What does a father owe a son and a son a father? How can a marriage survive adultery? Is pacifism feasible? Is fame any good? How much does winning matter? How do you shake a Soviet agent who's trying to ruin you and your family?

Before Gregory Wilkin finishes dealing with such questions, something unusual happens in his venturesome first novel, The Rabbit's Suffering Changes. It turns from biographical fiction, a kind of homage to Evelyn Waugh (Wilkin gives him a bit part), into something like gonzo journalism (a seeming homage to David Foster Wallace), both halves combining to tell the largely unknown true story of Bunny Austin, the last British man--until Murray in 2012--to play in the finals of Wimbledon. Bunny's plunge into obscurity in the late thirties, after reaching worldwide fame and marrying a famous actress, was something he chose himself, giving up his tennis career--just when he was finally the favorite to win Wimbledon--to work for an obscure interfaith NGO called Moral Re-Armament. Wilkin's novel brings the reader this experience of conversion, reaching out for a new level of honesty, for that's what Bunny did and that's what he hoped for from his loved ones, with dramatically mixed results.

"I was engrossed and enchanted by THE RABBIT'S SUFFERING CHANGES. I particularly loved the form, that restless shifting of perspective in an attemptto tease out the 'truth' about this complex man's complex life.I knew a little about him, but this book - straddling fact and fiction soartfully - brought me closer to an understanding of the man, not just thetennis player. A terrific read."

-Caryl Phillips, Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Best Book for A Distant Shore

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What does a father owe a son and a son a father? How can a marriage survive adultery? Is pacifism feasible? Is fame any good? How much does winning matter? How do you shake a Soviet agent who's trying to ruin you and your family?

Before Gregory Wilkin finishes dealing with such questions, something unusual happens in his venturesome first novel, The Rabbit's Suffering Changes. It turns from biographical fiction, a kind of homage to Evelyn Waugh (Wilkin gives him a bit part), into something like gonzo journalism (a seeming homage to David Foster Wallace), both halves combining to tell the largely unknown true story of Bunny Austin, the last British man--until Murray in 2012--to play in the finals of Wimbledon. Bunny's plunge into obscurity in the late thirties, after reaching worldwide fame and marrying a famous actress, was something he chose himself, giving up his tennis career--just when he was finally the favorite to win Wimbledon--to work for an obscure interfaith NGO called Moral Re-Armament. Wilkin's novel brings the reader this experience of conversion, reaching out for a new level of honesty, for that's what Bunny did and that's what he hoped for from his loved ones, with dramatically mixed results.

"I was engrossed and enchanted by THE RABBIT'S SUFFERING CHANGES. I particularly loved the form, that restless shifting of perspective in an attemptto tease out the 'truth' about this complex man's complex life.I knew a little about him, but this book - straddling fact and fiction soartfully - brought me closer to an understanding of the man, not just thetennis player. A terrific read."

-Caryl Phillips, Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Best Book for A Distant Shore

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Know thyself. Nothing too much. Give a pledge, or give security, and trouble is at hand. In this one book are all the important writings about the Delphic Maxims from their first appearance in literature until the present time. These thoughts have influenced literature and the development of humanity in all ages. Discover the wisdom of the oracle at Delphi and how these eternal truths can help you.

Know thyself. Nothing too much. Give a pledge, or give security, and trouble is at hand. In this one book are all the important writings about the Delphic Maxims from their first appearance in literature until the present time. These thoughts have influenced literature and the development of humanity in all ages. Discover the wisdom of the oracle at Delphi and how these eternal truths can help you.

Know thyself. Nothing too much. Give a pledge, or give security, and trouble is at hand. In this one book are all the important writings about the Delphic Maxims from their first appearance in literature until the present time. These thoughts have influenced literature and the development of humanity in all ages. Discover the wisdom of the oracle at Delphi and how these eternal truths can help you.

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"Biophilia" is the term coined by Edward O. Wilson to describe what he believes is humanity's innate affinity for the natural world. In his landmark book "Biophilia," he examined how our tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes might be a biologically based need, integral to our development as individuals and as a species. That idea has caught the imagination of diverse thinkers."The Biophilia Hypothesis" brings together the views of some of the most creative scientists of our time, each attempting to amplify and refine the concept of biophilia. The variety of perspectives -- psychological, biological, cultural, symbolic, and aesthetic -- frame the theoretical issues by presenting empirical evidence that supports or refutes the hypothesis. Numerous examples illustrate the idea that biophilia and its converse, biophobia, have a genetic component: fear, and even full-blown phobias of snakes and spiders are quick to develop with very little negative reinforcement, while more threatening modern artifacts -- knives, guns, automobiles -- rarely elicit such a response people find trees that are climbable and have a broad, umbrella-like canopy more attractive than trees without these characteristics people would rather look at water, green vegetation, or flowers than built structures of glass and concrete The biophilia hypothesis, if substantiated, provides a powerful argument for the conservation of biological diversity. More important, it implies serious consequences for our well-being as society becomes further estranged from the natural world. Relentless environmental destruction could have a significant impact on our quality of life, not just materially but psychologically and evenspiritually.