Hardin issues an invitation to get in touch with the “‘rewilding of humanity’—the reconnecting of our civilized human consciousness, only about 10,000 years old, to the much older shamanistic-animistic-totemic worldview which our... Read More

No longer is the spa merely a rarified refuge for the genteel elderly seeking mineral-water cures and lingering quietly through a drowsy season. Today, spas are a huge international industry, the subject of magazines, Web pages, and... Read More

“The doctor told me one of my boys [a patient], aged twenty, would have to lose his right arm. He was running a high temp, so I tried to combine a few words of comfort with an alcohol rub. But if there is a formula that covers such... Read More

The editors have mined enough lyrical gems—in poetry, prose, and short fiction—to decorate a fine literary crown. The premise behind the collection is Keats ideal of “a fine excess” where language languishes to evoke rich images.... Read More

By beginning her poetry collection with Oscar Wilde’s adage: “One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead,” Budy prepares the reader for the disjuncture that follows. Life as it is, gives way to the alternative... Read More

The average couple spends only twenty-two to twenty-four minutes a week communicating with each other, say some specialists. That includes the time used to ask questions such as, “When will dinner be ready?” This book is designed to... Read More

Chronic illness saps one’s strength, depletes one’s energy, and crushes one’s spirit. Or does it? The message in this book is that it need not do any of these things to the point of destroying the quality of life, if life and... Read More

For most people, the name Napoleon summons a familiar image: the military genius in his cocked hat and green overcoat, wagering his empire on classic battlefields from Austerlitz to Waterloo. To such readers, a “life” of Napoleon... Read More