Mel: 697 books

A practical synthesis of AA’s Twelve Steps and Zen’s Eightfold Path. In this compelling blend of East and West, Mel Ash shows how Zen mind and practice connect to the heart of recovery. Courageously drawing from his lifetime of experience as an abused child, alcoholic, Zen student, and...

The first Christians “turned the world upside down” (Acts 17:6) shaking the gates of hell even in the face of severe persecution. The result: People all around “were filled with wonder and amazement” (Acts 3:10).What can give Christians today the same impact? God’s Holy Spirit is...

In I Want to Believe, Mel Lawrenz ignites a latent desire in all of us--the desire to believe in something bigger than ourselves. Lawrenz takes an honest dive into topics that are true areas of tension--doubt, rebirth, faith and action, and the essence of Christian faith. A fresh and engaging style...

Square Foot Gardening: Growing Perfect Vegetables is a practical guide that answers the age-old question for gardeners: How do you know when a fruit or vegetable is ripe? Square Foot Gardening is the most popular alternate gardening method in the world, and this new title is a terrific addition...

This is an edited reprint of my first short story sale to Mike Resnick and Martin Goldberg’s 1992 ALADDIN, MASTER OF THE LAMP anthology. It's got the sly humor of a traditional Scheherazade-type story and is told in a style that is an homage to Richard Burton's original "A Thousand And One Arabian Nights."

"[I]f you want to know about the glory days of partying in a place like this.. this is your book" Joshua (5* review) "Ever fall in love with a foreign place because of stories someone told you? [Mel Vil]'s Buenos Aires in a book..." @bravenewlady Three friends stand...

When We Both Got to Heaven places James Atkey (1805-1868) on the shores of Georgian Bay at the time of treaty negotiations between the First Nations people of the Saugeen, Nawash and Colpoy's Bay areas, and the Colonial government. A Methodist lay preacher, Atkey leaves the Isle of Wight and arrives...

Hidden Chicano Cinema examines how New Mexico, situated within the boundaries of the United States, became a stand-in for the exotic non-western world that tourists, artists, scientists, and others sought to possess at the dawn of early filmmaking, a disposition stretching from the silent era to today...

Get Help TODAY to live the life that you are truly meant to live.The Bold Way Workbook: Drilling Down to Your Truth will help you uncover YOUR true self, as you were always meant to be, so you can harness it and live a life beyond your imagination.Your truth goes beyond passion :Your most essential...

The Index of American Design was one of the most significant undertakings of the Federal Art Project -- the visual arts arm of the Works Progress Administration. Part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, this ambitious initiative set out to discover and document an authentic American style...

Harvard University educated Mel Arat in Extraordinary Life Skills provides skills and tools for an innovative and creative life style. According to Arat’s theory, there are four types of people in this world: Sub-ordinary, ordinary, extraordinary and supra-ordinary. The extraordinary people are...

The Jubilee theme is the Old Testament concept of declaring a special season for attaining spiritual renewal. In Jubilee, Mel Lawrenz skillfully takes readers through a season of renewal, pausing to examine the following themes and inviting readers to consider their own lives and their response to...

Unleash the voices in your head with these writing guidelines! Have you always wanted to write a story, but never known where to start? Do you need help managing your writing process? Is it difficult to work out what to do next with your story? These guidelines help you organise the different parts of the writing process and be the most creative version of yourself!

Robert F. KennedyÆs assassination in 1968 seemed like it should be an open-and-shut case. Many people crowded in the small room at Los AngelesÆs famed Ambassador Hotel that fateful night and saw Sirhan Sirhan pull the trigger. Sirhan was also convicted of the crime and still languishes in jail with...