Bøger af Andrew Mason

A fascinating guide to using the iris to discover the hidden world behind the eye

Romance, Betrayal, Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare! Sam Thompson is an American exchange student at a small liberal arts college in England in 1995. He lives in a hundred year old mansion, gets to travel throughout Europe almost every weekend, and he has been romancing the most interesting girl at the school. It should be the greatest time of his life, but for some reason he decides to quit sleeping. Through parties, bar fights, and a school production of The Taming of the Shrew, the hours add up as he continues to make decisions that he may regret for the rest of his life.

Plato explores the thought of a man who, in a literary career of fifty years, generated ideas that have pervaded history from antiquity to today. After laying out the basics of Plato's intellectual development and considering his complex relationship with Socrates, Andrew Mason offers a thematic approach to help readers navigate through an often challenging body of work. Throughout, this concise volume traces the development of continuing themes in Plato's dialogues and considers the relevance of these themes for modern thought. Drawing on recent scholarship, this engaging introduction offers the ideal, up-to-date overview of a figure who remains essential reading in western history and philosophy.

The quintessential guide to an ancient Indian tradition of healing and alchemy.

Compact and concise information on how to determine health implications and life events using palmistry and Vedic wisdom.With a discussion of introductory level astrology and its integration with palmistry, no prior knowledge is required. An essential guide for anyone interested in Vedic wisdom, Ayurveda or yoga.

A complete introduction to Jyotish, or Vedic astrology, with sample charts and clear explanations. Mason provides all the information needed to be able to understand this system of astrology. He also introduces Jyotish's sister sciences, Ayurveda and Vaatsu, and shows how they interact.

This book offers an incisive analysis of the problems and pressures of citizenship in the twenty-first century, focussing in particular on the apparent decline of traditional forms of civic engagement, the emergence of new forms of participation and the relationship between citizenship and globalization.

This book examines a number of different accounts developed by philosophers and political theorists to explain why political disagreement is so extensive and persistent. The author develops a framework which gives a role to the individual's reasons for his or her beliefs, but also to psychological and sociological factors.

Despite the frequency with which the term 'community' is used, it is hard to find any comprehensive exploration of the nature and value of community. This book tries to remedy this omission whilst taking seriously the idea that community can be of different kinds and can exist at different levels, and that these levels and kinds may come into conflict with one another. It focuses on the question of what kind of community is valuable at the level of the state. It then explores the limits that ideals of political community place upon cultural diversity within the state, and the limits that, in turn, ideals of global community place upon the self-determination of political communities. This book will be of interest to students of political theory, philosophy and international relations.

Plato (c 428-347 BCE) stands at the beginning of many debates that have continued throughout the history of philosophy. This title offers a fresh general survey of Plato's philosophy. It highlights the continuing themes in Plato's work and how they develop from one dialogue to another.