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April 2008 - Strozzi-Heckler, Richard, The Leadership Dojo and In Search of the Warrior Spirit
Strozzi-Heckler does a good job bridging the worlds of corporate mindset, spirit, somatics, and semantics. He takes readers through an array of very real exercises that help develop not just the skills required of a true leader, but the deep bodily awareness that so many "leaders" lack.

August 2007 - Davey, H. E., Living the Japanese Arts & Ways
The premise of this particular offering is: what do the traditional Japanese arts have to do with living and living well? Deeper still: what do these arts have to do with the pursuit of health and spirituality? The simple answer is: A LOT!

March 2007 - Dougherty, Patrick, Qigong in Psychotherapy
In this book Patrick Dougherty teaches his readers simple yet powerful ways to integrate elements of Taoist philosophy and Chinese medicine into their busy Western lives.

January 2007 - Liao, Waysun, Chi: How to Feel Your Life Energy
Chi: How to Feel Your Life Energy contains solid information, in easy to understand language, on the benefits of rebuilding our chi and our connection to the ultimate source.

November 2006 - Kundtz, David, Quiet Mind: One-Minute Retreats from a Busy World
Have you always wanted to go on a personal retreat? Do you feel you just can't afford the time or cost? Well, here's a whole collection of retreats to gift yourself almost anytime and anywhere, and for less than $15.00.

July 2006 - Campbell, T. Colin, The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health.
Dr. Campbell's credentials are impeccable. His research methods are the gold standard, and this book details the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted. The results will amaze you, but the overwhelming evidence will convince you. Read this book and change your life and possibly the lives of those you love.

May 2006 - Honoré, Carl, In Praise of Slowness.
Full of facts on the attributes of life at a slower pace, this is obviously not a read to be rushed through. Covers: the history of speed, putting on the brakes, slow food, slow medicine, the mind/body connection, work, leisure, the art of the bedchamber, and childrearing — often a side-effect of the bedchamber arts — heh, heh, heh.

March 2006 - Liao, Waysun, Nine Nights with the Taoist Master.
A new, very readable, translation of one of the greatest books ever written, the Tao Te Ching, which is also the second most translated book in the world, following only the Bible.