Mark Williams
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Everyday life is so frantic and full of troubles that we have largely forgotten how to live a joyful existence. We try so hard to be happy that we often end up missing the most important parts of our lives. In Mindfulness, Oxford professor Mark Williamsand award-winning journalist Danny Penman reveal the secrets to living a happier and less anxious, stressful, and exhausting life. Based on the techniques of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, the...
Author
Series
Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society volume number 1271
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The evolution of skeletons enabled an unprecedented array of bodies to evolve, from the tiniest seed shrimp to dinosaurs and blue whales. This book explores the incredible variety of skeletons in nature, and the impacts of climate change, and of medical and technological advances, for the future of skeletons.
11) Imag(in)ing the war in Japan: representing and responding to trauma in postwar literature and film
Series
Brill's Japanese studies library volume 34
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In the past century, average life expectancies have nearly doubled, and today, for the first time in human history, many people have a realistic chance of living to eighty or beyond. Physician Mark Williams discusses the advances that medical science has made in the field of aging and the steps that people may take to enhance their lives as they age. Through his own observations and by use of medical research, Williams offers advice to help aging...
Author
Publisher
Balance, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Based on Mark Williams's research into the therapeutic powers of mindfulness, and an extension of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Deeper Mindfulness continues the story told by Mark Williams and Danny Penman's runaway success, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World. Where the author's previous book crafted the foundations necessary to live a happier and more fulfilling life, and has proven transformative for...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution-from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state," political violence, and social inequality-and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told,...