North Books: 566 books
Baby Is Three
Volume VI: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Baby Is Three is the sixth volume in the series devoted to the complete works of one of science fiction's titans. Like others in the series, this one includes extensive notes and background information on each story by editor Paul Williams. The early 1950s, during which this material was written,...
Case and the Dreamer
Volume XIII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
James Blish called him the “finest conscious artist science fiction ever produced.” Kurt Vonnegut based the famous character Kilgore Trout on him. And such luminaries as Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, and Octavia Butler have hailed him as a mentor. Theodore Sturgeon was both a popular favorite...
And Now the News . . .
Volume IX: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Written between 1955 and 1957, the 15 stories in And Now the News ... include five previously uncollected stories along with five well-known works, two cowritten with genre legend Robert Heinlein. Spanning his most creative period, these tales show why Sturgeon won every science fiction award given.
The Perfect Host
Volume V: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The fifth of ten volumes that will reprint all Sturgeon's short fiction covers his prolific output volume contains 15 classics and two previously unpublished stories, including "Quietly." The Perfect Host provides enough of a representative sampling of Sturgeon's "greatest hits"...
Spiritual Democracy
The Wisdom of Early American Visionaries for the Journey Forward
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Exploring what the author calls the "shaman-poets"—Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and Emily Dickinson—this book demonstrates how far ahead of their times these writers were in forecasting developments of our current time. It was Whitman who first wrote of "Spiritual Democracy"...
Balancing on the Mechitza
Transgender in Jewish Community
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
***WINNER, 2011 Lambda Literary Award - Transgender Non-Fiction
While the Jewish mainstream still argues about homosexuality, transgender and gender-variant people have emerged as a distinct Jewish population and as a new chorus of voices. Inspired and nurtured by the successes of the feminist...
Endless Path
Awakening Within the Buddhist Imagination: Jataka Tales, Zen Practice, and Daily Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
***WINNER, 2011 Storytelling World Resource Award – Best Storytelling Collection
The jataka tales—stories of the Buddha’s past lives (in both human and animal form)—were first said to have been told by the Buddha himself 2,500 years ago. Five hundred and fifty jataka tales comprise...
Discovering Your Spirit Animal
The Wisdom of the Shamans
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
In Discovering Your Spirit Animal, shamanic healer Lucy Harmer presents a practical approach to understanding spirit animals and applying their power to specific situations in daily life. Written in clear, simple language and featuring compelling stories and anecdotes, the book explains what a spirit...
by Linda L. Knoll
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Seasonal fruits, vegetables, and other produce from local farms play an important part of a healthy, ethical diet. Encouraging children to eat local food in harmony with the seasons, Patient for Pumpkins tells the story of T.J., a boy who accompanies his father to the farmers' market and enjoys the...
V Is for Vegan
The ABCs of Being Kind
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Introducing three- to seven-year-olds to the "ABCs" of a compassionate lifestyle, V Is for Vegan is a must-have for vegan and vegetarian parents, teachers, and activists! Acclaimed author and artist Ruby Roth brings her characteristic insight and good humor to a controversial and challenging subject,...
The Mystery of Dragon Bridge
A Peach Blossom Village Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
When Peach Blossom Village's bridge disappears, Master Chen must solve the mystery! The Mystery of Dragon Bridge is an English-Chinese bilingual children's fantasy story. The tale revolves around the inhabitants of Peach Blossom Village and the mysterious Dragon Bridge—the villagers' only connection...
by Victoria Boutenko
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Victoria Boutenko responds to the crisis of childhood obesity with a story that makes children excited about nutrition, healthy foods, vegetables and fruits, green smoothies, and the science of plants.
This kids' book follows young Nic as he discovers the importance of healthy eating with a...
The Book of Not Knowing
Exploring the True Nature of Self, Mind, and Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Over decades of martial arts and meditation practice, Peter Ralston discovered a curious and paradoxical fact: that true awareness arises from a state of not-knowing*.* Even the most sincere investigation of self and spirit, he says, is often sabotaged by our tendency to grab too quickly for answers...
The Genius of Being
Contemplating the Profound Intelligence of Existence
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Peter Ralston’s exceptionally lucid trilogy on the nature of human consciousness culminates here in The Genius of Being, a book of deep contemplations on the unseen elements that create our world. The first volume, The Book of Not Knowing, garnered much praise as a comprehensive exploration of the...