In 1987 Charles Atkins was struck with Hodgkin's disease and underwent the ravages of chemotherapy. Throughout his illness he used his Buddhist training and the power of the mantra nam-myoho-renge-kyo to carry him through the cancer treatments and allay his fears of death and doubts for recovery. Du[...]

The Unreliable Account of a Student and His Pet Dodo. In 2008 a diary was discovered amongst books donated to a charity bookshop in Oxford. It was a most remarkable book, supposedly written over 300 years ago by a student, describing his life and unusual pet, a dodo. Everyone knows the dodo, a comic[...]

From packing the right equipment to keeping enough gas in the tank to get home, every aspect of making a successful tour with a band is addressed in this comprehensive guide. Over 100 luminaries and leading organizations from the world of touring - among them Chris Connelly, Henry Rollins, the House[...]

*** Well Formatted Edition with an Active Table of Contents and Carb Gram Counter Tables ***All recipes in this cookbook are alphabetically sorted and accessible via TOC. The Atkins diet limits the consumption of carbohydrates to switch the body's metabolism from metabolizing glucose as energy ove[...]

Mindfulness techniques, having long played an important role in contemplative traditions around the world, are now recognized as having the potential to transform workplaces. As interest in the role of mindfulness in organizational settings continues to increase, this timely book fills a gap in the [...]

By reading T.S. Eliot literally and laterally, and attending to his intra-textuality, G. Douglas Atkins challenges the familiar notion of Eliot as bent on escaping this world for the spiritual. This study culminates in the necessary, but seemingly impossible, union of reading and writing, literature[...]

A gorgeous picture book biography of botanist and photographer Anna Atkins--the first person to ever publish a book of photography After losing her mother very early in life, Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was raised by her loving father. He gave her a scientific education, which was highly unusual for wom[...]

Written for general chemistry courses, "Chemical Principles 4e" helps students develop chemical insight by showing the connections between fundamental chemical ideas and their applications. It begins with a detailed picture of the atom, then builds towards chemistry's frontier, continually demonstra[...]