The author records a two-week intensive retreat with the American assistant of his former Japanese Zen master, his reactions to the company of American disciples, and his achievement of mystical experience after more than ten years of meditation Author: Van De Wetering, Janwillem Publisher: Houghton..
Amsterdam is normally sedate but today there is a riot in Newmarket Square. Constables have blocked access to adjoining Straight Tree Ditch Road all day. When the body of the "King" of the local street market is found in a room in his house on that street, his head bashed in, there are only two susp..
The description of a Zen path of one Westerner who began by seeking for the sense of it all, and who came to realize at least a part of it. Author: Van De Wetering, Janwillem Publisher: Griffin Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0312209452 ISBN-13: 9780312209452..
Hugh Pine, a porcupine, takes his first vacation when he accompanies his human friend, Mr. McTosh, to Brooklyn, New York. Author: Van De Wetering, Janwillem Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0395492165 ISBN-13: 9780395492161..
Hugh Pine, a porcupine, takes his first vacation when he accompanies his human friend, Mr. McTosh, to Brooklyn, New York Author: Van De Wetering, Janwillem Publisher: Beech Tree Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0688118003 ISBN-13: 9780688118006..
Product DescriptionTired of having all the animals around Sorry Bay come to him with their troubles, Hugh Pine, a very clever porcupine, seeks solitude on a small island in the bay populated by a solitary treeFrom School Library JournalGrade 1-4 Hugh Pine, a porcupine (Hugh Pine Houghton, 1980), is ..
Matsuo Saito, the newest inspector in a small Japanese town, brings the logic of Zen to bear in his investigation of diverse crimes, in a collection of East-meets-West stories Author: van de Wetering, Janwillem Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0399130322 I..
Uses animal characters to present an interpretation of the Eight Buddhist Admonitions. Author: Janwillem Van de Wetering Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0395264561 ISBN-13: 9780395264560..
The fifth Amsterdam Cops mysteryA beautiful waitress at Amsterdam’s most elegant Japanese restaurant reports that her boyfriend, a Japanese art dealer, is missing. The police search throughout the Netherlands and finally locate a corpse. But to find the killer, the commissaris and de Gier must trave..
Maria van Buren, a beautiful, high-class prostitute, is found dead with a knife in her back in her houseboat on an Amsterdam canal. Grijpstra and de Gier must solve the murder. Her tony clients all have sound alibis. Before the murderer is caught, the detectives and their commissaris will investigat..