Magic And The Dignity Of ManThis book is nothing less than the definitive study of a text long considered central to understanding the Renaissance and its place in Western culture. ? James Hankins, Harvard University Pico della Mirandola died in 1494 at the age of thirty one. During his brief and extraordinary life, he invented Christian Kabbalah in a book that was banned by the Catholic Church after he offered to debate his ideas on religion and philosophy with anyone who

Rule Makers

I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud helps us remember all those long-forgotten poems that we were taught at school

Books in the series: Brain's World Brain's Behaviour Brain's Thoughts Brain's Emotions

She called me over

an unmated female shifter about to be sold off to the highest bidder

belonging nowhere

becoming emotionally involved in finding the killer

This family of upper-class twits lives in a crumbling country house named Blunder Hall

succumbed to Chinese invasion

The knowledge they offer isn’t enough to get you to the highest ranks of wealth

Carl Safina's landmark book offers an intimate view of animal behavior to challenge the fixed boundary between humans and animals

making it impossible to enjoy their accomplishments