When five fourteen-year-old girls get their fortunes from an arcade machine just for kicks, it turns their world upside-down and their close-knit group of friends starts to fall apart. Misunderstandings abound as allegiances shift and outsiders start to come between them. The fortunes seem to be self-fulfilling prophecies - whether the girls believe in them or not. Do our beliefs color our perception of the world? Do we ever see ourselves the way others see us, and why is change so hard? Budding romance, angry bees, teenage fashion influencers, and parents who just don't get it make Barbara Venkataraman's 'Five Fortunes' a fun story you won't soon forget.

The seventh daughter of the Sea King, Ekaterina is more than a pampered princess-she's also the family spy. Which makes her the perfect emissary to check out interesting happenings in the neighboring kingdom…and nothing interests her more than Sasha, the seventh son of the king of Belrus. Ekaterina suspects he's far from the fool people think him. But before she can find out what lies beneath his facade, she is kidnapped! Trapped in a castle at the mercy of a possessive Jinn, Ekaterina knows her chances of being found are slim. Now fortune, a fool and a paper bird are the only things she can count on-along with her own clever mind and intrepid heart.…

Witty, wise, and hope-filled, Five Fortunes is a large-hearted tale of five vivid and unforgettable women who know where they've been but have no idea where they're going. A lively octogenarian, a private investigator, a mother and daughter with an unresolved past, and a recently widowed politician's wife share little else except a thirst for new dreams, but after a week at the luxurious health spa known as "Fat Chance" their lives will be intertwined in ways they couldn't have imagined. At a place where doctors, lawyers, spoiled housewives, movie stars, and captains of industry are stripped of the social markers that keep them from really seeing one another, unexpected friendships emerge, reminding us of the close links between the rich and the poor, fortune and misfortune, and the magic of chance.

Surround yourself with lucky objects, the Chinese believe, and good fortune will come to you. In word and image, this exquisite book explores the bounteous meanings of the five-fold symbols of happiness: luck, prosperity, longevity, happiness, and wealth. Drenched in color and lavishly illustrated from ancient and modern sources, Five-Fold Happiness interweaves both Chinese and English text. Peaches, the number eight, the imperial color of gold, a cat with one paw beckoning, or the dragon dance—here are some of the familiar images now revealed in their rich significance. Whether readers choose to embrace these symbols in their everyday lives or simply enjoy them on these glorious pages, Five-Fold Happiness is altogether auspicious.

There was a requested term “Please inform us the beneficial exercise for Parkinsonism. I am shiftless and don’t want to go out during fighting against a disease. I am concerned that even can not walk anymore in spite of taking medicine. I wish to know how to exercise in home simply” on 23th Mar, 2013 in Daum Café “Realizing a world without Parkinsonism.” And then, I have responded to that as “Title : The Easiest Way To Strengthen Immunity - according to electronic book ‘TAEEULSUNAEDAN METHOD(太乙手內丹法) as DANJEON BREATHING that is realized naturally by clenching our hands’, you will have considerable effects by taking advantage of this two method : 1. SUNAEDANJEONGCHE METHOD(手內丹正體法)-as health energy gymnastics(健康氣體操), it enables us to recover our strength, correct the twisted body shape and actualize smooth circulation of energy and blood. 2. SUGMYEONCHWINAEDAN METHOD(宿眠取內丹法)-it enables us to accumulate energy while we sleep.” on 26th Mar, 2013. 130 days later, I have received email including message “your response has been selected by Netizen” from Daum. When I visited my septuagenary acquaintance as old woman, she who can’t even walk normally was only sitting in the living in 2019. Thus, I have informed her of SUNAEDAN JEONGCHE METHOD(手內丹正體法)-to recover strength, correct the twisted body shape and actualize smooth circulation of energy by instructing her to conduct this health energy gymnastics everyday. 3 months later, I have heard news on her adequate recuperation to climb a mountain. In 1971, the tomb of MA WANG-TOEHANMYO, which was discovered about 4km away from the east of the center of JIANGSASHI, HUNAN Province, China, the former land of the CHO DYNASTY, turned out to be the tomb of JINHAN’S JANGSHANG, his wife, and son. The following physical changes were recorded in JUKGAN, a bamboo book excavated from Tomb No. 3 in 1974, and HANMU JENAEJEON, which is believed to have been organized during the YUKJO period. “If you cherish fundamental substance(精) preciously and hold your fingers firmly with swallowing saliva like newly born baby, the energy turns to blood(血) and blood turns to fundamental substance(精), fundamental substance(精) turns to liquid(液) and finally liquid(液) turns to bone. You feel full of fundamental substance(精) and spirit(神) as you continue to do this without getting tired. To do this, radical energy(氣) changes in one year, blood changes in two years, meridian and blood vessel change in three years, physical(肉) skin and flesh change in four years, bone marrow(骨髓) changes in five years, tendon(筋) and muscles change in six years, bone(骨) changes in seven years, each body hair changes in eight year, the whole body shape(形) changes in nine years. Change itself cause alternation and Tao(道) is completed. Once Tao(道) is completed, it become the status of BUDDHA. In this way, when communicating with the BUDDHA, the profoundness and mysteriousness cannot be expressed in writing.” [Sources : MAWANGTOEHANMYO excavated from Bamboo Pole(竹簡) [SIBMUN(十問)] MAWANGTOEHANMYO BAEGSEO(帛書) – MUNMUL Publishing Company, 1985. HANMUNAEJEJEON(漢武帝內傳)that listed in SUSANGAGCHONGSEO(守山閣叢書) as textbook(校本) of JEONGHUIJO(錢熙祚)] The TAEEULSUNAEDAN METHOD, when you hold your hand tightly like a newborn baby, it quickly and quickly produces a large amount of vigor energy, which is condensed into ‘HADANJEON(下丹田)’, under the navel. When it is full, it refers to a method of making an ‘NAEDAN(內丹)’ in the shape of a fetus in the womb. ‘DAN(丹)’ means medicine. ‘DANJEON(丹田)’ means a field as a place where the most valuable medicines in the human body are produced. ‘HADANJEON(下丹田)’ is the source of vitality and activity, the basis of fertility and growth, and the place where the most valuable medicine is produced in the human body. Therefore, ‘HADANJEON(下丹田)’ is a place where all meridians gather, where vitality is cultivated, energy is stored, the essence of energy flow, and where essence and vigor are combined. The location of ‘HADANJEON(下丹田)’ is 13cm below from the navel. TAEEULSUNAEDAN METHOD(太乙手內丹法) means way to raise self-regenerating and rapidly recover internal organs that have disease caused by imbalance of Yin(陰:Minus) and Yang(陽:Plus), by clenching our hands that results in generating vigor fast and a lot as energy of life in HADANJEON(下丹田) TAEEULSUNAEDAN METHOD(太乙手內丹法) plays a role of elevating immunity over than 700% and raising self-regenerating by strengthening it. In functional system, it enables our body to strengthen our body’s self-regenerating and immunity that result in emitting active oxygen and body fat together with chillness(寒氣), coldness(冷氣) and bad energy(邪氣) that might cause illness from the body. Moreover, it is helpful to improve memory by clearing and cooling down the head with elevating cool energy toward the upside and sending down hot energy toward the bottom smoothly. Additionally, it aids to realize smooth blood circulation, change the energy(氣), clean blood and body fluid, dilate blood vessel, stabilize pulse(脈) and body & soul(心身). It also has function to change the muscle and build strong bones. TAEEULSUNAEDAN METHOD(太乙手內丹法) can adjust temperature. In case of hyperthermia, it is helpful to handle the heat by lowering temperature. In case of hypothermal, it is helpful to fight off the cold by raising temperature that result in immunity increase. This book have applied principle of Eastern philosophy, Eastern medicine and change of universe. People who isn’t aware of Eastern philosophy and Eastern medicine might be to feel it difficult. This book was written easily with being exclusive from difficult and confused contents. Even though there is little bit difficult, you will turn to understand book easily by grasping of concept. For your reference, this book include that DANJEON BREATHING(丹田呼吸) as breathing of life is realized naturally as touching between finger and certain parts of hand. DANJEON BREATHING(丹田呼吸) could be defined as healing system not breathing method. When you train the TAEEULSUNAEDAN METHOD(太乙手內丹法)at first, there are several issues you have to be aware of. It need about 3 days for body(身體) to realize effect of moderate TOHWA ACTION(土化作用). This being so, it is hard to experience immediate effect on acute disease. So, in case acute disease took place, I recommend you to go hospital and take emergency measure. What is important is to prevent from occurrence of disease(病) in advance by strengthening immunity of body and by executing TAEEULSUNAEDAN METHOD(太乙手內丹法) thoroughly before taking place of acute disease. Please make sure you see preview.

Pilot Guy Blackwolf thought he was doing the right thing when he braved the Alaskan wilderness to change Holly Douglas’s life.... Until she rescued him from his wrecked plane, and her healing touch ignited his body with need. Their passionate joining made Guy yearn to brand her as his own. But once he reunited the “lost heiress” with the loving family she’d always craved, could he convince Holly that she’d never be complete without his love?