The Latest Books, Audio Books, Music CD's and DVD

March 2009

The Outliers- the Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell

PB AUD32.95

Why do some people achieve so much more than other? What is the secret of their success?

These are a couple of the questions Malcolm Gladwell answers in this inspiring and often provocative book.

Chapter by chapter he examines everyone from business giants to scientific geniuses, sports starts to musicians and reveals what they have in common. I can promise you the answers will not be what you imagine.

He argues that as we try to understand success, we start with the wrong questions. We ask, "What is this person like?" when the question needs to be "Where are they from?"

The answer turns out to be surprisingly simple and it hinges on a few crucial twists in peoples life stories, on the culture they grew up in and the way they spend their time. Each chapter is a case study supporting the central argument that achievers lie outside the ordinary.

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Jesus, a Story of Enlightenment

Deepak Chopra

HC AUD35.00

"The Jesus who is left out of the New Testament turns out to be in many ways the most important Jesus for modern times.

His aspiration to find salvation vibrates in every heart. If it didn't, the brief career of a controversial, largely despised rabbi on the outskirts of first-century Jewish society wouldn't mean much.

Yet as we all know, that obscure rabbi became imbedded forever in myth and symbol." This quote is from the authors quote in the start of Deepak's book.

Written as a novel, Chopra uncovers the 'lost years', imagining the path of Jesus towards enlightenment, moving from obscurity to revolutionary, from doubt to miracles, and then beyond as the role of the long-awaited Messiah.

Chopra says " I don't want the Jesus in this book to be worshipped, much less to push him forward as definitive." The events of the tale are pure fiction. But at a deeper level, the Jesus in this book feels real because we've been given a glimpse into his mind. One flash of insight answers many prayers."

Spiritual Business

Kate Foster

PB AUD49.95

In the high-tech world of the millennium, it's hard to imagine how spending time on a computer could dramatically improve the Spiritual bottom line of your business.

In 2006 Kate Foster did just that by starting a spiritual business blog in which she recorded the results of her Spiritual quest to find the heart and soul of her marketing business. This book is the product of Foster's year long 'spiritual MBA'.

There are many practical and fun exercises starting with finding your values - through to bringing it all together. It's purpose is to present you with a holistic approach to planning your business, improving your bottom line and being fulfilled throughout.

Authentic Conversations

Jamie Showkeir & Maren Showkeir

PB AUD34.95

This is a book with a difference.

The authors take an ordinary conversation and show how it can lead a workforce that is engaged and inspired or to one that is alienated and uninspired.

The authors note that all too often workplace conversations create a parent-child relationship. People hide facts, sugarcoat reality and claim helplessness to try to control the interaction to get what they want.

By demonstrating how to move to honest and authentic interactions or as they say "adult conversations that create increased commitment, true accountability and improved business performance."

They offer examples of parent-child and adult-adult workplace conversations in a variety of settings and provide a hands-on-guide, including sample scripts, for dealing with a host of potentially difficult conversations.

The Book of Longing

Leonard Cohen

PB AUD29.95

Leonard Cohen wrote the poems in Book of Longing during his five-year stay at a Zen monastery in Southern California as well as in Los Angelas, Montreal and Mumbai.

It is his first book of poetry in over twenty years. This collection is enhanced by his playful and provocative drawings, which interact in exciting, unexpected ways with the poetry that is timeless, meditative and often darkly humorous.

Widely acclaimed, Book of Longing contains all the elements that have brought Cohen's artistry with language worldwide recognition.

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