Under the Totem: In Search of a Path
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Totem conveys spirit, a sense of the sacred. Freud attempted to get under the totem and explore...
Warrior Guards the Mountain: The Internal Martial Traditions of China, Japan and South East Asia
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For centuries, the internal martial traditions of Asia have produced individuals renowned for their...
Museum Space: Where Architecture Meets Museology
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Museums are among the iconic buildings of the twenty-first century, as remarkable for their...
Cycling in the Peak District: 21 Routes in and Around the National Park
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The scenic Peak District boasts an abundance of country lanes, tracks, towpaths and railway trails...
A Strange Kind of Paradise: India Through Foreign Eyes
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A Strange Kind of Paradise is an exploration of India's past and present, from the perspective of a...
Crossing the Empty Quarter: In the Footsteps of Bertram Thomas
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In 1930..."Arabia's Empty Quarter constituted the broadest expanse of unexplored territory outside...
The Road to Timbuktu
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In the summer of 1795 a 24-year-old Scot with an optimistic heart and an unforgettable name docked...
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
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A luminous memoir from the award-winning author of The Vagrants and A Thousand Years of Good Prayers...
biography psychology
The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir
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For readers of Room and The Glass Castle, an astonishing memoir of one woman rising above an...
biography
After Ireland: Writing the Nation from Beckett to the Present
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Ireland is suffering a crisis of authority. Catholic Church scandals, political corruption, and...