The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still, American Style
10 best books like The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still, American Style (Dinty W. Moore): Money, and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Wealth, Health, and Happiness, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Why People Don't Heal and How They Can: A Practical Programme for Healing Body, Mind and Spirit, Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America, Mindfulness in Plain English, Living Buddha, Living Christ, Being Peace, Succulent Wild Woman, The Odds: A Love Story, Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation
| Author | Esther Hicks |
| ISBN | 1401918743 |
This Leading Edge work by Esther and Jerry Hicks, who present the teachings of the Non-Physical consciousness Abraham, explains that the two subjects most chronically affected by the powerful Law of Attraction are financial and physical well-being. This book will shine a...
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...
| Author | Caroline Myss |
| ISBN | 0609802240 |
Why does a "clean-living" person get sick, while a more obvious candidate stays healthy? Why does someone with a fatal illness suddenly become well, while another with a more benign condition dies? In "Why People Don't Heal and How They Can," best-selling author, medical intuitive, and teacher Caroline...
| Author | Natalie Goldberg |
| ISBN | 0553373153 |
I fell in love with Natalie Goldberg when I first read her book Writing Down the Bones in college. This memoir of finding her zen teacher and learning what he was trying to teach her is beautifully written. I didn't always relate to her, because she had the freedom to quit jobs, leave the world behind, and...
Mindfulness in Plain English
| Author | Henepola Gunaratana |
| ISBN | 0861713214 |
“A masterpiece.”
—Jon Kabat-Zinn
Since Mindfulness in Plain English was first published in 1994, it has become one of the bestselling — and most
influential — books in the field of mindfulness. It’s easy to see why.
Author Bhante Gunaratana, a renowned...
Living Buddha, Living Christ
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 1573225681 |
When you are a truly happy Christian, you are also a Buddhist. And vice versa."
-- Thich Nhat Hanh Buddha and Christ, perhaps the two most pivotal figures in the history of humankind, each left behind a legacy of teachings and practices that have shaped the lives of billions of people over the course...
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 0938077007 |
Being Peace
I keep Thich Naht Hanh's books in my book case
but anymore I do not read them.
I think of him often, ever since he had a stroke.
He made it though, but I can't find out how he is.
As far as I know he is still alive
and still a very wise but old man.
Some days...
A friend lent me this book because she said it reminded her of me. I know she meant it - and I took it - as a compliment, and there are a some good ideas and thoughts within. But I have a few issues.
For one, my brand of feminism is that every woman can choose what her best life involves without judgement...
| Author | Stewart O'Nan |
| ISBN | 0670023167 |
The beloved Stewart O'Nan, author of the bestselling Last Night at the Lobster and Emily, Alone, returns with another bittersweet gem.
Jobless, nearly homeless, and with their marriage on the brink of collapse, Art and Marion Fowler flee their Cleveland home for one last Valentine's Day...
| Author | Surya Das |
| ISBN | 0767908740 |
The beloved American Lama, a spiritual leader whose inimitable light and lively universal teaching style has awakened the spirituality of thousands, now shares an enlightened approach to change and loss, dealing with difficult emotions such as fear, grief, and anger, and the role of crisis in uncovering...
| Author | Sylvia Boorstein |
| ISBN | 0062512943 |
Using delightful and deceptively powerful stories from everyday experiences, beloved Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein demystifies spirituality, charts the path to happiness through the Buddha's basic teachings, shows how to eliminate hindrances to clear seeing, and develops a realistic...
| Author | Stanley I. Greenspan |
| ISBN | 0201407264 |
Stanley Greenspan, internationally known for his work with infants, young children, and their families, and his colleague, nationally recognized child psychologist Serena Wieder, have for the first time integrated their award-winning research and clinical experience into a definitive guide...
| Author | Joyce Cooper-Kahn |
| ISBN | 1890627844 |
(2009 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA): Honors Award)
Executive functions are the cognitive skills that help us manage our lives and be successful. Children with weak executive skills, despite their best intentions, often do their homework but forget to turn it in, wait...
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
| Author | Anne Lamott |
| ISBN | 0525537449 |
From Anne Lamott, the New York Times-bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow, comes the book we need from her now: How to bring hope back into our lives
"I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen," Anne Lamott...
From The French Chef, the PBS series that began it all, here are all the recipes that introduced Julia Child to an American public hungry for more sophisticated cooking techniques. In this handsome new hardcover edition, home cooks will rediscover the recipes that made Julia Child America's undisputed...
| Author | Jane Stanton Hitchcock |
"Driven by the heart-pounding suspense of a high-stakes poker game, Bluff is a vivid, compelling novel about deceit, seduction, and delicious revenge that will keep you spellbound and cheering as you turn the last page." -Susan Cheever, New York Times bestselling author
One-time socialite...
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
| Author | Christopher K. Germer |
| ISBN | 1593859759 |
“Buck up.” “Stop feeling sorry for yourself.” “Don’t ruin everything.” When you are anxious, sad, angry, or lonely, do you hear this self-critical voice? What would happen if, instead of fighting difficult emotions, we accepted them? Over his decades of experience as a therapist...
Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up
| Author | Koshin Paley Ellison |
| ISBN | 1614295255 |
An inspiring book that will help readers rediscover their values and discover a way to truly live life to the fullest.
The Dalai Lama on Wholehearted: “Intimacy is based on the willingness to open ourselves to many others, to family, friends, and even strangers, forming genuine and deep...
