The first authoritative biography of the Dalai Lama—a story by turns inspiring and shocking—from an acclaimed Tibetan scholar with exceptional access to his subject.
The Dalai Lama’s message of peace and compassion resonates with people of all faiths and none. Yet, for all his worldwide fame, he remains personally elusive.
$26.99ISBN: 9780062890009Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now.Published: William Morrow - April 28th, 2020An exquisite debut from a talented artist, Tomasz Jedrowski has told far more than a story with 'Swimming in the Dark.' Through Ludwik and Janusz, he allows the reader to peel back the deeply personal and too often tragic dimensions of our inner-turmoil, and of the impossible decisions we face through a lifetime. He artfully guides us through a philisophical and passionate picture of love, rebellion, family, and the meaning of home. By the time I flipped to the very last page, a single tear finally released itself, at once blurring my vision, and enveloping myself into the life of both anguish and possibility.
$17.99ISBN: 9781683642947Availability: On Our Shelves Now, Please Click Through for Each Location's StockPublished: Sounds True - February 25th, 2020From the luminary and prophetic Alan Watts, an invitation to embrace pleasure, play, and connection in our ever-evolving world
$24.00ISBN: 9780316478526Availability: On Our Shelves Now, Please Click Through for Each Location's StockPublished: Little, Brown and Company - September 10th, 2019Engaging and urgent, 'Talking to Strangers' suggests that perhaps we don't know what we think we know about the people we don't know. This causes us to default-to-fear, and the implications are as far reaching as you can imagine. This is a necessary and timely conversation, and my favorite book of the year!
$15.99ISBN: 9781937512835Availability: On Our Shelves Now, Please Click Through for Each Location's StockPublished: Two Dollar Radio - November 12th, 2019"Beautiful, brilliant, bold... Tantamount to a slice from the Americana songbook." --Christopher John Stephens, PopMatters
$28.95ISBN: 9780231176989Availability: On Our Shelves Now, Please Click Through for Each Location's StockPublished: Columbia University Press - June 4th, 2019Thomas Berry (1914-2009) was one of the twentieth century's most prescient and profound thinkers. As a cultural historian, he sought a broader perspective on humanity's relationship to the earth in order to respond to the ecological and social challenges of our times.
$17.95ISBN: 9781556438806Availability: Not currently on our shelves, but available in 1-3 days.Published: North Atlantic Books - January 5th, 2010Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach.
$28.00ISBN: 9781594204227Availability: Not currently on our shelves, but available in 1-3 days.Published: Penguin Press - May 15th, 2018New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018
A New York Times Notable Book
The #1 New York Times bestseller.$15.00ISBN: 9780300209433Availability: On Our Shelves Now, Please Click Through for Each Location's StockPublished: Yale University Press - October 21st, 2014An epic story of the emergence of the universe and of the community of life, with a new vision for how we might bring forth a vibrant Earth Community
Today we know what no previous generation knew: the history of the universe and of the unfolding of life on Earth.$15.00ISBN: 9780679720218Availability: On Our Shelves Now, Please Click Through for Each Location's StockPublished: Vintage - May 7th, 1991A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.
$24.99ISBN: 9780062316110Availability: On Our Shelves Now, Please Click Through for Each Location's StockPublished: Harper Perennial - May 15th, 2018Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.
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The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg, now available as a beautifully packaged paperback
$29.99ISBN: 9781250092700Availability: Hard to FindPublished: Flatiron Books - November 1st, 2016The Well of Being, from Jean-Pierre Weill, is an illustrated inquiry into the art of happiness and what it means to be radically alive in our daily moments. Images and a graceful philosophic text invite us to awaken from our constructed stories that we may return to this world and live in the present.
$15.00ISBN: 9780316068222Availability: On Our Shelves Now, Please Click Through for Each Location's StockPublished: Little, Brown and Company - April 14th, 2009Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion?
$16.95ISBN: 9781608685400Availability: Not currently on our shelves, but available in 1-3 days.Published: New World Library - August 25th, 2018Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something.
