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Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history -- Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche -- he addresses lack of money, the pain of love, inadequa...

"This is an anthology of writing about what it is really like to grow up Asian-Australian. Including contributions from established writers, public figures and exciting new talents, this diverse and unpredictable collection throws out the cliches and takes readers behind the stereotypes" -- Provi...

Everyone's favorite astrology book now includes a link that will enable you to download software to create your own chart! This edition of The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need still includes detailed information about how to cast your own chart the old-fashioned way and how to interpret it on...

Explains the five books of the Torah -- the most revered text in Judaism -- and includes sections on using it as a guide to daily living, creating a Torah scroll, and the two versions of the Ten Commandments.

Suspense fiction. War stories. The mysterious world of elite combat units blown wide open. Find out how elite teams prepare for Close Quarter Battle. Discover how they launch assaults against pirate boats. Learn the secrets to directing air attack against a key intelligence target. Read how units...

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GENERAL. AUSTRALIAN. Blood is thicker than water, inside the world's most infamous surf gang. Life was never destined to be a smooth ride for the Abberton brothers.The four boys, all born to different fathers, grew up on Sydney's Maroubra beach at a time when the place ...

PUBLIC SPEAKING / ELOCUTION. Do you want to be more persuasive? Do you want to have confidence speaking in public? Do you want people to take you more seriously? Do you want to enthuse your listeners? Communication is the key to opening every door in life, from one-on-one conversations to speakin...

Everyone has a story to tell, knowledge to impart, experiences to share. The convenience of a PC has turned so many people into writers and inspired even more with the dream of becoming an author. Whether you are in the writing business to make money, to satisfy that inner voice or nurture the cr...

"Sydney will never be the same. In August 2000 a gang of rapists lured 12 victims from train stations and via the internet in a series of planned attacks. One 16-year-old was staked to the ground by a dozen men and raped repeatedly. Another young teenager was assaulted by 14 men up to 25 times at...

An accessible account of philosophical concepts, theories and key thinkers with an emphasis on recent developments in the field. Containing over 300 entries, the terms are ordered alphabetically and cross referenced for ease of use. Suggestions for further reading follow the explanations, encoura...

Leadership, Burns's pioneering study, introduces the highly influential theory of "transformational leadership," stating that the best leaders are those who inspire others to come together toward the achievement of higher aims. Featuring fascinating case studies drawn from history, this is the cl...

From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman, placing them in historical context. With over a million copies already sold, this revise...

ZEN BUDDHISM. 40th anniversary edition. "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few." So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line of Shunryu ...

REFERENCE. This book will transport you to the most stunning places in the world. Extensive descriptions and fascinating photographs capture the magic of stunning natural wonders and impressive constructions.

Subject: Fine tea leaves and resplendent utensils are only two elements of what is a dynamic process to fully enjoy tea. However, without skill in steeping tea, without a suitable environment to drink tea, without good spring water, without proper fire to boil water, without an understanding of t...

This is a history of the King James Version of the Bible (known in Britain as the Authorised Version) over the four hundred years from its remote beginnings to the present day. Gordon Campbell, expert in Renaissance literatures, tells the fascinating and complex story of how this translation came...

Offers the author's insights into friendship, love, and survival in this guide to awakening to the joy of life.

Inspired by the well-known Australian song 'From little things big things grow' by Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly, the class 5 and 6 children of the Edmund Rice Primary School in Deleco, East Timor, have retold the story of their school growing from small beginnings, with problems along the way, to b...

Have you ever wondered if there is there life after death? If so, where do people go when they die? Whether it's possible to keep in contact with your loved ones after they die? And are they able to help you? Will you meet them again? There Are No Goodbyes provides answers and comfort for all of ...

Let How to Behave teach you the intricacies of: Road Rage Survival, Airplane Seating Etiquette, Facebook Manners, Shopping Cart Navigation, Polite E-mail Practices, Crowded Elevator Propriety, Office Cubicle Courtesy, Online Dating Decorum. From the grocery store to the workplace, from standing i...

LITERARY STUDIES: GENERAL. In Other Worlds: Science Fiction and the Human Imagination is Margaret Atwood's account of her rela-tionship with the literary form we have come to know as science fiction. This relationship has been lifelong, stretching from her days as a child reader in the 1940s thro...

RELIGION & BELIEFS. This revised and expanded edition of The Making of the New Testament is a fascinatingly detailed introduction to the origin, collection, copying and canonizing of the New Testament documents. Here Arthur Patzia explains how biblical scholars have studied the trail of clues and...

"Merchants of Doubt " tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades that link smoking to lun...

"Right now, more than a hundred thousand ambulance medics across the planet are responding to emergencies. They are scrambling under crashed cars, carrying the sick down flights of stairs, scooping up body parts adfter bombings and stemming the blood-flow of gunshot victims in seedy back alleys. ...

"The Power of now" has proved to be one of the greatest spiritual books written in recent times. It contains a power that goes beyond words, and it can lead us to a much quieter place beyond our thoughts, a place where our thought-created problems dissolve, and we discover what it means to create...

Many of us have questions about the passage of life and often wonder what happens when we die. In this amazingly insightful book by medium/clairvoyant Lisa Williams, evidence of the afterlife is explored. Through various channels such as meditation, psychic readings, communication with her Spirit...

In 50 compelling essays, young people from a wide range of backgrounds reflect on how words from literature connect with and influence their lives, goals, and personal philosophies. Essays explore character building topics including suffering the death of a parent, facing a life-threatening illne...

For everyone who has been enchanted by children's picture books and is inspired to create their own, this step-by-step guide to writing, illustrating and publishing a children's picture book provides everything you ever needed to know in a down-to-earth commonsense style as well as providing Hot ...