Labyrinth
by Kate Mosse
July 2005. In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery-two crumbling skeletons, strange writings on the walls, and the pattern of a labyrinth; between the skeletons, a stone ring, and a small leather bag. Eight hundred years earlier, on the eve of a brutal crusade to stamp out heresy that will rip apart southern France, Alais is given a ring and a mysterious book for safekeeping by her father as he leaves to fight the crusaders. The book, he says, contains the secret of the true Grail, and the ring, inscribed with a labyrinth, will identify a guardian of the Grail. As crusading armies led by Church potentates and nobles of northern France gather outside the city walls of Carcassonne, it will take great sacrifice to keep the secret of the labyrinth safe.In the present, another woman sees the find as a means to the political power she craves; while a man who has great power will kill to destroy all traces of the discovery and everyone who stands in his way. $15.00
Just One More Question
Yolana, with Mark Bego
In this astonishing memoir, the medium who was hailed by Hans Holzer as "probably the best in the world" offers extraordinary insight to readers to help them tap into their own psychic strengths, fulfill their destinies, and answer that "one more question" on their own. For more than twenty-five years, Yolana has used her remarkable gifts to give hope, guide the careers of celebrities and politicians, connect loved ones who have passed on, solve medical mysteries, and even crack some of New York's most high-profile criminal cases. Here she finally reveals the facts behind those illuminating readings, divulges the truths of her experiences with ghosts and the beyond, and, most importantly, inspires readers everywhere to trust in themselves and in their own intuitive and spiritual powers. $14.00
Walk in My Shoes
Alwyn Evans
We walked off the ferry along the wide, sloping gangplank, and when my feet hit the firm wooden planks of the jetty, I staggered, legs suddenly feeling like jelly. I took Mum's hand, whispering, 'Are we really safe here?' After a perilous and terrifying journey from war-torn Afghanistan, Gulnessa and her family find themselves in Australia, a place they know nothing about. They are exhausted and traumatised, but so full of hope. At last-somewhere safe to call home. But they soon discover that their struggle isn't over yet. They are imprisoned in a detention centre for illegal immigrants, and forced to prove their refugee status. As the days drag into weeks and months, Gulnessa is determined to stay strong. She must keep her family together, and fight for Abdul, her special friend from home, with whom she has secretly fallen in love. She can never give up hope, of a temporary protection visa, and a chance to build a future in a beautiful foreign land. $14.00
Lion Taming - The Courage to Deal with Difficult People Including Yourself
Betty Perkins, MS
Comgining keen wit and penetrating insihgt, Betty Perkins develops the idea that difficult people (lions) are opportunities not obstacles. A diffciult relationship can be a catalyst for growth.
- Learn how difficult people show you what to heal in yourself
- Accept and expres angerwithout creating conflict
- Relate to people who are rejecting, critical, abusive or withdrawn
- Understand how gossip creates difficult peopleLearnt he art of defusing an escalating conflict
- Learn the art of defusing an escalating conflict
- Tame lions, transform relationships and turn enemies into allies
- Develop your skills with the easy-to-follow exercises
$15.95
I Married My Mother-In-Law
Edited by Ilena Silverman
In-laws are the inescapable consequence of marriage. Whether they're kind or malevolent, respectful or intrusive, they're unavoidable. The relationship can be traumatic, rewarding, maddening, and hilarious-sometimes all at once. Now, Ilena Silverman brings together a collection of talented, insightful writers who plumb their own experiences for unexpected wisdom about this prickly and often misunderstood relationship. $14.00
Generation Debt - How Our Future Was Sold Out For Student Loans, Credit Cards, Bad Jobs, No Beneftis, and Tax Cuts for Rich Geezers - and How to Fight Back
Anya Kamenetz
Generation Debt offers a truly gripping account of how young Americans are being ground down by low wages, high taxes, huge student loans, sky-high housing prices, not to mention the impending retirement of their baby boomer parents. Twenty-four-year-old Anya Kamenetz examines this issue from every angle and provides a riveting, rousing manifesto that will inspire everyone to take care of their financial future. $14.00
Spirit of Reason - The Vine Deloria Jr., Reader
A collection of 29 essays from Native American writer Deloria written over the course of his career and treating an array of topics. Included in the articles, grouped loosely into sections on philosophy, social science, education, Indians, and religion, are a comparison of the Indian trickster figure and the Western messiah, an exploration of the thought of scientific philosopher Paul Feyerabend, and a critique of anthropologists' Bering Strait migration theory. $18.95
Buddhist Scriptures
Striving to understand the truth of the human condition and determining the path to spiritual enlightenment is the fundamental nature of Buddhism. Lighting this path is the Buddha, committed to guiding human beings to pure and happy lives. This beautiful hardcover gift book is the ideal introduction to the amazing ideals and beliefs of Buddhism. Containing dozens of selected Buddhist teachings, quotes and commentaries, this book offers guiding words of wisdom on how to find peace, harmony and happiness within yourself. Discover the meaning of truth, love and hate, and learn to find tranquility and contentment in your everyday life. With messages of inspiration and insight from canonical Buddhist texts on every page, Buddhist Scriptures is your first step on the road to spiritual enlightenment. $20.00
Change Your Life in 30 Days
Rhonda Britten
Rhonda Britten, Life Coach on NBC's hit show Starting Over, guides readers on a 30-day step-by-step journey to help define goals and make extraordinary life changes in their lives, using practical insights, exercises, and inspiring wisdom. For those who want to make a major life change but have been too locked in fear to start, the answers lie within this book. $14.95
Greater Community Spirituality
Marshall Vian Summers
Greater Community Spirituality is a new revelation for the new millennium. It is a doorway into a greater universe. It is here to prepare humanity for the greatest of all thresholds: the world's emergence into a Greater Community of intelligent life. This is a different kind of spirituality It is not based upon any world religious tradition or philosophy It speaks to the essential spiritual reality and experience that are shared by sentient beings everywhere, thus providing the foundation for recognition, relationship, and community both within our world and beyond. Each of its 27 chapters answers a fundamental question from a Greater Community perspective such as: What is God? What is human purpose? What is the Greater Community? How do you prepare? Whom will you meet? Who serves humanity? What is human destiny? What is grace? This book is essential for anyone who feels the great change that is coming. $17.95
The Book of Shiva
Namita Gokhale
Shiva: Destroyer and Protector, Supreme Ascetic and Lord of the Universe. He is Ardhanarishwara, half-man and half-woman; he is Neelakantha, who drank poison to save the three worlds-and yet, when crazed with grief at the death of Sati, set about destroying them. Shiva holds within him the answers to some of the greatest dilemmas that have perplexed mankind. Who is Shiva? Namita Gokhale examines this question and many others that lie within the myriad of stories about Shiva. Even as she unravels his complexities, she finds a philosophy and worldview that is terrifying and yet life affirming-an outlook that is to many the essence of Indian thought. $9.99
The Book of Muhammad
Mehru Jaffer
The Book of Muhammad recounts Muhammad's journey-his early struggles to bring his message to the people in Mecca, the Revelation, his flight to Medina and the establishment of Islam and an ideal city-state there, and his triumphant return to Mecca. Mehru Jaffer's own search to understand the teachings of Islam inform this lucid yet profound retelling of the life of one of the most mesmerizing figures to walk this earth, thereby making his teachings and spiritual significance accessible to all. $12.00
How to Heal Depression
Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D. & Peter McWilliams
- Many people with depression don't "feel depressed." One can suffer from depression and not feel sad, blue, or emotionally down.
- Depression is an illness affecting the body, mind and emotions. It is not a character flaw, personal weakness, or lack of discipline.
- Untreated depression is the #1 cause of alcoholism, drug abuse, and many other addictions.
- Depression is often an underlying cause of overeating, chronic fatigue, insomnia, headaches, bulimia, digestive problems, aches and pains and other physical disorders.
- Depression inhibits the functioning of the immune system, increasing the incidence of illness and shortening life.
$6.95
The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen - Meat-free, Egg-free, Dairy-free Dishes From the Healthiest Region Under the Sun
Donna Klein
When scientists began to make the connection between diet and disease, there was one region that stood out as a stronghold of healthful eating: the Mediterranean. After years of research, an international conference backed the Mediterranean diet as the best one for overall good health -- and the exciting news was that it tasted great, too. Now you can take the tour yourself, with this unique Mediterranean vegan cookbook -- also ideal for vegetarians, those with a lactose intolerance, and anyone who wants to make gloriously delicious dishes without meat, eggs, or dairy. $17.95
Lost Mountain - A Year In the Vanishing Wilderness
Erik Reece
The mountains of Appalachia are home to one of the oldest and most diverse ecosystems in North America. But they are also host to the mother lode of American coal, and a new form of strip mining has created a state of emergency for the Appalachian wilderness and the communities that depend on it. In powerful, stirring prose Erik Reece chronicles the year he spent witnessing the systematic decimation of a single mountain, exposing how issues of corporate hubris, government neglect, and class conflict have all contributed to the crisis. Lost Mountain is a landmark defense of a natural treasure, a core part of our national identity threatened with extinction. $14.00
More new arrivals at Quest!
1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy
Barbara Ann Kipfer
At the core of Buddha's teachings is the path to happiness. The Buddha himself was known as "The Happy One," so it's no surprise that Buddhism has produced a rich heritage of ways to be happy. This book gathers the best of these ideas and makes them accessible to modern readers. 1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy looks at everyday situations and provides the Buddha's and other Buddhist teachers' guidance for navigating them in a cheerful, positive way. The attainment of happiness has always been the goal of Buddhism, and even the Dalai Lama admits that one doesn't need to change religions to benefit from the teachings of the Happy One. The sayings in this book allow readers of any faith (or no faith) to explore the Buddha's ideas and relate them to their own personal quest for happiness. $13.95
The Quran
Bruce Lawrence
Few books in history have been as poorly understood as the Qur'an. Sent down in a series of revelations to the Prophet Muhammad, the Qur'an is the unmediated word of Allah, a ritual, political, and legal authority, an ethical and spiritual guide, and a literary masterpiece. In this book, one of the launch titles in Atlantic Monthly Press' "Books That Changed the World" series, the distinguished historian of religion Bruce Lawrence shows precisely how the Qur'an is Islam. He describes the origins of the faith and assesses its tremendous influence on today's societies and politics. Above all, Lawrence emphasizes that the Qur'an is a sacred book of signs that has no single message. It is a book that demands interpretation and one that can be properly understood only through its history. Bruce Lawrence's work is a beautifully written and, in these increasingly troubled times, invaluable introduction to and exploration of the core sacred text of Islam. $20.95
Nature Spirits and Elemental Beings - Working with the Intelligence in Nature
Marko Pogacnik
Pogacnik describes in detail the various elemental beings and their roles in maintaining the web of life and shares insights into related topics, such as energy flow in the landscape and the long-suppressed goddess culture. His words reveal the extent to which people have disrupted nature--and also how we can rediscover our connection to the devic realms and learn to heal our fragile planet. $14.95
Christ Power and the Earth Goddess - A Fifth Gospel
Marko Pogacnik
Marko Pogacnik has always been convined that there existed a fifth Gospel, one that would be relevent for the challenges facing humanity as it enters the third millenium. Here we have stories filled with the excitement of a detective book, where the author researches and investigates and travels to distant lands. Using his remarkable investigative powers, Pogacnik discovered this new Gospel composed of separate messages woven into the text of the canonical Gospels. These offer perspectives sharply different from the usual biblical interpretations. They speak of love and wholeness, male and female, and the union and communion of all humanity with the Earth and the realms of Angels. The dualism of good and evil has no part in them. Pogacnik concludes that the Fifth Gospel was edited out of the canonical texts, either because their message was too far removed from contemporary understanding, or because they interfered with plans for the formal, hierarchical theopolitical structure which we know as the Church. Yet those lost messages of Jesus are deeply meaningful for our present time and our transition to the next stage of our evolution. The choice is ours. We can move forward as one to a new plane of evolution, reconnect with the Christ Power that is in each one of us, and create a communion with our Planet Earth. Love, reconcilliation and the consciousness of the heart will be our guiding stars in the coming days. In the words of Jesus himself, we can create Heaven on Earth $15.95
The Mayan Factor - Path Beyond Technology
Jose Arguelles
Visionary historian Arguelles unravels the harmonic code of the ancient Maya providing valuable keys to understanding the next twenty years of human evolution. $16.00
Trillion - Book 1 of the Paradigm Trilogy
Mark Kimmel
Few know of the underground facility that lies beneath the Navajo hogans in this remote corner of the Arizona desert. Ryan Drake, successful entrepreneur, helps the facility's amiable residents escape an INS raid. After hiking miles into the rugged desert, Ryan learns that they are from another planet. He is stunned. Then he learns that they possess vital information that can save his world from impending destruction. Elsewhere, powerful men pursue their own agenda for control of events, a conspiracy that will put them in charge. One of them discovers Ryan's off-planet friends and their mission. It becomes a race to see if Ryan and his new friends can convince the right people to act, before they are silenced. But Trillion is more than a good read. Examine it carefully and find insights that give new meaning to life, a larger purpose to your own life. $12.95
Selu - Seeking the Corn-Mother's Wisdom
Marilou Awiakta
Rooted in the stories of the Cherokee Corn Mother, Selu, and of the teacher of hunters, Awi Usdi (Little Deer), these stories, essays, drawings, and poems revolve around the fundamental Indian concepts of respect and balance. Awiakta, who grew up in the postwar community of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the product of Cherokee and Scotch-Irish Appalachian roots, tells how the stories of Selu and Awi Usdi can be applied in all areas of life, from political activism to interpersonal relations. Touching on issues like the Tellico Dam controversy (when the Cherokee's ancient capital was flooded), the reunion of the Eastern and Oklahoma Cherokee, science and technology, government, and diversity, this wide-ranging collection is occasionally repetitious but offers true insights into Native American philosophies and how to apply them to contemporary problems. $16.95
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart - Surviving the Death of Your Baby
Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D.
The heartache of miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death affects thousands of U.S. families every year. Empty Cradle, Broken Heart offers reassurance to parents who struggle with anger, guilt, and despair after such tragedy. Deborah Davis encourages grieving and makes suggestions for coping. The book includes information on issues such as the death of one or more babies from a multiple birth, pregnancy interruption, and the questioning of aggressive medical intervention. There is also a special chapter for fathers as well as a chapter on "protective parenting" to help anxious parents enjoy their precious living children. Doctors, nurses, relatives, friends, and other support persons can gain special insight. Most importantly, parents facing the death of a baby will find necessary support in this gentle guide. If reading this book moves you to cry, try to accept this reaction. Your tears merge with those of other grieving parents. You are not alone. $19.95
Our Stories Remember - American Indian History, Culture and Values through Storytelling
Joseph Bruchac
Bruchac is a nationally-known Native American storyteller and author of some 70 books of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry for adults and children. In this collection, he retells a number of traditional Native American stories drawn from a variety of Native groups from throughout the country. Bruchach encourages non- Native American readers to release the guilt many Americans feel about what their ancestors did to American Indians, and enjoy these insights into Native American history, culture, values, and wisdom. $16.95
God is Red - 30th Anniversary Edition
Vine Deloria Jr.
The first edition of God Is Red, published in 1972, was the vanguard in promoting the recognition of sacred places. Now, two decades later, as environmental awareness continues to grow, Vine Deloria, Jr., reminds us to learn "that we are a part of nature, not a transcendent species with no responsibility to the natural world." Deloria, a prominent Native American author, scholar, lawyer, and philosopher, has updated God Is Red, his classic work on Native religion, asking new questions about our species and our ultimate fate as we move into a new century. $21.95
Jesus and Yahweh - The Names Divine
Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom has written about religion and the Bible throughout his career, but now, with Jesus and Yahweh, he has written what may well be his most explosive, and important, book yet. There is very little evidence of the historical Jesus-who he was, what he said. As Bloom writes, "There is not a sentence concerning Jesus in the entire New Testament composed by anyone who ever had met the unwilling King of the Jews." And so Bloom has used his unsurpassed skills as a literary critic to examine the character of Jesus, noting the inconsistencies, contradictions, and logical flaws throughout the Gospels. He also examines the character of Yahweh, who he finds has more in common with Mark's Jesus than he does with God the Father of the Christian and later rabbinic Jewish traditions. Bloom further argues that the Hebrew Bible of the Jews and the Christian Old Testament are very different books with very different purposes, political as well as religious. Jesus and Yahweh is a thrilling and mind-opening read. It is paradigm-changing literary criticism that will challenge and illuminate Jews and Christians alike, and is sure to be one of the most discussed, debated, and celebrated books of the year. At a time when religion has come to take center stage in our political arena, Bloom's shocking conclusion, that there is no Judeo-Christian tradition-that the two histories, Gods, and even Bibles, are not compatible-may make readers rethink everything we take for granted about what we believed was a shared heritage. $15.00
Why Classical Music Still Matters
Lawrence Kramer
Kramer (English & music, Fordham Univ.; Musical Meaning: Toward a Critical History) here asks, "What can be done about the state of classical music?" and in seven chapters explores the relevance of classical music through the intersection of music, culture, and society. He searches for answers that will resonate not only with lovers of classical music but also with novice listeners and skeptics who proclaim that classical music is facing extinction. Kramer describes the power of classical music in various settings, e.g., in an orchestra hall and in film, television, and via the Internet. By focusing on the themes of life—love and death, memory, war, identity, suffering and longing, solitude and community—he provides readers with the essential vocabulary to understand, actively engage with, and give meaning and value to classical music in our contemporary popular culture. Recommended for public and academic collections. $24.95
Every Day is a Good Day - Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women
Wilma Mankiller
Author and activist Mankiller has garnered the thoughts of 19 Native women on questions such as the meaning of spirituality, the importance of sovereignty, and what it means to be an indigenous woman today. Mankiller chose her participants well, for these women--a physician, an attorney, ranchers, professors of American Indian studies, an urban planner, a cultural anthropologist, artists, poets, musicians, and an Onondaga Clan Mother--really do have something to say. Spirituality, which connects all indigenous peoples, means respect for the earth and all living things. Land is crucial to all tribes, as shown by the Dann sisters, Shoshone ranchers struggling to defend the sacred ceremonial grounds of their ancestors, and Sarah James, who fights for her Gwich'in tribal rights to protect caribou birthing grounds from oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Profound yet simple words from strong women working hard to perpetuate their culture, and who have a lot to share, and who need to be heard. $16.95
In succinct, poetic style, Charles Genoud offers a vision of human existence as it can be lived and embodied, once we take the risk to discard negative concepts and assumptions. Drawing on Buddhist texts, shamanism, and thinkers such as Maurice Blanchot and Georges Bataille, Gesture of Awareness weaves insights from these diverse traditions into a coherent, compelling whole. At the same time, this is a workbook that encourages readers to engage with the material in a way that can make a practical difference in their lives. $16.95
Left Out in the Rain
Gary Snyder
Inspired by the ancient Chinese proverb, “There’s nothing you can own that can’t be left out in the rain,” this collection charts the journeys of the poet from 1947 to 1985. This book is unique among Gary Snyder’s numerable works, and the poems contained here are as broad in style as the compilation is in time frame. With a new introduction by the author, Left Out in the Rain captures the evolution of the poet and the man. Readers will travel with Snyder from the American West to the Far East. From Berkeley to Kyoto, his imagery provides insight into the natural world as well as the human experience. With the span of a few words, Snyder can reveal a universe and then two pages later deftly handle a villanelle. Sensual, sardonic, meditative, epigrammatic, formalist—whatever the tone or structure, these poems all bear the indelible stamp of a master. Always evocative, they remind us why Snyder is one of our most heralded and beloved contemporary poets. $15.00
Another batch of new arrivals at Quest Books!
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis
Shiela Lowe
You're no idiot, of course. You know that handwriting can reveal a great deal about a person—including one's strengths and weaknesses. But when it comes to figuring out what your handwriting says about your life and personality you feel like you're starting to get writer's cramp. Don't limit your writing to e-mail just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis is an intriguing, easy-to-follow lesson on how to understand what's behind those boldly stroked capital letters or smiley-faced dotted I's. $16.95
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Massage - Illustrated
Soothing, professional techniques for health and relaxation
Victoria Jordan Stone, CMT, and Bob Shell
There is nothing more relaxing or therapeutic than a deep massage, and with the right instruction, the basic techniques of Swedish Massage Method are easy to master. Fully illustrated with over 80 professional photos, this guide gives clear instruction in the most popular techniques of massage for relaxation and health.
Madeline Gerwick-Brodeur adn Lisa Lenard
Don't wish upon the stars. Divine their secrets... This revised and updated edition features explanations of all the houses, signs and their meanings, as well as information on astrology's connection with metaphysics and psychology.
The Big Book of Birth
Erica Lyon
Childbirth is one of the most significant events of any woman's life—and for many, also a source of enormous anxiety and fear. In The Big Book of Birth renowned childbirth educator and Realbirth Center founder Erica Lyon offers an antidote to that fear with a comprehensive and up- to-date guide to childbirth. Drawing from more than a decade of teaching expecting parents what really to expect, Lyon fills the void that currently exists in childbirth literature, offering clear, current, objective advice on everything from choosing your doctor or midwife, to the realities of assisted and cesarean births, to the many different pain-coping options you can use during delivery and proven techniques that can help you relax and often speed along your labor. The Big Book of Birth guides women through the four stages of labor, dispelling misconceptions and providing a wealth of objective information in a warm, welcoming, and well- organized format. A long-overdue resource, The Big Book of Birth gives expectant mothers the knowledge they need to approach childbirth with confidence and joy. $15.00
The Ramayana
Valmiki
Rama goes to the monkey capital of Kishkíndha to seek help in finding Sita, and meets Hánuman, the greatest of the monkey heroes. There are two claimants for the monkey throne, Valin and Sugríva; Rama helps Sugríva win the throne, and in return Sugríva promises to help in the search for Sita. The monkey hordes set out in every direction to scour the world, but without success until an old vulture tells them she is in Lanka. Hánuman promises to leap over the ocean to Lanka to pursue the search. $14.95
Mind, Music and Imagery
Stephanie Merritt
Music affects our physical well-being, even alters our behavior, often without our being aware of it. Stephenie Merritt chooses five popular works of classical music as a starting point to harness the power of music and enhance our lives. Other forms of music, such as jazz and New Age, are included to enrich our experience. Working with music and imagery is like dreaming while you are awake and leads to greater self-discovery to make our dreams come true. $13.95
Keepers of the Earth
Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac
All too often we forget that long before Columbus or any other European arrived on the North American continent, there were hundreds of tribes of native Americans who lived here. These peoples had a fascinating tradition of storytelling. The authors have taken this tradition a step further and put these stories together in a book for all of us to share. The stories are wonderfully and simply told and have been collected from all over the country. Following each story, the reader will encounter a Topic section and an Activity section. The topic section includes a discussion suggestion and questions about the story that has just been told. The activity section varies greatly from story to story. Each activity has been put together with a great deal of thought and care, integrating the project with current school curricular activities. This is a wonderful tool for teachers who want to remind our children of our cultural heritage and our need to care for our environment. $21.95
Keepers of the Animals
Michael J. Caduto adn Joseph Bruchac
A rich collection of uplifting Native American stories and creative nature activities that will inspire children to love and respect animals. Keepers of the Animals will help children to understand their interdependence with all living beings and life forms. $19.95
Keepers of the Night
Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac
Parents, teachers, camp counselors, naturalists, and storytellers will delight in these collections of stories and activities immersing children in the mysterious world of the night, their natural surroundings, and the fascinating world of animals. $19.95
The Great Heart Way - How to Heal Your Life and Find Self-Fulfillment
Ilia Shinko Perez adn Gerry Shishin Wick
By combining the teachings of Zen with the modern science of psychology, the authors have forged a new path to peace and healing. The method is accessible regardless of spiritual background, and requires less than half an hour a day. Experienced practitioners Gerry Shishin Wick and Ilia Shinko Perez have drawn from a wide array of disciplines to create the Great Heart Method. It transcends the erstwhile limitations of Zen, which sometimes can be used to deny feelings and personal problems, but uses meditation as an effective means of identifying and working through mental blockages. The book focuses on restoring a heart-mind connection, compassionately healing one's wounded inner self, and fully experiencing difficult emotions with nonjudgmental awareness in order to fully transform them. $16.95
The World We Used to Live In
Vnie Deloria Jr.
In his final work, the Native American scholar Vine Deloria Jr. takes us into the realm of the spiritual and reveals through eyewitness accounts the immense power of medicine men. The World We Used to Live In, a collection of anecdotes from tribes across the country, explores everything from healing miracles and sacred rituals to Navajos who could move the sun. In this work, which draws upon a lifetime of scholarship, Deloria shows us how ancient powers fit into our modern understanding of science and the cosmos, and how future generations may draw strength from the old ways. $16.95
Rising Fawn and the Fire Mystery
Marilou Awiakta
Illustrated by Beverly Bringle
Rising Fawn, a young Choctaw girl preparing to leave Mississippi with her family to travel west to a reservation, is kidnapped and subjected to an entirely different destiny. $14.95
The Power Deck - The Cards of Wisdom
Lynn V. Andrews
This oracular system of forty-five beautifully illustrated cards and its accompanying book of affirmations and meditations presents the wisdom of the universe as it has been revealed through the Sisterhood of the Shields. To heal the earth, we must first heal ourselves. "The Power Deck," writes Lynn Andrews, "helps you find the primal source of your pain, or limitation, so that it can be healed. Pick a card each morning and place it on your altar of empowerment. When you look at it, you will stop for a moment to move into that silent place within you, that place where truth is born. Each card promotes beauty, health, strength, and wisdom in your life." The Power Deck builds self-esteem by displaying positive and negative aspects of the user's personality-the pieces of the personal puzzle that are present and those that are missing. Each card features imagery reflecting Mother Earth and Father Sky, along with an affirmation that conveys the lesson of power and facilitates meditation. $25.00
The Writing Spirit - Finding Your Creative Soul
Lynn V. Andrews
You are a writer. Your act of power is the book or the story that you are creating. It is now time for you to bloom.-from Writing Spirit. In Writing Spirit Lynn Andrews discusses her own path to becoming a writer, complete with all the struggles she has faced along the way. By giving examples from her life and examining specific pieces of her own work, she explores the process of writing from beginning to end, and imparts her knowledge to novice and experienced writers alike. Writing Spirit addresses particular issues such as:
- Why are you writing?
- Who are you writing for?
- How can you be true to yourself as an artist?
- What are some of the causes of and solutions to writer's block?
Not straying from her spiritual roots, Andrews explains how being true to your spirit is the key to fulfillment in your work. She leads us on a journey to finding the truth within ourselves and teaches us what it really means to be a writer. $14.95
- Why are you writing?
- Who are you writing for?
- How can you be true to yourself as an artist?
- What are some of the causes of and solutions to writer's block?
Not straying from her spiritual roots, Andrews explains how being true to your spirit is the key to fulfillment in your work. She leads us on a journey to finding the truth within ourselves and teaches us what it really means to be a writer. $14.95
The Now Habit - A Strategic Program for Overcomnig Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
Neil Fiore, Ph.D.
Originally published by Tarcher in 1988, The Now Habit has sold more than 58,000 copies, and is as relevant as ever! Author Neil Fiore offers the first comprehensive strategy to overcome the causes of procrastination and to eliminate its deleterious effects. His techniques will help any busy person get more things done more quickly, without the anxiety and stress brought on by failure to meet the workplace's pressing deadlines. This revised, redesigned edition includes a new introduction and a section that provides strategies to understand and deal with the complex role technology plays in procrastination today. $14.95
A Matter of Life and Death
Rosemary Altea
Spiritual medium and healer Rosemary Altea touched the lives of millions with her New York Times bestseller The Eagle and the Rose. In this classic work, Altea described how she discovered her gift, and recounted the miraculous experiences she had in her early years of connecting the living with the dead. In The Eagle and the Rose Take Flight, she shares inspiring new stories of working with her spirit guide, Grey Eagle, to help sick and troubled people heal, to help people recognize their true path in life, or to help people find peace in reuniting with departed loved ones.
Born and raised in England, from the time she was a young girl Rosemary Altea heard voices and had visions of people who had died. But feeling threatened by her mother, the young Rosemary kept silent about the strange, menacing faces she saw in the dark. In the 1970s, now in her midthirties with a ten-year-old daughter of her own, Rosemary was abandoned by her husband. Nearing rock bottom emotionally, she began to nurture her spiritual gifts. She claims it was her spirit guide Grey Eagle who advised her to publish her first book, The Eagle and the Rose. Even as the world has come to accept-even revere-people who have the ability to communicate with the dead, with various mediums gracing the bestseller list and with such television shows as The Medium and Ghost Whisperer high in the ratings, in recent years Rosemary Altea has had to struggle to realize the transformational power of her work. From defending her integrity as a medium in a vicious lawsuit to coping with the loss of a friend who was very close to her heart, now Altea brings us The Eagle and the Rose Take Flight, detailing a new chapter in her rich personal history as she recounts story after story of remarkable encounters with the spirit world-encounters that will amaze and inspire Altea's millions of fans. $24.95
Born and raised in England, from the time she was a young girl Rosemary Altea heard voices and had visions of people who had died. But feeling threatened by her mother, the young Rosemary kept silent about the strange, menacing faces she saw in the dark. In the 1970s, now in her midthirties with a ten-year-old daughter of her own, Rosemary was abandoned by her husband. Nearing rock bottom emotionally, she began to nurture her spiritual gifts. She claims it was her spirit guide Grey Eagle who advised her to publish her first book, The Eagle and the Rose. Even as the world has come to accept-even revere-people who have the ability to communicate with the dead, with various mediums gracing the bestseller list and with such television shows as The Medium and Ghost Whisperer high in the ratings, in recent years Rosemary Altea has had to struggle to realize the transformational power of her work. From defending her integrity as a medium in a vicious lawsuit to coping with the loss of a friend who was very close to her heart, now Altea brings us The Eagle and the Rose Take Flight, detailing a new chapter in her rich personal history as she recounts story after story of remarkable encounters with the spirit world-encounters that will amaze and inspire Altea's millions of fans. $24.95