Download or read book The Mirror on Still Water written by Joel Wright and published by Mind & Miracles. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Water Mirror written by Kai Meyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Venice, magic is not unusual. Merle is apprenticed to a magic mirror maker, and Serafin—a boy who was once a master thief—works for a weaver of magic cloth. Merle and Serafin are used to the mermaids who live in the canals of the city and to the guards who patrol the streets on living stone lions. Merle herself possesses something magical: a mirror whose surface is water. She can reach her whole arm into it and never get wet. But Venice is under siege by the Egyptian Empire; its terrifying mummy warriors are waiting to strike. All that protects the Venetians is the Flowing Queen. Nobody knows who or what she is—only that her power flows through the canals and keeps the Egyptians at bay. When Merle and Serafin overhear a plot to capture the Flowing Queen, they are catapulted into desperate danger. They must do everything they can to rescue the Queen and save the city—even if it means getting help from the Ancient Traitor himself.

Download or read book The Mirror Thief written by Martin Seay and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "Audaciously well written...the book I was raving about to my friends before I'd even finished it." Publishers Weekly raved that "with near-universal appeal . . . Seay’s debut novel is a true delight, a big, beautiful cabinet of wonders that is by turns an ominous modern thriller, a supernatural mystery, and an enchanting historical adventure story." Set in three cities in three eras, The Mirror Thief calls to mind David Mitchell and Umberto Eco in its mix of entertainment and literary bravado. The core story is set in Venice in the sixteenth century, when the famed makers of Venetian glass were perfecting one of the old world's most wondrous inventions: the mirror. An object of glittering yet fearful fascination—was it reflecting simple reality, or something more spiritually revealing?—the Venetian mirrors were state of the art technology, and subject to industrial espionage by desirous sultans and royals world-wide. But for any of the development team to leave the island was a crime punishable by death. One man, however—a world-weary war hero with nothing to lose—has a scheme he thinks will allow him to outwit the city's terrifying enforcers of the edict, the ominous Council of Ten . . . Meanwhile, in two other Venices—Venice Beach, California, circa 1958, and the Venice casino in Las Vegas, circa today—two other schemers launch similarly dangerous plans to get away with a secret . . . All three stories will weave together into a spell-binding tour-de-force that is impossible to put down—an old-fashioned, stay-up-all-night novel that, in the end, returns the reader to a stunning conclusion in the original Venice . . . and the bedazzled sense of having read a truly original and thrilling work of art.

Download or read book Still Water Saints written by Alex Espinoza and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As perfect as the beads of a rosary.” –Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street “Fresh, magical, beautiful, evocative” says Lisa See, about this wonderful first novel by Alex Espinoza. Still Water Saints chronicles a momentous year in the life of Agua Mansa, a largely Latino town beyond the fringes of Los Angeles and home to the Botánica Oshún, where people come seeking charms, herbs, and candles. Above all, they seek the guidance of Perla Portillo, the shop’s owner. Perla has served the community for years, arming her clients with the tools to overcome all manner of crises, large and small. There is Juan, a man coming to terms with the death of his father; Nancy, a recently married schoolteacher; Shawn, an addict looking for peace in his chaotic life; and Rosa, a teenager trying to lose weight and find herself. But when a customer with a troubled and mysterious past arrives, Perla struggles to help and must confront both her unfulfilled hopes and doubts about her place in a rapidly changing world. Imaginative, inspiring, lyrical, and beautifully written, Still Water Saints evokes the unpredictability of life and the resilience of the spirit through the journeys of the people of Agua Mansa, and especially of the one woman at the center of it all. Theirs are stories of faith and betrayal, love and loss, the bonds of family and community, and the constancy of change.

Download or read book Still Waters written by Cynthia Perkins and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a Daily Devotional of how to walk by “Still Waters” with our loving Shepherd. It is an in-depth study of the TWENTY THIRD PSALM, divided into five sections, explaining our walk with The Shepherd through the valley of the shadow of death.”

Download or read book Mirror Lake written by Thomas C. Winter and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-11-25 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lakes change constantly in response to their surrounding landscape, and their airshed. Mirror Lake, located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, has been carefully researched since the 1960s. This book, edited by Thomas C. Winter and Gene E. Likens, summarizes and interprets the extensive data collected on this lake and its watershed from 1981 to 2000, a period during which the lake was affected by a variety of climate conditions as well as significant human activity. The findings documented also identify the panoply of chemicals influenced by limnological processes and include percentages of inflow sources, percentages of water loss from seepage, surface outflow, and evaporation, and the effect of water flow on the lake nutrients.

Download or read book Lakhmir Singh s Science for Class 6 written by Lakhmir Singh & Manjit Kaur and published by S. Chand Publishing. This book was released on with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lakhmir Singh’s Science is a series of books which conforms to the NCERT syllabus. The main aim of writing this series is to help students understand difficult scientific concepts in a simple manner in easy language. The ebook version does not contain CD.

Download or read book Experimental Essays on Chuang Tzu written by Victor H. Mair and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Eyes in the Mirror written by Julia Mayer and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dee I always thought it would be cool to escape into another world. I never believed I'd find one in my reflection. But there I was, falling through the mirror into a parallel life—Samara's life. And she needed me. The cutting, the dead mom, no friends...She was hurting, and I knew it was up to me to fix it. She needed me to fix her. She'll thank me... Samara I never had a friend until I met Dee, at least not a real friend. But then she's my reflection, so maybe I'm just crazy. When she suggested we switch places, it seemed like the perfect answer. So I let her live in my world, and I lived in hers. With her mom, her boyfriend, her friends—her perfect life...I don't belong here. But how can I go back after what she's done? Two girls, one reflection, and a startling discovery about what really lies beyond the bathroom mirror...

Download or read book S Chand s Science For Class 7 written by B.K. Gowel & Sangeeta and published by S. Chand Publishing. This book was released on with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations and photographs are given to elucidate comprehension of key concepts. Extra learning material has been added under Additional Learning to teach wider aspects of the basic concepts

Download or read book The Buddhist Roots of Zhu Xi s Philosophical Thought written by John Makeham and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zhu Xi (1130-1200) is the most influential Neo-Confucian philosopher and arguably the most important Chinese philosopher of the past millennium, both in terms of his legacy and for the sophistication of his systematic philosophy. The Buddhist Roots of Zhu Xi's Philosophical Thought combines in a single study two major areas of Chinese philosophy that are rarely tackled together: Chinese Buddhist philosophy and Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucian philosophy. Despite Zhu Xi's importance as a philosopher, the role of Buddhist thought and philosophy in the construction of his systematic philosophy remains poorly understood. What aspects of Buddhism did he criticize and why? Was his engagement limited to criticism (informed or otherwise) or did Zhu also appropriate and repurpose Buddhist ideas to develop his own thought? If Zhu's philosophical repertoire incorporated conceptual structures and problematics that are marked by a distinct Buddhist pedigree, what implications does this have for our understanding of his philosophical project? The five chapters that make up The Buddhist Roots of Zhu Xi's Philosophical Thought present a rich and complex portrait of the Buddhist roots of Zhu Xi's philosophical thought. The scholarship is meticulous, the analysis is rigorous, and the philosophical insights are fresh. Collectively, the chapters illuminate a greatly expanded range of the intellectual resources Zhu incorporated into his philosophical thought, demonstrating the vital role that models derived from Buddhism played in his philosophical repertoire. In doing so, they provide new perspectives on what Zhu Xi was trying to achieve as a philosopher, by repurposing ideas from Buddhism. They also make significant and original contributions to our understanding of core concepts, debates and conceptual structures that shaped the development of philosophy in East Asia over the past millennium.

Download or read book The Mirror Gates written by Stuart McPherson and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-07-28 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charley is worried! Her archaeologist parents have been marooned on a sinking island and, when an antique mirror becomes a gateway to another world, she too faces many dangers. But she is helped by Charles, a boy version of herself she meets there, with whom she is unknowingly linked to a great source of magic. They must now flee through further magic mirrors to other worlds, pursued by horrific magical creatures sent by a sinister wizard who wants to tear this secret from them. Charley’s magical aunt accompanies them – at least her spirit does in the body of the cat, Selena. They travel through worlds that are both similar yet unlike their own in different times. They must journey from Charles’ Victorian home, through a future world where magic and science are in harmony, and finally in an ancient Britain where they meet versions of Merlin and Arthur. Finally, on the island of Lyonesse, they face the wizard himself within a magical maze in a desperate battle to rescue her parents and return them safely to their own world and time.

Download or read book A Korean Confucian s Advice on How to Be Moral written by Don Baker and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2023-04-30 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tasan Chŏng Yagyong (1762–1836) is one of the most creative thinkers Korea has ever produced, one of the country’s first Christians, and a leading scholar in Confucian philosophy. Born in a staunchly Neo-Confucian society, in his early twenties he encountered writings by Catholic missionaries in China and was fascinated. However, when he later learned that the Catholic Church condemned the Confucian practice of placing a spirit tablet on a family altar to honor past generations, he left the small Catholic community he had helped found and ostensibly returned to the Neo-Confucian fold. Nevertheless, the Christian ideas he studied in his youth influenced his thinking for the rest of his life, stimulating him to look at Neo-Confucianism with a critical eye and suggest new solutions to problems Confucian scholars had been addressing for centuries. A Korean Confucian’s Advice on How to Be Moral is an annotated translation of Tasan’s commentaries on the Confucian classic Zhongyong (usually translated as The Doctrine of the Mean) in which he applies both Confucianism and Christianity to the question of how to best develop a moral character. Written as a dialogue with King Chŏngjo (r. 1776–1800), these texts reveal how Tasan interpreted his Confucian tradition, particularly its understanding of how human beings could cultivate morality, while the king’s questions illustrate the mainstream Neo-Confucianism Tasan was reacting against. Tasan challenged the non-theistic standard, insisting that living a moral life is not easy and that we need to be motivated to exert the effort necessary to overcome our selfish tendencies. He had abandoned his faith by the time he wrote these commentaries but, influenced by Catholic works and determined to find a more effective way to live a moral life than non-theistic Neo-Confucianism provided, Tasan constructed a Confucian philosophy of moral improvement centered on belief in God. This translation, helpfully annotated for context and analysis, is an exploration of early Korean engagement with the West and a powerful guide to all those interested in Confucianism, Christianity, and morality.

Download or read book Gateway to Science Physics for Class X written by Dr. Vinod Goel and published by Goyal Brothers Prakashan. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Still Waters Run Deep written by Merlin D'ALmeida and published by The Little Booktique Hub. This book was released on with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is full of poems that will awaken your human side and give you a glimpse on how to view the world we are living in. It tries to bring about a positive change since the author strongly believe in making the world a better place to live in so that the coming generations will benefit. Let’s work together towards doing well to society and changing the world one person at a time. There is an author in all of us, a reader in all of us, creativity in all of us, Let us bring out the best and see how far we can go in making this world a better place. Let us live in harmony with each other and attain peace.

Download or read book Unwarp the Mirror written by Alma Forbes and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are searching for freedom, forgiveness and a restored relationship with your Maker, follow the steps of repentance to righteousness. God’s grace, mercy and love for you has never been greater, deeper or wider. Experience His grace today.

Download or read book Dark Reflections written by Kai Meyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merle and her friends Junipa, with mirrors for eyes, and Serafin, a rakish master thief, live in enchanted Venice under Egyptian occupation, and are swept into a dangerous mission to face their destinies.