Roy: 2801 books

What is the spiritual path, and who is or is not spiritual? Have you ever really thought about it and why are you here exploring the issue now? Is being spiritual belonging to one of the more than 4000 religious organizations in the world or is there only one group that is qualified to enlighten you?...

Living in a sunny barsati in south Delhi, Saurav Jha and Devapriya Roy are your average DINK couple, about to acquire a few EMIs and come of age in the modern consumerist world. Only, they don't. They junk the swivel chairs, gain a couple of backpacks and set out on a transformational journey across...

As the U.N. moves closer to a new global warming treaty, it is time to examine the calls for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The health and welfare of humanity has benefited from access to fossil fuels, and any drastic move to limit that access must have extraordinary evidence to support it. While...

The current frenzy over global warming has galvanized the public and cost taxpayers billons of dollars in federal expenditures for climate research. It has spawned Hollywood blockbusters and inspired major political movements. It has given a higher calling to celebrities and built a lucrative industry...

In the light of current events, particularly the ‘post September 11th’ debates with much focus on aspects of the ‘clash of civilisation’ thesis, the issue of Islamic identity is a crucial one. Whilst Friedrich Nietzsche was addressing an audience of a different culture and age, his own originality,...

This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock therapy...

One of the important 'life-skills', known as 'problem-solving', has had great impact on me during my lifetime. And while I've experienced just about every kind of problem-solving situation imaginable, the ones that are most enjoyable to me personally are those associated with...

People who stockpile stuff inside their homes may have more to deal with than a cluttered home. Hoarding can signify a mental condition associated with anxiety and depression. Hoarding may indicate there is something else going on in our lives that need some serious attention. This is my story as a recovering book hoarder.

"Ideas tumble out of Porter like wonders from some scholarly horn of plenty." —Sherwin B. Nuland, The New Republic An eminently readable, entertaining romp through the history of our vain and valiant efforts to heal ourselves. Mankind's battle to stay alive and healthy for as long...

Remembering the neighborhood where he grew up, a man realizes all the paths his life took. As a boy, he was mostly up to the usual boyhood mischief, but as a man, he sees the life lessons learned on those paths.

How can something meant for such good go so bad? Against the Grain takes you inside the mega-church machine, dissects the structure of these monolithic temples (claimed to be dedicated to God) and shows them for what they really are: huge mega-businesses that survive by using fear, guilt and psychological...

Drawn from the first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses, Roy Mottahedeh's gripping account of Islam and Politics in revolutionary Iran is widely regarded as one of the best records of that turbulent time ever written.The true story of a young mullah, his life in the sacred shrine city of Qom, and the dramatic...

The Bible Sex and You reveals the hidden elements of sex during the biblical period by highlighting what was once permissible but later forbidden in Christianity. Marriage, sex, birth control, abortion, divorce, homosexuality, fornication, adultery and masturbation are each analyzed from antiquity...

I have written and published 13 books on the nature of reality and our spiritual existence. 'Getting Real' is different than the rest. It was written in anger and impatience. It is a crash course in what I have been writing about in the early years. In the book I definitely show impatience with humanity...