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*OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE* Bestselling author and
'Guru of calm', Paul Wilson, has written the ultimate pocket-sized
guide to harnessing daily calm and serenity in your life. How can
we find calm during life's most difficult moments? Carry the
bestselling The Little Book of Calm with you wherever you go for
comfort and practical advice. This book is the perfect antidote to
a global stress epidemic. If you can feel your stress or anxiety
levels increasing and are searching for a way to regain balance,
this book is the pocket guide to turn to in times of need. Paul
Wilson's expert advice is guaranteed to help you rediscover a sense
of calm even in the most difficult moments. Providing accessible
advice, tips and inspirational thoughts, such as: * Sip a
peppermint herbal tea to find calm * Be captivated by your breath
and discover peace * Seek the best in everything - people and
situations * Concentrate on the present, worry when the time comes
* Pretend you're human and leave it to others to be perfect The
Little Book of Calm is designed to always be by your side to help
you steal moments of peace and tranquillity - open on any page, at
any time, in any place. __________________________ 'His mixture of
traditional meditation, alternative therapy, positive thinking and
common sense has not only enabled him to maintain an impressive
degree of calm but has persuaded millions to buy into his
philosophy' Financial Times
"Something is murdering my men."
Thus reads the message received from a Nazi commander stationed in
a small castle high in the remote Transylvanian Alps. Invisible and
silent, the enemy selects one victim per night, leaving the
bloodless and mutilated corpses behind to terrify its future
victims.
When an elite SS extermination squad is dispatched to solve the
problem, the men find something that's both powerful and
terrifying. Panicked, the Nazis bring in a local expert on
folklore--who just happens to be Jewish--to shed some light on the
mysterious happenings. And unbeknownst to anyone, there is another
visitor on his way--a man who awoke from a nightmare and
immediately set out to meet his destiny.
The battle has begun: On one side, the ultimate evil created by
man, and on the other...the unthinkable, unstoppable, unknowing
terror that man has inevitably awakened
In a comic masterpiece following the misadventures of a simple but
hugely ambitious waiter in pre-World War II Prague, who rises to
wealth only to lose everything with the onset of Communism, Bohumil
Hrabal takes us on a tremendously funny and satirical trip through
20th-century Czechoslovakia.
First published in 1971 in a typewritten edition, then finally
printed in book form in 1989, "I Served the King of England" is "an
extraordinary and subtly tragicomic novel" ("The New York Times"),
telling the tale of Ditie, a hugely ambitious but simple waiter in
a deluxe Prague hotel in the years before World War II. Ditie is
called upon to serve not the King of England, but Haile Selassie.
It is one of the great moments in his life. Eventually, he falls in
love with a Nazi woman athlete as the Germans are invading
Czechoslovakia. After the war, through the sale of valuable stamps
confiscated from the Jews, he reaches the heights of his ambition,
building a hotel. He becomes a millionaire, but with the
institution of communism, he loses everything and is sent to
inspect mountain roads. Living in dreary circumstances, Ditie comes
to terms with the inevitability of his death, and with his place in
history.
For nearly two decades, the US and its allies have prosecuted
war and aggression in Iraq. "Erasing Iraq "shows in unparalleled
detail the devastating human cost.
Western governments and the mainstream media continue to ignore
or play down the human costs of the war on Iraqi citizens This has
allowed them to present their role as the benign guardians of Iraqi
interests. The authors deconstruct this narrative by presenting a
portrait of the total carnage in Iraq today as told by Iraqis and
other witnesses who experienced it first hand.
Featuring in-depth interviews with Iraqi refugees in Syria,
Jordan and from Western countries, ""Erasing Iraq ""is a
comprehensive and moving account of the Iraqi people's tragedy.
This volume of intellectual biography takes the Italian economist,
sociologist, political scientist Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) from
his disillusionment with liberal and pacifist activism, to the
original development of pure economics and the composition of his
Treatise on General Sociology and the test of this latter on the
war and post-war events.
This volume of intellectual biography takes the Italian economist,
sociologist, political scientist Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) from
his disillusionment with liberal and pacifist activism, to the
original development of pure economics and the composition of his
Treatise on General Sociology and the test of this latter on the
war and post-war events.
A New York Times Notable Book and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of
the Year, Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light is the story
of Pavel, once a promising, award-winning documentary filmmaker,
forced to survive under communism by working as a cameraman for the
state-run television station. Now middle-aged, he dreams of one day
making a film -- a searing portrait of his times that the
authorities would never allow. When the communist regime collapses,
Pavel is unprepared for the new world of supposedly unlimited
freedom, unable to make the film he has always wanted to make.
Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light is a powerful,
important novel about the struggle between the ideal and the
temptations of freedom.
This three volume series of intellectual biography considers the
life, work and impact on economic, social and political theory of
the Italian economist, sociologist and political scientist Vilfredo
Pareto (1848-1923). This volume covers the period starting from his
childhood up to his early political activism, amateur journalism
and initial scholarly contributions. His pre-Lausanne years are
often neglected by students of Pareto, but form the intellectual
and biographical background to his later contributions to economic,
social and political theory.
This three volume series of intellectual biography considers the
life, work and impact on economic, social and political theory of
the Italian economist, sociologist and political scientist Vilfredo
Pareto (1848-1923). This volume covers the period starting from his
childhood up to his early political activism, amateur journalism
and initial scholarly contributions. His pre-Lausanne years are
often neglected by students of Pareto, but form the intellectual
and biographical background to his later contributions to economic,
social and political theory.
Introduces an approach to improved communication between parts of
an organization departments within a company, or different
companies involved in a single process that combines the principles
and applications of group processes with the enabling technologies
of computer networking and the associate
This three volume series of intellectual biography considers the
life, work and impact on economic, social and political theory of
the Italian economist, sociologist and political scientist Vilfredo
Pareto (1848-1923). This second volume follows Pareto from his time
teaching at Lausanne to the juncture in his life where he first
began to make theoretical contributions of his own. Mornati
considers Pareto's work on pure economics, general equilibrium,
welfare economics and the economic case for socialism, as well as
his critical observations of Italian and Swiss public policy.
A team of experts in each of the ten major Pulp genres, from action
Pulps to spicy Pulps and more, chart for the first time the
complete history of Pulp magazines-the stories and their writers,
the graphics and their artists, and, of course, the publishers,
their market, and readers. Each chapter in the book, which is
illustrated with more than 400 examples of the best Pulp graphics
(many from the Editors' collections-among the world's largest) is
organized in a clear and accessible way, starting with an
introductory overview of the genre, followed by a selection of the
best covers and interior graphics, organized chronologically
through the chapter. All images are fully captioned (many are in
essence "nutshell" histories in themselves). Two special features
in each chapter focus on topics of particular interest (such as
extended profiles of Daisy Bacon, Pulp author and editor of Love
Story, the hugely successful romance Pulp, and of Harry Steeger,
co-founder of Popular Publications in 1930 and originator of the
"Shudder Pulp" genre). With an overall Introduction on "The Birth
of the Pulps" by Doug Ellis, and with two additional chapters
focusing on the great Pulp writers and the great Pulp artists, The
Art of the Pulps covers every aspect of this fascinating genre; it
is the first definitive visual history of the Pulps.
Vaclav Havel is one of the most important European writers of our
time. In 1979 he was sentenced to four and a half years of hard
labour for his involvement in the Czech human rights movement,
Charter 77. In prison he was allowed to write to his wife, Olga,
once a week. He used the opportunity for profound reflections, on
theatre, society and philosophy. These letters form a remarkable
document, and a work of lasting value. 'From Havel, we learn that
the true heroes of our time are those who stay the course.' Bruce
Chatwin
Money has the power to make nations and fuel wars. It is both the
subject of diplomacy and the tool of those seeking to overthrow
hostile regimes at home and abroad. Germany's hyperinflation
following the First World War has entered the public consciousness
as an extreme example of what can happen to a currency in conflict.
What is not widely known is that it is by no means the worst case
of war-induced hyperinflation. Hostile Money looks at the impact of
war and revolution on national currencies - from Rome's civil war
in the first century BC to the twenty-first-century invasions of
Afghanistan and Iraq by American-led forces and the economic
sanctions and cyberwarfare of today.
Since 1994, as the ruling party in South Africa, the ANC have
become synonymous with and indivisible from the fight against
apartheid rule. This has left little space for competing accounts,
visions, and political projects to find their appropriate place in
the historical narrative. In this innovative book, Toivo Asheeke
moves beyond these well-trodden histories, to tell the previously
neglected story of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), a
militant revolutionary nationalist wing of the anti-colonial
struggle. Using archival sources from four countries and interviews
with former veterans of the movement, Asheeke explores the BCM's
engagement with guerrilla warfare, community feminism and Black
Internationalism. Uncovering the personal and political histories
of those who have previously received scant scholarly attention,
Asheeke both illuminates the history of Africa's decolonization
struggle and that of the wider Cold War.
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The Touch (Paperback)
F. Paul Wilson
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R621
R530
Discovery Miles 5 300
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Suddenly, a family physician can heal any illness with a simple
touch
After a dozen years of practicing medicine as a family physician,
Dr. Alan Bulmer discovers one day that he can cure any illness with
the mere touch of his hand. At first his scientific nature refuses
to accept what is happening to him, but there is no rational
explanation to be found. So Alan gives himself over to this
mysterious power, reveling in the ability to cure the incurable, to
give hope to the hopeless--for one hour each day.
Although he tries to hide his power, word inevitably leaks out, and
soon Alan's life begins to unravel. His marriage and his practice
crumble. Only rich, beautiful, enigmatic Sylvia Nash stands by him.
And standing with her is Ba, her Vietnamese gardener, who once
witnessed a power such as Dr. Bulmer's in his homeland, where it is
called Dat-tay-vao. And the Dat-tay-vao always comes with a price.
Help arrives from an unexpected quarter--Senator James McCready
offers the use of his family's medical foundation to investigate
Alan's supposed power. If it truly exists, he will back Alan with
the full weight of the Foundation's international reputation.
Feeling that he has reached bottom and that things can only get
better, Alan accepts McCready's offer. But he has only begun to
pay.
A sucker is still born every minute. In this modern and
interconnected world, con-men are lurking everywhere - it's never
been easier for them to dupe us, take from us, and infiltrate our
lives. One of the world's leading and celebrated experts on
con-games takes the reader through the history of cons, how they've
been updated to the modern age, how they work, how to spot them,
and how to protect yourself from being the victim of one.R. Paul
Wilson is a con-man who works for the other side - our side. He has
spent a lifetime learning, performing, studying, and teaching about
the ins and outs of the con world in order to open up our eyes to
the dangers lurking about us - and to show us how not to get taken.
Paul has never made a living as a con-man, profiting off of marks -
he has used his expertise throughout his life to help people avoid
cons.In this fascinating book, Paul takes the reader through the
history and developments of the con game, what elements from the
past are based on basic human psychology and have stood the test of
time, what has been updated for the modern era and how it's getting
used in the computer age, the structure of how these cons work, and
- most importantly - how to recognize one, protect yourself and
your loved ones, and avoid becoming just another sucker.
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Rx Mayhem (Paperback)
F. Paul Wilson, Nina Abbott
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R385
Discovery Miles 3 850
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