“Seven Hanged” by Leonid Andreyev (2016 new translation by Anthony Briggs)

"This astonishing novella from 1908, newly translated for Little Black Classics by War and Peace translator Anthony Briggs, probes the emotions and experiences of seven people condemned to death in Tsarist Russia. A powerful and subtle exploration of the morality of capital punishment, it was a bestseller at the time, and, in a strange quirk of history, influenced the conspirators in the cataclysmic assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914."...>>

“Da Vinci’s Divine Proportion: Another Piece of Da Vinci’s Puzzle” by L.A. Braun

"Leonardo Da Vinci had been obsessed with the Divine Proportion of the Golden Ratio. It had been expressed through his many manifestations of the geometric pattern of the 'Stairway to Heaven.' There are geometric and mathematical constants that Da Vinci had secretly embedded within his works. He had tried to show us how these constants are ubiquitous—appearing above, below and within us. In fact, the secrets are woven tightly into the quilt of our very nature. Explore the sacred universal pattern of the fractal iteration of the Sierpinski Triangle—as the overriding cosmic design of all matter and energy in what we today call reality. This book delivers a golden payload of fresh new rebus...>>

“The Systems Thinker: Essential Thinking Skills For Solving Problems, Managing Chaos, and Creating Lasting Solutions in a Complex World” by Albert Rutherford

"Find the optimal solutions to your problems. Gain a deep understanding of the ā€œwhat, why, how, when, how muchā€ questions of your life. Become a Systems Thinker and discover how to approach your life from a completely new perspective. What is systems thinking? Put it simply, thinking about how things interact with one another. Why should this matter to you? Because you are a system. You are a part of smaller and larger systems — your community, your country, your species. Understanding your role within these systems and how these systems affect, hinder, or aid the fulfillment of your life can lead you to better answers about yourself and the world. Information is the most precious...>>

“The Shadow Effect: Illuminating the Hidden Power of Your True Self” by Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson and Debbie Ford

"Be uplifted by the power that is hidden beneath the surface of your conscious mind. Take this emotionally gripping, visually compelling journey into your mysterious shadow self the hiding place for your most disliked thoughts, emotions, and impulses and discover how by embracing your worst fears, you can step into your greatest self. Be transformed by Debbie Ford, the #1 New York Times best-selling author and internationally acclaimed expert on the human shadow, as well as some of the most brilliant and evolutionary thinkers of the 21st century. Be inspired to uncover the wisdom in your wounds, the blessings in your misfortunes, and the gifts that are waiting to be claimed where you may...>>

“Acid Dreams. The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond” by Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain (revised edition)

"Few events have had a more profound impact on the social and cultural upheavals of the Sixties than the psychedelic revolution spawned by the spread of LSD. This book for the first time tells the full and astounding story—part of it hidden till now in secret Government files—of the role the mind-altering drug played in our recent turbulent history and the continuing influence it has on our time. And what a story it is, beginning with LSD’s discovery in 1943 as the most potent drug known to science until it spilled into public view some twenty years later to set the stage for one of the great ideological wars of the decade. In the intervening...>>