The Author's experience with people and animals gave her a deeper insight and inspiration in writing; this has given rise to many of her characters in The Adventures of Drongie the Smidget. This fantastic tale, embellished with original colorful drawings, tells the stories of an imaginary being who meets numerous friends on his way, where loyalty, friendship and courage unite everyone in search of a common purpose: the perennial struggle between good and evil. Will our Drongie succeed in his intent to bring good to the world? A story set in nature, where everything is balanced, where every creature responds to a precise supernatural and magical design. Glendyr Stavrou spent her childhood years in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho spending every free moment on the backs of her beloved horses, exploring the countryside around Maseru. Boarding school at ten years old, was a hardship she never quite fitted into and yearned for the holidays. She and her husband Leandros lived for many years in the midlands of Kwazulu Natal, where they spent hours on horseback in the Pine forests which fed her lively imagination, always dancing new pictures and stories into her head. She started writing poems as a teenager and progressed to songwriting, choosing a career in music as a classical guitar performer and teacher. Glendyr and Leandros have two grown up sons, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. They have recently begun a new adventure and relocated to the quiet coastal village of Pennington KZN where her writing desk looks out to the not too far distant ocean view.

A book of three parts - distinctively Book 1, Book 2, and Book 3. The focus of Book 1 (name: On Conception and Dream as Will to Compatibility): psychology, cognition, feeling, and dreams. Develops a model of cognition wherein specific mechanisms are proposed to operationally characterize the original transformational processing of perceptual stimuli/patterns to conceptual representations (and thought), and thence showing how these cognitive mechanisms are involved in the production of a feeling dimension central to the human mind (and all mind types capable of mirror self-recognition), but not yet theoretically distinguished in contemporary psychology from an affectively broad dimension like emotion. The cognitive model is then used to develop a dream theory (includes a critical investigation of certain Freudian and Jungian ideas on the workings of dreams); subsequently, as part of an autobiographical case study, a series of the author's dreams are analyzed to example different kinds of dreams, to reveal the subtending meaning of the dreams, and demonstrate their therapeutic significance. The dream investigation additionally serves to provide evidence for the newly proposed feeling dimension. The focus of Book 2 (name: On Logic and Evolution as Will to Compatibility): philosophy of physics, logic, and evolution. Identifies an implicit assumption made in the sciences, coined the premise of locality; the problematic of the assumption is discussed, and its logic is falsified. An alternative assumption, the premise of non-locality, is proposed; the latter knowledge assumption being argued and laid down in line with quantum mechanical findings (accepting Karl Popper's objectivist-type interpretation), specifically the experimentally verified phenomenon of non-locality. The author demonstrates how the problematic improbabilities of neo-Darwinism follow from the locality premise assumption, and investigates the possible falsification of this evolution theory. Thereafter a more encompassing theory of evolution is developed in accordance with conceptual systems of formal and informal logic distinctively inferred from the semantic-conceptual structure of the non-locality premise. Numerous lines of experimental and empirical evidence for the new evolution theory are presented, certain evolutionary phenomena beyond the explanatory scope of neo-Darwinian theory are rendered explicable, and the old theory's terminal fate of improbability is avoided. Book 3 (name: On Philosophy as Will to Compatibility) is a longish essay narrating the author's battle against certain corrupted elements reigning inside the university of his doctoral study. This battle representing a symbolic microcosm for the macrocosm of his battle against the paradigm of postmodernism. As such the author daringly identifies with a mythical personage of knight errantry: like Don Quixote fought against windmills and believed himself to be fighting giants, so the author fought against the university and believed himself to be fighting postmodernism. Thus the theories put forward in Book 1 and Book 2, respectively, are brought to practical and moralistic expression in the archetypal story of the battle. The philosopher and friend, Friedrich Nietzsche, figures prominently in the role of antagonist.

"God does not sell, violence and sex is what's bringing in the money."Peter Johnson had only one wish; he wished to be a teacher again. There was one problem though, he was a beggar and nobody was going to ever employ him again. The wealthy Kathy Atkinson was trying her best to help her husband. Not being able to get over the deaths of their twin daughters in a car accident, Michael was slowly turning into a monster. Both the Atkinsons and Peter saw their redemption in a miracle event that was coming to town. Their paths crossed when a heavy thunderstorm disrupted people's efforts to get tickets for this event and Peter offered to queue for Kathy in exchange for a ticket. She eagerly accepted the beggars offer but in a twist of fate, the Pastor who was to speak at the event was seriously injured in a car accident on his way there. When thousands of people started to leave in disappointment, the beggar was saddened at the commitment of their faith. Still dressed in his pitiable clothes, he took to the stage and challenged their devotion to God. Being the professional teacher he once was, he delivered a most powerful speech from the podium. A highly acclaimed TV producer became enthralled by the intellect of the beggar but was told; 'God does not sell, sex and violence is what's bringing in the money'. Risking his future and counting only on the wisdom of the beggar, the producer persuaded him to take up a role in a TV programme. Together they started what was to become a very controversial crusade. Peter Johnson's life was never going to be the same again; nor the lives of those who would get involved with his. A Silence That Kills is a book that is fast-paced, believable, inspiring and thought-provoking.

An Other Perspective By Heikkie Dean Goodness in the world, and wellness in a person, derive from a common source. Heikkie Dean’s “An Other Perspective” aims to provide a recipe for evolution of the individual, and, by extension, society. In a work that brilliantly combines personal experience, common sense and real life epiphanies, author and therapist Heikkie Dean has provided a path toward a better, happier and more virtuous life. We progress alongside Heikkie through a series of parables and activities that spiral us inward, allowing us to see how what is false and limiting must be exposed before we can achieve genuine and enduring change. “An Other Perspective” provides an effective and compelling venue for the exploration of ones life direction by asking the following: Who am I? How do I feel? What do I believe? What do I desire? How do I go forward? As all of us suffer from a tendency to dwell upon our past experiences, we often model our future on what has already occurred. While experience is a great teacher, when we allow it to become our master, we loose our ability to respond spontaneously and honestly to people, situations and opportunities. Heikkie has distilled and perfected a series of exercises that allow expression of a part of oneself that is blocked and frozen into a repetitive and negative pattern of thought, feeling or action. The themes include: self-esteem, self-image, relationship with family, fear and anxiety, stress and anger as well as hope, joy, confidence, love and altruism. By the conclusion of the book, and our last exercise, we have come to understand that choice is positive intent expressed through virtuous and authentic action. In developing an ability to engage more effectively with reality, we also achieve greater sense of personal harmony and spiritual wellness. Every choice, whether small or large, is an act of transformation, creating within each of us the foundation for “an other perspective”.

O Master is a collection of devotional love poems for one's spiritual teacher, Guru or God. The author Rachna Chopra is an Indian American poet, inspirational writer, and a prominent figure in the New Age movement since year 2000. She met her Sadguru (primary spiritual teacher) at the young age of twelve, and started to express her devotion in words. These moving poems are reminiscent at times of the longing contained in Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali, and at other times, of succinct yet profound Japanese haikus. The four sections of the book--Prayer, Love, Longing, and Union, depict the progression of devotion and various shades of spiritual seeking. This is a revised second edition, and has universal appeal amongst spiritual aspirants across all ages, faiths and religions. Proceeds from the sale of this book go towards Avadhoota Dattapeetham in Mysore, India.