Synopsis: This is my third book of original poetry. My first book, GIFTS, was published seventeen years ago in 2007. My second one, REGIFTS, was published eight years ago in 2016. As I said then, I seldom (if ever) sit down to write a poem intentionally. Poems come to me out of the blue-like presents in the mail from far-off friends. I can edit and polish them, re-wrapping and refining the original idea, but the real source of inspiration is always a mysterious g...

You hold in your hand my fourth book of original poems. There are about one hundred poems in total, with subjects ranging from physics to philosophy, mathematics to religion, and politics to my views on the state of the world. There are poems with baking recipes and others about living in the age of COVID. There are poems about psychology and how Super Glue was invented. There is a poem about the many miracles involved in making a wooden pencil, and another about the likelihood of finding ...

The poems in this book came to me as gifts, and I am passing them on to you as my gift. As I've said in my previous two books, I find it almost impossible to just sit down and write a poem or a song - and I greatly admire those who have this talent. My poems seem to grow organically and just appear when they are ready and I am receptive.I first started to write poetry while in college, in addition to obtaining graduate degrees in Physics and Computer Science. Attending school in th...

I seldom (if ever) sit down to write a poem intentionally. Poems come to me out of the blue - like presents in the mail from far-off friends. I can edit and polish them, rewrapping and refining the original idea, but the real source of the inspiration is always a mysterious gift. Sometimes it comes from interactions with friends and family, other times from my religious or musical families. Sometimes it comes during trips to far-off places, and other times during quiet moments. In this boo...

"You can't step in the same river twice.""Dogs bark at what they don't understand.""The doctor inflicts pain to cure suffering."The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for his brilliant and provocative sayings. Today, more than 2,500 years after they were written, his ideas about life, nature, and the cosmos remain as startlingly original as ever.In Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't Find It), Roger von Oech uses thirty of Heraclitus' e...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.We presently face a radical transition in Earth's history. "[W]e have already terminated the Cenozoic period of the geo-biological systems of the planet . . . . A renewal of life in some creative context requires that a new biological period come into being, a period when humans would dwell upon the Earth in a mutually enhancing manner...

Bisous is the first volume in the Jumbo Jones series, and it sure knows how to set the tone. This out-of-the-ordinary short story book displays beautiful art illustrations associated with the literature.In this particular case, readers can judge the book by its cover. Fantasy, fiction, science, and reality are all present here. Readers get to explore different subjects in this fantastical tale, but most interestingly—and here is the kicker—they will feel like they...

In 1990, the author handled and won a case in the High Courts of Justice in London, England. He then set about writing films, music and books.----His first book, published in the UK in 2009, concerned his theory of divine wisdom. This book addresses the issues concerned with independence in energy production in the United States.----For everyone who wants to be a winner, this book is for you: How to Win in the 21st Century and Win Well: Rule the Zeitgeist! The reader is the star of this wo...

An Amazon Best Book of the Year So Far 2024A Waterstones Best Book of 2024One of Prospect's Top Thinkers 2024'Utterly engrossing . . . Ambitious, accessible and important' James O'Brien'Consistently gripping - dazzling in its sweep and thrillingly brain-twisting in its arguments' Tom HollandA provocative new vision o...

Warning: You are about to read my utterly biggest secrets. Can I trust you? OK then. I’m Ella, and this is my diary. Ammy has started a Soccer Club for Girls Only and Ella is super excited to be part of it! She is on the club committee and dreams of being a striker and scoring all the goals. But then Ella discovers something that fills her with desperating despair. She can’t dribble, she can’t pass and she can’t kick a goal. Will she even be chosen for a team? Are Ella’s soccer dreams over...

**A Time Must-Read Book of 2024 • A Booklist Editors' Choice • A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2024"A rigorous, evocative, brilliant bow to life." —Terry Tempest Williams, author of Erosion: Essays of UndoingThis lucent anti-memoir from celebrated novelist Lydia Millet explores the pain and joy of being a parent, child, and human at a moment when the richness of the planet’s life is deeply threatened.**Across more tha...

A fact-filled, illustrated exhibit of four billion years of history in 133 objects—from Pangaea to ancient Rome to Dracula's home to the iPhone.This amazing book tells the story of our planet as you've never seen it before. The Mini Museum is a collection of treasures gathered from across space and time and shared by tens of thousands of people in more than 120 countries. Each item in the collection is inspired by a childhood dream of sharing all the wonders the uni...