In the days when dinosaurs dominated the earth, their marine counterparts--every bit as big and ferocious--reigned supreme in prehistoric seas. In this entrancing book, Richard Ellis, one of the world's foremost writers on the denizens of the deep, takes us back to the Mesozoic era to resurrect the fascinating lives of these giant seagoing reptiles.

Working from the fossil record, Ellis explores the natural history of these fierce predators, speculates on their habits, and tells how they eventually became extinct--or did they? He traces the 200-million-year history of the great...

The healing art of Reiki is a practice that restores balance and harmony within the body through the transmission of healing energy through the hands of the practitioner, bringing relief to a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional afflictions. Reiki practitioner Richard Ellis offers a unique perspective on the practice of Reiki, drawing on his own experience, coupled with an in-depth, step-by-step journey through the main chakras--the spiritual energy centers located within the body. Clearly illustrated and written in an intimate style, Reiki and the Seven Chakras is an important...

Plato’s Symposium, composed in the early fourth century BC, demonstrates how powerful the skills of reasoning and evaluation can be. Known to philosophers for its seminal discussion of the relationship of love to knowledge, it is also a classic text for demonstrating the two critical thinking skills that define Plato’s whole body of work. Plato’s philosophical technique of dialogue is the perfect frame for producing arguments and presenting a persuasive case for a given point of view, and at the same time judging the strength of arguments, their relevance and their acceptability....