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Shunryu Suzuki’s extraordinary gift for presenting traditional Zen teachings using ordinary language is well known to the countless readers of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. In Zen Is Right Here, his teachings are brought to life through stories told by his students. These living encounters with Zen are poignant, direct, humorous, paradoxical, and enlightening - and their setting in real-life contexts makes them wonderfully accessible.

The teachings of Shunryu Suzuki have served for innumerable people as the gateway to Zen practice and meditation. In Zen Is Right Now, devoted student and biographer David Chadwick sheds new light on Suzuki’s presence and teachings through selected quotes from his lectures and a variety of stories told by his students.

The world is changing at a relentless pace. How can we slow down and act from a place of respect for all living things? The Sacred Balance shows us how.

Voulant explorer les angles morts auxquels nous sommes parfois confronté·es dans le contexte de la mobilisation citoyenne, Noémie, l’animatrice du balado, va à la rencontre de personnes œuvrant dans divers groupes de transition socioécologique du Réseau Demain le Québec pour discuter d’une thématique qui leur est chère. Que ce soit Catherine qui nous jase d’âgisme ou encore Patrick qui nous parle de son expérience d’allié allochtone, venez en apprendre davantage sur leurs expériences, en toute simplicité et humilité. Parce que s’inspirer des autres, c’est motivant! ...

David Suzuki and special guests explore how our recovery from COVID-19 is an unprecedented opportunity to build a better, just and sustainable world.

In this inspiring series of letters to his grandchildren, David Suzuki offers grandfatherly advice mixed with stories from his own remarkable life and explores what makes life meaningful. He challenges his grandchildren - and us - to do everything at full tilt. He explains why sports, fishing, feminism, and failure are important; why it is dangerous to deny our biological nature; and why First Nations must lead a revolution.

The story of a single tree, from the moment the seed is released from its cone until, more than 500 years later, it lies on the forest floor as a nurse log, giving life to ferns, mosses, and hemlocks, even as its own life is ending.

With genetics and genetic engineering receiving almost daily coverage in the media, this audiobook is an introduction for general listeners who wish to know more about a science that is changing our world. Starting with the history of genetics, from primitive breeding programmes to Mendel's Law, and moving on to a full explanation of genetics and its role in our future, this is a comprehensive survey of genetics past, present and future.