Technology and the future of U.S. industry in world competition (The ITT key issues lecture series)

Unknown, Author

White River Press

Ever get the feeling that there is something slightly off-course in your life? Do you ever wonder why, after years of reading self-help books and attending seminars, nothing really seems to change? Real transformation is possible - if that journey begins with the Holy Spirit. It is only by the Holy Spirit working in our lives that we get "on course" with the will of God. You may be someone who fills a pew every week, or you may not have been inside of a church for decades. But if you yearn for more than what you are experiencing right now, this book is for you.    Meditations and journal entry space included. A great book for small group study.

Spirit Walk: Meditations on Living Each Day in the Spirit of God

Joseph K. Acton

Mary K. Curran-Downey

Could a simple test involving your refrigerator reveal why Americans have so many problems with depression, loneliness, and marital discord? To Dr. Will Miller and Dr. Glenn Sparks, the answer is "absolutely yes!" In fact, they argue, our constant mobility and our growing addictions to media of all types get in the way of the close relationships we all need to be emotionally healthy. In essence, they ask "how many people in your life are comfortable opening your refrigerator to get a drink or something to eat without asking your permission first?" This comfort level - relationships with refrigerator rights - is the key to our physical and emotional health. This inspirational book is based on the latest research and its message is delivered with good humor, passion and compassion. Miller and Sparks believe we can all achieve peace of heart by inviting more people into our lives.

Refrigerator Rights: Creating Connections and Restoring Relationships - new preface

Self-Help

Will Miller

Glenn Sparks

Personal Transformation

On a warm October day only a few years past the middle of the 18th century, a boy was born on Unst, the most northerly of isle of Shetland. He was named Michael Magnus, laird of Burrafirth. His father, Laurence Bruce, gave the title to his son immediately. It was good, he said, for the boy to grow up knowing who he was and what such a rank entailed. When Michael turned five, his mother died, her lifeless body found among the seals who sing on the shores of Burrafirth. Now that the boy is nine, he needs a tutor. But the question must be asked, which one will be the teacher and which will be the student? This fascinating tale of Scotland is perfect for all readers from 12 to 80.

The World Invisible

Shulamith Levey Oppenheim

Teen & Young Adult

This sweet and tender story about life-yes, life-in a hospice is told with gentle good humor and eye for the significant humanity in every human being. Author Edward Bear's now-sober narrator is ordered to do community service at the Hospice of St. Michael where he's put in charge of the cocktail cart and becomes the late afternoon drink dispenser for the patients there. With his great ear for dialogue, Bear draws out the meanings of the individual lives that his narrator now shares. This is a book that makes you laugh, brings a tear to your eye, and makes you think all at the same time. A wonderful read for all.

The Cocktail Cart

Bear, Edward

Parenting & Relationships

20th Anniversary Edition Winner, 1998 Independent Publisher Book Awards Feeding the Body, Nourishing the Soul teaches you how to focus your attention and prepare food so that you are nourished on multiple dimensions each time you eat. Before 20th century nutritional science, when seeking guidelines on what and how to eat, humankind turned to world religions, cultural traditions, and Eastern healing systems. Nutrition researcher Deborah Kesten re-introduces us to this ancient food wisdom from the world's predominant faiths (including Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). She also explores regional traditions (including yogic nutrition, Japanese tea ceremonies, Native American fasting, and African-American soul food). Lastly, she explores cutting-edge scientific studies on the life-giving properties of food. By identifying a remarkable unity and common vision around eating, Kesten leads us back to a deeper, more meaningful, and spiritually-oriented relationship to food.

Feeding the Body, Nourishing the Soul

Kesten, Deborah

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Felix Oppenheim has photographed his travels around Europe and Asia since 1948, recording his delight in the world about him with his faithful Leica. Now retired as a professor of Analytic Political Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts and a lecturer at several European centers of learning, Oppenheim's fascination with architecture and their companion reflections in seas, pools and canals are now brought together in this dramatic collection of his photographs. As he says in the book's introduction: "These reflections tell us that the building with its scenery 'makes sense' even in reverse, as does the reverse theme of a Bach mirror fugue. Yet, the reflection is not a mirror image. Unlike glass, the water's texture 'plays' with the original, while remaining essentially faithful to it. When the water is moving slightly, the refection creates images of yet greater variety, like variations on an already familiar theme."

Reflections

Arts & Photography

Oppenheim, Felix

Photography & Video

Whether you are in recovery or simply looking to improve your life, Edward Bear's latest "Tyler tape" will show you how to overcome your outwardly centered needs and concentrate on the inner work of healing and growth. The Seven Deadly Needs is the sequel to Edward Bear's previous work, The Dark Night of Recovery. Set in a conversational format, the book is written as a series of tape-recorded sessions between a mentor, Tyler, and his somewhat resistant pupil, Edward Bear. Each session deals with one of what Tyler calls the Seven Deadly Needs: the Need to Know, to Be Right, to Get Even, to Look Good, to Judge, to Keep Score, and to Control. Because these needs are outwardly focused, they force us to act in ways that are not true to ourselves, and often lead to addiction, isolation and unhappiness. This book will help guide you around some of the larger potholes in life's often-hectic road. In form not unlike Platonic dialogues, the seven chapters deal with many everyday issues that confine rather than expand our experiences of reality. These obstacles often keep us from an awareness of how rich our lives can be. Through the course of the book, you will learn how to overcome these deadly needs, how to see the possibilities open to each of us, and how to view each day as a wonderful opportunity for living. Although The Seven Deadly Needs is Twelve-Step oriented, the principles and practices are universal, and the tone is both irreverent and charming.

The Seven Deadly Needs

Literature & Fiction

Don May began his reporting career at the Washington Daily News in 1950. He then worked for United Press International for twenty years, covering foreign and national security policy and later the global economy. This led to a lasting interest in poor countries, especially in Africa. In 1996 Don and his wife, Alison, founded the Salikenni Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit organization that pays tuition for needy boys and girls in one cluster of rural villages in The Gambia in West Africa, sponsoring students from middle school through four years of university. This book tells the story of that project, its successes and failures, focusing on the students, who yearn for education but must overcome huge obstacles to achieve it.

An African Education: From Village School to Cap and Gown, a History of the Salikenni Scholarship Fund

Education & Teaching

May, Donald H.

Schools & Teaching

￼CHILDHOOD SUMMERS ON THE ST. CROIX RIVER IN MINNESOTA. Alan Emmet is looked after by a flinty trio of strong-minded women, almost as if she had three mothers. Her imagination is fired by their tales of pioneering ancestors, including the great-grandmother who hid her children in the asparagus patch when Indians invaded their lonely prairie dwelling. Emmet's favorite aunt scoffs at convention, reads poetry to her, and makes all the cousins lie naked in the sun each day. Another aunt introduces her to jazz and fancy cars. Daredevil Uncle Archie lives to fish and travels the world but can't hold a job. Always listening, Emmet hears her mother and aunts talk about their childhood friend, Scott Fitzgerald, and the expatriate maiden aunt who's left them her jewels. She hears an aging sophisticate describe watching Lindbergh land in Paris. She returns often with her husband and children to the unchanged but always moving river, a place that enfolds them all.

Our Side of the River: a Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Emmet, Alan

Historical

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