The Latest Books

April 2010

Wholefoood for Children

Jude Blereau

PB AUD45.00

Wholefood for children stresses the importance of feeding young, growing children, whole and real food.

In her introduction, Jude Blereau talks about her despair of watching over the past 40 to 50 years as quietly the essential wealth of knowledge of one's food culture has all been lost as our jam-packed lives have made convenience food the staples.

She feels that we are loosing our essential wisdom about food - what makes it good, how we cook and how we eat. This book is divided into two parts.

The first is an informative introduction to the wholefood kitchen and how to build a real food culture for your child.

The second part has more than 165 recipes ranging from breakfasts to lunches and dinners as well as ultra-convenient treats for lunchboxes and cakes and party food to make for special occasions.

Mala of the Heart - 108 Sacred Poems

Edited by Ravi Nathwani

HC AUD32.95

This collection of timeless poetry celebrates the eternal spiritual truth within each heart.

Since ancient times, this hidden essence, has been symbolised by the number 108. There are 108 earthly desires, 108 human feelings, 108 delusions, 108 beads in the traditional meditation mala and 108 sacred poems in this anthology.

The poems span a wide range of cultures and civilisations - from India to Europe, Japan and the Middle East- and each offers a unique perspective about the path to awakening.

The Hidden Brain

Shankar Vedantam

PB AUD35.00

Most of us would agree that there's a clear, and even obvious, connection between the things we believe and the way we behave. But what if our actions are driven not by our conscious values and beliefs but by hidden motivations we're not even aware of?

The title is Shankar Vedantam's shorthand for a host of brain functions, emotional responses, and cognitive processes that happen outside our conscious awareness, but that have a decisive effect on how we behave. The hidden brain has its finger on the scale when we make all of our most complex and important decisions, it decides whom we fall in love with, whether we should convict someone of murder, or which way to run when someone yells 'fire!'

It explains why we can become riveted by the story of a single puppy adrift on an ocean but are quickly bored by a story of genocide. The hidden brain can also be deliberately manipulated to vote against its interest, or even to become a suicide terrorist.

But the most disturbing thing is that it does all of this without our knowing. Shankar Vedantam, author of The Washington Post's popular 'Department of Human Behaviour' column, takes us on a tour of this phenomenon and explores its consequences.

The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World

H.H. the Dalai Lama

PB AUD35.00

Over 10 years ago The Art of Happiness was published and quickly went to the best seller lists across the globe as well as being translated into fifty languages.

Now Howard Cutler has joined again with H.H. the Dalai Lama to address the broader societal issues that undermine human happiness. As they began collaborating the Dalai Lama identifies the lack of sense of community and the erosion of trust in societies as a key issue and this is the central theme through the pages.

The writing style is conversational with Cutler asking a question, setting the direction and guiding the dialogue so smoothly that you are carried along page by page. Cutler states in his introduction that three more books are being tentatively planned.

Why People Fail

Siimon Reynolds

PB AUD32.95

There are thousands of books on success - but this is a book on failure.
Mastering failure is a vital step in achieving your aims, hopes and dreams.

Failure is the ambitious person's constant companion. It can dog you for months, years or even decades before you finally achieve your goal.

Siimon Reynolds, one of Australia's most successful ad men, explores the main causes of failure and reveals solutions for overcoming them and creating a successful, happy life.

Why People Fail offers strategies and tips for beating failure habits such as: unclear purpose, destructive thinking, low productivity, weak energy, not asking the right questions, poor presentation skills, stress, lack of persistence and a money obsession.

Master just one of the timeless principles in this book and you can increase your wealth, success, contentment and happiness.

Master all of them and your life will rocket to a totally new level.

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