Torn between love, duty, and the fate of her kingdom, Princess Amara fights for peace against the backdrop of a looming war. Her defiance against a brutal conflict sparks dissent within the palace walls, while a dangerous mission by a wise monk offers a glimmer of hope. But when a duel is proposed to settle the dispute between kingdoms, Amara faces a heart-wrenching dilemma. Will her beloved prince, driven by a desire for peace, become the champion in this fight for survival? Can the seeds of dissent she has sown blossom into a powerful force for peace, or will the clash of swords ignite a devastating war?

Sometimes hopes, goals and dreams get lost in a mire of anxiety and depression after a traumatic experience. Now, thanks to groundbreaking Blooming Again, you can strengthen your resiliency and thrive again. Renowned psychologist Darlene Powell Garlington explores the challenges everyone faces in life that lead to feelings of devastation and how to move beyond them. Using provocative self-inventories, her own personal trauma and her private practice experience, Dr. Darlene takes you through the process of building individual, family and community resiliency. Written with sensitivity and practicality, Blooming Again addresses the mind, body and spirit interconnectedness and uses an integrative health approach that challenges the reader to explore the sometimes tough, sometimes unspoken questions of the meaning of life during times of pain and suffering. Proven principles, skills and techniques will help you recover, heal and thrive after a crisis through everyday interactions that help you express positive feelings, communicate more effectively, resolve conflicts and rely on God. You will be inspired and motivated to find and fulfill the lesson and purpose for your experience by gaining insight, awareness and understanding, which lead to the courage and self-knowledge it takes to move beyond pain, rebuild a loving family and establish a new normal filled with peace and joy again.

Through art, one enters into the mystery of soul. Letting the Lotus Bloom explores flower arranging in relationship to this mystery, finding insights applicable to all creative pursuits. They are the bones of a truly creative, artful life.

From East Bengal to Tamil Nadu, ?When the Lotus Blooms? captures the mood and ethos of the rich landscape and diversity of India, while highlighting the universal and timeless circumstances of women and their struggle to seek happiness in a patriarchal world.The novel follows the arc of two Brahmin families in 1930s British Colonial India. It is the journey of two child brides, Rajam and Dharmu, who attempt to fulfill their destiny despite the shackles of tradition, duty, and customs of a complex society. Tormented by a domineering mother-in-law, Rajam battles with her inability to conceive, and Dharmu struggles with the loneliness and strain of adapting to her aloof husband's westernized lifestyle. The blooming of the lotus has a special significance to both families.

A captivating history of one of the world's most iconic and mysterious flowers Bewitched by a lotus which flowered from three-thousandyear- old seeds in his English garden, Mark Griffiths set out to track the origins and significance of this sublime plant in this beautifully-illustrated book. The Lotus Quest takes Griffiths from the headquarters of the Linnaean Society in London to a mountain top in northern Japan. As he travels in search of this ancient flower, Griffiths looks at the lotus's significance in ancient Egypt and India, the plant's medicinal uses and the inspiration it has provided to Western artists. As he tracks the plant, its story unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era with visits to shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes as well as meetings with priests and archaeologists, philosophers and anthropologists, gardeners and botanists, poets and artists. He even dines on the lotus in a Tokyo cafe. By the end of Griffiths' journey, when he reaches the hauntingly beautiful Japanese temple of Chuson-ji, readers will finally understand why the lotus has obsessed people throughout the ages.

Listen to the story told by our ancestors in the myths and legends, treasured and preserved through the ages. A narrative passed on through words and graphic images that come to life as we shine a light on our past in order to understand the present, and prepare for our future.

Fifteen years later, when she returned from England, she had let those who had hurt her repent, but she did not think that she would ruin his good fortune. He was the most respected young master of the sixteen northern provinces, the eldest son of the governor's mansion. He put his arm around her waist and whispered into her ear, "How are you going to compensate me for spoiling my good fortune?" She held the newly acquired Browning against his waist. "How are you going to pay?" "..."