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We always have a choice, Pema Chödrön teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way...

Regression to Times and Places is the first Audio Download in Brian's new meditation series. This series helps you to discover and learn meditation and regression techniques.This Audio Download uses several visualizations to access the mind-body connection for healing; for releasing negative...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE In this vulnerable, insightful memoir, the New York Times columnist tells the story of his five-year struggle with a disease that officially doesn’t exist, exploring the limits of modern medicine, the stories that we unexpectedly fall into, and the secrets...

A deeply moving memoir about a couple whose lives were changed in the blink of an eye, and the love that helped them rewrite their future. Five months pregnant, on a flight to their "babymoon," Allison Pataki turned to her husband when he asked if his eye looked strange, and watched him suddenly...

Have you ever thought: What am I here for? And…How can I become much happier? In the middle of modern life, with all the obligations and complications one has, is really possible to be happy? If you like coffee and café talk and wisdom that springs from life itself, this is the book for you. What can actually happened in a small café? A lot. Cafés are so interesting these days! That’s where every day you see side by side business men, self-employed with their laptops, mothers and their babies, and people who just come by to pick up their morning coffee and get a smile from the ...

New Yorker writer and author of The Library Book takes readers on a series of remarkable journeys in this uniquely witty, sophisticated, and far-flung travel book. In this irresistible collection of adventures far and near, Orlean conducts a tour of the world via its subcultures, from the heart...

The challenges in Running are too numerous to count if you are an athlete. But what if you are not? That is the case as the author takes you along on her personal journey from not being able to run 700 meters at a time to completing not one, but two marathons. An inspiring true story with the motivation and guidance to get you lacing up those sneakers and hitting the road. And, with the instructions on just how to do it.

A narrative meditation on joint nonviolence, opening a window to the questions of power, multiple narratives, and imagination that touch on struggles for justice everywhere. As a Palestinian youth, Sulaiman Khatib encountered the occupation in his village and attempted to fight back, stabbing an...

In a time of uncertainty and devastation--from pandemics to environmental catastrophe--a call to action for finding beauty, creating art, and healing in community. When a beloved place is decimated by physical damage, many may hit the donate button or call their congressperson. But award-winning...

From New York Times journalist Anna Kodé: a love letter to the power of experiencing the world with fresh eyes, and an investigation—both practical and philosophical—into what it means to observe. One December afternoon a few years ago, Kodé stood in her grandmother’s kitchen in...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'You can reinvent yourself, you can change, you can grow, you can regress, you can be any number of things at any particular time. Please give yourself permission to do that, and be equally as open-minded to others who choose to do the same. Because perhaps, with...

Unforgettable Walks celebrates the joy of exploring the world step by step.From bustling medinas and historic old towns to iconic parks and waterfronts, this book showcases 52 destinations around the globe that are perfectly suited for discovery on foot. Along the way, readers are guided past...

Level up your stargazing skills and learn to interpret your own astrological birth chart with this fun, accessible guide to the twelve houses of the zodiac, perfect for armchair astrologers everywhere! So you know your sun sign, rising sign, and moon sign…but what about the rest of your birth...

When was the last time you experienced complete, undistracted silence? The last quiet place is not a destination on a map. It is a way of seeing. It is a way of living. It is an invitation waiting to be accepted. We live in a world that never stops talking. Every day our attention is pulled in countless directions by notifications, conversations, advertisements, endless information, and the quiet pressure to keep moving, consuming, and responding. In the midst of this relentless activity, many of us sense that something essential has been lost—not simply silence, but our ability to be ...

From National Poetry Series winner MaKshya Tolbert, a "startlingly original debut" (Maggie Millner) that meanders toward possibilities of arboreal relief among entanglements of place, property, and urban planning in Charlottesville, Virginia Shade is a place meanders east–west along...

What if you could stop paddling so hard upstream, turn your boat around, and smile and wave? What if you could lighten the load in your life--and your mind and your heart--with tiny daily actions that we all can easily do? What if everything you needed to get to such a place already existed within each and every one of us? All we needed was a roadmap, a guidebook, a blueprint to take us from others laughing at us to laughing with us? From being against a cause to creating our own? From surviving to thriving? In best-selling author Bradley Charbonneau’s latest book PLAY, you’ll uncover ...

Eager to change the world? Learn how you can have a greater social impact through your everyday purchases. The money we routinely spend on food, clothes, gifts, and even indulgences is an untapped superpower. What would happen if we slowed down to make more thoughtful decisions about what we buy?...

From one of the foremost scholars on the subject, comes our most in-depth look at John Steinbeck as a writer deeply connected to the natural world. Among the many reasons that John Steinbeck has reached the highest tier of the American literary canon is what we have come to understand as his...

Eden Williamson has perfected the art of being almost enough. Almost appointed. Almost chosen. Almost married. Almost visible in rooms that matter. Her life is full, respectable, and carefully controlled. Yet, something essential feels unfinished. Then a letter arrives. Written by her godfather Laurence before his death, it speaks of restoration. Of Jubilee. Of a season where what was lost is returned and what was broken is made whole. Eden wants to believe it. Instead, she files it away as beautiful sentiment meant to comfort, not transform. Until the gifts begin to appear. A chocolate bar...

Set in the Chicago area, Chubby Chasers introduces the dual personality of Carrolyyn Davidson. By day she is successful event planner and by night she is isolated and trapped by her compulsions. The novel follows Carrolyyn through an adventure house of transitions and transformations all spurred by an accidental visit to ChubbyChasers.com and while working on a contestant search for “The Fastest Trim Down.”