books by Duncan Baird (illustrated masterpiece meditations)

books by Duncan Baird

books:

Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince on The Art of Power: The New Illustrated Edition of the Renaissance ...

Duncan Baird, 2009

With a scene-setting historical introduction, this newly translated and illustrated edition of a classic work is an essential addition to any home library. Written in 1512, The Prince is the masterpiece by Florentine political philosopher, poet, and playwright Niccolò Machiavelli. Although Machiavelli’s book has been frequently misunderstood as a manual for unprincipled manipulators and tyrants, careful reading reveals that it actually ...

The Top 100 Healing Foods: 100 Foods to Relieve Common Ailments and Enhance Health and Vitality
Paula Bartimeus

Duncan Baird, 2009

If you suffer from ailments such as eczema, asthma, migraines, high blood pressure, diabetes, or allergies; if you are plagued by stress and insomnia; if you feel depressed and tired all the time, or if you simply seek to boost your physical and mental health, nature’s wonder foods can provide the answers! With this portable handbook, you’ll discover that bananas and turkey can help you to sleep, flax seeds will help control your blood ...

Buddha at Bedtime: Tales of Love and Wisdom for You to Read with Your Child to Enchant, Enlighten and Inspire
Dharmachari Nagaraja

Duncan Baird, 2008

Many of today’s children face challenges and obstacles far beyond what their parents ever imagined. These 20 thoroughly modern retellings of ancient Buddhist tales give parents a fun, low-pressure way to impart wisdom and moral guidance without preaching. Each story highlights a moral or ethical dilemma that echoes those that children face in their own lives, providing insight and enlightenment that they can use to defuse trying situations. At ...

Lemongrass and Ginger
Leemei Tan

Duncan Baird, 2012

Asian cooking combines wonderfully pungent, aromatic spices, herbs and flavourings with imaginative methods, a wide array of ingredients and tastes that explode in your mouth. For many people, though, these hugely enjoyable dishes seem too complicated to make at home. Leemei shows that this isn't the case - and that anyone can master the art of cooking Asian food. Leemei Tan reveals how truly easy it can be to master the art of cooking Asian ...

The Secret Language of Churches & Cathedrals: Decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity's Holy Buildings
Richard Stemp

Duncan Baird, 2010

Thanks to books and films like The Da Vinci Code and its sequel, Angels and Demons , interest in secret religious symbols has never been greater. This carefully researched guide takes the reader into some of the world's most famous churches, decoding messages that are hidden in plain sight-in stained-glass windows, statuary, patterned flooring, ornamentation, and even the buildings' architectural design: Why do fierce beasts and grotesque ...

Eternal Moments: Tales from the Tao: The Wisdom of the Taoist Masters (Eternal Moments)
Towler Solala

Duncan Baird, 2007

The Big Book of Cocktails: The Ultimate Bartender's Guide with More Than 400 Mouthwatering Mixes, Shakers, ...
Brian Lucas

Duncan Baird, 2009

Today’s growing number of cocktail drinkers will be stirred, not shaken, by this fabulously illustrated compendium of cocktail recipes and techniques. From Sazerac to Pimm’s Cup, Manhattan to Moscow Mule, Whisky Sour and Dry Martini to Sidecar and Blue Blazerit’s all here. What are the essential ingredients and equipment needed to stock a bar? What shape of glass goes with which cocktail? What are the best methods for layering drinks, ...

Healing Mandalas: 30 Inspiring Meditations to Soothe Your Mind, Body & Soul
Lisa Tenzin-Dolma

Duncan Baird, 2008

It takes just 15 minutes out of a busy day to contemplate the symbolic artworks in this beautiful, spiritually enriching bookand to begin a journey toward wholeness. Each of these 30 strikingly designed all-in-color mandalas focuses on the emotional and spiritual healing of the self, and comes with an inspiring step-by-step meditation designed to address key issues, ease anxieties and insecurities, bring about change, and help you regain ...

Coffee with Hemingway (Coffee with...Series)
Kirk Curnutt

Duncan Baird, 2007

Go take a flying leap if you came here to flatter me.” It’s easy to imagine Hemingway at his desk, reacting with his fabled aggression when interrupted for adviceas he does here. Known for his globetrotting; passion for bullfighting, fishing, and hunting; fascination with war; and feuds with rivals like Gertrude Stein, he set the 20th-century template for the artist as an adventurer and man of action. Kirk Curnutt, a professor and ...

The Big Book of Sauces: 365 Quick and Easy Sauces, Salsas, Dressings, and Dips
Anne Sheasby

Duncan Baird, 2006

A sauce can enhance, enliven, and even transform a wide variety of dishes. Whether savory, spicy, or sweet, a sauce can add the perfect touch. Yet all too often even seasoned cooks rely on processed, ready-made bottled sauces, low in taste and high in unnecessary salt, sugar, and preservatives. The lavishly illustrated, spiral-bound Big Book of Sauces assembles a mouth-watering collection of recipes for sauces, salsas, relishes, dressings, and ...

The Kitchen Shrink: Food and Recipes for a Healthy Mind
Natalie Savona

Duncan Baird, 2008

Everyone knows that to keep our bodies healthy we have to eat right. But this unique guide reminds us that a healthy mind requires good nutrition, too. It explains how certain active ingredients” in everyday foods enhance mood and boost brain power. And to make it easy to get the required amounts of these ingredients, there are 80 tempting recipes, all shown to be particularly effective at improving mental health. A selection of lavish color ...