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A short, uplifting account of hope and healing by the author of Adventures in Human Being.

A system for teaching how to draw that anyone can follow ... Used by thousands of students looking to improve their drawing skills.

In the past decades, the pressure to perfect and design our bodies has been unprecedented. Men are encouraged to surgically pump up their pecs, breast enhancement is a sweet sixteen birthday present in the suburbs of America. This book raises the fundamental questions about how we arrived here and proposes a fresh theory on how we became embodied.

Combining the Chinese lunar calendar with astrology, 'The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes' outlines how your animal sign will affect your future (in relationships, work and life) from 2019 to 2024.

The searing sequel to Chris Kraus's bestselling cult classic I Love Dick.

A haunting love story between a young Israeli translator and a Palestinian painter.

This UFO classic and the basis for the cult film starring Christopher Walken, Communion is one of the most thought-provoking books of the twentieth-century.

One of Laszlo Krasznahorkai's finest novels available in stunning redesigned paperback.

A new cover edition of this classic business bestseller, ranked in a poll by Bloomsbury Publishing as 'the greatest business book of all time'.

The stuffy conventions of the nineteenth century are receding into the past, and 1913 heralds a new age of unlimited possibility. Yet everywhere there is the premonition of ruin - the number 13 is omnipresent, and artists take the omen and act as if there were no tomorrow. This book tells the story of the year that shaped the last century.

Examines seventeen groundbreaking equations that have altered the course of human history. This book explores how Pythagoras' Theorem led to GPS and SatNav; how logarithms are applied in architecture; why imaginary numbers were important in the development of the digital camera, and what is really going on with Schrodinger's cat.

The author takes on contemporary 'dating agency' conceptions of love that come complete with zero-risk insurance. He develops a new take on love that sees it as an adventure, and an opportunity for re-invention, in a constant exploration of otherness and difference that leads the individual out of an obsession with identity and self.

Perhaps one small flaw is the only thing that keeps you from where you want to be. This book states that people often do well in spite of certain habits rather than because of them - and need a 'to stop' list rather than what 'to do'. It intends to help global leaders overcome their unconscious annoying habits and become more successful.

Explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. This book discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections and examines the influence of money on modern medicine.

An important and unique primer for coaches and performers alike.

A meditation on the meaning of existence as well as a critical account of Buddhism, Essays in Zen Buddhism was the first book to fully introduce Zen in the West.