"From beloved and bestselling author Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, Healing the Heart of Democracy), comes a beautiful book of reflections on what we can learn as we move closer to "the brink of everything." Drawing on eight decades of life -- and his career as a writer, teacher, and activist -- Palmer explores the questions age raises and the promises it holds. "Old," he writes, "is just another word for nothing left...

"In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. When she realized that nothing she was doing or buying was making her happy--only keeping her from meeting her goals--she decided to set herself a challenge:she would not shop for an entire year....

You've tried to organize; you've decluttered and you've cleaned. Yet your home is still messy, or reverts after all too short a time. White explains, clearly and without delusions, what it takes to get-- and keep-- your home under control. Discover what works for you, for your unique personality, and in your unique home.

It's right there in the Book of Job: "Man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward." Suffering is an inescapable part of the human condition -- which leads to a question that has proved just as inescapable: Why? Why do we suffer? Why do people die young? Is there any point to our pain, physical or emotional? Do horrors like hurricanes have meaning? In Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering, Scott Samuelson tackles that hardest question...

"A collection of original poems by Jane Hirshfield exploring the profundities and quirks of existence"--

""While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, I've found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their higher goals above their desire for recognition." --from the prologue"--

Portland, 1879. Faith Kenner is pursuing her dream to become a doctor and use her gift to help the native populations. When she meets Andrew Gratton, an injured riverboat captain, a friendship grows between them. After Faith speaks out against Oregon's racist laws, she garners the attention of dangerous, powerful men. Will secrets and rising tensions prevent them from finding true happiness? -- adapted from back cover

" Psychic medium MaryAnn DiMarco has communicated with the other side since she was 5 years old. Through her experience, she found that everyone has a team of divine advisers, such as guides, angels, ancestors, and other spiritual beings, that prompt your gut instincts. As an in-demand spiritual teacher, MaryAnn offers her clients a roadmap for developing intuition on their own and helps them break free from their own spiritual, emotional, and real-world...

EMS helicopter pilot Penny Carlton is used to high stress situations, but being forced to land on a mountain in a raging storm with a critical patient-- and a serial killer on the loose-- tests her skills and her nerve to the limit. She survives with FBI Special Agent Holt Satterfield's help... but she's not out of the woods yet. In the ensuing days Penny finds herself under attack-- and news reaches Holt that he may not have gotten his man after...

Finding one's calling is not just about finding something we can do—it is about finding what we can't not do. “Let your life speak” is a time-honored Quaker admonition to live one's life as witness to the deepest truths one knows. But as Parker Palmer explains, those words can also mean “listen to your life, and let it tell you what your truth is.” Vocation, he writes, comes not from external demands but from listening to the true self,...