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Invigorate your body, improve blood and Qi (vital energy) circulation, and strengthen your internal organs with these simple Qigong exercises .
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"Melville's strength lies in creating complex and beguiling characters and...he's never been better."
THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
Wandering among New Year's revelers, Superintendent Otani is shot in the back. By strange coincidence, the Noh performer he had been watching earlier in the day is later found strangled in his luxurious home, clad in full Noh costume. The crime rivets the attention of Otani's entire force, for the late Noh performer had not only been a dedicated amateur artist but also a wealthy businessman. His death liberates a fortune to his sister and his two attractive nephews and also raises some questions: Is the crime personal or political? And how, if at all, does it connect with the near murder of Otani?.
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As delicate as the shimmering wings of a dragonfly, Kinshu—an epistolary novel by one of Japan's most popular literary authors—is a masterpiece of simplicity and beauty.

Life, death, karma—these interwoven themes form the heart of this lyrical novel in letters, Kinshu: Autumn Brocade, the first work to be published in the U.S. by Teru Miyamoto, one of Japan's most popular literary writers.

The word kinshu has many connotations in Japanese—brocade, poetic writing, the brilliance of autumn leaves—and resonates here as a vibrant metaphor for the complex, intimate relationship between Aki and Yasuaki. Ten years after a dramatic divorce, they meet by chance at a mountain resort. Aki initiates a new correspondence, and letter by letter through the seasons, the secrets of the past unfold as they reflect on their present struggles. From a lover's suicide to a father's controlling demands, to Mozart's Thirty-Ninth Symphony ("a veritable marvel of sixteenth notes"), to the karmic consequences of their actions, the story glides through their deeply introspective and stirring exchanges. What begins as a series of accusations and apologies, questions and excuses, turns into a source of mutual support and healing. Chosen as an Outstanding Work of Japanese Literature by the Japanese Literature Publishing Project..
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A fascinating history of brocades from their origin in ancient China and India, their spread to other countries and the evolution of design and pattern .
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No brocades are more lovely or lifelike than the ones the widow weaves to sell at the marketplace But so fine it is that the fairies of the palace send a wind to carry it off for themselves Knowling his mother will die without her beloved creation, the widow’s son starts out after it. But the way to the fairy palace lies over Fiery Mountain and across the Icy Sea. Even if he gets there, will the fairies give up the brocade? This popular Chinese folktale will enchant young and old as the widow and her son find their way to a happiness beyond their dreams..
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Research guide on all grades of the 1939 issue of the most famous military decoration..
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