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Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, Ninth Edition 10 reviews X. J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia
Longman, 2004
Surprsingly Wonderful!
+ One of my personal favorite anthologies! + Timely Arrival + Excellent Text + Nice collection of Literature
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Lessons from the Miracle Doctors 61 reviews Jon Barron
Baseline of Health, 2002
A true blueprint for health
+ Food for thought! + A change that would make a difference + Lessons from the Miracle Doctors
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Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics (International ... 30 reviews Alfred Korzybski
Institute of General Semantics, 1995
Unrecognized Genius
+ The map is not the territory + One of the best books ever + Science and Sanity + Semantics from the world of 1933
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Big Mind - Big Heart: Finding Your Way 39 reviews Dennis Genpo Merzel
Big Mind Publishing, 2007
Looking all my life
+ So easy, so profound + This book is simple and direct. This book is Zen. + Boot Camp For The Soul + A very present help
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Survivor Personality 17 reviews Al Siebert
Perigee Trade, 1996
It is possible to learn how to be more "resilient"
+ Great book! + Yes, I got life!
I had an opportunity to hear the author speak about "resiliency in the workplace" at a conference in Portland, OR two years ago. He offered good examples and strategies for coping with stress and change. I enjoyed his talk, and bought this book and another title by him as well. I have since bought ...
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Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man 28 reviews Marshall McLuhan, Lewis H. Lapham
The MIT Press, 1994
A WORLD WITHOUT WALLS
+ timeless work, more applicable to today than ever... + An Insightful Gaze at the Involution of the World + One of the top ten thinkers of all time + Indispensable and Infuriating -- In Short, What a Book Should Be
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The Integral Vision: A Very Short Introduction to the Revolutionary Integral Approach to Life, God, the ... 15 reviews Ken Wilber
Shambhala, 2007
Integral Vision
+ A clear and simple introduction + needs more images of levels + Understanding The Universe
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Basic Writings of Nietzsche (Modern Library Classics) 34 reviews Friedrich Nietzsche
Modern Library, 2000
Kaufmann Translations with all Footnotes
+ Essential works by important thinker + Pleasurable and rich! + Oh, Nietzsche + almost perfect. all you'll ever need, but maybe not all you'll want.
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The Prophet 262 reviews Kahlil Gibran
Alfred A. Knopf, 1923
The Best Book Ever Written?
+ Eight Decades Later: Still Relevant, Insightful and Eloquent + The Greatest!
I keep a copy of this book nearby at all times for quick reference, my personal copy home to numerous marks and marginal notes. Every line reads as the most delicate of poetry, honed and refined to the purest and most undeniable words of truth and wisdom.
This may be the height of human ...
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Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised 128 reviews Napoleon Hill
Aventine Press, 2004
My life has changed
The lessons I have learned in Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich have changed my life forever. Once I learned how to change my thoughts and dreams into burning desires, it seemed there wasn't anything I couldn't achieve. Truly the best!
Tommy Hilcken
Life Success Workshops
Ogdensburg, NJ
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business 127 reviews Neil Postman
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
Judge a book by its cover
+ It's The Today Show-- Starring George Orwell and Aldous Huxley + A Good Deal!! + Disinformation Means Misleading Information--Misplaced, Irrelevant, Fragmented or Superficial + The media is the message again
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Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art 20 reviews Stephen Nachmanovitch
Tarcher, 1991
Great support for anyone in the arts!
+ For artists, or Anyone wishing to live creatively + This helped me hugely as a writer + Got me thinkin' + Solving the mystery of Improvisation
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Siddhartha 463 reviews Hermann Hesse
Bantam Classics, 1982
Samsara is nirvana
+ Great + Hari Om + A rambling spiritual adventure... + A must read for any spiritual seeker
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Zen Flesh Zen BOnes: A Collection of Zen and Pre-zen Writings 44 reviews Paul Reps, Nyogen Senzaki
Tuttle Publishing, 1998
The First and Still the Best
+ A Timeless Classic on Zen + The Marrow of Zen + Too bad about the Shambhala edition... + Flesh of my flesh and Zen of my bones!
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Spiral Dynamics Integral: Sounds True Audio Learning Course: Learn to Master the Memetric Codes of Human ... 4 reviews Don Beck
Sounds True, Incorporated, 2006
The Continuing Development of Spiral Dynamics
+ A Great Primer + Most accessible exploration of Spiral Dynamics
The speed of personal and societal change can seem bewildering, and there have been many attempts to try and make sense of what is going on in the world.
Spiral Dynamics is one very interesting model that was originally developed by the psychologist Clare W. Graves. He was a friend and ...
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Out of Your Mind 9 reviews Alan Watts
Sounds True, Incorporated, 2004
I wanted to listen to Watts' voice
+ It's Not serious + Alan Watts even more candid than usual + Alan Watts has cured my fear of death + ABOUT SOMETHING
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley 296 reviews
Ballantine Books, 1992
Should be Required Reading!
+ A revelation. + anglo-saxon reader + Important book of self discovery, resemption, and vindication + I know something Malcolm didn't
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Thresholds of the Mind 19 reviews Bill Harris
Centerpointe Press, 2007
Link to the turning point!
Thresholds of the Mind is a very rare find. This book was recommended by a friend who said that the book will inspire me to move on to the next level, which is meditation.
It is very concise and informative.
If you want to try holosync, read this book!
We need not be stressed with what is ...
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Zen in the Art of Archery 60 reviews Eugen Herrigel
Vintage, 1999
Zen in practice
+ Great book; not supposed to teach you how to release an arrow! + A Book for all Artists + wonderful insight...
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Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, Ninth Edition 10 reviews X. J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia
Longman, 2004
Surprsingly Wonderful!
+ One of my personal favorite anthologies! + Timely Arrival + Excellent Text + Nice collection of Literature
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