Dew-drops on a Lotus Leaf
Title | Dew-drops on a Lotus Leaf PDF eBook |
Author | Jakob Fischer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf
Title | Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Shambhala Publications |
Pages | 119 |
Release | 2004-04-13 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0834826089 |
The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758–1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature, renowned for his beautiful verse, exquisite calligraphy, and eccentric character. Deceptively simple, Ryokan's poems transcend artifice, presenting spontaneous expressions of pure Zen spirit. Like his contemporary Thoreau, Ryokan celebrates nature and the natural life, but his poems touch the whole range of human experience: joy and sadness, pleasure and pain, enlightenment and illusion, love and loneliness. This collection of translations reflects the full spectrum of Ryokan's spiritual and poetic vision, including Japanese haiku, longer folk songs, and Chinese-style verse. Fifteen ink paintings by Koshi no Sengai (1895–1958) complement these translations and beautifully depict the spirit of this famous poet.
Dewdrop on a Lotus Leaf
Title | Dewdrop on a Lotus Leaf PDF eBook |
Author | Sri Ram |
Publisher | |
Pages | 139 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Spiritual life |
ISBN | 9788120719651 |
Dew-drops on a Lotus Leaf
Title | Dew-drops on a Lotus Leaf PDF eBook |
Author | Jakob Fischer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 1954 |
Genre | Buddhist priests |
ISBN |
Think Positive and Things Will Go Right
Title | Think Positive and Things Will Go Right PDF eBook |
Author | Rakesh K. Mittal |
Publisher | Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2005-01-01 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 9788120727304 |
In this book, Rakesh Mittal has narrated his personal experiences, describing them in an interesting manner. His narration imparts valuable information and wisdom, and underlines his conviction that when we think positive, things go right.
Kyoka, Japan's Comic Verse
Title | Kyoka, Japan's Comic Verse PDF eBook |
Author | Robin D. Gill |
Publisher | Paraverse Press |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2009-10 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 0984092307 |
Even readers with no particular interest in Japan - if such odd souls exist - may expect unexpected pleasure from this book if English metaphysical poetry, grooks, hyperlogical nonsense verse, outrageous epigrams, the (im)possibilities and process of translation between exotic tongues, the reason of puns and rhyme, outlandish metaphor, extreme hyperbole and whatnot tickle their fancy. Read together with The Woman Without a Hole, also by Robin D. Gill, the hitherto overlooked ulterior side of art poetry in Japan may now be thoroughly explored by monolinguals, though bilinguals and students of Japanese will be happy to know all the original Japanese is included. This Reader is a selection from "Mad in Translation - a thousand years of kyoka, comic Japanese poetry in the classic waka mode," a 2000-poem, 200-chapter, 740-page monster of a book. It offers a 300-page double distillation high-proof sample of the poetry and prose, with improved translations, re-considered opinions and additional snake-legs (explanation some scholars may not need). The scattershot of two-page chapters and notes have been compounded into a score of cannonball-sized thematic chapters with just enough weight to bowl over most specialists yet, hopefully, not bore the amateur and sink a potentially broad-beamed readership. (More information may be found at the Paraverse Press website or Google Books)"
Bioinspired Design of Materials Surfaces
Title | Bioinspired Design of Materials Surfaces PDF eBook |
Author | Yongmei Zheng |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2019-08-10 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0128148446 |
Bioinspired Design of Materials Surfaces reviews novel methods and technologies used to design surfaces and materials for smart material and device applications. The author discusses how materials wettability can be impacted by the fabrication of micro- and nanostructures, anisotropic structures, gradient structures, and heterogeneous patterned structures on the surfaces of materials. The design of these structures was inspired by nature, including lotus, cactus, beetle back and butterfly wings, spider silk, and shells. The author reviews the various wettability functions that can result from these designs, such as self-cleaning, directional adhesion, droplet driving, anti-adhesion, non-wetting, liquid repellent properties, liquid separation, liquid splitting, and more. This book presents a key reference on how to fabricate bioinspired structures on materials for desired functions of materials wettability. It also discusses challenges, opportunities and many potential applications, such as oil-water separation devices, water harvesting devices and photonic device applications. - Introduces the fundamentals of both bioinspired materials design and the theory behind dynamic materials wettability - Reviews the latest methods and technologies used to create functional surfaces and structured materials that impact and potentially control wettability - Provides a snapshot of potential device applications, such as oil-water separation, water harvesting, fluid transport, photonic applications, and much more