Orchids have fascinated markind since ancient civilization because of their exotic beauty and because of the characteristics attributed to them. So in order to satisfy the...
A mix of memoir, travel and popular science, charting journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the most important volcanoes around the worldIn this...
A vibrant cultural history investigating the tangled and complex history of pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon SchamaCities and countries engulfed...
Listen to talks from J. Krishnamurti's Ojai gathering in California, 1980.This talk: The Roots of Psychological Conflict – 1 April 1980.• Has humanity taken a wrong turn?•...
Listen to talks from J. Krishnamurti's Saanen gathering in Switzerlnd, 1974.This talk: Are You Seeking Security in a Concept? – 25 July 1974.• Love and compassion is denied...
Listen to talks from J. Krishnamurti's Gstaad gathering in Switzerland, 1975.This talk: Can the Brain Free Itself from All Self-Delusion? – 11 October 1975.• Thought and the...
Listen to talks from J. Krishnamurti's Malibu gathering in California, 1970.This talk: Can the Brain Operate Without Recourse to the Past? – 22 February 1970.• Is there...
One of the world's leading experts on genetics unravels one of the most important breakthroughs in modern science and medicine. If our genes are, to a great extent, destiny, then...
On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon. Now the greatest event of the twentieth century is...
368 profound, funny, tragic, cringeworthy, wise, helpful quotes, quips, and anecdotes from and for recovering alcoholics and addicts. This book is broken up into three chapters:...