How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America
10 best books like How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America (Rick Fields): Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, The Portable Blake, Grow Younger, Live Longer: Ten Steps to Reverse Aging, Living Sober, A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds, The Fathers, Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 0553351397 |
In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be...
Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey
| Author | David Horowitz |
| ISBN | 0684840057 |
In a narrative that possesses both remarkable political importance and extraordinary literary power, David Horowitz tells the story of his startling political odyssey from Sixties radical to Nineties conservative. A political document of our times, Radical Son traces three generations of one...
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 0767903692 |
“If there is a candidate for ‘Living Buddha’ on earth today, it is Thich Nhat Hanh.”
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Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma
| Author | Ludwig Ott |
| ISBN | 0895550091 |
Ready Winter 2009 Recognized as the greatest summary of Catholic dogma ever put between two covers. A one-volume encyclopedia of Catholic doctrines. Tells exactly what the Church teaches on any particular topic. Tells when the pronouncement was made and gives the sources from Scripture, Church...
| Author | William Blake |
| ISBN | 0140150269 |
This has additions. Better collection than other editions on my shelf.
The wild winds weep,
And the night is a-cold;
Come hither, Sleep,
And my griefs enfold! . . .
But lo! the morning peeps
Over the eastern steeps,
And the rustling beds of dawn
The earth do scorn....
| Author | Deepak Chopra |
| ISBN | 0609810081 |
In Grow Younger, Live Longer, Deepak Chopra, a pioneer in mind/body medicine, applies his decades of research and knowledge to actually reverse the aging process. This simple and practical step-by-step program designed by Dr. Chopra and his associate, David Simon, M.D., shows how it is essential...
| Author | A.A. World Services Inc. |
This practical 92-page booklet demonstrates, through simple examples, how A.A. members throughout the world live and stay sober one day at a time. Originally published in 1975 and revised and updated in 2012, this A.A. General Service Conference-approved publication has helped untold thousands...
| Author | Gary Snyder |
| ISBN | 1887178279 |
Gary Snyder is a delight to read. His (clearly) gentle nature is introduced to the reader in his note in the front of this book , where he asks us to be "lean, compassionate and virtuously ferocious, living in the self-disciplined elegance of wild mind."
I love his poetry, but have always been drawn...
| Author | Benedict XVI |
| ISBN | 1592764401 |
I've just finished this and already I am ready to begin it again ... except for the fact that now I have so many other excellent and learned men I want to read. Where to begin?
Pope Benedict's book is a fine introduction to the Church Fathers, but it is only that, an introduction. He barely scratches...
Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown
| Author | Michael Cunningham |
| ISBN | 0609609076 |
In this celebration of one of America's oldest towns (incorporated in 1720), Michael Cunningham, author of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning The Hours, brings us Provincetown, one of the most idiosyncratic and extraordinary towns in the United States, perched on the sandy tip at the...
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
| Author | Humphrey Carpenter |
| ISBN | 0618057021 |
The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in September 1973, millions have read THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. Born in South Africa in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel...
Muddling Toward Frugality
| Author | Warren Johnson |
| ISBN | 1935212168 |
Mr. Johnson’s thesis can be summarized without much difficulty: after generations of extravagant and reckless industrial expansion, we are clearly entering an age of economic scarcity. While human demands continue to rise, natural resources, especially the non-renewable kind, become harder...
Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin Free
| Author | Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. |
| ISBN | 1401952534 |
In this book, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. shares the groundbreaking weight-loss solution based on her highly acclaimed Bright Line Eating Boot Camps. Rooted in cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, and biology, Bright Line Eating explains why people who are desperate to lose weight fail...
Danielle Walker's Against All Grain: Joyful, 25 Christmas and Holiday Gluten-free, Grain-free and Paleo Recipes
From the New York Times Bestselling author of Against all Grain and Meals Made Simple, Danielle Walker brings you a collection of more than 25 Paleo, Grain-free and Gluten-free Holiday recipes perfect for Christmas and the holidays. Find out the perfect spread to not only eat healthy, but enjoy the...
He Fights for You: Promises for Everyday Battles
This 64-page booklet features forty scriptures of promise and purpose and corresponding inspirational passages to encourage those facing everyday battles. Ideal for daily reading, each segment includes a reminder that even in difficult times, God fights for his people.
It includes passages...
| Author | A.A. World Services Inc. |
Originally published in 1967 as The A.A. Way of Life, this book contains material that reflects cofounder Bill W.’s personal viewpoint and experience. From his Foreword: “This volume includes several hundred excerpts from our literature, touching nearly every aspect of A.A.’s way of life....
How Much Can I Spend in Retirement?: A Guide to Investment-Based Retirement Income Strategies
| Author | Wade Pfau |
| ISBN | 1945640022 |
Dr. Wade Pfau has written a book for those who have saved and invested for years and now wonder about spending their nest egg. This is ideal for retirement planners, CFPs, ChFCs, CPAs, etc. For the lay person who is not a financial professional Pfau's book will be a tough slog with analytical case studies...
Chasing Thoreau an Adventure in Paddling and Philosophy
An exciting book that takes travel writing to a new frontier !
Wouldn’t it be a great adventure, said kayak voyager Jim Payne, to copy a rowboat trip that famous naturalist and philosopher Henry David Thoreau took in 1839 on the Concord River? It sounded easy, but once upon the restless waters...
