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Previews & Reviews of New Books, Recordings & Apps for Body, Mind & Soul Spotlight on Local Authors Other New Releases Apps Gifts for Children CDs DVDs Reviews SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL AUTHORS A Glimpse of Heaven: The Philosophy of True Health, by Dr. Glen Hepker, $13.95, 120 pages, available at Amazon.com -- A Glimpse of Heaven features the ancient Bright Beautiful School of Thought, or Ming Chia, a philosophy that supports the theory that the quality of our … [Read more...]
Midwest Authors: Soul to Soul: Poems, Prayers and Stories to End a Yoga Class, compiled and edited by John Mundahl (Red Elixir), 202 pages, $16.95 Soul to Soul is a beautiful collection of inspiring selections that will add zest, depth, humor and tears to your yoga class. Enjoy quotes from the Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle, Thich Nhat Hanh, Shakti Gawain, Swami Kripalu, Mother Teresa, David Frawley and others. Honoring many cultures, spiritual traditions and spiritual masters, it's the perfect … [Read more...]
Books that support Body, Mind & Soul LOCAL AUTHORS The Promise of Surfing Rainbows: Opening Your Energy Flow Attracts a Treasured Life, by P.D.M. Dolce (Balboa Press), 236 pages, $23.95 Positive thinking can go a long way, but how do we translate our thoughts into true change in our lives? The Promise of Surfing Rainbows, a new book by P.D.M. Dolce, reveals the crucial link between two widely accepted methods for improving life, resulting in an approach that can bring immediate results. … [Read more...]
BOOKS SoulPancake: Chew on Life's Big Questions, by Rainn Wilson, Devon Gundry, Golriz Lucina and Shabnam Mogharabi (Hyperion), 224 pages, $19.99 Can men and women really be " just friends? If you only had one hour left to live, how would you spend it? What paralyzes your creativity? What fuels it? Somewhere over the course of history, chewing on Life's Big Questions lost its cool factor. Fortunately for mankind, Rainn Wilson (best known for playing Dwight Schrute on NBC's "The Office") and … [Read more...]
at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, 612.822.4611, www.magersandquinn.com January 21, 7:30 p.m. -- Heidi Durrow reads from The Girl Who Fell From the Sky -- This searing and heart-wrenching portrait of a young biracial girl dealing with society's ideas of race and class -- winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction manuscript addressing issues of social justice -- will be available in paperback on January 11. Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and … [Read more...]
Awaken to Joy, by Laura Erdman-Luntz (Xlibris), 135 pages, $19.99 -- What if joy was tangible...with specific, easily defined steps you could take to create it for yourself? It is! What if we could shift our attitude by just making some small changes in what we do in our everyday life? You can! This book is your guide to helping you move beyond the ordinary and showing you how to bring greater peace into your life, creating more open and loving relationships with your friends and family, finding … [Read more...]
at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, 612.822.4611, www.magersandquinn.com November 10, 7:30 p.m. - Gene Stone discusses The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick - He will be joined by special guest Dan Beuttner, author of The Blue Zones and Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way. Gene Stone is a bestselling health-savvy journalist who's investigated virtually every form of regimen, diagnostic test, therapy and fad. His new book The Secrets of People … [Read more...]
at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, 612.822.4611, www.magersandquinn.com October 7, 7:30 p.m. - Karen Casey discusses Let Go Now: Embracing Detachment - So many of us spend so much time enmeshed in other people's problems, trying to solve or change them, that we don't really know where we begin and they end. Not reacting to people or situations that provoke us is not an easy skill to develop. Even the idea that someone else can make us feel happy (or … [Read more...]
The following author events will take place at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, 612.822.4611, www.magersandquinn.com • September 12 at 4 p.m. - Julie Doxsee and Paula Cisewski, two great poets - one from Istanbul, one from Minneapolis - read from their new poetry. Born in London, Ontario, Julie Doxsee is a professor of writing and literature at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey. She is the author of Objects for a Fog Death (Black Ocean, 2010) and … [Read more...]
Editor's note: The author of this interview, a noted publicist, passed away suddenly shortly after submitting this piece for publication. We honor the passion and love that he shared throughout his life. The Barn Dance is James Twyman's 13th book, and his most personal to date. Though known internationally as The Peace Troubadour and the author of many bestselling books like Emissary of Light and The Moses Code, the Twin Cities native became even more well known when the news of his … [Read more...]
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