In How to See Yourself as You Really Are, the world's foremost Buddhist leader teaches listeners how to recognize and dispel misguided notions of self and embrace the world from a more realistic -- and loving -- perspective. Step-by-step exercises help listeners shatter their false assumptions and ideas and see the world as it actually exists. His Holiness sets the stage for discovering the reality behind appearances.
An old-style gangster novel, appearing somewhat incongruous in today's context. Bill Duffy, a press photographer is thrown out of his regular job in the Tribune, but is approached by a gangster, Morgan, to take pictures of a woman, supposedly his wife, being blackmailed. However, the woman is actually the wayward daughter of a corrupt politician, who has the local police in his pockets.
Paper Magic: Pop-Up Paper Craft: Origamic Architecture
With full-size, marked construction drawings, you can easily make such works as temples, castles, flowers that open and dragonflies that actually move.
Teaching Young Children to Draw: Imaginative Approaches to Representational Drawing
This illustrated handbook on teaching young children to draw has been developed using what the authors call the "negotiated drawing approach". It presents this approach to teachers, demonstrating how it works, ideas for future work, and concrete evidence that it actually produces good results.
Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd (Audiobook, MP3)
Why trying to be the best competing like crazy makes you mediocre. Every few years a book through a combination of the authors unique voice, storytelling ability, wit, and insight simply breaks the mold. Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods is one example. Richard Feynman's Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! is another. Now comes Youngme Moons Different, a book for people who don't read business books. Actually, it's more like a personal conversation with a friend who has thought deeply about how the world works and who gets you to see that world in a completely new light.
