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Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide by Joshua S. Goldstein Read the newspapers, and you’ll think that war is worse than ever. But as the book “Winning the War on War” shows, the reality is just the opposite. We are in the midst of a decline in armed conflict that [...]

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An Alternate History of Heroes

Calendar of Jubilee Saints Hundreds of radical cultural and political heroes are celebrated here, along with the animating idea that guides this project — the pleasure of overthrowing the Planetary Work Machine.

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Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein The book presents a vision about our money system that is original yet commonsense, radical yet gentle, and increasingly relevant as the crises of our civilization deepen. How can you live according to your ideals in a world seemingly ruled by [...]

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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker Many people think we live in the most violent age ever. But this book shows the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia. For most of history, war, slavery, infanticide, child abuse, pogroms, gruesome punishments, and genocide were ordinary features [...]

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No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life by Thich Nhat Hanh. Is it possible to live a life unfettered by fear? Zen master Nhat Hanh turns his hard-earned wisdom as a survivor of war, persecution, and exile to the age-old dilemma of what happens when one dies. If the greatest fear is, as he [...]

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Our Pronoiac Heroes, Part 3

Clarissa Pinkola Estes In fairy-tale justice, as in the deep psyche, kindness to that which seems less is rewarded by good, and refusal to do good for one who is not beautiful is reviled and punished. When we enlarge ourselves to touch the not-beautiful, we are rewarded. If we spurn the not-beautiful, we are severed [...]

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Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology by David Abram – learning from all the other intelligences that share this planet with us.

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A Complete Guide to the Soul There is an aspect to the question of what the soul is which is startling and strange, but so widespread that it cannot be avoided. It is connected to the popular idea that we all have a guardian angel. According to a US poll in the 1990s, sixty-nine per [...]

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Brave New Prayers by Hunter Reynolds Here’s the blurb that I wrote for Hunter’s fantastic book: Hunter Reynolds’ Brave New Prayers is the single best collection of prayers I’ve ever found. And by best, I mean holiest, rowdiest, truest, and most intimately aligned with the tricky nature of the Divine Wow. I’m keeping his book [...]

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Association For The Betterment Of Sex Shouldn’t we all be laughing more while we have sex? (May not be safe for work)) Sex has notoriously been a difficult, dare we say “touchy,” subject to discuss, so for generations there have been guidebooks about human sexuality such as the classic “Our Bodies Our Selves.” Now, from [...]

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The Improving State of the World: Why We’re Living Longer, Healthier, More Comfortable Lives on a Cleaner Planet by Indur M. Goklany

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A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink

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The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin

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The book about the company that guarantees its workers jobs for life.

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Cynic’s Guide to a Rich, Full Life

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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

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The Secret History of Dreaming by Robert Moss After escaping from slavery in 1849, Harriet Tubman helped organize the Underground Railroad and personally led 300 slaves to freedom. Few history books note that she relied on her dreams to provide specific information about where to find safe houses, helpers, and passages through dangerous territory.

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Networks of Grace: A Guide to Sacred Activism by Andrew Harvey

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Alternative Future Histories

The 2012 Story: The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History by John Major Jenkins How can we cut through all the noise about 2012 and gain true wisdom from the Mayan teachings about this moment? 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck …what happens in 2012 depends on what [...]

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Pronoia for the Poor

One man’s difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan

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