Penguin Books Australia

GROWING UP, GOTHAM CHOPRA WAS EXPOSED TO THE DEEPEST reservoirs of knowledge that his famous father, Deepak, could find; his childhood was part spiritual, part scientific, and totally unique.  Now a new father himself, he has contemplated the influences he wants to draw on for his own son.  The first was no surprise: his father.  The second was unexpected: his dogs.

'RZA is a towering artist and deep thinker who has much to teach us.  I salute his courageous vision and compassionate witness-as manifest in this book and his life!'
-CORNEL WEST

'Dilemma . . . is sure to reheat the debate about celibacy . . . But just as important, Cutié makes it clear why Catholics shouldn't confuse their checkered church with their religion.  In reality, Catholicism encourages the kind of independent thinking that suffuses his book-conscientious human reason, not hoary Vatican doctrine, as the doorway to faith.'
- TIME

When celebrity journalist Anna Hunt takes a break from her glamorous, high-powered and fast-paced job to live in Peru for three months, none of her friends take her seriously. A burn-the-candle-at-both-ends 29-year-old with a love of stilettos, chocolate, fast cars and Sauvignon Blanc, she seems to have it all, including a wealthy boyfriend and a comfortable pad in Marylebone. How will she manage in...

Soul on Fire is a magical collection of stories describing the awakening of spiritual powers of an Episcopal priest turned shaman-powers that have usually been ascribed to Eastern masters of traditional shamans. It is about the quest for 'lost knowledge' and the powers that Christ himself once promised.

The first Western autobiography since Augustine's Confessions , the Monodies is set against the backdrop of the First Crusade and offers stunning insights into medieval society. As Guibert of Nogent intimately recounts his early years, monastic life, and the bloody uprising at Laon in 1112, we witness a world-and a mind-populated by royals, heretics, nuns, witches, and devils, and come to understand...