Your Head in the Tiger's Mouth
Author: Ramesh S. Balsekar
Publisher:
Published: 1998-06
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780929448176
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Your Head In The Tiger's Mouth
Author: Ramesh S. Balsekar
Publisher:
Published: 1998-04-13
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9788188071203
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Created Object Cannot Possibly Know The Creator Subjectivity. Consciousness Is All There Is. So Who Is To Know Or Seek What ? All There Is Is The Impersonal Functioning Of Consciousness, Or God, Reflecting Within Itself The Totality Of Manifestation. Live Life Making Decisions And Accepting The Consequences As If You Have Free Will-Knowing It Is Consciousness Seeking, Doing, Living, Deciding...Ramesh Balsekar Is An Awakened Sage Whose Long Life Has Been Devoted To Ramana Maharshi And Whose Final Guru Was Nisargadatta Maharaj. He Perfectly Reflects Both As And West-Born And Raised In Bombay, India, Thinking And Speaking In English, Student Of Sanskrit And Translator Of The Bhagavad Gita, Intimately Familiar With The Taoist And Chan Classics As Well As The New Paradigm (Consciousness Is All There Is) Which Has Emerged From Quantum Mechanics. Poignantly Clear And Precise And Delightfully Humorous, His Teaching Makes Life Simple.
The Tiger's Wife
Author: Téa Obreht
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2011-03-08
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0679604367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • The instant classic debut novel from the author of Inland and The Morningside, hailed as “a thrilling beginning to what will certainly be a great literary career” (Elle) “Spectacular . . . [Téa Obreht] spins a tale of such marvel and magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader wants her never to stop.”—Entertainment Weekly “Not since Zadie Smith has a young writer arrived with such power and grace.”—Time ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times; Entertainment Weekly; The Christian Science Monitor; The Kansas City Star; Library Journal In a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. Searching for clues, she turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and the stories he told her of his encounters over the years with “the deathless man.” But most extraordinary of all is the story her grandfather never told her—the legend of the tiger’s wife. Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht, hailed by Colum McCann as “the most thrilling literary discovery in years,” has spun a timeless novel that will establish her as one of the most vibrant, original authors of her generation. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Economist, Vogue, Slate, Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Times, Dayton Daily News, Publishers Weekly, Alan Cheuse, NPR’s All Things Considered
The Trouble With Tigers
Author: Roxane Dhand
Publisher: Orion Dash
Published: 2022-09-16
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 1398710032
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'A highly accomplished novel, peopled by complex characters, most of whom are hiding secrets about themselves' Jasmina Svenne, Historical Novel Society 'This is a story with all the engaging elements of suspense and romance' FIVE STARS This compulsive tale is rich in atmosphere and page-turning intrigue' FIVE STARS 'The story is engaging from the start with enough twists and turns in the plot to keep you guessing right until the last page' FIVE STARS From the best-selling author of The Pearler's Wife, a gripping and immersive story of family secrets, sacrifice and romance set against the backdrop of a spell-binding circus in 20th Century India. Perfect for fans of books by Lucinda Riley and Dinah Jeffries. After her father died under mysterious circumstances, Lilly Myerson grew up in England raised by her grandparents. Married off at eighteen to a well-to-do but controlling Indian merchant, Lilly has never experienced adventure or romance. But in 1902 as a new king is about to be crowned, Lilly's life is destined to change. When her estranged mother invites her to spend the hot season in Nainital, Lilly's husband forces her to leave her beloved, five-year-old son Teddy behind. As Lilly discovers what lies outside her sheltered existence, she realises two things: she can't return to her carefully manicured life and she must rescue Teddy before his father turns him against her. Fleeing to the circus, Lilly enters a breath-taking world of wonder, romance and peril. Tiffert's Circus is renowned for bareback riding, the iron jaw act, trained tigers and elephants. The more dangerous the acts, the more the audience adore them. But the greater danger to Lilly Myerson is her husband Royce... *** Readers are loving The Trouble with Tigers! 'Brilliantly written. This book will not disappoint!' FIVE STARS 'This book is worth reading just for the fantastic, likeable characters you get to meet' FIVE STARS 'So much to love here. Highly recommended' FIVE STARS 'The book flows beautifully and is captivating. I would absolutely recommend it' FIVE STARS 'The attention to historical detail shines through every page' FIVE STARS
Love on the Schiz
Author: K. Marsden
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2009-11-13
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 1426985673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLove on the Schiz, is un conventional romance between a schizophrenic millionaire Kerry Gumpy and his love interest Chi Phen an ex heroin user on the run from a drug lord intent on killing the only witness to his slaying of a rival pusher. To protect Chi, Kerry must put his life on the line more than once to protect her fragile Vietnamese beauty. Fleeing to rural Victoria, to his well known stomping grounds, Kerry introduces Chi To a gentler, kinder Christian life which appeals to the damaged frightened woman he has fallen in love with. But can love save them when a killer stalks their every move?
Hide! The Tiger’s Mouth is Open Wide!
Author: Adam Frost
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2013-07-04
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 1408829622
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTom and Sophie Nightingale live on a barge with their zookeeper dad and vet mum, and as many animals as you can get on a small boat. Surely there's no room for any MORE animals in their life? When a tiger at the zoo has a dental dilemma, Tom and Sophie can't help but get involved. But there is a carnivorous culprit closer to home that they must also diagnose - and quickly! An animal-mad adventure written with the help of the brilliant team at ZSL London Zoo.
The Broadview Anthology of Nineteenth-Century British Performance
Author: Tracy C. Davis
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2011-12-20
Total Pages: 685
ISBN-13: 1551119005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection provides a representative set of theatrical performances popular on the nineteenth-century British stage. All are newly edited critical editions that account for variant sources reflecting the process of rehearsal, licensing, and production. Detailed introductions and extensive notes explain the texts’ relationship to repertoires, the circulating discourses of intelligibility that constantly recombine in performance. The plays address the topical concerns of slavery, imperial conquest, capitalism, interculturalism, uprisings at home and abroad, modernist aesthetic innovation, and the celebration of collective identities. Adaptations from novels, travelogues, and other plays are discussed along with the theatrical history that sustained these works on the stage.
The Forgotten Room
Author: Mary Hollowell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780739134955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeachtree Alternative School has some of the toughest kids that society has to offer : kids who have dealt drugs, attempted rape, brought weapons to school, and made terrorist threats. Overcrowding creates a volatile situation. Teachers survive threats, assaults, brawls, and rampages with their therapeutic philosophies barely intact. A teacher survival story, examining the darker side of American education through chronicling the course of Peachtree Alternative School's tenth and final year. Offers a glimmer of hope in the safe zones created by hardworking teachers, but it is also a cautionary tale about the consequences of bureaucrats neglecting troubled teens. From publisher description.
Tigers
Author: Anna Claybourne
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2014-05-08
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 1406273619
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere's an animal lover's one-stop source for in-depth information on tigers! What do they eat? How do they behave? Are they at risk? This book also includes loads of fun and fascinating facts about tigers, as well as maps, charts, and wonderful photographs of these fearsome creatures.
