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Children's Proportions for Artists
Serious figurative artists, especially those who specialize in portraits of children, will be amazed by the wealth of information in this book, meant to be a companion to the author’s previously published work, Human Proportions for...
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A Glimpse of Heaven
An ancient and little-known group of principles from China, the “Bright Beautiful School of Thought,” and “Ming Chia,” are brought to light for today’s readers in Dr. Glen Hepker’s book A Glimpse of Heaven: The Philosophy of...
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Spirit Stones
Silent and somewhat forbidding, the stone structures erected by our megalithic ancestors continue to evoke awe and wonder. "Spirit Stones", ten years in the making, combines Dianne Ebertt Beeaff’s lifelong love of history and travel...
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Holy Misogyny
“Orthodox” Christian doctrine presents God as an all-male, three-in-one figure who creates and gives birth with no need of help from the feminine. To anyone whose mind is not fettered by “belief,” the proposition seems quite...
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A Branch from the Lightning Tree
To embark upon a mythic journey one needs a guide. Martin Shaw, who gave up a lucrative music contract to live in a tent in the wild borderlands of Wales for four years and pursue the study of myth, has an excellent resumé for the job....
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The Triad Tree
Germany, just prior to the rise of Nazism and through the end of World War II, is the backdrop for the novel "The Triad Tree". Annette Cass-Landis tells the story of three resilient and courageous German women who struggle to survive...
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The Wisdom of Ananda Coomaraswamy
The most urgent practical task of the philosopher, according to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, is a re-formulation and revision of the principles of comparative religion in order to “demonstrate the common metaphysical basis of all...
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Creative Thinkering
While serving as an officer in the United States Army, Michael Michalko organized a team of NATO intelligence specialists and international academics to discover the best methods of inventive thinking. He has since expanded these...
