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The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)<\/h3>\t\t\t

Toni Morrison<\/strong>
\nAmerica\u2019s foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? Expanding the scope of her concern, she also addresses globalization and the mass movement of peoples in this century. National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates provides a foreword to Morrison\u2019s most personal work of nonfiction to date.
\n\u00a9 Toni Morrison, September 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief and Compassion \u2013 Surprising Observations of a Hidden World<\/h3>\t\t\t

Peter Wohlleben<\/strong>
\nThrough vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of Animals weaves the latest scientific research into how animals interact with the world with Peter Wohlleben’s personal experiences in forests and fields. Horses feel shame, deer grieve, and goats discipline their kids. Ravens call their friends by name, rats regret bad choices, and butterflies choose the very best places for their children to grow up.
\nGreystone books, November 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Science and Spiritual Practice \u2013 Transformative experiences and their effects on our bodies, brains and health<\/h3>\t\t\t

Rupert Sheldrake<\/strong>
\nIn this pioneering book Rupert Sheldrake shows how science helps validate seven practices on which all religions are built, and which are part of our common human heritage: Meditation, Gratitude, Connecting with nature, Relating to plants, Rituals, Singing and chanting, Pilgrimage and holy places. The effects of spiritual practices are now being investigated scientifically, and many studies have shown that religious and spiritual practices generally make people happier and healthier. Rupert Sheldrake summarizes the latest scientific research in these fields.
\nHodder & Stoughton, November 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Psychedelic Medicine \u2013 The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin and Ayahuasca<\/h3>\t\t\t

Dr. Richard Louis Miller<\/strong>
\nThis book explores the tumultuous history of psychedelic research, the efforts to restore psychedelic therapies, and the links between psychiatric drugs and mental illness. It includes the work of Rick Doblin, Stanislav Grof, James Fadiman, Julie Holland, Dennis McKenna, David Nichols, Charles Grob, Phil Wolfson, Michael and Annie Mithoefer, Roland Griffiths, Katherine MacLean, and Robert Whitaker.
\nPark Street Press, November 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dare not linger \u2013 The Presidential Years<\/h3>\t\t\t

Nelson Mandela & Mandla Langa<\/strong>
\nThe long-awaited second volume of Nelson Mandela\u2019s memoirs, left unfinished at his death and never before available, is here completed and expanded with notes and speeches written by Mandela during his historic presidency, making for a moving sequel to his worldwide bestseller\u00a0Long Walk to Freedom<\/em>.
\nPark Street Press, November 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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