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Where the dead pause, and the Japanese say goodbye: a journey
By Marie Mutsuki Mockett. 2015
Mockett's family owns a Buddhist temple near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. After the 2011 disaster at the plant,…
her family was unable to bury her grandfather due to radiation levels. Grieving, Mockett journeys into the radiation zone and investigates death-centered rituals in Japan. 2015El camino de la iluminación (Atria Espanol)
By Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins, His Holiness Dalai Lama, Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho. 2010
Tenzin Gyatso, el decimocuarto Dalai Lama del Tibet, extrae prácticas de meditación del Budismo tradicional para presentar paso a paso…
ejercicios contemplativos diseñados para expandir la capacidad de enriquecimiento espiritual del lector, junto con marcas claras para reconocer su progreso. Traducido de la edición en inglés del Dr. Jeffrey HopkinsQué puedes esperar cuando estás esperando: 4th Edition (What to Expect)
By Heidi Murkoff, Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff. 2010
Bestselling guide that mitigates the confusion surrounding pregnancy and birth by debunking myths that mislead parents, offering explanations of medical…
terms and covering a variety of issues, including prenatal care, birth defects, and amniocentesis. Descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2010The way of the Bodhisattva: a translation of the Bodhicharyāvatāra (Shambhala Classics)
By Shantideva, Śāntideva. 2008
Guide to the practice of meditation using Buddhist principles. Encourages the contemplation of enlightenment to generate the qualities of love,…
compassion, generosity, and patience. Revised from 1997 edition. Includes a foreword by the Dalai Lama. 2006Bumpology: the myth-busting pregnancy book for curious parents-to-be
By Linda Geddes. 2014
Prompted by her own first pregnancy, science journalist investigates old wives' tales, news reports, and governmental regulations surrounding pregnancy and…
childbirth. Covers nutrition, body reactions, exercise, the birth process, newborns, sleep, breastfeeding, subsequent pregnancies, and more. Expanded from a fourteen-part series originally published by New Scientist. 2013In search of the Christian Buddha: how an Asian sage became a medieval saint
By Donald S. Lopez, Peggy McCracken. 2014
Two scholars explore the medieval Christian tale of Barlaam and Josaphat, which, they propose, is actually the story of Siddhartha…
Gautama--the Buddha--the telling of which slowly evolved in cultural retellings as travelers made their way along the Silk Road to the West. 2014Labor day: true birth stories by today's best women writers
By Eleanor Henderson, Anna Solomon. 2014
Thirty writers describe their own experiences of giving birth. Discuss overcoming infertility, feeling frustration about medical staff attitudes and derailed…
birth plans, having twins after miscarriage, and the thrill of finishing labor and meeting their babies. Contributors include Ann Hood, Dani Shapiro, Julia Glass, and Cheryl Strayed. Strong language. 2014Otherhood: modern women finding a new kind of happiness
By Melanie Notkin. 2014
Fortysomething New York City writer and entrepreneur examines the growing number of women who are remaining childless, usually by situational…
chance rather than choice or infertility. Discusses society's preconceptions of such women, a possible sociological basis for the phenomenon, and coping techniques. 2014Médico y autor de superventas Deepak Chopra explora lo que él considera los secretos de la felicidad. Propone tomando conciencia…
del cuerpo, descubriendo la verdadera autoestima, desintoxicando la vida, dejando de tener la razón, concentrando en el presente, descubriendo el mundo dentro de nosotros, y viviendo para la iluminación. Traducido del InglésCuando todo se derrumba: palabras sabias para momentos difíciles
By Pema Chodron, Pema Chödrön. 2012
American Buddhist nun describes applying her religion's philosophy to achieve happiness. Explains using eight worldly dharma or basic Buddhist beliefs…
to communicate, experience difficult emotions, and become compassionate. Spanish language. 1998Call the midwife: a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times (The Midwife Trilogy #1)
By Jennifer Worth. 2012
Autobiography of woman who trained as a nurse/midwife and served in London's impoverished East End during the 1950s. Describes her…
sheltered background, life in an Anglican convent, and long hours among poverty-stricken patients. Basis for the PBS series. 2002Origins: how the nine months before birth shape the rest of our lives
By Annie Murphy Paul. 2010
Science writer explores the field of fetal origins. Includes Paul's interviews with scientists, anecdotes from her own pregnancies, and research…
on the lifelong effects of gestational influences. Traces our evolving understanding of prenatal issues such as diet and nutrition, stress, environmental toxins, exercise, and drug and alcohol use. 2010Savor: mindful eating, mindful life
By Thich Nhat Hanh, Lilian Cheung, Nhất Hạnh. 2010
Zen Buddhist master Nhat Hanh and Harvard nutritionist Cheung offer a diet and meditation guide that encourages one to obtain…
a healthy weight. Describe a ten-week plan for gradual changes using the concept of mindfulness. 2010You are here: discovering the magic of the present moment
By Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin Kohn, Nhất Hạnh. 2009
Zen Buddhist monk, author of The Art of Power (DB 66111), asserts that mindfulness--fully experiencing the here and now--can transform…
our lives. Offers meditation practices that he says cultivate awareness, heal emotional pain, and lead to happiness and peace. Originally published in French. 2009Writing down the bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Shambhala library)
By Natalie Goldberg. 2010
Author, lecturer, and Zen practitioner encourages people to use writing to comprehend the value of their lives. Offers suggestions for…
creating a mindset and selecting locations that are conducive to writing. Discusses necessary materials and covers points of grammar. Expanded edition of 1986 publication. 2005Two is enough: a couple's guide to living childless by choice
By Laura S. Scott. 2009
Scott, the founder of the Childless by Choice Project, researches the motives of couples who choose to remain child-free and…
their decision-making processes. Analyzes results of a survey taken to determine the top eighteen reasons people do not have kids. 2009You having a baby: the owner's manual to a happy and healthy pregnancy
By Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, Mehmet Oz. 2009
Physicians Roizen and Oz, authors of the "You" medical books, offer a layman's guide to pregnancy. They describe fetal development…
and maternal health; cover nutrition, hormones, medications, exercise, and stress; and discuss labor, delivery, and the first month of the infant's life. 2009Erased: missing women, murdered wives
By Marilee Strong, Mark Powelson. 2008
Drawing upon her research of the Scott and Laci Peterson case, journalist Strong explores more than fifty similar murders she…
terms "eraser killings." Describes well-planned intimate-partner homicides that employed soft-kill methods and left no evidence to link the murderer to his victim. Some violence and some strong language. 2008Boy on the lion throne: the childhood of the 14th Dalai Lama
By Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, Thomas J. Csordas. 2009
Follows the early years of Lhamo Thondup (born 1935), who was recognized as the fourteenth Dalai Lama at age two.…
Discusses his transition from simple mountain boy to spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Explains the politics and events that led to his exile. For grades 4-7. 2008The art of waiting: on fertility, medicine, and motherhood
By Belle Boggs. 2016
In her new book The Art of Waiting, author Belle Boggs ponders the nature of reproduction in modern America, which…
is of necessity a means of pondering the nature of family, which in turn is a means of pondering the nature of intimacy and love. The word 'infertility' is no longer a single word but is transformed into a thousand stories and a thousand possible families--thwarted, growing, reimagined. Unrated