A Zen treatment of one of the most fundamental aspects of life that of "building" and "dwelling," the Deck Builder reflects on the mindfulness that one can bring to his or her daily life through philosophy and our relationship to the natural sciences; with an essay on science, its triumphs and relativity to the human spirit and an a...

Imagine a world where everyone and everything is in a wheelchair. Witness the first wheelchair on the moon. See how a medieval castle can be taken by an army in wheelchairs. Would wheelchair-bound Vikings still be fearsome? And what special skills would a wheelchair-bound ninja warrior possess?...

If you are the editor of a community newsletter you'll find the images in this file of over 700 drawings a very useful tool. There are dozens of illustrations on aged care, health, community issues, education and children and many more. ...

The story of how imminent biological changes allow cells to be refreshed and our lives to go on forever. But will we remain the same person we once were as our memories fail and their refreshment only leads us to forget entirely who we were?...

Modern Times was the last of the silent films by the great director and pantomime Charlie Chaplin. As the giant machinery of the industrial society that was coming to dominate the agricultural plains of America and the workshops of Europe begins to grind the hapless "little tramp." There are differences, of course....

Probiotic-filled kombucha\"s recent astronomical climb in popularity has do-it-yourselfers salivating for homebrewing instructions and recipes--and who better to guide beginners through the process than a tea guru with more than 40 years of experience under his belt?...

American foreign policy since World War II has long been seen primarily as a story of strong and successful alliances, domestic consensus, and continuity from one administration to the next. Why then have so many presidents--even those most admired today--left office condemned for their foreign policy record?...

In this coming-of-age memoir, the author of The Liar tells the hilarious, shocking, and poignant story of his first 20 years: the horrors of English public school, coming to terms with being gay, the chaos of first love and puberty, even thievery and prison....

It has the quality of myth: a poor cobbler\"s son reinvents himself as a top leader in a band of revolutionary zealots. When the band seizes control in the aftermath of total world war, the former seminarian ruthlessly dominates the new regime until he stands as absolute ruler of a vast and terrible state apparatus, with dominion over Eurasia....

Carolina del norte, 1973. El joven universitario Devin Jones consigue trabajo en un pequeno parque de atracciones llamado Joyland, donde hacia tiempo tuvo lugar un cruento crimen dentro de la Casa Embrujada....

\\\"Lady Byng died in Boston\\\" read a sign in the Garden arena in 1970, a cheery dismissal of the NHL trophy awarded the game\"s most gentlemanly player. A new age of hockey was dawning. For 30 years, hockey was an orderly and (relatively) well-behaved sport. There was one Commissioner, six teams and five colours--red, white, black, blue and yellow....