“Mudras: Yoga in Your Hands” by Gertrud Hirschi

"Mudras—also playfully called “finger power points”—are yoga positions for your hands and fingers. They can be practiced sitting, lying down, standing, or walking, at any time and place. Schooled in the traditional knowledge of this eastern art of healing, well-known Swiss yoga teacher, Gertrud Hirschi, shows how these easy techniques can recharge personal energy reserves and improve quality of life. These mysterious healing gestures can calm the stress, aggravations, and frustrations of everyday life. Readers will learn how to: Apply these simple exercises to prevent illness and support the healing of a great variety of physical and emotional problems. Use mudras to promote spiritual development. ...>>

“Healing Mudras: Yoga for Your Hands” by Sabrina Mesko (older edition)

"An international bestseller, translated into more than 14 languages. Authored by Mudra expert Sabrina Mesko Ph.D., this first practical guide for unleashing the ancient healing power of hand gestures called Mudras, includes hand yoga movements, breathing exercises, eye movements, mantras, meditations, visualizations, prayers, and affirmations to enhance the power of each. Mudras — yoga hand movements — involve only the arms and hands are extremely easy to do, but are so powerful they can bring you health, wealth, balance, success, and happiness. How? By liberating the energy locked within your body - the energy channels called nadis and energy centers called chakras, and directing it to help you meet your goals and deal with the...>>

“Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds: A Collection of Short Medieval Japanese Tales” by Keller Kimbrough and Haruo Shirane

"This book is a collection of twenty-five medieval Japanese tales of border crossings and the fantastic, featuring demons, samurai, talking animals, amorous plants, and journeys to supernatural realms. The most comprehensive compendium of short medieval Japanese fiction in English, Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds illuminates a rich world of literary, Buddhist, and visual culture largely unknown today outside of Japan. These stories, called otogizōshi, or Muromachi tales (named after the Muromachi period, 1337 to 1573), date from approximately the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries. Often richly illustrated in a painted-scroll format, these vernacular stories frequently express Buddhist beliefs and provide the practical knowledge and moral education required to navigate medieval Japanese society. The otogizōshi represent a...>>

“My Amazing Adventures with the Sex Pistols” by Dave Goodman

"The Sex Pistols exploded onto the UK music scene in 1976, their album Never Mind the Bollocks precipitating the punk rock movement and inspiring countless acts which followed. The man who was there right from the beginning as their sound engineer was Dave Goodman. This is the story of the time he spent with the band — on the road, in the studio and behind the scenes as live sound engineer, tour manager, record producer and mate. A hilarious account of their chaotic, anarchic rise, capturing the personalities of each band member and the characters who surrounded them. With a foreword from manager Malcolm McLaren and an introduction by Phil Goodman, musical journalist, editor and...>>