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Book Synopsis Forest Recollections by : Tiyavanich Kamala
Download or read book Forest Recollections written by Tiyavanich Kamala and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1997-03-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I stayed [in the forest] for two nights. The first night, nothing happened. The second night, at about one or two in the morning, a tiger came--which meant that I didn't get any sleep the whole night. I sat in meditation, scared stiff, while the tiger walked around and around my umbrella tent (klot). My body felt all frozen and numb. I started chanting, and the words came out like running water. All the old chants I had forgotten now came back to me, thanks both to my fear and to my ability to keep my mind under control. I sat like this from 2 until 5 a.m., when the tiger finally left." --A forest monk During the first half of this century the forests of Thailand were home to wandering ascetic monks. They were Buddhists, but their brand of Buddhism did not copy the practices described in ancient doctrinal texts. Their Buddhism found expression in living day-to-day in the forest and in contending with the mental and physical challenges of hunger, pain, fear, and desire. Combining interviews and biographies with an exhaustive knowledge of archival materials and a wide reading of ephemeral popular literature, Kamala Tiyavanich documents the monastic lives of three generations of forest-dwelling ascetics and challenges the stereotype of state-centric Thai Buddhism. Although the tradition of wandering forest ascetics has disappeared, a victim of Thailand's relentless modernization and rampant deforestation, the lives of the monks presented here are a testament to the rich diversity of regional Buddhist traditions. The study of these monastic lineages and practices enriches our understanding of Buddhism in Thailand and elsewhere.
Download or read book Recollections written by Viktor E. Frankl and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1905 in the center of the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire, Viktor Frankl was a witness to the great political, philosophical, and scientific upheavals of the twentieth century. In these stirring recollections, Frankl describes how as a young doctor of neurology in prewar Vienna his disagreements with Freud and Adler led to the development of "the third Viennese School of Psychotherapy," known as logotherapy; recounts his harrowing trials in four concentration camps during the War; and reflects on the celebrity brought by the publication of Man's Search for Meaning in 1945.
Book Synopsis Recollections of the Last Half-century by : Orsi (count.)
Download or read book Recollections of the Last Half-century written by Orsi (count.) and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Recollections, Political, Literary, Dramatic, and Miscellaneous by : John Richardson (LL. B.)
Download or read book Recollections, Political, Literary, Dramatic, and Miscellaneous written by John Richardson (LL. B.) and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Recollections by : Alexis de Tocqueville
Download or read book Recollections written by Alexis de Tocqueville and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexis de Tocqueville’s Souvenirs was his extraordinarily lucid and trenchant analysis of the 1848 revolution in France. Despite its bravura passages and stylistic flourishes, however, it was not intended for publication. Written just before Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte’s 1851 coup prompted the great theorist of democracy to retire from political life, it was initially conceived simply as an exercise in candid personal reflection. In Recollections: The French Revolution of 1848 and Its Aftermath, renowned historian Olivier Zunz and award-winning translator Arthur Goldhammer offer an entirely new translation of Tocqueville’s compelling book. The book has an interesting publishing history. Yielding to pressure from friends, Tocqueville finally approved its publication, although only after those portrayed in the work—most, unflatteringly—had died. After Tocqueville’s death, his grandnephew published a redacted version, but it was not until 1942 that French editors restored the potentially offensive passages. Goldhammer’s is the first English translation to do justice to Tocqueville’s original uncensored masterpiece of analytical description, stylistic subtlety, vivid social panorama, and incisive critique of political blundering and cowardice. Zunz’s introduction—and his addition of several of Tocqueville’s ancillary speeches, occasional texts, and letters—round out a unique volume that significantly enhances our understanding of the revolutionary period and Tocqueville’s role in it. In this new edition, Zunz highlights the persistent influence of the United States on the life and work of a man who tirelessly, albeit futilely, promoted the American model of government for the New French Republic.
Book Synopsis Voyage Through the Twentieth Century by : Klemens von Klemperer
Download or read book Voyage Through the Twentieth Century written by Klemens von Klemperer and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The account of the author’s life, spent between Europe and America, is at the same time an account of his generation, one that came of age between the two World Wars. Recalling not only circumstances of his own situation but that of his friends, the author shows how this generation faced a reality that seemed fragmented, and in their shared thirst for knowledge and commitment to ideas they searched for cohesiveness among the glittering, holistic ideologies and movements of the twenties and thirties. The author’s scholarly work on the German Resistance to Hitler revealed to him those who maintained dignity and courage in times of peril and despair, which became for him a life’s pursuit. This work is unique in its thorough inclusion of the postwar decades and its perspective from a historian eager to rescue the “other” Germany—the Germany of the righteous rather than the Holocaust murderers.
Book Synopsis Recollections of some leading events and extraordinary characters of the past century-from 1763 to 1863: being the substance of two lectures delivered at the People's Hall, Nottingham by : Reuben YOUNG
Download or read book Recollections of some leading events and extraordinary characters of the past century-from 1763 to 1863: being the substance of two lectures delivered at the People's Hall, Nottingham written by Reuben YOUNG and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Musical Recollections of the Last Half-century by : John Edmund Cox
Download or read book Musical Recollections of the Last Half-century written by John Edmund Cox and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis As I Remember by : Marian Campbell Gouverneur
Download or read book As I Remember written by Marian Campbell Gouverneur and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Recollections of the Last Half-century by : Giuseppe Orsi
Download or read book Recollections of the Last Half-century written by Giuseppe Orsi and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Recollections of the Last Half-Century by : Giuseppe Orsi
Download or read book Recollections of the Last Half-Century written by Giuseppe Orsi and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-07 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Musical Recollections of the Last Half-Century, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) by : John Edmund Cox
Download or read book Musical Recollections of the Last Half-Century, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by John Edmund Cox and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Musical Recollections of the Last Half-Century, Vol. 1 of 2 But when we consider the prodigious pains and expense em ployed to supply, encourage, and maintain musicians - when we re ect upon the prominent part music bears in our diversions, public and private, and how successfully it aids the noblest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Book Synopsis Memories of a Hundred Years by : Edward Everett Hale
Download or read book Memories of a Hundred Years written by Edward Everett Hale and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis As I Remember by : Marian Gouverneur
Download or read book As I Remember written by Marian Gouverneur and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As I Remember: Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century" by Marian Gouverneur presents an enthralling firsthand account of American society during a pivotal period in history. Gouverneur's vivid recollections offer an intimate glimpse into the lives of notable figures and the social dynamics of the time. From the bustling streets of cities to the opulent ballrooms of high society, this memoir provides a fascinating portrait of the 19th-century America, painted with personal anecdotes and keen observations.
Book Synopsis Recollections of a Picture Dealer by : Ambroise Vollard
Download or read book Recollections of a Picture Dealer written by Ambroise Vollard and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art merchant recounts selling the works of Cézanne; partying with Renoir, Forain, Degas, and Rodin; the studios of Manet, Matisse, Picasso, and Rousseau; encounters with Gertrude Stein, Zola, others. 33 illustrations.
Book Synopsis Gossip of the century; personal and traditional memories - social, literary, artistic by : Julia Busk Byrne
Download or read book Gossip of the century; personal and traditional memories - social, literary, artistic written by Julia Busk Byrne and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rachmaninoff's Recollections by : Oskar von Riesemann
Download or read book Rachmaninoff's Recollections written by Oskar von Riesemann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1934, contains the recollections of the varied and coloured life of a great pianist and composer, who is one of the most striking figures of the musical world. Rachmaninoff dictated his memoires to the author of this book, and much of the story is therefore told in the first person. The final chapter is Riesemann’s own contribution. It is an estimate of Rachmaninoff’s qualities as composer; it shows knowledge of all his more important works; and it shows discrimination. The whole book is an authoritative and interesting study of a popular artist.
