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Cartea lui Nicholson este o excelenta introducere academica in originile sufismului, o traditie mistica din cadrul islamului ce cuprinde o gama larga de credinte si de practici dedicate iubirii divine si cultivarii dimensiunii divine din fiinta umana. Misticii islamului, considerata prima carte din Occident care ofera o imagine lucida si plina de intelegere a misticismului islamic, asaza la originea sufismului influente venite din partea crestinismului timpuriu, gnosticismului si chiar a…

  In tratatul alchimic Compozitia Compozitiilor, Albert cel Mare pleaca de la teoria atribuita lui Hermes, conform careia ar exista mai multe forme substantiale latente in fiecare metal. De unde si posibilitatea de a rezulta forma aurifera si de a transforma astfel in aur (aproape) toate metalele. Aceasta teorie,  spune Albert cel Mare, se bazeaza pe paradigma lui Anaxagora, pentru care totul se afla in tot, deci fiecare metal este continut in orice metal. In lucrarea sa De…

In urma cu un deceniu, aceasta carte care deschidea calea spre noi orizonturi a lansat o uriasa provocare pentru interesul manifestat fata de modul in care spiritualitatea orientala poate sa intareasca bazele psihologiei occidentale. Incepand de atunci, lumea buddhismului si cea a psihoterapiei au inaintat laolalta construind o noua intelegere revolutionara a ceea ce reprezinta o viata emotionala sanatoasa. In introducerea sa introspectiva la cea de-a zecea editie aniversara, Mark Epstein da…

Ce este Zenul? Intr-o exprimare simpla, Zenul este practica descoperirii adevaratului sine prin experienta directa si prin personalizarea acelei descoperiri in viata de zi cu zi. Descoperirea apare in ceea ce noi numim o experienta iluminatoare…Valoarea particulara a cartii de fata deriva din faptul ca experienta autorului a fost neobisnuit de profunda. Sunt sigur ca volumul va fi o veritabila calauza pentru cei aflati in cautarea adevarului despre Zen si ca va aduce o contributie…

Unii se vor intreba daca maturitatea nu este un privilegiu rezervat senectutii.Maturitatea nu este nici expresia unei predispozitii fericite, nici fructul natural al senectutii, ci rezultatul unui travaliu pe care omul il indreapta asupra sa. Care este prima conditie in vederea dobandirii maturitatii? A recunoaste cu toata onestitatea ca ea ne lipseste. Trebuie sa luam limpede cunostinta de rezistentele noastre indreptate impotriva cresterii noastre interioare. Numai atunci vom avea acces…

 Intr-o zi, constatam cu tristete ca dragostea nu mai este acolo... Am incercat totul, dar astazi stim ca ruptura nu mai poate fi evitata. In urma separarii – fie ca suntem noi cei care plecam, fie ca suntem cei parasiti – este necesar sa tinem doliu dupa relatia de dragoste, pentru a ne putea reinventa si merge mai departe. Cu sensibilitate si profunzime, dr. Christophe Faure abordeaza:    • indoielile si incertitudinile care preced…

  Foarte multe companii isi limiteaza gandirea strategica la ceea ce stiu deja sa faca. Se asteapta ca managerii sa stabileasca obiective concrete si sa construiasca planuri detaliate, pas cu pas, pentru a le atinge mai usor. O asemenea abordare poate satisface necesitatile unei firme doar pe termen scurt, dar genereaza inovatii modeste si, in cel mai bun caz, o dezvoltare progresiva. Rezultatul va fi faptul ca afacerea va stagna la un nivel de performanta pe care nu il va mai putea…

In aceasta carte revolutionara, Adam Alter urmareste ascensiunea dependentei comportamentale si explica motivele pentru care multe dintre produsele contemporane sunt irezistibile. Chiar daca aceste produse miraculoase elimina distantele care ii separa pe oameni, magnetismul lor extraordinar si, uneori, nociv nu este intamplator. Companiile care proiecteaza aceste produse le ajusteaza de-a lungul timpului, pana devine aproape imposibil sa nu cedam in fata lor. Analizand atent structura…

Pornind de la o serie de investigatii ale unor informatii bazate pe cifre, Daniel Levitin demonstreaza ca manipularea statisticii si a graficelor ne poate oferi o perspectiva radical distorsionata, care ne poate conduce la decizii ingrozitoare. Argumentele stufoase, pe de alta parte, pot fi persuasive, caci se indeparteaza de la fapte intr-un mod captivant, dar pot induce in eroare. In aceasta carte, autorul expune in detaliu pasii pe care ii putem face pentru a evalua mai bine stirile,…

 Setul "Mari comandanti in al doilea Razboi Mondial" prezinta biografia, tacticile, strategiile si experientele de lupta ale celor mai mari comandanti din al Doilea Razboi Mondial. Contine 10 volume:• Dwight Eisenhower de Steven J. Zaloga (142 pagini, an aparitie: 2016)    In lunga lui cariera de ofiter de infanterie, Eisenhower a tinut rareori o pusca in mana si nu a luptat nici macar intr-o singura batalie, dar a ajuns sa comande cea mai moderna si mai puternica forta…

Cele sase povestiri reunite in volumul Dupa cutremur ne ofera imaginea unui Murakami in plina forma. Toate sint legate de teribilul cutremur din 1995 care a zguduit regiunea Kobe din Japonia. Spiritul patrunzator si poetic al scriitorului urmareste destinele unor oameni condusi in acelasi timp de speranta si disperare, cutremurul fiind un ecou al trecutului de mult ingropat. Astfel, Satsuki il uraste pe fostul iubit care, cu treizeci de ani in urma, ii distrusese visul de a avea copii. Oare…

Alex Tocilescu este un moralist, dar unul care te invita pe tine sa extragi esenta din poveste, lasind loc, dupa ce hohotele se linistesc, acelei unde de tristete pe care o intilnim in risu’-plinsu’ existential al fiecaruia dintre noi. O carte ce se citeste pe nerasuflate, un festin de umor.„Deci, Alex Tocilescu, cu un umor de balamuc, cu un firesc naucitor al limbajului pulopizdic, cu femeile lui mecanice, cu veceuri sinucigase... Surisul lui innoada lacrimi.” (Emil…

Această carte fermecătoare a apărut doar pentru a-i contrazice pe cei care cred că nu se mai scriu basme şi poveşti în ziua de astăzi. Prinţese, Feţi-Frumoşi, castele şi palate, tot arsenalul poveştilor de demult, e completat de internet, avioane sau concursuri de frumuseţe prezentate de Megastaruri într-un basm modern, o carte de aventuri sau o fabulă cu tâlc. Motanul Maurizio Furlini e povestitorul, plin de aroganţă şi lăudărăşenie, ce vă face cunoscute aventurile sale de…

Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is reliable, dull, trustworthy - a proper young lady who knows her place as inferior to men. But inside, Faith is full of questions and curiosity, and she cannot resist mysteries: an unattended envelope, an unlocked door. She knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing. She knows that her family moved to the close-knit island of Vane because her famous scientist father was fleeing a reputation-destroying scandal. And she knows, when her…

A compact masterpiece dedicated to the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich: Julian Barnes’s first novel since his best-selling, Man Booker Prize–winning The Sense of an Ending.In 1936, Shostakovitch, just thirty, fears for his livelihood and his life. Stalin, hitherto a distant figure, has taken a sudden interest in his work and denounced his latest opera. Now, certain he will be exiled to Siberia (or, more likely, executed on the spot), Shostakovitch reflects on his…

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller.A picture hides a thousand words ...On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever. Having struggled to find her place in the city since she arrived from Trinidad five years ago, she has been offered a job as a typist under the tutelage of the glamorous and enigmatic Marjorie Quick. But though Quick takes Odelle into her confidence, and unlocks a potential…

Internet meme meets classical art in Svetlana Petrova's brilliant FAT CAT ART. Featuring her twenty-two-pound, ginger-colored cat Zarathustra superimposed onto some of the greatest artworks of all time, Petrova's paintings are an Internet sensation. Now fans will have the ultimate full-colour collection of her work, including several never-before-seen pieces, to savour for themselves or to give as a gift to fellow cat lovers.From competing with Venus s sexy reclining pose (and almost knocking…

A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.In Absolutely on Music, internationally Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for a series of conversations on their shared passion: music. Over the course of two years, Murakami and Ozawa discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven,…

Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life - and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A successful painter and sculptor, he lives quietly with his wife, Melanie, and their two young daughters, in an affluent beach town in California. Some say he's a fake and a con man, while others see him as a genuine visionary. But Francis has a very dark past, with another identity and a very different set of values. When he crosses the Atlantic to his native Scotland, for the funeral of a murdered…

The authors trace the emergence of Ataturk and Reza Shah through the constitutional revolutions in Iran and the Ottoman Empire, which led to the introduction of European social models, the establishment of dictatorship and of secularist reforms. This produced in both Turkey and Iran highly authoritarian, nationalist, and quasi-westernised states, where the personality cult of the leader defined the politics of each country.

This revised edition builds upon and updates its twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society. It begins with the forging of closer links with Europe after the French Revolution, and the changing face of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. Zurcher argues that Turkey's history between 1908 and 1950 should be seen as a unity, and offers a strongly revisionist interpretation of Turkey's founding father, Kemal Ataturk. In…

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR FICTION 2016. 'Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews have been sublime'( Guardian). 'Luminous, furious, wildly inventive' (Observer). 'Hands down one of the best, if not the best, book I've read this year' (Stylist). 'Dazzling' (New York Review of Books).Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans and she…

From the secretary of state and bestselling author - a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice has served on the front lines of history. In this book, Rice explains what these epochal events teach us about democracy.When the United States was founded, it was the only attempt…

Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home - a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse - but not with John. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy's womb.

Chris Stringer's bestselling The Origin of our Species tackles the big questions in the ongoing debate about the beginnings of human life on earth. Do all humans originate from Africa? How did we spread across the globe? Are we separate from Neanderthals, or do some of us actually have their genes? When did humans become 'modern' - are traits such as art, technology, language, ritual and belief unique to us? Has human evolution stopped, or are we still evolving?Chris Stringer has been involved…

The number one bestseller Big Little Lies is now a HBO series starring Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Alexander Skarsgard and Shailene Woodey.'Let me ask you a question. Would you like a series that has everything? Good. Because it is, emphatically, HERE' (The Guardian). 'Depth, class and a sense of humour' (The Times). 'Artful and arch, a compelling and sad satire' (Vanity Fair).Perfect family, perfect house, perfect life; Jane, Madeline and Celeste have it all . . . or do they? They are…

At a family wedding Mevlut catches sight of a girl with whom he falls in love. After a secret courtship of letters passed via his cousin, she agrees to elope with him, and on a dark night the two come together for the first time. As they rush to catch a train to Istanbul, Mevlut realises he has been misled. But the die is cast, and the situation will determine the rest of his days.Over the next four decades in Istanbul, Mevlut works various jobs to support his loving wife and family; work that…

Five families. Three decades. One extraordinary era.As the decisions made in the corridors of power bring the world to the brink of oblivion, five families from across the globe are brought together in an unforgettable tale of passion and conflict during the Cold War. When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a lie. Her younger brother, Walli, longs to escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain to become…

"Extraordinary and heartrending." (Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief)A Richard and Judy bookclub favouriteGoodreads historical category winnerThe New York Times bestsellerSoon to be a major film starring Michael Fassbender and Alice VikanderA boat washes up on the shore of a remote lighthouse keeper's island. It holds a dead man - and a crying baby. The only two islanders, Tom and his wife Izzy, are about to make a devastating decision. They break the rules and follow their hearts. What…

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one... Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live in the small village of Shadbagh. To Abdullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named, is everything. More like a parent than a brother, Abdullah will do anything for her, even trading his only pair of shoes for a feather for her treasured collection. Each night they sleep together in their cot, their skulls touching, their limbs tangled. One day the…