Hour That Changes the World or Tattoos of the Floating World

Hour That Changes the World: A Practical Plan for Personal Prayer

Author: Dick Eastman

The Hour That Changes the World, first published by Baker in 1978, is a classic book on prayer that offers practical suggestions on how readers can revitalize their prayer lives. Dick Eastman challenges Christians to spend one hour each day in prayer, and he outlines a twelve-step prayer program to help them accomplish the task.

By dividing one hour into twelve five-minute "points of focus," such as praise, waiting, confession, and Scripture praying, believers will develop a more consistent habit of daily prayer. The Hour That Changes the World draws heavily on Scripture and classic devotional writers and includes an appendix titled "Scriptural Intercession."

This 25th anniversary edition features a new introduction by Eastman and a new foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada, in which she writes: "The Hour That Changes the World may appear small and modest, but don't let its size fool you. Full of biblical insights about prayer, packed with testimonies of prayer warriors from years past, brimming with practical suggestions that will help you carve out a purposeful time of praise and intercession, Dick Eastman's book is arguably the most significant book on prayer written in modern times."

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Tattoos of the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Motifs in the Japanese Tattoo

Author: Katie M Kitamura

This unique book by tattoo artist Takahiro Kitamura (Horitaka, a pupil of Horiyoshi III) discusses the art of the Japanese tattoo in the context of Ukiyo-e, concentrating on the parallel histories of the woodblock print and the tattoo. Through high quality illustrations it shows that the Japanese tattoo is highly reliant on and linked to the woodblock print and that it deserves a position among the other art forms. A range of typical ukiyo-e motifs in the Japanese tattoo are discussed and illustrated by the original Japanese prints, and sketches, drawings and tattoos by tattoo master Horiyoshi III. The book ends with a special essay by Don Ed Hardy.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	6
	Preface	8
	Introduction	10
1	A brief history of Japanese tattooing	14
2	The popular arts of ukiyo-e and irezumi	22
3	Triumvirate in arts	30
4	The artist's circle	40
5	The tattoo as higher art	46
6	Separate ways	49
7	Ukiyo-e motifs in the Japanese tattoo	51
8	The Japanese tattoo: a personal view	102
	Short Biography: Horiyoshi III	106
	Short Biography: Don Ed Hardy	108
	Notes	110
	Bibliography	111
	Glossary	116
	Acknowledgements	118