In spite of their widely disparate uses, Marian prayers and courtly love songs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance often show a stylistic similarity. This book examines the convergence of these two styles in polyphonic music and its broader poetic, artistic, and devotional context from c.1200-c.1500.

What happens when a former Zen Buddhist monk and his feminist wife experience an apparition of the Virgin Mary? “This book could not have come at a more auspicious time, and the message is mystical perfection, not to mention a courageous one. I adore this book.”—Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit Before a vision of a mysterious “Lady” invited Clark Strand and Perdita Finn to pray the rosary, they were not only uninterested in becoming Catholic but finished with institutional religion altogether. Their main spiritual concerns were the fate of the planet and the future of their children and grandchildren in an age of ecological collapse. But this Lady barely even referred to the Church and its proscriptions. Instead, she spoke of the miraculous power of the rosary to transform lives and heal the planet, and revealed the secrets she had hidden within the rosary’s prayers and mysteries—secrets of a past age when forests were the only cathedrals and people wove rose garlands for a Mother whose loving presence was as close as the ground beneath their feet. She told Strand and Finn: The rosary is My body, and My body is the body of the world. Your body is one with that body. What cause could there be for fear? Weaving together their own remarkable story of how they came to the rosary, their discoveries about the eco-feminist wisdom at the heart of this ancient devotion, and the life-changing revelations of the Lady herself, the authors reveal an ancestral path—available to everyone, religious or not—that returns us to the powerful healing rhythms of the natural world.

Self-styled 'Satanic man' Charles Baudelaire's collection The Flowers of Evil is marked by paeans to sexual degradation such as 'The Litanies of Satan' and 'Metamorphosis of the Vampire'. A new translation vivdly brings Baudelaire's masterpiece to life for the 21st century in this collection, which also includes key texts from Artificial Paradise, Baudelaire's notorious examination of the effects of alcohol and psychotropic drugs.

An island-wide conspiracy. A community of corruption. And a wretched, vengeful sky. In a desperate bid to escape the imminent danger lurking at home, Hana and Logan embark on a journey to the tranquil shores of Rarotonga. But what was meant to be a peaceful retreat quickly turns into a nightmare beyond their wildest imaginations. Injured and vulnerable, Hana should have sought solace on the sun-kissed beaches. That was the point, after all, to forget the nightmare still waiting for her at home. But as she struggles to navigate her new reality, a sinister web begins to unravel around her, and it has her in its sights. And the Du Roses find themselves marched from the local supermarket and slung into jail. This and the disappearance of her neighbour leaves Hana questioning the true nature of the paradise she thought she’d found. And adding to her growing unease, the resort owner’s weird obsession with her makes his wife into a jealous and formidable adversary. Beneath a furious sky, Cyclone Angela arrives to play her destructive game with the island community. But her icy talons peel away more than just wood and metal. She exposes a sinister operation and reveals a woman held captive in plain sight. For something is truly rotten on the island of Rarotonga. In this heart-pounding conclusion to Du Rose Blaze, Hana's quest for healing transforms into a desperate fight for her life. She has only five days to expose the truth hidden within the cyclone's eye and escape the clutches of a sickening conspiracy. Prepare to hold your breath as Hana races against time, unlocking a world of secrets where paradise and peril collide.

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