The Mirror of Beryl

The Mirror of Beryl
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 690
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ISBN-10 : 9781614291169
ISBN-13 : 1614291160
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Book Synopsis The Mirror of Beryl by : Sangye Desi Gyatso

Download or read book The Mirror of Beryl written by Sangye Desi Gyatso and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed while its author was the ruler of Tibet, Mirror of Beryl is a detailed account of the origins and history of medicine in Tibet through the end of the seventeenth century. Its author, Desi Sangye Gyatso (1653 - 1705), was the heart disciple and political successor of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama and the author of several highly regarded works on Tibetan medicine, including his Blue Beryl, a commentary on the foundational text of Tibetan medicine, The Four Tantras. In the present historical introduction, Sangye Gyatso traces the sources of influence on Tibetan medicine to classical India, China, Central Asia, and beyond, providing life stories, extensive references to earlier Tibetan works on medicine, and fascinating details about the Tibetan approach to healing. He also provides a commentary on the pratimoksha, bodhisattva, and tantric Buddhist vows. Desi Sangye Gyatso's Mirror of Beryl remains today an essential resource for students of medical science in Tibet.

The Songs of Edvard Grieg

The Songs of Edvard Grieg
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Publisher : Boydell Press
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 1843833433
ISBN-13 : 9781843833437
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Songs of Edvard Grieg by : Beryl Foster

Download or read book The Songs of Edvard Grieg written by Beryl Foster and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive survey of Grieg's 180 songs, considering particularly questions and issues of performance. Edvard Grieg's 180 songs mirror his artistic and personal development more intimately than any of his other music, yet are still the least known part of his output. This definitive appraisal, now revised and updated, discusses every song, including those left only in manuscript and sketches at the composer's death, set against the background of his life and times. It also deals with the poetry set, often chosen to reflect his current situation, and the poets, several of whom, including great figures of the day such as Ibsen and Bjornson, were his friends and colleagues. Grieg frequently bemoaned poor translations and indifferent performances, and the various editions and translations, from first publication to the present day, are also discussed, together with his own ideas for interpretation. Musical examples and analysis are included to give a closer understanding of Grieg's word-setting and harmonic development, although their performance is always kept paramount. BERYL FOSTER is a graduate of London University and studied singing in Colchester and at the Royal College of Music. As well as all the usual repertoire, since 1980 she has made a particular study of the songs of Grieg and other Norwegian composers, giving recitals, lectures and workshops in Britain, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and China. She is also a private teacher andfestival adjudicator.

Grimms’ Fairy Tales

Grimms’ Fairy Tales
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Publisher : 谷月社
Total Pages : 698
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Download or read book Grimms’ Fairy Tales written by Grimm brothers and published by 谷月社. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About Grimms' Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. The collection is commonly known in English as Grimm's Fairy Tales. Composition The first volume of the first edition was published in 1812, containing 86 stories; the second volume of 70 stories followed in 1815. For the second edition, two volumes were issued in 1819 and a third in 1822, totalling 170 tales. The third edition appeared in 1837; fourth edition, 1840; fifth edition, 1843; sixth edition, 1850; seventh edition, 1857. Stories were added, and also subtracted, from one edition to the next, until the seventh held 211 tales. All editions were extensively illustrated, first by Philipp Grot Johann and, after his death in 1892, by German illustrator Robert Leinweber. The first volumes were much criticized because, although they were called "Children's Tales", they were not regarded as suitable for children, both for the scholarly information included and the subject matter. Many changes through the editions – such as turning the wicked mother of the first edition in Snow White and Hansel and Gretel (shown in original Grimm stories as Hänsel and Grethel) to a stepmother, were probably made with an eye to such suitability. They removed sexual references—such as Rapunzel's innocently asking why her dress was getting tight around her belly, and thus naïvely revealing to her stepmother her pregnancy and the prince's visits—but, in many respects, violence, particularly when punishing villains, was increased. In 1825, the Brothers published their Kleine Ausgabe or "small edition", a selection of 50 tales designed for child readers. This children's version went through ten editions between 1825 and 1858. Influence The influence of these books was widespread. W. H. Auden praised the collection, during World War II, as one of the founding works of Western culture. The tales themselves have been put to many uses. Hitler praised them as folkish tales showing children with sound racial instincts seeking racially pure marriage partners, and so strongly that the Allied forces warned against them; for instance, Cinderella with the heroine as racially pure, the stepmother as an alien, and the prince with an unspoiled instinct being able to distinguish. Writers who have written about the Holocaust have combined the tales with their memoirs, as Jane Yolen in her Briar Rose. The work of the Brothers Grimm influenced other collectors, both inspiring them to collect tales and leading them to similarly believe, in a spirit of romantic nationalism, that the fairy tales of a country were particularly representative of it, to the neglect of cross-cultural influence. Among those influenced were the Russian Alexander Afanasyev, the Norwegians Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, the English Joseph Jacobs, and Jeremiah Curtin, an American who collected Irish tales. There was not always a pleased reaction to their collection. Joseph Jacobs was in part inspired by his complaint that English children did not read English fairy tales; in his own words, "What Perrault began, the Grimms completed". Three individual works of Wilhelm Grimm include Altdänische Heldenlieder, Balladen und Märchen ('Old Danish Heroic Songs, Ballads, and Folktales') in 1811, Über deutsche Runen ('On German Runes') in 1821, and Die deutsche Heldensage ('The German Heroic Saga') in 1829. thirty-four popular Collections In this book, we collect thirty-four popular Grimms' fairy tales, so you can accompany the children a pleasant stay.

Battle Cry

Battle Cry
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Total Pages : 137
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ISBN-10 : 0473412098
ISBN-13 : 9780473412098
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Battle Cry by : Beryl Henwood

Download or read book Battle Cry written by Beryl Henwood and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battle Cry is the remarkable true story of one woman's trust in God. A passionate missionary, intercessor, evangelist, teacher, YWAM Zion ministry leader, and pro-life advocate, Beryl is powerfully anointed with the Holy Spirit to minister to other broken lives, the healing and freedom she has found in Jesus.

Tales of Hamlet Way

Tales of Hamlet Way
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Publisher : Author House
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 9781456786823
ISBN-13 : 1456786822
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Tales of Hamlet Way by : S. L. Grantham

Download or read book Tales of Hamlet Way written by S. L. Grantham and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-02-18 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hamlet Way is nestled deep in the heart of England. A small village where people live simple lives, but their existence hides murder, mystery, love, loathing with a little laughter and sadness. Each villager has a tale to tell, layered by surprise and intrigue. As the story enfolds the reader will travel on a journey of revelation, as they learn more about the people of Hamlet Way.

Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf

Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 9781474439671
ISBN-13 : 1474439675
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf by : Gerri Kimber

Download or read book Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf written by Gerri Kimber and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconsiders of Arendt's philosophy of natality in terms of biopolitical theory and feminism to defend women's reproductive choices

Hounded

Hounded
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Publisher : 13th Story Press
Total Pages : 182
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Book Synopsis Hounded by : Tasha Black

Download or read book Hounded written by Tasha Black and published by 13th Story Press. This book was released on with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dog is about to have his day… Dulcie Alette is an empath, with a soft spot for bad boys and a knack for solving mysteries. So when dog-shifter Van Blanco, a drop-dead gorgeous fighter with a checkered past, rolls into town, Dulcie is over the moon. Until she gets involved with a mysterious murder, and Van turns out to be the number one suspect. Can she keep her passions in check long enough to solve the case and prove his innocence, or will Van turn out to be more of a bad boy than she could have ever imagined? Find out in this steamy, modern take on the classic Sherlock Holmes Mystery, The Hound of the Baskervilles. Hounded is a standalone Paranormal Romance. It is also available as part of the Tales from Tarker's Hollow Collection #2!