L S Baird: 4 books

For centuries in the Temple of Valnon, young men have paid a tremendous price to be chosen as Songbirds. Every twelve years, a new Lark and Thrush are castrated for their heavenly voices, but few men have ever been capable of claiming the title of Dove: the holy avatar of Saint Alveron himself. In...

Depuis des siècles, de jeunes hommes payent le prix fort dans l’espoir d’intégrer le Temple de Valnon en tant qu’Oiseaux Chanteurs. Tous les douze ans, deux d’entre eux, une Alouette et une Grive, sont apurés afin de préserver leurs voix célestes. Mais rares sont ceux qui parviennent...

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...

Notions of home are of increasing concern to persons who are interested in the unfolding narratives of inhabitation, displacement and dislocation, and exile. Home is viewed as a multidimensional theoretical concept that can have contradictory meanings; homes may be understood as spaces as well as...