This luxury book serves as an excellent introduction to Hindu myths

A young anaemic girl watches the lives of her family and her country while Gandhi works for their country's independance. Set in Bombay amid the turbulence of India's surge towards self-rule.

This book takes us along on a search for the feminine face of God. We travel with Linda Johnsen for a fascinating investigation of the great women saints of India who manifest the divine in their lives. Together with her we comb the scriptures, meet the holy ones, and are led, step by step, to sit in awe at the feet of six remarkable, contemporary women.

The Buddhist sources to Christianity and its contribution to medieval myths.

From the acclaimed author of Keeper’n Me and For Joshua, Dream Wheels is a vital and unsparing novel from one of the most fascinating voices in Canadian writing. Joe Willie Wolfchild is on the verge of becoming a World Champion rodeo cowboy when a legendary bull cripples him. At the same time, in the same city, Claire Hartley is brutally assaulted and her 14-year-old son, Aiden, is critically injured during a burglary. The young Ojibway-Sioux man, the black single mother and her mulatto son find their lives irrevocably changed. Joe Willie, a rodeo cowboy since he was a child, smolders in angry silence over a deformed left arm and a limp that make it impossible for him to compete. Claire, a victim of numerous bad relationships, withdraws from men and swears a bitter celibacy. Aiden gains notoriety among his criminal peers and slips into a self-destructive spiral of drugs and violence. Eager to find a place for her son to channel his explosive energies, Claire brings Aiden to a rodeo camp run by the Wolfchild family, where he is drawn to bull riding and proves to be a stunning natural. But Joe Willie refuses to have anything to do with the camp, remaining an aloof, mysterious presence to Claire and the boy. Birch Wolfchild, Joe Willie’s father, sees the potential for Aiden to become a champion and for his son to heal himself, if they can move beyond anger to forge a partnership. Claire’s and Joe Willie’s wounds bring them together in a surprising romance, and beneath it all is Birch Wolfchild’s tale of the changing of the life of the Indian cowboy. Dream Wheels is a story about change. Moving from the Wild West Shows of the late 1880s to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas to a lush valley in the mountains, it tells the story of a people’s journey, a family’s vision, a man’s reawakening, a woman’s recovery, and a boy’s emergence to manhood.

This book on the Vedas, the primary texts of Hinduism, will help you find happiness within yourself and curb the modern addiction to obtaining material wealth. BACK COVER COPY: Humanity in general and Indians, in particular, have forgotten the Vedic legacy that offers a single solution for every problem. Its a legacy that can cure unhappiness, deliver knowledge by which everything becomes known, and provide an alternative to our addiction to alternative gadgets. But like explaining the taste of sugar to someone who has never tasted it, the message of the primary texts of Hinduism can be almost impossible to convey. This book on the Vedas will help you: find happiness within yourself instead of outside; seek spiritual truths amid a modern world; curb an addiction to obtaining objects and material wealth; and invest in yourself in order to find eternal peace and joy. The book distills the Vedas complicated spiritual tenets into lessons that can be easily understood. When you stop seeking, youll realize that you already possess what are you want. Find the middle path that leads to happiness, truth, and wisdom with the insights and life lessons in Om=I Am.

Religion and science are arguably the two most powerful social forces in the world today. But where religion and science were once held to be compatible, many people now perceive them to be in conflict. This unique book provides the best available introduction to the burning debates in this controversial field. Examining the defining questions and controversies, renowned expert Philip Clayton presents the arguments from both sides, asking readers to decide for themselves where they stand: • science or religion, or science and religion? • history and philosophy of science • the role of scientific and religious ethics – modifying genes, extending life, and experimenting with human subjects • religion and the environmental crisis • the future of science vs. the future of religion. Thoroughly updated throughout, this second edition explores religious traditions from around the world and provides insights from across the sciences, making this book essential reading for all those wishing to come to their own understanding of some of the most important debates of our day.