心理學者及醫學人類學者阿貝托?維洛多博士，以印第安部落傳承的信仰為本，輔以現代物理學、生物學的最新發現與證據，探討一般人表面上避談、心裡卻暗自揣測的生死問題、命運問題、心理創傷、前世與來世。向來秉持科學論調、斥這一類言論為迷信者，可能要開始懷疑起自己內心的想法了，因為量子物理學的新證據再再打破了時間只呈線性流動的觀念。「時間」的破解因而成了本書理論的最重要背景，當意識掙脫時間這個幌子，遊歷過去和未來便成為人人可做到的事。 無人不關切自我的命運，然而與其盲目相信占卜人指點的方向、跟隨各種算命器具起舞，卻又半信半疑，不如為自己找到一些理論的根據，由自己來做自我的診斷和治療。命運是可以掌握的，你不必屈服於宿命，然而你卻必須先探索過去的自己，來明白、了悟今世一切的來由，方能進一步改變自我的未來。 維洛多博士的前一本著作《印加能量療法》，已經廣泛介...(展开全部)

Profound family trauma, sometimes stretching back three or more generations, can silently damage otherwise healthy individuals. "The Healing Power of the Past presents "Family Constellation" therapy -- a radical, increasingly popular approach to resolving these long-standing family problems. The book explains how readers can use this 20-year-old psychological therapy to uncover...(展开全部)

Debates about the role and nature of the state are at the heart of modern politics. However, the state itself remains notoriously difficult to define, and the term is subject to a range of different interpretations. In this book, distinguished state theorist Bob Jessop provides a critical introduction to the state as both a concept and a reality. He lucidly guides readers throu...(展开全部)

Debates about the role and nature of the state are at the heart of modern politics. However, the state itself remains notoriously difficult to define, and the term is subject to a range of different interpretations. In this book, distinguished state theorist Bob Jessop provides a critical introduction to the state as both a concept and a reality. He lucidly guides readers throu...(展开全部)

For thousands of years, thinkers and scientists have tried to understand what the brain does. Yet, despite the astonishing discoveries of science, we still have only the vaguest idea of how the brain works. In The Idea of the Brain, scientist and historian Matthew Cobb traces how our conception of the brain has evolved over the centuries. Although it might seem to be a story of...(展开全部)

A powerful examination of what we think we know about the brain and why — despite technological advances — the workings of our most essential organ remain a mystery. For thousands of years, thinkers and scientists have tried to understand what the brain does. Yet, despite the astonishing discoveries of science, we still have only the vaguest idea of how the brain works. In The ...(展开全部)

A critical examination of economics’s past and future, and how it needs to change, by one of the most eminent political economists of our time The dominant view in economics is that money and government should play only a minor role in economic life. Economic outcomes, it is claimed, are best left to the “invisible hand” of the market. Yet these claims remain staunchly unsettl...(展开全部)

What is the place of quality in contemporary capitalism? How is a product as ordinary as a bag of tea valued for its quality? In her innovative study, Sarah Besky addresses these questions by going inside an Indian auction house where experts taste and value mass-market black tea, one of the world’s most recognized commodities. Pairing rich historical data with ethnographic res...(展开全部)

The era of the printed book is at a crossroad. E-readers are flooding the market, books are available to read on cell phones, and companies such as Google, Amazon, and Apple are competing to command near monopolistic positions as sellers and dispensers of digital information. Already, more books have been scanned and digitized than were housed in the great library in Alexandria...(展开全部)

The invention of writing was one of the most important technological, cultural, and sociological breakthroughs in human history. With the printed book, information and ideas could disseminate more widely and effectively than ever before—and in some cases, affect and redirect the sway of history. Today, nearly one million books are published each year. But is the era of the book...(展开全部)