Download or read book Burning Lotus written by Dean Norton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nam's burning up, torn apart by love for Simon and her own internal demons, as the bloodlines split and her powers threaten to run out of control. Northern Thailand, in the middle of the Thai new year celebrations, is turned into a bloody battleground as the devil's demons chase and harry her. Desperate to make sense of the illusions battering her, she has to fight with every fibre of her being for her soul and sanity, while keeping those she loves safe.
Download or read book Burning Book written by Jessica Bruder and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessica Bruderis a reporter for theOregonian.Her writing has also appeared in theNew York Times,theWashington Post,and theNew York Observer.She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Download or read book The Tribes of Burning Man How an Experimental City in the Desert Is Shaping the New American Counterculture written by Steven T. Jones and published by CCC Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burning Man is the premier countercultural event of modern times, growing over 25 years from a strange San Francisco beach party into an experimental city of 50,000 colorful souls in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, which burns brightly for a week before dissolving into dusty memories and changed lives. Longtime newspaper journalist Steven T. Jones embedded himself in this blossoming culture starting in 2004, a dispiriting year for American politics but the beginning of Burning Man’s renaissance, when it exploded outward in unexpected ways. The result is the most in-depth book ever written on this intriguing social phenomenon – The Tribes of Burning Man: How An Experimental City in the Desert is Shaping the New American Counterculture – which is being released in January, 2011 by CCC Publishing. From covering the Borg2 artists’ rebellion to learning how to make large-scale fire sculptures with the Flaming Lotus Girls, from helping Opulent Temple showcase the world’s best DJs to cleaning up after Hurricane Katrina with Burners Without Borders, from regularly interviewing event founder Larry Harvey to covering Barack Obama’s nominating convention speech, Jones gives readers an inside, meticulously reported look at a time when Burning Man hit its zenith just as the country hit its nadir. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have made the dusty pilgrimage to Black Rock City to take part in this experiment in participatory art, commerce-free culture, and bacchanalian celebration—and many say their lives were fundamentally changed by this truly unique experience.
Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1956-06-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Download or read book The Red Lotus written by Chris Bohjalian and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant comes a twisting story of love and deceit: an American man vanishes on a rural road in Vietnam, and his girlfriend follows a path that leads her home to the very hospital where they met. Alexis and Austin don’t have a typical “meet cute”—their first encounter involves Alexis, an emergency room doctor, suturing a bullet wound in Austin’s arm. Six months later, they’re on a romantic getaway in Vietnam: a bike tour on which Austin can show Alexis his passion for cycling, and can pay his respects to the place where his father and uncle fought in the war. But then Austin fails to return from a solo ride. Alexis’s boyfriend has vanished, the only clue left behind a bright yellow energy gel dropped on the road. As Alexis grapples with this bewildering loss, she starts to uncover a series of strange lies that force her to wonder: Where did Austin go? Why did he really bring her to Vietnam? And how much danger has he left her in? Set amidst the adrenaline-fueled world of the emergency room, The Red Lotus is a global thriller about those who dedicate their lives to saving people—and those who peddle death to the highest bidder. Look for Chris Bohjalian's new novel, The Lioness!
Download or read book Lotus Blood written by Dean Norton and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nam wants her Mum back. Simple. Okay, so her Mum's dead, which is a problem, but Nam died as well when the earthquake and tsunami smashed their hotel in Thailand. Nam didn't just see her Mum after they died; they fought together in the Bardo, the place every soul goes before moving onto their next life. Together they'd driven back the spirits of evil sent to ensnare them by the Mara, the Buddhist Devil, who also just happens to be Nam's ancient Ancestor. Her Mum makes a pact with the devil, enslaving herself to him, but keeping Nam safe and spinning back into her life in tsunami smashed Thailand. Along with the attractive and mysterious Simon, she has to find a path back to the Bardo and battle illusions and demons to rescue her Mum from the Devil's clutches. If she fails, she not only loses her Mother, but her own soul as the devil's plaything for all eternity. Lotus Blood is a paranormal romance/fantasy adventure of 92,000 words/approximately 365 pages and is Book 1 in the Lotus Series.
Download or read book Burning Man written by Jennifer Raiser and published by . This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authorized collection of more than two hundred color photos showcases the sculptures, art, stories, and interviews from the annual celebration of artistic expression in Nevada's barren Black Rock Desert
Download or read book Burning Man Art on Fire written by Jennifer Raiser and published by Epic Ink Books. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burning Man: Art on Fire, Revised and Updated Edition is an authorized collection of the best of Burning Man art and photography that captures the amazing sculptures, art, stories, and interviews from the world’s greatest celebration of artistic expression.
Download or read book Song of the Six Realms written by Judy I. Lin and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Judy I. Lin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Magic Steeped in Poison, weaves a dreamy standalone romance about a talented musician swept away to the Celestial Realm by a handsome duke in Song of the Six Realms. Xue, a talented young musician, has no past and probably no future. Orphaned at a young age, her kindly poet uncle took her in and arranged for an apprenticeship at one of the most esteemed entertainment houses in the kingdom. She doesn’t remember much from before entering the House of Flowing Water, and when her uncle is suddenly killed in a bandit attack, she is devastated to lose her last connection to a life outside of her indenture contract. With no family and no patron, Xue is facing the possibility of a lifetime of servitude playing the qin for nobles that praise her talent with one breath and sneer at her lowly social status with the next. Then one night she is unexpectedly called to the garden to put on a private performance for the enigmatic Duke Meng. For a young man of nobility, he is strangely kind and awkward, and surprises Xue further with an irresistible offer: serve as a musician in residence at his manor for one year, and he’ll set her free of her indenture. But the Duke’s motives become increasingly more suspect when he and Xue barely survive an attack by a nightmarish monster, and when he whisks her away to his estate, she discovers he’s not just some country noble: He’s the Duke of Dreams, one of the divine rulers of the Celestial Realm. There she learns the Six Realms are on the brink of disaster, and incursions by demonic beasts are growing more frequent. The Duke needs Xue’s help to unlock memories from her past that could hold the answers to how to stop the impending war... but first Xue will need to survive being the target of every monster and deity in the Six Realms. Also by Judy I. Lin: A Magic Steeped in Poison A Venom Dark and Sweet
Download or read book Come to The Peak written by Shi YueLiuNian and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-01-12 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He had excellent martial arts qualifications, but his tendon and vein were destroyed by a power struggle, such a person couldn't cultivate. This not only discouraged him and his parents but also made them accept ridicule and satire from others.However, this was not an insurmountable difficulty for the gifted man. After six years of painstaking study. He finally repaired his body and began his training journey.He did not care about the ridicule and sarcasm of those people, he just wanted to reach the peak, to be a top man that no one can match. But the difficulties and obstacles along the way, how can he overcome it?☆About the Author☆Shi Yue Liu Nian, an excellent author of online novels. He has rich experience in novel writing. His novel is fluent in writing and rich in imagination.
Download or read book Radical Ritual written by Neil Shister and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Neil Shister's book skillfully traces the evolution of Burning Man and provides rare insights into how this cultural phenomenon is changing the world." —Michael Mikel, founding board member of the Burning Man Project Written from Neil Shister’s perspective as a journalist, student of American culture, and six–time participant in Burning Man, Radical Ritual presents the event as vitally, historically important. Shister contends that Burning Man is a significant player in the avant–garde, forging new social paradigms as liberal democracy unravels. Burning Man’s contribution to this new order is postmodern, a fusion of sixties humanism with state–of–the–art Silicon Valley wizardry. Shister is not alone in his opinion. In 2018, the Smithsonian dedicated its entire Renwick Gallery, located next door to the White House, to an exhibition of Burning Man art and culture. The festival intertwines conservative and progressive ideas. On one hand it is a celebration of self–reliance, personal accountability, and individual freedom; on the other hand it is based on strong values of inclusion, consensual decision making, and centered, collaborative endeavor. In a wonderful mix of narrative storytelling and reportage, Radical Ritual discusses how Burning Man has impacted the art world, disaster relief, urban renewal, the utilization of renewable energy, and even the corporate governance of Google. The story concludes with the sudden death in April 2018 of Larry Harvey, now renowned as the philosophical epicenter of the movement.
Download or read book Vixenish Wild Wife written by Li Sha and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flourishing modern culture hid another culture, which was called the Cultivator of the Taoists.She had inherited the Taoist techniques and trained in the Immortal Mountain. With her strong martial arts, she walked this world and saved others' lives as her responsibility.With the word "leave" as her signal, she moved around in all directions, turning into a cold female instructor and a gentle female soldier. She walked at the frontlines of the battle.When she met him, that cold Young Marshal, her life had undergone a tremendous change.He was infatuated with her.She was the one he loved.But in the face of family political marriage, how far could they go with the deliberate destruction of a third party and the change of their feelings? "
Download or read book Firewolf s Book of Spells Book One written by Kyle Brandon Leite and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intent of this book is to share the knowledge and magick I have collected, to aid others toward success and happiness, and to share a few recipes that will magickally entice your lover, as well as others to protect your home and family. My ancestors knew these charms, for they had their own. They were attuned with the cycles of the earth, moon, stars, and planets. They made offerings to nature spirits, they cast spells for beauty, healed the sick, and removed evil intentions sent by meddling enemies. They were shamans, seers, and Witches, just like I am today. They understood Nature, as well as shared an innate connection with Her many blessings.
Download or read book Stormdancer written by Jay Kristoff and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in an epic new fantasy series, introducing an unforgettable new heroine and a stunningly original dystopian steampunk world with a flavor of feudal Japan. A DYING LAND The Shima Imperium verges on the brink of environmental collapse; an island nation once rich in tradition and myth, now decimated by clockwork industrialization and the machine-worshipers of the Lotus Guild. The skies are red as blood, the land is choked with toxic pollution, and the great spirit animals that once roamed its wilds have departed forever. AN IMPOSSIBLE QUEST The hunters of Shima's imperial court are charged by their Shogun to capture a thunder tiger – a legendary creature, half-eagle, half-tiger. But any fool knows the beasts have been extinct for more than a century, and the price of failing the Shogun is death. A HIDDEN GIFT Yukiko is a child of the Fox clan, possessed of a talent that if discovered, would see her executed by the Lotus Guild. Accompanying her father on the Shogun's hunt, she finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in Shima's last wilderness, with only a furious, crippled thunder tiger for company. Even though she can hear his thoughts, even though she saved his life, all she knows for certain is he'd rather see her dead than help her. But together, the pair will form an indomitable friendship, and rise to challenge the might of an empire.
Download or read book Cold War Genres written by Gregory Goulding and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cold War Genres explores post-independence Hindi literature, framing it within the sociopolitical backdrop of Nehruvian India during the early Cold War. The book underscores the pivotal role of Hindi's claims to be a national language following independence, which fostered a unique moment of literary innovation. Central to its narrative is the work of Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, a pivotal figure in modern South Asian literature. Using Muktibodh's poetry, criticism, and fiction as a primary example, the book shows how literary form shapes a response to the internal contradictions of 1950s India, one that must be read in light of both the antinomies of Hindi literature and North India as well as the aesthetic debates and emerging ideas of global space during this time. Cold War Genres therefore functions as a lens to evaluate questions of genre and form shared by a range of literary cultures in the mid-twentieth-century decolonizing world. This book features extensive translations from Muktibodh's poetry and prose, including full translations of two poems "Brahmarākṣas" (The Brahman Demon) and "Aṃdhere meṃ" (In the Dark).
Download or read book Martial God Heaven Tablet written by Liu Langdexiaoji and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 809 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ye Tian, whose soul had transmigrated to the continent, was originally just a child of a small family. However, because of an accident, he met the princess of the Ling Tian Sect, a great power of the continent.
Download or read book From Eternity to Eternity written by Bulpil Sunim, and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2024-12-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Eternity to Eternity is the story of Bulpil Sunim, arguably the most respected female Seon (Zen) master in Korea. Written with candor and an unpretentious sense of humor, her memoir provides both a fascinating record of her life and a deeply accessible window into Buddhist thought and spirituality. Describing and reflecting on her own experience of meditation and her journey as a woman in a male-dominated religious practice, she reveals the largely unknown realities of female monastic life in Korea. She also provides an unprecedented glimpse into her relationship with her father, the legendary Seon Master Seongcheol Sunim, who was widely considered a living Buddha in Korea. This lyrical autobiography, the first of its kind in Korean Buddhist literature, offers readers a chance to learn about Korean Seon meditation and practice from a woman’s perspective and will be of interest not only to scholars of Buddhism but to general readers curious about Buddhism, the experiences of religious women, or simply the remarkable life of a great spiritual leader.
