Zen Fiction

Klein lavora per l'Ente, gigantesca multinazionale del petrolio. È un geologo, per anni ha scovato giacimenti da cui far spillare soldi, ma oggi si è persuaso che il futuro è nelle rinnovabili. I vertici dell'Ente sono invece convinti che la conversione alle energie pulite farebbe crollare i profitti della compagnia. Per questo motivo inviano Klein nel Delta del fiume Niger. In apparenza appoggiano il suo progetto, ma in realtà tramano per eliminarlo facendo ricadere la colpa sui ribelli locali.

You Are Wanted and Loved Because You're You is a rhythmical celebration of self love for both young and old. This Zen Gem Whole Family Tale will lift the hearts of young and old and boost the self acceptance of the listeners. An entertaining and creative way to address and celebrate individuality and self worth among children, teens and adults, this book by a veteran teacher is one you'll embrace listening to again and again as it affirms your priceless worth

With the Liberation Front scattered in the East and much of the Leadership deceased or in custody, the situation for Jeremiah and Lady Verena is dire. Captain Broden Barão has been exiled to the Lower Level, while Supreme Scientist Heywood Querice reluctantly accepts Antosha's new strike team, which will execute the commonwealth's most daring mission ever. Antosha's new protégé, Champion Oriana Barão, fights her way through time and space to discover the truth about her family, Reassortment, and its cure.

Bukowski goes off the rails as the best man at a wealthy Hollywood "zen wedding" with his singular viewpoint and sharp insights. He's the only one to bring a gift, and the only one to demand the Zen Master's ears in return. "The rich understand; they just don't do anything about it."

【解説】 三島由紀夫が「熟れすぎた果実の腐臭に似た芳香を放つデカダンス文学の逸品」と激賞した川端康成の傑作。深紅のビロードのカーテンの部屋に横たわる全裸の美女を眺め、そっと愛撫する老人、江口――ここは海辺の宿の一室。彼がここへ来る理由はただ一つ、不思議な薬で眠らされ、目覚めることのないた女たちと一夜を過ごすためだった。通うたびに、江口は違う美女と眠りを共にした。そして、その度ごとに、過去に付き合った女たちのことを鮮明に思い出すのだった。ここは、老人の楽園…? 何を聞いても秘密だと言って答えない謎の館の女主人。ほつれ出す秘密のからくり。サスペンスの薫りを漂わせ、最後は思いかけない展開で終わりをむかえる。 【朗読 wis】 透明感と落ち着きのある声で親しまれている女性朗読家です。

Neopolitan businessmen, politicians, and eminent mafiosi are assassinated as someone takes literally the job of cleaning up the city's tarnished image. In this mystery, Aurelio Zen discovers that in '90s 'New Italy', things are still the same.

There is much to know about being a bus driver. It takes about 35 days to train a new employee. But as Doug points out, some skills come through experience that takes years to develop. This "guidebook" or "rule book" contains material needed to choose your style on how to pay at the fare box and where to stand while waiting for the bus. Plus a philosophy on how to maintain dignity and peace when the going gets tough.

【解説】「永日小品」は、漱石の日常生活を描いた随筆風のもの、あるいは青少年時代の追憶や英国留学時代の回想など、多彩な25の作品群から成っている。いずれの小品も、自由な語り口で、深い情感を湛えている。 【朗読】wis ※透明感と落ち着きのある声で親しまれている女性朗読家です。

In Ancient China, a young woman will make a stand against evil, and her courage will herald the dawn of a new order: The League of Demon Hunters. But before the League, there was the Brethren. Zen drew her sword, the Sword of Divinity Xuan Yuan, and she held the sacred blade aloft for all to see. The late afternoon light caught Xuan Yuan's burnished copper, and the sword gleamed like the sun.

One Essence is a modern commentary on the nondual teachings of a classical Zen text.

It is also a collection of Zen wisdom and poetry, containing the 67 stanzas of the Hsin Hsin Ming (with multiple alternative translations), plus many other succinct spiritual verses from ancient and contemporary Zen sources.

While on a singles tour of Europe, Seattle's own Pia Thomason is looking for a man and trying not to think about her 40th birthday. Too bad her choice of suitors is less than appealing. But when she meets two mysterious strangers in Iceland, Pia becomes immersed in an undead love affair.

Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories is Tobias S. Buckell's seventh short fiction collection and is comprised of 15 stories, several of which are original to the collection or were previously only available through his Patreon. This collection ranges from galactic adventures to intimate explorations of humanity—sometimes in the same story—rich with a sense of wonder and deft storytelling.

7 Tage zur Erleuchtung. Nordische Mythologie, Trolle, Formwandler, 8-beinige Pferde und mitten drin,... Shay Bellamy, die 25-jährige Tochter eines Londoner Multimillionärs, die am Scheideweg ihres Lebens steht. Nachdem ihr Vater bei einem tragischen Flugzeugunglück ums Leben gekommen war, hinterlässt er nicht nur ein gewaltiges Erbe, sondern auch eine junge Frau, die sich in einer Welt wiederfindet, in der Selfies mehr zählen als Selbstfindung.

When coffee shop owner Zoey Everwood takes her obsession with ex-boyfriend Braden too far, everyone - except Zoey - is convinced a bit of fun in the sun at the Moment of Zen Wellness Resort will help her get over him once and for all. But Zoey's relaxing vacation turns out to be anything but peaceful when she meets Shane Lawson, a resort guest who bears a striking resemblance to Braden.

A seductive tale of lust and revenge, The Climax charts the entangled lives of two women - Terelle and Kai - who have both suffered irrecoverable losses in their pursuit of Marquise, who is believed to be dead. Kai is in prison, and Terelle suffered from a mental breakdown after losing her fiance. After two years of catatonia, Terelle is awakened by a sweet and mysterious kiss, and the voice of her lost love. As Terelle recovers, she clings to the idea that Marquise (who is the father of her child) is still alive and out there, waiting to reunite with her.

When a group of Austrian cavers exploring a network of abandoned military tunnels in the Italian Alps come across human remains at the bottom of a deep shaft, everyone assumes the death was accidental - until the still unidentified body is stolen from the morgue and the Defence Ministry puts a news blackout on the case. And is the recent car bombing in Campione d'Italia, a tiny tax haven surrounded on all sides by Switzerland, somehow related?

Life in modern Tokyo is a blast for Rei Shimura, a young Japanese-American woman who enjoys busy days as an antiques dealer and steamy nights with a devoted new boyfriend. But things come to a standstill when Rei overpays for a rare old chest of drawers for a wealthy client, the owner of a famous Zen temple in Kamakura. The exquisite tansu turns out to be a fake: the worst deal Rei has ever made. When the temple family turns on Rei - and the con man who sold the tansu is murdered - she realizes she's opened a Pandora's box of deception and death.

As an early summer heat wave beats down on Alpine, Emma and her staff are treading very lightly. For unfathomable reasons, the paper's House & Home editor, Vida Runkel, is in a major snit, refusing to speak to her colleagues. So when a peculiar young woman walks in claiming her parents have been murdered and that she's in mortal danger, too, it fits right in with the rest of the craziness. Then, to the utter bafflement of her colleagues, Vida vanishes without a word to anyone.

Death deals no mercy to one man who rises in a SoHo alleyway to find his lover dead and his own body ghastly transformed. Straining to overcome his murderous instincts through Zen meditation and blood deprivation, he is reclaimed by The Ministry, an underground society waging war against the undead. Time and time again his will to resist is tested by the killers who demand his allegiance and the Zen masters who will burn him down at his first missed step. He strives to walk a tightrope between the living and the dead...to master himself, his hunger, and the way of the wooden stake.

With the help of Simon, an advanced AI, Junior CIA Analyst Simon Manchester embarks on an exhilarating mission to save the agency from itself. Will he complete his mission in time, or cause the very chaos he wishes to avoid? The Simon Says Trilogy begins.