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Intuitive Way: The Definitive Guide to Increasing Your Awareness 12 reviews
Penney Peirce
Council Oak Books, 2005
An excellent guide to finding your inner wisdom.
Ms. Peirce has written a thoughtful and well-organized guide to developing our relationship with the intuitive mind. Her premise is that each person has an intuitive faculty, which is our birthright as human beings. However, some people are more in touch with this faculty than others. Thus her strategy is to show us what blocks intuition, then how to work to unblock it. The exercises she provides ...
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Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power12 reviews
Thomas E. Mails
Council Oak Books, 1991
Superior insight
For a person interested in American Indian Medicine People, this Book, and it's companion book - Fools Crow, ISBN 0-8032-8174-9, will
read as a Treasure of insight, clarity, simplicity & wonder. This reviewer has been reading books on this subject for more than 40 years, and these 2 books are true Treasures of this world view. Fools Crow is magnificant.
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The Four Elements of Change6 reviews
Heather Ash, Vicki Noble
Council Oak Books, 2004
Perfect reading, Perfect applications.
As I am on the road a lot working and managing life and health in all its forms I've found that this book is helping me to simplify my practices, I can leave my physical practical tools at home. Her words are simple, direct and beautiful intertwined with her own experience of the elements and how they are relative to the body, mind, spirit and emotions. This information has really helped me ...
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Strong Man: Vintage Photos of a Masculine Icon6 reviews
Council Oak Books, 2001
"Never Seen Before"
I was really, really impressed with this book about Strongman covering the period from the 1880's to the 1950's. The reason I was so impressed with these vintage photos of strongman and those aspiring to be strongman is that a lot of these classic photos have not been seen before. This is a fascinating selection of rare cabinet cards and studio portraits by some of the most famous photographers ...
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Andean Awakening: An Inca Guide to Mystical Peru8 reviews
Jorge Luis Delgado, MaryAnn Male
Council Oak Books, 2006
Taking the mystical experience home
I had the honour and pleasure of travelling with Jorge Luis Delgado this past May. It was with much anticipation I awaited to purchase my copy of this amazing shamans book. The Andean Awakening is a most pure reflection of mystical Peru narrated by Jorge. As the images of my travels fade I need only open the pages of this book to bring the stories and places alive again. He is a gifted ...
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Cat's Paw, Incorporated (Brown Bag Mystery Series)5 reviews
L. L. Thrasher
Council Oak Books, 1995
Here's hoping this becomes a long series!
Despite being "amiably pro forma", as the Kirkus review puts it (and I generally tend to agree with the Kirkus reviewers), this is a fun, well-written mystery, with a charming, believable hero who has made something of his life and overcome some major hurdles yet continues to make occasional mistakes, all of which makes him very human and made me want to meet him again in further installments. ...
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Crossing into Medicine Country: A Journey in Native American Healing7 reviews
David Carson
Council Oak Books, 2007
Incredible Storytelling!
David, Thanks for sharing your gift of Storytelling!!
The entire book was incredibly mesmerizing -- couldn't put it down. The experiences Mr. Carson writes about with his teacher Mary Gardener are quite an adventure and very thought provoking. This book helped validate for me that there is so much more beyond this 3-D world we live in and to trust and accept what we see and feel in all of our ...
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Bellingham by the Bay: Bits, Bites, Adventures in Radio and Real Life6 reviews
Bruce Bellingham
Council Oak Books, 1998
great book for gift-giving or for yourself
WARNING: DO NOT BUY ONE COPY OF THIS BOOK! You will need at least two copies whether you buy it for yourself or for a gift. Don't think you can pick this up as a gift, browse through it to pick up the highlights and then pass it along, no, you're going to want your own copy. And if you do pick it up for yourself, you will undoubtedly add it to your Christmas gift list. It's a great book ...
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Heart-Links: Inspiring Personal Stories That Explore Our Powerful Ability to Communicate with Our Lost Loved ...9 reviews
Louise Platt Hauck
Council Oak Books, 2000
A Hopeful View Of Lost Loved Ones and Our Greater Connection
Louise Haulk as written a book that helps explains what is seemingly unexplainable; connecting with the world beyond. She explores spiriual connections with lost loved ones from both her perspective and her client's point of view. This approach made the stories especially 'moving' for me. These are first hand testimonies and the positive effects on average individuals that I can relate to. ...
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Wisdomkeepers9 reviews
Steve Wall, Harvey Arden
Council Oak Books,U.S., 2004
Wisdom
She:Kon (Sago)(Hello) To all who read this and hope you are all well. I personally know some of the Wisdom Keepers, Elders whose words are in this book and know them to be of good mind and person. I am Mohawk and Odawa and I come from upstate New York near some of the Reservations and I fully recommend this book for any person who needs to come back to the reality of the living world around them ...
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The Roots of Consciousness5 reviews
Jeffrey Mishlove
Council Oak Books, 1995
The Very Best Coffee Table Parapsychology Book!
THE ROOTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS was written by the world's one and only doctor in parapsychology, Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove. Few people are as well-connected with pioneers in the field of conciousness as Mishlove, and his lifetime of experience with psychic research is reflected in what is certainly the most complete compendium of consciousness studies ever. Have you ever wondered whether people's ...
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Wise Talk, Wild Women5 reviews
Gwen Mazer
Council Oak Books, 2007
Very good concept, presentation and scope....
I recently met Gwen Mazer at a book signing and was impressed with her work. It was a fascinating event mostly attended by women with many women over 60 and one very charismatic woman who was 99 and still going strong. I think this latter woman exemplifies the spirit this book is written as does the author.
The concept of the book is simple, it looks at different women's perspectives on ...
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When the Night Bird Sings5 reviews
Joyce Sequichie Hifler
Council Oak Books, 1999
The Song of the Night Bird will Lead You Back Home
That old saying "big things come in small packages" is perfectly proven in Joyce Sequichie Hifler's "When the Night Bird Sings" -- and don't for an instant underestimate the strength of this book by its diminutive size. Sequichie Hifler is certainly a modern day mystic for our times. In this small collection of vignettes reflecting on her Cherokee childhood in Oklahoma, her homespun wisdom ...
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Urban Etiquette: Marvelous Manners for the Modern Metropolis5 reviews
Charles Purdy
Council Oak Books, 2004
Delightful
Over the past couple of years, I've become a big fan of the Social Grace etiquette advice column. It offers a refreshing outlook on etiquette and manners. So I was really looking forward to the first Social Grace etiquette book . . . and it was definitely worth the wait. This book is funny and entertaining, but it also has some fantastic advice on how to live a courteous, dignified life. I would ...
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Vow: The Way of the Milagro5 reviews
Kay Leigh Hagan
Council Oak Books, 2001
A perfect little book!
Vow is so lovely! I go back and forth between whether I want to keep it on my coffee table or on my altar. It's like the pictures are beautiful so it's an art object, but the prayer touched my soul so much that I want it on my altar. But I also just like having it bedside because it's so short and sweet and easy to get through on nights when I just don't have the energy for Pema Chodron. It's ...
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In a Japanese Garden5 reviews
Charmaine Aserappa
Council Oak Books, 1999
a reading meditation
A lovely little book; reading it is like a meditation. The woodcut art suits the Zen simplicity of the text well. After getting my own copy, I was inspired to give it as a gift to several friends (and will to several more). It's a nice reminder that you can find peace wherever you are.
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Meet Mindy: A Native Girl from the Southwest (My World: Young Native Americans Today)5 reviews
Susan Secakuku
Council Oak Books, 2006
Meet Naiche Hits the Mark
This book will inform and entertain youngsters from second to sixth grade. Youngsters from about third to sixth grade can read this book independently while first and second graders can have it read to them. It demonstrates the daily life of a real native child and shows how many American Indian children live in the eastern region of the U.S. today. It also corrects common beliefs that many ...
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Quick Breads, Soups and Stews5 reviews
Mary Gubser
Council Oak Books, 1995
Simply satisfying
I love this book for its straightforward, uncomplicated and tasty recipes. And, wanted to givea new copy to a young couple we know. Am surprised to find this wonderful cookbood is out of print. Someone should tell the publisher to print a new edition.
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The Hoop and the Tree: A Compass for Finding a Deeper Relationship with All Life5 reviews
Chris Hoffman
Council Oak Books, 2000
A Powerful, Poetic Model for Spiritual Growth
I tend to be put off by organized religions because each faith generally claims a monopoly on "the truth" while ignoring the wisdom of other traditions. In The Hoop and the Tree, Chris Hoffman reveals a remarkable commonality in major world religions. Using Black Elk's sacred hoop and tree as a takeoff point, Chris shows how our natural desires for community, connection with nature, and personal ...
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Sailor: Vintage Photos of a Masculine Icon5 reviews
Council Oak Books, 2000
Beautiful Vintage Photographs
Although these are old photographs they stand side by side with any of today's photographers. The youthful men in these pictures are filled with optimism that only youth has. As they sailed the world and posed to remember their adventures and friendships. This is a magnificent collection of subtly erotic and above all stunning pictures. It easily shames all the trite beefcake stuff that is being ...
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