Download or read book Wood Becomes Water written by Gail Reichstein and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The groundbreaking work exploring how ancient Chinese medicine can be an integral part of our lives today - now in a 20th anniversary edition. Wood Becomes Water uses the five elements of Chinese cosmology -- wood, fire, earth, metal, and water -- to introduce readers to the connection between the physical, emotional, and spiritual forces in their lives. Practical, accessible, and wise, the book shows how the centuries-old techniques and philosophies of Chinese medicine can be applied to everyday issues of health and well-being in the modern world.
Download or read book Water Wood and Wild Things written by Hannah Kirshner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With this book, you feel you can stop time and savor the rituals of life." --Maira Kalman An immersive journey through the culture and cuisine of one Japanese town, its forest, and its watershed--where ducks are hunted by net, saké is brewed from the purest mountain water, and charcoal is fired in stone kilns--by an American writer and food stylist who spent years working alongside artisans One night, Brooklyn-based artist and food writer Hannah Kirshner received a life-changing invitation to apprentice with a "saké evangelist" in a misty Japanese mountain village called Yamanaka. In a rapidly modernizing Japan, the region--a stronghold of the country's old-fashioned ways--was quickly becoming a destination for chefs and artisans looking to learn about the traditions that have long shaped Japanese culture. Kirshner put on a vest and tie and took her place behind the saké bar. Before long, she met a community of craftspeople, farmers, and foragers--master woodturners, hunters, a paper artist, and a man making charcoal in his nearly abandoned village on the outskirts of town. Kirshner found each craftsperson not only exhibited an extraordinary dedication to their work but their distinct expertise contributed to the fabric of the local culture. Inspired by these masters, she devoted herself to learning how they work and live. Taking readers deep into evergreen forests, terraced rice fields, and smoke-filled workshops, Kirshner captures the centuries-old traditions still alive in Yamanaka. Water, Wood, and Wild Things invites readers to see what goes into making a fine bowl, a cup of tea, or a harvest of rice and introduces the masters who dedicate their lives to this work. Part travelogue, part meditation on the meaning of work, and full of her own beautiful drawings and recipes, Kirshner's refreshing book is an ode to a place and its people, as well as a profound examination of what it means to sustain traditions and find purpose in cultivation and craft.
Download or read book Wood Water Relations written by Christen Skaar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wood is formed in an essentially water-saturated environment in the living tree, and the cell wall remains in this state until the water flow from the roots is interrupted, such as by felling the tree. The wood then begins to lose most of its moisture by drying, resulting in changes in most of its physical properties. These changes, and their relationship to the environment to which the wood is subsequently ex posed, are the subject of this book. The text consists of six chapters. The first chapter discusses cer tain empirical relationships between wood and water, methods of measuring wood moisture content, factors which affect its equilib rium moisture content, and the effect of moisture content on wood strength. The second chapter treats the thermodynamics of moisture sorption by wood, inc1uding enthalpy, entropy, and free energy changes. The third chapter discusses some of the theories which have been proposed to explain the sorption isotherms for hygroscopic ma terials such as wood. Chapter 4 considers hygroexpansion or the shrinking and swelling of wood associated with moisture change. Chapter 5 is concerned with how moisture moves through the cell wall of wood in response to both moisture and temperature gradients. The sixth and final chapter discusses the theoretical and practical aspects of the electrical resistance and dielectric properties of wood, in c1uding the principles involved in their application in electrical moisture meters.
Download or read book Chop Wood Carry Water written by Joshua Medcalf and published by Lulu Publishing Services. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guided by "Akira-sensei," John comes to realize the greatest adversity on his journey will be the challenge of defeating the man in the mirror. This powerful story of one boy's journey to achieve his life long goal of becoming a samurai warrior, brings the Train to be CLUTCH curriculum to life in a powerful and memorable way. Some things you will learn... -No matter how it feels, you are always building your own house. -How and why you must surrender to the outcome in order to be at your best. -Why you never want to have your identity wrapped up in what you do. -Why your strength lies in faithfulness to the little things. -How to develop a heart posture of gratitude. -How to use the biggest challenges as a training ground for greatness. -Why the process is more important than the goal. -Why comparison is the thief of all joy. -How to develop a growth mindset. -Why talent is more of a curse than a blessing. "So many valuable stories and lessons!" -Nick Ahmed, Arizona Diamondbacks
Download or read book Wood Through Water written by James W. Ogilvie-Knowles and published by Friedman/Fairfax Pub. This book was released on 2001-12-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be it a small runabout or a grand sedan cruiser, every classic power boat of yesteryear shares the same essential features at heart: beautiful flowing lines, exotic hardwoods, and the need for loving care. The history of these personal wooden power boats unfolds in over 100 photos, with insights into building, upkeep, and the passion that drives their owners.
Download or read book Wood Water Rock written by Cliff Watts and published by Damiani Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrasting the human (male and female) nude against the textures of rock, grass, sand, wood and water, the black-and-white photographs of American fashion and portrait photographer Cliff Watts envisage bodies as "human fossils." Watts describes this volume as "a collaboration between myself and six willing friends who volunteered to go through extreme heat, freezing cold and various uncomfortable conditions."
Download or read book Ugly Water written by Joe Wood and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been said that Lynching is a crime peculiar to the United States; that it is an American institution. One might say that where so ever one might dig, they may find such a story.I decided to dig in my own backyard.In 1894, the small village of Valley Park, Missouri became the setting of one of American History's most peculiar crimes.This startling and contraversial work documents the details of one of America's biggest secrets.Everything you thought you knew about Black History--Could be wrong.Read "Ugly Water"By Joe Wood
Download or read book Wood Water Light written by Joel White and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of two dozen boats and yachts with profile drawings and photographs.
Download or read book Chop Wood Carry Water written by Rick Fields and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1984-12-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a thousand years ago a Chinese Zen Master wrote: Magical Power, Marvelous Action! Chopping Wood, Carrying Water... The message is as true today as it was then: the greatest lessons and the profoundest heights of the spiritual path can be found in our everyday life. It is the greatest challenge for people living in contemporary society to find the spiritual aspects of working in an office, store, or factory; balancing a checkbook; raising a family; or making a relationship work. How can we make all these daily activities a part of the path? How can we apply the insights of great spiritual traditions, and our own experience, to the way we live and develop? This book is a guide - a handbook filled with information, advice, hints, stories, inspiration, encouragement, connections, warning, and cautions, for the inner journey as we live throughout our lives. Chop Wood, Carry Water contains much ancient wisdom, but the emphasis is on contemporary perceptions. Many of our guides have been known to humanity for millennia: they are the world's great spiritual teachers- Christ, the Buddha, Loa Tse, Confucius. Others are contemporary teacher and healers, widely recognized and respected. All offer ways to integrate the events, our focus on relationships and family, our struggle with technology, money, politics and more- into the quest for spiritual fulfillment.
Download or read book Down the Drain written by Chris Wood and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive critique of Canada's drinking water gatekeepers. Canada is celebrated for its abundance of fresh water, and few Canadians question the safety of the water that comes from our taps. But is this trust justified? One study estimates that contamination of drinking water causes 90,000 cases of illness and ninety deaths every year. In this authoritative review of decades of legislation, research, and independent regulatory critiques, accompanied by riveting stories of the many failures of our water supply, award-winning journalist Chris Wood and Canadian water policy expert Ralph Pentland expose how governments at every level have failed to protect our drinking water. The authors review the history of water management in Canada and approaches to the problem in Europe and the United States, then analyze our own approach in recent times, and finally propose a strategy to protect our water--including a new charter that will hold our government to account.
Download or read book Water and Wood Shastras written by Gungtang Rinpoche and published by Karuna Publications. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Water and Wood Shastras take images from the natural world to illustrate profound insights into the nature of humanity and the path to enlightenment. The author uses his own experience drawn from years of intensive spiritual study and practice in order to articulate his realizations for the benefit of others. These poems embody the central passion of ancient Tibetan culture--the pursuit of knowledge and compassion in order to actualize the highest potential of the human spirit. They are a treasury of instructions completely dispelling the poverty of inner and outer dissatisfaction, a pastoral waterfall peacefully calming the tempest of secular and personal conflict, and a supreme medicine for healing the worldly and spiritual ills of our times. Their message is deep and vast, but deceptively simplified and garbed beautifully in the metaphors of Gungtang Rinpoche's elegant verse.
Download or read book Water Repellents and Water repellent Preservatives for Wood written by R. Sam Williams and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water in Wood written by Christen Skaar and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water written by Moshe Semyonov and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The status of Arab workers the West Bank and Gaza Strip has become one of the most salient social problems facing Israeli society. Noncitizen Arabs in Israel occupy the lowest, most undesirable positions and are paid significantly less than Israeli citizens. The handicaps they suffer are similar in many respects to those experienced by migrant laborers in Western Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, by seasonal Mexican workers in the United States, and by temporary African workers in South Africa.
Download or read book Haul the Water Haul the Wood written by Doris Stensland and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: : Haul the Water, Haul the Wood could be compared to Little House on the Prairie format. Grounded in historical fact, Haul the Water, Haul the Wood is about immigrants from Norway who settle in Dakota Territory. The title of the book is taken from a Norwegian folk song, " A kjore vatten, aa kjore ve" that almost every older Norwegian can sing. This book would be of those interested in historical novels or pioneer life in the late 1800s and turn of the century.
Download or read book Water Must Fall written by Nick Wood and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2048. Climate change has brought catastrophe and water has become the most precious commodity on Earth. Water companies play god and determine the fate of millions. A gripping saga of human struggle, political intrigue, corporate fraud and murder in a near future where water is worth killing for.
Download or read book Forest Born written by Shannon Hale and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rin, Razo's little sister, is haunted by the forest she has always loved. When Razo invites her back to the city to be one of Queen Ani's waiting women, she happily accepts . . . only to end up on the adventure of her lifetime, following the queen, Enna and Dasha into the countryside in search of a fire-starting enemy that no one can see. As she learns more about the three women's magical talents, she finds her own strength comes from places both expected - the forest - and unexpected - the sound of her own voice. A brilliant addition to the Books of Bayern, this book is a treat for fans of this series, and stands alone for readers who might be discovering the joys of Shannon Hale's writing for the first time.
