Forms The Greater Measure Of Iconographic Material. In Fact, Japan Is Not So Fortunate In The Availability Of Stone That Can Stand Fine Chiselling Or Carving, As Chine And India. With This Background It As But Reasonable Justified That Specialist Study Of Stone Sculpture In Icons And Other Subjects Is Undertaken And Brought To The Notice Of Scholars And The Lay Public. In Doing So, The Available Stone Material: Early Artifacts, Religious Icons And Other Subjects Have Been Presented Here In Eight Sections And A Map. The Section Deal With Early Artefacts, Decorative Sculptures, Lanterns, Pagodas, Engravings, Buddha Images, Images Of The Buddhist Pantheon And Biku, Bikuni & Rakans.The Over All Survey Made Of The Sculptures Of The Buddha And The Buddhist Pantheon In Stone In Japan, Is A Unique Contribution To The Study Of Buddhist Iconography In General And That In Japan In Particular.
Download or read book Wood and Traditional Woodworking in Japan Second edition written by Mechtild MERTZ and published by Kaiseisha press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan is known to be a country of wood and "wood culture". Written sources on the practical aspect of traditional woodcraft, however, are scarce. For this reason it was decided to undertake a study based on in-depth interviews of craftsmen who are specialised in various fields of traditional woodworking. From the data thus obtained it was possible to study the materials used, the techniques, the nomenclature, the aesthetics and the culture prevailing in the various fields of woodcraft. As a result both the technical and the symbolic and aesthetic properties of wood and woodworking become apparent, as seen from the point of view of Japanese craftsmen who owe their skill and expertise to traditions passed from one generation to the next. As such, this study contributes towards opening a new field of research for art historians, ethnobotanists, archaeologists and japanologists by supplying them with new means and tools to supplement their own. Apart from that, the present study, focusing on wood in all its aspects as it does, ties in with an academic trend that has been developing in Japan over the past few decades.
