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We may be either the suffering slaves of nature or the happy masters of her laws."It is the natural right of every human being to be happy - to escape all the miseries of life. Happiness is the normal condition, as natural as the landscapes and the seasons. It is unnatural to suffer and it is only because of our ignorance that we do suffer. Happiness is the product of wisdom. To attain perfect wisdom, to comprehend fully the purpose of life, t...

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, political activist, critic and a co-founder of London School of Economics. He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925 and thirteen years later he even won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay ("Pygmalion, " based upon his stage play), sharing the award with Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis and W.P. Lipscomb. An ardent socialist, Shaw was distressed by what he perceived to be the explo...

The best of Bukowski's novels, stories, and poems, this collection reads like an autobiography, relating the extraordinary story of his life and offering a sometimes harrowing, invariably exhilarating reading experience. A must for this counterculture idol's legion of fans.

This "rich and brilliant pathway to a fully human spiritual life . . . describes the universal longing and quest all humans have for something transcendent" (John Bradshaw). "A genuine, wise, and soulful description of the spiritual journey. Down-to-earth and accessible".--Linda Leonard, author of Meeting the Madwoman.

In her most significant work to date, Rosemary Radford Ruether explores how Western religious and scientific traditions--the centuries-old beliefs and stories that have influenced our relationships with one another and with the earth--have led to today's ecological crisis.

The New York Times bestseller that shows how everybody can use food to prevent and cure more than 100 health problems, from the common cold to cancer. A leading authority on health and nutrition, former CNN medical correspondent Carper's syndicated column has more than 10 million readers nationwide.