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The
Latest Books
May
2011
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Each month,
except for January, Phoenix Rising Books features
20 new titles sourced from publishers both in
Australia and overseas.
The selection covers
the leading edge material across holistic (mind,
body and soul) subject area.
This page has the
ten new books for the month.
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The Responsible Business
Carol Sanford
HC AUD52.95
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The Responsible Business
offers a strategic approach to doing business
that holistically integrates responsibility into
all aspects of an organization, allowing for returns
at every level, business and social.
This book goes beyond
the often well intentioned but limited attempts
at sustainability to present a framework that
allows organizations to bring responsibility into
everything they do and re-imagine success.
From innovation, product
development, and production processes to business
management, strategic planning, and shareholder
development, the author shows how being a Responsible
Business is a practical skill that can be applied
day-to-day at every level of the business.
Throughout the book,
illustrated by examples from technology to manufacturing,
large and small, public and private, Sanford demonstrates
how to make responsibility integral to all aspects
of a business as an engine for innovation, profitability,
and purpose.
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Time Loops and Space Twists
Fred Alan Wolf
HC AUD36.95
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Quantum physics could be daunting
to the layperson, but Fred Alan Wolf has simplified
and made these abstract concepts very comprehensible.
In his new book, Time Loops and
Twists: How God Created the Universe, he uses
the wisdom from science and challenges our thoughts
on religion while reminding us of true spirituality.
His approach leads us in a new view
of how consciousness and science are related.
Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D., explains how our understanding
of time, space, and matter have changed in just
the last few years, and how with these new ideas
we have a glimpse into the "mind of God."
Making comparisons to Hindu Vedic
and Judeo-Christian cosmology, Dr. Wolf explains
how the universal command of the Deity "Let
there be light" now takes on a new scientific
meaning: Everything is literally made of light
and the reader will learn how quantum physics
proves this is so.
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Falling Upward
Richard Rohr
HC AUD28.00
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In Falling Upward, Fr. Richard Rohr
seeks to help readers understand the tasks of
the two halves of life and to show them that those
who have fallen, failed, or "gone down"
are the only ones who understand "up."
Most of us tend to think of the
second half of life as largely about getting old,
dealing with health issues, and letting go of
life, but the whole thesis of this book is exactly
the opposite. What looks like falling down can
largely be experienced as "falling upward."
In fact, it is not a loss but somehow
actually a gain, as we have all seen with elders
who have come to their fullness.
Throughout the pages he explains
why the second half of life can and should be
full of spiritual richness and offers a new view
of how as spiritual growth happens perceived loss
actually is a gain.
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Wild Feminine
Tami Lynn Kent
PB AUD23.00
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In Wild Feminine, Tami Kent invites
every woman to journey deep into the heart of
her female body, to her root place, and the root
of all womanhood. Through stories, visualizations,
and creative exercises, the wisdom arising from
the female body has been distilled into this guide
for exploring the feminine nature.
Tami draws from her experiences
with the physical body and female energy system
to provide a framework for navigating the various
realms of the feminine. Traveling the terrain
of feminine wounds, she reveals the amazing potential
of the female body: a potential to create, to
heal, and to transform the energy that infuses
a woman's everyday life.
The losses of power, spirit, and
joy that have occurred for generations of women
are registered in the female body. So it is to
the female body that we must return to reclaim
these things in our lives. Wild Feminine contains
the healing stories and rituals to awaken and
retrieve this soul of the wild feminine.
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Change Anything
Kerry Patterson et al
HC AUD35.00
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A stunning new approach to how individuals
can not only change their lives for the better
in the workplace, but also their lives away from
the office, including (but not limited to) finding
ways to improve one's working relationship with
others, one's overall health, outlook on life,
and so on. For example, why is it that 95% of
all diet attempts fail?
Why do New Year's Resolutions last
no more than a few days? Why can't people with
good intentions seem to make consistent and positive
strides in the way they want to improve their
careers, financial fitness, physical fitness,
and so on?
Based upon the latest research in a number of
psychological and medical fields, the authors
of Change Anything will show that traditional
will-power is not necessarily the answer to these
strivings, that people are affected in their behaviors
by far more subtle influences.
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The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande
PB AUD25.00
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Today we find ourselves in
possession of stupendous know-how, which
we willingly place in the hands of the most
highly skilled people. But avoidable failures
are common, and the reason is simple: the
volume and complexity of our knowledge has
exceeded our ability to consistently deliver
it - correctly, safely or efficiently.
In this groundbreaking book, Atul Gawande
makes a compelling argument for the checklist,
which he believes to be the most promising
method available in surmounting failure.
Whether you're following a
recipe, investing millions of dollars in
a company or building a skyscraper, the
checklist is an essential tool in virtually
every area of our lives, and Gawande explains
how breaking down complex, high pressure
tasks into small steps can radically improve
everything from airline safety to heart
surgery survival rates.
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Turn it Up!
Dr. Jeffrey Spencer
PB AUD35.00
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As a life coach to many of
the world's top athletes, Olympians, executives,
and entertainers, Jeffrey Spencer has seen
ample evidence that success does not depend
upon innate ability or possessing a certain
personality type.
His clients aren't uniquely
blessed; they've simply acquired a special
set of skills that virtually guarantee them
victory. He gives clients the mental, physical,
and strategic coaching they need to consistently
perform at their highest level.
In this book, Spencer reveals
the secrets and strategies that he gives
his clients. Turn It Up offers: an explanation
of the psychology behind how successful
people think; rules for creating a healthy
workspace and positive home environment
that enable peak cognitive abilities and
energy levels; maximizing your ability to
attain your goals; an understanding of what
it takes to make success a consistent way
of life and how to stay mentally fresh and
achieve staying power.
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The Power of an
Open Question
Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel
HC AUD39.95
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Life is uncertain. We never
know what happens next. And yet, despite
uncertainty, we continue to search for a
place to rest. Trying to find security in
a fluid and changing world defines our struggle
as human beings - our predicament.
Author Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel
takes this predicament by the horns and
turns it into an inquiry and she invites
us to join her. Uncertainty, she suggests,
can haunt us if we are looking for security.
But Namgyel challenges us to see uncertainty
in another way: "Wonder, amazement,
creativity, our sense of adventure, we would
have none of this if we had all the answers
we're looking for."
This spirit of wonderment
is what she calls "open questioning".
When we ask a question we have not yet closed
down around an answer. Yet we are engaged
and interested. We discover life as a work
in progress. Open questioning works in accordance
with dynamic and fluid nature of things
and enables us to respond to the world with
intelligence, compassion and ease.
Namgyel's approach is grounded
in 25 years of Buddhist practice. She draws
her inspiration from the life of the Buddha,
who himself grappled with the human predicament,
found his way to the mind of an open question,
and attained awakening.
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The Assertiveness
Workbook
Randy J. Paterson
PB AUD31.95
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The ability to express our
needs, wants, and feelings directly and
honestly and to see the needs of others
as equally important is the key to satisfying
and effective relationships. Yet, many people
become trapped within communication patterns
that prevent self-expression.
The book comprises 16 chapters:
the first section is titled "Understanding
Assertiveness" and includes defining
and juxtaposing assertiveness with other
less-adaptive styles of communication, for
example the passive, aggressive, and passive-aggressive
styles.
The first chapter ends with
a self-assessment section where you are
asked to record where, when, and with whom
you are most likely to engage in passive,
aggressive, or passive-aggressive styles
of communication, and the perceived benefits
if you could become more assertive in these
contexts.
The first section of the book
is well-written and well-organized and has
many positive features that lend itself
to be used as a self-help tool.
There are frequent checkpoints
where you are instructed to tick boxes,
write lists, or in some other way personalize
your reading.
Across the remaining chapters,
specific skill areas are identified and
exercises are outlined for practice.
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The Insomnia Workbook
Stephanie A. Silberman
PB AUD31.95
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The Insomnia Workbook is designed
to simulate the experience of seeing a professional
CBT sleep specialist.
First, you'll assess your
sleep habits with questionnaires and evaluate
how your sleep problem affects your life;
then you'll learn a variety of proven techniques
sleep specialists recommend to their clients.
This book includes all of
the tools you need to better understand
your insomnia and create an effective plan
for getting the sleep you need. With this
complete program, you'll: stop the racing
thoughts that keep you awake at night; train
yourself to sleep using stimulus control,
sleep restriction, and deep relaxation skills;
identify foods and lifestyle factors that
may be making things worse and keep a personal
sleep log to track your progress.
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For
music, DVD's and audio book releases go to Page
2 of the New Releases for May 2011
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