The Force of Kindness: change your life with love and compassion (book and CD)
by Sharon Shazberg
With The Force of Kindness, Sharon Salzberg offers her respected skills as a meditation instructor to teach you a series of practices for looking gently at the suffering within - and to heal yourself with compassion. Complete with specific meditations on CD, this integrated learnning course will show you how to expand your lovingkindness gently outward to friends, community and ultimately, even to those who have caused you suffering. $19.95
Faith: trusting your own deepest experience
by Sharon Salzberg
In this beautifully written work, one of America's most beloved meditation teachers offers discerning wisdom on understanding faith as a healing quality. Through the teachings of Buddha and insight gained from her lifelong spiritual quest, Salzberg provides us with a road map for cultivating a feeling of peace that can be practiced by anyone of any tradition. $13.00
A Heart as Wide as the World: stories on the path of lovingkindness
by Sharon Salzberg
One of America's most popular Buddhist teachers distills more than 25 years of teaching and practicing meditation into a series of short essays, rich with anecdotes and personal revelations, that offer genuine aid and comfort for anyone on the spiritual path. $15.95
Lovingkindness: the revolutionary art of happiness
by Sharon Salzberg
Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and find a greater sense of connection with others. Our fear of intimacy - both with others and with ourselves - creates feelings of pain and longing. But these feelings can awaken in us the desire for freedom and the willingness to take up the spiritual path. In this inspiring book, Sharon Salzberg, one of America's leading spiritual teachers, shows us how the Buddhist path of lovingkindness can help us discover the radiant, joyful heart within each of us. This practice of lovingkindness is revolutionary because it has the power to radically change our lives, helping us cultivate true happiness in ourselves and genuine compassion for others. Drawing on simple Buddhist teachings, wisdom stories from various traditions, guided meditation practices, and her own experience from twenty-five years of practice and teaching, the author illustrates how each one of us can cultivate love, compassion, joy, and equanimity. $12.95
Boundless Energy: perfect health library
by Deepak Chopra
In "Boundless Energy," Dr. Chopra introduces an exciting new program for deriving more energy from food, minimizing energy-depleting behaviors, balancing behavioral patterns, and utilizing the power of personal growth to create a sense of natural stimulation and alertness. By following his suggestions, readers can fight chronic fatigue and reduce the demands on already stressful lives. Included is a body-type questionnaire based on the traditional Indian science of health known as Ayurveda. By completing this questionnaire, you can access five thousand years of wisdom and learn how to balance your lifestyle and fulfill the unlimited potential that nature intended for you. $13.95
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
by Ayelet Waldman
With wry candor and tender humor, acclaimed novelist Ayelet Waldman has crafted a strikingly beautiful novel for our time, tackling the absurdities of modern life and reminding us why we love some people no matter what. $13.95
Cholesterol Down
by Janet Bond Brill
Take Control of Your Cholesterol- Without Drugs
If you are one of the nearly 100 million Americans struggling with high cholesterol, then Dr. Janet Brill offers you a revolutionary new plan for taking control of your health-without the risks of statin drugs. With Dr. Brill's breakthrough Cholesterol Down Plan, you simply add nine "miracle foods" to your regular diet and thirty minutes of walking to your daily routine. That's all. This straightforward and easy-to-follow program can lower your LDL ("bad") cholesterol by as much as 47 percent in just four weeks. Cholesterol Down explains Dr. Brill's ten-point plan as well as the science behind it. You'll learn how each miracle food affects LDL cholesterol and how the foods work together for maximum effect, as well as:
• How eating whole grains helps reduce LDL cholesterol in your bloodstream
• Why antioxidants keep plaque from building up in your arteries
• How certain steps change the structure of LDL cholesterol particles (and why it's best for them to be large and fluffy)
• Why walking just thirty minutes a day lowers "bad" cholesterol and cuts dangerous belly fat
With everything you need to stay focused on the plan, including a daily checklist, a six-month chart for racking LDL cholesterol changes, tools for assessing your risk level for cardiovascular disease, sample weekly menus, and even heart-healthy recipes, Cholesterol Down is the safe and effective alternative or complement to statin drugs. $13.95
Apocalypse 2012: a scienfific investigation into civilization's end
by Lawrence Joseph
Don't look now, but it's almost over: According to science consultant Lawrence E. Joseph, Planet Earth is cruising towards a bruising. Citing a convergence of ancient calculations, prophecies, and cutting-edge scientific theories, he pinpoints a global disaster date that's right around the corner. Author Joseph isn't the only one who is worried: NASA scientists, seismologists, volcanologists, paleontologists, geologists, meteorologists, and astronomers are also quaking in their boots. And those Mayan shamans are none too confident about our prospects, either. So our advice is, buy this book and run for the hills. $23.95
Tales of Adam
by Daniel Quinn
Millions of Quinn fans have awaited Tales of Adam, apocrypha from Daniel Quinn's best-selling novel Ishmael. Tales of Adam is told in 12 parables, each beautifully illustrated in lavish woodcuts by acclaimed artist Michael McCurdy. Here Adam, a hunter-gatherer standing at the threshold of human history, passes the gift of wisdom to his son Abel. Together they observe the natural world around them, learning from the rhythms and actions of predator and prey, the wind and the sea. Using parables and fables, Adam teaches his son how to live in harmony with the world around him, thus illuminating the Law of Life. This book is a soul-stirring exploration of humankind's role in the universe. $12.95
Healthy Aging: a lifelong guide to your well-being
by Andrew Weil
Self-betterment advocate Dr. Andrew Weil offers a generation of aging Boomers crucial advice on aging well, combining conventional and alternative medicine-speak with his unique voice and blend of authority and compassion. As always, Weil addresses spiritual as well as physical well-being -- he devotes separate sections to mind/spirit and body -- making sure to emphasize positive aspects of aging but never sugar-coating the truth. For authoritative and compassionate help on gracefully moving into your golden years, make Weil your guide. $7.99
Target Zero
by Eldridge Cleaver
Former Black Panther information minister Eldridge Cleaver was a complex man who inspired profound adulation, love, rage, and, among many, fear. Target Zero brings Cleaver's controversial story into focus through his own words. This books charts Cleaver's life through his writings: his quiet childhood, his youth spent in prison, his startling emergence as a Black Panther leader who became a "fugitive from justice" by the end of 1968, his seven-year exile, and his religious and political conversion following his return to the U.S. Target Zero, which brings together previously unpublished essays, short stories, letters, interviews, and poems, is the most significant collection of Eldridge Cleaver's writing since his bestselling book Soul on Ice (1968). $16.95
Love, Freedom, Aloneness: the koan of relationships
by Osho
In today's world, freedom is our basic condition, and until we learn to live with that freedom, and learn to live by ourselves and with ourselves, we are denying ourselves the possibility of finding love and happiness with someone else.Love can only happen through freedom and in conjunction with a deep respect for ourselves and the other. Is it possible to be alone and not lonely? Where are the boundaries that define "lust" versus "love"...and can lust ever grow into love? In Love, Freedom, Aloneness you will find unique, radical, and intelligent perspectives on these and other essential questions. In our post-ideological world, where old moralities are out of date, we have a golden opportunity to redefine and revitalize the very foundations of our lives. We have the chance to start afresh with ourselves, our relationships to others, and to find fulfillment and success for the individual and for society as a whole. $14.95
Malcolm X: a graphic biography
by Andrew Helfer
"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything." Though cut down by an assassin's bullet just months before his 40th birthday, Malcolm X (1925-65), a.k.a. Malcolm Little, had already left a powerful imprint on American history. This "novel graphic" recapitulates the dramatic path of Malcolm's life, from his early experiences with racism through his political and religious conversions. Graphic and unforgettable. $15.95
The South Beach Diet: the delicious, doctor-designed, foolproof plan for fast and healthy weight loss
by Arthur Agatston
Forget those crazy low-carb diets that claim to help you lose ten pounds in two weeks! Here's a sensible one that really works. Florida cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston developed the plan after watching his patients fail to lose weight on one fad diet or another. Although the first two weeks are tough, you get to "add back" all the foods you love, remembering just a few simple rules. Phases 2 and 3 are just normal, healthy eating habits -- habits that you may retain for a heart-healthy, high-energy life. This might be the last diet you ever try! $14.95
The Little Big Book of Ireland
by Christopher Meason
The Little Big Book of Ireland is a delightful treasury of text and art to indulge all lovers of Ireland. From Ireland's highly literate lineage to its storytelling traditions, from its intriguing history to its fantastical myths and folk tales passed down for thousands of years, from delectable Irish recipes to its inspirational cultural traditions, Irish and non-Irish alike will immerse themsleves in the spirited offerings of Ireland in this beautifully illustrated book.
The Little Big Book of Ireland includes:
Literary Excerpts from such writers as James Joyce, Frank McCourt, Samuel Beckett, and Edna O'Brien.
Poetry by William Butler Yeats, Seamus Heaney, Patrick Kavanagh, Michael Longley, J. M. Synge, and others.
Facts & Fancy to inform and delight from A Wee Bit o' History and Emerald Isle Gems to Irish natural wonders and Irish toasts and blessings.
Songs include classics such as "A Bunch of Wild Thyme," "Danny Boy," "An Irish Lullaby," and "Wearing of the Green."
Recipes for traditional favorites including Irish potato griddle cakes, corned beef and parsnip, steak and Guinness pie, and Irish soda bread.
Myths & Folk Tales about such ancient figures as Deirdre and Naoise, Finn Mac Cumhal, banshees, leprechauns, and fairies.
More than 150 full-color illustrations. $24.95
The Abs Diet: eat right every time guide
by David Zinczenko, editor in chief of Men'sHealth
Discover these amazing weight-loss secrets:
- Should you toast a bagel or an English muffin? Did you know that making the wrong choice will cost you 150 extra calories?
- What's healthier - a bean burrito or a taco salad? Would you believe the healthy salad will pile 130 more calories onto your plate?
- Which will make you fatter - a Whopper or a Big Mac? You'll be stunned to discover the shocking truth!
- Learn why a hot fudge sundae is a treat you should eat, why potato chips are better for you than french fries, and why Swiss cheese is three times healthier than Cheddar.
You don't have time for complicated plans or fancy recipes. In THE ABS DIET EAT RIGHT EVERY TIME GUIDE, Zinczenko tells you how to strip away belly fat in every situation - from the frozen food aisle to the deli, from a five-star restaurant to the drive-thru. On-the-go eating doesn't have to end up on your gut. $7.99
The Doctors Book of Food Remedies
by Selene Yeager and the Editors of Prevention Health Books
In just a few years, scientists have found hundreds of substances in foods that go way beyond vitamins and minerals for pure healing power. In, you will learn exactly how to use the "healing foods" to treat and prevent dozens of conditions, from arthritis and fatigue to high blood pressure and stroke.
Discover:
- How to stop cataracts with the carotenoids in spinach (page 123)
- A food that can block the harmful effects of secondhand smoke (page 555)
- A juice that reduces urinary tract infections by 58 percent (page 545)
- How a substance in grapefruit can help control diabetes (page 185)
- How to cut your risk of heart disease in half with three simple foods (page 276)
- A phytonutrient in buckwheat that prevents cholesterol from sticking to arteries (page 95)
- The beverage that can reduce the risk of stroke by 73 percent (page 511)
- How to stop an infection with nature's sweetener (page 290)
Also included are 150 nutrient-rich recipes that are specially designed to fight and reverse specific health problems. $18.95