You’re no idiot, of course. You know many people have turned to Buddhism as an alternative to organized religion—but you’re mistaken if you believe that all Buddhists live a monklike existence.
Don’t wait until your next life to experience Zen! The Pocket Idiot’s Guide™ to Buddhism reveals the essence of Buddhist thought from its inception in the Far East to its growing devotees in the West. In this Pocket Idiot’s Guide™, you get:
--The life of Siddhartha—better known as the Buddha—the founder of Buddhism.
--The basic Buddhist belief system, including the Three Marks of Existence, the Four Noble Truths, and the Eightfold Path.
--Fully explained concepts such as Zen, karma, dharma, and sutras.
--The history of the various Buddhist sects and their important influence.

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Buddhism

Biographies & Memoirs

Lewis, Nancy D.

Lewis, Nancy

Hawkins, Bradley K.

Leaders & Notable People

Alpha

Jewish culture and religion has played a significant role in the formation of world, as well as American, culture. Jews, both practicing and non-practicing, have become thoroughly integrated into society. Outside of Israel, the U.S. maintains the highest concentration of Jews worldwide. The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Judaism looks at the Jewish religious tradition from its birth in Biblical times to the foundation of the modern Jewish state of Israel. Key themes in Judaic history, such as the formative period of the Temple, coexistence with Christianity, the critical Reform and the community's long struggle against anti-Semitism, are explored. Important contemporary concepts, practices and holidays such as Zionism, Kaddish and Passover, are but a few points of interest concisely covered. The book ends with a brief survey of Judaism's future challenges: the survival of the Jewish state, Judaism and feminism and the assimilation of Jews into secular society.

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Judaism

Religion & Spirituality

Cohn-Sherbok, Dan

Zavatto, Amy

Cohen-Sherbok, Dan

Judaism

A landmark in literary publishing, this is the first comprehensive edition of Edith Wharton's correspondence, including a long-lost cache of letters to her lover.

Letters of Edith Wharton

LEWIS, R.W.B.

Arts & Literature

SIMON SCHUSTER (TRADE DIVISION)

Bound in publisher's original brown quarter cloth and blind stamped tan boards, spine stamped in gilt.

The Letters of Edith Wharton

Literature & Fiction

WHARTON,EDITH

United States

Scribner

Every parent wants to raise a bright, happy, and moral child, but until Stanley Greenspan investigated the building blocks of cognitive, social, emotional, and moral development, no one could show parents how and when these qualities begin. In this book Dr. Greenspan, the internationally admired child psychiatrist, identifies the six key experiences that enable children to reach their full potential. In Building Healthy Minds, he draws upon discoveries made in his research and practice as he describes the many ways in which games, fantasy play, and conversations with and without words encourage this development. No one has looked so deeply into the very earliest stages of human development, and no other book makes such vital and effective information available to every parent.

Building Healthy Minds: The Six Experiences That Create Intelligence And Emotional Growth In Babies And Young Children

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Greenspan, Stanley I.

Psychology & Counseling

Da Capo Lifelong Books

Easy Microsoft Office 2003 takes the work out of learning this new software application by using short, easy-to-follow lessons that show you how to accomplish basic tasks quickly and efficiently! It is the perfect book for beginners who want to learn the Office 2003 applications through a visual, full-color approach. More than 100 hands-on lessons are designed to teach the easiest, fastest, or most direct way to accomplish common Office tasks. The book is suited for new Office users, as well as those upgrading from an earlier version.

Easy Microsoft Office 2003

Computers & Technology

Software

It all started with a smile. A trip to the local farmers market created an opportunity for the author of Smiling at Strangers to offer a simple kindness to a stressed young mother shopping with four small children. She made eye contact and smiled, and the mother responded with a soft "Thank you." This single act is one of the greatest gifts we can give one another. The message it sends is, I see you and acknowledge our kinship as members of the human species doing the best we can. I wish you well. Everyone deserves to be seen and acknowledged. In a world that many experience as cold and lonely, receiving a simple smile can bring the warmth of connection, however brief. Smiling at Strangers: How One Introvert Discovered the Power of Being Kind, written by a shy and introverted author, is a handbook for building a community of kindred souls who share her mission to create a kinder world one smile at a time. Although it has much to offer to anyone wanting to share kindness with others, its target audience is kind-hearted socially shy introverts who tend to restrict interactions with strangers in public places. It will empower even the most introverted among us to interact in the world in a different way through actions as simple as a smile of acknowledgment.

Smiling at Strangers: How One Introvert Discovered the Power of Being Kind

Self-Help

Motivational

BookBaby

When General William Jackson Palmer founded the city of Colorado Springs in 1871, he envisioned a spacious and inviting urban park system for the city s residents, modeled on the magnificent urban parks being built across the nation in the late nineteenth century. The Parks of Colorado Springs describes the evolution of that system over the next 140 years. This book details the remarkable challenges, difficulties, growth, successes, setbacks, and progress of the Colorado Springs parks systemfrom the city s inception to 2010, a year of severe financial crises for the community. Throughout, the voices of the people and their individual stories are heard. Featuring hundreds of images, many neverbefore published, The Parks of Colorado Springs delineates the policies and politics of one American city, rooted in the western frontier, that has grown to a major metropolitan area in the twenty-first century. This historical overview of Colorado Springs, expressed through its parks, tells a story of civic commitment, community aspiration, and the challenges of growth and change. It is a tale that mirrors similar growth in urban parks across the country. How the people of Colorado Springs have addressed questions of public policy and urban design is a story from which all can learn. Nancy Lewis, former director of the Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation Department, has made a lifetime commitment to community service and community development. Her personal insight into the story of the Colorado Springs parks, drawn from over forty-five years of service to her city, offers an exciting and inspiring perspective on the possibilities for the community of Colorado Springs.

The Parks of Colorado Springs: Building Community, Preserving a Legacy

History

Americas

Brown Books Pub Group

Live As A Leader: Inspiration and Tools to Transform Yourself, Your Life, and Your Team

Business & Money

Norris, Aleta

Rutkiewicz, John

Management & Leadership

Author Academy Elite

"Leading people is a lot harder than I expected!"\nYou might have muttered these words more than once. Any leader who has spent long hours enmeshed in messy projects, worked to rally a misaligned team, struggled with doubt, or dealt with difficult people has wondered if there is an easier way to have an impact, enact positive change, and achieve desired results through others. A better way is possible. There is a better way to lead.\nIn this book, you will discover . . . 
- concrete steps to lead with greater confidence and capability 
- exercises and practical activities to strengthen your leadership in real time 
- stories of how leaders at all levels have changed the environment around them by first changing themselves\nLive As A Leader offers an inside look at how leaders can learn leadership principles, empower others around them, and grow a productive and inspired team.\nThe authors of this book have spent more than three decades studying leadership, training leaders, and helping to instill leadership principles into the cultures of businesses, non-profits, and government organizations. They share with you the effective steps to become a leader-at work, at home, and in life.\nYOU can live as a leader!

Live As A Leader

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