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My latest book, "Prayers in Stone: Nagasaki's A-Bomb Heritage Sites" is now available in ebook format.
Richly illustrated and with a wealth of materials never before available in English, Prayers in Stone provides an overview of more than 200 of Nagasaki's A-bomb heritage sites, including: bells; bridges; cemeteries; churches; fountains; memorials; museums; parks; schools; shrines; statues; tem... Read more of this blog post »
Richly illustrated and with a wealth of materials never before available in English, Prayers in Stone provides an overview of more than 200 of Nagasaki's A-bomb heritage sites, including: bells; bridges; cemeteries; churches; fountains; memorials; museums; parks; schools; shrines; statues; tem... Read more of this blog post »
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An Invitation to Kagura: Hidden Gem of the Traditional Japanese Performing Arts
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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Hiragana with an Introduction to Grammar and Kanji
— published 2007 |
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Reading English News on the Internet: A Guide to Connectors, Verbs, Expressions, and Vocabulary for the ESL Student
— published 2007 — 3 editions |
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The Well-Tempered Body: Expressive Movement for Actors, Improvisers, and Performance Artists
— published 2007 |
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Prayers in Stone: Nagasaki's A-Bomb Heritage Sites
— published 2012 — 2 editions |
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Survivors: The A-bombed Trees of Hiroshima
by David Petersen (Goodreads Author), Mandy Conti — published 2008 |
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Tao Te Ching / Daodejing: A Fresh Look at the Way and Its Virtues
by Lao Tzu, David Petersen (Goodreads Author) — published -600 — 573 editions |
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An Invitation to Kagura: Hidden Gem of the Traditional Japanese Performing Arts (Drama)
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Reading English News on the Internet / Reading English News on the Internet (Japanese edition) (Reference)
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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Hiragana (Reference)
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The Well-Tempered Body: Expressive Movement for Actors, Improvisers, and Performance Artists (Drama)
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Survivors: The A-bombed Trees of Hiroshima (Nonfiction)
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| The road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions, as illustrated by the outcome of Gervaise and all the other unfortunate characters in this novel. Most are not truly evil, just ignorant, undisciplined, and unkind, and for Zola, these sins are e...more | |
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“There is no such thing as a leap into literacy.”
― David Petersen, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Hiragana with an Introduction to Grammar and Kanji
― David Petersen, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Hiragana with an Introduction to Grammar and Kanji
“Physicality is the basis of performance.”
― David Petersen, The Well-Tempered Body: Expressive Movement for Actors, Improvisers, and Performance Artists
― David Petersen, The Well-Tempered Body: Expressive Movement for Actors, Improvisers, and Performance Artists
“The 'will to peace' is the best answer that we can imagine to the 'will to war', which unfortunately seems as strong in this century as it was in the middle of the last.”
― David Petersen, Survivors: The A-bombed Trees of Hiroshima
― David Petersen, Survivors: The A-bombed Trees of Hiroshima
“The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen
― Henri J.M. Nouwen
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
― Thornton Wilder
― Thornton Wilder
“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast”
― Lewis Carroll
― Lewis Carroll
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Thanks for accepting my friend request, David. You seem like an interesting person, as well as quite the prolific author, so feel free to tell me more about yourself. I, myself, am a singer/songwriter/actor who has recently turned author. My 2 top ten recordings were CONCRETE & CLAY (as a singer) and NAVY BLUE (as a writer)...both in the early 1960's. My first novel is an unusual murder mystery entitled: FORBIDDEN STEPS.Regards, and have a great day, Ed
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Thanx for the invitation to be your GoodFriends... Im waitin for your book here... Greeting from Bandung-Indonesia David !
Good Morning, David...WELCOME to goodreads...thanks for the invite into your circle of friends...looking forward to sharing chats, reviews and any/all recommendations...best of luck with your writing...have a blessed weekend...and as always Happy Reading & Writing :-)
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