Before entering the world of the Cultural Revolution, readers first need a map. This book is that map.The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) was one of the most turbulent periods in modern Chinese history. It changed the lives of millions of people. It also led to armed conflict in many parts of China. Yet for many readers outside China, the people, organizations, slogans, events, and battles of that time remain unfamiliar.Written as a companion to the Growing Up in Mao’s Chin...

A raven screams—and the forest answers like an army.In the black timber of British Columbia, a dictator builds his empire on fear. One man builds something worse for him: a war.Soren Tate owns the cameras. Owns the crowds. Owns the night. But he does not own the sky.From the shadows rises Bhadrakali—sapphire-eyed raven warrior—and Darling, her hellfire partner on the ground. Beside them stand a rogue operator with nothing left to lose, a daughter stolen by a tyrant,...

The purpose of this work is to explain what Gradual Awakening means and how it can be attained — and to offer a way of thinking about Awakening that is clear and understandable — so that you will know that Awakening is genuine and possible. In the earliest records we have of what the Buddha taught, the Path of Awakening is said to progress through four stages, four levels, culminating at the Fourth Level in the attainment of Nibbana (Nirvana). We call this the "Gradual Path" to distinguish...

**Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George ClooneyThe #1 New York Times–bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany—from the author of Facing the Mountain.**For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the...

Zero to Zen: A Beginner's Guide to Starting Meditation" offers an engaging and relatable introduction to the world of meditation, penned by an author whose own journey from a high-pressure career as a stockbroker and the demands of fatherhood to finding peace through meditation, embodies the transformative power of the practice. This book is not just a manual; it's a personal invitation to explore meditation as a pathway to a more serene and focused life.With an empathetic voice, t...

This book looks in depth at the issues that should be discussed before marriage. Topics that are taboo in many Christian circles are discussed candidly and no stones are left unturned. For an honest, no holds barred discussion of pre-marital issues, this is the book to read.

Careening into Gay Midlife is the journey of a man who drags into his adulthood the unfulfilled dreams of his adolescence. Though challenged with limited social skills and a tentative grip on reality, he snakes his way around betrayals and misunderstandings from one side of the United States to the other. Magical and mystical events grab our adventurer by the seat of his pants, dragging him through the tunnels of a mental institute to an AIDS hospice, kicking him into the new century and c...

Blackfire: The Rise of the Creeping Moors (Volume II of the trilogy) continues the story of four unlikely teenagers who are summoned by a mysterious stranger to save another world being destroyed by evil. Elli Adams and her friends Beatriz, Jamie, and Alex must overcome challenges of blindness, self-confidence, and Down syndrome as they struggle together to fulfill their mysterious calling as Bairnmoor's last prophetic hope. Join them as they adventure through singing forests and stardust ...

Four unlikely teenagers are summoned to quest for the salvation of a perpendicular world. Elli Adams and her friends Beatriz, Jamie, and Alex must overcome their own personal challenges of blindness, self-confidence, and Down syndrome as they struggle together to fulfill their mysterious calling as Bairnmoor's last prophetic hope. Join them on an adventure through singing forests and stardust valleys full of mystical, glorious, and ferocious creatures, all of which test their resolve in th...

Blackfire: The Girl with the Diamond Key (Volume III of the trilogy) concludes the story of four unlikely teenagers who are summoned by a mysterious stranger to save another world being destroyed by evil. Elli Adams and her friends Beatriz, Jamie, and Alex must overcome challenges of blindness, self-confidence, and Down syndrome as they struggle together to fulfill their mysterious calling as Bairnmoor's last prophetic hope. Join them as they adventure through singing forests and stardust ...

Kelsey Koala must find his way home to his friends and family! Adventure with Kelsey under the twinkling stars of the Southern Cross, through blazing bush, perilous roads, a cozy Koala Hospital, and cool backyard pools. Explore with Kelsey as he marvels at the forest food and secret ways of rainbow lorikeets, galahs, foxes, crested bellbirds, willie wagtails, brushtail possums, and bandicoots. Find home, together with Kelsey.

From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier“An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” — Mary Roach, New York Times Book ReviewIn April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eigh...