New World Library Unshelved

Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader evolved out of Marc Lesser’s work helping to create Search Inside Yourself, a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence program at Google. In this transformative book, he distills a lifetime of contemplative practice and business experience into seven simple, powerful practices for optimizing mindful leadership at work, as well as living a full and meaningful life:

In tribute to Zuzu, the beloved little Bombay pussycat he took as his teacher, author Tony Broadbent has collected some of Zuzu’s insights in his enchanting new book, The Timeless Teachings of Guru Zuzu. He has coupled them with illustrations that celebrate all cats, in the simple hope that you, too, may find in them some small measure of enlightenment for the way ahead. Enjoy!

A word-of-mouth phenomenon since its first publication, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle is one of those rare books with the power to create an experience in readers — one that can radically change their lives for the better.

To make the journey into The Power of Now, we need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the very first page of this extraordinary book, we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where we breathe a lighter air. We become more connected to the indestructible essence of our Being, “the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.”

Sanaya Roman has been channeling Orin, a wise and gentle spirit teacher, for many years. One of Sanaya and Orin’s greatest gifts is empowering intuitive and energetically open people to appreciate their sensitivity as a blessing (and not a problem or a handicap) and that this blessing is, in fact, a powerful and reliable way to receive direct and divine information to make life-changing choices. 

Successful writers write, rather than just think about writing, talk about writing, or plan what they’ll write when they get a cabin in the woods. Yet even accomplished writers sometimes get “blocked,” losing access to their in-the-zone writing mind. In his new book, Set the Page on Fire: Secrets of Successful Writers, publishing veteran Steve O’Keefe offers proven techniques and practices for jump-starting stalled ideas, honed during his many years of working in virtually every aspect of publishing. His innovative, often unconventional exercises will get you writing and accessing your own unique voice — a voice the world wants to read!

One of the youngest people ever to receive dharma transmission (the authorization to teach Zen) in the United States, Gesshin Claire Greenwood is also a skilled vegan cook, feminist, and author of the book Just Enough: Vegan Recipes and Stories from Japan’s Buddhist Temples. When Greenwood was twenty-two and fresh out of college, she found her way to a Buddhist monastery in Japan. She was drawn deeply into Zen’s all-encompassing approach to life and how to live it, the way Zen practice does not shy away from the big questions of life while still resting in the perfection of the present moment. While at the monastery, she discovered a particular affinity for working in the kitchen, especially the practice of using what was at hand to create delicious, satisfying meals.