Why the Tree Loves the Ax

Literature & Fiction

Lewis,Jim

Contemporary

Berkeley Hills Books

A culinary tour of Spain examines the food, wine, and culture of each region and includes more than one hundred authentic recipes

To the Heart of Spain: Food and Wine Adventures Beyond the Pyrenees

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Walker, Larry

Walker, Ann

Beverages & Wine

Presents a study of the pioneering jazz pianist, covering his career and highlighting his work in composition, performance, and arrangement

Thelonious Monk: His Life and Music

Biographies & Memoirs

Fitterling, Thomas

Arts & Literature

The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient Teachings In The Ways Of Relationships

A renowned, respected teacher and mentor to thousands, Sobonfu Som is one of the first and foremost voices of African spirituality to come to the West. Som was born in Dano, Burkina Faso, a remote West African village with a population of about two hundred people. Dano has preserved the old ways of African village life, with family structures, spiritual practices, and methods of living that have been in place for more than ten thousand years. In The Spirit of Intimacy, Som distills the ancient teachings and wisdom of her native village to give insight into the nature of intimate relationships. 
Som generously applies the subtle knowledge from her West African culture to this one. Simply and beautifully, she reveals the role of spirit in every marriage, friendship, relationship, and community. She shares ancient ways to make our intimate lives more fulfilling and secure and offers powerful insights into the "illusion of romance," divorce, and loss. Her important and fascinating lessons from the heart include the sacred meaning of pleasure, preparing a ritual space for intimacy, and the connection between sex and spirituality. Her ideas are intuitively persuasive, provocative, and healing(and supported by sound practical advice, along with specific rituals and ceremonies based on those used for thousands of years. With this book, the spiritual insights of indigenous Africa take their place alongside those of native America, ancient Europe, and Asia as important influences on Western readers.

The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient Teachings in the Ways of Relationships

Self-Help

Somé, Sobonfu

Relationships

Examines recent scientific discoveries that suggest there may be other life forms in the universe

Sharing the Universe: Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life

Science & Math

Shostak, Seth

Biological Sciences

Containing a summary of the history of California, and a complete history of its great city: to which are added, biographical memoirs of some prominent citizens.

The Annals of San Francisco

History

Soulé, Frank

Gihon, John H., M.D.

Nisbet, James

Americas

An introduction to the life and philosophy of Pythagoras focuses on the unity of science and mysticism that Pythagoras embodied

Divine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of Pythagoras

Westbrook, Peter

Strohmeier, John

Historical

A quest for treasure plundered from Asia's temples and reportedly hidden in the jungles of the Philippines by Japanese General Tomyuki Yamashita brings together an entrepreneur, a professional treasure hunter, and a Philippine business man in a story of greed and violence

Yamashita's Gold

Holt, Tate

United States

In February 1997 Ian Wilmut, a Scottish biologist, announced that he had successfully cloned a sheep, Dolly, from the cells of a Finn Dorset ewe that had been dead for six years. The news that mammalian cloning from adult tissue was possible set off an excited debate among scientists, politicians, ethicists, and the general public about the event's implications and prospects for the cloning of a human being. This book surveys the debate, and for the first time presents Ian Wilmut's own thoughts on the possibility of human cloning. 
The Human Cloning Debate is edited and introduced by Dr. Glenn McGee of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics. In addition to contributions by Wilmut and McGee, there is an authoritative, accessible explanation of the science of cloning by Potter Wickware, editor at the pre-eminent science journal Nature. Other chapters explore cloning's philosophical implications, argue for or against the technology, and present various religious and political perspectives on cloning. The book concludes with a short story by Richard Kadrey that explores creatively how cloning is likely to affect families and human relationships in the (possibly not-too-distant) future. 
The Human Cloning Debate is a definitive treatment of one of the most intriguing and controversial issues at the close of the millennium. It presents for the first time in print the reflections of the scientist, Ian Wilmut, who brought the subject to the fore. It is essential for readers interested in issues of public policy, in recent developments in biotechnology, and in the intersection of science and philosophy.

The Human Cloning Debate

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

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