Books with author Mary John

If you need to turn teapot cosies into fashion accessories, this is the how-to book for you!This is a collection of funny columns that have appeared in various Australian newspapers and on John Martin's website. Martin is better known these days as the writer of mysteries with a funnybone but this is a nod to his past as a journalist. If fashion isn't your cup of tea, perhaps rats are. Find out how those beady little eyes live on in John Martin's mind many years after he was marooned on a desert island. Or find out how Beethoven made a kerfuffle refuffle. He even tells a bedtime story for losing weight.

In 1450, all Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to only a few thousand. By 1500, they were printed and numbered in their millions. The invention of Johann Gutenberg had caused a revolution: printing by movable type. Born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg struggled against a background of plague and religious upheaval to bring his remarkable invention to light. His story is full of paradoxes: his ambition was to reunite all Christendom, but his invention shattered it; he aimed to make a fortune, but was cruelly denied the fruits of his life's work. Yet history remembers him as a visionary; his discovery marks the beginning of the modern world.

Do you fatigue to deal with all the stress of life? Are worries, anxieties, panic attacks, and other such problems bothering you? Does mental clutter keep you feeling foggy all the time? Keep reading and find out a comprehensive solution for all these problems.So, you want to find happiness, peace and enlightenment. Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.-Buddha Learn the way to free yourself from suffering and begin a journey into ultimate happiness. The Buddha’s teachings can bring balance, peace, happiness or even Nirvana to your life. Buddhism isn't an ancient art of practice, in a land far away. What once was a simple practice only reaching outward to Asian lands now finds its home across the globe. With the teachings of the Buddha transcending time, cultures, and even languages. The influences of Buddhism are seen in many spiritual sectors and even other branches of personality guiding. Yet requires no connection to a belief system. This book provides direction on how to live and apply the Buddhism practice in everyday life. This book contains simple guided meditations to find peace, embrace a higher way of thinking, release yourself from those things holding you back, accept happiness and enrich your life.Inside You Will Find:The origin story the man who brought Buddhism to life How the study of Buddhism can enhance your lifeHow to improve the mundane of everyday lifeA practical application to the teachings of Buddha The Buddhist code of ethics The formula to end suffering Info about different schools of Buddhism to find which fits best for you.18 guided Buddhism meditations including Tibetan and ZenAdditional instruction on the postures of meditation and yoga poses to prepare for meditation.And so much more…This book is designed to help you reach an understanding of the wholesome teachings of the Buddha. It is simple and complete guide to allow anyone to discover learn to live as a Buddhist. It’s easy to start, all meditations and practices in this book can be used by beginners and experts alike, they’re easy-to-follow so you gain the most benefit as simply as possible. You don’t need special equipment or place; you can stay comfortably in your bedroom. Practice regularly one or more meditations from this book and it wouldn’t take long to start having noticeable effects.Begin the journey with Buddhism to find balance, love, peace, and happiness in the here and now.Scroll up and click the BUY NOW button!

Served by dozens of daily flights from cities all around the world, Puerto Rico is unusually easy to reach, balmy and warm throughout the year, full of fine beaches, pools and golf courses, blessed with historic sights and museums, jammed with good quality lodgings, restaurants and shops--and inexpensive-to-moderate to enjoy. But instead of drowning the reader in massive descriptions of the places that vacationers use, our author confines himself to a smaller, but still comprehensive, list of preferences--his own several favorites in every price range. He is John Marino, a distinguished journalist on a San Juan, Puerto Rico, daily newspaper, and no one knows Puerto Rico (including Vieques and Culebra) better than him. Frommer's is proud to have snared such a skilled and experienced observer as the author of our guide to this popular U.S. Commonwealth.

In Class Dismissed, John Marsh debunks a myth cherished by journalists, politicians, and economists: that growing poverty and inequality in the United States can be solved through education. Using sophisticated analysis combined with personal experience in the classroom, Marsh not only shows that education has little impact on poverty and inequality, but that our mistaken beliefs actively shape the way we structure our schools and what we teach in them.Rather than focus attention on the hierarchy of jobs and power—where most jobs require relatively little education, and the poor enjoy very little political power—money is funneled into educational endeavors that ultimately do nothing to challenge established social structures, and in fact reinforce them. And when educational programs prove ineffective at reducing inequality, the ones whom these programs were intended to help end up blaming themselves. Marsh’s struggle to grasp the connection between education, poverty, and inequality is both powerful and poignant.

In Class Dismissed, John Marsh debunks a myth cherished by journalists, politicians, and economists: that growing poverty and inequality in the United States can be solved through education. Using sophisticated analysis combined with personal experience in the classroom, Marsh not only shows that education has little impact on poverty and inequality, but that our mistaken beliefs actively shape the way we structure our schools and what we teach in them.Rather than focus attention on the hierarchy of jobs and power—where most jobs require relatively little education, and the poor enjoy very little political power—money is funneled into educational endeavors that ultimately do nothing to challenge established social structures, and in fact reinforce them. And when educational programs prove ineffective at reducing inequality, the ones whom these programs were intended to help end up blaming themselves. Marsh’s struggle to grasp the connection between education, poverty, and inequality is both powerful and poignant.

Served by dozens of daily flights from cities all around the world, Puerto Rico is unusually easy to reach, balmy and warm throughout the year, full of fine beaches, pools and golf courses, blessed with historic sights and museums, jammed with good quality lodgings, restaurants and shops -- and inexpensive-to-moderate to enjoy. But instead of drowning the reader in massive descriptions of the places that vacationers use, our author confines himself to a smaller, but still comprehensive, list of preferences -- his own several favorites in every price range. He is John Marino, a distinguished journalist on a San Juan, Puerto Rico, daily newspaper, and no one knows Puerto Rico (including Vieques and Culebra) better than him. Frommer's is proud to have snared such a skilled and experienced observer as the author of our guide to this popular U.S. Commonwealth.

In Tim's world, a cat can paint on the ceiling and a happy pig couple can wait months for the bus. A duck and a mouse love to go flying, in a plane, of course. Every page is an adventure and each character is colorful in this collection of comics.John Martz is a cartoonist and illustrator who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is the creator of the wordless online comic strip Machine Gum, and the illustrator of several picture books including Abbott & Costello's Who's On First? (Quirk Books, 2013). His comics and illustrations have appeared in the Globe and Mail, MAD magazine, Maisonneuve, Canadian Notes & Queries, and kuš! He was a founding editor of the illustration blog Drawn.ca, and makes up one quarter of the jam comics collective Team Society League. He won the 2013 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story for his comic book Gold Star (Retrofit Comics, 2012).

To Have and To Hold was the bestselling book in the United States in 1900. The story is set in the early years of the Virginia colony and follows the fortunes of Captain Ralph Percy.ย Percy, somewhat unwillingly, takes part in a bride arrangement and ends up married to a young woman who is clearly more than she professes herself to be. Some weeks later Lord Carnal, the Kingโ€s favorite, arrives to reveal that she is Lady Jocelyn Leigh, a ward of the King who wanted her to marry Lord Carnal himself. Pirates, sword fights, and adventures ensue.