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All over the world people experience that regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique, as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, brings many benefits to their lives.
Students experience that they learn more easily, do better academically, feel more relaxed and confident, and feel happier within themselves and with their friends.
Teachers see their students improving in their subjects, becoming more creative and alert in class, kinder to other students, and less easily upset. Parents notice their sons and daughters becoming more positive, more calm and helpful, and more focused on their schoolwork.
School principals report a more settled, harmonious school atmosphere, with fewer disruptions, and students less absent from school.
For the past 40 years, scientists have been researching the benefits of the regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique, and its advanced practice, the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Program, for individuals and society. This booklet draws from the… Read More

Missing dust cover: you will not get the dust cover photoHavre de Grace Photo Album is a book that will take you to a virtual tour of Picturesque Havre de Grace, Maryland, a charming town by the Chesapeake Bay. Local History and charm are preserved through Victorian homes, waterfowl, festivals, and antique shops. Also stroll through Susquehanna State Park. Over 200 color photographs will help you experience the unique character and natural beauty of Havre de Grace.

Sunflowers are bold and bright flowers that have inspired painters and designers for years. Master knitter and designer Kristin Nicholas grows her own field of colorful sunflowers and now brings the iconic sunflower to fiber life using knitting, crochet, felting, and embroidery. Included are designs for over thirty different sunflower blooms and buds in a variety of sizes, plus eight different leaf and vine designs, and a host of critters who live in a sunflower field―from birds and honeybees, to butterflies and caterpillars―a total of fifty items.
Laid out like the previous books in the series, the book includes all the useful information you need for making the flowers―which needles, crochet hooks, embroidery needles, and types of yarns to use, plus a special explanation of how to choose yarn that felts well. In the "How to Work with Color" section, photographs of actual sunflowers are translated into stitched samples that give the reader visual cues on how to combine colors in… Read More

The sequel to N-Space
Playgrounds of the Mind captures the startling range and variety of Larry Niven's spectacular career, from bestselling novels such as Lucifer's Hammer and The Ringworld Engineers, from his classic short stories of science fiction and fantasy, from his thought-provoking essays and non-fiction, from his innovative and seldom-seen work in comics (on such projects as The Green Lantern Bible), to an advance look at Larry Niven's upcoming projects.
Like N-Space, Playgrounds of the Mind is a feast for Niven's millions of fans-and an impressive tribute to the man Arthur C. Clarke called his "favorite writer."

Enameling on metal is an ancient and revered art form, and this book presents detailed instruction that is suitable for self-teaching as well as for use in formal crafts classes. An opening chapter discusses and illustrates examples of enameled art objects created by medieval, renaissance, and modern masters. A chapter that follows shows and explains the materials, tools, and equipment that students of this craft will need--the special enamels and metal sheets, as well as mallets, files, brushes, metal-working tools, acids, abrasives, and the kiln for firing finished pieces. Subsequent chapters present detailed instruction in mastering various techniques that include pigment mixing, etching, engraving, painting, and firing. Students are introduced to several different enameling methods, such as cloisonné and basse taille. The book concludes with step-by-step instructions for a series of projects that students can carry out to produce a variety of beautiful enameled metal objects, including jewelry,… Read More