**The international bestseller.‘A clear, provocative guide to thinking more freely‘ – Christine Gross-Loh, bestselling author of The PathStop living on autopilot and take back control of your own mind.**We are surrounded by stupidity. Yet we rarely ask what it really means or where it comes from. If we can identify that someone else is stupid, there’s a good chance that we are not. That’s enough for most people.In this provocative exploration of hum...

Everything can change, if only we learn not to give up.A new Annunciation: an Archangel, quite different from the one tradition has accustomed us to, visits that inner and simple part of each of us that ancient theologians indicated as Mary, “the mother of God”. The Archangel explains, shows, proposes and awaits an answer. His speech is very clear.“Everywhere you look, there’s something missing, something that would make the world seem like a good place to live a long life. Y...

From the language of cats to the secret language of the Gods, from personal growth to metaphysical literature, in the Trilogy of the Infinite, Igor Sibaldi, with wise irony, takes us on a journey to discover what awaits us when we decide to step beyond the horizon of our ordinary minds and expose ourselves to the Infinite. And the Infinite is an intelligence accessible to all, revealing unknown and fertile scenarios. In a moment of great evolutionary change, where many will lag behind and ...

**The international bestseller.‘A clear, provocative guide to thinking more freely‘ – Christine Gross-Loh, bestselling author of The PathStop living on autopilot and take back control of your own mind.**We are surrounded by stupidity. Yet we rarely ask what it really means or where it comes from. If we can identify that someone else is stupid, there’s a good chance that we are not. That’s enough for most people.In this provocative exploration of hum...

A wide-ranging collection of essays on the importance and meaning of literature by "one of the most influential thinkers of our time" ( Los Angeles Times).In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his long and celebrated career, Umberto Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of [his] passion" for the word. From musings on Ptolemy and "the force of the false" to reflections on the experimental writing of Borges and Joyce, Eco's...

A glimpse into the mind of the bestselling science fiction author through a collection of his personal, metaphysical, religious, visionary writings.Based on thousands of pages of typed and handwritten notes, journal entries, letters, and story sketches, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick is the magnificent and imaginative final work of an author who dedicated his life to questioning the nature of reality and perception, the malleability of space and time, and ...

2023 Christian Book Award® Winner (Christian Living)Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (Christian Living & Spiritual Formation)The Spiritual Significance of TimeMany Christians live a faith that is "nowhen." They are disconnected from the past or imagine they are somehow "above" the flux of history, as if every generation starts with a clean state. They lack an awareness of time and...

On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work's first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals.

'In recession-chastened, soddenly staycationing Britain, Foley may well have devised a new bestseller format: a how-to book offering a way of escape ... [a] lovely book' GuardianIt has always been difficult to appreciate everyday life, often devalued as dreary, banal and burdensome, and never more so than in a culture besotted with fantasy, celebrity and glamour. Yet, with characteristic wit and earthiness, Michael Foley - author of the be...

“A brilliant, wide ranging and powerful series of readings on the possibilities, problems and mysteries of faith. This book belongs on the shelf of every believer—and every serious skeptic.” — Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith Matters“This life-giving, faith-filled and hard-nosed collection reveals why, as St. Anselm wrote, true faith always seeks to understand.” — Rev. James Martin, author of My Life with the SaintsFrom Dr. Francis Collins, New York Times bestselling ...

For over two decades, Stephen Jeffreys's remarkable series of workshops attracted writers from all over the world and shaped the ideas of many of today's leading playwrights and theatre-makers. Now, with this inspiring, highly practical book, you too can learn from these acclaimed Masterclasses.Playwriting reveals the various invisible frameworks and mechanisms that are at the heart of each and every successful play. Drawing on a huge range of sources, it deconstructs play...

"A sprawling analysis of religion in major psychological and philosophical literature, fiction and in private life . . . compelling and remarkable."— Publishers Weekly"Unlike Freud, I do not claim that religion is just an illusion and a source of neurosis. The time has come to recognize, without being afraid of 'frightening' either the faithful or the agnostics, that the history of Christianity prepared the world for humanism."So writes Julia Kristev...