Some books by Alistair Shearer and what the critics have said:
1) The Traveller's Key to Northern India
'By far the best guide book on India I have ever seen' Huston Smith
'This is, quite simply, the most informed and the most literate guide
to the great Indian keynotes. It is the vade mecum for the intelligent
student of the subcontinent' Geoffrey Moorhouse
'Superb' Travel and Leisure
2) Selections from the Upanishads [with Peter Russell]
'A lovely decanting of this very old wine into a sparkling new bottle'
John Updike.
'An elegant and valuable contribution to the growing corpus of Upanishadic
texts in English' Dr. Karan Singh
'This is the kind of text that one keeps close at hand like an old,
wise and compassionate friend' Ram Dass
3) The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
'A wonderful translation; full of contemporary insight yet luminous
with eternal truth' Jacob Needleman
Also:
The Spirit of Asia [now in 4 languages]
The Hindu Vision
Buddha: the Intelligent Heart [now in 6 languages]
Thailand: The Lotus Kingdom
India: Land of Living Traditions
Islam through Art
Buddhism through Art
Hinduism through Art
AND currently in press:
One Equal Light: the Life and Teachings of Adi Shankara
