Practical wisdom from poets, philosophers and scientists – alongside advice, inspiration, activities, meditations, and much more – to connect you with nature and the seasons on your daily walk. Being outdoors is a balm to the soul, and what better way to experience the wonders of nature in all their seasonal glory than with a daily walk? This thoughtful guide explores what happens to our minds, bodies and spirits when we spend time outdoors and suggests a wide range of beneficial walking a...

Discover how going outdoors and spending time in nature, from forest bathing to a walk in the park, provides a simple and powerful way to improve your health and wellbeing. What we all know on an intuitive level is a scientific truth: the simple act of going outside is good for us – really good for us. It has been shown to have a positive effect on a huge number of health conditions and issues, from diabetes to depression, anxiety to arteriolosclerosis. Down-to-earth and relevant, The Gree...

Discover how all trees can mirror us, teach us and heal us. As author Alice Peck reflected on the maple tree in her backyard, she began to notice and then study its intricacies and changes. This became her regular meditation and inspiration. In Tree Wisdom, Alice shares what she has learnt from that maple tree, and from the trees all around us. Every tree tells a complete and ongoing story – from its powerful taproots to the birds that alight on its fragile high branches. Like us, trees fe...

Discover some of the world's most awe-inspiring and holy places, from Stonehenge to Uluru, and Walden Pond to Angkor Wat.Humans have always searched for and created meaning in the world around them, whether in breathtakingly stunning natural features and phenomena, acknowledging the ancient home of a particular faith or movement, or honouring the location of a significant event. In this beautifully illustrated guide, Alice Peck discusses what makes a place spiritua...

Discover some of the world's most AWE-INSPIRING and HOLY places, from Stonehenge to Uluru, and Easter Island to Angkor Wat. Explore ancient homes of DIFFERENT FAITHS, breathtaking places of NATURAL BEAUTY and MYSTERIOUS AND MAGICAL locations. If you're trying to limit your carbon footprint, each destination is accompanied by a MEDITATION, PRAYER or QUOTATION to help you connect to the spirit of it FROM YOUR OWN HOME. Take yourself on a journey through the world's most awe-inspiring and hol...

Follow the story of the past 110 years of genocide, the harrowing stories of its heroes as told by a man who created a modern early warning system. Staffed by a group of twenty-something year olds, the story of genocide prevention continues through the work of the Center for the Prevention of Genocide. For four years the underfunded group of young professionals successfully predicted, intervened and prevented genocide, massacres and starvation around the world. Theirs is also a harrowing s...

Consuming Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century aims to bring together detailed analyses of the cultural myths, or fictions, of consumption that have shaped discourses on consumer practices from the eighteenth century onwards. Individual essays provide an excitingly diverse range of perspectives, including musicology, philosophy, history, and art history, cultural and postcolonial studies as well as the study of literature in English, French, and German. The broad scope of this c...

From the Porch to the Page: A Guidebook for the Writing Life is Charlene L. Edge's most recent book-a delightful multi-genre collection with something for every reader and writer.Edge's prose is crisp and to-the-point, her voice discerning yet collegial, speaking friend-to-friend, as she shares stories, realizations, and moments of beauty. At the heart of the collection are more than thirty short essays, containing insights into the writing craft, practical exercises, mark...

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, musical, and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear “Richard Diamond, Private...

**2013 Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) Award for Best Book Relating to the New TestamentFrank Moore Cross Award, American Schools of Oriental Research (2013)**Apocalypticism is not a peripheral topic in biblical studies. It represents the central, characteristic transformation of Hebrew thought in the period of the Second Temple. It therefore constituted the worldview of Jesus, Paul, and the earliest Christians, and it is the context in which the New Testament books were...