This book is a beginner’s guide to Buddhism. It will introduce the reader to the origin of Buddhism and the teaching passed through the discipline. It will serve to educated the reader on the various ways they can be able to actualize a simple but happy life through Buddhism. It will enlighten the user on the various ways the Buddha worked to become enlightened and eventually got to rid himself of the suffering from life. This will teach the reader how to be able to do the same. The topics...

Skydiving and drug smuggling pioneer Roger Nelson lives life out of the box. Fueled by a love for adrenaline and adventure, Roger goes after everything he wants with gusto. But now Roger is ready to retire from smuggling. With a parachute center to run and a family to raise, Roger knows it is time to stop the cat-and-mouse games he has been playing with the authorities for years.He and his longtime partner, Hanoi, plan one final run to Belize, where they intend to fill their Dougla...

This book is a beginner's guide to Buddhism. It will introduce the reader to the origin of Buddhism and the teaching passed through the discipline. It will serve to educate the reader on the various ways they can be able to actualize a simple but happy life through Buddhism. It will enlighten the user on the various ways the Buddha worked to become enlightened and eventually got to rid himself of the suffering from life. This will teach the reader how to be able to do the same. The topics ...

This adventure/romance takes place in 1996 in Michigan where a young man is tired of his job and his girl has left him, so he decides to go on two-week bicycle /camping trip to get away and rethink his life. His neighbor bets him than he can't do it for under $200 for the two-week vacation. He wants to be alone, but eventually meets a young woman, also riding a bike, who keeps showing up. There is a touch of fantasy in this Christian themed novel.

Kelli finds a four-leaf clover which results in her seeing a leprechaun. It also drives a wedge between her and her best friend, Sandy, who doesn't believe in leprechauns. The leprechaun, Aiden, leaves a green high-heeled show on her porch, but not the mate for it. Kelli wants the mate to the shoe and is willing to do anything to get it. Aiden promises her the mate if she'll perform a task. Kelli runs with Sandy and in so doing meets Linc and she falls in love with Linc. She also falls in ...

This is the story of Sam, a young man who leaves the countryside for the big city to work as a cyclo driver, piloting his three-wheeled bicycle taxi through busy streets. Sam just wants to earn an honest wage, but he is constantly thwarted by those with money: his landlord, factory bosses, politicians, even the woman who rents him his cyclo. The city takes its toll, and Sam’s humanity is denied him at every turn, leading to the devastation of his small family and his surrender to temptatio...

In Artistic Art Histories in Southeast Asia**, Roger Nelson asks what knowledge is produced when contemporary artists engage—within their artworks—with overlooked histories of modern art.** Through close readings of artworks by artists living and working across Southeast Asia and in the region's diasporas, Nelson argues that their practices contribute to decolonizing art history, drawing on the discipline's distinctive qualities in Southeast Asia....

Following the lifework (1960s to 2010) of visionary Singaporean architect William S. W. Lim, The Impossibility of Mapping (Urban Asia) is a compelling compilation of case studies and historical projects. This multifaceted publication takes Lim's ideas to a future Asia: a region defined by an irreducibly complex urban topography under constant flux. Looking from Singapore to Southeast Asia, and from this region to Asia more expansively (and beyond), it presents a diverse range of activities...

The Placemakers of Hong Kong pays homage to what local development companies, charitable organizations, as well as the government have been able to achieve in contributing to the enhancement of Hong Kong’s evolving urban and rural landscape. Far from being solely profit-driven, developers and urban planners have been vital to the community by creating and designing urban spaces for the public, increasing walkability, and embracing sustainable design—a process called ‘placemaking’....

Are you tired of the same old 9 to 5 working week?Do you want to leave it all behind, work from home and make money online?There are numerous ways to make money through online working and Affiliate Marketing is just one of those. In Affiliate Marketing Niche Site Ninja, I am about to show you how you can start a niche website that will make you money through a whole host of exciting opportunities.Chapters includes information on:➢ How to start your niche sit...

An exciting new brand and storybook to help girls grow into brave, confident daughters of the King.Young girls will grow in their knowledge of the Bible and in their faith by getting to know our Brave Girls—Hope, Gracie, Glory, Faith, and Honor—five modern-day friends who relate to today’s readers! The girls are each very different, but they all love Jesus and love each other. They share their strengths and struggles and how they discover bravery in women in the Bi...

In the winter of 1944–1945, Hitler sought to divide Allied forces in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Luxembourg and Belgium. He deployed more than 400,000 troops in one of the last major German offensives of the war, which became known as the Battle of the Bulge, in a desperate attempt to regain the strategic initiative in the West. Hitler's effort failed for a variety of reasons, but many historians assert that Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr.'s Third Army was ultimately re...