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An updated version of the seminal 1994 classic volume on the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Nearly every book with "wabi" or "wabi sabi" in the title is based on the concepts first elucidated in this book. Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional....

In 1931, the US was in the throes of the Depression, money was scarce, and most children went to work in blue-color jobs before finishing high school. Into this world, Thomas Sawyer arrived and was soon shuttled to various relatives following his mother’s affair before moving with his mother and two siblings into a small apartment in South Baltimore with another of her paramours.

It is the mid-1980s in South Africa. The White minority of this Black nation is fighting—politically and physically—to maintain its leadership. Into this unstable environment comes Shaka II, the descendant of a feared 19th-century warrior and Zulu king of the same name. Like his ancestor, this 20th-century militant and charismatic leader has assembled an army of ferocious, loyal fighters that embarks on a bloody campaign to topple white rule.

This is the story of Jacob Kalinsky, born in Koretz, Poland, in 1904 to a mean-tempered tyrant of a father and a sweet and loving mother. At the age of twelve, Jacob's mother, Sarah, dies, and Jacob, along with his nine-year-old brother, is sent to live in the care of a brothel run by a loving madam named Jordanna. It takes Jacob's father three long years to send for his sons. During that time, Jacob suffers many indignities.

Learn your ABCs the cool way! This isn’t just your ordinary alphabet book. Hip-hop Alphabet Rhymes is a fun way to learn some colloquial words used in the hip-hop world. Since hip-hop is a culture associated with rap music, Hip-hop Alphabet Rhymes can link you to your musically inclined side. Presented in the street-style language in rhymes, this book will surely awaken your groove, the hip-hop way!

Billy Dew is now wanted for murder in two states. He’s become the source of urban legends in the states he’s touched, his scars are recognizable, and his vintage Oakland A’s jersey has become something of a trademark. With the Oakland police in hot pursuit and having just crashed the van he’s stolen, Billy’s only option is to leap from the vehicle and roll under a nearby station wagon for cover. Unaware of which friends he still has in his corner, Billy’s only option is to keep his head down and make provisions for his escape for the border.

J. W. Schultz (1859-1947) was an author, explorer, and historian who lived among the Blackfeet as a fur trader. In his famous book Rising Wolf, Schultz tells the story of Hugh Monroe who came to the Blackfoot country when he was 16 and was adopted into the Blackfeet tribe. He accompanied war parties, took part in buffalo hunts, and helped to make peace between the Crows and Blackfeet.

The Marquis d’Arville recounts to his dinner companions why he has refused to go hunting although his ancestors were fanatical about the sport. For his ancestors, Jean and François, hunting was ''the only thing they spoke of and lived for.'' One day, they heard reports of an enormous wolf that was terrorizing the locals, preying on livestock, injuring guard-dogs, wounding a woman and devouring two children. As a result, the brothers resolve to find and kill the beast. It proved difficult.

Jubilate in Despair is a poetic journey into the mind of author Terry James as he explores his thoughts and emotions from his troubled past brought on by years of being bullied by his peers during elementary and high school. The haikus and free-form poetry gives the listener a window into mixed emotions, self-hate, low self-esteem, contempt, and sorrow of the author during school and his early twenties.

Troubled by his father’s death, Billy commits murder. An act that will make him leave the Indian reservation where he was raised and dive into the underbelly of Oakland’s crime-infested ghettos. He never escapes the life that turns him into the flesh-eating beast that roamed sewers beneath Oakland. It is a story of one of the greatest urban legends: Billy Dew.