Finding the Still Point: A Beginner's Guide to Zen Meditation
10 best books like Finding the Still Point: A Beginner's Guide to Zen Meditation (John Daido Loori): Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances, Every Thing You Are, Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now, Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World, Do Not Become Alarmed, Stolen Sharpie Revolution: A DIY Zine Resource, The Job, The Chase, The Big Kahuna, The Upside of Falling Down
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
| Author | Neil Gaiman |
| ISBN | 0062330268 |
Multiple award winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things--which includes a never-before published American Gods story, "Black Dog," written...
| Author | Kerry Anne King |
| ISBN | 1542041961 |
From the bestselling author of Whisper Me This comes a haunting and lyrical novel about the promises we make and the forgiveness we need when we break them.
One tragic twist of fate destroyed Braden Healey’s hands, his musical career, and his family. Now, unable to play, adrift in an alcoholic...
Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
| Author | Eckhart Tolle |
| ISBN | 1577311957 |
Eckhart Tolle is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s most inspiring spiritual teachers, sharing the enlightenment he himself experienced after a startling personal transformation. His views go beyond any particular religion, doctrine, or guru. This book extracts the essence from his teachings...
| Author | Kamo no Chōmei |
| ISBN | 1880656221 |
The single great work of literary witness in medieval Japan, Hojoki is a short social chronicle prompted by a series of calamities that overtook old Kyoto in the late 12th century. By building a rude home in the forest and eliminating desire, poet and Buddhist priest Chomei believed he would be spared...
| Author | Maile Meloy |
| ISBN | 0735216525 |
From a beloved, award-winning writer, the much-anticipated novel about what happens when two families go on a tropical vacation - and the children go missing.
When Liv and Nora decide to take their families on a holiday cruise, everyone is thrilled. The ship's comforts and possibilities...
| Author | Alex Wrekk |
| ISBN | 0972696725 |
When this book came in the mail, it was delivered in a shipping envelope from the author, and the only thing I really knew about it is what Sage told me. It really was not what I expected at all. This is like the cutest little book ... ever. It's small, like the size of my hand. When you see it, your first thought...
| Author | Janet Evanovich |
| ISBN | 0345543122 |
Charming con man Nicolas Fox and dedicated FBI agent Kate O'Hare secretly take down world’s most-wanted and untouchable felons, next job Violante, the brutal leader of a global drug-smuggling empire. The FBI doesn’t know what he looks like, where he is, or how to find him, but Nick knows his tastes...
| Author | Janet Evanovich |
| ISBN | 0345543084 |
”If you can’t fool yourself,” he said, “how can you expect to fool anybody else?”
This was such a fun read! =))
I’ve always loved Janet Evanovich’s books and this one certainly gave me everything I craved for. Lee Goldberg and Janet once again didn’t just manage to keep...
A stoner, an Instagram model, a Czech oligarch, and a missing unicorn. Nick Fox and Kate O'Hare have their work cut out for them in their weirdest, wildest adventure yet in this latest entry in the New York Times bestselling series by Janet and Peter Evanovich.
Straight arrow FBI Agent Kate O'Hare...
The Upside of Falling Down
For Clementine Haas, finding herself is more than a nice idea. Ever since she woke up in an Irish hospital with complete amnesia, self-discovery has become her mission.
They tell her she’s the lone survivor of a plane crash. They tell her she’s lucky to be alive. But she doesn’t feel lucky....
Runner's World Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary FIRST Training Program
Finally, runners at all levels can improve their race times while training less, with the revolutionary Furman Institute of Running and Scientific Training (FIRST) program.
Hailed by the Wall Street Journal and featured twice in six months in cover stories in Runner's World magazine, FIRST's...
| Author | Suzy Krause |
| ISBN | 1542092965 |
For readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, debut author Suzy Krause delivers a quirky, colorful story about love, loss, second chances, and what it means to truly live.
Valencia, a timid debt collector with crippling OCD, is afraid of many things, but the two that scare her most are...
True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 1590304047 |
In this little treasure, Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen monk, offers timeless insight into the nature of real love. With simplicity, warmth, and directness, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and freedom—explaining...
Whether a beginner or at the highest level of practice, learn Zen from one of the greatest masters of the twentieth century.
Why practice Zen? What sets Zen apart from religion? What are its different practices?
These questions, and more, are examined and answered by Zen Master Koun Yamada,...
| Author | Janet Evanovich |
| ISBN | 0553392719 |
Lizzy and Diesel return once again in an all-new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Janet Evanovich and her co-author, Phoef Sutton!
Murdered and mummified more than ninety years ago, bootlegger Collier “Peg Leg” Dazzle once found and re-hid a famous pirate’s...
| Author | Robert Goolrick |
| ISBN | 1616204206 |
In the Spellbinding new novel for #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Goolrick, 1980’s Manhattan shimmers like the mirage it was, as money, power, and invincibility seduce a group of young Wall Street turks. Together they reach the pinnacle, achieving the kind of wealth that grants them...
| Author | Jeffrey Stroup |
| ISBN | 1634990781 |
Once a thriving city whose economy soared on the backs of industrial powerhouses, and the booming steel industry, Cleveland saw the same fate as many other Rustbelt cities. As factory jobs moved overseas, this great city of culture and prosperity struggled to stay on its feet. A sharp decline in population...
| Author | Natsuki Takaya |
| ISBN | 9812695370 |
I DON’T WANT THIS MANGA SERIES TO END!!!
Because I’m enjoying this way too much and all those characters grew on me and what am I even going to read after this?! *sobs* Volume 21… only two more to go. T_T
My heart is already breaking…
Thoughts to the highlights of this volume:
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| Author | Natsuki Takaya |
| ISBN | 9812692363 |
Holy freaking moly! O_o
Woah! This volume was dark! Even for Fruits Basket standards. *lol* I swear this series is killing me! It’s getting more and more intense and I can’t help but wonder what’s going to happen next. Or rather what’s going to happen in the end! Boy am I curious!!! What a shocker...
| Author | Natsuki Takaya |
| ISBN | 2756008613 |
Kyô a décidé d'affronter en face ce qu'il a toujours fui. Il se rend alors chez son père mais ce dernier le somme de reconnaître que c'est bien par sa faute que sa mère s'est suicidée. Au bord de l'hystérie, le père de Kyô va révéler au jeune homme la vérité sur toute la situation. Kyô va-t-il...
| Author | Natsuki Takaya |
| ISBN | 2756008621 |
La malédiction qui pesait depuis des siècles sur la vie des principaux membres de la famille Sôma a enfin été levée ! Kyô et les douze autres membres anciennement maudits sont maintenant libérés de la magie noire singulière qui les transformait régulièrement en l'un des douze animaux...
| Author | Thubten Chodron |
| ISBN | 1559391537 |
"This book is written for people wanting to understand basic Buddhist principles and how to integrate them into their lives.... It will be of much benefit to its readers." —The Dalai Lama
This user’s guide to Buddhist basics takes the most commonly asked questions—beginning with “What...
| Author | Natsuki Takaya |
| ISBN | 1598168630 |
As the Fruits Basket saga continues, the relationship between Tohru and Kyo becomes increasingly complicated, especially since most of the members of the Zodiac seem to look down on him. Tohru comes to the realization that if she wants to save Kyo, she'll have to create some sort of trigger to break his...
Miniatures of a Zen Master
| Author | Robert Aitken |
| ISBN | 1582434417 |
For more than four decades, Robert Aitken Roshi has taught thousands of people the Buddhist practice of Zen meditation, and has led hundreds through their practice of the study of traditional koans. He has authored more than a dozen books, including a celebrated appreciation of Basho’s haiku; volumes...
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 1937006727 |
Eating is a chance to return to the present moment.
How to Eat is the second in Parallax’s series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. These friendly, pocket-sized books contain several delightful illustrations by Jason DeAntonis, and are appropriate for those practicing in...
Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights
| Author | Ryu Mitsuse |
| ISBN | 1421539047 |
Plato, Buddha, Christ—what brings these men to the far future to witness the end of the world?
Reads L to R (Western Style).
Ten billion days--that is how long it will take the philosopher Plato to determine the true systems of the world. One hundred billion nights--that is how far...
Relax, You're Going to Die
A contemporary and contemplative spiritual exploration of Death, by best selling author, Poet-philosopher, and Zen priest Tai Sheridan, Ph.D. Beneath the surface, many anxieties, worries, and fears are associated with death. 'Relax, You Are Going To Die' is an invitation to examine your relationship...
| Author | Natsuki Takaya |
| ISBN | 1598168622 |
Every time I say that the former volume was a slower one I get hit with the feels in the next volume. So yeah since I said the last one was slow, I should have expected that this one would hurt again! *lol* This was already number 18 and there aren’t many volumes left. So ARGH!! It’s getting suspenseful....
| Author | David Rutschman |
| ISBN | 0998432229 |
A collection of 39 stories in which every person, animal, tree, spoon, and stone is capable of burning with love and grief, losing itself in transports of joy and wonder, succumbing to illness, quaking with desire, and breaking and being broken by every other. David Rutschman is a Soto Zen priest and...
Qi: Increase Your Life Energy
| Author | Stefan Stenudd |
| ISBN | 9178940273 |
Qi is the Chinese word for life energy, also spelled chi or ki. It is the essence used in acupuncture, qigong and taiji, as well as many other traditional arts in China and Japan. Its western counterpart is the spirit, or inspiration. This book explains how qi works, and presents several very easy exercises...
