Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation
10 best books like Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation (Jess Stearn): I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, I, Robot, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science, The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety, Wicked and the Wallflower, The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London, What the Buddha Taught, Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
| Author | Anne Bogel |
| ISBN | 0801072921 |
For so many people, reading isn't just a hobby or a way to pass the time--it's a lifestyle. Our books shape us, define us, enchant us, and even sometimes infuriate us. Our books are a part of who we are as people, and we can't imagine life without them.
I'd Rather Be Reading is the perfect literary...
| Author | Annie Dillard |
| ISBN | 0072434171 |
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's exploration on foot in the author's own neighborhood in Tinker Creek, Virginia. In the summer, Dillard stalks muskrats in the creek and contemplates wave mechanics; in the fall she watches a monarch...
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
| ISBN | 0553803700 |
The three laws of Robotics:
1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as...
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational public discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent, persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs,...
The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science
| Author | Culadasa (John Yates) |
| ISBN | 0990847705 |
Providing step-by-step guidance for every stage of the meditation path, this uniquely comprehensive guide for a Western audience combines the wisdom from the teachings of the Buddha with the latest research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Clear and friendly, this in-depth practice...
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
| Author | Alan W. Watts |
| ISBN | 0394704681 |
In this fascinating book, Alan Watts explores man's quest for psychological security, examining our efforts to find spiritual and intellectual certainty in the realms of religion and philosophy. The Wisdom of Insecurity underlines the importance of our search for stability in an age where human...
Wicked and the Wallflower
| Author | Sarah MacLean |
| ISBN | 0062692062 |
When Wicked Comes Calling...
When a mysterious stranger finds his way into her bedchamber and offers his help in landing a duke, Lady Felicity Faircloth agrees—on one condition. She's seen enough of the world to believe in passion, and won't accept a marriage without it.
The Wallflower...
The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London
| Author | Christopher Skaife |
| ISBN | 1443455938 |
For centuries, the Tower of London has been home to a group of famous avian residents: the ravens. Each year they are seen by millions of visitors, and they have become as integral a part of the Tower as its ancient stones. But their role is even more important than that—legend has it that if the ravens...
| Author | Walpola Rahula |
| ISBN | 0802130313 |
This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. For years,” says the Journal of the Buddhist Society, the newcomer to Buddhism has lacked a simple and reliable introduction to the complexities of the subject. Dr. Rahula’s What the Buddha Taught fills...
Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation
| Author | Alan W. Watts |
| ISBN | 1577312147 |
"You must understand that in meditation, we are concerned only with what is, with reality, nothing else. The past is a memory. The future, an expectation. Neither past nor future actually exist. There is simply eternal now. So don't seek or expect a result from what you are doing. That wouldn't be true...
Buddhism: The Religion of No-Religion
The widespread influence of Buddhism is due in part to the skill with which a way of liberation was refined by its teachers and became accessible to people of diverse cultures.
In this dynamic series of lectures, Alan Watts takes us on an exploration of Buddhism, from its roots in India to the...
In a way, Sinclair was ahead of his time (this book was written in 1911). However, the extended fasts of 2 weeks or more advocated by him seems quite radical.
But even if you are not into such a radical overhaul of your health, this book still makes for interesting reading due to the many positive...
Live Long and...What I Learned Along the Way
| Author | William Shatner |
| ISBN | 1250166691 |
Star Trek legend and veteran author William Shatner discusses the meaning of life, finding value in work, and living well whatever your age.
"I have always felt," William Shatner says early in his newest memoir, that "like the great comedian George Burns, who lived to 100, I couldn't die as...
| Author | Suzanne Brockmann |
| ISBN | 0345543823 |
Navy men don’t come tougher than Lieutenant Peter Greene. Every day he whips hotshot SEAL wannabes into elite fighters. So why can’t he handle one fifteen-year-old girl? His ex’s death left him a single dad overnight, and very unprepared. Though he can’t relate to an angsty teen, he can at least...
