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Once upon a time, in a town in China, lived Princess Little Mouse, who wanted to marry the most powerful person there was. So, without thinking twice, she picked up her rucksack, a sandwich and a dozen oranges and went to look for him. (An adaption of a traditional Chinese tale)
“The Door with Three Locks” is attractive, accessible, entertaining, fascinating, surprising and by turns exciting and cute. It is a great introduction to the astonishing subject of quantum physics. (Catherine Forrest)
Barcelona's most characteristic monument is not a straightforward thing to fathom. In spite of this, Gaudí designed it not as an unsolvable enigma, but as an open book, literally and metaphorically open on all sides. Gaudí wanted "his" work to been seen everywhere, and that much he certainly made happen.
The ignorance-based society is the other side of the coin of the “knowledge-based society” and raises vitally important questions that demand answers: what dangers lurk behind the promises of the “knowledge-based society”? What costs or “collateral damage” go with it? Is the outcome knowledge and nothing but knowledge? What limits are involved and need to be taken into account?
The use of sound to promote wellbeing—be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual— has antecendents as as far back as antiquity. What is more, in the majority of religions sound is a means used to explore and further consciousness, situating as it does one's sprituality in a state of optimum receptivity.
The myth of the grail provides the title for this book about the possibility of perception beyond the physical world. The occult and the invisible are objects for the imagination, which in the Middle Ages was seen as a visionary experience granted by God. The first chapter opens to a vision based on a confrontation between an older culture, with a mystic such as H.
Lara is curious to know all about everything in the world that surrounds her. She asks question after question, without stopping. Luckily, she has a grandfather who knows how to answer her questions. And he does this in an entertaining way by telling stories. And so, Lara is able to find out why hyenas laugh and why giraffes have such long necks.
Mudy, an eight year old girl, is spending some time at her grandmother's house in the country. In the forest she meets Pedro, the woodcutter, who gives her a silver pine cone with magical powers. With this in her hand, Mudy heads for the river and watches as the water parts in two, leaving her facing a blue corridor into which she walks...
This practical and easy to read book is structured in five main sections. The first takes a conceptual approach to conflict, the ideas associated with it and its causes. The second looks at mediation as the preferred, though by no means the only way of seeking solutions.