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Why I Am a Buddhist
Stephen T. Asma, Ph.D.
For answering age old questions like “Who am I,” “Why am I here,” “How can I live a meaningful life,” Asma has found the answers in Buddhism, but a Buddhism he has shaped to fit rather than one-size fits all. He dispenses with the “New Age mush” and takes “the California out of Buddhism” to form a Buddhism that is accessible and inclusive for people, people who may be put off by organized religion or dogma stacked on dogma. He builds the case for an authentic modality in his own iconoclastic, irreverent, and hardheaded way.
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Change the World, Change Your Life
Angela Perkey
18,000 children die of hunger every day. By 2030, there will be no glaciers left in Glacier National Park. 47 million Americans do not have health insurance. From job loss and foreclosures to global warming and poverty, it’s hard not to feel powerless in the face of such depressing news. Yet, many young people today are more eager than ever to get involved, to do something to improve the world. They crave meaningful lives that are worth remembering.
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The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology
Deena West Budd
In the third book of our Weiser Field Guides, BellaOnline paranormal editor, Deena West Budd, surveys the still-emerging field of cryptozoology--a term coined in the 1950s by a French zoologist named Bernard Heuvelmans--the study of “hidden” or “unknown” animals not recognized in standard zoology.
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The Phoenix Lights
Lynne Kitei
On March 13, 1997 something extra-ordinary happened in the skies over Phoenix and across Arizona. On that clear evening a parade of low flying, mile wide V-shaped formations of orbs and craft glided silently overhead, attracting the attention of at least 10,000 people. This is the detailed account of that evening and the ensuing cover up of what is now being hailed as the largest mass sighting of UFOs in modern times...but there is much more to the story.
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Weiser Books
Conari Press
