The Poetry of Zen (Shambhala Library) [Deluxe Edition] (Hardcover)
~ Sam Hamill (Editor), J.P. Seaton (Editor)
http://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Zen-Shambhala-Library/dp/1570628637

Order it here online:
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A great new novel is out, written by Esther Cross. It is available to buy in most bookstores in Argentina. Read about it and order it online:
http://labibliotecadeasterion.blogspot.com/2010/01/la-senorita-porcel.html
http://www.sigloxxieditores.com.ar/fichaLibro.php?libro=978-607-03-0078-3
http://www.intramed.net/contenidover.asp?contenidoID=63439
http://bitacoras.com/anotaciones/la-senorita-porcel/8291610
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-77509531-la-senorita-porcel-cross-esther-_JM
http://alrededoresweb.com.ar/notas/la-palabra-lograda.htm
http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/libros/10-3691-2010-01-30.html
http://criticadigital.com/impresa/index.php?secc=nota&nid=35614

Photo of author, Esther Cross

A memoir by Mei-Ling Hopgood
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 244 Pages. $23.95
Reviewed by Stephen Page
Mei Ling Hopgood was born in Taiwan, abandoned immediately by her birth parents, adopted as a seven-month-old by a white North American couple, and raised in an opportune-rich, predominately white, middle-class suburb of Detroit, Michigan. She was “a little spoiled” by her adoptive parents, but lovingly so, and she was taught that she could be whatever she aspired to be if she simply applied herself. As she was growing up, she often felt a …

By María Cristina Azcona
Asha Associates and Cyberwit, 86 pages. US$9.00, 30 Pesos
A Review by Stephen Page
María Cristina Azcona’s Window to Heaven is a book of poems about terrorism, despair, and violence. Where does one find murder, sadness, and human-rights abuse? Here on Earth.
Azcona covers incidents such as the fall of the Twin Towers, infamous suicide bombings, and a recent beginning of war. She also brushes over themes of marital dysfunction and child abuse. She shows the cruelty of these matters, but she does not focus on the horrific—she offers solutions …

By Don Merritt
Bantam Books, 215 pages. US$7.95
A Review by Stephen Page
This is the third book of Don Merritt’s trilogy concerning the character Franklin Hatcher, nicknamed Hatch, who due to circumstance becomes a drifter-loner living on a tropical island. Hatch is a former Captain in the U.S. Army infantry.
In this closing of the trilogy, Hatch and his old college-best-friend’s wife, Jan, travel to Laos and Bangkok to seek revenge for the death of Jan’s husband. Involved in the intrigue are the CIA, mercenaries, and shoot-’em-up bad guys. …

Sex, Time, and Power
by Leonard Shlain
448 pages, US $17.00
A review by Cinthia Pacheco
Ranging from the orgasm to seeking true love, both sexes are aware of how their bodies naturally follow different paths. In Sex, Time, and Power, Leonard Shlain treads through the complex and fascinating interactions between men and women, observing the evolution of female and male sexuality from the prehistoric age through its effects on the progress of our species. It becomes very apparent that in order to understand the current state of male-female relationships, looking at Mother Nature’s …

POSTPONED
because of weather conditions!
New date
Sat. 28 November - same time
read more here: http://www.abcc.org.ar/calendar-of-events/christmas-fair-at-the-embassy-2009

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