Whether you're looking to control your depression and anxiety levels, improve concentration and reduce stress, or just want to restore balance in your life, this book shows you how to slow down, become aware of what is going on around you, and react effectively. Focusing on breathing and other self-control techniques, the practice of mindfulness is scientifically proven to calm jittery nerves and free the mind of distracting thoughts, mental clutter,...

In 'God Is Not Great', Christopher Hitchens takes on his biggest subject yet: the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world.

Peck describes his encounters during psychiatric therapy with patients who are not merely ill but manifestly evil, and forces us to recognise that, without spiritual or religious dimension, psychiatry cannot claim to understand human nature.

An exploration of atheism in the ancient world, and the origins of secularism at the heart of the modern state. Reveals how atheism and doubt, far from being modern phenomena, have intrigued the human imagination for thousands of years.

No society on Earth lacks beliefs about where it has come from, its place in the world, and the connection of individuals to the eternal. Neil MacGregor traces how different societies have understood and articulated their place in the cosmic scheme. He turns his kaleidoscope of objects, monuments and ideas to examining mankind's beliefs - not from the perspective of institutional religions, but by focusing on the shared narratives that have shaped...

These ?white martyrs? sought solitude, remoteness, even harshness, in places apart from the world where they could fast, pray and move closer to an understanding of God: places where they could see angels. Columba, who founded the famous monastery at Iona, was the most well-known of these courageous men who rowed their curraghs towards danger and uncertainty in a pagan land, but the many others are now largely forgotten by history. In this book, Alistair...

Natalie Haynes, author of 'Pandora's Jar', returns to the world of Greek myth and this time she examines the role of the goddesses. We meet Athene, who sprang fully formed from her father's head: goddess of war and wisdom, guardian of Athens. We run with Artemis, goddess of hunting and protector of young girls (apart from those she decides she wants as a sacrifice). Here is Aphrodite, goddess of sex and desire - there is no deity more determined and...

Want to improve your concentration and memory and reduce stress? Meditation is proven to do both - and more. Find out how to meditate to suit your lifestyle, whether you are new to meditation or seeking to enhance your existing practice.

Lorna Byrne has helped millions of people around the world by calling on them to realise that they each have a guardian angel and by showing them that they can ask for help from God and the angels. Lorna is often asked for help on how to ask and how to pray, so in this book she gives detailed advice and also includes prayers for different occasions.

500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his ideas to a church door - and the Reformation began. Or maybe it was a little more complicated than that. Nick Page brings his skills as an unlicensed historian to bear on this key period in European (and world) history in order to uncover everything you need to know about the Reformation - with a fair few bits you never wanted to know thrown in for good measure. Historians tell us that the Protestant Reformation...