Arts and Culture

For four years, from January 2017 to January 2021, writer and publisher Martin Rowe documented the state of the United States and the world—using the verse form of ottava rima. In June 2019, he dedicated thirty of those verses to two compelling and distressing photographs of animals in extremis taken by Canadian photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur. Now expanded to include more verses and more of McAr

Relax and De-Stress är den förstaskivan i en helt ny serie medklassisk musik i urval. Njut avnoggrant (och vetenskapligt)utvald musik som med sin mjukhetoch skönhet hjälper dig att släppafysiska och psykiska spänningar.

Quirk's Amazing Magical Wonder Deck charmed more than 100,000 would-be magicians with its gorgeous design and fiendishly clever card tricks. Now these same readers can experience a complete course in magic with Mysterio's Encyclopedia of Magic and Conjuring-available this October in an extremely affordable $16.95 paperback edition. Here are illustrated step-by-step instructions for rope tricks,

A comprehensive guide to the art of belly dancing • Covers the origins, mythology, and history of the Middle Eastern dance, including its physical and mental health benefits • Contains practical instructions with easy-to-follow photographs • Includes recipes for perfumes, cosmetic creams, and food from the Middle East Belly dance is pure sensuousness and has enchanted humans sin

As infants and children we use our vocalizations to express our needs and emotions. As we grow older these vocalizations become confined to language. The suppression of emotional sounds because they may be considered childish or undignified is quite commonplace in the West. Yet when done with vigour the sounds made by laughing groaning humming keening and sighing hold within them great power for h

Japa - the repeated chanting of a mantra - is an age old Hindu technique to help you become attuned with the planets and their ruling deities and thereby create peace and prosperity in your life. On this CD the noted Tantric scholar Harish Johari chants the mantras associated with the Sun and the Moon 108 times the preferred number of repetitions. Using this CD you will not only hear mantras inton

Recognised as one of the world's great visionary artists, Pablo Amaringo was renowned for his intricate, colourful paintings inspired by his shamanic visions. A master communicator of the ayahuasca experience - where snakes, jaguars, subterranean beings, celestial palaces, aliens and spacecraft all converge - Amaringo's art presents a doorway to the transcendent worlds of ayahuasca intended for co

What we hear, and how we process it, has a far greater impact on our daily living than we realise. From the womb to the moment we die we are surrounded by sound and what we hear can either energise or deplete our nervous systems. It is no exaggeration to say that what goes into our ears can harm us or heal us.Joshua Leeds - a pioneer in the application of music for health, learning and productivit

· Includes over 200 reproductions of Grey's artwork, including many never-before-reproduced paintings· Contains spectacular photos of Grey's collaboration with the cult band TOOL plus his worldwide live-painting performances· Offers Grey's reflections on how art evolves consciousness with a new symbology of the Networked SelfRevealing the interwoven energies of body and soul, love and spirit that

Arthur Miller, Bob Dylan, Arthur C. Clarke, Andy Warhol, William S. Burroughs, Janis Joplin, Eugene O'Neill, Rufus Wainwright, Betsey Johnson, R. Crumb, Thomas Wolfe, Jasper Johns--these are just a few of the figures who at one time occupied one of the most alluring and storied residences ever: the Chelsea Hotel.

A revised edition of the classic bestselling how to draw book. A life-changing book, this fully revised and updated edition of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is destined to inspire generations of readers and artists to come. Translated into more than seventeen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used instructional drawing book. Whether you are dra

Improve your art skills with this brilliantly designed and practical workbook from a world-renowned art teacher—now fully revised and updated with new exercises. Millions of people around the world have learned to draw using the methods outlined in Dr. Betty Edwards´s groundbreaking Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. In this workbook, the essential companion to her international bestse

The beat is universal -- drumming as a way of communicating with other people, spirits, and self exists around the world and throughout time. And contemporary drumming is thriving! In the neo-pagan community, the most popular festivals and workshops are those that feature drumming circles. In healing centers, nursing homes, women's centers, and schools across the country, people are forming drummi

In their witty and polemical cultural analysis, art and architecture historian Valentina Sonzogni and philosopher Leonardo Caffo explore a myriad a series of visual, ethical, and cultural issues relating to the idea of animality. In twenty-one playful but passionately argued letters to each other, Sonzogni and Caffo propose a change of attitude toward nonhuman animals among advocates, artists, and

Featuring work by the editors, Nava Atlas, Sunaura Taylor, Yvette Watt, Angela Singer, Hester Jones, Suzy Gonzalez, Renee Lauzon, Olaitan Callender-Scott, Patricia Denys, Maria Lux and Lynn Mowson, THE ART OF THE ANIMAL explores contemporary women artists' engagement with how women and animals are depicted and treated. The book was inspired by The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist Vegetarian Cri

The mysteries of the Black Madonna can be traced to pre-Christian times, to the ancient devotion to Isis, the Earth Goddess and the African Mother, to the era when God was not only female, but, also, black. Sacred sites of the Black Madonna are still revered in Italy and, as Alessandra Belloni reveals, the shamanic healing traditions of the Black Madonna are still alive today and just as powerful

· Reveals how a hierarchy of initiates, evolved spiritual intelligences and devas actively influenced the musical compositions of geniuses to transmit great truths through music· Explores the influence of the classical composers Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner and Strauss - from Beethoven's influence on the creation of psychoanalysis to Chopin's musical influence on

Johnny Cash is perhaps the quintessential American icon. Though often rebellious and unruly, he rarely spoke without intention, sincerity, and a bit of poetry. The interviews here spotlight that inimitable style, and the fascinating diversity of subjects that made him as relatable as he was mysterious.

The Art Of Fallout 4 is a must-have collectible for fans and a trusty companion for every Wasteland wanderer. Featuring never-before-seen designs and concept art from the game's dynamic environments, iconic characters, detailed weapons and more - along with commentary from the developers themselves.

Alejandro Jodorowsky re-creates the incredible adventure of his life as an artist, filmmaker, writer and therapist - all stages on his quest to push back the boundaries of both imagination and reason.Not a traditional autobiography composed of a chronological recounting of memories, THE DANCE OF REALITY repaints events from Jodorowsky's life from the perspective of an unleashed imagination. Like t