阿貝托．維洛多博士（Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D.） 曾在舊金山州立大學創立「生物自制實驗室」，研究心理如何引發身心症及健康。後毅然決定深入祕魯的安地斯山區、海岸區和巴西亞馬遜雨林，跟隨當地巫士學習，研究亞馬遜及印加巫術治療超過二十五年，整理出印加人傳統的靈魂治療術──能量醫術。 目前在猶他州公園城主持「四風協會」，訓練世界各地而來的學生，施行能量療法和靈魂復元術。另外在新英格蘭、加州、英國、荷蘭也設有訓練中心。維洛多喜愛滑雪、徒步旅行和登山，每年帶隊遠征亞馬遜地區和安地斯山脈，並與美洲智慧的老師們一起工作。 著有《印加能量療法》（Shaman, Healer, Sage）、《印加靈魂復元療法》（Mending the Past and Healing the Future with Soul Retrieval）（均由生命潛能出版）...(展开全部)

This book offers a clear, concise account of the Eightfold Path prescribed to uproot and eliminate the deep underlying cause of suffering—ignorance. Each step of the path is believed to cultivate wisdom through mental training, and includes an enlightened and peaceful middle path that avoids extremes. The theoretical as well as practical angles of each of the paths—right view, ...(展开全部)

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

縱觀歷史，有些書能改變世界，這些著作扭轉了我們對自身和他人的看法，甚至引發爭論、產生異見，挑起戰爭，催化革命。這些著作發人深省，激發憤懣，鼓動情緒，提供慰藉。它們使我們的生命變得豐盛，卻同時帶來破壞。 “偉大思想系列”叢書精挑細選了偉大思想家、先驅、激進分子和夢想家的經典著作，當中的思想曾經撼動世界，也塑造了讀者的人生。 在這個沒有上帝、沒有希望的世界上，叔本華在人的盲目抗爭中，强調藝術、道德和自覺的重要。他的觀點極大的改變了我們對個體的理解，人類處境自此滿目瘡痍。

Gathering some of Alex Webbs most iconic images, many of which were taken in the far corners of the earth, "The Suffering of Light" brings a fresh perspective to his extensive catalogue. Recognized as a pioneer of American colour photography, Webb has since the 1970s consistently created photographs characterized by intense colour and light. His work, with its richly layered an...(展开全部)

乔纳森·弗兰岑（Jonathan Franzen） 美国小说家、随笔作家。 1959年生于伊利诺伊州。1996年在《哈泼氏》杂志发表长篇随笔《偶尔做梦》，从此受到广泛关注。迄今为止，出版有小说《纠正》《自由》《纯洁》，回忆录《不舒适地带：个人史》，以及随笔集《如何独处》《地球尽头的尽头》等。凭借《纠正》获得普利策奖提名和美国国家图书奖。

Pain is one of medicine's greatest mysteries. When farmer John Mitson caught his hand in a baler, he cut off his trapped hand and carried it to a neighbor. "Sheer survival and logic" was how he described it. "And strangely, I didn't feel any pain." How can this be? We're taught that pain is a warning message to be heeded at all costs, yet it can switch off in the most agonizing...(展开全部)

In The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes―both human and literary―that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring his complex relationship with his uncle, recounting his young adulthood in New York, or offering an illuminating look at the global seabird...(展开全部)