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The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife

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by: Marianne Williamson

January 31, 2008
If you are in midlife and not wholly happy with your life, read this book. This book is meant to empower.

Marianne Williamson asks us: "How would we live were we not afraid of death? How would we live if we felt full permission from ourselves and others to give to life everything we've got?"

With those thoughts in mind, Williamson guides the reader to go after the life they want; to be proactive. Only when "we go for it" do we flourish.
Midlife is what you create. We are not too old to change, if anything, with age comes knowledge, Williamson counsels.

Williamson believes midlife is another stage of life and should be celebrated as such--not unlike the transition from childhood into teenager. She ... Read More:

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Infidel

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by: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

March 03, 2008
It's rare to find autobiography as absorbing as this. Not only because of the author's unusual path from the desert of Somalia to the USA via the Netherlands, but also on account of the absorbing writing style. Clear and descriptive, the narrative of her eventful life had a profound impact on this reader. Born and raised in Somalia, Ayaan spent part of her youth in neighboring countries like Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Kenya, recounting what it was like to live there through the eyes of a child.

She gives a lively account of the history of Somalia under the dictatorship of Siad Barre, explaining the clan system and comparing the relaxed Muslim practice in that country with the rigidy of Saudi Arabia and the hypocrisy and racism that go along ... Read More:

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Benedictus: A Book of Blessings

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by: John O'Donohue

November 05, 2007
John O'Donohue's death earlier this year was a sad, sad loss.
Heard him at Greenbelt in 2007 and he was simply awesome.

If you've not read any of his books, then I would not advise you starting with this one. Start with Anam Cara, which in my view is his masterpiece.

This book of blessings will make much more sense after you've read Anam Cara and perhaps one of his other books first, like Eternal Echoes.

If you have read one of his earlier books then this book will be a treasured resource for you to dip in and out of. John O'Donohue is a wordsmith of the highest order and his turn of phrase is delightful.

He covers themes such as Beginnings, Desires, Thresholds, Homecomings, States of Heart, Callings ... Read More:

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Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life

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by: Marshall B. Rosenberg

September 01, 2003
I've read this book four times and what still strikes me is Marshall Rosenberg's assertion that we are always trying to meet our basic human needs. I've been trying to relate to myself and other people in this way now for several years, and I've found that I really am more deeply connected with myself, my partner, my children and the people around me. I'm still working on the language part.

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Atkins Made Easy: The First 2 Weeks

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by: Atkins Health & Medical Information Services

January 05, 2004
I think this diet is absolutly amazing..

I suffer with PCOS and have always had trouble with my weight. When I discovered this I managed to lose 6 stone in 8 months....I'm still big and continuing to lose weight...but it makes you so confident...doesn't make you hungry...gives you so much energy..you can eat as much as you want...its just truely amazing...

I've never suffered any health problems...my blood pressure is back to normal and I just cant believe how much this diets improved my ways of life..

I've never tried any other diet after this one... 5 stars to Atkins..

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We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us

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by: Allison DuBois

July 02, 2007
I bought this for my wife, we are both interested in this kind of thing but my wife has read book after book about afterlife and angels etc since our daughter died 2 years ago. she couldn't put Allison's book down, she cried reading the parts about children, (obviously) but the way Allison writes in a very gentle and calming way, it put my wife's mind at a bit more ease that Caitlin is still around us, she even began to feel her presance when she knew what signs to look for after reading this fantastic volume. I've since bought her all of Allison's books.

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God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?

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by: John Lennox

September 01, 2007
I found this book very helpful. I knew random bits about science and evolution, but didn't really know how that fits in with my believe in God, and if it fits in at all. This book really helped me to put everything in perspective.
He is very objective, and doesn't at all try to convert non-believers. He just explains science, so that I, a non-scientist, can understand it, and how it ties in with religion.
This was a really helpful book. I didn't regret buying it for one second!!

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How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth

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by: Gordon D. Fee, Douglas Stuart

November 01, 2003
This is certainly a good introduction to reading and studying the Bible. It is not the sort of book you would read from cover to cover in one go; but rather a book that you would delve into as and when you need to some guidance on a particular genre of literature.

When this book was originally publish it was quite dry, but the latest edition has been made more readable.

The recommended commentary list in the back of the book is not the best. For better help on choosing commentaries see my other reviews.

In the original book there was a definite bias towards the NIV as the best translation. This has been replaced by the TNIV as the best translation for Bible study. I have no problem about authors having a preference for a particular translation. ... Read More:

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Mindfulness for Beginners

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by: Jon Kabat-Zinn

August 31, 2006
I wanted to provide a review as a counter-balance to the other, more positive reviews.
I am currently reading 'Full Catastrophe Living' and purchased the CD to help me practice meditation. To be honest, I wish I'd stuck to just the book! Jon seems like a lovely, compassionate man but I find him incredibly annoying!
I tried the 'eating meditation' first and could not stop myself from giggling everytime he said the word 'raisin'! I love the New York accent but, unfortunately, I do not find it relaxing. His constant repetition, particularly of the words 'moment...by moment...by moment...by moment...by moment' (you get the picture!) is irritating beyond belief. A lot of the time I just wsished he'd shut up and leave me to it! I suspect Jon likes the sound of his own voice - certainly ... Read More:

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Archangel Oracle Cards

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by: Doreen Virtue

April 30, 2004
Beautiful cards that connect on a spiritual level offering knowledge and comfort.

They have provoded me with answers and reassurance to recent traumatic circumstances and although I believe in Angels, I was sceptical about Angel cards ---
However they deliver the answers or point the way