Avicenna's 'A Compendium on the Soul' is a seminal work in the field of Islamic philosophy and metaphysics. Written in the 11th century, this treatise explores the nature of the soul, its immortality, and its relationship to the body. Avicenna's writing style is characterized by its clarity and logical rigor, drawing on both Aristotelian and Islamic thought to present a comprehensive understanding of the soul. The book's insights into the relationship between mind and body have had a lasti...

*** As a boy, famed scientist Edward O. Wilson spent his happiest days outdoors hunting for fish, snakes, and bugs in Florida and Alabama. Drawing from Wilson's autobiography Naturalist, author Sara van Dyck shows how the shy boy who loved ants grew into the man who became a world leader in nature conservation. He believes that there is always more to discover and has dedicated himself to promoting biodiversity and protecting habitats around the globe. Written for ages 7 and up, the book i...

Avicenna's "A Compendium on the Soul" is a pivotal text that delves into the complexities of the human psyche and the nature of existence, merging philosophy and psychology in a profound examination of the soul's attributes. Written in a clear and methodical style characteristic of Avicenna's works, the text navigates through Aristotelian concepts while simultaneously engaging with Neoplatonism. The book is situated in the rich intellectual milieu of the Islamic Golden Age, where philosoph...

A Compendium on the Soul presents Avicenna's concise yet ambitious account of the human soul, its faculties, and its relation to body and intellect. Written in the disciplined idiom of falsafa, it refines Aristotelian psychology through late antique and Islamic philosophical categories, moving from sensation, imagination, and appetite to rational abstraction and self-awareness. Its style is compressed, analytic, and demonstrative, designed less as literary ornament than as a philosophical ...

Three sisters, three summers . . . This coming-of-age novel offers a “sweet, light, and dreamy escape” to one of Athens’ oldest suburbs before WW2 (Lit Hub).“Following Woolf, [Liberaki] captures life as it is lived in small ‘moments of being,’ especially of female domestic rituals.” —Electric LiteratureThree Summers is the story of three sisters growing up in the countryside near Athens before the Second World War...

The most prominent Flemish Baroque artist of the seventeenth century, Anthony van Dyck was a prolific painter of portraits of European aristocracy, most notably for Charles I and his family. He also executed religious and mythological works and was a fine draftsman and etcher. Along with his contemporary Diego Velázquez, van Dyck revolutionised the genre of portraiture, elevating its status in the arts. Through his evolution of style, the Fleming master would become the dominant in...

A remarkable collection of poetic voices from contemporary Greece, Austerity Measures is a one-of-a-kind window into the creative energy that has arisen from the country's decade of crisis and a glimpse into what it is like to be Greek today.The 2008 debt crisis shook Greece to the core and went on to shake the world. More recently, Greece has become one of the main channels into Europe for refugees from poverty and war. Greece stands at the center of toda...

**Winner of the 2025 IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Awards) Silver Medal for Cookbooks**This book brings together more than 100 unique recipes from and inspired by America’s first true “farm-to-table” restaurant with the story of its creation.Working together, founders Ron Zimmerman and Carrie Van Dyck turned a farm garage into a restaurant like no other. In their pre-opening manifesto, they vowed to use only local ingredients to reunite ...

Around the world, established parties are weakening, and new parties are failing to take root. In many cases, outsiders have risen and filled the void, posing a threat to democracy. Why do most new parties fail? Under what conditions do they survive and become long-term electoral fixtures? Brandon Van Dyck investigates these questions in the context of the contemporary Latin American left. He argues that stable parties are not an outgrowth of democracy. On the contrary, contemporary democr...

Manufacturing companies have just begun to implement the concepts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) on a larger scale. Still, this area is characterized by a rapid pace of technological change, blurring boundaries between physical, digital, and biological systems, and a quickly changing growing political, economic, and social environment -- leading to high uncertainty in decision making and many questions about the future development in this field.To provide guidan...

In The Survival Paradox, renowned corporate survival expert Fons Van Dyck offers any manager a proven guide for lasting survival in the difficult years ahead.The key to corporate survival lies in mastering a delicate paradoxical balance between the need for change and the need for stability, consistency and continuity. This survival paradox implies that a company that unilaterally focuses on change, or sets extreme short-term objectives, is at great risk of failure. This b...

In The Survival Paradox, renowned corporate survival expert Fons Van Dyck offers any manager a proven guide for lasting survival in the difficult years ahead.The key to corporate survival lies in mastering a delicate paradoxical balance between the need for change and the need for stability, consistency and continuity. This survival paradox implies that a company that unilaterally focuses on change, or sets extreme short-term objectives, is at great risk of failure. This b...