Bøger af Scott Shaw

Shanghai Whispers Shanghai Screams is a gritty, pulp literary tale of man who travels through Japan to Hong Kong -- eventually finding himself in Shanghai, China, where he meets and falls in love with a woman -- only to have her stolen from him by the cruel hands of fate. This book details the sights and sounds of mid 1980s Shanghai, China in the explicit language and cruel details that can only be truly explained by an author who intimately knows the deep secrets of the city and the society. Publishers Weekly states about this novel, "Riveting Reading!"

This book made up of the gritty and street-wise prose that Scott Shaw is known for creating. In its pages he takes the reader deeply into the dark and lust ridden world of the Southeast Asian night.

The poetry of Scott Shaw. Take a walk into the night as a poet undergoes a drug overdose.

Scott Shaw's poetry and prose leads the reader into the lost realms of international love in Shanghai, China during the 1980s.

Take a ride, via the words of Scott Shaw, through the streets of L.A.

Take a step into the mind of Scott Shaw as he leads the reader through the backstreet of Tokyo, Japan with his poetry.

Take a walk into the abstract with the words of Scott Shaw.

With the stresses of modern society, each person needs a method to step back, find their center and refocus their energy in order to be ready to move forward with the next step of life. In this book, Scott Shaw, an advanced yoga and meditation instructor, with over thirty-five years of experience, provides the reader with the foundations for and the techniques of the ancient methods of yoga meditation.

The penetrating and explicit prose of Scott Shaw.

Shatter Thoughts presents three of Scott Shaw's previously published poetry books and two new titles combined into one collection. The titles included in this volume are: "Scream: Southeast Asia and the Dream," "Suicide Slowly," "Last Will and Testament According to the Divine Rites of the Drug Cocaine." The new chapters are: "No Kisses for the Sinner" and "On the Hard Edge of Hollywood."Shattered Thoughts presents the gritty, street-wise, and thought provoking poetry of Scott Shaw. This book leads the reader through adventures, experiences, and realizations Shaw lived both in the west and onto the far off reaches of Asia.The Backspace Journal writes, "Blisteringly hot. This collection takes the reader to the streets, sticks their nose in it, and makes them understand what most of us will never see or live. Part autobiography, part verbal extravaganza, Scott Shaw takes the reader into the gutters and confronts them with the realities of life, allowing them to emerge mystically realized."

Trek through the hidden realms of the Sedona, Arizona vortexes and witness the grandeur of one of the most spiritually vibrant locations in America though the lense of Scott Shaw.

The Korean martial art of Hapkido is an advanced system of self-defense. It is designed to teach its practitioners exacting methods to defend against all types of attacks. In this book, Hapkido Master Scott Shaw details refined aspects of this martial art, in order to provide the reader with an enhanced sense of self-defense awareness and combat understanding.

The Korean martial art of Hapkido is an advanced system of self-defense designed to provide its practitioners with viable tools to defend against even the most aggressive of attackers. Within the pages of this book are presented in-depth understandings of Hapkido's self-defense arsenal. Also detailed in this book is how Hapkido utilizes the internal energy of Ki, in addition to Hapkido techniques for the use of the Hapkido Cane, the Staff, and the Sword, also known as Kumdo. There are over three-hundred photographs presented in association with the techniques detailed in this book. The articles presented in this book were written by Hapkido Master Scott Shaw and were originally published by some of the most respected martial art journals in the industry.

In this piercing novel, Scott Shaw takes the reader into the lost realms of 1980s Burma where he details, in his uniquely personal and revealing manner, the paths of love, lust, wanderlust, and the violence brought on by ruthless mercenaries. As is universally the case with his international novels, Shaw details the sights, sounds, and experiences of the geographic region through the eyes of someone who truly knows the terrain -- providing deep insight in the world that surrounds his central characters.

This book presents Scott Shaw's visually penetrating artistic photographs from Bangkok, Thailand.

In this book, Scott Shaw, a prolific proponent of Zen, presents one hundred and eight spiritual aphorisms, in association with Zen Calligraphy, that are designed to provide the reader with immediate insight into life, enlightenment, Zen Buddhism, and embracing the spiritual path.

Scott Shaw takes the reader on a journey into the inner-workings of spiritual India as a spiritual seeker meets an unlikely guru who guides him on the road to enlightenment in a most nontraditional manner.

In this deeply personal, prose driven book, Scott Shaw takes the reader through the realms of the lost urban mindset of modern city dwellers lost in their quest for illusion and redemption.

The Thought Provoking writings presented in this book were originally published in the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 5.0. These writings discuss the realities of life, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present, allowing the reader to come to new understandings about life, interpersonal relationships, and spirituality.

The aphorisms presented in this book are designed to allow the reader to delve deeply into their own mind and come to conclusions about life and reality that will help them to refocus, recharge, and move towards new and deeper levels of Self Awareness and Life Understanding.

The Thought Provoking writings presented in this book were originally published in the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 4.0. These writings discuss the realities of life, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present, allowing the reader to come to new understandings about life, interpersonal relationships, and spirituality.

Taken from the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 1.0, these Zen Musings discuss Life, Existence, Spirituality, Art, Film, Consciousness, and Enlightenment in the way only Scott Shaw can present. The Asian Journal of Zen writes,"This book takes the reader deeply into the mind of ever-expanding human consciousness as it charts it way through the philosophies, observations, and experiences of one of the leading proponents of modern Zen, Scott Shaw. The words presented in this book lead the reader to investigate their own thoughts, morals, and ideologies. Not only does it provide them with expansive food for thought, it also guides them to come to a clearer conclusion about their own interpersonal and spiritual relationship with themselves, the world, modern society, and the cosmos."

Taken from the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 2.0 these writings discuss the realities of life, love, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present, allowing the reader to come to new understandings about life, interpersonal relationships, and spirituality.

In this book, Scott Shaw, a prolific proponent of modern Zen, details the various aspects of encountering and interacting with life in a conscious manner. He achieves this by detailing and examining everyday experiences and common life encounters which can cause an individual to make either conscious or unconscious decisions. Shaw guides the reader to a place where they may come to understand the true nature of the everyday trials and tribulations of life and come to new realizations about life and enlightenment in the modern world.

Yoga is much more than the physical postures commonly associated with this word. Yoga is an advanced metaphysical science that has been developed over thousands of years and is designed to lead its practitioners towards enlightenment. In this book, Scott Shaw presents the reader with the historical foundations of yoga, in association with exacting methods of meditation, breath control, and spiritual practice; including detailed information on Kundalini and Tantra yoga. These techniques have traditionally only been revealed to advanced students of yoga. By practicing the techniques presented in this book, the reader may come to experience a healthier body, a calmer and more focused mind, and a deeper sense of spiritual awareness.