A landmark new translation and editionWritten almost two millennia ago, Patañjali's work focuses on how to attain the direct experience and realization of the purusa: the innermost individual self, or soul. As the classical treatise on the Hindu understanding of mind and consciousness and on the technique of meditation, it has exerted immense influence over the religious practices of Hinduism in India and, more recently, in the West.Edwin F. Bryant...

Welcome to Grosvenor Ranch, where this rough and rugged cowboy is about to discover everything he’s ever wanted . . . in one cute, curvy, and totally off-limits package.Beau Black is ready to take the reins of the Grosvenor Black Cattle Ranch. A man of few words and many responsibilities, it’s his job as the eldest son to hold on to the family legacy for his two brothers while raising his four-year-old twins. Alone. Carrying the guilt and grief of his failed relati...

Edwin Morgan is best remembered as Scotland’s foremost national poet, a bold, lyric voice who shaped conversations around queerness, politics and post-war life. But Morgan was also a restless experimenter working far beyond traditional verse. This book brings together, for the first time, the full range of his visual and sound poetry – from vibrant poster poems and surrealist collages to concrete poetry, cut-ups and poem-sculptures. It reveals Morgan as a major figure in twentieth-century ...

Six giants of English and American comic fiction share the stage in this collection: Jonathan Swift's biting satire, Jane Austen's social wit, Charles Dickens's gallery of eccentrics, Mark Twain's dry American humor, Jerome K. Jerome's beloved comic timing, and Edwin Abbott's flat, delightful satire come together in ten stories built to make you laugh out loud. From drawing-room comedy to absurdist adventure, this anthology proves classic literature can be every bit as funny as it is endur...

Step into a world where wit, absurdity, romance, and laughter take center stage. 10 Masterpieces of Comedy Vol. 1 brings together a selection of classic comic works from celebrated authors, offering readers an entertaining journey through some of the most memorable humor in literature. From sharp social satire and clever wordplay to ridiculous misunderstandings, eccentric characters, romantic complications, and comic adventures, these works demonstrate the remarkable variety of literary co...

Do you ever take the time to actually look around you at God's creation? His hand is on the hills, valleys, streams, rivers, waterfalls, canyons, animals, plants and people that He created. Edwin Croyle has been captivated by God's creation for many years and God gave him the opportunity to combine his interest in photography with his love for God and appreciation for His creation. Edwin has been photographing the beauty around him for over seventy-five years and he has written between 900...

An evergreen science fiction classic, Edwin A. Abbott’s Flatland presents an alternate vision of society rendered completely in two dimensions.In the titular Flatland, women are line segments and men are polygons with various side lengths and angles. Even in such a simple world, social hierarchies and inequality persist. Social status is determined by a man’s regularity of shape and their number of sides. Women, as line segments, are considered dangerous b...

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator follows a brilliant, reckless trader through the feverish world of Wall Street, tracing his rise, ruin, and repeated attempts to master the market. Inspired by Jesse Livermore, the narrator moves from bucket shops to legitimate brokerage houses, learning that the rules of speculation change with the venue and that instinct alone cannot beat a system built on delay, manipulation, and human weakness. Along the way, he exposes the cynical machinery of stock t...

If Ephesians 4:4-6 is part of the inspired word of God, which one is that 'one' baptism of the Bible, and what are the implications for those not baptized by that baptism? Will they also go to heaven in view of what Jesus says in John 3:3-5? In Romans 6:3-4, we are told we are buried with Jesus through baptism. Does the blood of Jesus also work for people who have not been baptized by this 'one' baptism or are they worshipping and praying in vain?As a trained professional auditor, ...

Why the Past Can Still Feel PresentYou may know that a painful event is over and still find your body, emotions, or expectations reacting as if the old danger is close. A criticism can feel larger than the moment. A disagreement can awaken fear, shame, or the urge to withdraw. Logic says one thing, while an older emotional pattern says another.What This Book Helps You UnderstandMemory Reconsolidation Made Simple explains ho...

THE GARRUBBO GUIDE is a lovingly curated comprehensive reference book to Italian food, wine, and culture. It can be a handy kitchen guide or a detailed immersion into to the adventure of Italian food and culture through the ast 3,000 years.The book everything you need to know about the most popular Italian foods, from bread and olive oil, to prosciutto and mozzarella, to panini, pizza, and pasta . . . all the way to gelato, espresso, and sambuca! The comprehensive chapter on wine si...

The most emotionally challenging thing for me over the past eight years actually has been national politics. My deteriorating physical condition has deprived me of most of the typical distractions, so the "news" has been hard to avoid. The political situation has caused me to reexamine repeatedly and intensely my values, beliefs and feelings. I have tried and tried to understand what has been happening and why.So, I write about losses and losing as a way to cope. As set out in the ...