At only 22 years of age, the author of the acclaimed Road to Oxiana traveled with his friends for the first time to Mount Athos in Greece. The eye-opening visit inspired a classic appraisal of its...

The true nature of our mind is brilliant, clear, and joyful, but we don't experience this reality amid the swirl of stresses, thoughts, and emotions of day-to-day life. This is a practical guide to...

Hush isn't just another book of sleep tips - it's more a book of sleep transformation. Based on an integration of sleep science and spirituality, Hush was written to complement medical approaches...

El Corán es el libro sagrado del Islam. Durante la vida del profeta Mahoma, las "revelaciones" eran transmitidas oralmente o escritas en hojas de palmeras, trozos de cuero o huesos, etc. A la muerte...

Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age...

From the celebrated translator of the Hebrew Bible Robert Alter, the classic book on the Bible as literature, now updated with a new preface "A groundbreaking study that encourages us to look beneath...

From a renowned literary scholar, the definitive guide to the poetry of the Hebrew Bible, updated with a new preface "Intelligent, precise and exciting." --The New York Times Book Review In The Art...

This valuable book provides a complete manual for the study and practice of Raja Yoga, the path of concentration and meditation. This new edition of these timeless teachings is a treasure to be read...

One of the world’s leading scholars of Buddhism presents the story of its dramatic journey across the globe, from 2,500 years ago to the present day “Perhaps no scholar is as well suited to serve as...

Combining powerful imagery of artworks and ritual objects with insightful analysis and expertly written text, Magick tells the visual story of the magical arts, from personal and community-based folk...

"After publishing the "extremely engaging" (The Washington Post) and award-winning essay collection People Love Dead Jews about the insidious nature of contemporary antisemitism, Dara Horn heard from...

Does Buddhism require faith? Can an atheist or agnostic follow the Buddha's teachings without believing in reincarnation or organized religion? nbsp; This is one man's confession. nbsp; In his...

Where did God come from? What do the bible stories really tell us? Who or what was Jesus Christ? This book challenges everything we think we know about the nature of religion. -The ancient fertility...

A book that shines fresh light on the world's major religions to help us build bridges between faiths and rediscover a creative and spiritual engagement with holy texts--from the New York Times...

Cults -- Psychology. Ex-cultists. Charisma (Personality trait) -- Religious aspects.

George A. Panichas’ essays on Dostoevsky’s art and thought have gained wide praise for their critical power and insight. The Burden of Vision, culminating twenty years of studying, teaching, and...

Book by Hillerbrand, Hans Joachim

From the back At the end of the Second World War, when allied troops liverated the Nazi death camps, journalists and photographers came to document the horrors of the most highly organized genocide...

Ce Saint Louis de Jacques le Goff, c'est la rencontre d'une des figures de proue du mouvement des Annales, traditionnellement hostile au culte de la biographie, avec la plus haute figure de...