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The Best Leonardo Book is Written by Martin Kemp

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  About Author Martin John  Kemp FBA is a British art historian and exhibition curator who is one of the world's leading authorities on the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci. The author of many books on Leonardo, Kemp has also written about visualization in art and science, particularly anatomy, natural sciences, and optics. About The Leonardo..... Leonardo and the" Abbreviators " The abbreviators of work do injury to knowledge and to love, for love of anything is the offspring of knowledge, love being more fervent as knowledge is more certain, and certainty springs from a thorough knowledge of all those parts which united compose the whole... truly it is impatience, mother of folly, which praises brevity. This fascinating exploration of  Leonardo da Vinci's life  and work identify what it was that made him so unique, and explains the phenomenon of the world's most celebrated artistic genius who, 500 years on, still grips and inspires us. This scathing criticism...

The Book of Secrets: Part 1

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  About:- The Author  Faith Mitchell Faith Mitchell  is a medical anthropologist whose career has bridged research, philanthropy, and social and health policy. In addition to numerous policy-related publications, she is the author of Hoodoo Medicine: Gullah Herbal Remedies and The Book of Secrets, Part 1. About:- The The Book of Secrets: Part 1 The principles and practices of Tantra are revealed by one of the greatest spiritual teachers of the twentieth century in  The Book of Secrets : 112 Reflections to Discover the Mystery Within. In this comprehensive and practical guide, the secrets of the archaic science of Tantra become available to a modern audience.  Confined to small, hidden mystery schools for centuries, and often misinterpreted and misunderstood today.   Tantra is not just a collection of techniques to enhance a sexual experience.  As Osho shows in these pages, it is a complete science of self-realization, based on the incremental wisdom of...

The Alchemist 30th Anniversary Edition

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Paulo Coelho  is the author of " The Alchemist ", he was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being the author of 30 books that have sold over 320 million copies in 170 countries, he has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. The alchemist picked up a book that someone in the caravan had bought. Leafing through the pages, he found a story about Narcissus. The alchemist knew the legend of Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to contemplate his own beauty.   He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus.  But this was not how the author of the book ended the story.  He said that when  Narcissus  died, the goddess of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears.  "Why do you weep?" the goddesses asked.  "I weep for Narc...