"The result is a seductively uncomplicated lattice of musical and spiritual cosmology from someone who has immersed himself in some of the most remote cultures on Earth."Alex Neilson, The Wire Magazine"Although not a long read, it is a very enjoyable one, frank and funny and often profoundly deep."Nicholas Breeze Wood, Sacred Hoop Magazine.Ken Hyder's memoir is unusual. It is short, and tight. And it reflects the way he gained insights along his path…from Du...

Hack Attack is a 21st century fast-moving thriller exploding in a massive global cyber-terrorism meltdown.Set in the period before the Snowden NSA revelations showed just how much state-hacking was going on, the book illustrates how criminal hackers can also hold countries to ransom.In Siberia, Kolya hacks an American oil company for revenge. They bought up a whole engineering institute in the science-city of Akademgorodok, plundered the existing research, then sacked everybo...

Chimit Ondar is a musician from the autonomous republic of Tuva, in southern Siberia, not far from the Mongolian border. A childhood friend, now a female shaman, Zoya Sedip has taken him on as an apprentice shaman. And he begins learning how to heal, how to access spiritual energy and how to direct it.In Boston, USA, graphic artist Ray Farmer is restless. He realises he's wasted a lot of his life dabbling in spiritual pursuits – without focus. He strikes up an Internet friendship w...

A household name, an Australian rock icon, the elder statesman of Ozrock - there isn't an accolade or cliche that doesn't apply to Jimmy Barnes. But long before Cold Chisel and Barnesy, long before the tall tales of success and excess, there was the true story of James Dixon Swan - a working class boy whose family made the journey from Scotland to Australia in search of a better life.Working Class Boy is a powerful reflection on a traumatic and violent childhood, which fue...

The Bells of Mindfulness is part of the Parallax Press Moments series of short ebooks. Thich Nhat Hanh presents a dramatic vision of the future of our planet, a call for environmental awareness, and Buddhist teachings on interconnectedness. Ultimately, Nhat Hanh believes that engaging with the world is the key to our individual and collective survival. Selected from his best-selling title The World We Have.

Who cares if a lowlife is murdered? Two Glasgow investigators, in a thriller that’ll “wake up crime fiction readers everywhere” (Val McDermid).When a small-time heroin dealer turns up dead one fine morning in Scotland, no one is that surprised. Sleeping with a big-time drug trafficker’s girlfriend can bring around plenty of enemies. Little wonder that Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod has no shortage of early leads.If only out-of-work actress Jasmin...

"An unlikely love story set against the events of the last half-century in China . . . a poetic evocation of the country and its people." — The New York TimesWhen the Kitchen God is challenged by the Jade Emperor to fathom the workings of the human heart, he chooses to trace the lives of Jinyi and his wife, Yuying, from their blossoming love until their old age, in hope of finding an answer. The Kitchen God watches as government strictures split their famil...

Mindfulness Meditation for People Who Stammer by Dr Hiten Vyas is a quick and easy guide (2627 words) that will help you to learn the following:* Why mindfulness meditation is good if you stammer.* How it can help people who stammer reduce anxiety and other unhelpful emotions.* The actual mindfulness meditation technique you can start to use to today to bring more peace and harmony in your life.

The purpose of this guide is to help the beginner who is trying to learn the Kata in his or her own time. There is no real substitute for a competent instructor, fellow students and a Dojo. However, this guide may help the beginner practice alone or with a friend in their own time and at their own pace and convenience. It is hoped that the instructions, diagrams and pointers provided here will help produce a better understanding of the Kata in a shorter time, when other facilities are unav...

Cosmic Law states that Power (As is our Life-Force, Energies and Abundance) is there for all to use. If your power is unused—lying there, so to speak—then others may use it—without your knowledge! Unless you Claim Your Power and qualify it, by stating as above that it is yours and yours alone to use, etc…The use of your Power without your knowledge is allowed and there are lots of beings out there that work very hard at keeping you in a state of confusion, so that you won't know th...

After the brutal suppression of an unarmed national uprising, which cost thousands of lives, Rory MacLean seized the chance to visit Burma. Travelling from Rangoon to Mandalay and Pagan, into the heart of the Golden Triangle, he heard stories of freedom fighters, government censors, basket weavers, farmers and lovers -- ordinary people struggling to survive under one of the most brutal and repressive regimes in the world. He met Aung San Suu Kyi, the most courageous woman of our time and t...

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