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This Precarious Moment: Six Urgent Steps that Will Save You, Your Family, and Our Country

James L. Garlow · Salem Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

America is at a crisis point. We have a limited amount of time to get it right. The nation must get "back on track" or be forever derailed. That is not melodrama. That is fact. Only Biblical truth can save our country. Some don't seem to care that it is saved. But many of us do care....
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The Everyday Empath: Achieve Energetic Balance in Your Life

Raven Digitalis · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Deepen Your Understanding of Empathy, Develop Your Gifts, and Discover Emotional Balance Enrich your knowledge of empathy and improve your empathic abilities with this captivating, easy-to-use guide. The Everyday Empath offers a well-rounded view of what it means to experience high levels...
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Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness: A Guide to Finding Joy in Unexpected Places

Sam Chase · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 232
Format: eBook

Enlightenment isn't a strange, mystical, or faraway place. It's a fundamental human experience available to us all in different ways and in different moments.Learn how the ancient philosophy of yoga, modern neuroscience, and positive psychology can help you discover your life's...
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10 Mistakes People Make About Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife

Mike Fabarez · Harvest House Publishers
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

What's the Truth About Eternity?The afterlife seems like the great unknown. Human imagination and Hollywood have come up with many speculations about what lies beyond. How can we set aside the misconceptions and find the truth? What are the straightforward, biblical answers everyone...
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The 10-Minute Yoga Solution

Ira Trivedi · HarperCollins India
Pages: 253
Format: Paperback

Do you want to practise yoga but cannot find the time? Do you want to begin yoga but cannot find a way? You are not alone. In this book, yoga acharya and bestselling author Ira Trivedi tells you how you can shed weight, get washboard abs, lower blood pressure - with just 10 minutes of yoga...
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The Face of Water: A Translator on Beauty and Meaning in the Bible

Sarah Ruden · Pantheon Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

A dazzling reconsideration of the language and translation of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, from the acclaimed scholar and translator of classical literature ("The best translation of The Aeneid, certainly the best of our time" - Ursula Le Guin; "The first translation...
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How Would Buddha Think?: 1,501 Right-Intention Teachings for Cultivating a Peaceful Mind

Barbara Ann Kipfer · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought." - The BuddhaEvery word and every action begins with a thought. Negative thoughts based in jealousy, greed, or hatred may seem harmless on the surface. After all, they're only thoughts, right? But while thoughts are only...
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

Anne Lamott · Riverhead Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening book,...
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How Would Buddha Act?: 801 Right-Action Teachings for Living with Awareness and Intention

Barbara Ann Kipfer · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

How much better would our lives be if we fully understood the consequences of our actions, and if we stopped to think before acting or reacting? Based on the Buddhist teachings of Right Action, this inspirational guide will help you gain insight into the importance of your actions, improve...
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Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies: 150 Herbal Remedies to Heal Common Ailments

Anne Kennedy · Althea Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Everyday ailments. Herbal remedies. Your complete resource to start feeling better, naturally.When a headache, cough, or other common ailment hits, many people turn to over-the-counter medications for relief. But for those who prefer to use herbal medicine, it can be difficult and overwhelming...
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The Four Horsemen: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution

Christopher Hitchens · Random House
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism. The video went viral. Now in print for the first time, the transcript of their conversation is illuminated by new essays from three of the original participants...
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Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience

Melanie Kirkpatrick · Encounter Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

We all know the story of Thanksgiving. Or do we? This uniquely American holiday has a rich and little known history beyond the famous feast of 1621.In Thanksgiving, award-winning author Melanie Kirkpatrick journeys through four centuries of history, giving us a vivid portrait of our nation's...
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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

ROBERT WRIGHT · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution shaped the human...
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We Are Afghan Women: Voices of Hope

George W. Bush Presidential Center · Scribner
Pages: 330
Format: Print book

Here are Afghan women in their own words. Words that are by turns inspiring, moving, courageous, and heartbreaking. Their powerful stories create a compelling portrait of the lives, struggles, and successes of this extraordinary nation and its extraordinarily resilient women. With an introduction...
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You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters

Deepak Chopra · Harmony
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover

Now a New York Times Bestseller! "A riveting and absolutely fascinating adventure that will blow your mind wide open!" - Dr. Rudolph E. TanziDeepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore some of the most important and baffling questions about our place...
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