Microbe, Second Edition brings the excitement, breadth and power of the modern microbial sciences to the next generation of students and scientists in a fun and engaging way.How is this book different from others on the same topic?Rather than serve as a comprehensive reference book, Microbe uses a lively narrative to bring to life key concepts and skills identified in the 2012 Curriculum Guidelines by the ASM Education Board. To illustrate the impact of key microbiology concepts on real world scenarios, each chapter begins with a case study, ranging from sauerkraut fermentation to the cholera outbreak in Haiti. Throughout the book, questions are posed to introduce the next key concept and to prompt students to engage in their learning. To deepen students’ understanding of both the principles and practice of science, each chapter includes multiple active learning exercises for individuals or groups, as well as vetted visual, audio and written resources for students and faculty alike. The new Second Edition includes:• Concepts of evolutionary biology are woven throughout the text.• An entirely new section teaches principles of infectious diseases (6 chapters total)• Curriculum Guidelines are used to frame the key concepts taught in each chapter• Active learning exercises support instructors who “flip” their classroom.• Every chapter begins with a case study that brings the microbiology to life and ends by tying key concepts back to the case study. • Each section begins with the over-arching question that will be explored.• Key concepts are illustrated by a greatly expanded set of figures, animations, graphs, and tables.• Fundamentals of bacteriology, mycology, virology; environmental microbiology; microbial pathogenesisAudience: Microbiology course for majors and pre-health professionals, or for scientists whose fields interface with the microbial sciences (eg, engineers, computational biologists, chemists)

In Open Heart, Open Mind, Tsoknyi Rinpoche—one of the most beloved of the contemporary generation of Tibetan Buddhist meditation masters—explains that a life free of fear, pain, insecurity, and doubt is not only possible, it's our birthright. We long for peace, for the ability to love and be loved openly and freely, and for the confidence and clarity to meet the various challenges we face in our daily lives.

Within each of us resides a spark of unparalleled brilliance, an unlimited capacity for warmth, openness, and courage, which Rinpoche identifies as “essence love.” Timeless and imperishable, essence love is often layered over by patterns of behavior and belief that urge us to seek happiness in conditions or situations that never quite live up to their promise.

Drawing on rarely discussed teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, Rinpoche describes how such patterns evolve and offers a series of meditation exercises to help us unravel them and, in the process, reawaken an energy and exuberance that can not only bring lasting fulfillment to our lives but ultimately serve to enliven and inspire the entire world, as well.

With great humor, intelligence, and candor, Tsoknyi Rinpoche also details his own struggles to reconnect with essence love. Identified at an early age as the incarnation of a renowned Tibetan master and subjected to a rigorous monastic training, he ultimately renounced his vows, married, and is now the father of two daughters.
As he recounts his own efforts to strike a balance between the promptings of his heart and an obligation to preserve and protect the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, Rinpoche provides a bridge between ancient wisdom and modern life, and encourages each of us to rediscover the openness, fearlessness, and love that is the essence of our own life.

L'autore propone, attraverso una storia straordinaria, un esempio di come condurre una vita all'insegna della compassione a prescindere dallo stato sociale, dalla tradizione o dalle circostanze. Lieve, illuminante e alla portata di tutti i lettori, questa guida toccante nasce dalle riflessioni di un uomo che getta un vero e proprio ponte tra l'antica saggezza e la mentalità moderna. Con una Prefazione di Richard Gere.

'Dalla prospettiva del buddhismo, l'angoscia che sentiamo oggi fa parte della condizione umana da secoli. In genere reagiamo a questa insicurezza di fondo in due modi distinti: cerchiamo di scappare oppure ci facciamo travolgere. Entrambe le vie spesso finiscono per creare ancora più complicazioni. 'Il buddhismo offre una terza opzione. Possiamo guardare direttamente le emozioni disturbanti e gli altri problemi che incontriamo nella vita come se fossero trampolini verso la libertà. Questo libro è una guida per applicare le intuizioni e le pratiche del buddhismo alle sfide della vita quotidiana. 'Ho ritenuto che l'approccio migliore fosse quello di suddividere il materiale in tre parti, seguendo il modello dei testi buddhisti classici. 'La prima parte esplora la nostra condizione fondamentale: le varie forme di disagio che condizionano la vita. La seconda parte presenta una guida graduale a tre pratiche meditative fondamentali, finalizzate rispettivamente a calmare la mente, aprire il cuore e coltivare la saggezza. La terza parte è dedicata ad applicare ai comuni problemi emotivi e fisici la comprensione ottenuta', (Y. M.).

A practical approach for leaders to guide their congregations to become more externally focused

The Externally Focused Quest: Becoming the Best Church for the Community is designed for church leaders who want to transform their churches to become less internally focused and more oriented to the world around them. The book includes the clear guidelines on the ten changes congregations must adopt to become truly outwardly focused. This book is not about getting all churches to have an annual day of community service as a tactic but changing the core of who they are and how they see themselves as a part of their community.

• Outlines the ten changes needed for church leaders to transform their churches
• Presents a highly practical approach that shows leaders how to become more externally focused without having to give up programs that serve members
• A new volume in the popular Leadership Network Series

This book reveals what it takes to make the major shift from an internal to external focus and how that affects church leadership.

Yongey Mingyur is one of the most celebrated among the new generation of Tibetan meditation masters, whose teachings have touched people of all faiths around the world. His first book, The Joy of Living, was a New York Times bestseller hailed as “compelling, readable, and informed” (Buddhadharma) and praised by Richard Gere, Lou Reed, and Julian Schnabel for its clarity, wit, and unique insight into the relationship between science and Buddhism.

His new book, Joyful Wisdom, addresses the timely and timeless problem of anxiety in our everyday lives. “From the 2,500-year-old perspective of Buddhism,” Yongey Mingyur writes, “every chapter in human history could be described as an 'age of anxiety.' The anxiety we feel now has been part of the human condition for centuries.” So what do we do? Escape or succumb? Both routes inevitably lead to more complications and problems in our lives. “Buddhism,” he says, “offers a third option. We can look directly at the disturbing emotions and other problems we experience in our lives as stepping-stones to freedom. Instead of rejecting them or surrendering to them, we can befriend them, working through them to reach an enduring authentic experience of our inherent wisdom, confidence, clarity, and joy.”

Divided into three parts like a traditional Buddhist text, Joyful Wisdom identifies the sources of our unease, describes methods of meditation that enable us to transform our experience into deeper insight, and applies these methods to common emotional, physical, and personal problems. The result is a work at once wise, anecdotal, funny, informed, and graced with the author's irresistible charm.


From the Hardcover edition.

Yongey Mingyur is one of the most celebrated among the new generation of Tibetan meditation masters, whose teachings have touched people of all faiths around the world. His first book, The Joy of Living, was a New York Times bestseller hailed as “compelling, readable, and informed” (Buddhadharma) and praised by Richard Gere, Lou Reed, and Julian Schnabel for its clarity, wit, and unique insight into the relationship between science and Buddhism.

His new book, Joyful Wisdom, addresses the timely and timeless problem of anxiety in our everyday lives. “From the 2,500-year-old perspective of Buddhism,” Yongey Mingyur writes, “every chapter in human history could be described as an ‘age of anxiety.’ The anxiety we feel now has been part of the human condition for centuries.” So what do we do? Escape or succumb? Both routes inevitably lead to more complications and problems in our lives. “Buddhism,” he says, “offers a third option. We can look directly at the disturbing emotions and other problems we experience in our lives as stepping-stones to freedom. Instead of rejecting them or surrendering to them, we can befriend them, working through them to reach an enduring authentic experience of our inherent wisdom, confidence, clarity, and joy.”

Divided into three parts like a traditional Buddhist text, Joyful Wisdom identifies the sources of our unease, describes methods of meditation that enable us to transform our experience into deeper insight, and applies these methods to common emotional, physical, and personal problems. The result is a work at once wise, anecdotal, funny, informed, and graced with the author’s irresistible charm.


From the Hardcover edition.

An illuminating perspective on the science of meditation—and a handbook for transforming our minds, bodies, and lives

In The Joy of Living, world-renowned Buddhist teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche—the “happiest man in the world”—invites us to join him in unlocking the secrets to finding joy and contentment in the everyday. Using the basic meditation practices he provides, we can discover paths through our problems, transforming obstacles into opportunities to recognize the unlimited potential of our own minds.

For millennia, Buddhists have enjoyed the limitless benefits of meditation. But how does it work? And why? The principles behind this ancient practice have long eluded some of the best minds in modern science. Until now.

In this groundbreaking work, world-renowned Buddhist teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche invites us to join him in unlocking the secrets behind the practice of meditation. Working with neuroscientists at the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, Yongey Mingyur provides clear insights into modern research indicating that systematic training in meditation can enhance activity in areas of the brain associated with happiness and compassion. He has also worked with physicists across the country to develop a fresh, scientifically based interpretation of the Buddhist understanding of the nature of reality.

With an infectious joy and insatiable curiosity, Yongey Mingyur weaves together the principles of Tibetan Buddhism, neuroscience, and quantum physics in a way that will forever change the way we understand the human experience. Using the basic meditation practices he provides, we can discover paths through everyday problems, transforming obstacles into opportunities to recognize the unlimited potential of our
own minds.

With a foreword by bestselling author Daniel Goleman, The Joy of Living is a stunning breakthrough, an illuminating vision of the science of Buddhism and a handbook for transforming our minds, bodies, and lives.

Qurantadue storie di gatti coraggiosi, testimonianze di un'autentica virtù nascosta nel nostro animale domestico. Esempi di coraggio, di sprezzo del pericolo e di abnegazione, virtù insospettabili in un animaletto morbido e flessuoso, apparentemente indolente eppure capace di straordinarie manifestazioni d'affetto.