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1) Zen shorts
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Stillwater the giant panda moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.
2) Zen Ties
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Stillwater the panda encourages Koo, Addy, Michael, and Karl to help a grouchy neighbor, their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways.
3) Zen ghosts
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
On Halloween night, Stillwater the giant panda tells Karl, Addy, and Michael a spooky and unusual story. Based on a Zen koan.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 459 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
For almost 17 years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political satire, and opinionated news coverage. It launched the careers of some of today's most significant comedians, highlighted the hypocrisies of the powerful, and garnered 23 Emmys. Now, for the first time, the people behind the show's seminal moments come together to share their memories of one of America's most groundbreaking shows.--...
8) On haiku
Author
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edtion.
Physical Desc
x, 294 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Who doesn't love haiku? It is not only America's most popular cultural import from Japan but also our most popular poetic form: instantly recognizable, more mobile than a sonnet, and loved for its simplicity and compression, as well as for its ease of composition. Haiku is an ancient literary form seemingly made for the Twittersphere--Jack Kerouac and Langston Hughes wrote them, Ezra Pound and the Imagists were inspired by them, first-grade students...
9) Steve Jobs
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 40
Language
English
Description
Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues to offer a look at the co-founder and leading creative force behind the Apple computer company.
10) Made by Dad: 67 blueprints for making cool stuff --projects you can build for (and with) your kids!
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company Incorporated
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
vi, 330 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
1st Harper Perennial Modern classics ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 312 pages, 28 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions."
With great wit and stunning intellect—drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian mysticism, and Islam—Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains...