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This is the concluding volume of a three-volume, widely acclaimed biography of William Pitt the Younger, who was Prime Minister of England from 1783 to 1801 and from 1804 to his death in 1806. The present volume covers the years from 1797 to his death, a period filled with momentous events.
The first volume of this biography left Pitt at a peak in both home and foreign affairs. Darker years, however, were to follow. This, the second volume of three, sees Britain and France at war and political and economic unrest at home threatening Pitt’s greatest pride – the financial system.
This book ranges from the melancholy to the cheerful, and to poems full of nostalgia: they essentially deal with concrete, rather than abstract, conceptions. Poets included are Ch’u Yuan, writing in 300 BC, Mei Sheng and Fu I, and Po Chu-I who wrote in the ninth century.
This volume stands as a splendid introduction to the life and work of a pioneering psychotherapist. Selections ranging from 1942 to 1987 provide a personal look at his early influences and marriage, and reveal his approach to psychotherapy, individual case studies, research, and even crosscultural efforts to improve communication with professionalsin the Soviet Union. We see the beginning of “client-centered” therapy and can trace Rogers’s commitment to its ideas through a lifetime.
How can we realize and actualize love, reason, and meaningful, productive work? Fromm here offers an Art of Well-Being, a way of living based on authentic self-awareness that comes only through honest self-analysis. He warns of the pitfalls of our attaining enlightenment without effort, or believing that life can be livedwithout pain. The tantalizing ‘spiritual smorgasbord’ offered by our
consumer-oriented world, Fromm maintains, only feeds our illusions of ‘easy awareness’. Confronting the psycho-gurus who preach these shortcuts to enlightenment, Fromm offers another
way to self-awareness through meditation.
If the Art of Being – the art of functioning as a whole person – can be considered the supreme goal of life, a breakthrough occurs when we move from narcissistic selfishness and egotism – from having – to psychological and spiritual happiness – being. The Art of Being is certain to be one of the most important and sought-after works in the Fromm canon for years to come.
This volume is a sequel to one of Erich Fromm’s most popular works, To Have or to Be. In this new book, Fromm examines the true paths – as opposed to false directions – that will lead us to
self-knowledge and enlightenment.
‘What is evident from this book is how widely Carl Rogers’ ideas have spread throughout the humanistic scene – and how valuable they have been.’ – Self & Society
‘…a stimulating, enjoyable book and I recommend it to anyone interested in the person-centred approach.’ – Counselling
This book is edited by David Brazier and includes his chapter “The Necessary Condition is Love”.
‘..a biographer of supreme intelligence and industry, since the bibliography is immense and he has delved into it with extraordinary taste and imagination.’ – The Spectator
‘An excellent book, detailed where detail was still needed, sensibly perfunctory where almost everything possible has already been told and said.’ – The Observer
‘M. Jullian’s book succeeds in keeping the reader’s interest unflaggingly alive.’ – The Economist
‘…his 1911 translations of the poetry into English are still minor masterpieces..’ – Bernard O’Donoghue, The Times Literary Supplement
‘..literal translations first published in 1913 when they opened many eyes to the variety and richness of Irish vernacular literature.’ – P.J. Kavanagh, The Spectator
‘By showing that Ireland had an ancient civilization Meyer affected people’s sense of their identity. A timely reissuing of an old classic.’ – Ronan Sheehan, The Irish Press
‘Meyer’s book is now over eighty years old, yet probably his translations are still the best of their kind.’ – Brian Fallon, The Irish Times
Though thought of as a social commentator, Erich Fromm was first and foremost a psychoanalyst of our time. These writings combine two aspects of his thinking, showing how he builds on Freudian theory and also modifies it with his own humanist point of view.
With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired them when they could conscript native citizens.
Elizabeth Sutherland has imagined Brahan Seer or Coinneach Odhar’s life from the cradle to his tragic end, whereupon the reader is left wondering: was he evil and mad or blessed with a divine gift?
A study of the lives of two of history’s greatest dictators, Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler, which examines the parallels between their roles and shows how Carl von Clausewitz’s treatise ON WAR, an analysis of the Napoleonic campaigns, linked the two men. First published in 1992.
Celtic Art is the only indigenous British art form of world significance and this book is a graphically eloquent plea for the establishment of this great national art to its rightful place in schools and colleges where the history of ornament is being taught.
Until recently, the classical orientated art-world has regarded the abstract, iconographic and symbolic style of the Celtic artist as something of an enigma, a mysterious archaic survival largely ignored in histories of art. The modern trends away from realism and the interest of the younger generation in psychedelic and art nouveau styles provides favourable ground for the Celtic art revival which the widespread interest in this new edition seems to indicate is possible.
When this book first appeared, it was hailed as a ‘veritable grammar of ornament’. It is certainly an indispensable reference book and practical textbook for the art student and craftsman seeking simple constructional methods for laying out complex ornamental schemes.
The entire chronology of symbols is embrace from spirals through chevrons, step patterns and keys to knotwork interlacings, which are unique to this particular Celtic school. There are also sections dealing with zoomorphics, authentic Celtic knitwear, ceramics and other areas in which the author pioneered in his day.
This book deals with the Pictish School of artist-craftsman, who cut pagan symbols like the Burghead Bull, and in the early Christian era designed such superb examples of monumental sculpture as the Aberlemno Cross, the Ardagh Chalice and the counter-parts in the Books of Kells and Lindisfarne.
Knotwork Interlacings, owing much of their perfection and beauty to the use of mathematical formulae, are unique to Pictish Art and are found nowhere else than the areas occupied by the Picts. The outstanding achievement of their art was the subtle manner in which they combined artistic, geometric and mathematical methods with magic, imagination and logic, the function being both to teach and adorn.
Although incidental to the main educational purpose of this book, there is also an implicit challenge to the art historian and archaeologist. The author frankly admits that the evidence such researches into the art have revealed of a hitherto unsuspected culture of much sophistication in pre-Roman Britain, pose as many questions as are answered.
Who were the Picts? Whence the Asiatic origins of the Celtic Art?
The instinct to ornament is one of the most basic human impulses that seems to have atavistic roots in the primeval creative and imaginative characteristic that separates man from beast.
In this book Brent Nosworthy provides a wealth of detailed analysis of the various tactical doctrines employed by the main armies of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period.
This practical, illustrated guide examines the tradition of Chinese medicine. Drawing on a vast tradition of exercise, massage, meditation and breathing techniques it encourages self-awareness and self-diagnosis.
This is a no nonsense look at the problems children encounter when learning to read, what causes them, how you can support your child at home and school, and if need be how to go about getting professional help.
A first-hand account of the early days of World War I
‘..it obeys the formalities of regimental history, while at the same time using powerfully condensed word pictures to convey the paradoxical horror of it all.’ (The Irish Times)
An examination of the origins of the Irish Question, first published in 1936, which considers Queen Elizabeth I’s disastrous attempts to annexe and subdue Ulster, and the political confusion that followed.
Richard Brooks examines the strategic importance of the Naval Brigades and their human side from personal testimonies. They were introduced by the Royal Navy as a land warfare force to help the regular British Army during the the 19th century.
Peter Steele brings a self-effacing narrator to life by talking to family and friends and by looking thr ough hundreds of very personal letters written over five dec ades. ‘
Gustav Mahler may have become a popular composer, but he remains widely misunderstood both as a man and musician. This biography re-examines his life and work and the circumstances leading to his death in 1911.
