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The Art of Is: Improvising as a Way of Life

New York University, 2019

A MASTERFUL BOOK ABOUT BREATHING LIFE INTO ART AND ART INTO LIFE

“Stephen Nachmanovitch’s The Art of Is is a philosophical meditation on living, living fully, living in the present. To the author, an improvisation is a co-creation that arises out of listening and mutual attentiveness,...

The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life

Random House, 2020

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world.

“Deeply moving, frequently eloquent and...

Your Body Mandala: Posture as a Path to Presence

MCP Books, 2018

In Your Body Mandala, Mary Bond, author of The New Rules of Posture, helps you unlock your somatic wisdom and find your way home to your body. With modern lifestyles that leave us feeling overwhelmed by mental and physical stress, being comfortably present inside our skins can be a challenge. Through an innovative...

Jewels of the Middle Way: The Madhyamaka Legacy of Atisa and His Early Tibetan Followers (22) (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism)

Wisdom Publications, 2019

Jewels of the Middle Way documents an important tradition of Madhyamaka and provides insight into both the late Indian Buddhist blend of Madhyamaka and tantra and the Kadampa school founded by the Indian Buddhist master Atisa.

This book presents a detailed contextualization of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school in...

A Word to the Wise: Traditional Advice and Old Country Ways

Dover Publications, 2019

If you've ever wondered whether carrots improve your vision (they do) and why elephants have great memories, consult A Word to the Wise. You'll discover that it's never too late to learn from a proverb or an old wives' tale. This captivating book is a fascinating compilation of age-old expressions and...

Bioarchaeologists Speak Out (Bioarchaeology and Social Theory)

Springer, 2018

Bioarchaeologists who study human remains in ancient, historic and contemporary settings are securely anchored within anthropology as anthropologists, yet they have not taken on the pundits the way other subdisciplines within anthropology have. Popular science authors frequently and selectively use bioarchaeological data on...

Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth

North Atlantic Books, 2019

"Françoise Bourzat has written an authoritative book on guided psychedelic therapy with important lessons for anyone thinking of either guiding or being guided.” —Michael Pollan via Twitter

A comprehensive guide to the safe and ethical application of expanded states of...

Paths: Why is life ?lled with so many detours?

Birkhauser, 2020

This open access book explores the amazing similarity between paths taken by people and many other things in life, and its impact on the way we live, teach and learn.

Offering insights into the new scientific field of paths as part of the science of networks, it entertainingly describes the universal nature of paths in...

Becoming A Master Dater: 7 Simple Steps To Rewrite Your Love Story

Laura Medrano, 2021

After spending countless years wondering where her prince charming was, Laura decided to go on a mission. She was determined to fix the common denominator in countless failed relationships... which was HERSELF. It was the only thing she had control of, and she was so exhausted from calling in men that were draining her internal...

The Job Closer: Time-Saving Techniques for Acing Resumes, Interviews, Negotiations, and More

Ten Speed Press, 2021

Prepare to be taken aback.

My students and career center colleagues at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business know to expect this from me by now, but others may find my approaches…jarring.

I happen to think that there’s a best way to do everything in the job search. Not a general best...

The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Economics (Routledge International Handbooks)

Routledge, 2021

We are delighted to have finalized the Handbook of Feminist Economics project we began in summer 2018. We set off with the goal of taking stock of the accumulated wisdom on feminist economics from the social provisioning perspective to feminist economics, delineated by Marilyn Power in 2004. Power’s short piece inductively...

Diagnostic Interviewing

Springer, 2019

The first three editions of this book had Michel Hersen and Samuel M. Turner as its editors. After Sam’s untimely death, Michel invited me to join the team and we coedited the fourth edition together, which was published in 2010. Now that Michel has retired, I remain as the sole editor for this new fifth edition. That...

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