Sometimes recommending a book to someone can be like setting a friend up with a blind date. Well, maybe not that bad, but you get the idea. You feel a personal sense of responsibility if they don’t like the book. So in addition to Will (as in Shakespeare), all of our dear Miss Jane Austen’s writings, and A.A. Milne’s complete Winnie the Pooh, here are some other books that shape my world. (Also, I have included an abbreviated book summary. Very abbreviated, Ernest Hemingway would be proud.)
Books about Health and Healing:
“A Different Kind of Health” by Blair Justice – Doing something good for someone else can make you healthier.
“The Dance of Anger”, “The Dance of Intimacy” by H.Lerner-Goldhor – These books helped save my life during some very dark times.
Interior Design:
“Feng Shui with What You Have” by Spurill and Watson – Clutter equals stress and chaos, surround yourself with things that bring you joy.
Great Business Books:
“How to Swim with the Sharks” by Harvey McKay – Little things don’t mean a lot, they mean Everything.
“Strategic Selling” by Miller, Heiman, and Tuleja - People are only motivated to buy to seek pleasure, reduce pain.
A Damned Good Read:
“Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follet - Cathedral building in the Middle Ages and you will not be able to put it down, I kid you not.
Spirituality:
“Man and His Symbols” by Carl Jung – The Collective Unconscious will be blow your mind and expand your perception of the human experience. Just the pictures alone in this book are fascinating and intriguing.
“The Way of the Sufi” – Short, sweet stories on living a mindful life from 2000 years ago.
“The Zen of Martial Arts” by Joe Hyams – There is strength in flexibility, power in yielding.
Thank you for checking out what’s on my bookshelf, and I would love to hear about any good books that you enjoy.
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3 comments:
Carl Jung rocks! I'm totally going to read the fung shui one too. I have been living by the "my material world is just that" strategy. Not working...would like some calm spaces!
"Pillars of the Earth" sounds very interesting...
On my shelf...
"A Midwife's Tale" by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich- the real journal of an 18th century midwife
"Freethinkers" by Susan Jacoby, nonfiction book about the history of agnosticism in the US, especially when it was quite popular during the turn of the century
"Nursing Against the Odds" by Suzanne Gordon- a must-read for every nurse and everyone who wants to understand the nursing shortage in acute care
"Let Your Life Speak" by Parker J Palmer, finding a career path Quaker style
"On Writing" by Stephen King- I'm not a fan of the horror genre, but this is the best book about writing I've ever read
"Awakening the Buddha Within" by Lama Surya Das- the book I turn to for spiritual comfort as a non-Christian
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