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Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation
Larry Rosenberg
Shambhala, 2004
Anapanasati in plain English
Breath by Breath is an outstanding and seamless synthesis of interventions and talks that Rosenberg held about the Buddhist sutra (i.e., text) on the 'awareness on breathing' during his thirty-year teaching experience at Vipassana retreats and courses. Rosenberg style ...
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Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity (Study Guide Edition)
Nancy R. Pearcey
Crossway Books, 2005
Must Read
One of the most important books about our culture written in the last couple decades. It is deep content but easy to read.
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What Paul Really Said About Women: The Apostle's Liberating Views on Equality in Marriage, Leadership, and ...
John T. Bristow
HarperOne, 1991
Oh, the Freedom...
I admit, Paul was not a particular favorite of mine when I first read his words about women. I've believed in equality between the sexes for a long time now, but it was not until I came across this book that I discovered that Paul may actually have agreed with me on ...
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Shadow Dance: Liberating the Power & Creativity of Your Dark Side
David Richo
Shambhala, 1999
One of the BEST books I have ever read !!!
This book is excellent. I have read many self-improvement type books; most of them are written well but are superficial, or are deep and insightful, but are not written well at all. This book by Richio is the exception - it is well written AND very deep and ...
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Jivamukti Yoga: Practices for Liberating Body and Soul
Sharon Gannon, David Life
Ballantine Books, 2002
Amazing
This book is wonderful! I'm so energized from reading such accessible information about the basis of yoga. The chapter on ahimsa is incredible and has helped me go back to veganism, which has been a struggle for me the past couple of years. Now I've been reminded of ...
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Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
Nancy Pearcey
Crossway Books, 2008
A Must-Read
I have often lamented the overuse of the term "life-changing" amongst Christians. It is not unusual to hear people walk away from a particularly captivating sermon or conference saying "that changed my life!" The real measure and test of life change is time, for only ...
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Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within
Kenny Werner
Jamey Aebersold, 1996
News flash *practicing is not for getting better*
Easily the best part of the book, though it's clear that some readers found it difficult to grasp. One reviewer described it as "practicing thoughtlessly." This couldn't be further from the truth.
Effortless Mastery deals with negative mindsets that plague musicians ...
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Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes
John Shelby Spong
HarperOne, 1997
Notes on "Liberating the Gospels"
COMMENTARY: Bishop Spong presents a compelling case for considering that the three synoptic Gospels were lectionaries written so that the Jewish believers in Christ could relate the deeds and teachings of Jesus to the readings of the Torah at their synagogue ...
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The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius(tm)
Mary-Elaine Jacobsen
Ballantine Books, 2000
Great book to embrace your "everyday genius"
"Of course you're different. You're intense, complex, and driven because you're gifted." ~ Mary-Elaine Jacobsen, Psy.D. from "The Gifted Adult"
"The Gifted Adult." This may be a book that you missed despite the fact that it is read by many people all over the world. ...
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Recovery of Your Inner Child: The Highly Acclaimed Method for Liberating Your Inner Self
Lucia Capacchione
Fireside, 1991
Great resource for the discovery of your inner child!
This is one of the best books I've read on how to discover your inner child. It has many excercises to use to "talk" to your inner child. It showed me how to have a first hand experience with my inner child...and to actually feel the emotions. By writting and drawing ...
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Ideas Are Free: How the Idea Revolution Is Liberating People and Transforming Organizations
Alan G Robinson, Dean M Schroeder
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006
Great Book on Idea Programs
Since my company has an idea program which I believe could be improved, I've read this book. It's short and to the point. It addresses the importance of small ideas for the improvement of the company and the engagement of its employees. It accompanies most of the ...
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Liberating the Corporate Soul : Building a Visionary Organization
Richard Barrett
Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998
A Quantum Leap in Compassionate Corporate Transformation
In his visionary and hopeful book, Global Mind Change, The Promise of the 21st Century (1990), futurist Willis Harman observed that we are in the midst of the greatest social shift since the Middle Ages, a change in the actual belief structure of Western society. As ...
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Breaking the Rules: Liberating Writers Through Innovative Grammar Instruction
Edgar H. Schuster
Heinemann, 2003
Best grammar book I have ever read!
Breaking the Rules: Liberating writers through innovative grammar instruction, by Edgar H. Schuster, could not be a more awesome grammar book. He truly follows his title by breaking the time-old traditional grammar rules. This is by far the most innovative grammar ...
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Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome
R. Kent Hughes, Barbara Hughes
Crossway Books, 2008
Proper Perspective for Evaluating Ministry
It is so easy to miss what God would consider fruitful and faithful ministry by falling prey to the worldly ways success is measured. Every pastor and Christian worker should read this book. Dr. Sandy Shoemaker
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Freedom Is: Liberating Your Boundless Potential
Brandon Bays
New World Library, 2007
Freedom is available for you!
ASIN:1577316002 Freedom Is: Liberating Your Boundless Potential
This book can truly set you free. Read a chapter at a time, doing the exercise at the end of the chaper, and you will see amazing results. If there was a ten star rating, thats how I would rate it. It ...
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