"When we engage in a daily relationship with angels, our lives become filled with a vast array of heavenly sparks that inform us of the divinity within even the most mundane activities … Come and see for yourself how to invoke angels, and discover a new way to experience your world."—Rabbi David A. CooperHave you ever experienced something so extraordinary as to leave you wondering whether some higher power or force were responsible? "We do not need to sit and wait for the finger o...

Kabbalah—the secret is out! From Madonna's controversial conversion to the Dalai Lama's acknowledgment and support, this mystical tradition is gaining unprecedented recognition. But how do we put this powerful and esoteric worldview into practice?With The Ecstatic Kabbalah, Rabbi David Cooper—author of bestseller God Is a Verb (Riverhead, 1998) and a renowned leader of the Jewish meditation movement—provides practical exercises on the path toward "mending the sou...

A spiritual memoir by the author of  God Is a Verb."This book is a treasure map, but not like any you have seen before. Most people believe that the object of a treasure hunt is to find a chest of gold. The mystical approach, however, is that the search itself is the treasure…. Here is an invitation to begin an exploration of the treasure fields of your own mind…the most exciting and rewarding adventure you will ever take."from the IntroductionHere is an insiders look at a...

Barely days after recruitment consultant Karen Rutherford's right hand man suddenly quits, she is horrified to discover the theft of her database and an underhand campaign to entice her clients away and destroy her business. Anger turns to disbelief when immediate legal redress fails. Her livelihood threatened to the core, she finds herself locked into a courtroom battle escalating into bitter conflict when a fraught episode from her private life pours oil on already troubled waters.

The story of our evolutionary past is told in our genome sequence. Human Gene Evolution deals with the origins of human genes, describes their structure, function, organisation and expression. The text integrates our emerging knowledge of chromosome and genome structure, and discusses the nature of the mutational mechanisms underlying evolutionary change.

To nourish your spiritual self you need “rest” from your hectic life. This book shows you how to do it.“Renew the soul and your perspective of daily life will completely change. It is simply a matter of taking time, slowing down, shifting mundane consciousness into realms of higher insight and giving yourself the gift of reflection and contemplation.”—from the IntroductionWhile broad interest in Jewish meditation is a relatively new phenomenon, medit...

Good news: God's redemptive plan is unfolding in the end times· accessible, down-to-earth explanation of what the Bible actually says about Christ's return and current events· replace fear with peace and hope· understand that the destiny of our world is not termination but transformationWe live in an unprecedented time, when biblical prophecies are being fulfilled before our very eyes! So why, as the return of Christ draws eve...

Not only is silence a great healer, but inner spiritual retreat can also provide life-changing insight into deeper spiritual truths. The ancient mystics looked to spiritual retreat as a way of cleansing the body and healing the soul. Silence, Simplicity & Solitude traces the path of the mystics and the practice of spiritual retreat in all the major faith traditions, sharing the common techniques and practices of the retreat experience and clearly instrucsts how to creat an effective, self-gui...

Meaning is one of our most central and most ubiquitous concepts. Anything at all may, in suitable contexts, have meaning ascribed to it. In this wide-ranging book, David Cooper departs from the usual focus on linguistic meaning to discuss how works of art, ceremony, social action, bodily gesture, and the purpose of life can all be meaningful. He argues that the notion of meaning is best approached by considering what we accept as explanations of meaning in everyday practice and shows that ...

“In Bridge Over the River Why, the Coopers have succeeded in a dual task documenting their own journey through the grief of losing their son Eli by suicide, while at the same time providing a valuable resource for anyone who has had to face the same terrible tragedy. They start with the premise that “doing and feeling” are the key components of moving forward and have a core message to deliver: “as bereaved parents, we want you to know this is survivable”.This short book blends the...

Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education looks at fifty of the twentieth century's most significant contributors to the debate on education. Among those included are:* Pierre Bourdieu* Elliot Eisner* Hans J. Eysenck* Michel Focault* Henry Giroux* Jurgen Habermas* Susan Isaacs* A.S. Neill* Herbert Read* Simone Weill.Together with Fifty Major Thinkers on Educationthis book provides a unique history of ...

They were lovers. They were accomplices. Together, they became two of Britain's most notorious murderers.Ian Brady and Myra Hindley have become almost inseparable from the story of the Moors Murders. Yet behind the crimes was a disturbing relationship built on attraction, obsession, manipulation and violence.What drew Myra Hindley to Ian Brady? How did their relationship develop from romance into something far darker? And how did two seemingly ordinary people become involve...