Canongate Books Ltd

Since the Enlightenment, western culture has written off ecstatic experience as a form of mental illness. But why should rationality be considered the highest part of human nature when we are capable of so many more states of experience?

'This is the story of how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life.' Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, the brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity.

Doestadning, or the art of death cleaning, is a Swedish phenomenon by which the elderly and their families set their affairs in order.

This is the story of Mary, a young girl born in a beautiful city full of rose gardens and fluttering kites. When she is still very small, Mary meets Lanmo, a shining golden snake, who becomes her very best friend. The snake visits Mary many times

Are you weary in Brain and Body? Do you desire a Positive Cure for your Pessimism?

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"A striking and highly enjoyable debut." (Sophie Hannah). "Could be the next Gone Girl success story." (Independent). Yasmin would give anything to have a friend..

In To the Island of Tides, Alistair Moffat travels to - and through the history of - the fated island of Lindisfarne.