DescriptionA story of love, loss, and the distance between three generations of one family, this novel centres on Iris and Ruby, a grandmother and her granddaughter, as they try and make sense of their respective lives.
DescriptionIn these stories, Conan Doyle draws the listener in to experience drama, suspense and, ultimately, the shock of surprise. Here is a unique combination of a famous analytical intellect telling spine-tingling tales against a background of turn-of-the-century England. Nothing is quite as it seems. What is the secret of Lot No. 249 ? What lies in wait for an aviator in the stratosphere? And what lies inside The Sealed Room ?
DescriptionThe life of Huston Smith reads like an adventure novel. One of the foremost religious scholars in the world today, Smith has lived in a missionary household in China, monasteries in Japan, and a sweat lodge in North America. Smith has engaged many of the contemporary wisdom giants, including Thomas Merton and the Dalai Lama, and believes in the eternal mystery of life, cautioning against our "tendency to reduce the Divine to where it is easily manageable by our finite mind."…
DescriptionWhile searching for the U.S.S. Huxley, a starship missing for over 10 years, the Enterprise stumbles over a forgotten colony of humans on a planet called Rampart - a world where fiction, speculation, and works of the imagination are considered the ultimate crime. A survey team from the planet beams on board the Enterprise to search for "contraband" materials - and suddenly the crew find themselves plunged into the middle of a murderous civil war between a determined band of rebels and the planet's ruthless mind police. A civil war whose outcome will determine not only the future of the planet, but the life of Captain Jean-Luc Picard as well. For more Trek titles, browse our special Star Trek section!
DescriptionDeath is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected, Sogyal Rinpoche explains in this introduction to Tibetan practices that can help anyone live fully, while preparing for the extraordinary adventure that death offers each one of us. What we call "life" and "death, " Rinpoche teaches, are merely shades of the same unbroken wholeness. By daring to see clearly the truth of our lives, and by exploring the part of us that is changeless and eternal, we can face the last moment of life without fear. Masterfully taught, Tibetan Wisdom for Living and Dying is both a guide to this "inner technology, " and a sacred document for listeners of all faiths and traditions. Soygal Rinpoche grew up in the last generation of Tibetans free to learn Buddhism as it was traditionally taught in Tibet.
