One person's experience of spiritual awakening and sadhana under the guidance of the Indian saint Baba Muktananda (1908-1982). Illustrated with numerous sketches by the author from different periods of his life (teen years in the 1960s to the present time) that reveal his state of mind and subconscious struggles for truth and meaning. This book also includes the author's reflections on Muktananda's teachings and their continuing effects on his life, written in 1994 and 2014.
One person's experience of spiritual awakening and sadhana under the guidance of the Indian saint Baba Muktananda (1908-1982). Illustrated with numero...
A diverse collection of drawings by self-taught artist and illustrator Jasper Burns. Works are in pencil, colored pencil, and pen and ink with some PhotoShop enhancements. Subjects range from fossils and insects to Roman empresses and Sierra Nevada landscapes. There are also examples of abstract and imaginative art.
A diverse collection of drawings by self-taught artist and illustrator Jasper Burns. Works are in pencil, colored pencil, and pen and ink with some Ph...
Author's Note: SUPERSEDED BY THE FOURTH EDITION, May, 2016.) An illustrated guide to the known Irish hammered pennies minted under the Yorkist kings (1461- 1485). This book includes a quick index to coin markings, a detailed chronology, and numerous photographs and illustrations. (Note: November 5, 2015: the corresponding Spink numbers from the 2015 edition of SCBC have been added to the book.) Following the author's two editions of Irish Hammered Pennies of Edward IV and Richard III, this book presents seven new varieties and introduces a hitherto unrecognized coinage of the young king...
Author's Note: SUPERSEDED BY THE FOURTH EDITION, May, 2016.) An illustrated guide to the known Irish hammered pennies minted under the Yorkist kings (...
The story and collected papers of a delightfully eloquent and genteel Virginia family, told through intimate letters and journal entries spanning more than 150 years. There are ample doses of humor, history, piety, and romance, with echoes of the worlds of Jane Austen, Scarlett O'Hara, Queen Victoria - even Sigmund Freud and Mary Poppins, Virginia style. These were highly educated, well-connected people with close ties to the land. Their writings are sprinkled with French and literary references, mixed in with down-to-earth reports on fowl raising and harvest conditions. Profusely...
The story and collected papers of a delightfully eloquent and genteel Virginia family, told through intimate letters and journal entries spanning more...
Do animal lives matter less than human lives? Day for day, year for year, do wild animals live less eventful or less important lives than human beings? Anyone who has spent an hour trying to kill a fly knows that he values his life just as highly as any human - and is at least as alert and aware of his self-interest. One crude measure of a human life is the obituary. It gives a summary of an individual's experiences, family connections, accomplishments, characteristics, and interests. This book presents a series of imagined but fact-based animal obituaries, most with illustrations, that give...
Do animal lives matter less than human lives? Day for day, year for year, do wild animals live less eventful or less important lives than human beings...
An illustrated guide to the known Irish hammered pennies minted under the English kings Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, and Henry VII. This book includes a quick index to coin markings, a detailed chronology, and over 100 coin photos. The FOURTH EDITION presents new design types and mint issues - and introduces an entirely new section on the pennies of Henry VII. Also new is a concordance for the SCBC guides (2003 and 2015) and the Coincraft guide. Includes 25 varieties that are not listed in the new Spink guide. Jasper Burns is the author of many articles about ancient coins as well as...
An illustrated guide to the known Irish hammered pennies minted under the English kings Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, and Henry VII. This book inc...
The literary autobiography of Jasper Burns (born 1952), author and illustrator of roughly 50 books on a wide variety of subjects. His titles include Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States (Johns Hopkins), Vipsania: A Roman Odyssey (Pietas), Irish Hammered Pennies of Edward IV-Henry VII (Pietas), Great Women of Imperial Rome (Routledge), Trilobites: Common Trilobites of North America (NatureGuide), Wisdom Illustrated (Pietas), and many, many more.
The literary autobiography of Jasper Burns (born 1952), author and illustrator of roughly 50 books on a wide variety of subjects. His titles include F...
