This is a collection of 50 haiku, organised under loose and broad thematic descriptions. The headings are suggestive and meant to be a bit playful. Each haiku stands alone, but the thematic ordering I hope adds some additional colour. The themes are:THE LINGERING OF PAST INTO PRESENTTHE DOORS OF PERCEPTION AND MISPERCEPTIONTHE MIND MAKES IT ALL UPTHE BODY DOESN'T LIECITY 'VERMIN'A BREAK IN THE ACTIONEVERYDAY OBJECTSHAIKU FOR E...

The Wild Red Deer of Scotland. Notes from an Island Forest on Deer, Deer Stalking, and Deer Forests in the Scottish Highlands. By Allan Gordon Cameron. Originally published in the early 1920's this scarce deer stalking title is now very hard to locate in its first edition. READ COUNTRY BOOKS have now republished it using the original text, maps and illustrations. The author was an experienced stalker and naturalist who wrote many articles for the sporting journals of that era. The life of ...

A magical story starring three Black mermaid sisters who each wish to wear the underwater crown! Perfect for fans of Little Mermaid and Oona.Anaya, Shante, and Kianna are sisters.And these mermaid princesses couldn’t be more different!One day, when a problem too big for any of them to solve alone comes their way, they find out which one of them has what it takes to become legend of the sea.This fun adventure, inspired by African mermaid myth, magic, and spir...

This book provides a crosscutting interdisciplinary account of how the disintegrated, global subsistence economy circa 1800 has transformed into a global complex delivering unprecedented levels of material production and consumption. Applying major findings from economics, history/historiography, and sociology (as well as from anthropology, psychology, politics, and environmental studies), the analysis tracks the ways in which changes in ‘society’ (including social structures, values, and ...

"The beauty of futility" is a collection of eight stories about people whose lives are strange, and fantastic and ordinary, all at the same time. The titles give some sense of the range: Cursus caninus: emperor of the dogs; Confessions of a champ'een pie eater; A perfect human being; The transmigration of souls; Artificial light; Order of Merit; Father, father, quite contrary; Collective unconscious. Enter into a familiar world that is never quite what it seems - or all that it seems if yo...

First published in 1939, Syria As It Is provides a comprehensive overview of the political history of Syria. It covers themes like the great Lebanon; the oldest city of the world; Druzes of Lebanon; stronghold of Islam; means of salvation; government of the Djebel Druze; Easter at Hama and Homs; disunited Syria; Republic of Syria till 1922; government of Latakia; and cedars of Lebanon. Rich in archival sources, maps, and images, this book is an essential read for students and scho...

This book is written as a series of daily reflections for the season in the Christian calendar that is referred to as Lent. Lent is a time that commemorates the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist; the subsequent retreat of Jesus to the desert to face his three temptations by the devil; and then Jesus' return to Jerusalem, his death on the Cross (Good Friday) and his Resurrection on Easter Sunday. But what does it really mean to say that Christ is risen, and that he has died no more, near...

FROM THE PLAY:Robert McNamara: (Visibly stunned, his mouth slightly gaping.) Speer? Albert Speer? The Nazi?Albert Speer: (A bit discomfited.) A Nazi? I am a member of the National Socialist Party, yes. As an official of government and in my capacity I am bound to be. But a 'Nazi', that is a term you Americans use. In Germany this is a vulgarism. I can assure you that I am not a vulgar man.Robert McNamara: (Suddenly angry.) You dirty Communist bastard! I see your fil...

This collection of six short stories begins with "Blackout-o-three," an account of one person's experience of the power failure in New York City in 2003 and the strange social unraveling that took place during its short interval. Five other stories, all set in New York, herald the gritty mystery of that City in a series of poignant, funny and moving vignettes and slices of life. The five other stories are titled (in order): Chinatown. Subway preacher. A distant murder. Bus along Fifth Aven...

So what do you do with all that old cardboard left over from boxes of cereal, crackers, chocolates, paper, shoes? I used to throw it out or recycle it but then I got an idea: why not paint on it? I was already painting as a hobby - mostly abstract and nonrepresentational watercolours. These were more doodles than anything else and I was buying rather expensive watercolour paper to undertake what essentially was a pasttime. So this use of refuse seemed to be an easy way to transform trash i...

Regrets. I've had a few… Maybe too few to mention. Or maybe too many to live with. Or maybe you get over them. This collection of six stories covers the gamut of these possibilities as expressed in ordinary lives that, in the end, are not so ordinary at all. The story titles are: Pillar of salt. They were so little when we got them. Ceaușescu. A wing off the family house. Up, up and away. Communin' w' gawd.

This second Lent reader – as well as the first one, published separately – has grown out of my own Lenten practices and observances over the year. I wrote them both because I would have found it helpful to have such a reader. I hope you enjoy and find the daily readings contained within helpful. And, of course, I hope your Lenten observations are just what you need them to be.To me Lent is a time of 'wilderness work'. One goes in to one's own darkness and disorder, not to reject it...