The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View Richard Tarnas "[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'West's mainstream...

Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood Read Janet and Chris Attwood's posts on the Penguin blog.The life-transforming New York Times bestseller.Can a simple test change a person’s life? Through their New York Times bestseller The...

Author: Danya Ruttenberg Edited by Danya Ruttenberg In this unique collection of essays, some of today's smartest Jewish thinkers explore a broad range of fundamental questions in an effort to...

Tessa Hadley'Few writers give me such consistent pleasure' Zadie SmithFour siblings meet up in their grandparents’ old house for three long, hot summer weeks. But under the idyllic surface lie...

Christabel BielenbergChristabel Bielenberg, a niece of Lord Northcliffe, married a German lawyer in 1934. She lived through the war in Germany, as a German citizen, under the horrors of Nazi...

Jenni Wright All you need to know about the world's best-loved ingredient with every kind of recipe. January 1, 2001 by Barnes and Noble

Allison OfananskyAs a child, David watches his grandfather, a Torah scribe or sofer, finish a Torah scroll for the synagogue. A Torah is not something to be thrown away, his...

Marcia PragerEnrich your spiritual practice with a deeper understanding of Hebrew blessing.A Hebrew blessing is a powerful thing--a short, deeply meditative exercise exploring the nature of God and the dynamic...

Rav Michael Laitman PhD Kabbalists state that there is no reality at all, but something called His Essence, the Upper Force, and this is what we perceive as our world....

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupādaIn this collection of historic talks on the yoga process set forth by Lord Sri Krsna in the Sixth and Eighth Chapters of the Bhagavad-Gita, Srila Prabhupada...

Moshe Chaim Luzzatto   Of the many works of Rabbi Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto, Mesillat Yesharim stands out as his magnum opus. Ever since it was first published in 1740 in...

Michael PalmerNeurosurgeon Jessie Copeland works at the very frontier of neurosurgery, developing technology that could revolutionize the treatment of brain tumors. But her work brings her to the attention of...