This book presents front-line advance in the future of infrastructure development, focusing on transforming traditional construction practices. The authors explore a range of innovative methods and materials poised to revolutionize the construction industry, in particular new concrete materials and mix designs with detail on their composition, properties, and applications in construction. The book also discusses utilization of construction and demolition waste materials, demonstrating thei...

When Stratus is taken from earth to the world of Saga Aurora, he discovers that he is a Reborna reincarnation of the powerful king who presided over the planet. With the burgeoning powers of his past life, he is given the chance to take revenge on the gang members who killed his parents. But when Stratus cannot bring himself to do it, he decides to focus his energies onto a nobler task: protect the people whom he had once ruled over as king, for Saga Aurora has been drenched in bloodshed f...

The book seeks to understand China's evolving political and economic role in Africa and assesses what impacts Chinese aid, trade and investment have on the politics of specific African countries, and the extent to which it excites geopolitical competition.

Here is a personal tribute to "the father of modern yoga" Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888–1989), written by one of his longtime disciples. Krishnamacharya was a renowned Indian yoga master, Ayurvedic healer, and scholar who modernized yoga practice and whose students—including B. K. S. Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois, T. K. V. Desikachar, and Indra Devi—dramatically popularized yoga in the WestIn this book, the author, A. G. Mohan, a well-respected yoga teacher and yoga therapist, dr...

The Diary of a Young Girl started two days before Anne Frank's thirteenth birthday. In 1942, the Nazis had occupied Holland, and her family left their home to go into hiding, as they were Jews. Anne Frank recorded daily events, her personal experiences and her feelings in her diary for the next two years. Cut off from the outside world, she and her family faced hunger, boredom, claustrophobia at living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and deat...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Untethered Soul and Living Untethered comes the astonishing true-life story about the spiritual harmony and personal happiness he found when he just let go.“With his hallmark precision and clarity Michael Singer reveals how everyday life, doing business in the world, and spiritual practice can be synchronized to carry us into the heart of life’s unimaginable perfection.”—Jack Canf...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Thought leader, visionary, philanthropist, mystic, and yogi Sadhguru presents Western readers with a time-tested path to achieving absolute well-being: the classical science of yoga.“A loving invitation to live our best lives and a profound reassurance of why and how we can.”—Sir Ken Robinson, author of The Element, Finding Your Element, and Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative

MADHUBALA:Madhubala was born as Mumtaz Jehan Begum in Delhi on 14 February 1933. When she entered in film industry as a child artist in 1942, who could ever thought on seeing her that one day she would become one of the most beautiful and versatile actresses of Hindi cinema.Lavishly illustrated with photos of Madhubala, this special book covers in detail the major events in her life, her rise in the film industry from bit player to celebrity and her marriage to Kishore Kuma...

In 1975, Lama Yeshe undertook his most extensive international teaching tour, being on the road for nearly nine months. During this time he gave many and varied teachings, a few of which have already been published in Becoming Your Own Therapist, Make Your Mind an Ocean and The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind.This book contains the teachings and meditations Lama gave at a five-day retreat he led near Melbourne, Australia, which he introduced by saying:"Whether or not ...

In ancient times, Indian rishi Patanjali highlighted the principal stages of the ascent to spiritual heights, to the Primordial Consciousness. He distinguished eight major steps of this ascent: yama — niyama — asana — pranayama — pratyahara — dharana — dhyana — samadhi.This book describes these steps.

Adventurous maidens and sinister mages clash in these magical tales by a World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and "one of the all-time masters" (Peter Straub).Three different young women, each endowed with extraordinary abilities, pit their powers against warriors, wizards, and royal intrigue to preserve their worlds and stem the tide of evil.Mirror of Destiny: Transformed by a powerful talisman, the orphaned apprentice Twilla defies her ...

This book will help you manifest anything you want in your life. Vickie Emanuele is a queen of manifestation, and happiness is the choice she chooses to experience every day. She provides a 30-day repeatable process so you, too, can bring joy and prosperity into every aspect of your life.Relationships, careers, finances, love, weight loss, and anything else that you believe can be improved upon can be helped by utilizing this incredibly uplifting and positive process. If youre tire...