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69589 WHEN CATS WERE GREEN by David McNeil and Tina Mercie


‘A long, long time ago when wondrous things could be seen, the Earth was a vast and peaceful place and every cat was green. From spring’s beginnings through winter’s end, all cats took special pride in sharing a colour and living nine lives side by side by side.’ For all collectors of children’s literature, this is a US first edition 1998 we have imported because Harlin Quist Books are stunning, original, exquisitely printed and sometimes controversial. The best of book craftsmanship and unerring good


taste make this a must for all book collectors and in particular cat book collectors. Huge full page illus. £9.99 NOW £4


69940 CIRCUS TRICKS FOR


YOUR DOG by Rick Martin With the help of this book you may get your dog pirouetting on hind legs, performing an amazing card trick, performing acrobatic skills, be a daredevil, walk the plank, jump into your arms, jump on his trainer’s bended back, or simply shake hands, wave his paw, sit on hind


legs and behave a little better. Your loveable canine is capable of much more than playing fetch. Use these tried-and-true methods to teach him all kinds of crawling and dancing tricks, riding on a skateboard and finishing with a well deserved bow to his adoring crowd. 112pp in large softback, diagrams and colour images. £6.99 NOW £2


PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY


All my life, as down an abyss without a bottom, I have been pouring vanloads of information into that vacancy of oblivion I call my mind.


- Logan Pearsall Smith


68849 FREUD A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOANALYSIS by Sigmund Freud


Sigmund Freud’s controversial ideas have penetrated Western culture more deeply than those of any other psychologist. The ‘Freudian slip’, the ‘Oedipus complex’, ‘childhood sexuality’, ‘libido’, ‘narcissism’ ‘penis envy’, the ‘castration complex’, the ‘id’, the ‘ego’ and the ‘superego’, ‘denial’,


‘repression’, ‘identification’, ‘projection’, ‘acting out’, the ‘pleasure principle’, the ‘reality principle’, ‘defence- mechanism’ - are all taken for granted in our everyday vocabulary. Psychoanalysis was never just a method of treatment, rather a vision of the human condition which has continued to fascinate and provoke long after the death of its originator. Its central hypothesis, that we live in conflict with ourselves and seek to resolve matters by turning away from reality, did not emerge from experimental science but from self-examination and the unique opportunities for observation presented by the psychoanalytic technique - in particular, from the confessions produced by ‘free-association’ in Freud’s consulting room. Written during the turmoil of the First World War, A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis was distilled from a series of lectures given at Vienna University, but had to wait for the war to end before being made available to the English speaking world. Paperback, 393pp. ONLY £4


70465 DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF... AND IT’S ALL SMALL STUFF: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Overtaking Your


Life by Richard Carlson Choose a subject from a huge list of 136 things that may be bothering you and, lo and behold! your


problem is solved in a short essay by the expert author. Most of us would like to live our lives in a calmer and less stressful way, and be able to let go of our worries, and here is a volume that shows you how to stop letting the little things in life drive you insane. We can all learn to put things in perspective by making the small daily changes the good doctor suggests. For instance, ask yourself: ‘Will this matter in a year? Do something nice for someone else and don’t tell anyone about it. Surrender to the fact that life is not fair. (A wonderful one that we totally embrace.) Listen to your feelings, because they are trying to tell you something, and remember that, when you die, your ‘In’ box will not be empty! There is much, much more, but hang on to this one: ‘Each day may be your last, so live it to the full’. 248 encouraging and supportive paperback pages. £9.99 NOW £4


69557 DEATH OF SIGMUND FREUD: The


Legacy of His Last Days by Mark Edmundson


Sigmund Freud and Adolf Hitler lived alongside each other in Vienna in 1909, Freud in robust middle age, at the height of his powers, and Hitler living in a small apartment, an angry young man dreaming of making his fortune as an architect and artist. When the 1938 Anschluss reached Vienna, Freud was an ill man of 81 years and, along with the city’s other 175,000 Jews, was dreading the Nazi occupation. He was right to do so, as Hitler and the Nazis hated Freud with a particular vehemence, not least for what they called his “soul- destroying glorification of the instinctual life”. In his dramatic narrative, Professor Edmundson focuses on Freud’s last two years. 276pp. Paperback. $16 NOW £4.50


69950 HOW TO UNDERSTAND WOMEN


THROUGH THEIR CATS by Wendy Diamond Millions of women share their homes with kitties. The feminine mystique has been closely tied to the cat’s characteristics - cryptic, independent, graceful, changeable, aloof, curious and finicky - for centuries. So doesn’t it make sense that if you study different cats, you will learn more about the ladies who love them? Here are 22 types of luscious lasses who own certain breeds. Will the Siamese woman keep you up all night chatting? Which is naughtier - a tabby or a tortie? Here are humorous tips on how to comfortably cohabit as a pair when kitty makes three. Charming colour artworks. 112pp.


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69477 CRAZY AGE: Thoughts on Being Old by Jane Miller


Readers are treated to an analysis of how other authors view old age, some, notably Margaret Atwood’s and Jenny Joseph’s descriptions, rib-ticklingly funny. Our author ponders whether Western grandmothers can learn from the Hadza hunter-gatherer people in Tanzania, where the post-menopausal women win prizes for their assiduous gathering of roots, honey and fruit. After a romp through the hilarious process of divesting oneself of years of clutter, the volume finishes, appropriately, with a chapter about death. A heart-warming and amazingly optimistic book. 247 pages. £14.99 NOW £4


70041 ONE-MINUTE MYSTIC by Simon Parke Here is a random adventure and a book you can hop around from chapter to chapter, and read in a rather spiral way, as if enjoying the scent of one flower at a time in the garden with no rushing. Parke offers a collection of stimulating meditations, thought experiments and tiny tales to help us reconnect with our inner knowing. Take for example, the ‘daily conversation’. ‘The Sufi mystic Rumi invited us to consider ourselves as a house guest. Each morning there would be a new arrival - whether a joy, a depression or a meanness. He said we should welcome and entertain all arrivals...’. The crowd gawp at the lion in silent discomfort, for they look in a mirror. They look at a lion to see themselves. Each and every day we meet things dying and things new born - and pay our respects to both. The shape of the future is the shape of my heart. These aphorisms follow short musings with headings like A Revealing Interview, If God Were A Burglar, The Angry Puppet and Out Shopping on a Windless Day. With Notes section. 206pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £2.50


70055 SOULMATES by Sonali Fernando Only about 15 years ago online dating was regarded as something only desperate singletons dared do. It is nothing short of a revolution in Britishness and all age groups are involved now that the stigma is fading. Whether facilitating marriages, love affairs or one night stands, online matchmaking is lucrative from a business point of view. For much of its 300 year existence, the personal column has been regarded with a mixture of pity and scorn by genteel society yet today there are nearly 1,000 dating websites in the UK alone. From over 200 entries the editors whittled down a selection of hilarious and edifying, touching and toe-curlingly embarrassing stories from the fascinating mosaic of modern romance. 252pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £2.50


RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY


There is no record in human history of a happy philosopher.


- H. L. Mencken


70421 THE SISTERS OF SINAI: How Two lady Adventurers Discovered the


Hidden Gospels by Janet Soskice


Rousingly recounted, this is the compelling story of how two middle- aged identical twin sisters from Scotland made one of the most important scriptural discoveries of modern times. In 1892, whilst


combing the library of St Catherine’s monastery at Mount Sinai, they came across a long-neglected palimpsest. Beneath this unremarkable life of female saints they detected what turned out to be one of the earliest known copies of the Gospels, written in ancient Syriac, the language spoken by Jesus and his disciples. The story of how Agnes and Margaret Smith came to make their astounding discovery is a quintessentially Victorian adventure. With no formal training and hampered at every turn by the jealously and disdain of male biblical scholars, they traversed the Middle East by camel. They brought the Scriptures favourably back into the public’s attention at a time when scientific and archaeological discoveries were rewriting the world’s understanding of the origins of mankind. Equipped with only an indomitable spirit, an astonishing gift for languages and an almost child-like passion for adventure, the Smith twins are arguably two of the most unlikely and, until now, unsung heroines of the continuing effort to discover the Bible as it was originally written. B/w photos, engravings and other illus. 316 roughcut pages. $27.95 NOW £7


70703 THE FOUR GOSPELS by A. N. Wilson, Nick Cave, Blake Morrison et al This is a remarkable literary and spiritual achievement, relishing the Bible’s supreme status as a work of myth and poetry. Encouraging the reading of the Bible as literature rather than doctrine, the four central gospels are presented here in the beauty of the Authorised King James Version, with four fresh,


modern introductions. The revelatory essays by A. N. Wilson, Nick Cave, Richard Holloway and Blake Morrison were commissioned for the groundbreaking Pocket Canons series. They offer piercing, moving and


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highly personal responses to the most influential stories of the last 2000 years - the life of Christ. Wilson looks at the Gospel according to Matthew, Cave on Mark, Holloway on Luke and Morrison on John. 313pp in well presented paperback. £8.99 NOW £3.50


70372 IN CONSOLATION TO HIS WIFE by Plutarch


From an intimate and moving letter to his grieving wife on the death of their daughter, to elegant writings on morality, happiness and the avoidance of anger, Plutarch’s powerful words of consolation and inspiration still offer timeless wisdom and guidance today. Contents include ‘On Being Aware of Moral Progress’, ‘On the Avoidance of Anger’ and ‘On Contentment’. In the Penguin Great Ideas series, 101pp in paperback. $10 NOW £3.50


70369 HOW JESUS BECAME


A CHRISTIAN by Barrie Wilson


How did the Jewish Jesus of history become the Gentile Christ of faith? How did early Christianity become a separate religion from Judaism? What accounts for Christian anti- Semitism? Of these questions it is the first which is the simplest, yet one that few people even think about, let alone try to answer. How


did a young, well-respected rabbi become head of a cult which bears His name and which possesses a clear streak of anti-Semitism which has incited hatred against the generations of Jews who followed Him? Brilliantly evoking the world into which Jesus was born and the ensuing four centuries, Barrie Wilson focuses on the rivalry between the “Jesus movement” led by James, informed by Matthew and adhering to the Torah, and the “Christ movement” headed by Paul, a man who never met Jesus, which shunned the Torah. He postulates that Paul’s teachings were not rooted in the actual deeds and sayings of Jesus the man, but solely in Paul’s mystical vision of Christ. Paul then employed anti- Semitic propaganda to establish his new religion, which ultimately crushed the “Jesus movement”. Persuasively argued popular religious history which cuts right to the heart of the differences between Christianity and Judaism. 317pp. $25.95 NOW £6


70328 AN APPEAL TO THE TOILING,


OPPRESSED AND EXHAUSTED PEOPLES OF EUROPE by Leon Trotsky


‘They turn their people’s blood into their master’s gold.’ Whether calling for an end to the capitalist system, addressing the crowds after the Russian Revolution, or attacking Stalin during his years of exile, Leon Trotsky’s speeches give an extraordinary insight into a man whose words and actions determined the fate of millions. Chapters include The Zimmerwald Manifesto Against the War, All Power to the Soviets, Brother Cossacks! And The Walkout of the Mensheviks and Social Revolutionary ending with I Stake My Life! and Testament. One of the Penguin Great Ideas series, 131pp in paperback. $10 NOW £3


70525 A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY by Robert Olson


Concise and clearly written, this volume provides an overview of the philosophy of Western civilization. All major schools of thought, from ancient Greece to modern Europe, receive coherent explanations and analysis. In addition to surveying the doctrines of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes,


Berkeley, Hume and Kant, the text presents major issues in metaphysics and the relationship between philosophy and science. When examining epistemology, we are informed of and able to analyse Cartesian rationalism and other theories of knowledge. It considers moral responsibilities and problems in ethics, discussing philosophy of religion and reviewing some arguments for the existence of God. The concluding chapter explores trends within 20th century philosophy, including pragmatism, analytical philosophy, logical positivism and existentialism. An excellent introduction into the philosophical discipline, this volume provides the necessary perspective and critical insight to pursue further readings in philosophy. 152 pages, softback. $8.95 NOW £3.50


69616 ANGELS: A Pop-Up Book


by Chuck Fischer and Curtis Flowers A combination of Chuck Fischer’s beautifully detailed coloured paintings and paper engineering by Bruce Foster make this a highly collectable pop-up book for all ages. Arranged in three sections: Messengers, a Hierarchy of Angels and Secular Angels, we explore the function of angels as couriers between the heavens and humanity, the hierarchy and the structured order of their divine servitude and finally look at those supernatural entities who exist alongside their religious counterparts. The narratives and imagery in the book draw on a rich history of angelic lore from artists, authors and philosophers both biblical and secular who have been simply curious about angels. Throughout history, practitioners of traditional religions such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Zoroastrianism have embraced the thought of angelic beings existing in their midst. Gold lettering and twine. £25 NOW £11


69340 GREAT CHURCHES OF THE NORTHWEST by Matthew Byrne


St Helen Sefton, St John the Baptist Tuebrook, St Agnes Sefton Park and the Roman Catholic cathedral of Christ the King Liverpool are just four of the 26 great churches chosen on the basis of architectural distinction in a series of captivating photographic portraits. The book covers churches from Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside and all have great beauty, historical interest or dramatic settings. They range from remote medieval chapels and grand Victorian houses, in the cities of Manchester and Liverpool. Norman architecture gave way to the very different Gothic style around 1200 and it is the architecture of the pointed arch, rib-vaulted stone roofs, flying buttresses, large windows and intricate stone tracery which are widely represented in this region. 126 large pages with map and colour photos. £14.99 NOW £4.50


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70683 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRALS OF THE WORLD edited by Manfred Leier


Cathedrals epitomise the most spectacular architecture of their age and this selection brings together not only the renowned glories of Wren’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, Michelangelo’s dignified Baroque dome for St. Peter’s in Rome and the jazzy onion domes of St. Basil’s, Moscow, but also less familiar cathedrals from western Europe, Scandinavia and the Americas. The book also includes a few important non-cathedral buildings such as Le Corbusier’s iconic Notre-Dame-du-Haut at Ronchamp and the medieval Norwegian stave church at Borgund. Spain has two cathedrals which are instantly recognisable, the fantastic Gaudí masterpiece of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and the great pilgrimage church of Santiago de Compostela, built in 12th century Romanesque style but encrusted with a riot of Baroque decoration. By contrast the severe Romanesque of Germany’s Speyer Cathedral is almost unchanged. The façade of Reims cathedral is among the most impressive examples of Gothic decoration while the medieval Vilnius cathedral in Lithuania was remodelled in the 18th century as a superb example of Central European classicism. The cathedrals of Havana and Mexico City date from the late Spanish Baroque period and on the other side of the world the classical splendour of


Hungary’s Esztergom cathedral was


unveiled in 1864 with a mass commissioned from Franz Liszt. 208pp, illustrated throughout with superb colour photography.


ONLY £6 52188 BOOK OF HYMNS


A fresh anthology of favourite hymns. This inspiring selection has such time-honoured favourites as the harvest ‘We plough the fields and scatter’, the Christmas ‘O come all ye faithful’, as well as hymns suitable for weddings ‘Love divine, all loves excelling’ and even funerals ‘The Lord’s my Shepherd’. Hymns have always played a significant role in our cultural heritage and this new selection is ideal for use both in planning services and also personal devotion. Paperback. ONLY £4


69987 THE HOLY LAND: Lithographs


by David Roberts R.A. and Enrico Lavagno


In just two years from 1838-39, the Scottish artist David Roberts accomplished one of the most


memorable journeys of the 19th century in the course of his visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Sinai and the Holy Land. He immortalised two parallel worlds - that of the Bible that has long disappeared, and the other a world undergoing a painful transition. Roberts blends the two in a unique majestic portrait. This slim and beautiful volume contains invaluable lithographs of the Holy Land, 81 in total, like the Fountain of Cana, the Church of the Enunciation in Nazareth, the Shrine of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Immersion of the Pilgrims in the Jordan River, the Greek Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre, the Mosque of Omar (Dome of the Rock) on the ancient site of the Temple, the entrance to the Citadel of Jerusalem, the Tower of David, Hebron, Gaza and much more, peopled with Arab figures, rainbows and camels, this is a superb artistic record of the 1830s world. With a text by Enrico Lavagno in a glamorous large sized Italian publication, 64pp, colour. £14.99 NOW £6.50


68934 WAY OF CONFUCIUS by Jonathan Price


At last, for readers in the 21st century, here is the real Confucius (551-479 BCE). The teachings of Confucius are known primarily through the Analects - a collection of brief aphoristic fragments compiled many years after his death. Setting Confucius’ ideas against the context of his own life and times, the author brings to life the thoughts of the Master in their pristine form which, unalloyed by later misinterpretations and perversions of his original ideas, still have relevance today. 256 pages very lavishly illus in colour, map and timeline. £20 NOW £7


68976 LITTLE BOOK OF EASTERN WISDOM by Priya Hemenway


Beginning with Sufism in the Middle East and travelling via Taoism in China to Zen in Japan, this beautiful little book traces the three very different spiritual paths, with a commentary and text illustrated by artworks on each double spread. Sufism is a religion of devotion to a single God with roots in Islam. Tao found its clearest voice in the writings of Lao Tzu, based on the wisdom of the eternally creative laws of nature. Zen is one of the many flowerings of Buddhism and speaks of the here and now with humour and clarity. 152pp, illus in colour. ONLY £3


69175 DISCOVER CATHEDRALS FROM ABOVE by John Mannion


Winchester, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, St Paul’s, Southwark, Canterbury, Rochester, Chichester, Bath, Bristol (St Mary Redcliffe), Truro, Wells, Exeter, Lichfield, Hereford, Durham, St David’s, Edinburgh St Giles, Glasgow St Mungo and St Andrew’s are among the dozens of beautiful buildings at the heart of our national history, each with its own story to tell. Britain’s cathedrals have more than 20 million visitors a year, and it is easy to see why they are so popular. Stunning aerial photos. 32 page large softback, colour. £6.99 NOW £1.50


69411 IN THE NAME OF GOD: Violence and


Destruction in the World’s Religions by Michael Jordan


In a timely and important investigation, an expert in his field examines the history of religious violence and the relationship between religion, politics and society, as well as looking at modern religious terrorism. The God of the Old Testament, worshipped by Christians and Jews,


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