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What if Love walked among us again—would we recognize it? When a skeptical young woman named Mary crosses paths with a mysterious man on the streets of her town, her life begins to unravel in unexpected and miraculous ways. Drawn into a growing community of seekers, artists, and misfits, she is swept into a journey that challenges everything she thought she knew about faith, identity, and love itself. Told through Mary’s intimate journal entries, The One is a modern-day spiritual parable—equal parts mystery, revelation, and quiet revolution. As the lines blur between the ordinary and ...

Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories of 20 remarkable individuals. These vivid and entertaining portraits take the listener from the earliest written accounts of Japan right through to the life of the current empress, Masako. We encounter shamans and warlords, poets and revolutionaries, scientists, artists and adventurers - each offering insights of their own into this extraordinary place.

From the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part in outrageous tales of monsters and giants, of silk and spices trans-shipped over vast distances and an uneasy sense of unknowable empires fantastically far away. By the 20th century much of Asia may have come under Western rule after centuries of warfare, but its intellectual, artistic and spiritual influence was fighting back. The Light of Asia is a wonderfully varied and entertaining history of this vexed, confused but centrally important relationship.

In a world defined by constant change, increasing complexity, and mounting demands, individuals and organizations alike are faced with a critical choice: survive or thrive. This handbook is dedicated to those who choose to thrive—those who are ready to reclaim authorship of their own story, empower their businesses, personal lives, families, and communities, as they foster cultures where the full potential of individuals and groups can shine. The concepts you will explore throughout these chapters are drawn from our book Thriving in Business and Life. More than theories, these principles ...

This is a fresh and surprising account of Japan's culture from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid-19th century to the present. It is told through the eyes of people who greeted this change not with the confidence and grasping ambition of Japan's modernisers and nationalists but with resistance, conflict, distress. We encounter writers of dramas, ghost stories and crime novels where modernity itself is the tragedy, the ghoul and the bad guy; surrealist and avant-garde artists sketching their escape.

Japan is a land of complexity, contrast and contradictions. The world's third-largest economy, it is a powerhouse of innovation and a pioneer in technology, fashion and pop culture. But it also has a rich, ancient heritage and a deep reverence for custom, ritual and tradition. This illuminating two-part radio collection traverses the different aspects of this fascinating country, from its famous historical figures to its diverse cultural landscape.

In this enormously enjoyable introduction to a remarkable country, Christopher Harding traces Japan's rich history over several millennia. Beginning with its earliest coastal communities through to the spread of Buddhism, the rise of the warlords, the promise and menace of the West and Japan's own empire-building, Harding explores how a distinctly Japanese society and culture was forged.

Conversations and audio essays about the history of Japan & East-West encounter. www.historywithchrisharding.com