A Midsummer Night’s Dream must be one of the most enduringly popular of Shakespeare’s plays, and it is not difficult to see why: the work blends several kinds of comedy with a powerful atmosphere of magic and mystery and a satisfying set of contrasts between city and country, reason and imagination, love and infatuation.

In this BBC full-cast production of The Merchant of Venice, love, bigotry, greed, and justice are entwined.Shakespeare's classic play explores the eternal themes of love and hate, mercy and justice, with parallel stories centred on the moneylender, Shylock, and the lovers, Portia and Bassanio. Shylock's angry insistence on the repayment of his debt from Bassanio ends in the Venetian courts, where he demands his pound of flesh. Portia meanwhile, a wealthy y...

The Sacred Forge: The Fire Was Never Meant to Destroy You is a transformational work of psychospiritual formation that reframes suffering as a sacred process of refinement. Written by Warren Mitchell, LCSW - clinician, Personal Culture Curator, and speaker with more than 35 years of experience - this book invites readers into a four-movement journey of Seeing, Naming, Holding, and Honoring the self through life's defining crucibles.Drawing on the ancient metaphor of the forge, Mitc...

Twelve make-believe spoof comedy documentaries charting the lives of celebrated fictional characters‘Gorgeously silly’ The IndependentHave you ever wondered what became of the protagonists from your favourite childhood stories? Well, wonder no more: in these hilarious mockumentaries, the astonishing afterlives of some of the most famous figures in fiction are revealed...The scourge of smugglers and the stalwart of ...

In this book, William Mitchell and Warren Mosler, original proponents of what's come to be known as Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), discuss their perspectives about how MMT has evolved over the last 30 years. In delightful, entertaining, and informative way, Bill and Warren reminisce about how, from vastly different backgrounds, they came together to develop MMT. They consider the history and personalities of the MMT community, including anecdotal discussions of various academics who took up...

Are you stressed, discouraged, struggling, or unhappy? Do you wonder if you’ve been abandoned? Dr. Mitchell Warren has a message of hope and encouragement for you—the Lord is still your Shepherd, even today! This book takes you verse by verse through Psalm 23, digging into the relationship between a shepherd and his sheep, explaining all the care and devotion the shepherd gives, and uplifting you with the message that this is the way God cares for you! You will lea...

An updated version of the best-selling therapist-to-coach transition text.With his bestselling Therapist As Life Coach, Pat Williams introduced the therapeutic community to the career of life coach, and in Becoming a Professional Life Coach he and Diane Menendez covered all the basic principles and strategies for effective coaching. Now Williams, founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT), and Menendez, former faculty at ILCT—both mas...

The Great Financial Crash had cataclysmic effects on the global economy, and took conventional economists completely by surprise. Many leading commentators declared shortly before the crisis that the magical recipe for eternal stability had been found. Less than a year later, the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression erupted.In this explosive book, Steve Keen, one of the very few economists who anticipated the crash, shows why the self-declared experts were wrong and h...

New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes explores the importance of Christ’s death on the cross and the importance of the Holy Spirit which gives power, anoints believers, and yields joy.In his new book From the Cross to the Pentecost, New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes explores the importance of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and emphasizes the power of the Holy Spirit in Christians’ lives. The ultimate result of Jesus’ de...

The vast majority of Canadians are blissfully unaware that every man, woman and child in Canada now owes a $35,000 share of government debt and must pay this back, with interest! Make no mistake, this debt will change our country and affect every single Canadian in the decades to come. You may think you have planned for your retirement and are safe, but the government must find a way to recover this borrowed money, and they can only do that by raising your taxes and reducing your hard-earn...

There are many things that we all believe yet do not experience. We all want victory, yet few find it. One of our greatest frustrations is that much of what we believe really doesn’t work. Too often we spend our lives struggling with the same issues. The feeling of defeat can be agonizing.It is as if we are caught in a maze of formulas and rules. We know there’s something missing, but we’re not sure what. In our search for truth, we lose our way among the dos and don’ts of religion....

A practical, accessible primer on using parts work to transform shame and self-criticism to authenticity and integrity.Trauma, attachment wounds and external criticism can leave us battling a sense of shame and inadequacy that can keep us from thriving personally and in relationships. In Transforming the Shame Triangle, integrative therapist Jessica Fern and restorative justice facilitator David Cooley use a synthesis of Internal Family Systems and Narrati...