Walking Home with Baba The Heart of Spiritual Practice Rohine Ralby Rohini Ralby spent several years as head of security, appointments secretary, and personal assistant to Swami Muktananda, and in their many hours alone together, this world-renowned guru taught her, one on one, the essence of spiritual practice. In Walking Home with Baba, an expert guide… Continue reading Walking Home with Baba
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Living the Practice: Vol. 1
Living the Practice, Vol.1 The Way of Love Rohini Ralby For over three decades, Rohini Ralby has shared the spiritual practice she learned through years of one-on-one instruction from her Guru, Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa. As her practice has deepened, she has found different ways to give outward expression to inward experience and understanding. In her… Continue reading Living the Practice: Vol. 1
Recovering Dad
Recovering Dad A Bianca Balducci Mystery Libby Sternberg It’s Bianca Balducci’s junior year in high school, and she’s got more than enough on her plate—impending SAT scores, college admissions, and the mixed signals of sort-of-boyfriend Doug. But when she finds out her mother, widowed as long as Bianca can remember, plans to marry Officer Steve… Continue reading Recovering Dad
The Case Against My Brother
The Case Against My Brother Libby Sternberg Orphaned and penniless in 1922 Baltimore, Maryland, fifteen-year-old Carl and seventeen-year-old Adam Matuski are forced to move across the continent to live with their Uncle Pete in Portland, Oregon. Almost from the beginning, homesick Carl desperately wants to return east with his brother, but his plans fall apart… Continue reading The Case Against My Brother
Uncovering Sadie’s Secrets
Uncovering Sadie’s Secrets: A Bianca Balducci Mystery Libby Sternberg In this gem of a book, scholar and wit Kenneth Lasson takes on all manner of excesses in the Ivory Tower, which from his insider’s viewpoint, constitute little less than a full-scale assault on American values and mores. Lasson uses his sharply pointed pen to skewer… Continue reading Uncovering Sadie’s Secrets
Finding the Forger
Finding the Forger: A Bianca Balducci Mystery Libby Sternberg Bianca Balducci, everybody’s favorite teenage amateur sleuth, is back on the case, and this time the resourceful Baltimorean has her hands more than full. On top of school (St. John’s), her two bickering friends (Kerrie and Sarah), and boy trouble (Doug), Bianca is brought in to… Continue reading Finding the Forger
Daisy
Daisy Libby Sternberg A fresh take on classic characters, Daisy gives readers insight into Daisy Buchanan’s viewpoint of the events of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. While simultaneously remaining true to the original and adding new information, Sternberg weaves Daisy’s perspective and Nick Carraway’s account together, correcting what Daisy knows is inaccurate from her cousin’s novel. Sternberg… Continue reading Daisy
Hillary Rodham Clinton
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON “On the Coach” series Alma H. Bond, Ph.D. Who exactly is Hillary Clinton? Because she announced her candidacy for President in April 2015, and thus could well become the first woman ever to be U.S. President, the question becomes all the more relevant … and important. Fortunately, woman’s biographer Alma H. Bond,… Continue reading Hillary Rodham Clinton
1876: Year of the Gun
1876: Year of the Gun The Year Bat, Wyatt, Custer, Jesse, and the Two Bills (Buffalo and Wild) Created the Wild West, and Why It’s Still with Us Steve Wiegand Veteran journalist and historian Steve Wiegand takes readers across the post-Civil War Wild West. Wiegand introduces—or re-introduces—us to lawmen such as Bat Masterson and Wyatt… Continue reading 1876: Year of the Gun
The Playbook
The Playbook: A Novel Gary E. Parker A guitarist, a philosopher, and a natural-born leader with a ponytail walk onto a football field. In the heart of a small mountain town where football reigns supreme and tradition casts long shadows, Ms. Chelsea Deal defies the norm. Amid the echoes of clashing helmets and the roar… Continue reading The Playbook