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INCOGNITO: The Astounding Life of Alexandra David-Neel, our first Young Adult Novel, now available

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INCOGNITO: The Astounding Life of Alexandra David-Neel By Dianne Harke YA Fiction Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969) was an astounding explorer and world-traveler. She was one of the first Westerners to visit Tibet, and voyaged extensively through Africa, India, China, Indochina, Japan and Europe – all at a time when women were rarely seen in such a pursuit! Author of... Read more »

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INCOGNITO – sneak peak of our first young adult novel

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We’re thrilled to announce the impending publication of our first Young Adult novel, due out next month! INCOGNITO: The Astounding Life of Alexandra David-Neel, by Dianne Harke                                       With 25 historical photos and 9 line drawings by... Read more »

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The Third Step East reviewed

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Richard Bryan McDaniel will be reading from his latest book, Cypress Trees in the Garden: The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in America, at the Toronto Zen Centre on Tuesday evening, May 24th. His earlier book, The Third Step East: Zen Masters of America, was recently reviewed in Plum Mountain News. Here’s the review… Third... Read more »

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Choosing Buddhism book review

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Choosing Buddhism: The Life Stories of Eight Canadians By Mauro Peressini March 2016, ISBN 978-0-7766-2331-3 Mercury Series, Cultural Studies Paper 86 472 pages, 125 images, 17 x 24 cm $54.95 pbk https://press.uottawa.ca/choosing-buddhism-2946.html From the publisher: Choosing Buddhism explores the experience of Canadians who chose to convert to Buddhism and to embrace its teachings and practices in... Read more »

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Albert Low memorial

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In Memory of Albert Low Richard Bryan McDaniel Albert Low, the Director of the Montreal Zen Center, died on the morning of January 27. He was 87 years old. In 2013, I had arranged to interview Albert and four of his students for a book I was writing on the second generation of Zen teachers... Read more »

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