The Soul of China offers readers a tour of Chinese tradition and character lost to the modern era. Richard Wilhelm arrived in China before the Boxer Rebellion and stayed for a quarter of a century. He became intimate with retired princes and Taoist priests; he steeped himself in Chinese philosophy and occultism; he emerged with a profound respect for the Chinese culture. With chapters on the Revolution, Chinese country life, royalty and soundrels, and occultism and religious movements, this book is one man's fascinating travelogue and exploration of an important age in Chinese history....

Travis Morgan's case seems open-and-shut: a plot to kill his estranged father, fundamentalist preacher Arlie Morgan, goes awry and his bullet slays an innocent bookkeeper. Two eyewitnesses seal Travis' fate. But despite damning evidence, Travis staunchly maintains his innocence. Beseeched by his anguished mother, veteran defense attorney Barbara Holloway agrees to represent Travis. With the support of her father attorney Frank Holloway and crack private investigator Bailey, Barbara reveals a zealot, his ultra-rich backers, and unimaginable atrocities. Travis' case proceeds to trial, and...

Lara and Vinny Jessup had a lovely May-December marriage. Initially, the sheriff in Loomis County thinks that Vinny died when his car rolled over on a bad curve on Lookout Mountain. Then he finds the gunshot wound. Was it suicide or was it murder? With a large insurance policy as her motive, Lara could have staged the death-or so it appears to the sheriff. Barbara finds herself drawn to the Oregon desert to take on this case. To Barbara, it appears there's no defense at all.

Mitch Arno always meant bad news for Folsum, Oregon. When they ran him out of town seventeen years ago, he left behind a wife with two daughters and a family that never wanted to see him again. When he returns, he brings trouble in the form of a lot of suspicious money. As Barbara attempts to counsel Mitch's wife about the money, a second form of trouble arrives, Mitch's corpse.

El secreto de la Flor de Oro es una obra taoista china sobre meditacion, que fue traducida por Richard Wilhelm. Wilhelm era amigo del psicologo Carl Gustav Jung. A pesar de la diversidad de impresiones, interpretacion y opinion expresadas por Wilhelm y Jung, la tecnica de meditacion descrita en El Secreto de la Flor De oro es una tecnica sencilla, silenciosa (la descripcion del libro de meditacion ha sido caracterizada como Zen con detalles). La tecnica de meditacion, enunciada en lenguaje poetico, se reduce a una formula sobre la postura, la respiracion y la contemplacion. La postura...

Wissen und Lernfahigkeit machen einen Menschen vollkommen und frei" Sein Ziel war es zu lernen, wie man ein rechter Mensch werden kann." Er war der bedeutendste Philosoph Chinas, pragte die Ethik des Alltags und sorgte sich um Fragen und Probleme der Staatsphilosophie: In dieser fruhen Biographie geht Richard Wilhelm dem Leben und Schaffen des grossen Weisen Konfuzius nach: Er folgt seinen Spuren von seiner Geburt und seiner Familie bis zu seinem Tode im Sommer des Jahres 479 v. Chr. Konfuzius' philosophisches Interesse lag in den menschlichen und sozialen Beziehungen - und dort besieht auch...