Midnight’s Ghost Riders - Follow Me - ‘I Am’ - with the fate of mankind hanging in the balance, an unlikely band of heroes is trusted to save the day. But one of the brothers is slain, and the circle of the power of three is broken. Find out in this sequel, Midnight’s Ghost Riders: I Am the Word, and follow the adventures of the trio, a band of heavenly riders who storm across the endless sky, advocating goodness to proclaim to mankind, “Either change your evil ways or be caught by the fallen angel and doomed forever.” Will Midnight survive the attack of Zorah? Will Ghost Kitty rejoin his brothers or just keep thinking only about himself? Will Roedee learn the ways of the werecats and become a shapeshifter too? What does the future hold now that the threesome are mortal? What about Zorah? Where will he strike next? Will Dragon and the gargyies continue to protect the pack? What about the Professor and Thomas and Telesa? Will they play a role in helping the Ghost Riders defeat their nemesis, Zorah? Or will it be I Am and the power of the word? Find six diff erent jingles (song titles) in this sci-fi thriller. Watch for the final sequel, Midnight’s Ghost Riders: The Lamb Returns - Armageddon.

Teachings on the practice of things-as-they-are, through commentaries on a legendary Chinese Zen figure. The joy of “suchness”—the ultimate and true nature inherent in all appearance—shines through the teachings attributed to Dongshan Liangjie (807–869), the legendary founder of the Caodong lineage of Chan Buddhism (the predecessor of Soto Zen). Taigen Dan Leighton looks at the teachings attributed to Dongshan—in his Recorded Sayings and in the numerous koans in which he is featured as a character—to reveal the subtlety and depth of the teaching on the nature of reality that Dongshan expresses. Included are an analysis of the well-known teaching poem “Jewel Mirror Samadhi,” and of the understanding of particular and universal expressed in the teaching of the Five Degrees. “The teachings embedded in the stories about Dongshan provide a rich legacy that has been sustained in practice traditions,” says Taigen. “Dongshan’s subtle teachings about engagement with suchness remain vital today for Zen people and are available for all those who wish to find meaning amid the challenges to modern lives.”

An excerpt from Stories of the Midnight Sun Tom moved to take the lead and Father Michael followed, nearly at his side. They cautiously moved down the slope under the shadow of bare trees whose branches rose above them like the hands of desperate petitioners imploring the moon. The footprints were closer together, and it appeared to Tom as if the left leg of the woman had been somehow injured, for it drug in the snow. He was surprised not to find a trail of blood. No blood. No blood. It seemed so odd to him. The whole night seemed steeped in a dream, a nonsensical play that had no rhyme or reason. What had happened to the woman? Why had she not simply rung the doorbell? Why had she turned away from the barn? Why run into the night, away from warmth and safety? Why didn't she answer their calls? And why, for all that was holy, did she turn down this darkened path out of the meager light of the moon toward the cold depths where the Old Maid ran like an artery through the heart of the ancient prairie? It made Tom angry. It made him scared. He began swearing at regular intervals under his breath.

Summer becomes winter, winter to spring & yet another summer. Like the unfolding of seasons, our life also contains series of season from joy to pain to sadness to yet again joy. Our emotions like the waves of the sea keeps coming, unfolding and moving away. We smile, we cry, we love, we hate, we forgive; playing our own dramas and creating beautiful stories on earth. Maya & Karma is an experience of love, life and soul awakening. A story of a soul on a dramatic journey of life on earth and coming to realization of the essence of life. Maya lives in the wild terrain of Pamir hoping to meet her soulmate whom she paints as she dreams. The painting comes to life when she meets Karma. Love fills color at Pamir, flowers bloom and nights become starry and longer. Summer sweetness lingers. Yet, grey clouds begin hovering over the blue sky reminiscing cold days once again, to love, to move on...

The Shinkokinshū: A New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (ca. 1205) is supreme among the twenty-one anthologies of court poetry ordered by the Japanese emperors between the tenth and fifteenth centuries in terms of overall literary art, the high quality of the almost two thousand poems included, and the depth of poetic sentiment. Laurel Rasplica Rodd's complete translation allows the reader to appreciate the elaborate integration of the anthologized poems into a single whole by means of chronological procession or imagistic association from one poem to the next that was perfected in the Shinkokinshū by Retired Emperor Gotoba, himself a serious poet, and the courtiers he appointed as compilers, including Fujiwara no Teika, one of the greatest of Japanese poets.

An appreciation of Rock-n-Roll, song by song, from its roots and its inspriations to its divergent recent trends. A work of rough genius; DeanOCOs attempt to make connections though time and across genres is laudable."

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

"In Maryland's Carroll County, story boxes have made this impossible dream come true for twenty years. Now MacMillan, writer, storyteller, and former children's librarian, outlines the proven story box system for sharing an array of successful programs. Story boxes offer a simple method for capturing ideas, talent, creativity, and resources available in your library. Including step-by-step instructions from concept through implementation and supplemented by programming tips, A Box Full of Tales also offers detailed plans for fifty great story boxes, including suggested books, fingerplays, songs, props, crafts, and sign language." "From ah-choo to antlers, from monkey business to zoo escapes, A Box Full of Tales is an easy way to offer winning, stress-free library programs for children without the headaches and the hassles. You can make the impossible happen when you share resources with story boxes!"--BOOK JACKET.