Wednesday, February 29, 2012

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway arrived in Paris in 1921. It was during these years that the as of yet unpublished young writer gathered the material for his first novel, THE SUN ALSO RISES.

Among these small reflective sketches are unforgettable encounters with the members of Hemingway's slightly ragtime circle of artists and writers some fated to also achieve fame and glory and others to fall into obscurity.

A MOVEABLE FEAST is at once an elegy to the remarkable group of expatriates that gathered in Paris during the twenties and a testament to the risks and rewards of the writerly life.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Paris Wife by Paula McClain

This is a remarkable novel about Ernest Hemingway's first marriage. It is a heartbreaking portrayal of love and torn loyalty. The novel is all the more poignant because in the end, Hemingway wrote that he would rather have died than fallen in love with anyone but Hadley.

Monday, February 6, 2012

My Year With Eleanor by Noelle Hancock

Painfully timid as a child, Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated herself to facing her fears, a commitment that shaped the rest of her life. With Eleanor as her guide, Noelle spends the months leading up to her thirtieth birthday pursuing a Year of Fear." From shark diving to fighter pilot lessons, from tap dancing and stand-up comedy to confronting old boyfriends, her hilarious and harrowing adventures teach her about who she is, and what she can become, lessons that she makes vital for all of us.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

This is a fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present. It is a prophetic voice that remains surprisingly contemporary, both in its particular forecasts and in its general tone of semiserious alarm.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Tenth Door By Michele Hebert

Michele Hebert recounts the stunning story of her spiritual training with legendary yoga master Walt Baptiste. Journeying with her, you are transported from San Francisco through a year-long stint of near solitude in the jungles of El Salvador, as the country moves from seeming tranquility to revolution. In this exotic venue, she comes face to face with challenges that test her devotion, her carefully cultivated yoga discipline, and even her earthly existence.

This unexpectedly humorous and intimate story transcends the world of physical yoga and explores its deep, ancient mysteries. The lessons that she learns from Walt Baptiste's brilliant but often unorthodox methods are at the heart of her memoir, which illuminates timeless teachings and authentic practices in a tale that is as accessible as it is captivating.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Free to Love, Free to Heal by David Simon

The author guides you on a five step process that has helped me to release my emotional pain, find freedom from the past, and reclaim my health and happiness. We must identify, mobilize, and release the life-damaging beliefs, that contribute o anxiety, addictive behaviors, chronic pain, depression, obesity, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome and many more emotional and physical health problems.

The reader must be prepared to become an active partner in her own healing journey.

This book will help you to heal your emotions and your body.

A must read!!!!!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

How To Get What You Want and Want What You Get by Joel Gray

This book presents a brilliantly innovative program for achieving personal success. The wisdom and techniques in these pages enabled me to feel greater joy, love, confidence and peace. I learned:
*Your experience of the world reflects your inner state.
*When you aren't getting what you need, you are always looking in the wrong direction.
*Find your soul's desire and start getting everything that you want.
*Material success can only make you happy if you are already happy.
*The power to get what you want comes from confidence, positive feeling and desire.
*You have the power to change. No one can do it for you.

YOU HAVE TO WORK AT CREATING THE LIFE THAT YOU WANT!!!!!