Rider is a publishing

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of Ebury Publishing, a Penguin Random House division. The list was started by William Rider & Son in Britain in 1908 when he took over the

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publisher

Phillip Wellby Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who populariz ...

. The

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of the new list was

Ralph Shirley Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

and under his direction, they began to publish titles as varied as the Rider–Waite tarot deck and

Bram Stoker Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who is celebrated for his 1897 Gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and busine ...

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. Today the Rider motto is "New Ideas for New Ways of Living" and books and authors on the list reflects this. There are still books on the paranormal, with authors like Raymond Moody and Colin Fry; on

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with authors

Sylvan Muldoon Sylvan Muldoon (February 18, 1903October 15, 1969) was an American esotericist who promoted the concept of astral projection. According to Muldoon, astral projection is an out-of-body experience (OBE) that assumes the existence of an astral body ...

and Hereward Carrington; and

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, with books by the Dalai Lama and Jack Kornfield; but there are also books on current and international affairs by authors as diverse as Nobel Prize-winners Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Shirin Ebadi.

External links

Official Rider website

Bibliography

* Vera Stanley Alder, ''The Finding of the Third Eye'', 1938 * Vera Stanley Alder, ''The Initiation of the World'', 1939 * Vera Stanley Alder, ''The Fifth Dimension'', 1940 * Vera Stanley Alder, ''Wisdom in Practice'', 1942 * Vera Stanley Alder, ''The Secret of the Atomic Age'', 1958 * Vera Stanley Alder, ''From the Mundane to the Magnificent'', 1979 *

Paul Brunton Paul Brunton is the pen name of Raphael Hurst (21 October 1898 – 27 July 1981), a British author of spiritual books. He is best known as one of the early popularizers of Neo-Hindu spiritualism in western esotericism, notably via his be ...

, '' A Search in Secret India'', 1934 *

, ''The Secret Path'', 1935 *

, ''A Search in Secret Egypt'', 1936 *

, ''A Message from Arunachala'', 1936 *

, ''A Hermit in the Himalayas'', 1936 *

, ''The Quest of the Overself'', 1937 *

, ''Wisdom of the Overself'', 1943 * Gerald Gardner, '' Witchcraft Today'', 1954 *

J. G. Carew Gibson ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ...

, ''Communication with the Dead'', 1930 * Tony Hogan, ''Born to Heal'', 2002 *

Karlfried Graf Dürckheim Karl Friedrich Alfred Heinrich Ferdinand Maria Graf Eckbrecht von Dürckheim-Montmartin (24 October 1896 – 28 December 1988) was a German diplomat, psychotherapist and Zen master. A veteran of World War I, he was introduced to Zen Buddhism ear ...

, ''

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'', 1960 * Arthur Osborne, ''The Incredible Sai Baba'', 1957 * Jonathan Yardley, ''States of Mind: A Personal Journey Through the Mid-Atlantic'', 1993, * Ben Okri, ''Tales of Freedom'', 2010, ISBN 978-1846041594

References

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