Prisoner of war, optometrist, time-traveller - these are the life roles of billy pilgrim, hero of this miraculously moving, bitter and funny story of innocence faced with apocalypse slaughterhouse 5 is one of the worlds great anti-war books centring on the infamous fire-bombing of dresden in the second world war, billy pilgrims odyssey through time reflects the journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
This book brings together the overlapping paths of psychology, spirituality and gestalt therapy. It considers the life of pioneers who have gone before on this journey and left a well marked trail fo
Instant New York Times Best-seller“A splendid and invigorating read.”—Maria Popova, Brain PickingsFrom the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes a captivating
From the world-renowned physicist and bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos, a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purposeIn both time and
“A splendid and invigorating read.”—Maria Popova, Brain PickingsFrom the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes a captivating exploration of deep time and human
Instant New York Times Best-seller“A splendid and invigorating read.”—Maria Popova, Brain PickingsFrom the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes a captivating
We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, b
We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, b
Since the end of the Cold War, fundamentalism has been seen as the major threat to world peace, a conclusion that was burned into our consciousness on September 11th and that is reinforced almost ever