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The Way
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way n. 1. A road or route for travel from one place to another 2. A door or gate for passage 3. A course traveled from place... More > to place 4. A non-spatial course, as a sequence of events, leading toward an objective 5. A manner or method of doing or accomplishing or happening 6. A state of being 7. Movement or progress along a course 8. Means 9. Direction 10. Freedom of action.

'The Way' is a collection of maps & signs from the ancient east, favorite poems and poets from days long gone, when men were wiser, living simply and close to the source. Lao and Chuang, Buddha, Hui Neng, Huang Po, Hanshan, Li Po, Ryokan, and more. This is a book you will want to keep close during your journey and refer to often. < Less
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HOMELESS
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The United Nations has investigated homelessness in the U.S. and determined that the United States is in violation of... More > providing human rights to adequate housing for all its citizens. The United Nations calls failure of the U.S. to address the homeless crisis ‘shameful.’ The 2009 census puts the number of homeless Americans at 14.3 million! Current policies prevent the homeless from receiving social services benefits. We have excluded the homeless from being part of human society, precisely because they are homeless. They have become pariahs, outcasts, a class of untouchables, in this land where all men are created equal. The homeless crisis is not just ‘shameful,’ it is a national tragedy, our national disgrace. As Americans we have lost all claim to moral supremacy so long as this inequality exists. This book is the face and the voice of the homeless, a window on their world. It provides a graphic look at homelessness. If you have the courage, turn the page.... ILLUSTRATED < Less
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GERONIMO'S SONG of the APACHES
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Geronimo saw that the Apache people were "vanishing from the earth." And so he left a record, a formal record in poetic... More > form, to mark their passing. In this book Geronimo tells in great detail the history and culture of the Apache people. Listen to Geronimo tell how he learned to hunt, how he joined the chase when he became old enough to hunt with the men, how he loved his fair Alope and bought her from her father for a herd of horses. See the world through the eyes of the Apaches, learn why Geronimo took the warpath against the Mexicans and white men, follow the Apaches on raids, run and hide with them as they are hunted by the American and Mexican armies. This book is compelling. If you pick it up you will not want to put it down. And it will change your view of Geronimo and the Apache people forever. ILLUSTRATED < Less
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Ahwahnee: An Indian Tale
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Ahwahnee is the story of the first discovery of Yosemite Valley by white men in the spring of 1851. This book is... More > historically accurate. This account agrees with known facts, though it is written through Indian eyes rather than from the traditional white perspective.

Though this book is fiction, the information offered regarding Indian culture--i.e., hunting & gathering, foods & cooking, shelters, tool making, fire making, etc.--is carefully researched and accurate. The aim is to present a glimpse of Indian culture and life in the mountains and deserts of California and Arizona. Live with the Indians as they gather acorns and pine nuts, fish in the streams, hunt grizzly and deer and wild turkeys.

Events from history have been re-written and woven into a beautiful story of two friends on an odyssey. Entertaining, informative, inspirational. ILLUSTRATED

"Every student should read this book to understand the pain inflicted on Native Americans by the whites." J. Tony Serra, lawyer < Less
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Tales & Yarns: a collection of short stories
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"Tales & Yarns" is a collection of short stories, ancient and modern, for your entertainment and enjoyment. Some of them are... More > from my own pen, while others are classic tales that come from a variety of cultures and traditions: Buddhist, Taoist, Gypsy, Persian, Sufi, Native American and more. There are stories for every taste and mood.

Stories have always been a part of the human experience, since our cave dwelling ancestors shared tales of the hunt around their fires at night and drew stories in pictures on the walls of their caves. Humans everywhere have always enjoyed a good story. So here is a collection of 'Tales & Yarns' for you to enjoy. This is a great travel companion, good in airports and campsites, or curled up under a blanket. Toss some more wood on the fire, open the pages and enjoy a good story tonight. Happy reading!

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HAIKU DEATH SONGS ancient & modern
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It is a tradition among the haiku poets of Japan, as life approaches its conclusion, to write poems expressing their views... More > or feelings about death. These are known as "death songs." This book is a collection of haiku death songs and other poems, ancient and modern, that speak of the death experience. The collection began as an effort to answer questions posed by a teenage friend as he approached the end of a lifelong struggle with leukemia. Not comfortable that I could offer clear answers to these questions, I began to seek haiku death songs and other short examples of Buddhist poetry that might provide insight. The collection has since grown into this book that can now be shared with others. It includes selections by contemporary western Buddhists such as Woody Allen, Bob Dylan, Richard Bach and Timothy Leary. This book is provocative, insightful, reassuring; not at all morbid or grim. It even brings some welcome levity in places. It is great reading for those dealing with mortality issues. < Less
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MOUNTAIN DWELLING nature poems & haiku
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I live on a mountain, among the pines above a sea of cloud. When the tide is in the clouds sometimes come close enough to... More > lap at the boards of the front porch. In the distance pine covered peaks rise above the clouds like floating islands. Eagles glide past my door, deer eat from my hand. My companions are wild things and the wind in the pines. I keep a vegetable garden, cut my own firewood, fish in the stream, watch the seasons pass. When it's cold I gather wood and make a fire. I always love the smell of pines and woodsmoke. The road to this place is steep and hard to find. Once here it can be hard to go back.

"Poet, I just finished re-reading 'Cold Mountain' and 'Mountain Dwelling.' I love where they put your head!" Penelope Rose, staff, Pier 5 Law Offices < Less
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KARMA a screenplay
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This is a screenplay, based on the short novel by Paul Carus. It is set in India, c. 500 b.c., and is a colorful parable,... More > which illustrates the Buddhist principle of karma.

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One day Chuang Tzu dreamt he was a butterfly fluttering happily free and easy in the sunshine.  Then suddenly, pop! He woke up! And there he was, Chuang Tzu, in the flesh!  But he wondered: “Am I Chuang Tzu who just dreamt he was a butterfly?  Or am I a butterfly dreaming he is Chuang Tzu?” Chuang Tzu, c. 400 b.c.

 

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