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  • Letters from Nepal

    by Douglas Deline ...
    An amusing and captivating story of a Peace Corps volunteer’s encounter with a foreign culture, told primarily through photos and extracts from letters sent to his family over a period of two years in the early 1970’s. The volume chronicles a simpler time and place as well as intriguing customs, rituals and living conditions in a setting of immense beauty and grandeur. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

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  • A Handful of Quiet

    Happiness in Four Pebbles

    by Thich Nhat Hanh ...
    MEDITATION—FOR KIDS! The “father of mindfulness” presents a hands-on, creative method of meditation perfect for children experiencing stress and difficult emotions (TIME).Features cute illustrations, plus useful tips on how to start a ‘pebble meditation’ practice at home or in the classroom.Developed by Thich Nhat Hanh as part of the Plum Village community’s practice with children, pebble ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Sound of Water

    Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets

    Series series Shambhala Centaur Editions
    Over 200 of the best haiku poems from Japanese literature, translated by one of America’s premier poet-translators and now in one giftable volumeThe haiku is one of the most popular and widely recognized poetic forms in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. This illustrated collection includes haiku by the great masters from ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Japanese Haiku: The Four Seasons

    Translated by Peter Beilenson ...
    by Basho, Buson ...
    Series Book 2 - Peter Pauper Press Classic Haiku
    Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilensons goals were twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Road to Happiness

    Words of Wisdom from the World's Happiest Nation

    by Gyonpo Tshering ...
    With clear, simple prose, and poetic turns of phrase, this inspirational collection of quotations reflects the unique country of Bhutan and its universal embrace of compassion, understanding, and kindness. Some of the quotes are also a bit quirky and funny—why not? After all, this remarkable little kingdom in the Eastern Himalayas just may hold the secret to lifelong happiness. Renowned for their ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times

    Selected Haiku of Basho

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by David Young ...
    Vivid new translations of Basho's popular haiku, in a selected format ideal for newcomers as well as fans long familiar with the Japanese master.Basho, the famously bohemian traveler through seventeenth-century Japan, is a poet attuned to the natural world as well as humble human doings; "Piles of quilts/ snow on distant mountains/ I watch both," he writes. His work captures both the profound ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Tashi and the Giants

    by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg, Kim Gamble ...
    Series Book 2 - TASHI
    The second book in the Tashi series of daring adventures and tall tales about magic, courage and the triumph of brains over brawn. Created by the much loved, multi-award winning author/illustrator team of Anna and Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble.'Chintu took one of his giant steps over to our village.and roared, Bring Tashi out to me!'Jack ran all the way to school. Today Tashi was coming to tell ... Read more

    $5.89 USD

  • Humanimal

    A Project for Future Children

    by Bhanu Kapil ...
    In this new prose document, Bhanu Kapil follows a film crew to the Bengal jungle to re-encounter the true account of two girls found living with wolves in 1921. Taking as its source text the diary of the missionary who strove to rehabilitate these orphans--through language instruction and forcible correction of supinated limbs--HUMANIMAL functions as a healing mutation for three bodies and a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Japanese Haiku: Cherry Blossoms

    Translated by Peter Beilenson ...
    by Basho, Buson ...
    Series Book 3 - Peter Pauper Press Classic Haiku
    Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilensons goals were twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf

    Zen Poems of Ryokan

    The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758–1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature, renowned for his beautiful verse, exquisite calligraphy, and eccentric character. Deceptively simple, Ryokan's poems transcend artifice, presenting spontaneous expressions of pure Zen spirit. Like his contemporary Thoreau, Ryokan celebrates nature and the natural life, but his poems touch the whole ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems

    by Gary Snyder ...
    By any measure, Gary Snyder is one of the greatest poets in America in the last century. From his first book of poems to his latest collection of essays, his work and his example, standing between Tu Fu and Thoreau, have been influential all over the world. Riprap, his first book of poems, was published in Japan in 1959 by Origin Press, and it is the fiftieth anniversary of that groundbreaking ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Though flowers fall I have never forgotten you

    꽃이 져도 나는 너를 잊은 적 없다

    by Jeong Ho-seung ...
    Series Book 2 - The Collected Poems of Jeong Ho-seung
    For the first time, English-language readers can access the poems of Jeong Ho-seung, who has become one of Korea's most beloved poets since his literary debut in 1973. A total of 216 poems spanning over 40 years of poetic growth were released in two collections, presented side by side in English and Korean. Loved by readers of all ages, from teenagers to those in their 60s and 70s, Jeong's poems ... Read more

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