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Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
by Maitland A. Edey Donald C. JohansenThe dramatic discovery of our oldest human ancestor and the controversial change it makes in our view of human origins<P><P> Winner of the National Book Award
Creativity: Where the Divine and the Human Meet
by Matthew Fox"I do not know any area of human potential more important if we are to be a sustainable species again. Creativity, when all is said and done, may be the best thing our species has going for it. It is also the most dangerous. I explore creativity here in the following manner: First I ask: How essential is creativity to our human nature? Chapters 1 and 2 explore this question: chapter 1 by exposing pseudo-meanings of being human, chapter 2 by proposing that creativity is our real nature. Creativity constitutes the very meaning of being human, and our powers of creativity distinguish us from other species. Evil, as well as profound goodness, transpires through our creativity. Chapter 3 poses the question: "Where does creativity comes from?" Chapter 4 speaks of the Divine imagination that takes us into our creativity, as mystics have always taught and recognized. Chapter 5 considers two myths about creativity and its consequences: the Prometheus-Hercules myth and the Adam-Jesus Christ myth. Chapter 6 considers the obstacles to creativity that must be removed for creativity to flow-what is holding us back? Chapter 7 asks how we can tap more fully into our creative power, and chapter 8 speaks to cultural benefits that will flow when we bring creativity to bear on education, everyday life and relationships, politics and worship. Creativity assists us to move as a species to our next level of evolution. When we consider creativity, we are considering the most elemental and innermost and deeply spiritual aspects of our beings. The great thirteenth-century mystic Meister Eckhart asks: "What is it that remains?" And his answer is: "That which is inborn in me remains." That which we give birth to from our depths is that which lives on after us. That which is inborn in us constitutes our most intimate moments-intimate with self, intimate with God the Creative Spirit, and intimate with others."
Hand in Glove (Roderick Alleyn #22)
by Ngaio MarshInspector Roderick Alleyn must query the guests of an outrageous party, after a well-known barrister is murdered in a particularly brutal fashion.
God's Promises for Your Every Need
by A. L. GillUsing the King James Version of the Holy Bible as his reference, Dr. Gill gathers Scriptures together for a variety of subject such as personal peace, Jesus as forgiveness, Jesus as your righteousness and many more. This is a useful tool for subject studies of popular Christian topics.
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
by Michael LewisA biography of the founder of Netscape serves as a illustration of the profound changes in the 1980s due to the Internet.
Zen Rock Gardening
by Abd al-Hayy MooreThrough Zen philosophy, we can experience the large in the small. And in a grain of sand, we may glimpse the meaning of the world. Follow the path of the Zen rock garden. Learn to open your eyes and mind, and experience a new way of seeing.
Klingsor's Last Summer
by Hermann Hesse3 short stories by the famous author: A Child's Heart, Klein and Wagner, and Klingsor's Last Summer.
Familiar Faces: Best Contemporary American Short Stories
by Pat McneesStories by Doris Betts, Ann Beattie, Bruce Jay Friedman, Ernest J. Gaines, Peter Taylor, Rosellen Brown, Donald Barthelme, Flannery O'Connor, Joyce Carol Oates, Bernard Malamud, and more.
Resurrection Day
by Brendan DuboisIt's October 1972, 10 years since the Cuban missile crisis erupted into a full-blown nuclear war between the US and the USSR. The USSR is decimated, and the US is a shell of her former self...
Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn #12)
by Ngaio MarshFour quarrelsome patriots get 'spy fever' and their amateurish efforts result in a murder that Inspector Alleyn investigates.
The Molecule Men
by Fred Hoyle Geoffrey HoyleTwo novels, The Molecule Men and The Monster of Loch Ness, by the father and son astronomer team.
Nine Stories
by J. D. SalingerA Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, Just Before the War with the Eskimos, The Laughing Man, Down at the Dinghy, For Esme ... with Love and Squalor, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period, and Teddy.
Lords of the Middle Dark (Book 1 of The Rings of the Master)
by Jack L. ChalkerThe key to humankind's liberation lay in the hands of a very unlikely group of heroes.
Pirates of the Thunder (Book 2 of The Rings of the Master)
by Jack L. ChalkerThey were renegades now, running for their lives, and searching for the five gold rings that could win their freedom.
God's Children
by Harold CoyleA tale of high-tech warfare set in the near future, this is the story of the 3rd Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion of the 13th Infantry, and 2 young officers who attempt to keep the peace.
The Age of Uncertainty
by John Kenneth GalbraithThe book traces how ideas of economists and social philosophers shape actions and events even when we are unaware of their sources.
Sense and Nonsense: A Study in Human Communication
by Alfred FleishmanA book on semantics and how to improve general communication.
Deadly Grace
by Taylor SmithOn a cold winter night in a small Minnesota town in 1979, Grace Meade is killed and her house is set ablaze. Incredibly, the prime suspect is her own daughter Jillian.
Professor Dowell's Head
by Alexander Beliaev Antonina W. BouisBy the best-selling Soviet sci-fi author, the scientific world mourned the loss of Professor Dowell. It was said that just before his death, he was on the verge of a breakthrough in human organ transplantation.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
by Dylan ThomasThis volume of autobiographical stories shows Thomas' waggish humor at its best.
The Set-Up
by Paul ErdmanOn a routine visit to an international bank in Switzerland, Charles Black, the just-retired Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, finds himself in jail.
Mental Health: Culture, Race and Ethnicity
by US Department of Health and Human ServicesA supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Cross-cultural comparisons of blacks, North American Indians, Asian-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and whites.
Un Largo Atardecer
by Sandra BrownPerseguidos por sus respectivos recuerdos, Lydia y Ross se dirigen a Texas en una caravana. El destino ha elegido una peculiar manera de unirlos.
The Pendragon
by Catherine ChristianThe glorious life and death of Arthur, King of Britain, recounted by Belvedere, his friend since boyhood, his fellow knight and companion-im-arms.