Body Mind & Spirit
At Home in Nature
Motivated variously by the desire to reject consumerism, to live closer to the earth, to embrace voluntary simplicity, or to discover a more spiritual path, homesteaders have made the radical decision to go "back to the land, " rejecting modern culture and amenities to live self-
From Genesis to Genetics
The clash between evolution and creationism is one of the most hotly contested topics in education today. This book, written by one of America's most distinguished science educators, provides essential background information on this difficult and important controversy.
Imagining Karma
With Imagining Karma, Gananath Obeyesekere embarks on the very first comparison of rebirth concepts across a wide range of cultures.
The Way Things Are
Where can we find what is ultimately meaningful? How can we discover what is truly worth knowing? In one form or another Huston Smith has been posing these questions to himself--and the world--all his life.
Avatar Bodies
Avatar Bodies develops a posthumanist vocabulary for human-to-human relationships that turns our capacities for devotion, personality, and pleasure.
Ghosts
Alice Rayner examines theatre as a memorial practice that is haunted by the presence of loss, looking at how aspects of stagecraft turn familiar elements into something uncanny.
Monster Theory
The contributors to Monster Theory consider beasts, demons, freaks and fiends as symbolic expressions of cultural unease that pervade a society and shape its collective behavior.
Vampire Lectures
Bela Lugosi may"”as the eighties gothic rock band Bauhaus sang"”be dead, but the vampire lives on.
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Hypertension
Known as the silent killer, hypertension is a truly deadly disease. There are no symptoms and most sufferers have absolutely no idea something is amiss. Since only 27% of sufferers are being successfully treated, that means 36 million Americans are ticking time bombs.
How to Calm Down
During a stressful day, does your blood pressure rise? Does your pulse rate hit 10 percent over normal? And does your breathing seem to stop? If you've answered yes to any of these questions, you desperately need HOW TO CALM DOWN.