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A perfect book for young readers to discover lesser-known events that have shaped Black history in the United StatesThe Stono Rebellion of enslaved people in 1739. Harriet Tubman's Combahee River raid in 1863. The Biloxi Wade-in to desegregate beaches in 1959. Throughout history, Black people have spoken up, protested, rebelled, and even risked their lives to gain equality. Celebrate little-known historic events like these and learn about their social impact on Ame...

A perfect book for young readers to discover lesser-known people who have shaped Black history in the United States.The organizer behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The first Black American head coach in the National Football League. The first Black female state senator from New York. Throughout history, Black people have broken barriers and protested to fight for equality. Celebrate little-known people like these and learn about the social i...

Exploring the confluence of ancient Chinese spirituality and modern Western environmental thought, Wild Mind, Wild Earth reveals the unrecognized kinship of mind and nature that must be reanimated if we are to end our destruction of the planet.Earth is embroiled in its sixth major extinction event—this time caused not by asteroids or volcanos, but by us. At bottom, preventing this sixth extinction is a spiritual/philosophical problem, for it is the assumpt...

The Fourth Dimension by Charles Howard Hinton is a pioneering exploration into the concept of dimensions beyond the three familiar to human perception. First published in the late 19th century, this work delves into the mathematical, philosophical, and imaginative implications of a fourth spatial dimension. Hinton, a mathematician and science writer, presents a series of essays and thought experiments designed to expand the reader’s understanding of space and geometry. He introduces the id...

Scientific Romances (First Series) by Charles Howard Hinton is a fascinating collection of speculative essays and imaginative explorations that blend science, philosophy, and fiction. First published in the late 19th century, this volume stands as a testament to the Victorian era’s curiosity and intellectual daring, offering readers a unique window into the scientific and metaphysical debates of its time. The book comprises a series of thought-provoking essays, each delving into topics tha...

A New Era of Thought by Charles Howard Hinton is a groundbreaking exploration into the nature of higher dimensions and the possibilities they present for human understanding and perception. First published in 1888, this seminal work delves into the concept of the fourth dimension, challenging readers to expand their minds beyond the limitations of three-dimensional space. Hinton, a mathematician and philosopher, presents a series of essays and thought experiments designed to guide readers ...

The essential primer for understanding awakening in the Ch’an Buddhist tradition.After four decades translating, contemplating, and writing about the classic texts in China’s Taoist and Ch’an traditions, David Hinton clearly and directly explains the essentials: meditation and awakening. He follows a single period of meditation, tracing the insights that it reveals one after another, step by step, slowly gathering them together until we find ourselves in the midst ...

More than forty years after its initial publication, William Hinton's Fanshen continues to be the essential volume for those fascinated with China's revolutionary process of rural reform and social change. A pioneering work, Fanshan is a marvelous and revealing look into life in the Chinese countryside, where tradition and modernity have had both a complimentary and caustic relationship in the years since the Chinese Communist Party first came to power. It...

David Hinton breathes new life into a foundational text of Taoism and Chinese philosophy in this poetic translation for the modern reader looking to go beyond the Tao Te Ching.Witty, engaging and spiced with the lyricism of poetry, Chuang Tzu’s Taoist insights in the Inner Chapters are timely and eternal. The only sustained section of text widely believed to be the work of Chuang Tzu himself, these chapters date to the 4th century B.C.E and are profoundly ...

Join renowned author David Hinton on two walks into the wild beauty and archaeological ruins of the desert Southwest, where he maps the edges of consciousness and our place in the Cosmos.Walks in the desert and journeys through Ch’an (Zen) enlightenment. Meditations on the nature of perception and on the nature of ruins. Topographies of mind and of space-time. Poetry and prose. This talismanic book is all of these and more.In this poetic odyssey of nature w...

Learning to see with the eyes of the ancient Chinese sages can change your view of the universe, as David Hinton demonstrates. He takes us on a series of walks up Hunger Mountain, a wilderness area near his home in Vermont. What he sees and describes about these outings is informed by the cosmos-view he's imbibed from his many years of translating Chinese poetry: a way of looking at nature, and our place in it, and a particular way of regarding the relationship between ourselves and the un...

The first adventure in the BEAVOR TOWERS series. A magic spell whisks Philip away on his new kite to a far-off island where he meets the beavers - Mr Edgar and his grandson, Baby B. They tell him of the terrible danger that threatens them. The wicked witch Oyin has imprisoned most of the island's inhabitants in Beaver Towers, and when her powers are complete she will put them to death and rule the island. Philip has to get her spell book in order to save them.