On My Nightstand: Antony Van Couvering
The publicly-listed company Minds + Machines has burst on the yoga scene recently with the new launch of .yoga, the top-level domain joining the ranks of other specialty web addresses that end in evocative descriptors, including .fashion, .cooking, .wedding, and .surf. CEO Antony Van Couvering knows something about words that inspire; his career path includes many years working with renowned myth and religion scholar Joseph Campbell. After Campbell’s death, Van Couvering collected, edited, and published the author’s journals and lectures in works including The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959-1987.
Diary of Jon Evelyn
By Jon Evelyn
A 17th-century English aristocrat, present at many decisive moments in English history, describes in delightful detail his visit to a Europe few of us would recognize with mad beliefs, galley slaves, brigands, and astonishing art, and then returns to the intrigue of the English court.
Mammals of the World
By Ernest P. Walker
An astonishing compendium of all the world’s mammals, with photos and descriptions noting their populations and locations. Reading this book, you cannot help but be transported by the variety of nature, and saddened by its accelerating rarity.
Joy in the Morning (Jeeves and Wooster)
By P.G. Wodehouse
This classic novel of the Bertie Wooster and Jeeves series features belly-clutching laughs, impossible situations, and transportingly amusing language. It is a boisterous recreation of a buffoonish pre-war English society that never even existed.
Antony Van Couvering is the CEO of Minds + Machines, a publicly-listed company (MMX.L) that owns and operates dozens of new top-level domains, including .yoga. In the past, he worked with Joseph Campbell, the author of myth and religion, and after his death collected, edited, and published his journals and lectures. mindsandmachines.com/yoga
