Health & Wellbeing

The definitive text on the healing powers of the mind/body connection. In Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, world-renowned pioneer of integrative medici...

As a medical detective of the modern world, forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal's chief goal is to bring perpetrators to justice. He has performed...

For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of ...

Being Peace was one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s first books published in the United States. Intended for peace activists and as a commentary on the peace ...

Most people now realise that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which...

Since the dawn of time, humans have worshipped the sun. And with good reason. Our biology is set up to work in partnership with it. From our sleep ...

'We're not Christians, Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli.' Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carl...

After all the books that have been written about sex, all the blogs and TV shows and radiO Q&As, how can it be that we all still have so many q...

B. K. S. Iyengar has devoted his life to the practice and study of yoga. It was B. K. S. Iyengar's unique teaching style, bringing precision and cl...

With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they n...

Every time we are faced with change, no matter how great or small, we also face risk. We feel uncertain and exposed. We feel vulnerable. Most of us...

Life expectancy in the United States has recently fallen for three years in a row--a reversal not seen since 1918 or in any other wealthy nation in...

Physician and biochemist Cate Shanahan, M.D. examined diets around the world known to help people live longer, healthier lives—diets like the Medit...

Across the world, 44 million people live with dementia. Hundreds of millions of people are affected by the dementia of parents, partners, siblings ...

The urge to pick up our phones every few minutes has become a nervous twitch that shatters our time into shards too small to be present. Our addict...

Renowned Zen master and Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, explores the origins of fear and offers detailed practises on how to deal with its often to...

Author/illustrator and award-winning radio copywriter, Josh Langley, knows how important it is to find your voice and explore your passions. When h...

An accessible introduction to the history, fundamental concepts, challenges, and controversies of the fMRI by one of the pioneers in the field. The...

illustrated by Sophie Standing What is forgiveness? What enables people to forgive? Why do we even choose to forgive those who have harmed us? What...

“It isn’t likely that this collection of journal entries, which I’m calling Fragrant Palm Leaves, will pass the censors… I’ll leave Vietnam tomorro...

illustrated by Landis Blair As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies. In From Her...

Starting from the premise that lasting health requires a lifestyle that is counter to the short-term thinking and instant gratification prevalent i...

A generation gap has emerged between parents and their daughters. Mothers and fathers have little idea about the pressures and expectations they fa...

Fumio Sasaki is a writer in his thirties who lives in a tiny studio in Tokyo with three shirts, four pairs of trousers, four pairs of socks and not...

How can we make it easier to be happy? Using the latest cutting-edge research, Professor Paul Dolan reveals that wellbeing isn't about how we think...

Be ambitious; find everlasting love; look after your health... There are countless stories about how we ought to live our lives. These narratives c...

The heart lies at the centre of life. For cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar it is an obsession. In this fascinating history he interweaves gripping scene...

A wise and witty revival of the Roman poet who taught us how to carpe diem. What is the value of the durable at a time when the new is paramount? H...

Why rely on drugs and surgery to cure you of life-threatening disease when the right decisions can prevent you from falling ill to begin with? How ...

Every month seems to bring a trendy new diet or a new fad to try in order to lose weight - but these diets aren't making us any happier or healthie...

In his characteristic mix of humour, wisdom and compassion the Dalai Lama shares his basic steps to enlightenment from how to meditate to how to pr...

Bosses are maddening. Colleagues are profoundly irritating. And balancing family and work is daunting. So how do we balance success with sanity? Ho...

Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor in 1978, while suffering from breast cancer herself. In her study she reveals that the metaphors and myths surroun...

The story of medicine in India is rich and complex: uniting cutting-edge technological developments with ancient cultural traditions. Aarathi Prasa...

Modern medicine is exceptionally powerful, and has achieved unprecedented successes. But it comes at a price; individuals suffer from medicine's fa...

Find joy in the space around you. When did you last feel joy? Changing your surroundings is the most easily accessible source in finding joy, says ...

'In this earth-quaking lifestyle manifesto, I, Comrade Hyun-gi, will share with you the blueprint to a healthier, happier way of life. Juche will t...

translated by A. N. D. Haksar Little is known about Vatsyayana, who is reputed to have composed the Kama Sutra "while observing a celibate's life i...

How can Stoicism inspire us to lead more enjoyable lives? In the past few years, Stoicism has been making a comeback. But what exactly did the Stoi...

How have your friends shaped you into who you are today? What would you do if you fell in love with your best friend? What happens when a friend di...

B. K. S. Iyengar has devoted his life to the practice and study of yoga. It was B. K. S. Iyengar's unique teaching style, bringing precision and cl...

Running out of space for the clothes you can't stop buying? Curious about how you can make a difference to the environmental challenges our planet ...

These are indeed luna-tic times: people have, once again, begun to believe in the power of the moon. Just think about the popularity of all kinds o...

When a personal crisis causes her world to come crashing down, Lori Gottlieb - an experienced therapist with a thriving practice in Los Angeles - i...

Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, after which the word "psychedeli...

Disease is the true serial killer of human history: the horrors of bubonic plague, cholera, syphilis, smallpox, tuberculosis and the like have clai...

New Aging invites us to take everything we associate with aging--the loss of freedom and vitality, the cold and sterile nursing homes, the boredom-...