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This compendious, but very readable, volume by one of the legends
of Tibetan Singing Bowl playing has quickly established itself as
the definitive study. Particularly useful is the wide scope of the
book, which includes not just Tibetan bowls and the techniques used
to sound them, but, also, Chinese bells, drilbu and ding-sha, the
planets, elements and chakras, cymatics, overtones and partials,
nada yoga, mantras, symbolism and the astrology of the bowls, their
relation to western music, Pythagoras and Newton and the psychic
integrity and true awareness of the bowl user. There is almost
nothing that is not here. Although Frank Perry was one of the
earliest practitioners of Himalayan Bowls in the 1970s, his music
has remained profoundly experimental, so that there are techniques
in this book not to be found elsewhere, alongside the clearest and
most detailed analysis of how to 'play' the bowls, a combination of
simple and technical that shows in Perry's bestselling albums Deep
Peace and Celestial Harmonies. Frank's writing is, also, a
revelation of his personal contact with living Himalayan Masters,
his immersion in esoteric traditions, meditation and mysticism and
his understanding of other art forms such as the paintings of
Nicholas Roerich, where he is an expert. This new edition of the
most important book in its field contains a new appendix on the
power of sound and new quotations.
Based on Leon Trotsky's real-life imprisonment in Amherst, Nova
Scotia, this adventure tells the tale of 13-year-old Russian emigre
Alexi Gertoff and his chance meeting with Lev, Leon Trotsky's son.
In the spring of 1917, Lev has come to Amherst to help his father
escape from the wartime prison camp and Alexi becomes involved in
this dangerous attempt to reunite Trotsky with his family.
Following the fast-paced trip of these two young men, this tale is
full of unpredictable twists that make for an absorbing read full
of suspense and adventure.
In his latest murder investigation, DCI Steve Burt is drawn into
the sleazy underbelly of London - gentlemen's clubs and all - while
tracking down a serial killer who is murdering young women and
dumping their bodies soon afterwards. Then the body of an American
professor is found floating in the Thames, and the DCI and his team
find themselves involved in another murder case - which is by no
means a straightforward killing. In his search for answers, the DCI
and his nearest and dearest are threatened as he uncovers police
corruption at the highest level. As the investigation unfolds,
links are discovered between murder, an attempt to auction a stolen
formula for green energy, and unauthorised CIA activity in London.
This is DCI Steve Burt's most complicated and most baffling case to
date.
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