by Aubrey Davis | Dec 16, 2020 | Reviews
The Englishman’s Handbook is the final volume of Idries Shah’s best-selling trilogy portraying that strangest of tribes, The English. Loaded with hilarious tales, it reveals the hidden strategies and qualities that help the English deal with foreigners and tips off...
by Aubrey Davis | Oct 29, 2020 | Book News, Reviews
Idries Shah resumes his role as a friendly Afghan anthropologist in this rib-tickling sequel to his best-seller Darkest England. Loaded with delightful anecdotes, he shows how everyone, including the English themselves, misunderstand their island tribe. Non-linear and...
by Aubrey Davis | Sep 9, 2020 | Reviews, Uncategorised
Originally wanderers and warriors, the English have certainly changed with the times. They’ve used their Asian tales and traditions and English noggins plus anything and everything to succeed as businessmen, writers, diplomats and thinkers. This quintessentially...
by Aubrey Davis | Jul 10, 2020 | Book News, Human Nature, Nasrudin, Reviews
NASRUDIN’S upside down world is filled with fanatics, bigots, idiots, hypocrites, incompetents, innocents and thieves. It is a world of foible, folly and most importantly humour. It reveals the good sense and wisdom of Eastern cultures that we stereotype and assume we...
by Aubrey Davis | Jun 8, 2020 | Book News, Human Nature, Reviews
Knowing how to Know shines light on “eastern” traditional and “western” scientific concepts unfamiliar or misunderstood in our culture. Best read with an open mind, it’s loaded with clear thinking; common and uncommon sense. It presents a rare opportunity to observe...
by Aubrey Davis | May 23, 2020 | Reviews
This beautiful new edition is a treasure-trove of learned essays about Sufis and their work, assembled by Idries Shah. It demystifies mysticism. It includes excerpts from the Arabian nights, jokes, works of the classical masters, Central Asian hypnotherapy, links to...
