Mark Thornton: 7 books

Executive meditation coach Mark Thornton writes about a revolution—finding your deepest heart in everyday moments. In Meditation in a New York Minute , Thornton demystifies meditation and makes it accessible to all. He presents his complete program for enjoying the many benefits of meditation—stress...

Shakespeare and World Cinema radically re-imagines the field of Shakespeare on film, drawing on a wealth of examples from Africa, the Arctic, Brazil, China, France, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Tibet, Venezuela, Yemen and elsewhere. Mark Thornton Burnett explores the contemporary significance...

A fairytale for grownups: For the mouse Muse, the town has a million problems—each one is a rat. Tonight, they catch her, and she’s barely saved by a boy named Kirk. But the whole town needs saving—the plague is spreading (a million rats, duh!). Kirk tries, only to find himself under attack by a different kind of rat. Then an unseen power playing ethereal music intervenes.

What role did economics play in leading the United States into the Civil War in the 1860s, and how did the war affect the economies of the North and the South? Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation uses contemporary economic analyses such as supply and demand, modern market theory, and the economics of...

What if it were possible to experience life after death, without dying. To actually see what happens to another person's soul after death. That is the goal of Dr. Miles VanBurin, a wealthy surgeon with an obsession for uncovering the secrets of the human soul.

Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of Orson Welles, Akira...

Explore the creative ways music educators across the country are approaching emerging practices in music teaching and learning. Outlined in twenty-five unique case studies, each program offers a new perspective on music teaching and learning, often falling outside the standard music education curriculum....