Lifestyle Books
Stupid White Men - by Michael Moore
Superb satire in the tradition of Jonathan Swift, but supported by extensive research thus providing the reader with insight into the disastrous leadership in the United States and the impact thereof on America and the world. Click to buy it from Amazon
Cultural Creatives - by Paul Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson
These authors write, "Values are the best single predictor of real behavior." Below is a list of values, which define this group. You might want to evaluate yourself against this list. Are YOU concerned with many of the following issues? If, YES, then you are a Cultural Creative:
Ecological Sustainability
Globalism: Interest in Travel, meeting foreigners, and concern for the
global ecology.
Women's Issues
Concerned about the family, the community, and the global ecology.
Alternate Healthcare
Spirituality
Social Conscience and Social Optimism
Desire Authenticity
Technology Moderates
Information Junkies, Stress Education and workshops.
Print and Radio, not TV
Careful Consumers
Think of the home as a nest. Personalization of home.
Cognitive style: Scan, Explore, Develop the big picture.
Arts & Culture
Natural foods, body care, etc.
Values based purchasing. Click to buy it from Amazon
Art of the Impossible: Politics as Morality in Action - by Vaclav Havel
Moral Politics may sound like an Oxymoron but Vaclav Havel, as the President of Czechoslovakia and now of the Czech Republic, walked the talk as well as describes in his book how political leaders can guide us with integrity; in fact, it is necessary for our survival and well-being. Click to buy it from Amazon
Biomimicry: Innovations Inspired by Nature - by Janine Benyus
Nature contain wisdom gathered in over 3.5 million years of experience of living systems. Benyus with gentle humor, earthy stories and graceful writing shows us how we can take the best designs of nature and use them to build a sustainable and creative future. Click to buy it from Amazon
How the Irish Saved Civilization - by Thomas Cahill
In this delightful book, Cahill reveals how the Ireland of St. Patrick, the monks and scribes preserved the West's written treasures, the heritage of Western civilization: the Greek and Roman classics to Christian and Jewish works. All of this would have been lost. Cahill tells a graceful and instructive tale. He is a great story teller. Click to buy it from Amazon
How Wal-Mart is Destroying America - by Bill Quinn
Although for many of us Wal-Mart offers lower prices and wider choices. Bill Quinn, a retired newspaperman from Texas, warns us that Wal-Mart's business practices destroy towns, destroy small businesses, and destroy communities. We might gain some savings at the cash register but overall we pay more. Quinn claims for example that for every job Wal-Mart creates it destroys one-and-a-half jobs. Quinn describes ways for communities to defend themselves against Wal-Mart. Click to buy it from Amazon
Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency - by Andrea Oppenheimer and Timothy Hursley
Mockbee was one of the most inspiring architects and teachers of his profession. The Rural Studio contains hundreds of pictures of the remarkable architecture Mockbee and his students created. Using discarded materials they built homes, churches and community buildings that were warm, dry and noble. This is an inspiring and magnetic story, showing readers how we can all help create a beautiful world with the resources at hand. Click to buy it from Amazon
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior - by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Chogyam Trungpa was a meditation master, scholar and artist. He was the founder of Naropa University, Shambhala Training and hundreds of meditation centers across the world. In this book, Rinpoche introduces us to practices to uplift our personal existence and that of others without the help of any religious outlook. The aim of Shambhala is to show us how to create a sane society; ways and means that are available to everyone. Click to buy it from Amazon
The Gifts of the Jews - by Thomas Cahill
Cahill recounts how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels. Cahill takes us on a highly readable, entrancing journey to our Western Civilization origins. When we know better where we came from we might know better where we should plan on going. Click to buy it from Amazon
Toxic Sludge is Good for You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry - by John C. Stauber and Sheldon Rampton
Stauber and Rampton blow the lid off the multi-billion dollar propoganda for hire. They name names and reveal details of how the public relations industry concoct and spin the news, create phony movements, spy on citizens, and politicians to thwart democracy. Click to buy it from Amazon
Turning the Mind into an Ally - by Sakyong Mipham
Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking Glass World - by Eduardo Galeano
Upside Down is a brilliant, and often humorous, map of what is happening in the world. Galeano writes directly to the human condition and no one better evokes the tragedy-comedy that plays upon our fragile planet. Galeano's writing is forceful, grand, challenging and irresistible. A great book. Click to buy it from Amazon
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind - by Suzuki Roshi
This is a classic text. Anyone involved in Buddhist meditation practice knows about and reveres this text. Yet, you could give it to your grandmother or brother. Suzuki Roshi inspires us to seek the wisdom that is already within us. His teachings are clear, direct, simple and profound. Click to buy it from Amazon
From a World of Madness to a World of Sanity: Guides for Action – by George R. Marshall
"I did enjoy Marshall's book, From a World of Madness to a World of Sanity: Guides for Action, which is such a grand survey of this important terrain. No wonder people find it inspiring." Richard Reoch, President of Shambhala International.
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