Ayurvedic Rituals: Wisdom, Recipes and the Ancient Art of Self-Care is your introduction and practical guide to Ayurvedic philosophy, showing you how a deep connection to yourself and your natural environment will help achieve harmony in your body and mind.
Prepare for the journey of your life. Literally. This book does not aim to make your life carefree, to make your problems disappear, to turn you into a saint free from blemish or blame. In fact, you may end up utterly bewildered by The Mystery Experience at times. But you will also be intrigued. Curious.Questioning. Loving. Loved. Overjoyed. Seduced out of the numbness of banality. And most import
A world-renowned crystal guru reveals how introducing crystals to your daily mindfulness practice can help you improve focus-awareness and stay in the present moment.
Are you looking for a better way to practice mindfulness? Crystals can help in so many ways. They have been around for millions of years—and in their terms, the passing of decades is merely the blink of an eye—so t
With over 60 per cent of the world’s population living in cities, the networks beneath our feet – which keep the cities above moving – are more important than ever before. Yet we never truly see how these amazing feats of engineering work.
Embark upon your own path to power and inner-peace with these 52 beautiful and inspirational mandalas.Mandalas are symbols of the cosmos and, as expert Cassandra Lorius explains, they are also a map towards a spiritual heart. The circle itself represents the entire universe but the centre of the mandala is often where the focus of the image lies. In Mandalas and Meditations, Cassandra will help yo
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Allen Carr's Easyway method has helped millions of people to quit smoking, alcohol and other drugs, as well as to stop gambling, over-eating and getting into debt. It will show you the way to escape from the alcohol trap.
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First published as the 1848 revolutions erupted throughout Europe, this revolutionary political tract articulated an entirely new understanding of governments and history. The manifesto outlined a radical new political agenda that would lead to an equal and classless society. They predicted that Europe was on the verge of revolution in one of the most powerful political pamphlets ever written. T
The Republic is one of the earliest political treatises ever written and Plato's most remarkable work. Through a fictional dialogue with Socrates, Plato examines the nature of justice, the character of the city-state, and what it means to be a just man. Plato argued that power corrupts and the only way to protect against this was through the rule of philosopher kings. In The Republic he also gra
Meditations is a collection of personal writings and spiritual reflections by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, translated by eminent Classical scholar George Long. His thoughts on how to lead a virtuous life, the importance of tranquillity and his ideas on how to reconcile the challenges of public and private life have become one of the world's most important books.
Meditations is a classic
In The Prince, Machiavelli advocated a shockingly cynical approach to politics. Conventional morality took a back seat as he argued that the ends justified the means. Machiavelli had learned from his own experience as a politician in the Florentine Republic that those who did not take this win-at-all-costs approach tended to lose out to their less scrupulous counterparts. It was one of the most
This is the saddest story I have ever heardâ€: so begins John Dowell, the unreliable narrator of this dark and intriguing tale of two disintegrating marriages – his own and that of the ‘good soldierâ€, Capt Edward Ashburnham. Set in the years before the First World War, and published in 1915, The Good Soldier is acknowledged as one of finest novels of the 20th century.
"A young governess is employed to look after two enchantingly beautiful orphans. Striving to protect the children, she becomes obsessed with the idea that they are in danger, and her good intentions cause more harm than good.
Uneasy and sinister, this novella shows a woman haunted by an eerie and evil presence that emerges from the terrors of real life"
First published in 1872, The Underground Railroad is a fascinating collection of slaves' own narratives of their escapes from bondage. Their accounts provide a horrifying window into the reality of the 'peculiar institution' and the trials they had to endure to escape it. This abridged collection consists of a wide variety of slave narratives faithfully recorded by William Still, a conductor on
Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' is a book that changed the way we think about the development of life on earth. The text used for this edition was the last to be published during Darwin's lifetime and is considered to be the definitive version.
Written in 1791 as a response to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, Thomas Paine's Rights of Man is a seminal work on human freedom and equality, arguing that governments must respect the welfare rights of all citizens.
In The Social Contract, Rousseau wrote one of the most influential studies ever made. It is as relevant today as when it was first published more than 250 years ago. Political society, Rousseau argued, required each individual to submit their personal desires to the 'general will'. At the same time, there was no 'divine right' of the monarchy to allow them to act as they pleased. Therefore, ther