Sen's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:50:28 -0700 60 Sen's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past]]> 24683741
While much work has been done in the field of trauma studies to address "explicit" traumatic memories in the brain (such as intrusive thoughts or flashbacks), much less attention has been paid to how the body itself stores "implicit" memory, and how much of what we think of as "memory" actually comes to us through our (often unconsciously accessed) felt sense. By learning how to better understand this complex interplay of past and present, brain and body, we can adjust our relationship to past trauma and move into a more balanced, relaxed state of being. Written for trauma sufferers as well as mental health care practitioners, Trauma and Memory is a groundbreaking look at how memory is constructed and how influential memories are on our present state of being.]]> 219 Peter A. Levine 158394995X Sen 0 to-read 4.15 2015 Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past
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]]> Man's Fate 109830
As a study of conspiracy and conspirators, of men caught in the desperate clash of ideologies, betrayal, expediency, and of free will, Andre Malraux's novel remains unequaled.

Translated from the French by Haakon M. Chevalier]]> 368 André Malraux Sen 0 to-read 3.79 1933 Man's Fate
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]]> The Myth of Sisyphus 91950 The Myth of Sisyphus transformed twentieth-century philosophy with its impassioned argument for the value of life in a world without religious meaning.]]> 192 Albert Camus 0141182008 Sen 0 to-read 4.25 1942 The Myth of Sisyphus
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]]> (H)echt niet 52521014 Er zijn mensen die echt niet hechten. Wat ze ook willen of proberen. Hoeveel ze ook in hun verleden graven en therapeutisch proberen te verwerken. Hoelang en hoe liefdevol hun partner het ook met hen volhoudt. Hoe goed en oprecht hun intenties ook zijn. Wat bestsellers over liefde en relaties ook mogen beweren en wat therapeuten ook beloven: sommige mensen hechten echt niet.
Appelo introduceert een methode om beter om te gaan met een hechtingshandicap, waarbij de focus vooral ligt op het sturen van gedachten en gedrag. Hij roept de lezers die het aangaat op om te (h)erkennen dat ze niet hechten en daarvoor verantwoordelijkheid te nemen. Accepteer je hechtingshandicap en ga je ernaar gedragen. Deze boodschap en doelstelling worden onderbouwd met wetenschappelijke feiten en geïllustreerd met treffende voorbeelden uit de therapeutische praktijk van de auteur.
Het boek is geschreven voor mensen die met zichzelf overhoopliggen omdat ze (liefdes)relaties niet volhouden. Het is ook bestemd voor mensen die het steeds weer met hen proberen, en voor hulpverleners die denken dat niet hechten te genezen is.]]> 240 Martin Appelo 9024431603 Sen 0 to-read 3.78 (H)echt niet
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]]> The Betrayal of the Body 1582965 Alexander Lowen 097437377X Sen 5 4.29 1967 The Betrayal of the Body
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]]> Love and Orgasm 1893616 320 Lowen 002077320X Sen 0 currently-reading 3.82 1960 Love and Orgasm
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]]> <![CDATA[Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media]]> 12617
Based on a series of case studies—including the media’s dichotomous treatment of “worthy� versus “unworthy� victims, “legitimizing� and “meaningless� Third World elections, and devastating critiques of media coverage of the U.S. wars against Indochina—Herman and Chomsky draw on decades of criticism and research to propose a Propaganda Model to explain the media’s behavior and performance. Their new introduction updates the Propaganda Model and the earlier case studies, and it discusses several other applications. These include the manner in which the media covered the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and subsequent Mexican financial meltdown of 1994-1995, the media’s handling of the protests against the World Trade Organization, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund in 1999 and 2000, and the media’s treatment of the chemical industry and its regulation. What emerges from this work is a powerful assessment of how propagandistic the U.S. mass media are, how they systematically fail to live up to their self-image as providers of the kind of information that people need to make sense of the world, and how we can understand their function in a radically new way.]]> 412 Edward S. Herman 0375714499 Sen 0 to-read 4.25 1988 Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
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]]> Schizotypal Personality 5209197 532 Adrian Raine 052103325X Sen 0 to-read 3.43 2006 Schizotypal Personality
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]]> The Feminine Mystique 17573685 562 Betty Friedan 0393346781 Sen 0 to-read 3.92 1963 The Feminine Mystique
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]]> Musashi 102030 970 Eiji Yoshikawa 4770019572 Sen 0 to-read 4.47 1935 Musashi
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]]> <![CDATA[The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C.]]> 1001744 264 Robert Drews 0691025916 Sen 0 to-read 3.98 1993 The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C.
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]]> <![CDATA[1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed]]> 18730589 From acclaimed archaeologist and bestselling author Eric Cline, a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages.

In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the Sea Peoples invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy defeated them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. Eric Cline tells the gripping story of how the end was brought about by multiple interconnected failures, ranging from invasion and revolt to earthquakes, drought, famine, and the cutting of international trade routes. Bringing to life a vibrant multicultural world, he draws a sweeping panorama of the empires of the age and shows that it may have been their very interdependence that hastened their dramatic collapse. Now revised and updated, 1177 B.C. sheds light on the complex ties that gave rise to, and eventually destroyed, the flourishing civilizations of the Late Bronze Age—and set the stage for the emergence of classical Greece and, ultimately, our world today.]]> 264 Eric H. Cline 0691140898 Sen 0 to-read 3.66 2014 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
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]]> <![CDATA[Wodan und germanischer Schicksalsglaube]]> 18114682 357 Martin Ninck Sen 0 to-read 0.0 Wodan und germanischer Schicksalsglaube
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]]> <![CDATA[Noumenautics: metaphysics - meta-ethics - psychedelics]]> 28090762
Tracing the fall of western morality through Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, the book descends deeper still into a metaphysics further upheld by Henri Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead. This collection of essays and notes provides a most idea-provoking, educational, and original piece of literature for the thoughtful lay-reader and specialist alike.

Contents: I. Philosophy and Psychedelic Phenomenology II. Myco-Metaphysics: a Philosopher on Magic Mushrooms III. Psychedelics and Empiricism IV. Bergson and Psychedelic Consciousness V. Vertexes of Sentience: Whitehead and Psychedelic Phenomenology VI. Antichrist Psychonaut: Nietzsche and Psychedelics VII. Neo-Nihilism: the Philosophy of Power VIII. The Teutonic Shift from Christian Morality: Kant � Schopenhauer � Nietzsche IX. Schopenhauer and the Mind X. The Will to Power]]> 153 Peter Sjöstedt-H 0992808855 Sen 0 to-read 4.19 2015 Noumenautics: metaphysics - meta-ethics - psychedelics
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]]> De helaasheid der dingen 1078784 De helaasheid der dingen keert de schrijver terug naar zijn geboortegrond in Reetveerdegem. We maken kennis met zijn vader, Pierre, die zijn paar uur oude zoontje in een postzak op zijn fiets langs alle kroegen van het dorp rijdt om hem aan zijn vrienden te tonen; zijn grootmoeder, wier nachtrust al te vaak verstoord wordt door de politie als die weer eens een van haar dronken zonen thuis komt afleveren: en niet te vergeten de werkloze nonkels Potrel, Witten en Zwaren, voor wie een wereldkampioenschap zuipen het hoogst haalbare is en die leven volgens het adagium 'God schiep de dag en wij slepen ons erdoorheen'. De helaasheid der dingen is zowel een gevoelig ode aan als een hilarische afrekening met het dorp van een jeugd.]]> 207 Dimitri Verhulst 9025427731 Sen 0 to-read 3.82 2006 De helaasheid der dingen
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]]> <![CDATA[Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life]]> 25622872 Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature.


If we are to undertake such an ambitious endeavor, we first must understand just what the biosphere is, why it's essential to our survival, and the manifold threats now facing it. In doing so, Wilson describes how our species, in only a mere blink of geological time, became the architects and rulers of this epoch and outlines the consequences of this that will affect all of life, both ours and the natural world, far into the future.


Half-Earth provides an enormously moving and naturalistic portrait of just what is being lost when we clip "twigs and eventually whole braches of life's family tree." In elegiac prose, Wilson documents the many ongoing extinctions that are imminent, paying tribute to creatures great and small, not the least of them the two Sumatran rhinos whom he encounters in captivity. Uniquely, Half-Earth considers not only the large animals and star species of plants but also the millions of invertebrate animals and microorganisms that, despite being overlooked, form the foundations of Earth's ecosystems.


In stinging language, he avers that the biosphere does not belong to us and addresses many fallacious notions such as the idea that ongoing extinctions can be balanced out by the introduction of alien species into new ecosystems or that extinct species might be brought back through cloning. This includes a critique of the "anthropocenists," a fashionable collection of revisionist environmentalists who believe that the human species alone can be saved through engineering and technology.


Despite the Earth's parlous condition, Wilson is no doomsayer, resigned to fatalism. Defying prevailing conventional wisdom, he suggests that we still have time to put aside half the Earth and identifies actual spots where Earth's biodiversity can still be reclaimed. Suffused with a profound Darwinian understanding of our planet's fragility, Half-Earth reverberates with an urgency like few other books, but it offers an attainable goal that we can strive for on behalf of all life.]]> 272 Edward O. Wilson 1631490826 Sen 0 to-read 3.90 2016 Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
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]]> The Direct Path: A User Guide 28899767 304 Greg Goode 1626257752 Sen 0 to-read 4.34 2012 The Direct Path: A User Guide
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]]> <![CDATA[Living the Life That You Are: Finding Wholeness When You Feel Lost, Isolated, and Afraid]]> 35566670 —Jeff Foster, author of Falling in Love with Where You Are When you feel isolated and alone, the world can seem like an enormously unfamiliar, confusing, and scary place. You may get caught up in your own thoughts and feelings, and even avoid connecting with others out of fear of being criticized, misunderstood, or uncomfortable—which only leads to more isolation and loneliness. This cycle can be hard to break, but you are not doomed to endure this painful condition of feeling lost and alone. This book can help you find authentic peace, confidence, and connection with all that is, right here and now. Living the Life That You Are examines the modern-day dilemma of loneliness, revealing that its root cause is the belief that we’re all separate individuals bound by personal limitations. We feel disconnected and incomplete, assuming that life’s fullness exists somewhere out there , and that we must be, do, or have more for lasting fulfillment. But the truth is, despite our limited appearance, we are actually boundless. There is no divide between our internal and external worlds. This is the ancient philosophy of non-duality—we are the wholeness we are seeking. The life that you are is all that is right every texture, flavor, fragrance, sight, and sound in their abundance. Using radical mindfulness—a combination of mindfulness and non-dual self-inquiry—this book will guide you toward awakening to the transformative truth and love that is your foundational being. By learning to observe, acknowledge, and question your experience without censorship or prejudice, your sense of being lost and alone will give way to an enriching and comforting state of communion with all.

Includes musicdownloads for a radically mindful soundtrack]]> 192 Nic Higham 1684030854 Sen 0 to-read 3.54 Living the Life That You Are: Finding Wholeness When You Feel Lost, Isolated, and Afraid
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]]> The Perfume of Silence 19227198
Based largely on actual dialogues between Francis Lucille, a spiritual teacher of non-duality, and some of his disciples, the music of freedom that it conveys resonates between the words, and gives the reader an inkling of the peace and happiness that are experienced in the presence of an authentic master.

Francis Lucille was for over twenty years a close friend and disciple of Jean Klein, a well recognized French teacher of non-duality. They both belong to a lineage of Advaita Vedanta teachers stemming from India. (Advaita Vedanta is the main nondualist Hindu spiritual tradition). Jean Klein's guru, Pandit Veeraraghavachar, was a Professor at the Sanskrit College in Bengalore. Their teachings, despite some superficial similarities, are quite different from those of most contemporary western neo Advaita teachers.They emphasize for instance the importance of the direct transmission from guru to disciple, through presence, beyond words, and they recognize that the same universal truth was expressed by various saints, philosophers and teachers throughout history and across the world.

That which matters here is not the form of the teaching, direct or gradual for instance, as much as the authenticity of the teacher, the vibrancy of his realization, the outpouring of his love, the freedom of his humour, the brilliancy of his intelligence, the splendor of his poetry, the spontaneous sharing of his peace.

Nonduality is the common ground of Buddhism (especially Zen and Dzogchen), Advaita, Sufism, Taoism, the Kabbalah, the Gnosis and the teachings of Jesus in the Thomas Gospel, the teachings of Parmenides, Plotinus, Gaudapada, Abinavagupta, Meister Eckhart, Ramana Maharshi, Atmananda Krishna Menon, Ananda Mai and many others.]]> 192 Francis Lucille Sen 0 to-read 4.77 2010 The Perfume of Silence
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]]> Tristes Tropiques 283901 Tristes Tropiques begins with the line �I hate travelling and explorers�, yet during his life Claude Lévi-Strauss travelled from wartime France to the Amazon basin and the dense upland jungles of Brazil, where he found �human society reduced to its most basic expression�. His account of the people he encountered changed the field of anthropology, transforming Western notions of ‘primitive� man. Tristes Tropiques is a major work of art as well as of scholarship. It is a memoir of exquisite beauty and a masterpiece of travel writing: funny, discursive, movingly detailing personal and cultural loss, and brilliantly connecting disparate fields of thought. Few books have had as powerful and broad an impact.]]> 417 Claude Lévi-Strauss 0140165622 Sen 0 to-read 4.13 1955 Tristes Tropiques
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]]> <![CDATA[Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture]]> 754174
The lectures begin with a discussion of the historical split between mythology and science and the evidence that mythic levels of understanding are being reintegrated in our approach to knowledge. In an extension of this theme, Professor Lévi-Strauss analyzes what we have called “primitive thinking� and discusses some universal features of human mythology. The final two lectures outline the functional relationship between mythology and history and the structural relationship between mythology and music.]]> 80 Claude Lévi-Strauss 0805210385 Sen 0 to-read 3.79 1978 Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture
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]]> De kracht van rust 55780737
Mirjam van der Vegt laat in 8 tegendraadse lessen zien wat rust nemen met ons lichaam en geest doet. Rust verhoogt de kwaliteit van ons werk en leven aanzienlijk. Van der Vegt laat met de inspirerende verhalen van o.a. rapper Typhoon, bergbeklimmer Katja Staartjes en bisschop Ancelimo zien dat je in goed gezelschap verkeert wanneer je even gas terugneemt.]]> 200 Mirjam van der Vegt 9025909027 Sen 0 to-read 3.52 2020 De kracht van rust
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]]> <![CDATA[Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again]]> 52645353 *#1 New York Times Bestseller*

You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have done to you.

Have you ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind? You know you can't go on like this, but you don't know what to do next. Lysa TerKeurst has wrestled through this journey. But in surprising ways, she's discovered how to let go of bound-up resentment and overcome the resistance to forgiving people who aren't willing to make things right.

With deep empathy, therapeutic insight, and rich Bible teaching coming out of more than 1,000 hours of theological study, Lysa will help you:


Learn how to move on when the other person refuses to change and never says they're sorry.
Walk through a step-by-step process to free yourself from the hurt of your past and feel less offended today.
Discover what the Bible really says about forgiveness and the peace that comes from living it out right now.
Identify what's stealing trust and vulnerability from your relationships so you can believe there is still good ahead.
Disempower the triggers hijacking your emotions by embracing the two necessary parts of forgiveness.]]> 288 Lysa TerKeurst 0718039882 Sen 0 to-read 4.10 Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again
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]]> <![CDATA[Visions; notes of the seminar given in 1930-1934 by C.G. Jung, in two volumes. Edited by Claire Douglas. Vol. 1 only.]]> 131429979 0 C.G. Jung Sen 0 to-read 0.0 Visions; notes of the seminar given in 1930-1934 by C.G. Jung, in two volumes. Edited by Claire Douglas. Vol. 1 only.
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]]> <![CDATA[Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life]]> 9762
In the midst of a normal life, Katie became increasingly depressed, and over a ten-year period sank further into rage, despair, and thoughts of suicide. Then one morning, she woke up in a state of absolute joy, filled with the realization of how her own suffering had ended. The freedom of that realization has never left her, and now in Loving What Is you can discover the same freedom through The Work.

The Work is simply four questions that, when applied to a specific problem, enable you to see what is troubling you in an entirely different light. As Katie says, “It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.� Contrary to popular belief, trying to let go of a painful thought never works; instead, once we have done The Work, the thought lets go of us. At that point, we can truly love what is, just as it is.

Loving What Is will show you step-by-step, through clear and vivid examples, exactly how to use this revolutionary process for yourself. You’ll see people do The Work with Katie on a broad range of human problems, from a wife ready to leave her husband because he wants more sex, to a Manhattan worker paralyzed by fear of terrorism, to a woman suffering over a death in her family. Many people have discovered The Work’s power to solve problems; in addition, they say that through The Work they experience a sense of lasting peace and find the clarity and energy to act, even in situations that had previously seemed impossible.

If you continue to do The Work, you may discover, as many people have, that the questioning flows into every aspect of your life, effortlessly undoing the stressful thoughts that keep you from experiencing peace. Loving What Is offers everything you need to learn and live this remarkable process, and to find happiness as what Katie calls “a lover of reality.”]]> 321 Byron Katie 1400045371 Sen 0 to-read 4.07 2002 Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
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]]> The Constant Nymph 1793758 344 Margaret Kennedy 1844081907 Sen 0 to-read 3.67 1924 The Constant Nymph
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]]> The Mill on the Floss 20564 'If life had no love in it, what else was there for Maggie?'

Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom and is desperate to win the approval of her parents, but her passionate, wayward nature and her fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her family. As she reaches adulthood, the clash between their expectations and her desires is painfully played out as she finds herself torn between her relationships with three very different men: her proud and stubborn brother, a close friend who is also the son of her family's worst enemy, and a charismatic but dangerous suitor. With its poignant portrayal of sibling relationships, The Mill on the Floss is considered George Eliot's most autobiographical novel; it is also one of her most powerful and moving.

In this edition writer and critic A.S. Byatt provides full explanatory notes and an introduction relating Mill on the Floss to George Eliot's own life and times.

Edited with an introduction and notes by A.S. BYATT]]> 579 George Eliot 0141439629 Sen 0 to-read 3.82 1860 The Mill on the Floss
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]]> <![CDATA[Non Violent Communication A Language of Life]]> 3601593 264 Marshall B. Rosenberg Sen 0 to-read 4.37 1999 Non Violent Communication A Language of Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Teachers]]> 1343080 264 Marva Collins 1878901419 Sen 0 to-read 4.19 1992 Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Teachers
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]]> <![CDATA[Values: Lighting the Candle of Excellence : A Practical Guide for the Family]]> 1890893 206 Marva Collins 078711040X Sen 0 to-read 4.50 1996 Values: Lighting the Candle of Excellence : A Practical Guide for the Family
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]]> <![CDATA[I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World]]> 61271862 A straightforward look at the history and the art of maintaining courteous communication in an increasingly divided world.

Have you ever been in a conversation that, after volleying back and forth, ended with the words, “I’m just saying . . .�? Usually, this signals frustration, that the discussion has reached a dead end, that you haven’t made your point, and may even leave you feeling that your relationship with the other person has changed for the worse. Digital interactions, devoid of nuance and understanding, further complicate discussion. We may believe that we are superior because our opinions are the “right� ones, and in the future avoid conversations with those whose opinions differ from ours, sending us into a never-ending echo chamber.

In I’m Just Saying, author Milan Kordestani shows us that although challenging conversations can be unpleasant, they can also help us grow. Sometimes, people inspire us to change how we speak, making us better communicators in the process as we search to find common ground with those with whom we disagree. Kordestani uses contemporary case studies and personal experience to teach readers how to have constructive conversations by engaging in civil discourse—the idea that good-faith actors can reach consensus on any opinion-based disagreement. He discusses influential leaders and reflects on his successes and failures in creating The Doe, an online publication focused on civil discourse. He addresses the challenges that digital media consumption presents when seeking common ground—especially when people are only digitally connected.

Civil discourse, an essential part of democracy, is becoming rare in today's digital age. I’m Just Saying examines discourse's successes and the ways to rebuild it. Drawing from history, popular culture, and personal anecdotes, the book promotes effective civil discourse by providing practical advice and strategies for respect. Through story, I’m Just Saying offers insight and tools for politeness in a divided world.]]> 268 Milan Kordestani 0757324517 Sen 3 4.26 2023 I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
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]]> <![CDATA[On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)]]> 599840 The Stones of Venice.]]> 98 John Ruskin 0143036289 Sen 0 to-read 3.85 1853 On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
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]]> <![CDATA[The King of the Golden River (Yesterday's Classics)]]> 651440 60 John Ruskin 1599151251 Sen 0 to-read 3.89 1841 The King of the Golden River (Yesterday's Classics)
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]]> The Prophet 2547 The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.

The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibran’s musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.]]> 127 Kahlil Gibran 000100039X Sen 0 to-read 4.27 1923 The Prophet
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]]> <![CDATA[Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses]]> 87040 Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses. Robin Wall Kimmerer's book is not an identification guide, nor is it a scientific treatise. Rather, it is a series of linked personal essays that will lead general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings, from salmon and hummingbirds to redwoods and rednecks. Kimmerer clearly and artfully explains the biology of mosses, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us.

Drawing on her diverse experiences as a scientist, mother, teacher, and writer of Native American heritage, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in scientific terms as well as in the framework of indigenous ways of knowing. In her book, the natural history and cultural relationships of mosses become a powerful metaphor for ways of living in the world.

Gathering Moss will appeal to a wide range of readers, from bryologists to those interested in natural history and the environment, Native Americans, and contemporary nature and science writing.

]]> 168 Robin Wall Kimmerer 0870714996 Sen 0 to-read 4.39 2003 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
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]]> <![CDATA[The Explanation of Ideology: Family Structure and Social Systems (Family, Sexuality and Social Relations in Past Times)]]> 1058107 Emmanuel Todd 0631154914 Sen 0 to-read 4.00 1985 The Explanation of Ideology: Family Structure and Social Systems (Family, Sexuality and Social Relations in Past Times)
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters]]> 47735 433 Anne Sexton 0618492429 Sen 0 to-read 4.28 1977 Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters
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]]> <![CDATA[De emotie encyclopedie - Gevoelens als navigatiesysteem naar een gelukkig leven]]> 53482518 Emoties leiden ons, helpen ons herstellen of stappen te zetten en geven informatie over wat ons ware zelf aangeeft dat we nu nodig hebben. Ze geven feedback op hoe onze binnenwereld omgaat met de buitenwereld. Door dit te begrijpen leren we communiceren met ons diepste zelf en kunnen we ons overtuigingengereedschap afstemmen op wie wij werkelijk zijn. Hierdoor zullen wij een leven aantrekken dat meer uitgelijnd is met ons diepste wezen en kan ons volste potentieel naar buiten komen.
Door dit werk geeft Vera Helleman ons iets tastbaars in handen waarmee we onontgonnen gebied kunnen verkennen en inzetten, niet alleen voor onszelf, maar ook als diagnostisch middel.]]> 490 Vera Helleman 9492073021 Sen 0 to-read 4.40 De emotie encyclopedie - Gevoelens als navigatiesysteem naar een gelukkig leven
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]]> <![CDATA[Consciousness Creates Peace (Christina, #3)]]> 55305500 281 Christina von Dreien 3905831708 Sen 0 to-read 4.48 Consciousness Creates Peace (Christina, #3)
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]]> Uiteindelijk komt alles goed 56277987 - Je openstellen voor nieuwe inzichten
- Niet bang zijn, wat er ook gebeurt
- Erop vertrouwen dat alles uiteindelijk goed zal komen
- Je spirituele helpers om ondersteuning vragen
- Tevredenheid, dankbaarheid en vergeving aan de dag leggen
Christina’s oproep geeft ons kracht en vertrouwen: we kunnen en zullen voor onszelf de mooie, volmaakte wereld scheppen waarin wereldwijde vrede heerst en waar we allemaal zo naar verlangen. En dat gaan we nu doen. Een liefdevol boekje dat ons veel moed geeft.
Christina von Dreien is geboren met een sterk verruimd bewustzijn. Van jongs af aan geeft ze al blijk van een opmerkelijk inzicht in de huidige wereld. Ze behoort tot een nieuwe generatie jonge, evolutionaire denkers die het menselijk bestaan zien, beschrijven en leven als een samenhang van kwantumfysica, neuropsychologie en spiritualiteit.]]> 96 Christina von Dreien 9460152058 Sen 0 to-read 3.82 Uiteindelijk komt alles goed
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]]> <![CDATA[Masturbation Tantra and Self Love]]> 1336721 Book by Woods, Margo 110 Margo Woods 0917320158 Sen 0 to-read 3.91 1981 Masturbation Tantra and Self Love
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]]> <![CDATA[How We Change (And Ten Reasons Why We Don't)]]> 52975386
How is it that we are able to so radically and rapidly change our daily behavior in order to follow the social distancing and stay-at-home policies during the pandemic, and yet--pandemic or not--we typically find it difficult, if not impossible, to reach smaller personal goals like dieting, getting organized or changing destructive habits?

The pandemic is life-threatening, so it ignites our survival instincts, activating that part of our brains charged with speedily and efficiently getting us to safety. But cholesterol, alcohol, and physical passivity are all life-threatening, and many of us humans have done a lousy job changing in regard to these issues, even when we have reliable information that they are killing us. Why do we struggle to change what would so obviously help ourselves individually?

Ross Ellenhorn’s book, How we Change (and the Ten Reasons Why We Don’t) gives a fascinating answer. A clinician and thought leader in the mental health and addiction fields, he suggests that we’re often looking in the wrong direction when we try to decipher the factors that support human change. He suggests that it’s much more fruitful to look at why we don’t change, than figure out why we do. By looking at the reasons we don’t change, we give ourselves the best chance of actually changing in meaningful ways.

Ellenhorn explains how we are wired to double down on the familiar because of what he calls the "Fear of Hope" - the act of protecting ourselves from further disappointment—and identifies the �10 Reasons Not to Change� to help us see why we behave the way we do when we are faced with the challenge of hope. Among them

· To change means raising your expectations and thus risking that you’ll disappoint yourself.

· Once you change, you are more accountable to make other changes than if you stayed the same

· When you change, your future become much less predictable.

· Change means destroying psychological monuments you’ve built to commemorate past injuries

· Every time you change, you raise the possibility of losing or disrupting your relationship with certain people

By addressing this little known reality of fear of hope, and how it influences the 10 Reasons Not to Change, Ellenhorn actually gives us hope, helping us to work toward the change we seek. Ellenhorn speaks to the core of our insecurities and fears about ourselves, with a humor and kindness. By turning our judgments about self-destructive behaviors into curious questions about them, he teaches us to think about our actions to discover what we truly want - even if we’re going about getting it in the wrong way.

How We Changeis a brilliant approach that will forever alter our perspective - and help us achieve the transformation we truly seek.]]> 391 Ross Ellenhorn 0062961128 Sen 0 currently-reading 3.81 2020 How We Change (And Ten Reasons Why We Don't)
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]]> <![CDATA[Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love]]> 2153780 Heralded by the New York Times and Time as the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, Emotionally Focused Therapy works because it views the love relationship as an attachment bond.

This idea, once controversial, is now supported by science, and has become widely popular among therapists around the world. In Hold Me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson presents Emotionally Focused Therapy to the general public for the first time. Johnson teaches that the way to save and enrich a relationship is to reestablish safe emotional connection and preserve the attachment bond. With this in mind, she focuses on key moments in a relationship-from "Recognizing the Demon Dialogue" to "Revisiting a Rocky Moment" -- and uses them as touch points for seven healing conversations.

Through case studies from her practice, illuminating advice, and practical exercises, couples will learn how to nurture their relationships and ensure a lifetime of love.
]]> 300 Sue Johnson 031611300X Sen 0 to-read 4.12 2008 Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
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]]> <![CDATA[Een Cursus In Wonderen (Dutch Edition)]]> 33931628 2264 Scribed by Dr. Helen Schucman Sen 0 to-read 4.00 Een Cursus In Wonderen (Dutch Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[De Sleutel tot Zelf-Bevrijding - Encyclopedie van de psychosomatiek Levensfilosofie voor een gelukkig en gezond bestaan : psychologische kernoorsprong-en-kernoplossing van 1300 ziekten en andere verschijnselen]]> 31446678 1488 Christiane Beerlandt 907584932X Sen 0 to-read 4.04 1993 De Sleutel tot Zelf-Bevrijding - Encyclopedie van de psychosomatiek Levensfilosofie voor een gelukkig en gezond bestaan : psychologische kernoorsprong-en-kernoplossing van 1300 ziekten en andere verschijnselen
author: Christiane Beerlandt
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]]> <![CDATA[Werken met Energetische geneeskunde]]> 53842368 438 Donna Eden 9401304521 Sen 0 to-read 3.80 Werken met Energetische geneeskunde
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]]> Paultje en het paarse krijtje 9707856 64 Crockett Johnson 9056372890 Sen 0 to-read 4.44 1955 Paultje en het paarse krijtje
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]]> De kunst van het helpen 28336952
De kunst van het helpen onderzoekt deze vraag. Helpen is een kunst en een kunde en in dit boek staan talloze recepten en tips om deze kunst te verfijnen. Hellinger gaat uitvoerig in op de innerlijke processen van de professionele helper, op de vijf principes van helpen en op de valkuilen die we als helper tegen kunnen komen.

Zijn fenomenologische benadering en familieopstellingen zijn in hoog tempo bekend geworden in vele landen van de wereld. De laatste jaren verbreedt Hellinger zijn aandachtsterrein tot voorbij dat van de therapie. Meer en meer betreedt hij het pad van wat hij noemt: 'de toegepaste filosofie'. Vandaar uit verkent hij processen als verzoening en helpen. Een boek dat verrassend anders is en de lezer prikkelt om verder te denken.

Samengesteld uit onder andere:
Ordnungen des Helfens, Der Austausch, The Learning Circle en The Art of Helping.

Samengesteld en vertaald uit het Duits en Engels door Margreet Mossel.]]> 160 Bert Hellinger 9077290052 Sen 0 to-read 4.13 De kunst van het helpen
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]]> The Charterhouse of Parma 14680
With beautiful illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker.]]> 532 Stendhal 0679783180 Sen 0 to-read 3.87 1839 The Charterhouse of Parma
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]]> Als een geliefde sterft ... 16018003 0 Hans Stolp 9020299867 Sen 0 to-read 4.50 Als een geliefde sterft ...
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]]> The Golden Bird 11244698 55 Hans Stolp 0803706812 Sen 0 to-read 4.30 1987 The Golden Bird
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]]> Het smelt 28358171 This is an alternate cover edition for 9789082410617

Wat als je wraak kunt nemen op een heel dorp?

Dertien jaar na een zomer die volledig uit de hand liep, keert Eva terug naar haar geboortedorp met een blok ijs in de kofferbak. Gaandeweg wordt duidelijk dat zij dit keer de plannen bepaalt.

In haar geboortejaar werden slechts twee andere kinderen geboren in het kleine Vlaamse Bovenmeer, twee jongens. De drie maken er hun hele jeugd samen maar het beste van. Tot de bloedhete zomer van 2002. Want jongens worden pubers en krijgen wrede plannen. De bedeesde Eva kan meedoen of oprotten. Die keuze is geen keuze — wie verraadt er nou z’n eigen vrienden?]]> 480 Lize Spit Sen 0 to-read 3.68 2016 Het smelt
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]]> Hersenschimmen 1076175
1984 wagte es Bernlef als Erster, in einem Roman den Prozess einer Alzheimer-Erkrankung aus der Innensicht zu schildern. Außerdem erzählt er darin die ergreifende Liebesgeschichte eines alten Ehepaars. In Holland eine halbe Million Mal verkauft, dazu verfilmt und auf die Bühne gebracht, wurde „Bis es wieder hell ist� gefeiert wegen seines fast unheimlichen Vorstellungsvermögens und seiner erhellenden Nachvollziehbarkeit.]]> 160 J. Bernlef 9021451816 Sen 0 to-read 3.89 Hersenschimmen
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]]> To a God Unknown 111300 To a God Unknown is a mystical tale, exploring one man's attempt to control the forces of nature and to understand the ways of God.]]> 240 John Steinbeck 0141185503 Sen 0 to-read 3.96 1933 To a God Unknown
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]]> La Chatte 504763 192 Colette Gauthier-Villars 2253011711 Sen 0 to-read 3.48 1933 La Chatte
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]]> <![CDATA[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)]]> 629 Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a meditation on how to live better set around the narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father & his young son.]]> 540 Robert M. Pirsig 0060589469 Sen 0 to-read 3.78 1974 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[It Begins with You: The 9 Hard Truths About Love That Will Change Your Life]]> 211880180
Jillian Turecki’s holistic, compassionate, yet no-nonsense approach to love has attracted a devoted following of millions. In her highly anticipated debut book, she makes clear that if you want a meaningful relationship filled with connection, security, and intimacy, you have to look within. The common denominator in all your relationships is you.

Drawing from decades of experience helping clients heal themselves and their relationships, It Begins with You introduces the 9 core truths we must accept in order to change our lives:

Truth 1: It begins with you.
Truth 2: The mind is a battlefield.
Truth 3: Lust is not the same thing as love.
Truth 4: You have to love yourself.
Truth 5: You must speak up and tell the truth.
Truth 6: You need to be your best self (even after the honeymoon).
Truth 7: You cannot convince someone to love you.
Truth 8: No one is coming to save you.
Truth 9: You must make peace with your parents.

Blending therapeutic strategies, somatic techniques, client case studies, practical tools, tips, and guiding questions, It Begins with You gives us a roadmap to finally start doing the work needed to love ourselves and find the love we deserve. It's never too late to choose yourself.]]> 256 Jillian Turecki 0063374366 Sen 0 to-read 4.37 It Begins with You: The 9 Hard Truths About Love That Will Change Your Life
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Deadly Chess Sins (Scotland's Youngest Grandmaster Discusses the Most Common Ca)]]> 20651
In this thought-provoking and entertaining book, Jonathan Rowson investigates, in his inimitable style, the main reasons why chess-players sometimes go horribly astray, focusing on the underlying psychological
* Thinking (unnecessary or erroneous)
* Blinking (missing opportunities; lack of resolution)
* Wanting (too much concern with the result of the game)
* Materialism (lack of attention to non-material factors)
* Egoism (insufficient awareness of the opponent and his ideas)
* Perfectionism (running short of time; trying too hard)
* Looseness (“losing the plot�; drifting; poor concentration)]]> 208 Jonathan Rowson 1901983366 Sen 0 currently-reading 4.36 2000 The Seven Deadly Chess Sins (Scotland's Youngest Grandmaster Discusses the Most Common Ca)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings]]> 11702 398 Octavio Paz 080215042X Sen 0 to-read 4.18 1950 The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
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]]> Poetics of Relation 444809 A major work by this prominent Caribbean author and philosopher, available for the first time in English

Édouard Glissant, long recognized in the French and francophone world as one of the greatest writers and thinkers of our times, is increasingly attracting attention from English-speaking readers. Born in Martinique in 1928, Glissant earned a doctorate from the Sorbonne. When he returned to his native land in the mid-sixties, his writing began to focus on the idea of a "relational poetics," which laid the groundwork for the "créolité" movement, fueled by the understanding that Caribbean culture and identity are the positive products of a complex and multiple set of local historical circumstances. Some of the metaphors of local identity Glissant favored—the hinterland (or lack of it), the maroon (or runaway slave), the creole language—proved lasting and influential.

In Poetics of Relation, Glissant turns the concrete particulars of Caribbean reality into a complex, energetic vision of a world in transformation. He sees the Antilles as enduring suffering imposed by history, yet as a place whose unique interactions will one day produce an emerging global consensus. Arguing that the writer alone can tap the unconscious of a people and apprehend its multiform culture to provide forms of memory capable of transcending "nonhistory," Glissant defines his "poetics of relation"—both aesthetic and political—as a transformative mode of history, capable of enunciating and making concrete a French-Caribbean reality with a self-defined past and future. Glissant's notions of identity as constructed in relation and not in isolation are germane not only to discussions of Caribbean creolization but also to our understanding of U.S. multiculturalism. In Glissant's view, we come to see that relation in all its senses—telling, listening, connecting, and the parallel consciousness of self and surroundings—is the key to transforming mentalities and reshaping societies.

This translation of Glissant's work preserves the resonating quality of his prose and makes the richness and ambiguities of his voice accessible to readers in English.]]> 256 Édouard Glissant 0472066293 Sen 0 to-read 4.44 1997 Poetics of Relation
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]]> The Art of Loving 14142
Most people are unable to love on the only level that truly matters: love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. As with every art, love demands practice and concentration, as well as genuine insight and understanding.

In his classic work, The Art of Loving, renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm explores love in all its aspects—not only romantic love, steeped in false conceptions and lofty expectations, but also brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, the love of God, and the love of parents for their children.]]> 180 Erich Fromm 0061129739 Sen 2 4.05 1956 The Art of Loving
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]]> <![CDATA[Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison]]> 80369 Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.

Barely two hundred and fifty years ago a man condemned of attempting to assassinate the King of France was drawn and quartered in a grisly spectacle that suggested an unmediated duel between the violence of the criminal and the violence of the state. This groundbreaking book by the most influential philosopher since Sartre compels us to reevaluate our assumptions about all the ensuing reforms in the penal institutions of the West. For as he examines innovations that range from the abolition of torture to the institution of forced labor and the appearance of the modern penitentiary, Michel Foucault suggests that punishment has shifted its focus from the prisoner's body to the soul � and that our very concern with rehabilitation encourages and refines criminal activity.

Lucidly reasoned and deftly marshaling a vast body of research, Discipline and Punish is a genuinely revolutionary book, whose implications extend beyond the prison to the minute power relations of our society.]]> 333 Michel Foucault 0679752552 Sen 0 to-read 4.23 1975 Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
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]]> The Lathe of Heaven 59924
In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately grasps the power George wields. Soon George must preserve reality itself as Dr. Haber becomes adept at manipulating George's dreams for his own purposes.

The Lathe of Heaven is an eerily prescient novel from award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin that masterfully addresses the dangers of power and humanity's self-destructiveness, questioning the nature of reality itself. It is a classic of the science fiction genre.]]> 176 Ursula K. Le Guin 0060512741 Sen 0 to-read 4.12 1971 The Lathe of Heaven
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]]> <![CDATA[Hour of the Heart: Connecting in the Here and Now]]> 200827064
Facing memory loss at age 93, as well as the fallout from a global pandemic that moved much of daily life online, legendary psychotherapist and bestselling author Irvin Yalom was forced tovastlyreconsider the shape of his sessions with patients. But rather than throw in the towelin the face of change,Dr.Yalom considered the limitations imposed by these new realities head on, and revolutionized his practice. Dr. Yalom wondered if perhaps his own practice could focus deeply on the work that could be achieved in a one-hour,one-timemeeting between patient and practitioner—employing an even more concerted use of his “here and now� approach.As he began these one-time sessions, the beloved veterantherapist found himself freed to reach ever deeper places with new patients on a shortened timeline, without the buffer of future appointments. Working within new constraints, Dr. Yalom learned to build greater intimacy much faster than in traditional therapy—a gift of circumstance.

InHour of the Heart, Yalom recounts some of these intense, life-changing consultations, exploring an array of human predicaments, and his own late-career development as a therapist. In recountingthese consultations, he shows how a therapist’s willingness to be open themselves helps the patient let down their own guard, leading to a deeper and more immediate connection—one necessary to achieve profound realizationsin just sixty minutes. For Yalom, that vulnerability meant allowing himself to reveal details of his personal life, from his childhood in Washington, DC with immigrant parents, to the recent death of his wife, and questions about the work of psychotherapy in our lives outside the appointment.

Life is precious and our time together short.Hour of the Heartshows us how to relate to each other better in the moment, with more honesty and vulnerability. That hour of connection, occurring during a time of isolation and grief for so many, helped to sustain both patient and therapist, and enriched Yalom’s vision of what psychotherapy can do. This transformative accountof a new way of connecting and sharing is for all of us looking to build relationships with greater immediacy, authenticity, and openness—not only as patients and practitioners, but in every area of life.]]> 288 Irvin D. Yalom 0063321459 Sen 0 to-read 4.50 2024 Hour of the Heart: Connecting in the Here and Now
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]]> <![CDATA[Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice]]> 62594254 480 Jennifer Mullan 1324019166 Sen 0 to-read 4.45 Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice
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]]> <![CDATA[Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)]]> 12749 In Search of Lost Time is one of the most entertaining reading experiences in any language and arguably the finest novel of the twentieth century. But since its original prewar translation there has been no completely new version in English. Now, Penguin Classics brings Proust’s masterpiece to new audiences throughout the world, beginning with Lydia Davis’s internationally acclaimed translation of the first volume, Swann’s Way.]]> 468 Marcel Proust 0142437964 Sen 0 4.12 1913 Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
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]]> Selected Poems 481821
ANNE SEXTON (1928�1974) was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. A celebrated poet of mid- twentieth century America, Sexton’s impressive body of work continues to be widely read and debated by literary scholars and cultural critics alike. Her poetry explored the many paradoxes within human behavior and motivation.]]> 266 Anne Sexton 0618057048 Sen 5 4.22 1988 Selected Poems
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]]> <![CDATA[The World as Will and Representation, Volume I]]> 19506 Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical works of the nineteenth century, the basic statement of one important stream of post-Kantian thought. It is without question Schopenhauer's greatest work. Conceived and published before the philosopher was 30 and expanded 25 years later, it is the summation of a lifetime of thought.

For 70 years, the only unabridged English translation of this work was the Haldane-Kemp collaboration. In 1958, a new translation by E. F. J. Payne appeared that decisively supplanted the older one. Payne's translation is superior because it corrects nearly 1,000 errors and omissions in the Haldane-Kemp translation, and it is based on the definitive 1937 German edition of Schopenhauer's work prepared by Dr. Arthur Hübscher. Payne's edition is the first to translate into English the text's many quotations in half a dozen languages. It is thus the most useful edition for the student or teacher.]]> 534 Arthur Schopenhauer 0486217612 Sen 0 to-read 4.21 1818 The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
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]]> Listen, Little Man! 339387
Reich has us to look honestly at ourselves and to assume responsibility for our lives and for the great untapped potential that lies in the depth of human nature.]]> 144 Wilhelm Reich 0374504016 Sen 4 4.03 1946 Listen, Little Man!
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]]> <![CDATA[Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia]]> 75739729 Radical alternatives to consent and trauma.

Arguing that we have become culturally obsessed with healing trauma, Sexuality Beyond Consent calls attention to what traumatized subjects do with their pain. The erotics of racism offers a paradigmatic example of how what is proximal to violation may become an unexpected site of flourishing. Central to the transformational possibilities of trauma is a queer form of consent, limit consent, that is not about guarding the self but about risking experience. Saketopoulou thereby shows why sexualities beyond consent may be worth risking-and how risk can solicit the future.

Moving between clinical and cultural case studies, Saketopoulou takes up theatrical and cinematic works such as Slave Play and The Night Porter, to chart how trauma and sexuality join forces to surge through the aesthetic domain. Putting the psychoanalytic theory of Jean Laplanche in conversation with queer of color critique, performance studies, and philosophy, Sexuality Beyond Consent proposes that enduring the strange in ourselves, not to master trauma but to rub up against it, can open us up to encounters with opacity. The book concludes by theorizing currents of sadism that, when pursued ethically, can animate unique forms of interpersonal and social care.]]> 272 Avgi Saketopoulou Sen 4 4.53 2023 Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia
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]]> <![CDATA[Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma]]> 62037662 I didn't have bruises.
She never left him.
He didn't actually rape me.
Maybe I wasn't worth believing.
Maybe it wasn't that bad.

What if emotional abuse is so hidden, its effects remain unchallenged for decades, masquerading as personal failings?

Believing Me is an emotionally gripping memoir that gives language to the hidden and ineffable nature of childhood trauma and how it can imprint on a person, resulting in fractured self-esteem, addictions, perfectionism and a string of abusive relationships.

Ingrid Clayton had been in the pursuit of healing for a lifetime, including becoming a clinical psychologist and trauma therapist, but she never fully understood what she was healing from. Growing up in a fog of gaslighting made her question her reality. It wasn't until she sat next to Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score) as he shared a case study so similar to her life, that a seed was planted: "Trauma" might be a word that was personal to her.

When her stepfather died, Ingrid felt a calling to write her story and these were the truths reflected on the page. By recounting vivid childhood memories, she wrote her way through patterns of lies and denial that had infected her entire family. She came to face the feelings she had minimized for so long.

By reclaiming her story, Ingrid transcended the role of healer into someone becoming healed, showing us what real healing looks like in the process.]]> 312 Ingrid Clayton Sen 0 to-read 4.68 Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma
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]]> <![CDATA[Psychoanalytic Case Formulation]]> 614695
Winner--Gradiva Award, National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis]]> 240 Nancy McWilliams 1572304626 Sen 0 to-read 4.52 1999 Psychoanalytic Case Formulation
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]]> Erotism: Death and Sensuality 37530 280 Georges Bataille 0872861902 Sen 0 to-read 4.11 1957 Erotism: Death and Sensuality
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]]> <![CDATA[Schopenhauer's Porcupines: Intimacy and Its Dilemmas]]> 19507 The classic compilation of psychological case studies from a master clinician and lyrical writer.

Each generation of therapists can boast of only a few writers like Deborah Luepnitz, whose sympathy and wit shine in her fine, luminous prose. In Schopenhauer's Porcupines, she recounts five true stories from her practice, stories of patients who range from the super-rich to the destitute, who grapple with panic attacks, psychosomatic illness, marital despair, and sexual recklessness.

Intimate, original, and triumphantly funny, Schopenhauer's Porcupines goes further than any other book in illuminating "how talking helps."]]> 288 Deborah Anna Luepnitz 0465042872 Sen 4 4.26 2002 Schopenhauer's Porcupines: Intimacy and Its Dilemmas
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis (Seminar of Jacques Lacan)]]> 75489 the unconscious, repetition, the transference, and the drive. Along the way he argues for a structural affinity between psychoanalysis and language, discusses the relation of psychoanalysis to religion, and reveals his particular stance on topics ranging from sexuality and death to alienation and repression. This book constitutes the essence of Dr. Lacan's sensibility.]]> 304 Jacques Lacan 0393317757 Sen 0 to-read 4.12 1973 The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis (Seminar of Jacques Lacan)
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]]> Annie John 386336
An adored only child, Annie has until recently lived an idyllic life. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother, a powerful presence, who is the very center of the little girl's existence. Loved and cherished, Annie grows and thrives within her mother's benign shadow. Looking back on her childhood, she reflects, "It was in such a paradise that I lived." When she turns twelve, however, Annie's life changes, in ways that are often mysterious to her. She begins to question the cultural assumptions of her island world; at school she instinctively rebels against authority; and most frighteningly, her mother, seeing Annie as a "young lady," ceases to be the source of unconditional adoration and takes on the new and unfamiliar guise of adversary. At the end of her school years, Annie decides to leave Antigua and her family, but not without a measure of sorrow, especially for the mother she once knew and never ceases to mourn. "For I could not be sure," she reflects, "whether for the rest of my life I would be able to tell when it was really my mother and when it was really her shadow standing between me and the rest of the world."]]> 160 Jamaica Kincaid 0374525102 Sen 0 to-read 3.72 1985 Annie John
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]]> <![CDATA[In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development]]> 101880 In a Different Voice has inspired new research, new educational initiatives & political debate--& helped many women & men to see themselves & each other in a different light. Gilligan believes that psychology has persistently & systematically misunderstood women: their motives, their moral commitments, the course of their psychological growth & their special view of what is important in life. Here she sets out to correct psychology's misperceptions & refocus its view of female personality. The result is a tour de force, which may reshape much of what psychology now has to say about female experience.]]> 192 Carol Gilligan 0674445449 Sen 0 to-read 4.06 1982 In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development
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]]> Self and Others 305380 184 R.D. Laing 0415198194 Sen 0 4.03 1959 Self and Others
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]]> The Father 752875 104 August Strindberg 0486432173 Sen 0 to-read 3.64 1887 The Father
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]]> The Double 210190 Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Idiot, Dostoyevsky also wrote much superb short fiction. The Double is one of the finest of his shorter works. It appeared in 1846 (his second published work) and is by far the most significant of his early stories, not least for its successful, straight-faced treatment of a hallucinatory theme.
In The Double, the protagonist, Golyadkin senior, is persecuted by his double, Golyadkin junior, who resembles him closely in almost every detail. The latter abuses the former with mounting scorn and brutality as the tale proceeds toward its frightening denouement. Characteristic Dostoyevskyan themes of helplessness, victimization, and scandal are beautifully handled here with an artistry that qualifies the story as a small masterpiece.
Students of literature, admirers of Dostoyevsky, and general readers will all be delighted to have this classic work available in this inexpensive but high-quality edition.
]]> 144 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0486295729 Sen 0 to-read 3.70 1846 The Double
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]]> <![CDATA[Huis clos: suivi de Les Mouches]]> 822338 247 Jean-Paul Sartre 2070368076 Sen 0 to-read 4.04 1946 Huis clos: suivi de Les Mouches
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mass Psychology of Fascism]]> 781662
Drawing on his medical experiences with men and women of various classes, races, nations, and religious beliefs, Reich refutes the still generally held notion that fascism is a specific characteristic of certain nationalities or a political party ideology that is imposed on innocent people by means of force or political maneuvers. "Fascism on only the organized political expression of the structure of the average man's character. It is the basic emotional civilization and its mechanistic-mystical conception of life."—Wilhelm Reich

Responsibility for the elimination of fascism thus results with the masses of average people who might otherwise support and champion it.]]> 395 Wilhelm Reich 0374508844 Sen 0 to-read 4.05 1933 The Mass Psychology of Fascism
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)]]> 29127 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451450524

She was magical, beautiful beyond belief—and completely alone...

The unicorn had lived since before memory in a forest where death could touch nothing. Maidens who caught a glimpse of her glory were blessed by enchantment they would never forget. But outside her wondrous realm, dark whispers and rumours carried a message she could not ignore: "Unicorns are gone from the world."

Aided by a bumbling magician and an indomitable spinster, she set out to learn the truth. but she feared even her immortal wisdom meant nothing in a world where a mad king's curse and terror incarnate lived only to stalk the last unicorn to her doom...]]> 294 Peter S. Beagle Sen 0 to-read 4.16 1968 The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Cherishment: A Psychology of the Heart]]> 1085320 272 Elisabeth Young-Bruehl 0684859661 Sen 4 3.92 2000 Cherishment: A Psychology of the Heart
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]]> <![CDATA[Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life]]> 26123 Learned Optimism is both profound and practical–and valuable for every phase of life.]]> 319 Martin E.P. Seligman 1400078393 Sen 0 to-read 3.96 1990 Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders]]> 1039530 368 Aaron T. Beck 0452009286 Sen 0 to-read 4.18 1975 Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders
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]]> <![CDATA[The Anatomy of Dependence: The key analysis of Japanese behavior]]> 170877
The discovery that a major concept of human feeling-easily expressed in everyday Japanese- totally resisted translation into a Western language led Dr. Takeo Doi to explore and define an area of the psyche which has previously received little attention. The resulting essay, The Anatomy of Dependence, is one of the most penetrating analyses of the Japanese mind ever written, as well as an important original contribution to psychology which transcends the boundaries of cultures and nations.

Published in Japan as Amae no Kozo (The Structure of Amae), Dr. Doi's work is focused upon the word "amae" (indulgence) and its related vocabulary. Expressive of an emotion central to the Japanese experience, "amae" refers to the indulging, passive love which surrounds and supports the individual in a group, whether family, neighborhood, or the world at large. Considering the lack of such words in Western languages, Dr. Doi suggests inherent differences between the two cultures-contrasting the ideal of self-reliance with those of interdependence and the indulgence of weaknesses. Yet, he finds that Western audiences have no difficulty in recognizing and identifying with the emotions he describes, and are even searching for a way to express this need.

While there is no doubt that the concept of "amae" is more developed in Japan and the feelings it engenders more profound, Dr. Doi's work is widely recognized as having a universal application. This translation of his most important essay has now been long welcomed as a major contribution-not only as an insight into the Japanese mind, but into the minds of men everywhere.]]> 192 Takeo Doi 4770028008 Sen 0 to-read 3.70 1973 The Anatomy of Dependence: The key analysis of Japanese behavior
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]]> Our Lady of the Flowers 53003 216 Jean Genet 1596541369 Sen 0 to-read 4.06 1943 Our Lady of the Flowers
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]]> <![CDATA[Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving]]> 20556323
I felt encouraged to write this book because of thousands of e-mail responses to the articles on my website that repeatedly expressed gratitude for the helpfulness of my work. An often echoed comment sounded like this: At last someone gets it. I can see now that I am not bad, defective or crazy…or alone!

The causes of CPTSD range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grow up in houses that are not homes � in families that are as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous.

If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply engrained in your mind, soul and body.

This book is a practical, user-friendly self-help guide to recovering from the lingering effects of childhood trauma, and to achieving a rich and fulfilling life. It is copiously illustrated with examples of my own and my clients� journeys of recovering. This book is also for those who do not have CPTSD but want to understand and help a loved one who does.

This book also contains an overview of the tasks of recovering and a great many practical tools and techniques for recovering from childhood trauma. It extensively elaborates on all the recovery concepts explained on my website, and many more. However, unlike the articles on my website, it is oriented toward the layperson. As such, much of the psychological jargon and dense concentration of concepts in the website articles has been replaced with expanded and easier to follow explanations. Moreover, many principles that were only sketched out in the articles are explained in much greater detail. A great deal of new material is also explored.

Key concepts of the book include managing emotional flashbacks, understanding the four different types of trauma survivors, differentiating the outer critic from the inner critic, healing the abandonment depression that come from emotional abandonment and self-abandonment, self-reparenting and reparenting by committee, and deconstructing the hierarchy of self-injuring responses that childhood trauma forces survivors to adopt.

The book also functions as a map to help you understand the somewhat linear progression of recovery, to help you identify what you have already accomplished, and to help you figure out what is best to work on and prioritize now. This in turn also serves to help you identify the signs of your recovery and to develop reasonable expectations about the rate of your recovery.

I hope this map will guide you to heal in a way that helps you to become an unflinching source of kindness and self-compassion for yourself, and that out of that journey you will find at least one other human being who will reciprocally love you well enough in that way.]]> 376 Pete Walker Sen 0 to-read 4.55 2013 Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
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]]> The Dependent Personality 3033249
The volume opens with a review of theoretical frameworks that have influenced previous research on dependency. An overview and critique of commonly used assessment techniques contrasts the strengths and weaknesses of objective, projective, behavioral and interview-based dependency scales. Chapters covering etiology deal with the development of dependency at various stages of the life cycle and allow for comparison of the predictive validities of two important theoretical the psychoanalytic and social learning models. Social and interpersonal consequences are considered, with attention to both the person's behavior and its effect on others. The chapter on psychopathological dependency thoroughly covers the enormous amount of research on this subject. Dependent personality disorder is next addressed, as well as the relationship of dependency to risk for physical disorders, followed by a discussion of dependent individuals as psychiatric and medical patients. In the concluding chapter, Bornstein presents a new theoretical model, expanding on the traditional view of dependency as a deficit to encompass the positive, adaptive qualities of dependent individuals as well.

This book will be of value to both academic and clinical readers. Incisive reviews of personality development as well as social cognition and behavior will appeal to social, personality, and developmental psychologists, while clinical researchers will be particularly interested in Bornstein's discussion of the etiology and psychodynamics of psychopathology. Because dependency is so tightly linked to transference and countertransference issues, the dynamics of the supervisory relationship, psychological processes associated with psychiatric hospitalization and discharge, and psychotherapy initiation and termination, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, and other mental health practitioners will benefit from the book's accessible review of empirical findings concerning the dependent personality.]]> 241 Robert F. Bornstein 0898629918 Sen 0 to-read 3.00 1993 The Dependent Personality
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]]> <![CDATA[Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child]]> 12124
Validate your inner child through meditations and affirmations
Give your child permission to break destructive family roles and rules
Adopt new rules allowing pleasure and honest self-expression
Deal with anger and difficult relationships
Pay attention to your innermost purpose and desires...and find new joy and energy in living.]]> 304 John Bradshaw 0553353896 Sen 0 to-read 4.01 1990 Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child
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]]> <![CDATA[Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child]]> 9513034 184 Thich Nhat Hanh 1935209647 Sen 0 to-read 4.28 2010 Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child
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]]> <![CDATA[The Karpman Drama Triangle Explained: A Guide for Coaches, Managers, Trainers, Therapists � and Everybody Else]]> 51299657 179 Chris West Sen 0 to-read 4.02 The Karpman Drama Triangle Explained: A Guide for Coaches, Managers, Trainers, Therapists – and Everybody Else
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]]> <![CDATA[How To Break Free of the Drama Triangle Victim Consciousness]]> 18874703
You'll be able to spot the Drama Triangle everywhere -- in your friends' and family's high drama, in tv sitcoms and talk shows, movies, mainstream news, behind Washington's gridlock, at the chatter around the water cooler at work, and distorting your most intimate conversations (even those in the bedroom!).

That's because three out of every five social transactions contain Drama Triangle dynamics. No wonder it's a challenge to break free of Victim Consciousness!

Book Table of

PART WHAT IS THE DRAMA TRIANGLE AND VICTIM CONSCIOUSNESS?
Introduction
Chapter Our Personal Experiences With The Drama Triangle and Victim Consciousness
Chapter The History of the Drama Triangle
Chapter How The Drama Triangle Mind Game Works
Chapter Developmental Causes of the Drama Triangle and Victim Consciousness
Chapter Power and Powerless Issues
Chapter The Internal Drama Triangle
Chapter Religious Beliefs That Trap Us In the Drama Triangle and Victim Consciousness
Chapter The Need/Obligate System and the Drama Triangle

PART HOW TO BREAK FREE OF THE DRAMA TRIANGLE AND VICTIM CONSCIOUSNESS
Chapter Steps In Breaking Free of The Drama Triangle
Chapter How To Recognize When You Are Projecting
Chapter How To Heal Your Developmental Trauma
Chapter How To Exit The Drama Triangle
Chapter The Functional Family Triangle
Chapter How To Take Charge of Your Life]]> 104 Barry K. Weinhold 1882056191 Sen 0 to-read 4.03 2013 How To Break Free of the Drama Triangle Victim Consciousness
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]]> Tao Te Ching 67896 A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket Library edition.

Written more than two thousand years ago, the Tao Teh Ching, or -The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue, - is one of the true classics of the world of spiritual literature.

Traditionally attributed to the legendary -Old Master, - Lao Tzu, the Tao Teh Ching teaches that the qualities of the enlightened sage or ideal ruler are identical with those of the perfected individual.

Today, Lao Tzu's words are as useful in mastering the arts of leadership in business and politics as they are in developing a sense of balance and harmony in everyday life. To follow the Tao or Way of all things and realize their true nature is to embody humility, spontaneity, and generosity.

John C. H. Wu has done a remarkable job of rendering this subtle text into English while retaining the freshness and depth of the original. A jurist and scholar, Dr. Wu was a recognized authority on Taoism and the translator of several Taoist and Zen texts and of Chinese poetry.

This book is part of the Shambhala Pocket Library series. The Shambhala Pocket Library is a collection of short, portable teachings from notable figures across religious traditions and classic texts.

The covers in this series are rendered by Colorado artist Robert Spellman. The books in this collection distill the wisdom and heart of the work Shambhala Publications has published over 50 years into a compact format that is collectible, reader-friendly, and applicable to everyday life.]]> 107 Lao Tzu 0679724346 Sen 0 to-read 4.29 -350 Tao Te Ching
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]]> The Left Hand of Darkness 18423 The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.

Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.]]> 304 Ursula K. Le Guin Sen 0 to-read 4.11 1969 The Left Hand of Darkness
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]]> <![CDATA[Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants]]> 17465709 Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings are we capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learning to give our own gifts in return.]]> 408 Robin Wall Kimmerer 1571313354 Sen 0 to-read 4.52 2013 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Keep House While Drowning]]> 60139504 How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will revolutionize the way you approach home care—without endless to-do lists. Presented in 31 daily thoughts, this compassionate guide will help you begin to get free of the shame and anxiety you feel over home care.

Inside you will learn:
· How to shift your perspective of care tasks from moral to functional;
· How to stop negative self-talk and shame around care tasks;
· How to give yourself permission to rest, even when things aren’t finished;
· How to motivate yourself to care for your space.]]> 151 K.C. Davis 166800285X Sen 0 to-read 4.22 2022 How to Keep House While Drowning
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]]> <![CDATA[Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life]]> 155981 Positive wisdom and helpful insights on how to be a successful person

Happiness and success are habits. So are failure and misery. But negative habits can be changed--and Psycho-Cybernetics shows you how!

This is your personal audio guide to the amazing power of Psycho-Cybernetics--a program based on one of the world s classic self-help books, a multimillion-copy bestseller proven effective by readers worldwide. Presenting positive attitude as a means for change, Maltz s teaching has the ring of common sense.
Psycho-Cybernetics-is the original text that defined the mind/body connection the concept that paved the way for most of today s personal empowerment programs. Turn crises into creative opportunities, dehypnotize yourself from false beliefs, and celebrate new freedom from fear and guilt.

Testimonials and stories are interspersed with advice from Maltz, as well as techniques for relaxation and visualization. Dr. Maxwell Maltz teaches you his techniques of emotional surgery --the path to a dynamic new self-image and self-esteem and to achieving the success and happiness you deserve!
]]> 288 Maxwell Maltz 0671700758 Sen 0 to-read 4.22 1960 Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
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]]> <![CDATA[The I Ching or Book of Changes]]> 534289 I Ching, or Book of Changes, is one of the 1st efforts of the human mind to place itself within the universe. It has exerted a living influence in China for 3000 years and interest in it has spread in the West.

Set down in the dawn of history as a book of oracles, the Book of Changes deepened in meaning when ethical values were attached to the oracular pronouncements; it became a book of wisdom, eventually one of the Five Classics of Confucianism, and provided the common source for both Confucianist and Taoist philosophy.

Wilhelm's rendering of the I Ching into German, published in 1924, presented it for the 1st time in a form intelligible to the general reader. Wilhelm, who translated many other ancient Chinese works and who wrote several books on Chinese philosophy and civilization, long resided in China. His close association with its cultural leaders gave him a unique understanding of the text of the I Ching. In the English translation, every effort has been made to preserve Wilhelm's pioneering insight into the spirit of the original.

This 3rd edition, completely reset, contains a new forward by Hellmut Wilhelm, one of the most eminent American scholars of Chinese culture. He discusses his father's textual methods and summarizes recent studies of the I Ching both in the West and in present-day China. The new edition contains minor textual corrections, bibliographical revisions and an index.]]> 740 Anonymous 069109750X Sen 0 to-read 4.19 -850 The I Ching or Book of Changes
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