A Hundred Thousand Hopes: Stories on the Power of Prayer presents personal stories, essays, and poems from twenty-seven writers of diverse life experiences and backgrounds as they share prayer's power in many aspects of modern life. This book was born of an inspiration received during prayer, and gathered from a community of writers-many Bahá'í. The stories share insights into near-death experiences, health crises, perspective changes, transformed relationships, m...

Struggling to unravel the secrets of knotting and ropework mastery?This book is a comprehensive guide to the art of knotting and ropework, offering step-by-step instructions from basic rope care to advanced techniques. It covers essential knots, bends, hitches, and splicing methods, highlighting their practical applications in nautical and other settings. Gordon Perry and Steve Judkins bring their wealth of knowledge to this instructional resource, making it an invaluable tool for ...

If youre a member of the architectural and design community who still consider window coverings as an afterthought, then you need to learn more about the emerging field of engineered shading solutions. Engineered shading solutions are sustainable systems for interior and exterior window coverings that engage the latest technologies to control heat, glare, and light. Window coverings have evolved beyond mere decoration and have become a significant part of sustainable building systems. In t...

The Love Poems of Rumi, as translated by Philip Dunn in this gorgeous little book, maintain the same emotional significance with readers today as they did seven centuries ago when originally composed by the Persian poet.Samples:The heart is comforted by true words, just as a thirsty man is comforted by water.Don't hide your heart but reveal it, so that mine might be revealed, and I might accept what I am capable of.If the heart isn't there, how can the body spea...

Winner of a Gold Nautilus AwardFeatured on Katie Couric Media's "37 Life-Changing Books You Won’t Be Able to Put Down"“We can do extraordinary things when we lead with love,” Barbara Becker reminds us in her debut memoir Heartwood**.**When her earliest childhood friend is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Becker sets off on a quest to immerse herself in what it means to be mortal. Can we live our lives mor...

Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion, edited by Piyali Bhattacharya, is the first anthology to examine the multiple facets of daughterhood in South Asian American families.The voices in this volume reveal how a Good Girl is trained to seamlessly blend professional success with the maintanence and reproduction of her family's cultural heritage. Her gratitude for her immigrant parents' sacrifices creates intense pressure to perf...

Love is like the fragrance of a rose, the petals of a flower. It is a very precious essence. Its like waking up in the morning and feeling the freshness of spring, especially when you were a little child, when you didnt have a care in the world. And the birds were singing, the sky was blue and the clouds were billowy. And all you had to be concerned with was the grass and flowersplaying and springtime.

Incest denial and sexual assaults disrupt a young woman's solo spiritual quest and her two romantic adventures in India in 1990-91. Two decades later, after profound healing, she's resilient at mid-life. Finding the love and intimacy she craves, she can, at last, forgive her dying father—and her mom, for her decades of silence. Unlike many stories of healing and spiritual discovery, No Letter in Your Pocket avoids predictable recovery rhetoric and insular victimhood. Instead, it i...

Spiritual love is a dimension in life And the purpose to all other dimensions. Since it is not necessary for the basic business of life Not all find it necessary to experience Or even think about. Spiritual love is a path Requiring study and focus For a long time. What do you think your religion is all about? If you find it You will have spiritual vision And hold truths in your heart. This is not theory But science and fact. The key is to make spiritual love A path in life.

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Coming Home: Poetry of the Spirit serves as the introduction to a trilogy of poetry on love and the journey. It is the realisation of poet Ajit Sripad Rao Nalkurs deepest dream to make his poetry available to the world at large. This volume offers an account of author Nalkurs voyage back to India, his birthplace, after twenty-five years of living in the West. His time abroad included living, working, and travelling through Australia, Europe, and the United States....

Sweta Srivastava Vikram is a multi-genre writerliving in New York City. Her work has appearedor is forthcoming in literary journals, online publications,and anthologies across six countriesand three continents. Sweta has attended severalwriting residencies and workshops in the UnitedStates and Europe. She is a VONA writer and agraduate of Columbia University.About this Chapbook...We have all lost a dear one at some point in ourlives. Grief, depending on the...