The Stories Behind the Poses: The Indian mythology that inspired 50 yoga postures
By: Raj Balkaran
4.46
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Discover the traditional stories and wisdom behind your favourite yoga poses in this stunningly ill…
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1. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
By: Atul Gawande
4.49
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine … read more
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"Endings matter, not just for the person but, perhaps even more, for the ones left behind."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Death, of course, is not a failure. Death is normal. Death may be the enemy, but it is also the natural order of things."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"He moved his line in the sand. This is what it means to have autonomy -- you may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with …"-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2. A Year of Marvellous Ways
By: Sarah Winman
3.87
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Cornwall, 1947. Marvellous Ways is a ninety-year-old woman who's lived alone in a remote creek for … read more
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"Coming back from the dead is not quite the same as coming back to life."-Sarah Winman, A Year of Marvellous Ways
3. Tantra Illuminated
By: Christopher D. Wallis
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Tantra Illuminated takes the reader on a fascinating journey to the very heart of Tantra: its key t… read more
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4. On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
By: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Written by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler--Ross this book explores the five stages of death: denial and isola… read more
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"Education makes you humble, it doesn't make you proud."-Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
"We often tend to ignore how much of a child is still in all of us."-Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
"Religious patients seemed to differ little from those without a religion."-Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth—and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up—that we will begin to live each day to the fullest."-Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
5. Light on Yoga
By: B.K.S. Iyengar , Yehudi Menuhin
3.66
Format: 296 pages,
Light on Yogahas become the bible for hundreds of thousands of people who practice Yoga daily with … read more
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6. Meditation for the Love of It: Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience
By: Sally Kempton
4.20
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Meditation is like a love affair with your innermost self. At times it can be ecstatic and entranci… read more
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7. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
By: Matt Ridley
3.71
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queenfrom Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep r… read more
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8. The Yoga Sutras
By: Patañjali , Satchidananda
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
This valuable book provides a complete manual for the study and practice of Raja Yoga, the path of … read more
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9. The Dhammapada
By: Anonymous , Thich Nhat Hanh , None , None
3.43
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
The Dhammapada (Pali; Prakrit: dhmmpd Dhammapada; Sanskrit: dhrmpd Dharmapada) is a collection of s… read more
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10. The Power of Myth
By: Joseph Campbell , Bill Moyers
4.26
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work.… read more
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"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
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"Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
11. The Yamas Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice
By: Deborah Adele
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
The first two limbs of the eight-fold path of yoga sutras--the basic text for classical yoga--are e… read more
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12. Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
By: Sadhguru
3.86
Format: 256 pages,
The latest book, Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy, is published by Spiegel & Grau/Random Ho… read more
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13. Myths of the Asanas: The Stories at the Heart of the Yoga Tradition
By: Alanna Kaivalya , Shiva Rea , Sharon Gannon , None , None , None
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Practitioners around the world reap the physical benefits of yoga, assuming poses and frequently ca… read more
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14. Have a Little Faith: a True Story
By: Mitch Albom
4.67
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
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15. Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body.
By: Jessamyn Stanley
3.74
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
From the unforgettable teacher Jessamyn Stanley comes Every Body Yoga, a book that breaks all the s… read more
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16. The Turkish Lover: A Memoir
By: Esmeralda Santiago
4.19
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Enthralled admirers of Esmeralda Santiago's memoirs of her childhood have yearned to read more. Now… read more
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17. Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs
By: Muhammad Yunus
3.24
Format: 324 pages,
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18. Yoga Anatomy
By: Leslie Kaminoff , Amy Matthews , None
5.00
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
See inside every yoga pose! With clear, expert instruction and full-color, detailed anatomical draw… read more
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19. This Is Your Mind on Plants
By: Michael Pollan
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In This Is Your Mind on Plants, Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs--opium, caffeine, … read more
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"[Taloma] offered prayers for us and for our troubled country and world. She invoked the spirit of the cactus in teaching us how to heal ourselves and how, once healed, we could better help to heal ot…"-Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants
"The war on drugs is in truth a war on some drugs, their enemy status the result of historical accident, cultural prejudice, and institutional imperative. The taxonomy on behalf of which this war is b…"-Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants
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"There's a parable here somewhere, about the difference between journalism and history. What might appear to be "the story" in the present moment may actually be a distraction from it, a shiny object …"-Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants
20. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
By: Cat Bohannon
4.32
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more
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21. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
By: Kara Cooney
3.69
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cl… read more
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"It should come as no surprise that women need to work doubly hard to prove their right to power. They have to look to their menfolk around them who can support their claim, rather than detract from i…"-Kara Cooney, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
22. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
By: James Nestor
4.15
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matt… read more
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23. Tiger Chair
By: Max Brooks
3.57
Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition
When China invades America, guerrilla warfare explodes on the streets of Los Angeles in this provoc… read more
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24. The Goodbye Cat
By: Hiro Arikawa
3.90
Format: 285 pages, ebook
In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles , se… read more
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"If you can make it in time, you want to say goodbye. Want to say thank you, and I love you."-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat
"If, for instance, I were the one who had to say goodbye, I don’t think I’d want my final hours to be sad. I would want to see my loved ones’ smiles to the very end."-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat
25. Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying
By: Ram Dass
4.45
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
An intimate dialogue between two friends and luminaries on love, death, and the spiritual path, wit… read more
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"We often think that vulnerability is a kind of weakness, but there's a kind of vulnerability that is actually strength and presence."-Ram Dass, Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying
26. Embrace Yoga's Roots
By: Susanna Barkataki
4.27
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Embrace Yoga's Roots is for you if you practice, teach or want to learn yoga and integrate your val… read more
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"You see, to be colonized is to become a stranger in your own land and culture."-Susanna Barkataki, Embrace Yoga's Roots
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27. Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses: A Practical Workbook for Integrating Themes, Ideas, and Inspiration into Your Class
By: Sage Rountree
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Create class themes with yoga philosophy, inspirational quotes, and simple concepts to inspire and … read more
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28. Being Ram Dass
By: Ram Dass
4.60
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
“Ram Dass lived a full life and then some. His final statement is thorough and, yes, enlightening.”… read more
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29. Yoga Mythology: 64 Asanas and Their Stories
By: Devdutt Pattanaik
3.92
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
The popular names of many yogic asanas - from Virbhadra-asana and Hanuman-asana to Matsyendra-asana… read more
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30. The Stories Behind the Poses: The Indian mythology that inspired 50 yoga postures
By: Raj Balkaran
4.46
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Discover the traditional stories and wisdom behind your favourite yoga poses in this stunningly ill… read more
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31. The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Hidden History of Math's Unsung Trailblazers
By: Kate Kitagawa
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A new history of mathematics focusing on the marginalized voices who propelled the discipline, span… read more
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