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It is the thesis of World Perspectives that man is in the process of developing a new consciousness which, in spite of his apparent spiritual and moral captivity, can eventually lift the human race above and beyond the fear, ignorance, and isolation which beset it today. It is to this nascent consciousness, to this concept of man born out of a universe perceived through a fresh vision of reality, that World Perspectives is dedicated. Man has entered a new era of evolutionary history, one in which rapid change is a dominant consequence. He is contending with a fundamental change, since he has intervened in the evolutionary process. He must now better appreciate this fact and then develop the wisdom to direct the process toward his fulfillment rather than toward his destruction. As he learns to apply his understanding of the physical world for practical purposes, he is, in reality, extending his innate capacity and augmenting his ability and his need to communicate as well as his ability to think and to create. And as a result, he is substituting a goal-directed evolutionary process in his struggle against environmental hardship for the slow, but effective, biological evolution which produced modern man through mutation and natural selection. By intelligent intervention in the evolutionary process man has greatly accelerated and greatly expanded the range of his possibilities. This Series endeavors to point to a reality of which scientific theory has revealed only one aspect. It is the commitment to this reality that lends universal intent to a scientist's most original and solitary thought. By acknowledging this frankly we shall restore science to the great family of human aspirations by which men hope to fulfill themselves in the world community as thinking and sentient beings. For our problem is to discover a principle of differentiation and yet relationship lucid enough to justify and to purify scientific, philosophic and all other knowledge, both cognitive and intuitive, by accepting their interdependence. This is the crisis in consciousness made articulate through the crisis in science. This is the new awakening. Each volume presents the thought and belief of its author and points to the way in which religion, philosophy, art, science, economics, politics and history may constitute that form of human activity which takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity and difficulty. Thus World Perspectives endeavors to define that ecumenical power of the mind and heart which enables man through his mysterious greatness to re-create his life. http://www.angelfire.com/tv/emp/world.htm

It is the thesis of World Perspectives that man is in the process of developing a new consciousness which, in spite of his apparent spiritual and moral captivity, can eventually lift the human race above and beyond the fear, ignorance, and isolation which beset it today. It is to this nascent consciousness, to this concept of man born out of a universe perceived through a fresh vision of reality, that World Perspectives is dedicated. Man has entered a new era of evolutionary history, one in which rapid change is a dominant consequence. He is contending with a fundamental change, since he has intervened in the evolutionary process. He must now better appreciate this fact and then develop the wisdom to direct the process toward his fulfillment rather than toward his destruction. As he learns to apply his understanding of the physical world for practical purposes, he is, in reality, extending his innate capacity and augmenting his ability and his need to communicate as well as his ability to think and to create. And as a result, he is substituting a goal-directed evolutionary process in his struggle against environmental hardship for the slow, but effective, biological evolution which produced modern man through mutation and natural selection. By intelligent intervention in the evolutionary process man has greatly accelerated and greatly expanded the range of his possibilities. This Series endeavors to point to a reality of which scientific theory has revealed only one aspect. It is the commitment to this reality that lends universal intent to a scientist's most original and solitary thought. By acknowledging this frankly we shall restore science to the great family of human aspirations by which men hope to fulfill themselves in the world community as thinking and sentient beings. For our problem is to discover a principle of differentiation and yet relationship lucid enough to justify and to purify scientific, philosophic and all other knowledge, both cognitive and intuitive, by accepting their interdependence. This is the crisis in consciousness made articulate through the crisis in science. This is the new awakening. Each volume presents the thought and belief of its author and points to the way in which religion, philosophy, art, science, economics, politics and history may constitute that form of human activity which takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity and difficulty. Thus World Perspectives endeavors to define that ecumenical power of the mind and heart which enables man through his mysterious greatness to re-create his life. http://www.angelfire.com/tv/emp/world.htm

The Jargon Society was founded by Jonathan Williams and David Ruff in 1951 in a San Francisco Chinese restaurant.  The Jargon Society and its numerous publications represent the singular editorial vision of their publisher Jonathan Williams. Visionary coach, and at times, crank, he has, for three decades, been a major explorer of the fringe (and beyond) of two cultures: British and American. His diversity of tastes is legendary. It also sponsors programs in literature and the arts. Occasionally it provides support for a poet or photographer who is deserving but unrecognized.     In all that it does, the Jargon Society is dedicated to finding, bringing together, and focusing upon overlooked and underrated aspects of American and British culture. http://www.jargonbooks.com/index.html

The Jargon Society was founded by Jonathan Williams and David Ruff in 1951 in a San Francisco Chinese restaurant.  The Jargon Society and its numerous publications represent the singular editorial vision of their publisher Jonathan Williams. Visionary coach, and at times, crank, he has, for three decades, been a major explorer of the fringe (and beyond) of two cultures: British and American. His diversity of tastes is legendary. It also sponsors programs in literature and the arts. Occasionally it provides support for a poet or photographer who is deserving but unrecognized.     In all that it does, the Jargon Society is dedicated to finding, bringing together, and focusing upon overlooked and underrated aspects of American and British culture. http://www.jargonbooks.com/index.html

Ken Holt is the central character in a series of 18 mystery stories for adolescent boys written by Sam and Beryl Epstein under the pseudonym Bruce Campbell. The series was published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1949 and 1963. Ken Holt is the son of a world-famous foreign correspondent. With his friend, Sandy Allen, he travels around the world solving various mysteries.

Ken Holt is the central character in a series of 18 mystery stories for adolescent boys written by Sam and Beryl Epstein under the pseudonym Bruce Campbell. The series was published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1949 and 1963. Ken Holt is the son of a world-famous foreign correspondent. With his friend, Sandy Allen, he travels around the world solving various mysteries.

For those eager to deepen their spiritual lives through the great devotional writings of the church, Upper Room Books presents The Upper Room Spiritual Classics, a collection of the most readable translations of writers on spirituality. Each book has 14 accessible segments that encourage reading and reflection, a short biography of each writer, and an appendix on how to read the devotional writings fruitfully and how to apply their insights to daily life. http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-16408.htm

For those eager to deepen their spiritual lives through the great devotional writings of the church, Upper Room Books presents The Upper Room Spiritual Classics, a collection of the most readable translations of writers on spirituality. Each book has 14 accessible segments that encourage reading and reflection, a short biography of each writer, and an appendix on how to read the devotional writings fruitfully and how to apply their insights to daily life. http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-16408.htm

Whether you’re a classics scholar or a beginning student, the Landmark editions will help you navigate these ancient texts with new understanding. From the travels of Herodotus, the “father of history,” the events of the Peloponnesian War according to Thucydides and Xenophon, to the far-reaching campaigns of Alexander the Great, explore the ancient world with the contextual tools you need to more fully comprehend events and people of centuries ago.      The Landmark Ancient Histories feature contemporary translations of classic historians’ writings supported with extensive customized maps, illustrations, and annotations. Marginal notes, dates, and locations are placed side by side with the manuscript in a clear page format to help keep you oriented. Introductions and appendices written by some of today’s leading scholars give insight to politics, culture, warfare, and other subjects pertinent to the ancient texts. Encyclopedic indexes provide cross-references to themes and events throughout the manuscripts. http://www.thelandmarkancienthistories.com/

Whether you’re a classics scholar or a beginning student, the Landmark editions will help you navigate these ancient texts with new understanding. From the travels of Herodotus, the “father of history,” the events of the Peloponnesian War according to Thucydides and Xenophon, to the far-reaching campaigns of Alexander the Great, explore the ancient world with the contextual tools you need to more fully comprehend events and people of centuries ago.      The Landmark Ancient Histories feature contemporary translations of classic historians’ writings supported with extensive customized maps, illustrations, and annotations. Marginal notes, dates, and locations are placed side by side with the manuscript in a clear page format to help keep you oriented. Introductions and appendices written by some of today’s leading scholars give insight to politics, culture, warfare, and other subjects pertinent to the ancient texts. Encyclopedic indexes provide cross-references to themes and events throughout the manuscripts. http://www.thelandmarkancienthistories.com/

"A very enjoyable series about a somewhat hapless but brilliant British art expert and his Italian significant other who is with the art squad of the Italian authorities. Set mostly in Rome, the series is a great way to learn about current issues in the illicit acquisition and movement of art, as well as about a wide range of art and art periods. Book critics loved this series for its wit, style, erudition, elegance, sophistication, quirky characters, literary language, great plot twists, and sense of place. I wish the author would continue on with this series, but it seems once he managed to get the main characters to the point of marriage, he turned to other things."

"A very enjoyable series about a somewhat hapless but brilliant British art expert and his Italian significant other who is with the art squad of the Italian authorities. Set mostly in Rome, the series is a great way to learn about current issues in the illicit acquisition and movement of art, as well as about a wide range of art and art periods. Book critics loved this series for its wit, style, erudition, elegance, sophistication, quirky characters, literary language, great plot twists, and sense of place. I wish the author would continue on with this series, but it seems once he managed to get the main characters to the point of marriage, he turned to other things."

"A very enjoyable series about a somewhat hapless but brilliant British art expert and his Italian significant other who is with the art squad of the Italian authorities. Set mostly in Rome, the series is a great way to learn about current issues in the illicit acquisition and movement of art, as well as about a wide range of art and art periods. Book critics loved this series for its wit, style, erudition, elegance, sophistication, quirky characters, literary language, great plot twists, and sense of place. I wish the author would continue on with this series, but it seems once he managed to get the main characters to the point of marriage, he turned to other things."

"A very enjoyable series about a somewhat hapless but brilliant British art expert and his Italian significant other who is with the art squad of the Italian authorities. Set mostly in Rome, the series is a great way to learn about current issues in the illicit acquisition and movement of art, as well as about a wide range of art and art periods. Book critics loved this series for its wit, style, erudition, elegance, sophistication, quirky characters, literary language, great plot twists, and sense of place. I wish the author would continue on with this series, but it seems once he managed to get the main characters to the point of marriage, he turned to other things."

The Cahiers Series is published jointly by Sylph Editions and The Center for Writers & Translators at the American University of Paris. The goal of this series is to make available new explorations in writing, in translating, and in the areas linking these two activities. http://www.sylpheditions.com/sylpheditionscahier.html

The Cahiers Series is published jointly by Sylph Editions and The Center for Writers & Translators at the American University of Paris. The goal of this series is to make available new explorations in writing, in translating, and in the areas linking these two activities. http://www.sylpheditions.com/sylpheditionscahier.html

During the 1930s, Dennis Wheatley conceived a series of mysteries, presented as case files, with testimonies, letters, pieces of evidence such as hairs or pills. The reader had to read the evidence to solve the mystery before unsealing the last pages of the file, which gave the answer. Four of these 'Crime Dossiers' were published: Murder Off Miami, Who Killed Robert Prentice, The Malinsay Massacre, and Herewith The Clues.

During the 1930s, Dennis Wheatley conceived a series of mysteries, presented as case files, with testimonies, letters, pieces of evidence such as hairs or pills. The reader had to read the evidence to solve the mystery before unsealing the last pages of the file, which gave the answer. Four of these 'Crime Dossiers' were published: Murder Off Miami, Who Killed Robert Prentice, The Malinsay Massacre, and Herewith The Clues.

One of the most modest and generous print publications ongoing is Sylvester Pollet's Backwood Broadsides Chaplet Series. Modest? 8 1/2 x 14 inch paper folded into fourths, each chaplet offers but six 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch pages of a single writer's work. The "cover" include's the writer's name, the title of the chaplet, the title of the series, the issue number, and the price. The back page offers a brief biography of the writer, a logo consisting of a sea serpent wrapped around an achor, and a list of the other chaplets in the series. No other design elements. Get the writing, the presentation says, in the palm of a hand, light, crisp, clear.

One of the most modest and generous print publications ongoing is Sylvester Pollet's Backwood Broadsides Chaplet Series. Modest? 8 1/2 x 14 inch paper folded into fourths, each chaplet offers but six 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch pages of a single writer's work. The "cover" include's the writer's name, the title of the chaplet, the title of the series, the issue number, and the price. The back page offers a brief biography of the writer, a logo consisting of a sea serpent wrapped around an achor, and a list of the other chaplets in the series. No other design elements. Get the writing, the presentation says, in the palm of a hand, light, crisp, clear.

A series of 39 poetry chapbooks, The Keepsake Poems, was published between 1972 and 1979 by the Keepsake Press. All have a standard format of crown quarto wrapper enclosing a trimmed folded sheet. A poem and illustration were printed on the centre pages and the print run was generally of 180 copies.

A series of 39 poetry chapbooks, The Keepsake Poems, was published between 1972 and 1979 by the Keepsake Press. All have a standard format of crown quarto wrapper enclosing a trimmed folded sheet. A poem and illustration were printed on the centre pages and the print run was generally of 180 copies.

The Palliser novels are six novels by Anthony Trollope. The common thread is the wealthy aristocrat and politician Plantagenet Palliser and (in all but the last book) his wife Lady Glencora. The plots usually involve English politics in varying degrees, specifically in and around Parliament.

The Palliser novels are six novels by Anthony Trollope. The common thread is the wealthy aristocrat and politician Plantagenet Palliser and (in all but the last book) his wife Lady Glencora. The plots usually involve English politics in varying degrees, specifically in and around Parliament.

The Book of the New Sun is a novel in four parts written (1980–83) by science fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe. It chronicles the journey and ascent to power of Severian, a disgraced journeyman torturer who rises to the position of Autarch, the one ruler of the free world. Severian, who claims that he has perfect memory, tells the story in first person; the books are presented by Wolfe as a translation of Severian's writings into contemporary English. The series takes place in the distant future, where the Sun has dimmed considerably and the Earth (referred to in the series as "Urth") is slowly cooling.

The Book of the New Sun is a novel in four parts written (1980–83) by science fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe. It chronicles the journey and ascent to power of Severian, a disgraced journeyman torturer who rises to the position of Autarch, the one ruler of the free world. Severian, who claims that he has perfect memory, tells the story in first person; the books are presented by Wolfe as a translation of Severian's writings into contemporary English. The series takes place in the distant future, where the Sun has dimmed considerably and the Earth (referred to in the series as "Urth") is slowly cooling.

The Ariel poems were a series of pamphlets published by Faber and Gwyer (and, later, Faber and Faber) which contained illustrated poems.

The Ariel poems were a series of pamphlets published by Faber and Gwyer (and, later, Faber and Faber) which contained illustrated poems.

Colin Harpur is a Detective Chief Inspector and Desmond Iles is the Assistant Chief Constable in an unnamed coastal city in southwestern England. Harpur and Iles are complemented by an evolving cast of other recurring characters on both sides of the law. The books are characterized by a grim humor and a bleak view of the relationship between the public, the police force and the criminal element. The first few are designated "A Detective Colin Harpur Novel" but as the series progressed they began to be published with the designation "A Harpur & Iles Mystery".

Colin Harpur is a Detective Chief Inspector and Desmond Iles is the Assistant Chief Constable in an unnamed coastal city in southwestern England. Harpur and Iles are complemented by an evolving cast of other recurring characters on both sides of the law. The books are characterized by a grim humor and a bleak view of the relationship between the public, the police force and the criminal element. The first few are designated "A Detective Colin Harpur Novel" but as the series progressed they began to be published with the designation "A Harpur & Iles Mystery".