Smoking and eye disease
Smoking is a major factor contributing to the early development of age-related macular degeneration. Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause of blindness in the Western world. Smoking is a major factor contributing to the early ... [... more]
Better Health |
Chinese Silkie Chicken
Chinese Silkies are believed to have originated in Asia, although despite the name, it is unclear whether it was in China, Japan or India. Amongst his many other exploits, Marco Polo is believed to have introduced this bird to the western world ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Lewis Carroll, in UK
The 2nd most quoted book in the western world was written in a room above the quadrangle at Christ Church College, Oxford University. The author was the Mathematics Lecturer, Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, but this wasn't a learned treatise on ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Eric Lurio
All philosophy is a footnote to Plato. No other person so shaped the Western world and the way we think about it. Plato's questions remain as real for us today as they were 2500 years ago, and as human beings, we can not avoid their presence nor ... [... more]
Random House |
Tim Pickles
The epic siege of the island fortress of the Knights Hospitaller by the huge Turkish Army of the Emperor Suliman is one of the most compelling stories in the history of the western world. The Turks amassed an army of 30,000 men, which doubled as ... [... more]
Random House |
Bryan C. Loritts
The Bible--the Wildest Story of Passion and Pursuit You'll Ever Read The Bible is the most quoted book in the western world, and likely the most misunderstood. It is often thought to be little more than religious mythology, or a collection of ... [... more]
Random House |
David Chadwick
Shunryu Suzuki arrived in San Francisco in 1959 and founded the San Francisco Zen Center and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the first Buddhist monastery in and for the Western world. By the time of his death, twelve years later, he had deeply ... [... more]
Random House |
Bergen Evans
From the ancient past come the myths that color our present. Like the symbols that haunt our dreams and guide our inner journeys, the myths of the Western world touch something deep within us, awakening old nightmares and new yearnings. Some of ... [... more]
Random House |
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra, the founder of The Chopra Center, is the preeminent teacher of Eastern philosophy to the Western World. He has been a bestselling author for decades, his books have appeared on every bestseller list in America, and his writings ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
