Kahn Books

i want some more pictures about his designs if u can plz help me thank u

It's really a great book! even better that I thought it could be and the CD room that comes with it is very helpfull for understanding the library design.

The final work of a genius. The sincere and passionate effort of a renowned photographer. The chemistry culminates in "Louis Kahn Dhaka", a poetic photo tribute to what is possibly the most moving, timeless, and underappreciated work of architecture built in the last 50 years. I am no architect, just an aficionado, but I have long criticized architectural photography for presenting buildings as sterile stand alone objects. Leafing through a typical architecture publication, one fails to connect to the buildings or designs, to imagine what it is like to dwell in those spaces, because the photos are often void of humans.

Raymond Meier is a top-notch fashion photographer and I first became acquainted with his work through Vogue and other fashion publications. Just as fashion can come alive when clothing get worn by models, Meier conveys the essence of Kahn's capital complex for Dhaka by showing the project in relation to its people. Meier wants to tell us a story in his own way. He does not wow the readers with an impressive front cover photo of Kahn's design, as most books do in order to boost sales. Instead, he introduces readers to the context of the project before showing the buildings, so they can more fully appreciate Kahn's thoughtfulness.

The covers of the twin set volume (one of Meier's photos and the other of archived construction photos) are simply and tastefully fabric-bound, with a small floor plan of the assembly building embossed in the middle. The initial photos are portraits of ordinary citizens in Dhaka, going about their daily activities, making a living, or enjoying a break. Meier is showing us, "This is Dhaka, an impoverished but lively and colorful city. This is what Louis Kahn first saw when he arrived, this is where he would build."

When we finally glimpse the monumental buildings they appear as a backdrop to the ordinary people featured in the foreground. Meier's photos highlight the spirit of Kahn's design - it is built by the people for the people. There are no barricades or gates to separate Dhaka's citizens from the country's center of authority. One photo shows a cleaner sweeping piles of garbage from the steps leading up to the main building. Unlike the gilded Versailles or the colossal, flaming-red walls of the Forbidden City, Kahn's design invites and endears rather than intimidates and denies. People respond by congregating around it.

And they dwell in it, too. As Meier zooms in on the buildings and design details we see children hanging out and playing around the complex. Women rest and chat away at the site. Inside, Meier shows government officials conducting business in their offices, workers enjoying their lunch break, and of course, the interesting proportions and details of Kahn's timeless design. Kahn was a genius with light, shape, and material and Meier makes sure we grasp that. Meier also shows aerial views of the capital complex, how its simplicity and elegance blend in seamlessly with the rest of Dhaka. The thoughtfully and beautifully compiled album is an effective and moving tribute to the colossal feat Louis Kahn performed. It underscores the tragedy that the master builder passed away before seeing his vision completed.

If you would understand the history of true magic, this volume is an excellent overview. When I wrote my own thesis in metaphysics this book was my primary reference, and inspiration. There is nothing of the cheap and sensational here. On the contrary, Knight focuses on the central fact that any magic worthy of the name is a sacred pursuit and draws its effectiveness from the realm of the Divine itself. Do you know the difference between theurgy and mere thaumaturgy? The difference is of profound importance. Knight was one of the first to point out the roots of western magic in the ancient mystery religions and their connection with the hermetic tradition. Then he went on to cover everything from Ficino's theory of natural magic, to Pico's interpretations of the Qabalah and spiritual magic, to the hermetic rediscoveries of Fludd and Dee. He even reveals that Bacon, Keplar, and Newton were primarily Theurgists who would have reguarded their findings in natural philosophy ("science") to be among their lesser pursuits and accomplishments. You will even find hints of the "Invisible College" here....

Using a slant board and a mat, this book shows you a series of exercises tha tone, stretch and align you body. It seems like a blend of Pilates and Gyrotonics without the machines. The slant board uses gravitiy instead of equipment. She also has a diet plan which is a little dated but also makes sense. The moves are not cardiovascular, but they will help you develope long lean muscle. I recommend it!

Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace: A Handbook for Organizations and Clinicians
by Jeffrey P. Kahn, Alan M. Langlieb (Jossey-Bass) Efficiency and employee well-being are more important than ever to the overall success of organizations. Emotions are key to understanding executive effectiveness, organizational change, and corporate ethics. Stress, burnout, depression, drug abuse, violence, and other mental health problems are costing businesses billions of dollars every year in lost productivity and costs of ineffective treatment.

Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace is a comprehensive and practical guide to identifying, understanding, preventing, and resolving individual and organizational mental health problems in the workplace. Originally published as Mental Health in the Workplace (Van Nostrand/ Wiley, 1993), this completely revised, updated, and expanded edition represents the most current thinking in the field and contains contributions from an expert panel of organizational and occupational psychiatrists. With 50 percent more chapters, this new edition adds essential material on creating systems and cultures that encourage organizational productivity and employee mental health and on finding cost-effective, quality mental health care. The book focuses on problems that start "at the top" (executive dysfunction), as well as on the effects of organizational structure, office politics, chronic change, downsizing and employment uncertainty, officewide emotional crises, and aspects of organizational development. In addition, this helpful resource includes information about such basic issues as anxiety, stress, burnout, depression, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, and psychosis.

Written for executive management, human resource, benefits, occupational medicine, and mental health professionals, this essential handbook offers an emotionally informed guide to cost-effective implementation of policies for maximum productivity.

Artistes et poètes de tous les temps ont nourri la légende de la reine de Saba. A son tour, Michèle Kahn se laisse envoûter et nous contre comment, venue faire allégeance au roi "le plus sage et le plus puissant de la terre". Balkis rencontre le Dieu unique. Guidée par Salomon, elle éclore a une nouvelle existence de femme et de souveraine accomplie.

Bien des années plus tard, le roi d'Israël détrône ressuscite pour nous l'image de la fière reine noire dont la beauté et le caractère firent vaciller sa raison, mais qu'il sut conduire sur le chemin de la sagesse.
--- from book's back cover

This book is very good book for me. I like O. Kahn

Always interested in knowing more about America's most famous psychic and also appreciating stories I can add to the storehouse of anecdotes that I can deliver during my lectures, I especially looked forward to David E. Kahn's My Life with Edgar Cayce because Kahn not only knew Cayce and his family personally from the early 100s but also received many trance readings from the prolific seer on personal, career, health, and financial matters.

In addition, Kahn, who achieved great financial success by following the information that came through Cayce from "the forces," also sent thousands of people, including leaders in government, industry, and entertainment, to receive their own psychic readings.

Furthermore, because Cayce's readings are all numbered to preserve the anonymity of the recipient of the reading, I always enjoy learning some of the names associated with the readings especially for the major players in the Cayce saga. Some of them are relatively easy to figure out in his book.

I had always wondered just what occurred to hamper the discovery of oil in a certain location in Texas as predicted by Cayce's trance source. Kahn, who was there, tells the story of stolen tools and granite blocks dropped into the drill holes.

I also found it intriguing to learn the way Cayce's readings were interpreted during his lifetime. Cayce died in 1945 and, although he was well-known in the US, his world-wide popularity did not grow until recently. There are now lectures and study groups available to people all over the world, and also many books written about him. Therefore, I found it especially interesting to read about Cayce's non-trance ideas of the meaning of the information that came through him while he was in trance.

For example, Cayce's psychic source said that Kahn would be successful in financial enterprises involving "wood and metal." What does that mean, I wondered. The lumber industry? The product is wood but the means of producing it requires metal. It turned out that Kahn interpreted it to mean the furniture business. The book provides descriptions of letters exchanged between the psychic and the financier. Or, in any case, when he received an offer to work in the furniture industry, he felt confident that this was his correct path.

I wondered, would I have interpreted a reading given for me--if I had been fortunate enough to have received a reading--as accurately as Kahn did? How different it must have been to have known Cayce before he had a huge organization around his teachings as there is now at Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Although this is not a biography in the same sense that There Is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce or Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet or Edgar Cayce: Mystery Man of Miracles, this book really gives you a glimpse into the real Edgar Cayce written by a man who knew him well.

by Carol Chapman, photographer of Divine in Nature: With Quotes from Edgar Cayce and author of When We Were Gods: Insights on Atlantis, Past Lives, Angelic Beings of Light and Spiritual Awakening.

I bought these series of books from an Antique - Bookstore, five years ago & am thrilled I did.

My children have absorbed so much information, in a child friendly format, from their study of this series. These books are written directly for children, in an interesting & friendly style, followed by questions at the end of each chapter. Each chapter covers three topics of nature, followed by activities drawing ideas, projects, additional stories to read, self-tests which consist of 5-6 questions per topic studied in that chapter. Each book covers 6 months or Semester of education in the Sciences.

Additional reading includes, but is not limited to, Thornton W. Burgess books, Gene Stratton Porter books, Elizabeth Brown.

These books contain b&w photos & colorful drawings of the topics studied.

Some topics for the Fifth Year series include:

The Beaver
Muskrat
The Cedar Tree
Planting Bulbs
Nature Poems
Chickadee
Rocks & Stars
Crabs & Corals
Being humane to animals
Barn Swallows & Song Sparrows
The Tulip tree
House Fly & Louse
Bed Bugs
Soil
Earthworm
The Lilac
Wild Flowers
Arbor Day.

Some topics for the Sixth Year books;

The Eagle
The Owl
Migration of Birds
Butterfly
Moths
Silk Worm
Tent Caterpillar
June Bugs
Ferns, Mosses, Fungi, Vines
Conservation of Wildlife
Elm tree
The Holly
Constellations
Humane education
Nuthatch
Scarlet Tanager
Conservation of Water Life
Fish Hatcheries
Shrubs
The Locust Tree
Forest Preservation
Enemies of trees
Moon
Eclipses

etc.

These books are true gems for Home Schoolers & any child interested in their surroundings. A stand alone curriculum for those who teach using the Charlotte Mason method.

My oldest Son looked forward to working in this series & accomplished all four books in the Fifth & Sixth year in one year. His eagerness to learn was stemmed by these books & how well they were written. He pulled these books out day & night.

He now, plants gardens, harvests wild fruits, returns wildlife to safety if compromised, saves rabbits, snakes, turtles & birds from predators (so far, I imagine there'll be more animals rescued). He has took it one step further & now raises Chicken Hens & chicks. He works for Farmers & Recyclers now too. He loves to fish & investigate waterways, timbers, ditches for wildflowers, berries & vegetables. You name it, he's investigating nature most of the time. He's 14 years old now.

These books are rare to come by. You won't go wrong purchasing this series. A wonderful thematic Science curriculum that incorporates art, writing, interesting facts, additional reading & investigation throughout each chapter.