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Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
According to the Buddha, the path of kindness is the path of happiness. Now Sylvia Boorstein, nationally bestselling author of It’s Easier Than You Think, has taken the 2500-year-old practice of developing the qualities of a compassionate heart—the core of the Buddha’s own practice—and made...
by Maya Banks
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Maya Banks, the New York Times bestselling author of erotic romance, romantic suspense, and contemporary romance, has captivated readers with her steamy Scottish historical novels, perfect for fans of Julie Garwood. In Bed with a Highlander is the start of a beguiling trilogy featuring three unforgettable...
The Force of Character
And the Lasting Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
In his bestselling The Soul's Code, James Hillman restored passion and meaning to the concept of identity, arguing that each of us is born with an innate character, the "daimon" or "spirit" that calls us to what we are meant to be. Now, in The Force of Character, Hillman brings...
by Mother Teresa
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
"Works of love are always works of joy."
"Do we look at the poor with compassion? They are hungry not only for food, they are hungry to be recognized as human beings."
"There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen...
Shakti Mantras
Tapping into the Great Goddess Energy Within
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2009
SHAKTI MANTRAS
Tapping into the Great Goddess Energy Within
• Enhance your spiritual gifts
• Lighten your karmic burden
• Improve your health and increase prosperity
• Live in harmony with the universe
Now, with Shakti Mantras, we can all benefit from this ancient practice. Thomas...
The Zen of Creativity
Cultivating Your Artistic Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
For many of us, the return of Zen conjures up images of rock gardens and gently flowing waterfalls. We think of mindfulness and meditation, immersion in a state of being where meaning is found through simplicity. Zen lore has been absorbed by Western practitioners and pop culture alike, yet there...
Wide-Open World
How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family's Lives Forever
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
For readers of Three Cups of Tea; Eat, Pray, Love; and Wild comes the inspiring story of an ordinary American family that embarks on an extraordinary journey. Wide-Open World follows the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching...
In Our Image
America's Empire in the Philippines
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
“A brilliant, coherent social and political overview spanning three turbulent centuries.”—San Francisco Chronicle
Stanley Karnow won the Pulitzer Prize for this account of America’s imperial experience in the Philippines. In a swiftly paced, brilliantly vivid narrative, Karnow focuses...
by Steve Berry
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
BONUS: This edition contains a Cotton Malone Dossier, an excerpt from Steve Berry's The Columbus Affair, and a short story by Steve Berry, The Balkan Escape.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone has received an anonymous note carrying an unfamiliar...
The Boy Who Runs
The Odyssey of Julius Achon
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
In the tradition of Uzodinma Iweala’s Beasts of No Nation by way of Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run, this is the inspirational true story of the Ugandan boy soldier who became a world-renowned runner, then found his calling as director of a world-renowned African children’s charity.
“Julius...
Cesar Chavez
Hope for the People
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
The son of poor Mexican Americans, Cesar Chavez grew up in grinding poverty. In 1962, he set out to do what many before him had tried and failed to do -- organize a trade union for farm workers. With courage and determination, he transformed the plight of the workers into an international cause.
The Warrior
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2005
Bestselling author Nicole Jordan weaves a breathtakingly sensuous story of love and passion between the valiant Ariane of Claredon and the fierce knight who loses his heart to her. . . .
For five turbulent years Ariane has dutifully prepared herself for marriage to King Henry’s most trusted...
Jesse Jackson
A Voice for Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010
The story of the rise to prominence of America's most influential black leader. Join Jesse on his extraordinary journey across the American political landscape -- from his days as a young civil rights activist working with Martin Luther King, Jr., to his two riveting campaigns for president.
The Argument Culture
Stopping America's War of Words
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
In her number one bestseller, You Just Don't Understand, Deborah Tannen showed why talking to someone of the other sex can be like talking to someone from another world. Her bestseller Talking from 9 to 5 did for workplace communication what You Just Don't Understand did for personal relationships....