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Spirituality and Religion March 2017
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The power of meaning : crafting a life that matters
by Emily Esfahani Smith
A guide to smarter ways to pursue a life of fulfillment and significance identifies the reasons why the pursuit of happiness remains elusive for most people, drawing on the latest cognitive research and cultural insights to outline how to develop a "meaning mind-set" to achieve purpose and interpersonal connections.
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Cesar Millan's lessons from the pack : stories of the dogs who changed my life
by Cesar Millan
Sharing heartwarming stories about the dogs that have inspired him the most, the “Dog Whisperer” and #1 New York Times best-selling author of Cesar's Way reveals the many ways that dogs and people can enrich each other's lives, sharing the lessons he has learned from the very special dogs he’s trained over the years.
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Man's search for meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
A prominent Viennese psychiatrist recounts his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp that led to the development of his existentialist approach to psychotherapy
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My bright abyss : meditation of a modern believer
by Christian Wiman
A poet and a man of strong Christian faith meditates on life, death and being an artist after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and describes how he dealt with the creeping doubts and the increasing pain.
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The Camino : a journey of the spirit
by Shirley MacLaine
The author and actress chronicles her extraordinary journey along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain--the famous pilgrimage route that has been taken by pilgrims ranging from St. Francis of Assisi and Charlemagne to Dante and Chaucer. 200,000 first printing.
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The Rope in the Water : A Pilgrimage to India
by Sylvia Fraser
The Rope in the Water is the story of Sylvia Fraser's three-month pilgrimage to India in search of "something larger than myself, something deeper, something more."Travelling 12,000 kilometers across deserts and through jungles, Fraser visits sacred sites such as the twilight city of Varanasi on the Ganges, dense with the smoke of hundreds of funeral pyres; north to the glittering Golden Temple of the Sikhs; up Mount Abu where she stays with a Hindu sect called the Brahma Kumaris; south to a Buddhist retreat where she meditates eleven hours a day for ten days while observing a vow of silence; and to the Kovalam beach where her life is saved by a miracle.
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| Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James by David Downie; photographs by Alison HarrisThough food writer David Downie wasn't interested in the religious aspects of the pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James in Compostela, Spain, he decided to trace the ancient route for its historic significance and in order to improve his health. Setting off on the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris (the medieval but not the modern pilgrims' starting point) and walking through France with his wife, photographer Alison Harris, Downie found inspiration despite his skepticism. Noting intersections between Celtic and Roman history, Christian churches and other shrines, and the modern people he met, he began to reflect more deeply on philosophical questions he found important. Harris' photographs accompany this thought-provoking chronicle. |
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