Spirituality has come a long way since the 1970s, when lots of parents worried that Zen Buddhism was a cult. Lex Hixon, who for seventeen years hosted WBAI 99.5 FM’s Sunday morning radio show, “In the Spirit,” in New York City,... Read More

Part “hard-nosed researcher,” and part “poetic dharma teacher,” Shinzen Young brings fifty years of meditation experience and exploration of the best of what East and West have to offer to bear, showing how science and... Read More

An intimate look at Indian life through the memories of those who lived it, Densmore’s book is richly illustrated. Frances Densmore’s "World of the Teton Sioux Indians" paints a vivid picture of much of pre-reservation tribal life... Read More

Smith introduces audiences to a primordial, pristine, and rapidly vanishing world, with a reminder that its future is in our hands. Some people are lucky enough to know from an early age exactly what they want to do with their lives.... Read More

Kim Ekemar creates an intriguing, complex mystery with brisk pacing and a skillful unraveling of clues. Kim Ekemar’s engaging murder mystery, "The Patricide", brings a troubled French family together for its patriarch’s seventy-fifth... Read More

Smith’s insightful book is an honest and respectful look at the joys, and the costs, one American family experienced as they sought to align their lifestyle with their deepest beliefs. Jeff Smith’s "Becoming Amish" is the intimate... Read More

This book is a must-read for evangelical Christian women working to reconcile their outside work with traditional church teachings. Even in the twenty-first century, the decision to work outside the home can give rise to all kinds of... Read More

Prasad warns against the corruption of a scientific process that must always remain free, open, and democratic. Mukesh Prasad’s A New Science: From Light to Eternity casts aside some commonly accepted theories about the universe to... Read More