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The Marriage of Spirit : Enlightened Living in Today's World Hot Meta-Reality » Science & Consciousness November 27, 2012 0 By Leslie Temple Thurston Brad Laughlin The techniques of The Marriage of Spirit, filtered through modern psychological thought and the author's own life experiences, emerge in an original form designed especially for the more mentally oriented western person. Their aim is to recreate the balance and harmony in the midst of ordinary, everyday life. As the author says, "We have arrived at a new and... Read more Read reviews Write review	112	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Archetypes: Who Are You? Hot Inspiration » Self-Help & Empowerment November 21, 2012 0 By Caroline Myss Have you ever wondered why you are drawn to certain people, ideas, or products and turned off by others? Are you constantly searching for something you can’t put your finger on, or wondering whether you are living a life that truly fits? In Archetypes, New... Read more Read reviews Write review	220	Editor rating 4.3 User rating 0.0 (0)
Walking with Grandfather: The Wisdom of Lakota Elders Hot Inspiration » Spirituality & Religion November 19, 2012 0 By Joseph Marshall III Since the tide of interest created by Black Elk Speaks over 70 years ago, Native American lineage holders have been cautious about sharing their spiritual truths to the reading public because the essence of this wisdom has been so often misunderstood. In Walking with Grandfather, authentic Lakota lineage holder and award-winning storyteller Joseph M. Marshall breaks this silence with... Read more Read reviews Write review	169	Editor rating 5.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature Hot Meta-Reality » Science & Consciousness November 18, 2012 0 By Dora Lee Biomimicry examines the extraordinary innovations of the natural world and the human inventions they have inspired. Readers will learn about marvels such as high-performance swimsuits modeled after sharkskin and the sleek front ends of Japanese bullet trains based on the long, streamlined beak of the kingfisher. There's also plenty about what glimmers on the horizon: A Brazilian beetle may... Read more Read reviews Write review	144	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Mermaids 101: Exploring the Magical Underwater World of the Merpeople Hot Meta-Reality » Paranormal Phenomena November 17, 2012 0 By Doreen Virtue Mermaids are powerful and graceful inhabitants of the waters who can teach us about harnessing the unconscious mind’s ability to attract, create, and manifest . . . while having a fun and playful life! In this latest entry into her best-selling 101 book series (which include Angels 101, Archangels 101, and... Read more Read reviews Write review	129	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough: The Medical Lives of Famous Writers Hot Inspiration » Art & Literature November 17, 2012 0 By John J. Ross The doctor suddenly appeared beside Will, startling him. He was sleek and prosperous, with a dainty goatee. Though he smiled reassuringly, the poet noticed that he kept a safe distance. In a soothing, urbane voice, the physician explained the treatment: stewed prunes to evacuate the bowels; succulent meats to ease digestion; cinnabar and the sweating tub to... Read more Read reviews Write review	137	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
A Century of Wisdom: Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the World's Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor Hot Inspiration » Biography & Memoir November 17, 2012 0 By Caroline Stoessinger An inspiring story of resilience and the power of optimism—the true story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world’s oldest living Holocaust survivor. At 108 years old, the pianist Alice Herz-Sommer is an eyewitness to the entire last century and the first decade of this one. She has seen it all, surviving the Theresienstadt concentration camp, attending the trial... Read more Read reviews Write review	119	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Hot Our World » Activism & Social Justice November 16, 2012 0 By Jonathan Haidt Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding. His starting point is moral intuition—the nearly instantaneous... Read more Read reviews Write review	194	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 5.0 (1)
The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time Hot Inspiration » Self-Help & Empowerment November 15, 2012 0 By David L. Ulin Reading is a revolutionary act, an act of engagement in a culture that wants us to disengage. In The Lost Art of Reading, David L. Ulin asks a number of timely questions - why is literature important? What does it offer, especially now? Blending commentary with memoir, Ulin addresses the importance of the simple act of reading in an... Read more Read reviews Write review	110	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane Hot Meta-Reality » Science & Consciousness November 14, 2012 0 By Matthew Hutson What is so special about touching a piano John Lennon once owned? Why do we yell at our laptops? What drove the Yankees to dig up the Red Sox jersey secretly buried beneath their new stadium? And what's up with the phrase "Everything happens for a reason"?Psychologists have documented a litany of cognitive biases—misperceptions of reality—and explained their positive... Read more Read reviews Write review	138	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Global Awakening: New Science and the 21st-Century Enlightenment Hot Meta-Reality » Science & Consciousness November 13, 2012 0 By Michael Schacker Shows how we must make deep changes to complete our paradigm shift from the old mechanistic worldview to the new organic worldview • Reveals the distinct stages of paradigm shifts through the ages, including the 18th-century Enlightenment and the critical stage of our current shift • Explains how the new organic worldview began with Goethe and Kant... Read more Read reviews Write review	139	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Sermon on the Mount Gift Edition: The Key to Success in Life Hot Inspiration » Self-Help & Empowerment November 09, 2012 0 By Emmet Fox The Classic Manual for Harmonious Living One of the foremost spiritual teachers of the twentieth century, Emmet Fox offers us strategies for bringing health, happiness, and prosperity into our lives. This enduring spiritual classic reveals how to transform negative attitudes into life-affirming beliefs, understand the nature of divine wisdom, tap into the power of prayer, and claim... Read more Read reviews Write review	139	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work Hot Inspiration » Spirituality & Religion November 08, 2012 0 By Cheryl A. Giles Willa B. Miller Pat Enkyo Judith Simmer-Brown The Arts of Contemplative Care collects together in one volume the voices of pioneers in the widening field of Contemplative Care”an exciting new domain of vocational Buddhism informed by practices of compassion and meditation. This collection captures the richness and diverse practices of socially engaged Buddhism within the context of the fields of chaplaincy and ministry that until recently... Read more Read reviews Write review	118	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being Hot Inspiration » Self-Help & Empowerment November 06, 2012 0 By Deepak Chopra Rudolph E. Tanzi A manual for relating to the brain in a revolutionary new way, Super Brain shows you how to use your brain as a gateway for achieving health, happiness, and spiritual growth. The authors are two pioneers: bestselling author and physician Deepak Chopra and Harvard Medical School professor Rudolph E. Tanzi, one of the world's foremost experts on the causes... Read more Read reviews Write review	188	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Notes for a Contemplative Ecology Hot Inspiration » Spirituality & Religion November 06, 2012 0 By Douglas E. Christie "There are no unsacred places," the poet Wendell Berry has written. "There are only sacred places and desecrated places." What might it mean to behold the world with such depth and feeling that it is no longer possible to imagine it as something separate from ourselves, or to live without regard for its well-being? To understand the work of... Read more Read reviews Write review	120	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying Hot Inspiration » Children & Youth November 06, 2012 0 By Emily Bazelon and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and... Read more Read reviews Write review	144	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing Hot Inspiration » Self-Help & Empowerment October 31, 2012 0 By John Perry This is not a book for Bill Gates. Or Hillary Clinton, or Steven Spielberg. Clearly they have no trouble getting stuff done. For the great majority of us, though, what a comfort to discover that we’re not wastrels and slackers, but doers . . . in our own way. It may sound counterintuitive, but according to philosopher John Perry,... Read more Read reviews Write review	107	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined Hot Our World » Activism & Social Justice October 28, 2012 0 By Salman Khan Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, has written what is destined to become one of the most influential books about education in our time.A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling... Read more Read reviews Write review	184	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 5.0 (1)
Winter Journal Hot Inspiration » Biography & Memoir October 25, 2012 0 By Paul Auster From the bestselling novelist and author of The Invention of Solitude, a moving and highly personal meditation on the body, time, and language itself "That is where the story begins, in your body, and everything will end in the body as well. Facing his sixty-third winter, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster sits down to write... Read more Read reviews Write review	112	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus: The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra Hot Inspiration » Biography & Memoir October 25, 2012 0 By Adam C. English With his rosy cheeks and matching red suit--and ever-present elf and reindeer companionsSanta Claus may be the most identifiable of fantastical characters. But what do we really know of jolly old Saint Nicholas, "patron saint" of Christmastime? Ask about the human behind the suit, and the tale we know so well quickly fades into myth and folklore.In The Saint... Read more Read reviews Write review	119	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Letters to a Friend Hot Inspiration » Biography & Memoir October 25, 2012 0 By Diana Athill This epistolary memoir—rich with Diana Athill's characteristic wit, humor, elegance and honesty—describes a warm, decades-long friendship. Diana Athill is one of our great women of letters. The renowned editor of V. S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, and many others, she is also a celebrated memoirist whose Somewhere Towards the End was a New York Times bestseller and a... Read more Read reviews Write review	146	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Ready or Not, Here Comes Scout Hot Inspiration » Children & Youth October 24, 2012 0 By Jill Abramson Jane O'Connor Scout, the lovable puppy of Puppy Diaries fame, stars in her own picture bookPoor Scout. She wants so much to make friends with the other dogs at the dog park. She tries all her best puppy tricks--splashing, playing keepaway--but the older dogs ignore her. At the end of the day, she still has only one friend: her favorite toy,... Read more Read reviews Write review	178	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen Hot Inspiration » Spirituality & Religion October 24, 2012 0 By Guo Jun Essential Chan Buddhism is the rare unearthing of an ancient and remarkable Chinese spiritual tradition. Master Guo Jun speaks through hard-won wisdom on Chan's spiritual themes familiar to Western readers, such as mindfulness and relaxation in meditation, as well as profound, simply expressed teachings and insightful explorations of religious commitment. Essential Chan Buddhism filters formal spiritual practices... Read more Read reviews Write review	118	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
11 Days in May Hot Meta-Reality » Psychic Communication October 23, 2012 2 By JD Messinger 11 Days in May was, as the title implies, written in eleven days in May 2012. I had no intention of writing this book, nor was I consciously aware of what I was writing as the words were dripping from my fingertips. There was no title, no chapters, no synopsis, no ... nothing. It is a book of 36... Read more Read reviews Write review	359	Editor rating 5.0 User rating 5.0 (3)
Hungry for Change: Ditch the Diets, Conquer the Cravings, and Eat Your Way to Lifelong Health Hot Health » Food & Nutrition October 22, 2012 0 By James Colquhoun Laurentine ten Bosch Mark Hyman Pioneers in the field of nutrition and internationally renowned filmmakers, James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch join with leading experts to offer proven strategies to lose weight, prevent and reverse disease, and optimize health. With Hungry for Change you'll discover: • Amazingly delicious, nutritious recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and desserts • How to... Read more Read reviews Write review	141	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
God: A Story of Revelation Hot Inspiration » Spirituality & Religion October 19, 2012 0 By Deepak Chopra In Deepak Chopra's powerful, groundbreaking, and imaginative new work, a unique blend of storytelling and teaching, the New York Times bestselling author explores the evolution of God. By capturing the lives of ten historical prophets, saints, mystics, and martyrs who are touched by a divine power, Chopra reveals a riveting portrait of a constantly changing God. Our belief—and therefore... Read more Read reviews Write review	165	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 3.7 (1)
Source: The Inner Path of Knowledge Creation (Bk Business) Inspiration » Self-Help & Empowerment October 17, 2012 0 By Joseph Jaworski As he did in his classic Synchronicity, Joseph Jaworski once again takes us on a mind-expanding journey, this time to the very heart of creativity and deep knowing. Institutions of all sorts are facing profound change today, with complexity increasing at a speed and intensity we’ve never experienced before. Jaworski came to realize that traditional... Read more Read reviews Write review	98	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Power of Peace in You: A Revolutionary Tool for Hope, Healing and Happiness in the 21st Century Hot Inspiration » Self-Help & Empowerment October 15, 2012 0 By Marlise Karlin The Power of Peace in You delivers a revolutionary method for accessing a universal Life-force Energy of peace to attain clarity, inspiration and calm, even in the midst of chaos, stress and anxiety. Synthesizing evolutionary schools of thought with ancient wisdom and healing traditions The Simplicity of Stillness teaches you how to integrate... Read more Read reviews Write review	256	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 5.0 (1)
The Fiddler on Pantico Run: An African Warrior, His White Descendants, A Search for Family Hot Inspiration » Biography & Memoir October 12, 2012 0 By Joe Mozingo “My dad’s family was a mystery,” writes prize-winning journalist Joe Mozingo. Growing up, he knew that his mother’s ancestors were from France and Sweden, but he heard only suspiciously vague stories about where his father’s family was from—Italy, Portugal, the Basque country. Then one day, a college professor told him his name may have come from sub-Saharan Africa, which... Read more Read reviews Write review	142	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself Hot Our World » Conscious Business October 12, 2012 0 By Sheila Bair “When Sheila Bair took over as head of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 2006, the agency was probably better known for the ‘FDIC’ logo on the doors of the nation’s banks than for anything it did. Now Bair is at the center of the financial crisis, speeding the takeover of failing banks and pressing the mortgage industry... Read more Read reviews Write review	118	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)