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SELECTED BACKLIST TITLES
Faith Adiele
MEETING FAITH: THE FOREST JOURNALS OF A BLACK BUDDHIST NUN
US: Norton, 2004 MEETING FAITH is Faith Adiele’s first-person account of a season spent as the first Black
Buddhist nun in Thailand, where she faces the challenges of wild animals and nature’s threats in
the jungle, but most of all struggles with fear, anger and desire in search of a new quality of life.
In capturing her personal experience, Adiele examines universal themes of personal and family
healing, overcoming anxieties, notions of success and failure, and diversity within community.
Set within an exotic culture, MEETING FAITH chronicles the author’s reluctant transformation
from spiritual observer to conscious participant in life.
John Allen
RABBLE-ROUSER FOR PEACE: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF DESMOND
TUTU
US: Free Press, 2006
UK: Rider; China: Jiangxi People’s (Chinese simple); Denmark: Aschehoug; Germany:
Gutersloher Verlagshaus; Netherlands: Arbeiderspers; Sweden: Libris
Desmond Tutu’s former Press Secretary, John Allen, presents a full-bodied biography of Tutu,
his crucial role in South African history and his continuing authority as a moral statesman around
the world. Drawing on a wide range of sources and personal document collections as well as new
interviews with key figures of international politics, this book provides a comprehensive look at
Tutu’s life, from his boyhood in a poor township to his emergence as one of the most respected
spiritual and political leaders of our time with a global following. John Allen’s unique access to
Tutu and his in-depth understanding of the forces that shaped South Africa’s evolution to
democracy will make this biography the definitive resource work on Desmond Tutu for a
generation to come.
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Dr. Robert Anthony
THE ULTIMATE SECRETS OF TOTAL SELF-CONFIDENCE
New, completely revised edition
US: Penguin/Berkley, January 2008
UK: John Blake,Australia: Penguin; Brazil: Bestseller; Bulgaria: Kibea; China: Tianjin
Education Press (Chinese simple); Czech Republic: Beta; Greece: Beta; India:
HarperCollins; Israel: Oram; Japan: Hankyu; Korea: Chungrim; Portugal: Platano;
Taiwan: Longstone (Chinese complex); Turkey: Pegasus; World French: Editions Un
Monde Different
Leading self-help expert Dr. Robert Anthony delivers a completely revised version of his
bestselling guide to self-confidence that has taught thousands of people the power of positive
thinking, long before The Secret by Rhonda Byrnes was written. This concise book gives advice
on how to eliminate fear, worry and guilt, teaches the art of effective communication, and
presents a simple strategy to find perspective and set goals that will change life for the better.
The author of more than a dozen self-help books offers real solutions for real issues and shows
how anyone can learn how to achieve self-confidence and advance in every area of life – career,
finances, family and health.
Janusz Bardach with Kate Gleeson
MAN IS WOLF TO MAN
US: University of California Press, 1998
UK: Simon & Schuster; France: Monde Politique; Germany: Dtv; Italy: Il Saggiatore Spa;
Poland: Wydawnictwo Literackie; Russia: Text; World Spanish: Libros del Asteroide
In this personal history of a journey through Stalinist camps, Bardach, a Polish Jew, survives the
icy labor camps of Far Eastern Russia with the aid of his incredible will to live. Bardach’s
gripping testimony explores the darkest corners of the human condition with breathtaking
immediacy and humanity. The book, co-written with Kate Gleeson, received high praise from
Simon Wiesenthal and Czeslaw Milosz, among others.
Bija Bennett
EMOTIONAL YOGA: HOW THE BODY CAN HEAL THE MIND
US: Fireside, 2002, Foreword by Deepak Chopra, photos by Lois Greenfield
UK/Australia: Transworld Publishers; Croatia:Dvostruka Duga; Czech Republic: Stastni
Lide; Denmark: Borgen; Hungary: Saxum Kiado; Israel: Oram; Netherlands: Gottmer;
Poland: Wydawnictwo Amber; Romania: Lucman; Russia: Ripol; Taiwan: Peace Place
In this extremely accessible guide, Bija Bennett goes far beyond the popular fitness goals and
takes us back to the ancient concept of Yoga as a practical system of integrating the body and
mind. The author offers simple but powerful solutions to deal with depression, anxieties and
stress through physical yoga and positive emotional postures. Using the dynamic interplay of
movements, breathing exercises, self-inquiries, rituals and healing sounds, EMOTIONAL
YOGA teaches us how to achieve an overall balance that leads to emotional healing and health.
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Rosalyn L. Bruyere
WHEELS OF LIGHT: CHAKRAS, AURAS, AND THE HEALING ENERGY OF THE
BODY
US: Fireside/Simon & Schuster
Germany: Ullstein; Israel: Mirkam; Italy: Edizione Crisalide; Japan: Taiyo Shuppan;
Netherlands: Gottmer; Russia: Astrel, Taiwan: Shy Mau Publishing; In her work, Bruyere, an internationally acclaimed healer, clairvoyant, and medicine woman,
explores the seven chakras, or energy centers, of the body, focusing in particular on the first
chakra, which concerns our basic life force, our physical bodies, and our sexuality. Drawing on
scientific research, Native American culture, the ancient traditions of the Egyptians and Greeks,
the philosophies of the Hindus, and the religions of the East, WHEELS OF LIGHT presents a
unique perspective on the value and healing potential of the chakra system.
Mayank Chhaya
THE DALAI LAMA: MAN, MONK, MYSTIC: An Authorized Popular Biography
US: Doubleday, 2007
UK: Tauris; Australia: Hachette Livre; Brazil: Campus: Czech: Beta; Denmark: Lindhardt
og Ringhof Finland: Otava; France: Presses du Chatelêt; Germany: Ullstein; Hungary:
Trivium; India: Mapin; Italy: Apogeo; Latvia: Zvaigzne; Mongolia: Nepko,Netherlands:
Sijthoff; Portugal: Presenca; Romania: Paralela 45; Russia: Geleos; Sweden: Forma;
Taiwan: Linking; World Arabic: All Prints; World Spanish: Grijalbo
THE DALAI LAMA: MAN, MONK, MYSTIC is an authorized popular biography of perhaps
the world’s most amiable and accessible spiritual leader. Based on research and a series of
personal interviews with the Dalai Lama and with numerous others, the book encapsulates the
Dalai Lama’s life in exile, examines his mystique and offers insight into the highly complex
conflict between China and Tibet. The author is a journalist from India who has long reported
about contemporary issues in South Asia.
Deepak Chopra
PERFECT HEALTH: THE COMPLETE MIND/BODY GUIDE
US: Three Rivers Press/Crown Publishing, Revised edition, 2000
Brazil: Editora Nova Cultural; Bulgaria: Kibea; Chinese simplified: Tianjin Education
Press; Croatia: Prava I Prevodi; Estonia: Nebadon; France: Presse du Chatelet; Germany:
Gustav Lubbe Verlag; Greece: Assimakis; India: Manjul Publishing House; Italy: Sperling &
Kupfer; Japan: Lohas; Netherlands: Ankh-Hermes; Poland: WAB Publishing; Portugal:
Casa do Livro/Estrela Polar; Romania: Curtea Veche ; Russia: Budieshe Zemli; Sweden:
Forum Bokforlag; Turkey:Pegasus; World Spanish: Ediciones B
This revised and updated edition of Dr. Chopra’s national bestseller is the first practical guide to
harnessing the healing power of the mind. It describes how to apply the 5,000-year-old medical
system from ancient India known as Ayurveda (“the knowledge of life span” in Sanskrit) to
everyday life. A quiz identifies the reader's mind-body type, and prescribes a specific Ayurvedic
program of diet, stress reduction, neuromuscular integration, exercise, and daily routines. The
result is a total plan, tailor-made for each individual, to reestablish the body’s essential balance
with nature; to strengthen the mind-body connection; and to use the power of quantum healing to
transcend the ordinary limitations of disease and aging.
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Deepak Chopra and David Simon
THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF YOGA: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO HEALING
BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT
US: John Wiley & Sons, 2004
Australia: Pan/Macmillan; Brazil: Editora Rocco; Bulgaria: Iztok-Zapad; China: CMP;
Czech Republic: Euromedia; Denmark: Aschehoug; Estonia: Nebadon; France: J’ai lu;
Germany: Ullstein; Greece: Essoptron; Hungary: Sweetwater; India (Hindi): Manjul
Publishing; Indonesia: Bhuana Ilmu Populer; Israel: Modan; Italy: Sperling & Kupfer;
Japan: Lohas International; Latvia: Atena; Lithuania: Satwa; Netherlands: Gottmer/Becht;
Norway: Damm; Poland: Studio Emka; Portugal: Presenca; Romania: Curtea Veche;
Russia Eksmo; Sweden: Forum; Taiwan: Peace Place; World Spanish: Norma
In the tradition and format of the mega-best-selling SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS,
this practical guide by Deepak Chopra and his co-author and medical director of the Chopra
Center, David Simon, is essential for anyone who wants to explore the powerful spiritual
potential of yoga to unite body, mind and spirit. The authors help us understand the seven
spiritual laws that govern nature—Pure Potentiality, Giving, Karma, Least Effort, Intention and
Desire, Detachment, and Dharma—and show us how to integrate these laws into our daily lives
using meditation, breathing and other yoga practices. With more than 50 photographs illustrating
yoga poses, this Chopra blockbuster will appeal to anyone seeking more harmony, insight, well
being and happiness through the spiritual dimension of yoga. www.chopra.com
www.deepakchopra.com
Lee Cockerell
CREATING MAGIC: 10 COMMON SENSE LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES
FROM A LIFE AT DISNEY… Based on the principles taught at the world-renowned
Disney Institute
US: Doubleday, 2008 Foreign sales: UK: Vermilion; Brazil: Sextante; China: PHEI/Communique (Chinese
simple); France: Michel Lafon; Indonesia: PT Indeks; Japan: Diamond; Korea: Korea
One; Netherlands: Spectrum; Portugal: Noticias, Spanish: Urano
Lee Cockerell brings to life the magic that makes Disney’s reputation for service excellence so
outstanding. Based on the strategies he developed with the Disney Institute and implemented as
Executive VP of Operations of Walt Disney World Resort, Cockerell presents a concept of
leadership qualities that are cultivated from the top down and that can transform everyone’s way
of working and living. Sprinkled with humor, warmth and personal stories, this book offers the
most powerful yet simple strategies to leaders at every level of organization, enabling them to
achieve the highest efficiency in their operations. Drawing on decades of his own experience in
leadership positions, Lee Cockerell shows how creating a unique culture of trust, motivation,
teamwork and emotional connection will bring magical results for everyone – the Disney way.
As a consultant and keynote speaker both independently and with the Disney Institute, which
authorized this book, the author continues to teach his successful leadership principles in
seminars and lectures to an international audience. Please view author’s website,
www.leecockerell.com.
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David Crow
IN SEARCH OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA
US: Tarcher, 2000
Brazil: Pensamento Cultrix; China (complex): Marco Polo ; Germany: Goldman; Indian
English: New Age, Taiwan: Marco Polo, World Spanish:Kairos
In this colorful and captivating story, David Crow takes us on a journey to Nepal, where he
studied and practiced the art and science of Tibetan medical diagnosis and treatment for 10 years.
Written in lyrical prose that interweaves valuable medical teachings with insights into the
Buddhist and Hindu cultures of Nepal, IN SEARCH OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA evokes the
beauty and wonder of a faraway land and reveals a hidden world of traditional Asian medicine.
David Crow is a licensed acupuncturist, medical herbalist, and practitioner of traditional Asian
healing arts. He is a graduate of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and one
of the first Westerners to complete acupuncture training in the United States.
Dr. Rosalene Glickman
OPTIMAL THINKING: HOW TO BE YOUR BEST SELF
US: John Wiley & Sons, 2002
Australia: Scribe; Bulgaria: Iztok Zapad; China: Hainan Publishing House; Egypt: Nahdet
Misr; Indonesia: Bhuana Ilmu Populer; Italy: Grupo Editoriale Armenia; Japan: Elephant
Publishing Inc.; Korea: Jeesam; Netherlands: Uitgeverij Elmar; Poland: Amber; Romania:
Humanitas; Russia: Prime-Evroznak; Taiwan: Business Weekly/Cité; Thailand: Welearn;
Turkey: Kyraldisi Yayincilik; World Spanish: Time & Money Network
Dr. Glickman, established management consultant, introduces us to the revolutionary strategy of
OPTIMAL THINKING, the essential step above positive thinking, that empowers each of us to
ask the best questions, obtain the best solutions and make the most constructive decisions.
Glickman shows how every situation, even a disaster, provides us with an opportunity to be our
best. With its simple, practical, and immediately applicable approach, OPTIMAL THINKING
appeals to a virtually unlimited audience. Please view the OPTIMAL THINKING website
www.optimalthinking.com.
Vivian Glyck
THE TAO OF POOP: KEEPING YOUR SANITY (AND YOUR SOUL) WHILE
RAISING A BABY by Vivian Elisabeth Glyck
US: Shambhala, 2006
Australia: ABC; Russia: Prime-Evrozniak; Chinese simplified: China Machine Press
Based on her own experience as a mother “late in life,” the accomplished strategic marketing
consultant Vivian Glyck offers an inspirational and humorous approach to current parenting
trends that over-emphasize control and achievement, which overwhelm many new mothers. In 10
life lessons that examine the daily, profound challenges of raising a small child, THE TAO OF
POOP reveals the truth about the struggle of parenting, gently leading parents off the elusive
path of “perfect parenting” and guiding them to a place of ultimate acceptance and joy. Glyck
shows how rejoicing in the individuality of our children rather than trying to manage every
aspect of their young lives will help us experience parenting as “the ultimate spiritual practice”
and embrace our own humanity while we grow with our child.
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Vivian Glyck
12 LESSONS ON LIFE I LEARNED FROM MY GARDEN
US: Rodale Press, 1997
Australia: HarperCollins; China: Unitas; Greece: Editions Kyveli; Japan: Hakusuisha;
Korea: Sae Tur; Spain: Emece
Using gardening as a metaphor for the human condition, Vivian Glyck shows readers that a well-
tended life can flourish and expand just as a garden will thrive and produce great bounty when
properly cared for. Although readers will learn a few gardening secrets, the true essence of 12
LESSONS ON LIFE I LEARNED FROM MY GARDEN lies in the gardening versus life
analogies that help readers embrace the joy and pain of growth, and find answers contemplating
the miracles in life’s garden. This inspiring book is a comforting reminder that we are one with
nature and the wonder of the universe is within each of us. Vivan Glyck is an accomplished
strategic marketing consultant.
Lee Holden SEVEN MINUTES OF MAGIC: THE ULTIMATE ENERGY WORKOUT
US: Penguin/Avery, 2007
Germany: Ullstein; Russia: Eksmo; Sweden: Wahlstrom & Widstrand
This easy, applicable workout program distills the best of yoga, qi gong/tai chi, and Western
exercise into a quick practice that will improve your day and transform your life. Designed for
busy lay people who want to enjoy the most efficient mind/body workout in the least amount of
time, SEVEN MINUTES OF MAGIC becomes a close friend and personal trainer that helps you
get energized every morning, relax in the evening and fully enjoy each weekend. Author Lee
Holden, a licensed doctor in Chinese medicine and Mantak Chia’s senior teacher and chief editor
for many books, has been teaching workshops in meditation, tai chi and qi gong worldwide.
Laura Alden Kamm
INTUITIVE WELLNESS: USING YOUR BODY’S INNER WISDOM TO HEAL
World English: Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2006
UK: Simon & Schuster; Turkey: Kuraldisi; World Spanish: Sirio
The medical intuitive, healer and teacher Laura Kamm shares her unique insight and experience
as a “cartographer of consciousness” to help us access the power inherent in all of us to heal both
physical and psychological illnesses. Kamm offers quick, simple and engaging exercises that can
be practiced in daily life situations to restore the balance between energy, emotions and
physiological wellbeing. Compelling personal stories, drawing on over 20 years of Kamm’s
healing practice, as well as humorous anecdotes, make the book extremely accessible for anyone
seeking a deeper understanding of intuitive wisdom and the unlimited potential of energy
healing.
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Mahvish Rukhsana Khan
MY GUANTANAMO DIARY: THE DETAINEES AND THE STORIES
THEY TOLD ME
US/UK/Asia: Public Affairs, 2008
Foreign sales: Afghanistan: Afghan Stationary and Narenj Khparndoya; Australia: Scribe;
Brazil: Larousse; Estonia: Tammerraamat; Finland: Minerva; Portugal: Bizancio; Sweden:
Bonniers; Turkey: Literatur Yayincilik; World Arabic: All Prints Lebanon
As an interpreter in Guantanamo, young Afghan-American lawyer and journalist Mahvish Khan
uses her unique access to prisoners to show the human face of people detained as alleged
terrorists. With her native knowledge of Pashto and Afghan culture, she builds a relationship of
trust with the detainees, and they open up to her with surprising candor and hope, sharing their
personal stories and most intimate feelings. Khan’s moving individual portraits of detainees and
their families in Afghanistan are the first account documenting the voices of men who have been
held in indefinite detention without legal recourse for years. This extraordinary book does not
answer questions of their guilt or innocence – it is a very personal testimony of the prisoners’
unique stories that puts the Guantanamo controversy into perspective, and it will endure as a
historical record long after Guantanamo is closed. Please view author’s website
www.mahvishkhan.com. Starred Kirkus review; Starred PW; New York Times Book Review;
Guardian UK
Jim Kokoris
THE RICH PART OF LIFE
US: St. Martin’s Press, 2001
UK: Simon & Schuster; Australia: HarperCollins Australia; China/complex: StarEast,
Croatia: Marjan Tisak; Denmark: Reader’s Digest; France: Memoire du Livre; Germany:
Heyne; Hungary: Reader’s Digest; Israel: Kinneret/Zmora/Dvir; Latin America: Reader’s
Digest; Netherlands: Luitingh-Sijthoff; Poland: Reader’s Digest; Portugal: Reader’s Digest;
Russia: Geleos; Serbia: Alfa-Narodnaya; Spain: Urano; Sweden: Reader’s Digest
A comic and engaging novel about a young boy and his widowed father, an eccentric historian
who has just won the lottery and now confronts a number of challenges from friends, neighbors
and relatives eager to secure their piece of the pie. Told from the perspective of 11-year-old
Teddy Pappas, the novel evolves as an adventurous journey through the ups and downs of
unexpected wealth to the discovery of a long kept family secret that affects Teddy’s very
identity. In the course of this funny yet poignant story, Teddy and his relatives arrive at a better
understanding of themselves and the way they want to live their lives. Sold in the US in a two-
book, six-figure deal to St. Martin’s Press. Film rights were re-optioned in 2007 by Fox 2000
Pictures, a division of 20th Century Fox.
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Jim Kokoris
SISTER NORTH
US: St. Martin’s Press, 2003
Germany: Heyne
This humorous and affecting novel follows the story of Sam Gamett, a once self-content
attorney, whose careless life is abruptly changed by a tragic, violent incident that leaves him
disenfranchised and looking for answers. He embarks on a trip in search of the meaning of life,
seeking out Sister Maria North, a Catholic nun with a popular television show, who he hopes will
provide forgiveness and guidance. When he arrives in the small town she broadcasts from, Sam
learns that Sister North is away and engages in the company of other oddball seekers, who are all
waiting for the nun’s long-rumored return. Stuck in a remote place that seems paralyzed in the
nun’s absence, Sam opens up to the stories of the other seekers and unexpectedly finds a
different kind of redemption. Motion picture and television rights optioned by Mad River
Productions.
Jim Kokoris
THE PURSUIT OF OTHER INTERESTS
US: St. Martin’s Press, 2009
China (simplified): Hubei Tianyi/Changjiang L&A; World Spanish: Ediciones del
Viento/Barracuda; Greek: Metaichmio Editions, S.A.
Charlie Baker – the neurotic but charming 50-year-old workaholic CEO of a major Chicago ad
agency – seems to have it all: a huge house in an upscale suburb, an equally huge salary, the
requisite pretty wife and accomplished son. All this comes crashing down when Charlie is
unceremoniously fired. In an instant, Charlie’s life is transformed as he makes the transition from
corporate titan to just another out-of-work American. Although he has reportedly “left to pursue
other interests,” Charlie is left rudderless. Rather then tell his family, every morning Charlie
leaves home to spend his days at an outplacement firm. There he meets a cast of equally
desperate corporate misfits and reluctantly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, trying to find
his way out of the working life, and back to his real life – and family. Funny, touching, and
ultimately hopeful, The Pursuit of Other Interests offers a glimpse into the workings of corporate
America, as well as into the lives, hearts and minds of the 21st century family.
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Richard F. Mollica MD, Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma
HEALING INVISIBLE WOUNDS: PATHS TO HOPE AND RECOVERY IN A
VIOLENT WORLD
World English: Harcourt, 2006; US softcover edition: Vanderbilt University Press, 2008
Italy: Il Saggiatore; Germany: Suedwest Verlag/Random House
“The stories recounted here bear eloquent and often moving testimony to the resilience of
human beings in the face of awful traumatic experiences and their remarkable capacity to
heal themselves.” Desmond Tutu From his 25 years of experience in working with trauma survivors all over the world, Dr. Mollica
discovered that survivors’ trauma stories reveal an inherent capacity for self-healing rooted in the
context of their own culture and society. With empathy and great respect for his patients’ dignity,
Mollica takes us to the core of human suffering, not only showing a way to recovery for the
individual trauma survivor, but also offering his vision for our global society to overcome
helplessness and alienation in the face of disaster. His focus on the key instruments of self-
healing such as altruism, work and spirituality, provides a strategy that any of us can also apply
to our everyday personal traumas. Mollica’s intriguing insights, moving personal accounts and
hopeful message testify to the amazing vitality of humankind.
Edvard Radzinsky
The COUNT of ST. GERMAIN AND THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON MASK
Originating Publication—Russia: Eksmo
US: NOT YET SOLD
France: Cherche Midi
A Parisian Café in the early eighties: The narrator (Radzinky’s alter ego), struggling with
writer’s block, meets an elegant gentleman, “Monsieur Antoine,” who seems to be able to read
his mind. Intrigued by the mysterious stranger, he follows his invitation to the Latin Quarter, and
gets drawn into Monsieur Antoine’s vivid historic tales that evolve around the 300 year old
mystery of the “man with the iron mask,” the unidentified prisoner kept under arrest for 34 years
by order of the French emperor Louis XIV, and the secret influence of the legendary Count of St.
Germain, the 18th
century alchemist, adventurer and courtier, who makes his mysterious
appearances at the European courts in times of trouble and uprising. In his signature gripping
narrative, Radzinsky blends historical facts and fiction in a colorful kaleidoscope of the 17th
/18th
century, all along masterfully playing with the different historical versions that claim to reveal
the identity of the Iron Mask. The reader gets carried away by a historical murder mystery that
races, as always with Radzinsky, to a surprising and unexpected solution.
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Edvard Radzinsky
ALEXANDER II: THE LAST GREAT TSAR
US: The Free Press, 2005
Czech Republic: Mlada Fronta; Estonia: Varrak; Finland: WSOY; France: Le Cherche
Midi; Hungary: Europa; Japan: NHK; Latvia: Zvaigzne; Netherlands: Balans; Poland:
Magnum; Sweden: Norstedts
In this intriguing historical biography that reads like fiction, Edvard Radzinsky revives the era of
the liberal Tsar Alexander II at a turning point in Russian history, when new hope raised by his
bold reforms was killed by the bloody onset of terrorism in Russia. Drawing on firsthand sources
of both the imperial family and the leading terrorists, Radzinsky takes us from the glittering
world and romantic love life of the Tsar right into the underground circles of the embittered
plotters. The shock of terror and Alexander’s first “war on terrorism” paralyzed society and
divided Russia’s liberal forces in a ferocious dispute that affected all areas of Russian culture..
With his usual keen eye for thrilling detail, Radzinsky captures the story of Alexander as both
“victim and father of terrorism” in a historical drama that bears stunning parallels with the
threatening scenario we are facing in our new world order today.
Edvard Radzinsky
THE RASPUTIN FILE US: Doubleday/Nan A. Talese, 2000
UK: Weidenfeld & Nicholson; Bulgaria: Prozorets; Czech Republic: Mlada Fronta; Estonia: Varrak; Finland:
WSOY; France: Jean-Claude Lattès; Germany: Karl Blessing Verlag; Greece: Narcissos; Hungary: Europa
Konvykiado; Italy: Almondo Mondadori Editore; Japan: Japan Broadcasting Co.; Latvia: Zvaigzne;
Netherlands: Uitgeverij Balans; Poland: Magnum; Serbia: Hesperia; Spain: Editorial Critica; Sweden:
Norstedts
A completely new portrait of Rasputin based on previously unpublished criminal interrogation
reports of the Provisional Government. First-hand accounts from Rasputin’s friends and
followers, police observation reports, and the peasant preacher’s own compositions reveal the
ambivalence of his personality and shed new light on the part he played in the political turmoil of
his times. Weaving facts into an intriguing story, Radzinsky offers new answers to the many
unsolved questions about Rasputin, including an entirely new interpretation of his mysterious
murder.
Edvard Radzinsky
STALIN US: Doubleday, 1996
UK: Hodder; China: Xinhua; Czech Republic: Mlada Fronta; Estonia: Varrak; Finland: WSOY; France: Le
Cherche Midi , Greece: Narcissus Publications; Hungary: Europa Konvykiado; Israel: Maariv, Japan: Japan
Broadcasting; Korea: Hong-Ik Publishing; Latvia: Zvaigzne;Mongolia: Nepko, Netherlands: Uitgeverij Balans;
Poland: Magnum; Romania: Editura Aquila; Spain: Ediciones Orbis
Granted privileged access to Russia’s secret archives, Edvard Radzinsky paints a picture of the
Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed than has ever been described or
imagined. Radzinsky narrates the high drama of Stalin’s epic quest for domination – first within
the Communist Party, then over the Soviet Union and the world. Radzinsky also takes an
intimate look at Stalin’s private life. The Kremlin intrigues, the ceaseless round of double-
dealing and back-stabbing, the private worlds of the Soviet Empire’s ruling class – all become, in
Radzinsky’s hands, as gripping and powerful as the great Russian sagas.
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Edvard Radzinsky
THE LAST TSAR: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF NICHOLAS II US: Doubleday, 1992
UK: Hodder; Brazil: Editora Nova Cultural; Bulgaria: Animar Publishing House; Denmark:
Wangels/Denmark; Estonia: Varrak; Finland: Werner Soederstrom; France: Le Cherche midi editeur;
Germany: Bertelsmann/Goldmann; Hungary: Europa Konvykiado; Italy: Baldini e Castoldi; Japan: Japan
Broadcasting Co.; Korea: Song-Wong Publishers; Netherlands: Den Grimme Aeiling; Portugal: Editora Nova
Cultural; Romania: Editura Aquila ’93; Spain: Plaza y Janes SA; Sweden: Norstedts Forlag AB
Radzinsky mines archives never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the monarch,
and a minute-by-minute account of his terrifying last days. Radzinsky begins by re-creating the
personalities and events of happier times, then follows the Romanovs through their final year
after Nicholas’s abdication until their execution, recounted here in brutal detail. His account
contradicts the official Soviet version, in which Siberian Bolsheviks ordered the executions
without Moscow’s clearance. Radzinsky gained access to long-closed national archives
containing state documents, diaries of the tsar and his family, and eyewitness accounts. He also
introduces evidence suggesting that two of the Romanovs survived.
Pratima Raichur
ABSOLUTE BEAUTY
US: HarperCollins, 1997
UK: Transworld Publishers; France: Editions J’ai Lu; Germany: Droemer Knauer Verlag;
India: Mapin Publishing; Latin America: Norma; Russia: Sattva; Spain: Ediciones Gestion
ABSOLUTE BEAUTY is the first beauty book to offer a step-by-step approach to ageless-
looking skin based on the ancient principles of Ayurveda, to create a truly unique approach to
skin care. Unlike other beauty books, which concentrate solely on creating superficial beauty
through make-up or chemicals, ABSOLUTE BEAUTY helps readers achieve the kind of
radiance that comes from within – a beauty that transcends age, fashion, and physical flaws.
Pratima Raichur is the founding director of the Tej Skin Care Clinic, the first authentic Ayurveda
facial and body care clinic in America.
Barbara Raymond
THE BABY THIEF: THE UNTOLD STORY OF GEORGIA TANN, THE BABY
SELLER WHO CORRUPTED ADOPTION
US: Caroll and Graf, April 2007
UK: Blake; Australia: Vintage/Random House; Brazil: TecMedd/Novo Conceito
This compelling account of an infamous baby seller who operated in the 1920s to 1950s was
named one of Publishers Weekly’s best books of 2007. It tells the story of Georgia Tann, who
abducted babies or coerced mothers to give them up, then sold the children to wealthy clients all
over the US, protected by a local Memphis politician. Drawing on extensive research and
interviews with Tann’s victims, Raymond pursues Tann’s case in the form of a riveting detective
story in the historical and social context of her time. Barbara Raymond reveals how Tann’s
criminal business ironically popularized modern adoption and at the same time commercialized
and corrupted it.
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Charlotte Reznick, Ph.D
THE POWER OF YOUR CHILD’S IMAGINATION: HOW TO TRANSFORM STRESS
AND ANXIETY INTO JOY AND SUCCESS
US: Penguin/Perigee 2009
Chinese (simplified): Heilongjiang Education Press
Based on her pioneering program using guided imagery and visualization for kids, prominent
child psychologist Charlotte Reznick offers parents powerful and practical techniques to help
their children handle fears and anxieties and build self-esteem and resilience by going “inside”
their minds. Full of colorful and moving stories about real kids that every parent will understand,
this wise and hands-on manual provides nine easily applicable tools that will empower children
of any age to discover their inner strength and find their own solutions as they face the increasing
challenges of growing up today. An Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA with a flourishing
private practice, Charlotte Reznick has developed this innovative program during the course of
her work with children for over 25 years. Also view her website www.ImageryforKids.com.
Carol Schaefer
GRANDMOTHERS COUNSEL THE WORLD: WOMEN ELDERS OFFER THEIR
VISION FOR OUR PLANET
US: Shambhala, 2006
Czech Republic: Dharma Gaia; Germany: Ullstein; Japan: Goma; Netherlands: Gottmer;
Poland: Dariusz Wiatr, Slovenia: Gnostica; Taiwan: Rye-Field; World Spanish: Grup 62
This book uniquely brings to light the insight and wisdom of a very select group of indigenous
women, living legends among their people, who were brought together by a common vision to
form a global alliance of healing for our ailing world. Author Carol Schaefer brings to life the
teachings, visions and prophecies of these amazing 13 grandmothers, who share their most secret
knowledge and the sacred ways of their rich ancestral heritage from around the world to ensure
the survival of generations to come.
Steve Shafarman
AWARENESS HEALS: THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD TO RELIEVE PAIN,
RECOVER FROM STRESS, AND ENHANCE PLEASURE
U.S.: Addison Wesley 1997.
UK: HarperCollins, Czech Republic: Pragma, Germany: Heyne, Italy: Astrolabio
The Feldenkrais method (based on the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, and Israeli engineer,
neurophysiologist and judo master who came to world attention when he helped Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion eliminate breathing difficulties and back pain) for improving body alignment
is taught worldwide. There are currently approximately 1500 trained instructors, and 4000 are
anticipated within the next year. Often compared to the Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais is
growing more rapidly and is considered more scientific. Feldenkrais’ own rather academic
books were published more than 20 years ago and remain in print. This is the first book written
for a general audience with “exercises” easily accomplished by beginners. The author worked
directly with Feldenkrais before his death and trains instructors in the method.
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David Simon
FREE TO LOVE, FREE TO HEAL: HEAL YOUR BODY BY HEALING YOUR
EMOTIONS
US: Chopra Center Press 2010
China (simplified): Lipin Publishing Company/Shenzen, Chinese (complex): Cité/H2O, Czech
Republic: Euromedia, Denmark: In Touch, Germany: Ullstein/Allegria, Greece: Assimakis,
Netherlands: Kosmos, Russia: Sophia, Spanish: Norma
Drawing on his experience with patients for over thirty years, Dr. David Simon, co-founder and
Medical Director of the Chopra Center for Well-Being, found that an emotional element
underlies most physical and psychological illnesses, ranging from anxiety to chronic pain to
cancer. Simon identifies a deficiency in our ability to give and receive love as one of the core
challenges to our health and wellbeing. In his new book, he offers a systematic approach that
introduces a new critical element to holistic healing, enabling people to identify and release self-
limiting beliefs and emotional issues and help catalyze authentic healing and transformation.
David Simon, MD
THE TEN COMMITMENTS: TRANSLATING GOOD INTENTIONS INTO GREAT
CHOICES Foreword by Deepak Chopra, MD
World English: Health Communications, 2006
Brazil: Campus; Canada: Sogides (French); Germany: Ullstein; India: Jaico, Korea:
Woongjin; Lithuania: Mijalba; Netherlands: Gottmer; Portugal: Europa America; Taiwan:
PsyGarden; Vietnam: First News; World French: La Maisnie; World Spanish: Norma
David Simon reinterprets the original Ten Commandments as personal commitments, redirecting
our focus from following prescribed principles toward consciously making healthy choices.
Drawing on his holistic consultations with patients who suffered from mental, emotional and
spiritual pain, Simon helps us overcome our natural resistance to imposed, albeit helpful rules by
teaching us how to embrace the concept of personal commitment and make real changes in our
lives.
David Simon, MD and Deepak Chopra, MD
FREEDOM FROM ADDICTION: THE CHOPRA CENTER METHOD FOR
OVERCOMING DESTRUCTIVE HABITS
World English: Health Communications 2007
Brazil: Campus; Croatia: Dvostruka Duga; Greece: Assimakis; India: Jaico; Italy: Tecniche
Nuove; Latin America: Norma; Portugal: Pergaminho; Romania: Paralela, Russia: Sophia;
Spain: Edigrabel/Norma; World French: La Maisnie
Chopra Center co-founder and medical director David Simon, and bestselling author Deepak
Chopra, present their unprecedented holistic approach to the problem of addiction that fills a gap
in modern treatment programs. Combining the best of Eastern healing tradition and Western
medicine, the Chopra Center’s revolutionary program can help anyone break the cycle of a
destructive habit – smoking, gambling, drinking, and so on – and achieve lasting freedom from
addiction. This groundbreaking book offers a hands-on strategy to uncover the true cause of
destructive habits and to overcome and transform the state of addiction by replacing toxic habits
with nourishing routines for lasting health, inner peace and a spiritual, fulfilling life.
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Desmond Tutu
MADE FOR GOODNESS. And Why This Makes All the Difference By Desmond Tutu and his daughter Reverend Mpho A. Tutu
US: HarperOne 2010
UK: Rider/Random House, Brazil: Thomas Nelson, Denmark: Kristeligt Dagblads forlag, Germany:
Pattloch, Korea: Thought of a Tree, Portugal: Bizancio, Sweden: Libris,
Writing in one voice, Archbishop Tutu, the lead author, and his daughter Mpho, share their
insights to defend their central thesis that, in spite of the human cruelty, fear and failure we
encounter everywhere, people are made for goodness in the image of God, and everyone has the
potential to reveal goodness and bring light and healing to the world. Speaking to his readers
from the heart, Tutu inspires us to embrace the central truth of human goodness, a truth that
resonates across the boundaries of faith, race and culture.
Desmond Tutu
AN AFRICAN PRAYER BOOK. Selected and with Introductions by Desmond Tutu US:Doubleday, 1995
UK: Hodder, China: China Christian Council, Germany: Hugendubel, Norway:Luther Forlag,
Sweden: Libris, Slovack: Serafin
A collection of the Archbishop’s favorite prayers from the spiritual riches of the African
continent, from multi-invocation litanies to quiet meditations, prayers that every heart can speak
with strength and confidence.
Desmond Tutu
GOD HAS A DREAM: A VISION OF HOPE FOR OUR TIME
US: Doubleday, 2004 UK: Rider; Denmark: Aschehoug; Germany: Hugendubel; Italy: Ancora; Japan: Take Shobo; Latin
America: Norma; Netherlands: Gottmer; Norway: Damm; Portugal: GB&A; Slovakia: Serafin;
Sweden: Richters; Taiwan: Christian Arts Press; French: Novalis
In his first inspirational book for a general audience, Archbishop Tutu shows how individual and
global suffering can be transfigured into joy and redemption. With his characteristic humor and
compassion, Archbishop Tutu encourages us to face the challenges in our own lives and to
become active partners in God’s transformation of the world. His extremely personal and
liberating message will help us “see with the eyes of the heart” and cultivate the qualities of
forgiveness, humility, generosity and courage that we need to make God’s dream come true.
Desmond Tutu
NO FUTURE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS
US: Doubleday, 2000 UK: Random House; China: Shanghai Literature & Art; Denmark: Rosinante; Finland: Ajatus Kirjat
Kustannusosakeyh; France: Albin Michel; Germany: Patmos Verlag; Italy: G. Feltrinelli Editore;
Korea: Hong Sung Sa; Netherlands: De Bezige Bij; Norway: Pax Forlag; Slovakia: Serafin;
Sweden: Norstedts; Taiwan: Rive Gauche; World Spanish: Editorial Peniel
Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s intensely personal recollections of his work with the Truth and
Reconciliation Committee in post-apartheid South Africa. Including many thoughts and
memories of his interactions with members of the community whose rights were violated, the
book is a thought-provoking and often magical rendering of a powerful moment in recent
history.
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Nancy Verrier
THE PRIMAL WOUND: UNDERSTANDING THE ADOPTED CHILD
US: Gateway Press, 1993
Belgium (French): De Boeck Universite, Bulgaria: LIK Publishing; Italy: Il Saggiatore Spa;
Netherlands: Ambo-Anthos; Portugal: Caleidoscopio; World Spanish: Albesa
This originally self-published book has become a classic in the US market, with six printings so
far. Verrier’s revolutionary work explores the long unacknowledged psychological effects on
adopted children of separation from their birth mother. For many adopted children and their
families, the traumatic early experience of abandonment and loss has caused conflicts,
helplessness and a seemingly inexplicable pain. Based on research in pre- and perinatal
psychology, attachment, bonding and loss, this book provides an invaluable insight into the
origins of this primal wound and the impact it can have on adopted children, helping them
understand their behavior and validate their feelings. PRIMAL WOUND will not only contribute
to healing adoptive families and birth mothers, but also ultimately bring understanding and
encouragement to all concerned by the experience of rejection and abandonment.
Nancy Verrier
COMING HOME TO SELF: THE ADOPTED CHILD GROWS UP
US: Gateway Press, 2003
Belgium (French): De Boeck Universite
In COMING HOME TO SELF, a sequel to Nancy Verrier’s THE PRIMAL WOUND:
UNDERSTANDING THE ADOPTED CHILD, Verrier hopes to help adoptees find their
authentic Self, which has been distorted by the experience of living without genetic markers and
mirroring as they grew up in non-biologic families. Drawing on Verrier’s research about primary
separation trauma and brain research, and based on discussions with adoptees, birth parents,
adoptive parents, and those closest to them, COMING HOME TO SELF examines the attitudes,
feelings and behaviors that mark the early experience of the first years in an adoptee’s life, and
offers hope for change. Ultimately, Verrier directs adoptees to overcome early trauma and
take charge of their own lives.