An Invincible Summer Within is a book of sessions of contemplation (meditation) practice. It is for anyone who wants to be happy and good, for beginners or "experts," religious believers or secular humanists. It is for young adults (the pious and the "nones") and adults, for professors, students, campus ministers, dancers, carpenters, lawyers, plumbers, teachers, corporate workers-all who seek to be happy and good. It is for use alone or in circles...

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “A searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister’s murderer to justice years after the fact” (The Boston Globe), from “one of Mexico’s greatest living writers” (Jonathan Lethem).
 
“Part memoir, part true-crime story, Garza’s chronicle is both personal and political.”—The...

"In the early hours of July 16, 1990, Liliana Rivera Garza was murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend. A life full of promise and hope, cut tragically short, Liliana's story instead became subsumed into Mexico's dark and relentless history of domestic violence. With Liliana's case file abandoned by a corrupt criminal justice system, her family, including her older sister Cristina, was forced to process their grief and guilt in private, without any hope...

Learn To Cry In Italian. Angelina and Benjamin find the perfect house, and Valentina worries that her children are trying to distance themselves from her. But then they lose the deal. Dealing with the house drama, Angelina is at first unaware she is pregnant. Now expecting their second child, Angelina learns more than she wanted about Benjamin's past. Has Benjamin tired of Angelina already? ----------- The Rock & the Rose Saga An Italian exploration...

So I had a problem. I felt like a peach. But aspired to be a coconut. Unsurprisingly, I concluded I was ill-equipped for life, doomed to feel exposed to outside variables. It felt like an unstoppable blizzard was constantly blowing through me. My mind was full of long, dark winter days. And peaches don't fare well in winter. Then, one day, I realized I did not need to be a coconut. In the midst of winter, I found within me an invincible summer. I...

Trouble navigating friendships and social interactions? Managing what society throws at us can be hard, so how do some people do so more easily than others?Visualize yourself as a confident and capable individual, equipped to handle life's daily interactions with comfort and ease. With stress and fear behind you, you can now better appreciate life's blessings. What if you really could decrease tension related to troublesome social situations?Maybe...

"A reflection on human resilience and nature's ability to teach, inspire, and heal after an unexpected life upheaval. One Hundred Daffodils is told through the lens of the author's personal experiences with grief and heartbreak on her journey toward self-discovery and empowerment"--

"A once idyllic American landscape is home to a closely knit, rural community that, for more than a generation, has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming that had been making them sick and damaging their homes. After years of frustration and futile attempts to bring about change, an impassioned cadre of local residents, led by a team of intrepid and dedicated lawyers, brought suit against one of the world's most powerful corporations-and,...

"The Civil War is in its third year with no end in sight. On every front, the Confederate armies seem to be invincible. At the recent Battle of Chancellorsville the combination of Robert E. Lee and “Stonewall Jackson” is once again victorious. The much larger Army of the Potomac has been defeated and is in retreat. But Private Henry Fleming of the 304th New York Volunteers, the “youth” who ran away in Stephen Crane’s novel, The Red Badge...