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Le guide feng shui de la maison (J'ai lu ; #7158. Bien-être : développement personnel)
Par Karen Kingston, Sylviane Pied. 1999
Le feng shui est un art oriental ancestral qui cherche à vivifier et à harmoniser les flux d'énergie qui nous…
entourent. Karen Kingston, qui étudie en particulier la " purification de l'espace ", nous explique pourquoi il faut éliminer le bric-à-brac et se protéger contre le stress électromagnétique. Elle nous apprend à agencer les meubles selon les principes du feng shui, pour transformer notre maison ou notre lieu de travail en espaces qui susciteront santé, bonheur et abondance. Un guide passionnant pour faire entrer l'harmonie et l'équilibre dans la vie de tous les jours. 1999. Titre uniforme: Creating sacred space with feng shui.Le roman de Pékin (Le roman des lieux et destins magiques)
Par Bernard Brizay. 2008
Pour les Chinois, comme pour les Occidentaux, jamais capitale n'a autant mérité le statut de ville mythique. Résidence du Fils…
du Ciel, capitale administrative, culturelle et religieuse du plus vieux, du plus peuplé et du plus grand empire au monde, Pékin et la Cité pourpre interdite où vivait l'empereur, entouré de ses concubines et de ses eunuques, fait toujours fantasmer. Le palais impérial est resté pendant cinq cents ans le centre sacré de l'Empire, le siège du gouvernement, où s'est écrite la grande histoire, celle de la Chine. Et la petite histoire, car la Cité interdite fut aussi le lieu privilégié d'intrigues, de drames et de crimes. 2008.Led by the nose: a garden of smells
Par Jenny Joseph. 2002
This is an account of a year in Jenny Joseph's Gloucestershire garden through the different smells of each month's plants.…
The book is as much a diary of her life and the events of her year. It is full of diversions and written in an informal, chatty tone of voice that will enchant her readers. The book is designed to be read by gardeners and provides appendices of plants with particularly evocative smells that can be planted with advice on how to care for them. In this book you will not only smell the roses but every other plant Jenny Joseph grows, and whose gardening plan is here to follow. 2002.Le lumineux destin d'Alexandra David-Néel
Par Jean Chalon. 1985
Mme David-Neel ne s'est jamais arrêtée: anarchiste, bourgeoise, bouddhiste, cantatrice, orientaliste, exploratrice (elle fut la première parisienne à pénétrer à…
Lhassa en 1924), journaliste, écrivain... Quelle leçon de persévérance que cette femme qui, à 100 ans, faisait renouveler son passeport! 1985.Je plante donc je suis: chroniques bucoliques
Par Alain Baraton. 2010
180 chroniques historiques, exotiques ou érotiques, du jardinier de Versailles qui anime une rubrique hebdomadaire sur France Inter, révélent les…
secrets des jardins ainsi que les trucs et les recettes de l'auteur.Last moments of a world
Par Margaret Gaan. 1978
Reminiscences of life in Shanghai from the early 1920s to 1950, when the author and her mother, the only remaining…
members of a Euro-Chinese family, left for Hong Kong and eventually America. Includes portraits of her wacky family and their unscrupulous, but faithful, Chinese household staff. 1978.Jasmine and arnica
Par Nicola Naylor. 2001
Many would balk at the idea of a white woman traveling India alone - and in particular, a blind woman.…
Throughout her childhood Nicola Naylor had been fascinated by images of the subcontinent and was determined both to realize her dream of visiting and to push back the stifling constraints imposed by perceptions of her disability. While depending on her third eye - or sixth sense - she explores India from the inside. 2001.Blooming: this Pilgrim's progress
Par Marian Den Boer. 2009
Angels in red suspenders: An Unconventional And Humorous Approach To Spirituality
Par Ralph Milton. 1997
Ralph Milton shares the spiritual approach he takes towards living his life in such a way that everyday encounters become…
food for the soul. He believes that by being attentive to events around us, and spending time thinking about these events and their meanings, everyone can live a more spiritual life and be more aware of everyday miracles. 1997.Arousing the goddess
Par Tim Ward. 1996
During his two years meandering the "Dharma Trail" through Asia, Ward met and fell in love with an Austrian Indologist…
who was in India doing research. Working as her assistant, Ward travels India with her. Together they find themselves sharing their discovery of the tantric path, in which all acts and emotions, including sex and passion, become part of the search for spiritual liberation. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. c1996.Journey to the Middle Kingdom
Par Christopher West. 1991
Christopher West fills a rucksack, and heads for the country most unlike his own he can imagine. He travels up…
the eastern coast of China by train, bus, bicycle and boat, meeting peasants, racketeers, monks, entrepreneurs, veteran revolutionaries and former Red Guards. The climax comes on the Great Wall, where he experiences a moment of intense revelatory happiness. 1991.Journey of awakening: a meditator's guidebook
Par Ram Dass. 1990
Ram Dass is an American psychologist and spiritual teacher who has studied and practiced meditation for many years. Here he…
shares his understanding and explores the many paths of meditation from mantra, prayer, singing, visualization and "just sitting", to movement meditations such as t'ai-chi, and suggests how you can find a method suitable for you. 1990.Japan, where East meets West (Discovering our heritage)
Par Judith Davidson. 1983
An introduction to the history and culture of Japan including a discussion of Japanese in the United States. Discusses Japanese…
legends, festivals, home life, schools, and sports. Grades 5-8. 1983. (Discovering our heritage)I have something to tell you
Par Natalie Appleton. 2017
On the eve of Christmas and a proposal, Natalie Appleton discovers she doesn’t want to settle for sevens, and starts…
over. So, she abandons everything in Alberta for Bangkok. Along the way, Natalie unpacks the past that caused her to flee: cheating hearts, small-town suffocation, a tattered family and a genetic disposition to madness. In Bangkok, Natalie kills an albino gecko, crawls into bed with a lampseller and nearly calls off her quest when she’s almost attacked by a leather vendor. And then, at a grimy guesthouse one year after arriving in Thailand, everything changes. 2017.If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy: Making The Choice To Rejoice
Par Lindsey O'Connor. 1996
With stories that will encourage you, this book uncovers the hidden struggles women meet on their way to joy, and…
shows how to find balance in the process and contentment where you are. 1996.Inspiration: your ultimate calling
Par Wayne W Dyer. 2006
Educational counsellor and author of "The Power of Intention" (DC26461) explains ways to lead an inspired life, by recognizing and…
cultivating one's inner spirit. Uses personal examples to show how anyone can tap inherent inspirational powers, bring creativity and energy to daily activities, and find purpose. Bestseller. 2006.Indian summer: a good man in Asia
Par Will Randall. 2004
Learning as much as he is teaching in the Indian city of Poona, Will finds his life transformed by his…
remarkable class of orphans: Dulabesh, the joker; Prakash, who learnt self-sufficiency by scavenging in skips; the nutty yet charming Tanushri. When the slum barons threaten to level the school, Will hits upon a fund-raising plan. 2004.India Britannica
Par Geoffrey Moorhouse. 1984
A social history of the British rule in India and the men who went there: poets, painters and politicians. This…
complex edifice brought out the best - and worst - in these temporary landowners. The author covers a wide span from the tuckshop greed of the seventeenth century nabobs to the departure of the last soldier in February 1948. 1984.The explorer and travel writer chronicles his horseback trip across Mongolia, retracing the twelfth-century route of Genghis Khan and his…
horde. Severin describes the wild, untamed expanses of Mongolia that, despite the years of Communist rule, have changed little since the time of Genghis Khan. Historical anecdotes as well as descriptions of nomadic herders, exotic traditions, and austere people pepper the narrative. 1992.I think, therefore I have a headache!: a laugh-out-loud look at life
Par Martha Bolton. 2003
Her observations about how much the world has changed over the years and how much it has stayed the same,…
about both the tragedies and the comedies of life, about faith, family, health food, exercises, air travel, and the challenges of middle age are just a few of the topics from which she spins her memorable anecdotes. c2003.