Atlantic Books imprint: 617 books
The Order-Disorder Paradox
Understanding the Hidden Side of Change in Self and Society
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Increasing order in a system also creates disorder: this seemingly paradoxical idea has deep roots in early cultures throughout the world, but it has been largely lost in our modern lives as we push for increasing systematization in our world and in our personal lives. Drawing on nearly five decades...
by Christine Dwyer Hickey
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
A sweeping tale of consequences spanning the 1930s to the 1990s, moving between fascist Italy and modern Ireland
In 1933, Bella Stuart leaves her quiet London life to move to Italy to tutor the child of a beautiful Jewish heiress and an elderly Italian aristocrat. Living at the family’s...
The Longshoreman
A Life at the Water's Edge
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Fish have been a lifelong obsession for Richard Shelton. As a boy in the 1940s, he was fascinated by what he found in the streams near his Buckinghamshire home. But it was the sea and the creatures living in it and by it which were to become his passion. This book follows the author from stream to...
Out in the Open, Revised Edition
The Complete Male Pelvis
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Out in the Open, Revised Edition: The Complete Male Pelvis offers a frank exploration of the male pelvic region from a cultural and scientific perspective. Focusing on pelvic structure and development, the book explains how male sexuality develops throughout a man's life—from birth onwards. An experienced...
The Tao of Craft
Fu Talismans and Casting Sigils in the Eastern Esoteric Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
For the first time in English, Benebell Wen reveals the rich history and theoretical principles underlying the ancient practice of crafting Fu talismans, or magical sigils, in the Chinese Taoist tradition and gives detailed instructions for modern practitioners who would like to craft their own Fu....
Stillness
Biodynamic Cranial Practice and the Evolution of Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Charles Ridley is known for having refined a version of biodynamic craniosacral work that is nonmedical and nonmechanical. In Stillness, he clarifies the three fundamental types of this work — biomechanical, functional, and biodynamic. He explains the requirements and pitfalls of each model, and...
Sky Shamans of Mongolia
Meetings with Remarkable Healers
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Part travelogue, part experiential spiritual memoir, Kevin Turner takes us to visit with authentic shamans in the steppes and urban centers of modern-day Mongolia. Along the way, the author, a practicing shaman himself, tells of spontaneous medical diagnoses, all-night shamanic ceremonies, and miraculous...
by Shashi Warrier
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
A powerful, harrowing book exploring a great moral question: when does one who kills become a murderer?
In the heat and the dust of the Indian south, the last hangman of Travancore commits his life to paper. In seven notebooks he remembers the people he has killed, calmly recalling the final...
Jubbs Cell Rejuvenation
Colloidal Biology: A Symbiosis
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
According to David Jubb, who has done the breakthrough work in this realm, life extension and health optimization require protein and antioxidant synthesis. Colloids of life and lifecolloids (spores), he says, are the real primordial building blocks of life, not the body cells. These colloids comprise...
by Martin Suter
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
A thriller and love story that has gripped readers across Europe, filled with culinary exploits and sexual adventures, and includes 16 recipes
As the financial crisis tightens its grip on Europe, the gilded world of Zurich's leading restaurant, Chez Huwyler, seems immune to plunging stock...
The Anatomy of Stretching, Second Edition
Your Illustrated Guide to Flexibility and Injury Rehabilitation
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
The multiple stresses of contemporary life—whether from excessive sports play, overwork, or overuse of technology—are increasingly taking a toll on the body. Symptoms range from muscle soreness and pain to pinched nerves to potentially more permanent disabilities, including serious body injuries....
Blue Mauritius
The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Follow the adventures of the world's most sought-after postage stamps—from a tropical Indian Ocean island to the hushed atmosphere of the modern auction room—in this dramatic and passionate tale of the first stamp hunters. In September 1847 colored squares of paper were stuck on to envelopes and...
The Vital Glutes
Connecting the Gait Cycle to Pain and Dysfunction
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
In The Vital Glutes, author and respected bodywork specialist John Gibbons looks at one of the most neglected areas of the body: the gluteal muscles. Hetakes readers on a fascinating journey of enlightenment, teaching us to recognize pain and dysfunctional patterns that arise from the gluteal muscles....
The Art of Somatic Coaching
Embodying Skillful Action, Wisdom, and Compassion
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
The Art of Somatic Coaching introduces the concepts and principles of coaching with practices that include body awareness, bodywork, and mindfulness for both the coach and the client. Author and expert coach, Richard Strozzi-Heckler, PhD, explains that in order to achieve truly sustainable changes...