Imagine living without electricity, automobiles, telephones, or television, living as our forefathers did 100 years ago -- and as the Amish do today.
Visits with the Amish penetrates the closed society of Amish communities in Iowa and North Carolina. Step into the homes, shops, schools, and buggies of real Amish families, attend a church service and a quilting bee, experience the quiet rhythms of work and play among these deeply religious people.

Visits With the Amish: Impressions of the Plain Life

Politics & Social Sciences

Egenes, Linda

Social Sciences

Iowa State Pr

Who are the “plain people,” the men and women who till their fields with horse and plow, travel by horse and buggy, live without electricity and telephones, and practice “help thy neighbor” in daily life? Linda Egenes visited with her Old Order Amish neighbors in southeast Iowa for thirteen years before writing this informative and companionable introduction to their lifeways. Drawn to their slower pace of life and their resistance to the lures of a consumer society, Egenes found a warm welcome among the Amish, and in return she has given us an equally warm perspective on Amish family life as she experienced it. The Amish value harmony in family life above all, and Egenes found an abundance of harmony as she savored homemade ice cream in a kitchen where the refrigerator ran on kerosene, learned to milk a two-bucket cow, helped cook dinner for nine in a summer kitchen, spent the day in a one-room schoolhouse, and sang “The Hymn of Praise” in its original German at Sunday service. Whether quilting at a weekly sewing circle above the Stringtown Grocery, playing Dutch Blitz and Dare Base with schoolchildren, learning the intricacies of harness making, or mulching strawberries in a huge garden, Egenes was treated with the kindness, respect, and dignity that exemplify the strong community ties of the Amish. Her engaging account of her visits with the Amish, beautifully illustrated with woodcuts by Caldecott Medal winner Mary Azarian, reveals the serene and peaceful ways of a plain people whose lives are anything but plain.

Visits with the Amish: Impressions of the Plain Life (Bur Oak Book)

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

University Of Iowa Press

Book by Reddy, Kumuda, Egenes, Linda, Mullins, Margaret

For a Blissful Baby: Healthy and Happy Pregnancy With Maharishi Vedic Medicine

Reddy, Kumuda

Mullins, Margaret

Parenting & Relationships

Samhita Enterprises Inc.

The Upanishads include some of the most beloved and illuminating stories from the vast literature of India's Vedic tradition. Adapted from the original text, these twelve tales tell the story of enlightenment in simple, poetic language that will appeal to both adults and children. The Upanishads express the full glory of the inner Self. When one has realized the Self, everyone and everything becomes more near and dear, and one flows in universal love.

All Love Flows to the Self: Eternal Stories from the Upanishads

Religion & Spirituality

Egenes, Thomas

Hinduism

Samhita Productions

Over 100 million Americans suffer from chronic disease-hypertension, chronic fatigue, migraine headaches, asthma, allergies, arthritis, anxiety, etc. Unfortunately, modern medicine has not been able to provide complete relief. In this thoughtfully written book, Dr. Reddy provides a new paradigm for the origin, progression, and treatment of chronic disease. Drawing on the wisdom of Maharishi Vedic Medicine, she describes how disease begins when the body becomes disconnected from its own inner intelligence, and progresses with unhealthy patterns of eating, thinking, and living. The natural therapies described here work where modern medicine has failed because they eliminate disease at its source rather than simply managing symptoms. Included are case histories from Dr. Reddy patients and scientific studies that verify this approach.

Conquering Chronic Disease Through Maharishi Vedic Medicine

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Lantern Books

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