| Les Miserables meets the Gospels: Let God change you to change the world through 42 daily readings for Lent/anytime. |
This book provides insider's tips on winning a case for the defendant. Based on a trial diary, it documents the day-to-day developments of the high-profile 2009 trial of Luisa Inclán Bird, an advisor to Puerto Rico's former governor. Each step of the trial, from preparation and jury selection to media coverage, cross-examination, and closing, is enhanced with sample questions and practical tools for the courtroom.
| The Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence continues to be extremely popular, both with top grandmasters and club players. And for very good reasons: it is a flexible, ambitious, wonderfully rich and diverse system, offering one of the best ways for Black to play for a win. Both Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov achieved great successes with their beloved Najdorf. In this book, Grandmaster Zaven Andriasyan presents a groundbreaking attacking repertoire for Black. He analyses a large number of recent games from top players such as Topalov, Gelfand and Grischuk, explaining the various tactical and positional themes. Revisiting all major Najdorf battlegrounds Andriasyan radically overturns chess opening theory that was developed during decades. He manages to find an astonishing number of improvements: all in all he presents more than two hundred novelties. A must-read for Najdorf lovers! |
Who is behind the mask that we have learnt to wear in order to survive and function in the world? Who are we really, behind familial and social conditioning? If we are free from fear and the preoccupations that in the name of survival justify adaptation? Is it possible to be spontaneous and authentic, or is it just an infantile desire to leave behind us along with our dreams? This book tackles these themes and offers understanding and techniques for recognising our authentic Self, helping us to realise that behind the personality mask there is a mysterious universe, an ocean of potentiality, and that that is our true nature. Then the phrase “know yourself” will no longer just be an indication of philosophers and mystics, but will offer us the concrete possibility to ask the right questions, those that enable us to lift the veil that hides our true face and find peace and fulfilment.
| After suppressing past-life visions since childhood, Ellie meets a mysterious stranger and is thrust back into a lifetime in 18th-century Britain. |
| This book offers solutions to humanity's and the planet's accelerating state of decline by strengthening the force known as the ways of the woman. |
| Chasing a ghost and echoes of magic, Christopher discovers the darkness that looms behind desire. |
| Timely, autoritative and thought provoking study of Chinese expansion and related objectives in the 21st century. |
Most of us have lived through painful, humiliating or traumatic experiences, leaving us haunted and conditioned by reactions that trap us in ongoing cycles of feeling hurt and hurting others. And on the wider political scale, we have obviously yet to learn the art of responding well to the hurts of terrorism, exploitation, or more local conflicts of interest. Either we resort to reciprocal violence, or claim too readily the status of innocent victim. The book begins by looking at three predominant negative responses. It then draws on a variety of traditions from the author’s own Buddhist Christian perspective, exploring how deep meditation can help take us beyond the negative narratives of hurt. The author finds ambivalent but broadly positive images in childhood innocence and the tragicomic fool, and urges the importance of a radical and unconditional forgiveness of self and others that is grounded in both Buddhist Emptiness and the risen Christ. By these means, the habit of accusation that so easily dominates self and society can give way to humour and mutual wonder.
| Breaking down how to write a western, including research and target publishers. Shoot that MS off in a month! |
| From William Blake through to Iain Sinclair, literature has sought to engage with and transform urban space. Architects now seek the input of poets, and storytelling is employed in urban regeneration. Writing Urban Space investigates this relationship between imaginative writing and the built environment. |
Ian McCall has taught meditation and self realisation since 1987 and studied and practised with many esoteric teachers. Early experiences of awakening gave him a sense of the oneness of everything in this life; but this is a practical as well as an esoteric look at self realisation or enlightenment. Ian sees awakening as the birthright of all and the text is stripped of dogma and hierarchy, as far as is possible. The message is that all is not lost for the world, and movement from suffering is not only a possibility, but a simple change starting here, now. The way is simple and does not require years of practice. Having practised Zen Buddhism, Ian felt its essence was lost in tradition, doctrine and a false hierarchy of "enlightenment" and sees his message as a return to the freedom and egality of its mythical founders. It goes beyond ideas of Zen to our own well being here and now.
| Karel Tomeï has been flying over Belgium for years. The result, this photography book, is unequalled and gorgeous. From the coast – over art cities such as Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Mechelen and Brussels, to the heart of Wallonia, with Liège, the beautiful Ardennes and the southernmost point of the country, Karel has made unique aerial photographs. Each one is a gem. Tomeï has an eye for what makes a landscape special. Colors, composition, details, famous landmarks are given a new, interesting perspective through his unique approach. As a consequence of which this book is a party from the first to the last page. Tomeï has a special relationship with Belgium. As a true Burgundian, he loves the country, in which he has been living for years. Bringing us Belgium from the sky proved to be a special challenge, taking into account the unpredictable weather of the country. |
Yoga for Teens is so invaluable to the development of the mind and body of a young individual. This book is something I want all of our newer generations to read and apply to their life. It is a great tool for anyone wanting to build self confidence and being a role model for other teens. Awesome book!!
-Monica, Yoga Teacher and Reiki Practitioner
Philip Gold, an accomplished writer, journalist, scholar, wandered forty years before returning to the Judaism he'd left behind. But he didn't return so much as bring back the seeds of a new kind of Judaism with him. YOM KIPPUR PARTY GOODS is much more than a personal tale, am memoir of pain and seeking told with humor and grace. It's also for everyone who's tired of going hungry in the supermarket of modern spirituality, who finds (over) organized religion irrelevant or distasteful, and who is looking to find — or create — something personal that might also speak to others. You don't have to be Jewish to read this or need this. Just be a human being who wants something more. For yourself For your world. For your God. |