Subtitled “A Comprehensive Guide to Yoga’s History, Texts, Philosophy, and Practices,” this book presents an overview of yoga’s development from its earliest origins to what it is today. Structured in concise and accessible chapters, it outlines key themes that have influenced practices over the centuries, while also dispelling common misconceptions. The Truth of Yoga combines ancient wisdom with the latest research, highlighting ways to keep traditions alive in the twenty-first century.

Once upon a time, I was a foreign correspondent for the New York Times. Disillusioned by the paper’s support for starting wars, I resigned to start a Balkan “summer of love”. Needless to say, that didn’t go to plan. A tragi-comic caper ensued, as this memoir records. It probably didn’t help to do business with gangsters, but it seemed to make sense at the time. In the process, I learned how not to change the world, and why being enlightened isn’t the same as getting high…