David Webster explores the notion of desire as found in the Buddhist Pali Canon. Beginning by addressing the idea of a 'paradox of desire', whereby we must desire to end desire, the varieties of desire that are articulated in the Pali texts are examined. A range of views of desire, as found in Western thought, are presented as well as Hindu and Jain approaches. An exploration of the concept of ditthi(view or opinion) is also provided, exploring the way in which 'holding views' can...

David Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a first hand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel.From the beaches of Normandy to the blood-dimmed battlefields of Holland, here are acts of courage and cowardice, m...

My Thoughts on Love, Marriage, and Compatibility It stands to reason that to get good practical advice, you should look to someone who’s been there and done it. With all the qualified and experienced pastors, councilors, sociologists, etc. who have written on love and marriage, why should a lifelong bachelor with no specific education on the subject bother to write on it? First, just to explain my views since I have difficulty doing so in person. Also, it’s my observation that no one is so...

In 1975, Indonesian forces overran East Timor, just days after it had declared independence from Portugal. Canadian officials knew the invasion was coming and initially endorsed Indonesian rule. The ensuing occupation of the Southeast Asian country lasted twenty-four years. Challenge the Strong Wind recounts the evolution of Canadian government policy toward East Timor from 1975 to its 1999 independence vote. During this time, Canadian civil society groups and NGOs worked in support of Tim...

Stephunos' adventures continue as settling into the drastically different life the last six months have brought hasn't been easy. Dealing with the pressures of being an Earl, a teacher, and an Ambassador at twelve certainly has a way of complicating things. With the help of his friends, or maybe despite their help, Stephunos is hoping to relax. A tall order when you have an overly hyper younger brother and his cohort Youngblood, a highly intelligent young blue dragon, always stirring up tr...

This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and IndexCONTENTSAn Original Essay on WitchcraftNews from ScotlandTo the ReaderA True Discourse of the Damnable Life of Doctor Fian, and Sundry other Witches, lately taken in Scotland,Another Account of the Foregoing Transactions, from Sir James Melvill's MemoirsAdvertisementExtracts from King James's Daemonologie concerning Sorcery and Witchcr...

Dave Webster's book is a counter-blast against the culturally accepted norm that spirituality is a vital and important factor in human life. Rejecting the idea of human wellbeing as predicated on the spiritual, the book seeks to identify the toxic impact of spiritual discourses on our lives. Spirituality makes us confused, apolitical and miserable - whether that spirituality is from conventional religious roots, from a new-age buffet of beliefs, or from some re-imagined ancient system of b...

Truth and reconciliation is complex, complicated, and ongoing. Although the operational phases of truth commissions have been well examined, the efforts to establish these commissions and the struggle to put their recommendations into effect are often overlooked. Flowers in the Wall explores the experience of truth and reconciliation in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands. It examines the pre- and post-truth commission phases, providing a diversity of interconnected scholarship...

Again, Stephunos is confronted with reality-a reality that six months ago was inconceivable. New Worlds! People from other planets! Stephunos again has a secret.It's not the first secret that the twelve-year-old Stephunos has had to keep. Now that he lives on Naxos, the strange island where intelligent dragons, unicorns, and other mystical creatures have been rediscovered, he no longer has to hide being a mage. Others now know of his apparent friend-the Vampire Razvan. But he and t...

Journey along with Stephunos and his friends as they continue to explore their new home on Naxos Island. The mystical creatures of legend are now part of Stephunos' everyday life. A life that could only be described as hectic since his twelfth birthday nearly three months ago is finally beginning to return to some degree of normalcy. Stephunos has to take on new responsibilities as he and his friends are allowed to explore the strange green caves they had discovered. To his great pleasure,...

Life has never been normal for young Stephunos. There's his hyper little brother, the fact that he is a young nobleman, a warrior, and a mage. If his best friend, Chara, isn't beating him senseless, his little brother is playing practical jokes on him. Even though he is twelve, he is already the best swordsman around. Well at least in practice, since he has never had to really fight anyone. Stephunos' already unusual life is about to get even stranger, as he and his friend set out on a gra...

"What mage?" Aheam immediately questioned."Me, what do you want with me?" Ariston whimpered."I have questions!" the red dragon Zaira replied."After we discuss the terms with the Earl, and while Aheam looks for the scepter, you may talk to Ariston in my presence!" Tibalt firmly insisted. Tibalt had heard of the red dragons' deep hatred for mages and he had grown fond of Ariston."Ariston's a mage?" Aheam stated in shock. Ariston had slain a dragon and had performe...