Arise: The Conflux (Pyxis Series Book 3) When Quicksilver captures Harriet, Corinne and her union make a most unlikely rescue and an even more unexpected discovery: Harriet isn’t the enemy they’d thought she was. Zane and Mai’s arrival from Australia boosts the Tapestry union, but Corinne fears that Zane’s prophecy—that he and Corinne are destined to be together—will mean something terrible for Mason. As summer fades into autumn, Corinne’s Pyxis abilities weaken. By the time winter solstice arrives, Quicksilver will be at his most powerful, and Corinne will be at her weakest. She and her friends know that they can’t wait for Quicksilver to attack. They must strike first. But before they can act, Quicksilver delivers a disabling blow. Now Corinne will have to learn to harness the power of nature to defeat an ancient evil . . . but someone will have to pay the ultimate price. Pyxis (Pyxis Series Book 1) is currently free in the Google Play store! The Pyxis Series (series is complete) 1 - Pyxis: The Discovery 2 - Alight: The Peril 3 - Arise: The Conflux

As Buddhism is assimilated into the West, it is imperative that women reshape its patriarchal structures and carve out a fully legitimate, empowering position for themselves. Marianne Dresser brings together the likes of Pema Chodron, Tsultrim Allione, and bell hooks, 30 women in all, who are doing just that. Writers, nuns, scholars, priests--even a martial arts master and a private investigator--discuss women in Buddhism in a range of essays. Several pieces question the suppression of emotion required for selflessness, appealing to the undeniable reality of day-to-day living. Others discuss their experiences as women in Buddhism, whether as nuns or as lay practitioners. Still others address the history of women in Buddhism, racial questions, meditation, poetry, compassion, social activism, and sexual orientation. Most of these writers have been in Buddhism for two or three decades and offer a wealth of experience and insights, targeted at women readers but no less valuable to men.

This state-of-the-art book contains all results and papers of the International Workshop on Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Geomechanics at Stanford University Campus, June 23–25, 2010.