Over 120 glorious color photographs of the finished dishes inspire you to try the recipes in this beautiful book. Clear, step-by-step instructions guide you through each recipe effortlessly.

This book charts the history of modern magic across India, China and Japan, analyzing representations in the cultural imagination of the West.

Step boldly into the world of Asian Magic with this ONLY of its kind empowered talismanic grimoire that connects you to the same streams of wisdom that the taoist sorcery masters of old were hooked into and develop your skills rapidly in this unique area of magic and occult science. This is the only book of its kind that empowers you with streams of energy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No matter where on earth you find yourself, your empowered talismanic book will aid you in mastering this form of magic.Attempting to master this sorcery without the aid of a talismanic book such as this would take many years.Discover powerful methods and rituals that allow you to tap into the stream of Asian magic.Learn how to shape-shift and create your own powerful rituals to materialize your desires in the shortest time possible.This Asian magic grimoire is the only book of its kind that uses The Guild's own Sigil System. By viewing the appropriate sigils before performing the rituals outlined in this grimoire, you draw in powerful energies which you can consequently project to any person, place, or thing you wish.What's more is that you'll also gain access to a unique Sacred Space Plate that you can use to perform Asian magic rituals virtually anywhere you can find space. You'll get all of these benefits when you own this book and you'll also receive LIFETIME assistance in the most effective ways to use this magical tool designed for a LIFETIME of use.

From the ancient Mongol empire to the Manchurian Qing Dynasty, the people of North Asia have shaped the history of the world. With an extraordinary range of beliefs and practices, both indigenous and influenced by their geographic neighbours, the Animist, Shamanic, and Buddhist folk magicians of Mongolia, Manchuria, and Eastern Siberia preserve a vital religio-magical practice by which people seek and obtain blessings, protection, luck, love, and health. This book will open your eyes to diverse cultural customs and spell-casting methods that you may never have known existed.

The Asia Book is a truly a comprehensive exploration of this captivating continent of contrasts, from the tropical beaches of Bali to the frozen slopes of Everest. Hugely ambitious and stunningly beautiful, it covers Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent & the Himalayas, Central Asia, and the Middle East.

"Mr. Hamid reaffirms his place as one of his generation's most inventive and gifted writers." –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A globalized version of The Great Gatsby . . . [Hamid's] book is nearly that good." –Alan Cheuse, NPR "Marvelous and moving." –TIME Magazine From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Exit West, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy’s quest for wealth and love His first two novels established Mohsin Hamid as a radically inventive storyteller with his finger on the world’s pulse. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia meets that reputation—and exceeds it. The astonishing and riveting tale of a man’s journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, it steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by ambitious youths all over “rising Asia.” It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on that most fluid, and increasingly scarce, of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises along with his, their paths crossing and recrossing, a lifelong affair sparked and snuffed and sparked again by the forces that careen their fates along. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is a striking slice of contemporary life at a time of crushing upheaval. Romantic without being sentimental, political without being didactic, and spiritual without being religious, it brings an unflinching gaze to the violence and hope it depicts. And it creates two unforgettable characters who find moments of transcendent intimacy in the midst of shattering change.

A comparative look at religion and spirituality in postcolonial China and India The Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways. Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exploring how Western concepts of spirituality, secularity, religion, and magic were used to translate the traditions of India and China. He traces how modern Western notions of religion and magic were incorporated into the respective nation-building projects of Chinese and Indian nationalist intellectuals, yet how modernity in China and India is by no means uniform. While religion is a centerpiece of Indian nationalism, it is viewed in China as an obstacle to progress that must be marginalized and controlled. The Modern Spirit of Asia moves deftly from Kandinsky's understanding of spirituality in art to Indian yoga and Chinese qi gong, from modern theories of secularism to histories of Christian conversion, from Orientalist constructions of religion to Chinese campaigns against magic and superstition, and from Muslim Kashmir to Muslim Xinjiang. Van der Veer, an outspoken proponent of the importance of comparative studies of religion and society, eloquently makes his case in this groundbreaking examination of the spiritual and the secular in China and India.