Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald

Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald'Thrilling dispatches from a vanishing world' ObserverAnimals don't exist to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves. From the bestselling author of H is for Hawk comes Vesper Flights, a transcendent collection of essays about the human relationship to the natural world. Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved writing along with new pieces

At a time when science is exploring outer space Zen-Yoga helps us to explore the inner space of the human psyche

sociology and agricultural sciences

As De Vincenzi investigates

Tracking the mind’s fitful development

This book is the perfect pocket-sized introduction to politics and political thought throughout history

Using his cover as a magazine editor

From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny

four prisoners—Demirtay the student

Cousin Bette is a gripping tale of violent jealousy

entangled romances with Burma

the Gheranda Samhita speaks of a sevenfold yoga: Shatkarma for purification

But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line