$21.95PaperbackSpiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest ThingJed McKennaJed’s words lead the reader to the edge of the abyss and then his deft writing nudges you over the edge. Jed’s books totally demystify truth realization, peeling away the layers of falsehood to reveal the real, unadorned truth within. McKenna writes with cutting edge insight and a sense of humor that makes his teachings easy to digest. His basic premise is that truth realization is just that. Realizing you are an actor in a part and seeing the drama that really is "of no real consequence," one begins to just relax and watch the show unfold. Truth realization is not mystical experiences, being blissful 24/7, or even moral… it is just plain seeing the illusion and not being caught up in it… it has nothing to do with diet, giving to charities, or saving dolphins. I highly recommend this title… truth presented without all the window dressing. Review by Tony Kainauskas 
$14.50PaperbackSurprised by GraceAmber TerrellAmber tells her story in a very personalized way… as if I am peeking at someone’s diary of their search for truth, made even more so by the fact that I know Amber personally. After 25 years spent with one guru Amber feels frustrated and disillusioned with the spiritual journey. After deciding to lay off Spiritual gurus she quickly becomes involved with another: Gangaji, a western devotee of Papiji (Sri H. W. L. Poonja.) The love and adoration Amber feels for her new master is felt throughout her every word. This book is really a Valentine to Gangaiji, whom Amber feels has finally woken her up after years of deep sleep. This is a must book for any fan of Gangaji and for any one interested in life behind the scenes of a popular spiritual movement. I found the book an interesting read as Amber’s journey seems to parallel other spiritual seekers’ quest, their first years with a Spiritual movement, and then the frustration and disenchantment followed by a letting go of the search altogether. The seeker is then lead to the end of the search as one realizes there was really nowhere to go and no path to tread. Review by Tony Kainauskas. 
$14.00PaperbackWhere Rivers Change DirectionMark SpraggThe author captures his childhood perfectly in this wonderful memoir. Spragg and his younger brother were uprooted from their childhood home in Pennsylvania at an early age.Their father, a lawyer, decides one day to start a new life by purchasing the oldest Dude Ranch in the country, and relocates the whole family to the Wyoming wilderness. (Their property adjoins the largest tract of undeveloped land in the US.) Spragg’s book is knock out for its story quality alone, but I found Mark’s writing to be in a class truly by itself. From being responsible (at the age of fourteen) for the lives of guests of the ranch, from taking them on week long forays into the wilderness, to nursing a sick horse overnight all alone in the deep woods of Wyoming, and Mark’s deep love for a sister he never knew, this book will haunt you with its images. As memoirs go, this is by far my favorite. Mark is presently a screenwriter. Robert Redford will star in Where Rivers Change Direction, his latest work co-written with his wife, to be released in theatres in the fall. Mark’s cousin lives in Fairfield and Mark has done a book reading/ signing here. Review by Tony Kainauskas. 
$21.95HardcoverRoadsigns: Navigating Your Path to Spiritual HappinessPhilip Goldberg, Ph.DGoldberg’s book is designed more like a manual than a first person narrative, but ultimately it really is Phil’s story of his own seeking, the potholes in the road he encountered, and the wisdom he has achieved from his experiences on the path. To some this book might seem quite modern and perhaps too "cutesy," but I found that it contained enough gems to make it well worth the time and money. Phil understands the nature of paradox. His final advice, and concluding sentences are: Persevere. Lighten up. Be diligent. Take it easy. Get serious. Be happy. I think that is good advice, and I think the book is chock full of good advice from a seasoned seeker. Review by Len Oppenheim. 
$17.95HardcoverOf War and Weddings: A Legacy of Two FathersJerry YellinThis book was easy to read, enjoyable, and difficult to put down. Jerry Yellin is a very unique man. He is 80 years old, and can still score in the 70’s in golf. He moved here to Fairfield with his wife about 15 years ago to join one of their sons, who lives here. Yellin joined the Air Corps during WWII specifically to be part of the revenge against "the Japs." The story of his years in the Air Corp, his training, and his missions are quite fascinating. That serves as the background for the real subject matter of this autobiographical odyssey. After the War Yellin and his wife visit Japan and eventually send one of their four sons to Japan for a college graduation gift. The son becomes a teacher there and eventually marries a Japanese woman. The book deals with how the two families interact and how life runs full circle from hate to understanding, to respect, and even love. It is a remarkable tale, and a real page-turner. Review by Len Oppenheim. 
$18.95PaperbackUnveiling Creation: Eight is the KeyNirmal and Derek PughThis a very complete exposition of the relation between the Constitution of the Universe as seen in the Rig Veda and different aspects of physical creation as seen through the eyes of modern science. In the second half of the book, the authors present examples to help give validation to their theories from many ancient civilizations - India, Greece, China, Persia, the Mayans, and others. Those who seek to tie together Vedic Science and Modern Science will especially find fulfillment in these pages. 
$24.95HardcoverAll Love Flows To The Self: Eternal Stories from the UpanishadsKumuda Reddy, Thomas Egenes & Linda EgenesThe Upanishads include some of the most beloved and illuminating stories from the vast literature of India's Vedic tradition. Adapted from the original text, these twelve tales tell the story of enlightenment in simple, poetic language that will appeal to both adults and children. A beautiful gift for a loved one or for oneself. 
$14.95PaperbackAwakened: Meetings with Indian SaintsMichael O'Callaghan, Ph.D.I must confess that I am a "seekers" junky. I love to read books about people on a quest for truth or about their visits to various masters, gurus and/or saints. This book is right up my alley. The author (a female despite her given name "Michael") is a trained psychologist who has practiced TM for 30 years. I am not sure if she is a TM teacher, but she is steeped in the teachings and knowledge of Maharishi, and lives in a meditating community in Austin, Texas. Like a number of long–time practitioners of TM she feels the lack of a personal Guru. Her quest for the personal touch takes her to visit various Indian saints who come to America. Finally, she strongly connects with one of these saints and it results in her undertaking a pilgrimage to India to spend more than a month in an Ashram with Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji. Her experiences are, in many respects, quite extraordinary and very credible. The book is very intimate in its details and not exaggerated or adulterated. Whether or not you have been to India you will identify with the details of her culture shock and with her trying to reconcile her Western fixation on hygiene with the "letting it go" mindset necessary to adapt to Indian life in an Ashram's very primitive facilities. But, there is a lot more in this book than her trials and tribulations with personal hygiene. She gets to the essential elements of truth and the great teachings of this remarkable Swami. She relates a number of fascinating experiences, which include both the paranormal, and the supernormal powers of her Swamiji. She also has chapters dealing with visits to Amachi, Karunamayi, Mother Meera, and Viswamji Viswawaguru, an incarnation of Dattatreya. Ms. O'Callaghan covers a lot of ground in a very succinct and straightforward manner. If you like spiritual adventures, this is a must read. I give it my highest recommendation because it is so honest and profound, in both the knowledge and the experiences. Review by Len Oppenheim. 
$15.95PaperbackBeing Our Own Heroes: Our Stories and Other MythsEdited by Linda EgenesBy the Timeless and Trancendental (TNT) Bunch: Margaret Ashelman, Dorothy M. Beal, Fern Fairiebell Flesner, Harriet Glubka, Paul Godsman, Cielle Kollander, Hoshea Love, John Ong, Inez Valentine, Susan R. Wilk How to capture a life in words? Is there a higher purpose underlying the turning points, sorrows, and triumphs? Can heroism be found in everyday life? These are the questions an avid group of mature writers, aged 65-89, explore in this sprightly collection of memoirs. From a childhood in 1920's Shanghai to escaping Nazi Germany to rounding up cows on a South Dakota homestead, you'll experience the sounds, tastes, smells, sights and textures of a time long past. And by expressing the full range of human experience—from childhood innocence to teenage epiphany to adult musing on the value of memoir writing—the writers deftly lead you to a discovery of the heroic in your own life. Introduction What started as a meeting of minds quickly became a melting of hearts. What did I expect at our first gathering, a continuing education class in memoir writing? I knew, of course, that these students would be seekers, though not of my own 60's generation. These were people of my parents' age, who had families and careers and a whole lifetime of friends—and then somewhere in midlife started over in this community of meditators in Fairfield, Iowa, to help create world peace. I didn't anticipate how deeply they would connect to writing. Each of their stories, so simple, so honest, revealed deep truths of life... 
$21.95PaperbackSpiritually Incorrect EnlightenmentJed McKennaThe mark of the true master is that he can express a profoundly complex subject with astonishing simplicity. Jed McKenna is such a master, and spiritual enlightenment is his subject. His first book, Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing, was an instant classic and established him as a spiritual teacher of startling depth and clarity. Now, his second book, Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment, takes us on a fascinating tour of the enlightened state; what it is and what it's not, who's there and who's not, how to get there and how to get somewhere better. Jed McKenna's books aren't for everyone. They're for people who are tired of the spiritual merry–go–round and wish to confront the real journey of awakening. If you like your teachers with all the spiritual trimmings and trappings, you won't like Jed, but when you're ready to jump off the merry–go–round, Jed McKenna is the guy you want to see standing there, waiting for you. 
$19.95PaperbackDance of a Rich Yogi: Liberation Through LossEd BeckleyOne day Ed had it all… millions of dollars, beautiful homes, a loving family, direct attention from his Spiritual Guru, and the respect and admiration of his hometown of Fairfield Iowa. The next day he was in a cab being driven to Federal Prison to serve time for fraud. Ed’s journey from material wealth to loss to spiritual fullness intersects various masters from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma)… and various spiritual disciplines. I most enjoyed the sections on Ed’s stay at Amma’s ashram in India… the pleasures and the hardships of being with Amma at her Indian home makes for enjoyable reading and is a peek at the reality of Ashram life. Also, the prison section was riveting. Ed’s stories of his relationships with the guards and fellow prisoners created an interesting juxtaposition between Ashram and prison life. Ed was a long time resident of Fairfield, Iowa (the US capital of the TM Movement) and during the 1980’s he founded and was head of The Beckley Group, at that time Fairfield, Iowa’s largest employer. Review by Tony Kainauskas. Strictly truthful or somewhat fictional doesn’t really matter when it comes to a good read. This book definitely qualifies as a good read. The author’s life as told here is fascinating. Mr. Beckley pulls you in with a lively, detailed account of dramatic life experiences and frames the whole thing as a cosmic unfolding preceding liberation and enlightenment. He doesn’t try to prove that the events of his life actually caused the enlightenment, just that they preceded it—smart move. The account of his approximately thirteen months in prison is particularly good reading partly because most of us have never had an experience remotely akin to it. He earns an A+ from the reader and the cosmic grader for doing his best to turn lemons into lemonade, or as his friend Satyam Nadeem said, "… onions to pearls." Review by The Literate Lady. 
$39.95HardcoverMirror of Consciousness: Art, Creativity and VedaAnna BonshekAnna (a Fairfield resident) "traverses a wide range of themes pertaining to art, creativity, knowledge, and theory. Its unique perspective lies in its exposition of Vedic Science as brought to light by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and in the application of the principles of this science to preliminary analysis of the Vastusutra Upanishad. No other publication has examined art and theory with the same comprehensive vision. Though comprehensive and detailed, it will appeal to those who are curious about trends in the visual arts, the advent and impact of new technologies, and the development of collective consciousness in our time. 
$13.95PaperbackThese Flames that I Speak : Experiences Reading Vedic LiteratureGraham de FreitasGraham de Freitas' poetry ranks with the finest of spiritual verse. He treats the most profound subjects—the yearning for God Realization and the natural cycle of life—with freshness, insight, beautiful and compact language, and deep feeling. You can read a poem and immediately want to re-read it, so that you may fully appreciate what he has accomplished, not only with his words but with your own feelings. This is a book readers will want to return to at regular intervals, for strength, comfort, and most of all, inspiration. 
$15.00PaperbackThe Physiology of ConsciousnessRobert Keith WallaceDr. Wallace assesses the current health care crisis in the United States, including the rise of stress-related disease, and the side-effects and spiraling costs of modern medicine. These problems will only worsen, Dr. Wallace points out, if addressed merely by making administrative changes in the health care system. Dr. Wallace presents a new paradigm based on the Maharishi Vedic Science program: the basis and source of the manifest "physiology of matter" is an unmanifest "physiology of consciousness." Only by understanding and directly experiencing this all-pervading level of abstract intelligence can we create true health. Dr. Wallace conducted the original research on the Transcendental Meditation program and is the founding president of Maharishi University of Management (formerly Maharishi International University), where he currently is Executive Vice President, and Chairman of the Department of Physiological and Biological Sciences. 
$19.95HardcoverFrom Science to God: A Physicists' Journey into the Mystery of ConsciousnessPeter RussellPeter Russell is a marvelous human being and an excellent writer. Russell has degrees in physics and experimental psychology. He also learned to practice TM and attended a teacher-training course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, in Rishikesh, India. In this book he recounts experiences from both his formal education and his personal explorations of consciousness. The book is short but very sweet. It seems to come at least as much from the heart as from the intellect. Peter Russell has taken some very complex subjects and brought them to a level where everyone can understand them. The essence of this book is that the Western paradigm, that matter created consciousness, is backwards. In fact, the objective evidence from physics and the subjective evidence from explorations into consciousness make it quite clear that matter was created by Consciousness. The book is very simple and elegant. I would think just about anyone would enjoy reading it. It will certainly give the reader food for thought about who he or she is, and what "reality" on the outside may or may not be. If you want to gain insights into consciousness, the mystical experience, cosmology, and how they can be integrated from both an objective and subjective point of view, this is a book for you. Review by Len Oppenheim 
$17.95PaperbackBlackberries in the Dream HouseDiane Frankpoems, introduces her first novel. A wonderful metaphysical work that's both poetic and erotic. Nominated for the Pulitzer prize.
$27.95HardcoverThe Lazy Way to Success: How to Do Nothing and Accomplish EverythingFred GratzonLocal Entrepreneur and self-confessed "laziest man in North America" debunks the commonly accepted notion that hard works brings success and argues that doing less is what actually accomplishes more. The Lazy Way to Success: How to Do Nothing and Accomplish Everything, is a uniquely insightful self-help book, illustrated with humorous caricatures, and which presents a very strong message—frantically working yourself to fragments is not the way to success and happiness. Instead, self-improvement and self-enhancement arises from using our mind, from choosing carefully the work that needs to be done, from seeking solutions at a subtler level than the problem, and from avoiding the insanity of unnecessary work at all costs. Featuring a wisdom that is reminiscent of (and in some ways similar to) Taoism, The Lazy Way to Success is a very highly recommended self-help guide. —Midwest Book Review You have to read Fred Gratzon's hilarious look at the work ethic. I recommend this entertaining, insightful book on how, indeed, to be successful while still holding onto your inner child, discovering your true calling, and thoroughly enjoying your life. —Alan Caruba, Editor, Bookviews.com The Lazy Way to Success is a book filled with golden nuggets of opportunity for success of any kind. And it's a fun read. In fact, it is really a funny book though the message is serious. The cartoon-like illustrations, done by Lawrence Sheaff, are alone worth the price of the book. They're a big part of what makes the book so entertaining. Their depiction throughout the book of Fred Gratzon in his hammock is as realistic as one can imagine, I'm sure. The comic commentaries that accompany the drawings are fabulously fun. You'll want to read every one, and you'll refer back to many as you share parts of this book with friends. I'll refer back to this book over and over again, and plan on giving it to a few college graduates this spring so they can learn early what many of us have spent years trying to figure out. I think Gratzon does have it pretty much figured out. And I feel good about my own future as I try to follow The Lazy Way to Success for myself. —Carla Offenburger Extraordinary humor, charm, artistry, and wisdom. I couldn't put this book down! It's brilliant! —Gayatri Lee, Editor, Spirit of the Smokies Unbelievable! I got hooked on it. I couldn't stop until I was finished. Outstanding book! The one problem I had with it was when I was finished I wanted more. I'm excited. I want to give this book to anybody who walks. It is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Congratulations. I am in love with your book. Absolutely. It is wonderful. —Dr. Ichak Adizes, Management Consultant and Best-selling Business Book Author I read it and I loved it. The Lazy Way to Success is everything you don't think it will be—and more. And even so, it is everything. —David Lynch, Hollywood Director The Lazy Way to Success is a highly-acclaimed, hilarious, and insightful book about how to become a high achiever—even a rich one—while having a ton of fun and treating those around you right. —Chuck Offenburger The most important book on success to come down the road in a long time! Funny, with a philosophical depth. This book is a soothing balm. —Die Welt, Germany Wisdom, wisdom, and more wisdom. Gratzon cleverly takes you through his rationale with some pretty impressive arguments. If nothing more, the logic makes you turn the pages. Lots of common sense that will make you stop and think about where you are in life and where you want to go. Bosses and leaders of the world, listen up. —New Orleans Times-Picayune 
$17.95PaperbackThe Reality of TimeJanet Iris Sussman"Janet Sussman has written two deeply intuitive, highly metaphorical, and overwhelmingly intellectual descriptions of what I believe is the nature of time. She relates time to a sacred dimension of existence that few of us have access to. She has made a brave attempt to describe the indescribable as St. Augustine once realized. However, readers should be prepared to use their thinking caps when reading this." —Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. "Janet Sussman possesses an uncanny grasp of a broud range of important concepts of science and metaphysics, as well as an unsurpassed command of the tools of the English language. The rich tapestry of structure and content that she has crafted in The Reality of Time reflects her vast experience in meditative practices, introspection, self-observation, and analysis. She also possesses the unique innate ability to articulate her ideas. In this book she has managed to produce a supreme, mind-altering exposition of the important concepts of time and consciousness." —Ashish Chatterjee About the authorJanet Iris Sussman is the author of Timeshift: The Experience of Dimensional Change (1996), a preliminary work to The Reality of Time. For over a quarter of a century, she has experimented with higher developmental processes of creativity during waking, dreaming, and meditative states. The expression of complex inter-dimensional concepts in written and oral form is her passion and her art. Janet is also a spiritual counselor, healer, and musician. She gives seminars and transformational music concerts throughout the United States. 
$12.95PaperbackThe Soul of Success : A Woman's Guide to Authentic PowerJennifer Read HawthorneWomen often seek external barometers to define success—their salary, their looks, their relationships, their possessions. This book offers them a truer barometer: the quality of their inner experience. In a time of widespread disillusionment with material rewards, this is a guide for women seeking both inner and outer riches. This timely book shows how thirty remarkable women broke through to a deeper experience of success in their personal and professional lives by tapping into their authentic power. Through moving personal stories from women of many professions and walks of life, the book explores thirty essential principles not often associated with success, such as Compassion, Self-Love, Intuition, Forgiveness, Freedom, Intention, Accountability and Wholeness. Some women who share their stories: Plastic surgeon Dr. Christine Horner was enraged when an insurance company told her they wouldn't cover reconstructive surgery on her mastectomy patient because the breast was an "organ with no function." She vowed to pass laws that would make insurance companies pay for breast reconstruction for every woman facing this surgery. Her power of intention got it done. 
$14.95PaperbackThe Little Book of Bleeps: Quotations from the Movie What the Bleep Do We Know!?William Arntz and Betsy ChasseFor thousands of years, the inner teachings of all great religions have expressed the idea that human beings—each of us—create our own reality. That is, that the life we experience is a function of our own belief system and mental processes. "As ye believe, so shall it be." They have also taught that the life we experience is like a dream, insubstantial. Now, leading edge science (quantum physics) is proposing the very same notions: that our physical reality is more like "information"—similar to a thought—than like anything else. And that physical reality consists mostly of empty space. Furthermore, mind-body scientists (neurophysiologists) are learning more about the profound and pervasive effects that our minds have on our physical bodies. In What the Bleep Do We Know?!, 14 top scientists, theologians, and mystics explain "how this all works," as we follow Amanda, an anxious, depressed professional photographer played by Academy Award-winner Marlee Matlin, through her awakening and transformation. The Little Book of Bleeps captures many of the most enlightening sayings and impacting graphics from the film. William Arntz and Betsy Chasse are two of the three filmmakers of What the Bleep Do We Know?! Arntz, formerly a successful software entrepreneur, was the film's original visionary and driving force. He is also the project's sole financier. Betsy Chasse was a successful feature film producer in Hollywood. Shortly after she determined that she only wanted to work on projects of significance and meaning, What the Bleep Do We Know?! was presented to her. Arntz and Chasse have personally selected all the excerpts and images that appear in the book. 
$17.95CDDaivi ShaktiGraciella Zogbi and Student Girls ChorusAncient Vedic Devotional Songs to Eliven the Universal Quality of Mother Divine within EveryoneVedic Devata productions presents the first of its entirely Vedic CDs performed by Westerners; featuring the ancient science and art of Vedic Classical Devotional Song. These delightful and divine melodies and texts are from Vedic pujas and yagyas; They are sung in Sanskrit with English transliterations and translations provided. The songs are sung in the oral tradition known as guru-shishya-parampara, with teacher and student chorus alternating, so that listeners may easily learn and sing along. There is no substitute for a good teacher; however, this CD provides a good teaching supplemental tool to learning to sing Vedic Devotional Songs. These divine songs have a remarkable power and ability to nourish and uplift the heart and consciousness toward a state of complete unity. They are always nourishing, but especially fulfilling when sung during the Nine Days of Mother Divine, which occur in the spring and fall of every year according to the Vedic calendar. Instrumentation has been limited to the customary use of drone and minimal percussion; using traditional acoustic instruments to encourage maximum purity of intonation along with perfection in pronunciation. About the Vedic DevataIn the tradition of ancient Vedic Science, there are five main Devata or cosmic administrators, five fundamental structures of the administration of Natural Law. They are known as the pancha Devata. The Sanskrit term Daivi Shakti represents one of these. She is the organizing power of that cosmic intelligence or administrator of Natural Law known as Mother Divine. She is said to nourish all aspects of creation. The three traditional aspects of Mother Divine—Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati—are always said to be together. Durga is the energy and power value, Lakshmi is the nourishing and wealth-giving value, while Saraswati is the knowledge and wisdom value. The Vedic Literature states: “For eternity, there is nothing other than that one exalted, supreme sovereign Mother Divine, the source of creation—supreme creative intelligence in her magnanimity, supreme invincibility, totality, pure potentiality—the source of everything—the end result of the analysis of the Veda." (Durga Saptashatj 10.5) Profits benefit the Ideal Girls School of Fairfield and Vedic City, Iowa 
$12.00PaperbackShut Up! An Ancient Mantra for Complete HappinessDvorah AdlerThe Simple Truth Your Guru, Therapist and Grandmother Forgot to Tell YouAfter reading the Shut Up book, I feel as if I was finally given a true taste of what spiritual practices are all about. Can you imagine? After 40 years, I finally feel unconditionally happy (at least, I have for the past couple of days) and amazingly at ease. Dvorah (who made me feel as if we're good friends) combines deep insight with fun and razor-sharp humor, to bring us an inspirational and transformational book that leaves us content and comfortable with our life's circumstances. This book is for people who've been struggling with their self esteem, mental outlook, and daily spiritual practices for a long time, and have still come up empty-handed. Her chapters read like my life story: When will it get better? Why do I make the same mistakes over and over again? When will I ever learn? After all my meditations and therapy, why am I still so angry? Where is my soul mate? When will I be enlightened? And my personal favorite: How many past lives have I had, and how many more do I need to be free? This book is not only immensely entertaining, but offers a fresh perspective on some well known, overly analyzed and debated topics. The Shut Up book, as I like to call it, is a pleasant surprise in the field of spiritual, self-help, and New Age books. It goes back to the basic, intuitive knowledge that we've all been born with, but have forgotten in the multitude of knowledge and practices that are available these days. She touches us deeply with love and humor, the kind that makes you move through another day, without regret or wishful thinking, helping us remember how much fun it can be. I highly recommend this book to anyway who has ever asked the question, "Who am I, what am I doing here, and where am I going?" Review by Angela Sandoval 
$29.99DVDWhat The Bleep Do We Know!?Our best selling DVD of all timeWhat The Bleep Do We Know !? deals with the latest connections between Science, physics and spirituality. Our own Dr. John Hagelin is featured in this must have film. What the Bleep was the sleeper hit of 2004, and since it did not get broad distribution you may have missed in the theater. If you have not seen it, you are in for a magnificent treat. If you have seen it once or more, then you know it is a film to be watched over and over. A must for any spiritual seekers collection. This is a great movie to share with friends, as it may open them up to all sorts of possibilities and understandings that may have eluded them. 
$13.95PaperbackAn Unfinished LifeMark SpraggFormer Fairfield resident Mark Spragg's latest novel An Unfinished Life has just been released into paperback format. The movie based on Mark's novel was released in theatres in September 2005, starring Robert Redford. The book is everything you would desire in a novel… good story, beautiful writing, and characters that stay with you long after you have finished the book. I highly recommend it. Review by Tony Kainauskas Also by this author: Where Rivers Change Direction 
$24.95PaperbackIndia: Mirror of Truth: A Seven Year PilgrimageSteve BriggsIndia: Mirror of Truth is the true story of an American Purusha (celibate devotee of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) sent to India by Maharishi to teach meditation. The author's life-transforming seven-year spiritual odyssey took him from the coastal waters of Kerala to the high Tibetan plateau. Along the way, he encountered saints and shamans, politicians and pundits, astrologers and ascetics, villagers and artisans. He visited ancient holy sites, met swamis living at the source of the Ganges, participated in arcane purificatory rituals, experienced the excitement of thirty million pilgrims at the Kumbha Mela as guest of a maharaja, initiated India's elite into meditation, and shared the company of lamas at Tibetan monasteries in Ladakh in an awesome journey that is as culturally rich as it is spiritually stirring. Former University of Arizona athletic star and tennis coach, Steve Briggs, spent 21 years on Purusha, his last seven teaching Indian managers to meditate. After seven years teaching meditation in India, the author settled into a remote ashram in the Himalaya before returning to the west in 2002 where he wrote India: Mirror of Truth. Steve lives in Fairfield, Iowa with his wife, Bhumi, and her son. 
$21.95PaperbackSigns of the Times: The End of the World and the Coming Golden AgeRobert FitzgeraldThe author presents a fascinating account of how time and history follow an astrological structure. This structure consists of astrological ages that are chronicled from before the Age of Cancer, and the invention of agriculture around the world, to the present end of the Age of Pisces, and the much-prophesied apocalyptic end of the world. Within this pattern an end-time cycle emerges that explains the Apocalyptic energies we see around us today. Astrology also promises, in the coming Age of Aquarius, a new golden age and gives us indications of what needs to be done to survive the end-time. 
$22.75PaperbackInspired Dating: What Every Woman Needs to KnowHartley C. BishopPractical, down-to-earth advice that can help shape your single years and carry your heart to its goal. This book is for all ladies, young and mature, who wish to have a higher level of life in true, honest, and lasting romantic love. Written by a local Fairfield author. 
$24.95PaperbackEconest: Creating Sustainable Sanctuaries of Clay, Straw, and TimberPaula Baker-Laporte & Robert LaporteEcoNest identifies homes designed and built respectfully, in appreciation of the harmony and beauty of nature and in a way that uses nature's resources so as to consume less energy, create less waste, nurture our health, and enrich our senses. A bird builds its nest using the materials at hand to create a perfect shelter for its bioregion. It doesn't fly to the next state for twigs nor does it build a home that is bigger than it needs. Instinctively it creates an environment that is nurturing, nontoxic, and free of synthetic chemicals. Like the bird, humans desire shelter that is cozy and nurturing, that satisfies the soul, mind, and body. This is the econest. 
$18.95PaperbackTotal Heart Health:How to Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease with Maharishi Vedic Approach to HealthRobert H. Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., and Jeremy Z. Fields, PH.D.Dr Robert Schneider, director of the NIH-funded Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention and professor of physiology and health at Maharishi University of Management, is the author of the recently published book : Total Heart Health : How to prevent and Reverse Heart Disease with the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health. More than twenty years of scientific research and clinical experience are documented in Total Heart Health . This important book will teach you how to slow or reverse heart disease, hypertension, stress and other risk factors. If your are one of the 150 million Americans who suffer from heart disease or one of it’s major risk factors, such as high blood pressure , high cholesterol, obesity, stress, this book is for you. Whether you want to prevent this debilitating and possibly deadly condition or reverse it in yourself or a loved one , this book will offer you a completely new understanding and practical approach that will create a major transformation in your health and total well-being. 
$24.00PaperbackMurphy's Laws of the Inner Life: The Unauthorized Adventures of a SeekerMichael William MurphyIn his 40-year quest for truth and inner peace, Michael Murphy ranges from a Roman Catholic seminary in New York to a Shiva temple in Southern India. He rises to a respected position in an international meditation organization while living a double life in which he explores numerous other teachers and paths. Through it all he struggles with one of the greatest tests (and teachers) on the path of the seeker: living in intimate relationship with another human being. This book is more than a spiritual memoir, however. In writing it Murphy, who has taught writing for a decade, explores a new method for using writing itself as a technique for spiritual unfoldment. He details this technique in his introduction and offers the rest of the book as a model for those who wish to uncover their own deepest truths through the writing process. His own deepest truths—uncovered through this process—punctuate the chapters as “Murphy’s Laws.” 
$19.16HardcoverThe Passion Test: The Effortless Path to Discovering Your DestinyJanet Bray Attwood and Chris AttwoodTwo former marriage partners and now very good friends have combined their spiritual and business knowledge to create this simple path to achieving desires. Janet and Chris (both former Fairfield residents) have written a wonderful book on the importance of passion in one’s life to fully achieve ones goals. Both authors are wonderful examples of what passion can do to help us achieve relative and spiritual desires. Personally, when my own passion is overflowing it causes me to feel similar to a basketball player running for the hoop and dunking the ball. When the passion is there I feel capable of anything. This is a great book with lots of personal heartwarming stories to help connect you to your own passion. Review by Tony Kainauskas 20% off hardcover price 
$10.00PaperbackNamarupaVarious AuthorsWe don’t usually recommend magazines, but Tony sent me Namarupa, a unique publication with articles about India, its masters, and its teachings, along with many fantastic photos. I would highly recommend this issue (Number 6) for its excellent interviews and articles about Nisargadatta. There was a fabulous interview conducted by Claudia Turnbull, who many in the Fairfield community would know. She interviewed Naga Baba Rampuri. I think the interview is superb, and after you read it you may wish to read his book, Baba: Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Yogi. This is a book I found most fascinating and reviewed here a number of months ago. Review by Len Oppenheim 
$20.00DeckThe Ancient Egyptian Senet Tarot Oracle DeckDouglass A White Ph.DThe Ancient Egyptian Senet Tarot Oracle Deck uses the historical tarot structure to build a unique deck of wholly Ancient Egyptian deities, icons, and symbology. The regular 78 cards are titled in Chinese and English, and there is one extra card that sums up the trumps.The deck was created by former Fairfield resident Douglass White. 
$14.95PaperbackLife Lessons for Loving the Way You LiveJennifer Read HawthorneBy Fairfield resident and New York Times best selling author, Jennifer Read Hawthorne. Inspiring and practical stories on the meaning of happiness… a wonderful, therapeutic book. Will make a great gift this holiday season. Filled with stories that illustrate how one can:
Jennifer travels through out the world giving keynote speeches, inspiring everyone she meets. 
$19.95HardcoverHappy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside OutMarci ShimoffThe book reveals a remarkable program to increase your happiness. The book incorporates the latest findings in positive psychology. It provides powerful tools and techniques and moving life stories. The book teaches you the secrets for sustained happiness despite your outward circumstances. Marci has been featured in the movie The Secret. She is president and cofounder of The Esteem Group. 20% off hardcover price 
$12.95PaperbackLove Prescription: Twelve Secrets of Happily Ever After CouplesPeggy SullivanLocal couples therapist Peggy Sullivan has just published her first book: Love Prescriptions: Twelve Secrets of Happily Ever After Couples. “Sullivan weaves in scientific research and facts as she presents positive tools for growth and success … From talk to touch, money to sex, successful competition to respect for gender differences and powerful listening techniques, she describes relationship skills and lifestyle changes that open the door to the desired life of happily ever after.” Peggy is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and National Certified Counselor specializing in couples counseling. 
$19.95HardcoverSpiritual Delights & DelusionsSteve PosnerHow to Bridge the Gap between Spiritual Fulfillment and Emotional Realities A realistic, down to earth look at enlightenment and the myths that have arisen about this most ordinary of states. Steve’s central point is spiritual realism…freeing us from the misconception of having to develop a perfect smiling personality (with no negative emotions) to consider ourselves enlightened. Posner's realistic approach to spirituality enables us to make peace with the world’s imperfections--and our own, as we are led to the one truth--only silence is perfect. There will always be wars, birth, death, sadness and happiness...but we can relax with the knowledge that our silence is never touched by this or that or whatever. In Burma Steve learns a powerful lesson of stillness with a few chosen words by his Buddhist teacher. In Jerusalem while visiting a Holocaust museum, Steve is again led to the eternal non-judgmental silence by a powerful sentence uttered by a Spiritual teacher. Sometimes just the right words can help point us in the direction of silence…a silence that helps us to balance the polarity of our world. Maybe Steve’s words will help lead you there. Steve has been a spiritual teacher for more than thirty years. He is a former resident of Fairfield, Iowa now living in San Diego, California. Review by Tony Kainauskas 20% off hardcover price 
$21.95PaperbackImpostor or Whatever Happened to Richard BeymerRichard BeymerThis memoir is the closest one can come to a hallucinogenic experience without actually ingesting any of the mind altering substance. Whether there are any flashbacks after reading this book, well, I have yet to experience one…but no guarantees. Beymer takes the illusion of reality and twists it into so many gooey shapes that it loses all semblance of any reality we think is real. A tortuously modern, highly sexual Advaita book as you have never experienced before. If you ever had doubts about that person in the mirror…Imposterwill shatter that image, leaving you with a screenplay without words or blocks/a fade to light…with only one possible ending: the suicide of the actor. If what you are looking for is diversifying entertainment with a clear cut beginning, middle and end you may be left disappointed…Imposter is more like an absurdist zen koan that a genetically engineered Jed McKenna/Kurt Vonnegut/Erica Jong might have written. Not for the easily shocked, a must for those needing to be. This book left a deep impression on me. Be forewarned, the book has vivid sexual imagery for spiritually mature audiences only. Review by Tony Kainauskas |
