Rafer Johnson's story is the classic American dream: hard work leading to success, honor, and glory. Here, he openly writes about his humble beginnings in an obscure African American Texas ghetto, his growing up in the all-white, sun-drenched Californian town of Kingsburg, and his time at UCLA as the president of the student body and an acclaimed athlete. His talents brought him to dramatic athletic duels in Moscow, Melbourne, and Rome, and to the glamour of acting, broadcasting, and politics in Hollywood, Washington, D.C., and the rest of the nation. Structured around the ten events of the decathlon, Rafer's memoir vividly describes an exceptional life. It introduces remarkable people, both unknown and celebrated (the Kennedy family; Gloria Steinem; Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade; Tom Brokaw; and others), who befriended Rafer and affected his life. It tells of obstacles and tragedies--crippling injuries, an alcoholic father, the assassination of his close friend Robert F. Kennedy--and what it takes to overcome them. With tact, integrity, and acute observation, Rafer Johnson shares the intimate moments that have shaped his life and the lives of others.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The Best that I Can Be: An Autobiography

Philip Goldberg

Rafer Johnson

Religion & Spirituality

Random House Publishing Group

American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West

In February 1968 the Beatles went to India for an extended stay with their new guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It may have been the most momentous spiritual retreat since Jesus spent those forty days in the wilderness. With these words, Philip Goldberg begins his monumental work, American Veda, a fascinating look at India’s remarkable impact on Western culture. This eye-opening popular history shows how the ancient philosophy of Vedanta and the mind-body methods of Yoga have profoundly affected the worldview of millions of Americans and radically altered the religious landscape. What exploded in the 1960s actually began more than two hundred years earlier, when the United States started importing knowledge as well as tangy spices and colorful fabrics from Asia. The first translations of Hindu texts found their way into the libraries of John Adams and Ralph Waldo Emerson. From there the ideas spread to Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and succeeding generations of receptive Americans, who absorbed India’s “science of consciousness” and wove it into the fabric of their lives. Charismatic teachers like Swami Vivekananda and Paramahansa Yogananda came west in waves, prompting leading intellectuals, artists, and scientists such as Aldous Huxley, Joseph Campbell, Allen Ginsberg, J. D. Salinger, John Coltrane, Dean Ornish, and Richard Alpert, aka Ram Dass, to adapt and disseminate what they learned from them. The impact has been enormous, enlarging our current understanding of the mind and body and dramatically changing how we view ourselves and our place in the cosmos. Goldberg paints a compelling picture of this remarkable East-to-West transmission, showing how it accelerated through the decades and eventually moved from the counterculture into our laboratories, libraries, and living rooms. Now physicians and therapists routinely recommend meditation, words like karma and mantra are part of our everyday vocabulary, and Yoga studios are as ubiquitous as Starbuckses. The insights of India’s sages permeate so much of what we think, believe, and do that they have redefined the meaning of life for millions of Americans—and continue to do so every day. Rich in detail and expansive in scope, American Veda shows how we have come to accept and live by the central teaching of Vedic wisdom: “Truth is one, the wise call it by many names.”

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Harmony Books+

Intuitive Edge: How to be More Insightful, Confident and Decisive

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

J.P. Tarcher

A witty collection of scientific terms metaphorically applied to everyday life

Babinski Reflex

Reference

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Tarcher

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Natural Sleep (How to Get Your Share)

Rodale Press

Making Peace with Your Past: The Six Essential Steps to Enjoying a Great Future

Self-Help

Harold Bloomfield

Motivational

HARPER/COLLINS

INTUITION (French Edition)

L'HOMME

You may seek comfort, inspiration and illumination on the spiritual path, but eventually all roads lead to paradox where directions seem to conflict and answers seem elusive. Philip Goldberg confronts these divine dilemmas with profound insight and engaging humor. Based on more than 30 years of experience and research, the truths in Roadsigns will help you keep your balance on the razorﾃｭs edge of the spiritual path, whether you travel independently or within an established tradition.

Roadsigns on the Spiritual Path: Living at the Heart of Paradox

New Age Books

The Life And Times Of Yogananda [Paperback] Philip Goldberg

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