New World Library New World Library New World Library imprint: 541 books
The Emotional Lives of Animals
A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Based on award-winning scientist Marc Bekoff’s years studying social communication in a wide range of species, this important book shows that animals have rich emotional lives. Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love with the latest...
Golf's Three Noble Truths
The Fine Art of Playing Awake
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
The Buddha’s seven years of wandering in search of enlightenment ended in frustration. So did the author’s thirty years of traversing golf courses. Neither found what they were looking for until they stopped searching outside and started looking within. The result for James Ragonnet was the kind...
by David Seaman
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
The Real Meaning of Life wasn’t written by an expert. It isn’t the culmination of painstaking self-study or a sudden breakthrough. Instead, this fascinating book collects the insights of everyday people who responded to NYU freshman David Seaman’s simple query, “What is the meaning of life?”...
A Year of Writing Dangerously
365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
In this collection of anecdotes, lessons, quotes, and prompts, author and writing teacher Barbara Abercrombie provides a delightfully varied cornucopia of inspiration nuts-and-bolts solutions, hand-holding commiseration, and epiphany-fueling insights from fellow writers, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners and Abercrombies students who have gone from paralyzed to published.
Roar Softly and Carry a Great Lipstick
28 Women Writers on Life, Sex, and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
The title of this anthology riffs on Teddy Roosevelt's phallocentric motto, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick." Few American women today are interested in cultivating a Teddyesque machismo — but in Roar Softly, women writers recount witty and poignant tales of modern-day survival, from...
The Tao of Healing
Meditations for Body and Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
The profound, poetic wisdom of the Tao Te Ching lends itself beautifully to the subject of healing. Haven Trevino's modern adaptation of this ancient work captures the essence of the original in language accessible to all. The Tao of Healing gives wonderful insight and hope to both healers and those...
Hip Tranquil Chick
A Guide to Life On and Off the Yoga Mat
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
Hip Tranquil Chick addresses that huge but unacknowledged demographic of fashionistas equally at home at Bergdorfs and the yoga studio. The book is divided into two major sections that cover all bases for the style-minded seeker. "On the Mat" shares seven must-have modern-girl yoga sequences...
As You Think
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 1997
In 1904 a relatively unknown Englishman named James Allen wrote a little book called As a Man Thinketh. The book has become one of the worlds greatest self-help books self-empowerment is a better term for it not only reveals to us that the keys to success are within our own minds it shows us how to...
Mortician Diaries
The Dead-Honest Truth from a Life Spent with Death
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
After 50 years in the funeral business 80-year-old grandmother-undertaker June Knights Nadle has seen it all at least all of what goes on before during and after lifes ultimate challenge. In Mortician Diaries she combines equal doses of charm humanity humor and reality to tell it like it is on this...
Creative Visualization
Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
As introduced by Shakti Gawain to more than seven million readers worldwide, creative visualization is the art of using mental imagery and affirmation to produce positive changes in your life. Gawain’s clear writing style and vivid examples make Creative Visualization easy to read and apply to your...
Start Right Where You Are
How Little Changes Can Make a Big Difference for Overwhelmed Procrastinators, Frustrated Overachievers, and Recovering Perfectionists
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
What Are You Waiting For? An overwhelmed procrastinator, frustrated overachiever, and recovering perfectionist herself, Sam Bennett knows all the ways we avoid pursuing our dreams and reaching our goals. She also knows how to “get it done.” Start Right Where You Are is an easy-to-read, easy-to-do...
Handbook to a Happier Life
A Simple Guide to Creating the Life You've Always Wanted
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
When Jim Donovan's successful career in video and broadcast television led to a personal meltdown, he went through rehab, pulled himself up from the bottom, and started his life over. He then began giving seminars on "how to change your life" based on the simple, yet effective, ideas that...
Kicking In the Wall
A Year of Writing Exercises, Prompts, and Quotes to Help You Break Through Your Blocks and Reach Your Writing Goals
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
When Patti Smith was plagued with writer’s block — “scattered and stymied, surrounded by unfinished songs and abandoned poems” — playwright Sam Shepard advised her, “When you hit a wall, just kick it in.” In these pages, Abercrombie shows readers how to do just that. Like a workout with...
The Goddess of Happiness
A Down-to-Earth Guide for Heavenly Balance and Bliss
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Most people consider happiness the most important pursuit in life, yet few seem to find it. Women, in particular, face a constant internal battle between finding their own happiness and ensuring the happiness of others. Debbie Gissoni, aka "The Goddess of Happiness," shows that happiness...