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City of Secrets
by Patrice ChaplinPatrice Chaplin began going to Girona, Spain, at age 15, and with each visit she became more enmeshed in its mysteries. She found a lover, Jose; met many strange characters; and heard dark talk of the legendary Abbé Saunière of Rennes-le-Château. She discovered that many of Girona's townspeople were part of a secret society formed to guard the Abbé's legacy and his knowledge of the Grail. Eventually the society asks Patrice to be the vehicle for revealing their secrets. This riveting account is the result of that request.
City of Secrets
by Patrice ChaplinPatrice Chaplin began going to Girona, Spain, at age 15, and with each visit she became more enmeshed in its mysteries. She found a lover, Jose; met many strange characters; and heard dark talk of the legendary Abbé Saunière of Rennes-le-Château. She discovered that many of Girona's townspeople were part of a secret society formed to guard the Abbé's legacy and his knowledge of the Grail. Eventually the society asks Patrice to be the vehicle for revealing their secrets. This riveting account is the result of that request.
City of Style: Exploring Los Angeles Fashion from Bohemian to Rock
by Melissa MagsaysayA deep appreciation and a wild visual ride through the wonderland of Los Angeles-styleLos Angeles harbors its own canon of styles: Romantic Bohemian, Glamour, Skater and Surfer, Rocker, Chola-Style, Indie-Eclectic, and Casual Chic—each shaped by the unique mix of subcultures, climates, geography, history, and personalities that have coexisted in different pockets of the greater LA area. These signature looks continue to inspire celebrities, clothing designers, and stylists the world over. In City of Style, Melissa Magsaysay, style editor for the Los Angeles Times, draws on decades of the best, most iconic examples of LA-style and explores the trends, tastes, and fashion innovations of today's Angelenos—while offering a taste of the retail landscape, a guide to stores and shops, and helpful tips on how to buy and wear key pieces for each different style. Featuring exclusive interviews with Los Angeles's most influential designers, retailers, and trendsetters, including:Monique LhuillierTrina TurkTony HawkGeorgina Chapman (Marchesa)Phillip LimSlashCameron SilverCynthia RowleyAnd more.
City of the Beast: The London of Aleister Crowley
by Phil BakerA work that combines biography and pyschogeography to trace Aleister Crowley's life in London."I dreamed I was paying a visit to London," Aleister Crowley wrote in Italy, continuing, "It was a vivid, long, coherent, detailed affair of several days, with so much incident that it would make a good-sized volume." Crowley had a love-hate relationship with London, but the city was where he spent much of his adult life, and it was the capital of the culture that created him: Crowley was a post-decadent with deviant Victorian roots in the cultural ferment of the 1890s and the magical revival of the Golden Dawn. Not a walking guide, although many routes could be pieced together from its pages, this is a biography by sites. A fusion of life-writing with psychogeography, steeped in London's social history from Victoria to the Blitz, it draws extensively on unpublished material and offers an exceptionally intimate picture of the Great Beast. We follow Crowley as he searches for prostitutes in Hyde Park and Pimlico, drinks absinthe and eats Chinese food in Soho, and find himself down on his luck in Paddington Green--and never quite losing sight of the illumination that drove him: "the abiding rapture," he wrote in his diary, "which makes a 'bus in the street sound like an angel choir!"
Civilization One
by Alan Butler Christopher KnightThis is the amazing story of how a quest to try to crack the mystery of the Megalithic Yard - an ancient unit of linear measurement - led to the discovery of compelling evidence pointing to the existence of an unknown, highly advanced culture which was the precursor to the earliest known civilizations such as the Sumerians and the Egyptians. There must have been a Civilization One. Knight and Butler reveal the secrets of an extraordinary integrated measuring system which might have been lost to the world for ever. It was a system, far more advanced than anything used today, which forms the basis of both the Imperial and Metric measure systems! These ancient scientists understood the dimensions, motions and relationships of the Earth, Moon and Sun - they measured the solar system and even understood how the speed of light was integrated into the movements of our planet. Their conclusions fly in the face of everything that we thought we knew about the origins of the modern world - but the evidence is incontrovertible.And the implications of these revelations go far beyond the fascination of the discovery of a 'super-science' of prehistory; they indicate a grand plan which will have far reaching theological ramifications!
Ciências Físicas no corpo humano Perde peso para sempre
by Pedro Hugo García PeláezUm livro para ajudar a emagrecer. Em consequência escrevi um livro que ainda que puramente científico e baseado nas Ciências Físicas pode ser lido por todo o Mundo com uma linguagem limpa e clara. O mais difícil que vai ter que resolver é uma raiz quadrada, ou seja, coisas como raiz de nove igual a três, porque três por três são nove. √9 = 3 Que com a ajuda das calculadoras não representa nenhum problema. Aprende a emagrecer desde o primeiro dia nadando dez minutos. Um método inovador para perder peso sem dietas e sem muito esforço. Conseguirás eliminar a gordura do abdomen para sempre. Ao principio deverás fazer o exercício duas ou três vezes por semana. Depois com um abdomen reto só terás que preocupar-te com estar em forma.
Claim Your Inner Grown-Up: 4 Essential Steps to Authentic Adulthood
by Ashley Davis PrendA much-needed antidote to the indulgent trends of recent years, Claim Your Inner Grown-up will help us become authentic adults without losing the innocence, freedom, and wonder that are also an integral part of our psychological makeup and help make us who we are. Many books have been written about our inner child. In Claim Your Inner Grown-up, psychotherapist Ashley Davis Prend stands this cultural phenomenon on its head by offering a revolutionary four-pillar program that dares us to become adults. Claim Your Inner Grown-up shows us how we can develop and improve our lives by becoming more mature, loving, responsible, and spiritual. By incorporating the four-step DARE thought system into our lives (Detach, Aware, Reorient, Enact), we can become happier and more productive in the long term. Prend's unique, liberating approach helps us to develop a solid sense of self without giving up the positive childlike qualities that also distinguish us as individuals. In this wise, compassionate handbook, you'll read about: Visualization techniques, journaling suggestions, and exercises to facilitate change What happens when inner children become problem children The road to authentic adulthood Reinterpreting a painful past How to integrate the inner child and inner grown-up to create our best selves
Clairvoyance
by Rex G. StanfordClairvoyance is regarded as having occurred when an organism behaves as though it has extrasensory knowledge of some object or physical event unknown to any other organism. The historical significance of clairvoyance for parapsychology is that it has simplified and made more efficient the study of extrasensory response. This essay, chapter 5 from Psychic Exploration, is devoted to clairvoyance. The full volume of Psychic Exploration can be purchased as an ebook or paperback version from all major online retailers and at cosimobooks.com.
Clairvoyance for Beginners: Easy Techniques to Enhance Your Psychic Visions
by Alexandra ChauranDiscover your natural clairvoyant abilities and see the future of your love life, your financial potential, and your spiritual destiny. Even if you've never had a vision, Alexandra Chauran provides each step necessary to move from clairvoyant beginner to visionary expert.Using practical and down-to-earth concepts, Clairvoyance for Beginners is an accessible introduction to developing inner vision. Through approachable exercises and examples, explore your dreams, practice meditation, enter a trance, discover psychometry, interpret omens, and read a crystal ball. Use the included symbol dictionary to give advice on career, money, and health. Learn the ethics of being clairvoyant, as well as many more ways to apply your newfound talents to helping yourself and others.
Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World - and How We Can Take It Back
by Chris BerdikA May 2025 Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book An eye- (and ear-) opening investigation into how our ever-noisier world affects our health, our well-being, and our planet. Early-morning jackhammering from construction down the block. The dull roar of jets flying overhead. Your office mates’ phone conversations. We are surrounded by noise, but it is a problem many of us shrug off once the immediate annoyance passes. Yet as gifted science journalist Chris Berdik explains in Clamor, noise can have serious health effects, disrupting our sleep, ratcheting up our stress, and destroying our concentration. As he argues, it is one of the most pervasive, yet underacknowledged, pollutants in our daily lives—one that we neglect, both individually and systemically, at our peril Drawing on extensive research and original reporting, Berdik shows how a too-limited understanding of noise, focused on loud sounds and decibel counts, has undermined a century of noise-control efforts and obscured the full toll noise exacts on us and the environment. Chronic exposure to noise that falls below decibel-based thresholds—sometimes even below our conscious awareness—is linked to spikes in the risk of heart disease and other serious health ailments that contribute to premature death. Noisy classrooms hinder developing minds and delay cognitive milestones. In forests and in the depths of the ocean, a cacophony of manmade sound disrupts the natural soundscape, threatening animals’ capacity to communicate, hunt, and flee predators. Yet in the battle against noise, sound doesn’t have to be our enemy: Berdik introduces us to the researchers, rock stars, architects, and many others who are finding surprising ways to make our world sound not only less bad, but better. Rising above the ever-increasing racket, Clamor is an urgent—and ultimately inspiring—call to finally take noise seriously and harness sound’s great potential.
Clara Barton: Angel Of The Battlefield
by Anna Prokos Time for Kids EditorsTake a close-up look at Clara Barton, who bravely nursed soldiers during the Civil War. Interviews with experts and lively writing deliver the accurate reporting you expect from Time For Kids®. Historical and contemporary photographs capture the life of this caring woman and show how her legacy—the American Red Cross—assists people today.
Clara Barton: Civil War Hero and American Red Cross Founder
by Susan E. HamenTeen biography of Clara Barton.
Clara Barton: Spirit of the American Red Cross
by Patricia Lakin Simon SullivanClara Barton was very shy and sensitive, and not always sure of herself. But her fighting spirit and desire to help others drove her to become one of the world's most famous humanitarians. Learn all about the life of the woman who formed the American Red Cross.
Clark the Shark: Happy Birthday, Danny And The Dinosaur!; Clark The Shark: Tooth Trouble; Harry And The Lady Next Door; The Berenstain Bears: Down On The Farm; Splat The Cat Makes Dad Glad (I Can Read Level 1)
by Bruce HaleDon’t shed a tear, 'cause there’s nothing to fear!Clark the Shark has a loose tooth and needs to visit the dentist. But he's heard that the dentist is scarier than a box of blue whales! Uh-oh, and oh no! Can Clark find a way to stay cool when it comes to tooth trouble? Beginning readers will be entertained and reassured by this clever, funny twist on a dentist visit in this I Can Read story featuring their favorite boisterous shark. The back matter also includes fun, bite-sized facts about shark teeth!With colorful illustrations from Guy Francis and lively text from Bruce Hale, this Level One I Can Read is perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
Class Struggle and Social Welfare (The\state Of Welfare Ser.)
by Michael Lavalette Gerry MooneyFor too long the collective struggles of the oppressed over welfare provision and welfare settlement have been ignored, yet such struggles punctuate recent British history. By presenting a series of case-studies of episodes of collective action from the field of social policy and social welfare, Class Struggle and Welfare aims to rediscover this 'hidden history'. Organised chronologically, the book covers some of the most important welfare struggles from the early nineteenth century, some of the issues covered are: *the growth of capitalism *the development of the poor laws and the anti-poor law movement *working class self-help welfare in the nineteenth century *rent strikes on the Clyde in 1920s *the squatters movement in the 1950s *the struggle for abortion rights *an analysis of the urban riots in the 1980s *the great poll tax rebellion.
Class and Health: Research and Longitudinal Data (Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society #24)
by Richard G. WilkinsonOriginally published in 1986, this book discusses issues such as social class differences in health; the effect of unemployment on health; the relationship between income and health; how much of the class differences in death rates can be explained in terms of medically recognized factors. Presenting empirical research to resolve these issues, the book takes health to the centre of the political stage and raises fundamental issues about the direction of modern economic and social development and its impact on inequality. As relevant now as when it was first published the book reviews twenty of the most important longitudinal studies in the area of health and class that had been carried out in the UK at the time.
Classic Philosophical Arguments: The Brain in a Vat
by Goldberg Sanford C.The scenario of the brain in a vat, first aired thirty-five years ago in Hilary Putnam's classic paper, has been deeply influential in philosophy of mind and language, epistemology, and metaphysics. This collection of new essays examines the scenario and its philosophical ramifications and applications, as well as the challenges which it has faced. The essays review historical applications of the brain-in-a-vat scenario and consider its impact on contemporary debates. They explore a diverse range of philosophical issues, from intentionality, external-world scepticism, and the nature of truth, to the extended mind hypothesis, reference magnetism, and new versions of realism. The volume will be a rich and valuable resource for advanced students in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind and language, as well as anyone interested in the relations between language, thought and the world.
Classic Tarot Spreads
by Sandor KonraadClassic Tarot Spreads presents one of the most comprehensive collections of card spreads available in one book. It includes 22 classic spreads that provide a key to the history, mythology and metaphysical meanings of the cards. The book not only covers the practice and ritual of card reading, it treats the Tarot deck as a magical tool and counseling medium that can be used to resolve basic life issues. Sandor Konraad includes spreads for opening a reading - answering questions about health, love, marriage and money - as well as spreads for ending a reading.
Classical History: A Bridge to the Future
by Anni DamgaardThis text connects philosophers from different time periods of history and discusses their different philosophies.
Classical Sanskrit for Everyone: A Guide for Absolute Beginners
by Malcolm Keating&“Surprisingly,Classical Sanskrit for Everyone is indeed for everyone. Playing tour guide to the &‘curious,&’ the &‘Yoga aficionado,&’ and the &‘scholar&’ on an efficient itinerary through Sanskrit grammar and its philosophical cultures, Keating&’s book is refreshingly accessible and useful. Replete with an excellent analysis of important features of Sanskrit with analogies to English usage and learned &‘pandit points,&’ it also provides supplemental discussions of Sanskrit poetry and philosophy and up-to-date online resources. Pop culture references and a playfully funny tone, at turns, disarm the uninitiated reader and give the scholar a fresh perspective on how to teach this language to a new generation of eager learners.&” —Deven M. Patel, University of Pennsylvania
Classical T'AI CHI SWORD
by Petra Kobayashi Toyo KobayashiWith its emphasis on promoting good health, Tai Chi is one of the fastest growing martial arts styles. It is now common to see groups of people performing these exercises in city parks across the United States and Europe. An interest in the use of swords in Tai Chi is the most remarkable trend to develop out of the form's growing popularity. As with other Tai Chi Chuan exercise programs, the use of the sword is a form of meditation in motion based on an inner energy known as chi. In Classical T'ai Chi Sword, a martial arts master teaches the 50 basic positions of the Tai Chi sword. Easy-to-use diagrams, charts, and over 100 black and white photographs illustrate each position and the thirteen basic sword techniques. Practice exercises for both solo and partner forms teach inner harmony and self-defense.
Classical T'AI CHI SWORD
by Petra Kobayashi Toyo KobayashiWith its emphasis on promoting good health, Tai Chi is one of the fastest growing martial arts styles. It is now common to see groups of people performing these exercises in city parks across the United States and Europe. An interest in the use of swords in Tai Chi is the most remarkable trend to develop out of the form's growing popularity. As with other Tai Chi Chuan exercise programs, the use of the sword is a form of meditation in motion based on an inner energy known as chi. In Classical T'ai Chi Sword, a martial arts master teaches the 50 basic positions of the Tai Chi sword. Easy-to-use diagrams, charts, and over 100 black and white photographs illustrate each position and the thirteen basic sword techniques. Practice exercises for both solo and partner forms teach inner harmony and self-defense.
Classroom Yoga Breaks: Brief Exercises to Create Calm
by Louise GoldbergEasy and brief ways to incorporate yoga techniques in the classroom. Stress is everywhere in kids' lives and impacts their well-being at home and school. Exercise is known to reduce stress, yet students have never been more sedentary. And teachers have little time to add yet something else into the school day. Enter Louise Goldberg and Classroom Yoga Breaks. In this essential book, readers will find a comprehensive guide to incorporating short yoga breaks into their classrooms. Teachers will learn how to promote movement, learning readiness, attention skills, cooperative community, and self-regulation--all in just a few minutes a day. Goldberg's evidence-based principles of "Creative Relaxation"--creating a peaceful environment where students feel safe, engaged, successful, and independent, promoting empathy and mutual respect--lead the way toward successful use of yoga in the classroom. The book includes a step-by-step curriculum for integrating yoga breaks into the classroom and over 200 illustrated exercises--enough to incorporate one every day of the school year. Twelve units are arranged by theme, with lessons consisting of one- to five-minute exercises, that can be done from the seat or standing. Each unit includes topics for discussion or writing, movement, breathing exercises, focusing activities, relaxation techniques, mindful practices, and self-calming skills. Yoga is a complement to social and emotional learning, mindfulness training, and physical education. It can help address bullying behaviors, students with autism and special needs, and promote overall resilience and executive function. With this book in hand, readers can integrate these fun, relaxing, and healthy breaks into the daily lives of their students and themselves.
Claves de cocina. Para volver a comer rico, variado y casero todos los días
by Natalia KiakoEl tercer libro de la autora de los exitosos Cómo como y A cuatro manos: un manual para tomar el mando de nuestra alimentación cotidiana, desde la organización de las compras hasta la preparación casera de comidas más saludables y sabrosas de un modo eficiente y sostenible. ¿Podemos volver a cocinar lo que comemos a diario sin agotarnos ni añorar el delivery? Natalia Kiako dice que sí. Que lo que preparamos en casa puede ser muy rico, incluso más que la comida comprada. Pero ¿cómo? Si nunca hay tiempo, si estamos siempre corriendo. Pensado como un libro-taller, en CLAVES DE COCINA se despliega un método que tiene mucho de la organización intuitiva de nuestras bisabuelas y una buena dosis de pragmatismo actualizado para ahorrar tiempo, aprovechar atajos y potenciar recursos. En su "cocina de componentes", Kiako propone repensar la manera en que hacemos las compras, aprender a intervenir y combinar ingredientes dentro de una dinámica que (con algo de práctica y cierto margen de prueba y error) nos permita resolver un almuerzo al paso o hacer la cena mientras los chicos se bañan. Acá no hay prohibiciones ni obligaciones, sino una invitación: un puñado de criterios que vamos cultivando a medida que los aplicamos, acompañados de recetas simples y flexibles ante las necesidades y los gustos de cada persona. Tan lejos de la reiteración mecánica y obediente de instrucciones a la que estamos habituados que casi podríamos llamarlas "anti recetas". Una mesa repleta de opciones, argumentos e información, para que el proceso de adueñarnos de lo que comemos sea realizable y lo más placentero posible.
Clays and Health: Properties and Therapeutic Uses
by Michel Rautureau Celso de Sousa Figueiredo Gomes Nicole Liewig Mehrnaz Katouzian-SafadiOriginally published in French as "Argiles et santé, propriétés et usages" in 2010, this book offers a definitive treatment on clays and effects on human health including the long history of clays used as pharmaceutical and therapeutic agents, the origins of clays, their structural properties and modes of action.