The first edition, released in 1995, was lauded by seasonedpractitioners and beginners alike. And no wonder. While most of theearly English-language books on feng shui were dauntingly mysticalor relied on complex calculations or culturally specific designpractices, Feng Shui Made Easy took a more holistic approach,clearly explaining the fundamentals while guiding readers on aninner journey of understanding. Thoughtfully written and beautifully illustrated, the book isstructured around an “architecture of consciousness” that is reallythe inner landscape. The book explores each “house” of thebagua—the chart representing one’s journey through life;relationships with parents, loved ones, and community; creativity;spirituality; and connectedness to the source of life—and thesymbolism of the corresponding I Ching trigram. Feng Shui Made Easyhelps readers discover the nature of these connections, as well aslearn what obstructions must be removed to change fixed patterns ofbehavior and rest

In his brilliant long-awaited new book, Dr Brian Weiss revealshow our future lives can transform us in the present. We have alllived past lives. All of us will live future ones. What we do inthis life will influence our lives to come as we evolve towardsimmortality. In this new book, the bestselling author of ManyLives, Many Masters, has not only regressed his patients into thepast, but also progressed them into the future. He has discoveredthat our futures are variable - the choices we make now willdetermine the quality of our life when we return. For the firsttime, Dr Brian Weiss takes patients into the future in aresponsible, healing way. Using dozens of case histories, Dr Weissdemonstrates the therapeutic benefits of progression therapy tobring patients more peace, joy and healing, just as he has shownthat journeys into our past lives can cure physical or emotionalwounds in the present.

While in the service of India’s Nizam of Hyderabad, MarmadukePickthall converted to Islam and, with the help of Muslimtheologians and linguists, produced this clear and lovingly preciseEnglish interpretation of the Holy Koran. His work is honored bybeliever and non-believer alike for its unique combination ofpiety, scholarly rigor in its translation and explanatory notes,and deep feeling for the poetic beauty and moral grandeur of itsArabic original.

The I Ching (pronounced ee-ching) is the oldest and mostrespected oracle or divinatory system in the world. There arecurrently two translations available which offer somewhatconflicting interpretations - the popular Confucian version and anearlier Taoist version called Zhouyi. Reconstructed bytwentieth-century scholars and archaeologists, Zhouyi presents thehighly imaginative world of myth and ritual that is the hidden baseof thousands of years of Eastern thought. Now, for the first timeever, Stephen Karcher fuses these two traditions using modernscholarship and archaeological and linguistic research, along witha wide background in Eastern philosophy and comparative religion,and presents them to the modern Western reader in a comprehensiveand accessible new form. TOTAL I CHING is a complete oracle withinstruction for immediate use in all life situations, but is alsothe first translation to detail the mythology of the divinatorysystem, offering a revolutionary new approach to the world's oldestwisdom tr

No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstoodas Islam. It haunts the popular imagination as an extreme faiththat promotes terrorism, authoritarian government, femaleoppression, and civil war. In a vital revision of this narrow viewof Islam and a distillation of years of thinking and writing aboutthe subject, Karen Armstrong’s short history demonstrates that theworld’s fastest-growing faith is a much more complex phenomenonthan its modern fundamentalist strain might suggest.

A journey through the ecclesiastical year with Christianitysmost eloquent and inspiring spokesman. A potent anthology (LosAngeles Times). Edited and with a Preface by Walter Hooper.

Discover Exciting New Ways to Manage Lupus Now you can take control of lupus and begin living a healthier,better life—today! This thoughtful, cutting-edge book can help youmanage the flare-ups, symptoms, and side effects of lupus and putyou back on the path to a more enjoyable, active lifesyle. Insideis compassionate, practical, and immediate guidance for anyoneaffected by lupus, including: ?Promising alternative therapies such as DHEA, essential fattyacids, and herbs ?Conventional drug treatments, including corticosteroids andantimalarials ?Easy methods to reduce stress and boost energy ?Important lifestyle requirements, such as diet andexercise ?And much, much more! "A great resource for people with lupus, especially thoserecently diagnosed. New Hope for People with Lupus gives valuableand credible information about the many aspects of lupus which, asmost of us know, can be very confusing." —Gloria M. Spadaro, R.N., executive director, Lupus Foundat

In a mixture of travel, adventure, and scholarship, historianTudor Parfitt sets out in search of answers to a fascinatingethnological puzzle: is the Lemba tribe of Southern Africa reallyone of the lost tribes of Israel, descended from King Solomon andthe Queen of Sheba? Beginning in the Lemba villages in South Africa, where hewitnesses customs such as food taboos and circumcision rites thatseem part of Jewish tradition, Parfitt retraces the supposed pathof the Lembas' through Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Tanzania, taking insights like Zanzibar and the remains of the stone city GreatZimbabwe. The story of his eccentric travels, a blend of theancient allure of King Solomon's mines and Prester John withcontemporary Africa in all its beauty and brutality, makes for anirresistible glimpse at a various and rapidly changingcontinent. And in a new epilogue, Parfitt discusses recent DNA evidencethat, amazingly, lends credence to the Lemba's tribal myth.

This intimate, affectionate portrait of Pope John Paul II byhis longtime secretary and confidant reveals fascinating newdetails about the opinions, hopes, fears, and dramatic life of thispublic man. “I had accompanied him for almost forty years: twelve in Krakówand then twenty-seven in Rome. I was always with him, always at hisside. Now, in the moment of death, he’d gone on alone. . . .Andnow? Who is accompanying him on the other side?” —From A Life with Karol Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz worked side by side with Pope JohnPaul II for almost forty years, enjoying unique access to both thepublic and private man. In A life with Karol, he provides aclose-up glimpse into the Pope’s life and the critical events ofhis papacy. Dziwisz was sitting next to the Pope during the assassinationattempt in 1981. He recounts the Pope's reaction to 9/11,describing his thoughts and feelings on that day. And theCardinal’s moving de*ion of the Pope’s haunting memories ofWorld War II unco

Indonesia,Southest Asia——the next front in the war on terrorism may be the most difficult…and explosive. Long before SZeptember11,2001,terrorism s global elite was already zeroing in on Indonesia——the worlds most populous lslamic nation,and its largest archipelago,where dense jungles and intricate,unpatrolled coastlines conceal almost endless hiding places.Acclaimed journalist and filmmaker Tracy Dahlby takes us into this dangerous terrain,both before and after9/11,interweaving the divergent perspectives of Koran thumping preachers,hardened holy warriors,military commandos,and embattled Muslim moderates,in a first-rate reporting adventure that sheds new light on the epidemic chaos now threatening our international community. By turns harrowing,thought-provoking,and humorous,Allah s torch charts a fascinating course through a sprawling land unknown to most Americans where the home-bred Jemaah Islamiyah,Asias answer to Al Qaeda,pursues its deadly ambition of pressing all of Southeast Asia unde

In this provocative must-read, the preeminent scientist—andworld’s most prominent atheist—Richard Dawkins asserts theirrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion hasinflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11. The God Delusionmakes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong, butpotentially deadly. It also offers exhilarating insight on theadvantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the leastof which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe’s wondersthan any faith could ever muster. With rigor and wit, Dawkinseviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates thesupreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religionfuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing hispoints with historical and contemporary evidence. This is a bookthat challenges all of us to test our beliefs, no matter whatbeliefs we hold.

Scattered over much of the world throughout most of theirhistory, are the Jews one people or many? How do they resemble andhow do they differ from Jews in other places and times? What havetheir relationships been to the cultures of their neighbors? Toaddress these and similar questions, some of the finest scholars ofour day have contributed their insights to Cultures of the Jews, awinner of the National Jewish Book Award upon its hardcoverpublication in 2002. Constructing their essays around specific cultural artifacts thatwere created in the period and locale under study, the contributorsdescribe the cultural interactions among different Jews–from rabbisand scholars to non-elite groups, including women–as well asbetween Jews and the surrounding non-Jewish world. What theyconclude is that although Jews have always had their own autonomoustraditions, Jewish identity cannot be considered the fixed productof either ancient ethnic or religious origins. Rather, it hasshifted and assumed new forms

David Mamet's interest in anti-Semitism is not limited to themodern face of an ancient hatred but encompasses as well the waysin which many Jews have internalized that hatred. Using themetaphor of the Wicked Son at the Passover seder (the child whoasks, "What does this story mean to you?") Mamet confronts what hesees as an insidious predilection among some Jews to excludethemselves from the equation and to seek truth and meaninganywhere--in other religions, political movements, mindlessentertainment--but in Judaism itself. He also explores the ways inwhich the Jewish tradition has long been and still remains theWicked Son in the eyes of the world. Written with the searinghonesty and verbal brilliance that is the hallmark of Mamet's work,The Wicked Son is a powerfully thought-provoking look at one of themost destructive and tenacious forces in contemporary life.

The Zen school of Mahayana Buddhism contends that each one ofus is already a Buddha — the enlightenment we seek is always withinus, waiting to be realized through mindfulness and concertedspiritual work. This truth pushes us toward practice, in the hopesthat we may awaken our potential and live up to what is insideus.?This is a?notion taught widely by ninth century Zen Master LinChi, and in his tradition Thich Nhat Hanh employs the teachings andwritings of Mahayana Buddhism to discuss specific topics inBuddhist study and practice. With these teachings, readers have thetools to awaken the Buddha within.

James A. Pike, the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese ofCalifornia, was a man of many faces. To some he was an iconoclast,a man decades ahead of his time who modernized the Church andrendered it more progressive and open to inquiry. To others he wasa heretic, who polarized and desecrated the Church. Alwayscontroversial and charismatic, he took America by storm in the1960s with his best-selling books, and his weekly television talkshow, Dean Pike, which won him a cover story in Time . APassionate Pilgrim is an illuminating biography of Pike, and anexamination of the tragedies, triumphs, and difficulties thatshaped his spectacular rise to fame and his mysterious death in theIsraeli desert.

In what is both a radical approach to the Bible , and afundamental return to its narrative prose, Robert Alter reads theOld Testament with new eyesthe eyes of a literary critic. Altertakes the old yet simple step of reading the Bible as a literarycreation.