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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge 94 reviews
Carlos Castaneda
Audio Literature, 1998
Merely A First Step Towards Being a Man of Knowledge
I first read this book a few months ago before reading the rest of the series, and it was a mind-blowing read.
"Teachings of Don Juan" is the first of many books by anthropologist Carlos Castaneda to which he revealed his teacher-student relationship and experiences with Yaqui Sorcerer by the name of Don Juan. The dialogues and experiences lay within this book are rather insightful read.
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The River195 reviews
Gary Paulsen
Listening Library, 1993
The River
The River by Gary Paulson is a fantastic book. Once youstart this book you will not be able to put it down. I would reccomend this book to anyone 10 years an older. I promise that you will love this book: it is detailed, exciting, andventurous, and you really feel like you are there. If you love adventure books, this is the perfect book for you.
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Brian's Return75 reviews
Gary Paulsen
Listening Library, 1999
Brian's review
I liked this book because it talks about the woods and the animals around him. It talks about Brian's life in the woods.
What happens in this story is all about Brian wanting to go back to the woods and he does in the middle of the book. Caleb Brian's new friend is a retired Cop who is blind. He wants Brian too go back to the woods but Brian thinks his parents wont let him. Brian orders all ...
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Sleeping Where I Fall: A Chronicle22 reviews
Peter Coyote
Counterpoint, 1999
The Voice of Coyote
Peter Coyote, was that incredibly cool "older brother", born just in time "to do" the sixties in all its guts and glory, that later generations would look back on with envy. Tall, dark, handsome and talented Coyote (are you really surprised that's not his real name) from out east lands smack dab in the heart of San Francisco just at the moment when the town is experiencing the labor pains that ...
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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom 654 reviews
Miguel Ruiz
Amber-Allen Publishing, 2003
Let this book change your perception!!!!! Change---your life!!!!
This book embodies the "It's not me, it's you" theme. It is a quick read, and something you should read weekly. I loaned it to a friend and they never gave it backso I'm buying it again! One should live by the 4 agreements! REALLY---I'm trying!
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind134 reviews
Shunryu Suzuki-roshi
Audio Literature, 1988
A must have book for meditation teachers and practitioners
As a meditation teacher I found this text invaluable in understanding Zen Buddhism's meditation methods. It is important when teaching to have knowledge of different philosophies and teachings of meditation. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind is a foundation text for this understanding. I have already recommended it to others. A great buy and, I should add great service from Amazon for us antipodeans. ...
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The Education of Little Tree201 reviews
Forrest Carter
Phoenix Books, 2006
Good story...
A 5-year old orphan named Little Tree is raised by his Cherokee Grandma and Grandpa in a small mountain home during the days of the Depression. Little Tree learns about the Cherokee tribe and history. He also learns about the importance of love and respect for the land. His grandparents struggle to survive under difficult conditions however they show incredible compassion and love as they ...
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The Voice of Knowledge : A Practical Guide to Inner Peace (Toltec Wisdom)39 reviews
Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills
Amber-Allen Publishing, 2005
A VITAL RESOURCE FOR THOSE WHO ADVISE OTHERS!
I have read and enjoyed previous work of Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements, The Four Agreements Companion Book, and The Mastery of Love. This last book I've probably liked better than the other ones. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because it's a lesser known book or that it was a bit less mystical than the other ones.
In any event, I found The Voice of Knowledge to be a very insightful piece ...
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Hatchet1145 reviews
Gary Paulsen
Listening Library, 2004
Paint with Words
Gary Paulsen "paints with words" as he writes a descriptive story about a fifteen year old boy contending with his parent's divorce. This book is rivoting. The reader wants to read on as a young boy learns through discovery about how to survive in the Canadian wildernes. I read this book to my students and they were lined up in the library to check out Gary Paulsen books. Gary Paulsen writes ...
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Imagine: What America Could Be in the 21st Century12 reviews
Highbridge Audio, 2001
Vastly More Practical (and Political) Than Title Suggests
I almost did not buy this book, and I say that because an awful lot of really smart folks might be inclined to turn away on the basis of the title and the possibility that this is a fairy tale wishful-thinking la la land kind of book. It is not. It is practical (and political), it is enriching, and it is over-all a very high quality endeavor that has been well executed. Four "great truths" ...
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The Book of Job13 reviews
Audio Literature, 1988
Why?
To meaningfully ask the question "why?" in a religious context, one must first be familiar with Job--there is simply nothing in scripture that approaches the question of human suffering with such detail. Sadly, Mr. Mitchell correctly notes that the original book is long gone--victimized by the mistakes of translators. Yet the story remains universal; any reader can sympathize with Job's ...
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Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
Paul Reps
Phoenix Audio, 2007
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The Horse Whisperer 633 reviews
Nicholas Evans
Random House Audio, 1998
The Horse Whisper
I loved this book, and was thoroughly delighted with it as excellent fiction. I was impacted from start to end, even after treasuring the film version. I saw different character development, which was fine for these imperfect people. They healed while the horse did; that was the point. The love affair was poignant, and I felt both Tom and Annie fought their passionate emotions for each other ...
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Genesis13 reviews
Audio Literature, 1997
Life Changing
There are hosts of people for whom reading the Bible has been a life-changing experience. Reading this book was a life-changing experience for me as it changed the way I read the Bible.
Alter shows Genesis as a work of literature. This doesn't mean that it holds no timeless truths. Rather the reverse. The fact that Genesis was written with a spirit beyond that found in a mere journalistic ...
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A Separate Reality: Further Conversations With Don Juan28 reviews
Carlos Castaneda
Audio Literature, 1991
buy, buy, buy
Unless you are a die hard christian who could not ever consider any other possibilities for life except the one in the Bible then this is for you. I loved it you will too.
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New Buffalo: Journals from a Taos Commune (Counterculture)6 reviews
Arthur Kopecky
University of New Mexico Press, 2004
Threads of Gold
This book is unique. It is like nothing else you are likely to read. There are incidents, anecdotes, and life situations that have much in common with other chronicles of the times, most especially, *Scrapbook of a Taos Hippie* by Iris Keltz. Indeed, the latter work makes a splendid companion volume to this one because it mentions many of the same people, places and events of the time. Does ...
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Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings 43 reviews
Audio Literature, 1997
Zen seeds, Zen Spores
It was over 40 years ago that I acquired this slim little book in an esoteric bookstore. I knew nothing about Buddhism or the Zen tradition at that time, and my own ignorance intrigued me. Little did I suspect that what I was holding in my hands was a peculiar, living virus--and I was about to become it's Host, in a lifelong symbiotic journey. Zen bones are Jellyfish bones. In the artifacts of ...
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What Book!?: Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop7 reviews
Parallax Press, 1998
EDITOR'S CORRECTION & UPDATE
I am the editor of this anthology. CORRECTION: The title is not WHAT BOOK - the title is WHAT BOOK!? Exclamation mark, question mark. And an UPDATE: it received the American Book Award this year. This is the greatest honor.
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