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The
Latest Books
September
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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Angel in the Rubble
Genelle Guzman-McMillan
PB AUD25.00
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Sometimes terrible
things happen...
On 11 September 2001 Genelle started her working
day like any other: throwing on her high heels,
dashing off to work on the 64th floor of the northern
Twin Tower of the World Trade Center, organising
coffee for workmates, and settling down to her
work. Then they hear a loud bang. The floor shakes,
but nothing dramatic seems to have happened. Clouds
of paper start to float past the window.
Some time later Genelle
and her co-workers discover a plane has slammed
into their building. They're advised to remain
where they are, which they do. Eventually they
take matters into their own hands and begin to
make their way down the endless flights of now
empty stairs. They were so near their goal. Then
the building begins to sway and the entire tower
collapses on Genelle. She finds herself alone
and unable to move in the dust and the darkness.
This riveting story
brings to life Genelle's 27 hour ordeal and rescue
from under the debris of the 9/11 World Trade
Center wreckage. Genelle, the last survivor to
be pulled from Ground Zero, shares her miraculous
experiences during those 27 long hours, and the
immense richness of her life beyond it.
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Aleph
Paulo Coelho
PB AUD30.00
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This is the third sacred journey
undertaken by Paulo Coelho and following on from
Brida and The Pilgrimage.
In 2006, Paulo embarked on a Trans-Siberian pilgrimage
to reconnect with his waning spirituality. Joined
by Hilal, a determined and enigmatic young girl
with a compelling history, and a reluctant entourage
of publishers, translators and assistants, Paulo
experiences an unexpected divine awakening - the
Aleph - with Hilal.
The girl who seemed to be merely
another over-enthusiastic Paulo devotee is the
catalyst that banishes his ennui and a girl with
whom he has shared a previous life and from whom
he must seek forgiveness.
Paulo must banish pride to order
to gain emancipation from the shackles of his
own isolation, apathy and guilt, allowing happiness
and desire to burst back into his life. Aleph
is an encounter with our fears and our sins.
A search for love and forgiveness,
and the courage to confront the inevitable challenges
of life. Each end gives us the opportunity for
a rebirth.
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Eat, Drink and be Mindful
Susan Albers
PB AUD29.00
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Eat, Drink, and Be Mindful is a
new tool for dealing with the age-old problem
of mindless overeating.
The author currently uses this workbook
with clients in her Mindful Eating Support Groups.
The book is a collection of more
than seventy worksheets she has created and is
organized around the seven skills of mindful-eater-awareness:
observing, being in-the-moment, acceptance, letting
go, non-judgment, and mindfulness of the environment.
Each worksheet is one to two pages.
It is a concise, easy-to-use guide
which is great for introducing people to mindful
eating. More advanced mindful eaters love the
journal format. It is also a helpful tool for
therapists to use with their clients.
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Do You Quantum Think?
Dianne Collins
HC AUD34.95
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Lifestyle coach Collins adapts ideas
from modern science to age-old spiritual wisdom.
Harking back to a metaphor originally suggested
by the father of quantum physics, Niels Bohr,
she applies the principle of complementarity to
psychic reality.
While the principle relates to the
application of concepts from classical physics
to quantum mechanics, Collins states, what you
see is what you expect. By choosing one way to
see the world, another equally likely aspect of
that world becomes hidden.
How we think about things can transform
what we perceive to be reality. We are not simply
the changing thoughts that pass through our minds;
we are that which witnesses the thoughts.
She develops similar analogies from
relativity theory and the strange phenomenon of
quantum entanglement. Science buffs may be disappointed,
but for those looking for a spiritual message
with a new twist, this is the book.
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Tantra Yoga Secrets
Mukunda Stiles
PB AUD34.95
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The practice of Tantra Yoga is considered
to be the highest and most rapid path to enlightenment.
Master teacher Mukunda Stiles offers 18 lessons
in Tantra Yoga, a practice of transformational
self-healing in which we can deepen awareness
of our bodies, our energy forces, and the connections
to the natural world around us and those we love.
While many movements today describe
tantra as a sexual practice promising longer and
better orgasms, increased stamina, and ecstasy,
the real Tantra aims to awaken Kundalini, the
dormant potential force in the human personality.
The Tantra tradition includes a vast range of
practical teachings leading to the expansion of
human consciousness and the liberation of primal
energy.
By heightening your awareness to
this connective energy you will learn to embrace
and develop a higher level of intimacy, the heart
of tantra. Stiles explains this intimate and life
changing practice with grace, structure, and clarity.
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Right Here With
You
Andrea Miller (Editor)
PB AUD25.00
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In recent years scientists
have discovered that mindfulness can reduce
stress, improve mood, and enhance our sense
of well-being. In this book, you learn how
mindfulness can be brought to bear in your
relationships to increase intimacy, strengthen
communication, and help us to find greater
fulfilment.
Topics in this collection
include how to open your heart and develop
lovingkindness for yourself and others,
how to improve communication through mindful
speech and deep listening, noticing and
counteracting destructive patterns, and
discovering how intimate relationships can
become a rich form of spiritual practice.
Chapters and contributors
include: zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on
what mindfulness is and why it lies at the
heart real love; psychotherapist David Richo
on finding a partner; author Elizabeth Gilbert
on conflict and communication; psychotherapist
and meditation teacher Tara Brach on the
power of forgiveness; rabbi Harold Kushner
on striving to give love rather than get
it; novelist Jane Hamilton on a marital
meltdown and recovery; meditation teacher
Susan Piver on the value of heartbreak;
psychologist John Welwood on relationships
as a path of personal and spiritual growth.
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Change Leader
Michael Fullan
HC AUD37.95
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Leadership expert Michael
Fullan reveals six core practices for leaders.
He has focused on the core practices of
leadership he sees as vital for leading
in today's complex world. He outlines the
six practices; earn trust; fine-tune focus;
develop others; know your impact; embrace
complexity; and hope no matter what.
They all appear to be deceptively
simple but actually get to the essence of
what differentiates a powerful leader from
one who is merely competent.
Fullan argues that powerful
leaders have built bedrocks of credibility,
have learned how to identify the few things
that matter most, and know how to leverage
their skills in ways that benefit their
entire organization.
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The Gift of Imperfection
Brene Brown
PB AUD29.95
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Each day we face a barrage
of images and ideas-from society and the
media-telling us who we should be. We are
led to believe that if we look perfect,
live perfect, and do everything perfectly,
we would no longer struggle with feelings
of inadequacy.
Ironically it is the pursuit
of perfection that fuels the message "never
good enough." Brene Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W.,
a leading expert on shame, reveals that
it is actually our imperfections and vulnerabilities
that connect us to one another as human
beings and make us who we are.
As she guides you to WholeHearted
living, your heart, mind, and spirit is
engaged in finding the beauty of authenticity
as well as evolving your self-perceptions
through fifteen guideposts that emerged
from her latest research.
Each guidepost is illustrated
with essays, stories, inspiring quotes,
meditations, and dynamic creative exercises
designed to help us develop the skills to
accept our vulnerabilities with compassion
and practice loving-kindness toward ourselves
and others.
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Unlimiting Mind
Andrew Olendzki
PB AUD25.00
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Both broad and deep, this
book is one of the best overviews available
of the radical psychological teachings that
underlie the Buddhist approach to living
a life of freedom and peace.
Sophisticated and clear, Andrew
Olendzkis writing is filled with rich phrases,
remarkable images, and the fruits of decades
of careful thought grounded in deep scholarship,
psychological sophistication, and many years
of teaching as well as personal practice.
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Life With Full
Attention
Maitreya Abandhu
PB AUD23.00
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In this eight-week course
on mindfulness, Maitreyabandhu gently guides
you how to pay closer attention to your
experience.
Each week, he introduces a
different aspect of mindfulness such as
awareness of the body, feelings, thoughts
and the environment and recommends a number
of easy practices; from trying out a simple
meditation to reading a poem.
Featuring personal stories,
examples and tempting suggestions, Life
with Full Attention provides both a starting
point and a great refresher.
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For
music, DVD's and audio book releases go to Page
2 of the New Releases for September 2011
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