Princess ASHA and the Lost City of Shambhala

Princess ASHA and the Lost City of Shambhala
Author: Lisa M Bishop
Publisher: Lisa M Bishop
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2018-08-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781999602055

Princess Asha felt like a weight had been lifted with the rising of Dwarka. Her long quest to call upon the Sea God to raise the city had been successful and all was peaceful in her kingdom of Panchala...... that is until the dreams began. Asha learns that her journey is not as straightforward as she had hoped. The trials and challenges are to continue as the signs direct her towards searching for the Lost City of Shambhala, with only a grumpy elf to help her through the treacherous path. The princess embarks upon another journey of self-discovery where she has to find her inner strength and face insurmountable odds. Who is calling upon Asha to defeat the darkness? Can she deliver the sword of Krishna? Join Asha once again as she undertakes a perilous mission in the interests of all that is good and pure.

Princess ASHA and the Lost City of Dwarka

Princess ASHA and the Lost City of Dwarka
Author: Lisa M. Bishop
Publisher: Lisa Bishop
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2018-05-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781999602024

Princess Asha never suspects that she is anything other than an 'ordinary princess' until she ventures away from the palace just before her sixteenth birthday. Her life changes beyond recognition when she meets a farmer, who explains that the young princess is a descendant of a God who walked upon the earth thousands of years ago. Asha learns that it is her destiny to save the people of India from the darkness that they have suffered through for millennia. She embarks upon a quest with her beloved calf, befriending a wise owl and a spirited horse along her travels. Join Asha on this courageous journey, where she will have to overcome her own insecurities to defeat those trying to stop her from bringing light to the darkness, facing trials and climbing mountains to finally reach the west coast of India. It is only then that she can call upon the Sea God to raise the lost city of Dwarka and bring hope. Will Princess Asha save her people from the darkness of Kali? Is she really the pure of heart? The chosen one?

Hidden Tibet

Hidden Tibet
Author: Sergius L. Kuzmin
Publisher: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9380359470

This book traces the history of Tibetan statehood from ancient times to our days, describes the life of the Tibetans at the times of Feudalism and Socialism, the coercive inclusion of Tibet into People’s Republic of China, the suppression of the national liberation movement, the Cultural Revolution, and subsequent reforms. Many pictures and data concerning these events are being published for the first time.

Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism

Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
Author: John Powers
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2007-11-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1559392827

This is the most comprehensive and authoritative introduction to Tibetan Buddhism available to date, covering a wide range of topics, including history, doctrines, meditation, practices, schools, religious festivals, and major figures. The revised edition contains expanded discussions of recent Tibetan history and tantra and incorporates important new publications in the field. Beginning with a summary of the Indian origins of Tibetan Buddhism and how it eventually was brought to Tibet, it explores Tibetan Mahayana philosophy and tantric methods for personal transformation. The four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as Bön, are explored in depth from a nonsectarian point of view. This new and expanded edition is a systematic and wonderfully clear presentation of Tibetan Buddhist views and practices.

Women in Game of Thrones

Women in Game of Thrones
Author: Valerie Estelle Frankel
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2014-04-28
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786494166

Game of Thrones, one of the hottest series on television, leaves hundreds of critics divided on how "feminist" the show really is. Certainly the female characters, strong and weak, embody a variety of archetypes--widow queens, warrior women, damsels in distress, career women, priestesses, crones, mothers and maidens. However, the problem is that most of them play a single role without nuance--even the "strong women" have little to do besides strut about as one-note characters. This book analyzes the women and their portrayals one by one, along with their historical inspirations. Accompanying issues in television studies also appear, from the male gaze to depiction of race. How these characters are treated in the series and how they treat themselves becomes central, as many strip for the pleasure of men or are sacrificed as pawns. Some nude scenes or moments of male violence are fetishized and filmed to tantalize, while others show the women's trauma and attempt to identify with the scene's female perspective. The key is whether the characters break out of their traditional roles and become multidimensional.

Shadows of the Prophet

Shadows of the Prophet
Author: Douglas S. Farrer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2009-06-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 140209356X

This is the first in-depth study of the Malay martial art, silat, and the first ethnographic account of the Haqqani Islamic Sufi Order. Drawing on 12 years of research and practice, the author provides a major contribution to the study of Malay culture.

The Spelit Power Matrix

The Spelit Power Matrix
Author: June H. Schmieder-Ramirez
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2007-05-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781419671913

The SPELIT POWER MATRIX is a leadership tool for untangling the organizational environment from a social, political, economic, legal, intercultural and technical view. The SPELIT analysis method was developed for adult learners to have a framework for determining and formulating the answer to the question: What is? There is a need to analyze the environment in all organizations, whether you are entering a new organization or to benchmark the existing organization. The purpose of this text is to show how perceptive leaders can analyze environments in preparation for possible future action. We demonstrate how the methodology aligns with previous theories regarding environmental scanning and produces a workable framework for the perceptive leader. The SPELIT POWER MATRIX is intended for practitioners doing a market analysis or diagnosis prior to implementing transitions, benchmarking in anticipation of an intervention, and can be used by undergraduate students and seasoned practitioners.

Out of This World

Out of This World
Author: I.P. Couliano
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2001-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1570626502

This book takes the reader on a fantastic journey through a wide range of cultures and traditions to examine the phenomenon of ecstatic visionary experiences—from Sumerian Gilgamesh and the Taoist Immortals to the imaginative fiction of Jorge Luis Borges. The author provides a comprehensive tour of otherworldly journeys common from immemorial times among shamans, magicians, and witches, and illustrates their connection with such modern phenomena as altered states of consciousness, out-of-body experiences, and near-death experiences.

Green Planets

Green Planets
Author: Gerry Canavan
Publisher: Wesleyan
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0819574279

Contemporary visions of the future have been shaped by hopes and fears about the effects of human technology and global capitalism on the natural world. In an era of climate change, mass extinction, and oil shortage, such visions have become increasingly catastrophic, even apocalyptic. Exploring the close relationship between science fiction, ecology, and environmentalism, the essays in Green Planets consider how science fiction writers have been working through this crisis. Beginning with H. G. Wells and passing through major twentieth-century writers like Ursula K. Le Guin, Stanislaw Lem, and Thomas Disch to contemporary authors like Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and Paolo Bacigalupi—as well as recent blockbuster films like Avatar and District 9—the essays in Green Planets consider the important place for science fiction in a culture that now seems to have a very uncertain future. The book includes an extended interview with Kim Stanley Robinson and an annotated list for further exploration of “ecological SF” and related works of fiction, nonfiction, films, television, comics, children’s cartoons, anime, video games, music, and more. Contributors include Christina Alt, Brent Bellamy, Sabine Höhler, Adeline Johns-Putra, Melody Jue, Rob Latham, Andrew Milner, Timothy Morton, Eric C. Otto, Michael Page, Christopher Palmer, Gib Prettyman, Elzette Steenkamp, Imre Szeman.