Blaming the Victims demonstrates with cold precision how the consistent denial of truth about the Palestinians by governments and the media in the West has led to the current impasse in Middle East politics. Controversial, forceful and above all honest it attempts to redress a sustained crime against historical truth in order to make a more rationa...more
"Nous-Architecture" is a collection of fifty-five interconnecting poems describing a journey of the spirit from ancient times to the post-modern era. Each poem is based on two themes that express a dynamic concept of development. The nature of this development is a comprehensive understanding of the mystery teachings, ranging from Egyptian to Theos...more
Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 88 pp., illus. paper covered hard binding with white titling on front board & spine. Novel, inspired by an unhappy love affair in Gibran's own life. Illustrated with lavish graphic work adorning each page as well as some of Beardsley's monochrome illustrations as frontispices to each chapter, all full plates.
A collection of nondual spiritual poetry written from the Heart by Nirmala, who is a spiritual teacher in the Advaita tradition. These poems attempt to capture the undying presence of love in all of its forms. Let your soul be deeply touched by the Rumi-like words of a lover drunk with passion for the truth.
Set during one day at the Cannes Film Festival, this is the story of a successful, driven entrepreneur who will go to the darkest lengths to reclaim a lost love. Captured in all their crassness are producers, actors, aspiring starlets, supermodels, and notorious fashionistas, whose lives and actions hold sway over millions.
When Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist) was a young man, his parents had him committed to mental hospitals three times because he wanted to be an artist--an unacceptable profession in Brazil at the time. During his numerous forced incarcerations he vowed to write some day about his experiences and the injustices of involuntary commitment. In this fable-l...more
Bizarre happenings at Malgudi are heralded by the arrival of a stranger on the Delhi train who takes up residence in the station waiting-room and, to the dismay of the station master, will not leave.
Krishna's wife and daughter have recently moved to join him in Malgudi where he is an English teacher at his old college. His anxiety about the new situation with his family turns to a deep commitment to them, and Krishna is genuinely happy. Fate steps in, however, and Salusi, his wife, becomes gravely ill and dies. The novel--Narayan's fourth, wri...more
"Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, the very purpose of our life is happiness, the very motion of our life is towards happiness." --H.H. the Dalai Lama, from The Art of Happiness So popular and so rarely understood, this Nobel Peace Prize winner and man of great inner peace brings to a ...more
"This book is written with the sole objective of helping the reader achieve a happy, satisfying, and worthwhile life." -- Norman Vincent PealeThe precursor to The Secret, The Power of Positive Thinking has helped millions of men and women to achieve fulfillment in their lives. In this phenomenal bestseller, Dr. Peale demonstrates the power of faith...more