The Atheist’s Way: Living Well Without Gods by Eric Maisel. © 2009 New World Library. ISBN 978-1-57731-642-8. Paperback. Personal Growth. 187 pages. $14.00 US. [ Purchase ]

Synopsis
In The Atheist’s Way, Eric Maisel teaches you how to make rich personal meaning despite the absence of beneficence gods and the indifference of the universe to human concerns. Exploding the myth that there is any meaning to find or to seek, Dr. Maisel explains why the paradigm shift from seeking meaning to making meaning is this century’s most pressing intellectual goal. (from back cover)

Review
Unlike other atheist books, The Atheist’s Way, explains to both new atheists, those on the cusp of atheism and non-atheists what exactly it is that atheists believe in. Most people equate atheists with negative cynics and stoics, but the reality is that atheism can mean an extremely positive and beautiful existence; “…the atheist’s way is a rich way, as rich as life itself” (page 2). Read more

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The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person’s Path Through Depression by Eric Maisel, PhD. © 2008 New World Library. ISBN 978-1-57731-604-6. Paperback. Psychology / Creativity. 255 pages. $14.95 US. [ Purchase ]

Synopsis
Creative people will experience depression—that’s a given. It’s a given because they are regularly confronted by doubts about the meaningfulness of their efforts. Theirs is a kind of depression that does not respond to pharmaceutical treatment. What’s required is healing in the realm of meaning. In this groundbreaking book, Eric Maisel teaches creative people how to handle these recurrent crises of meaning and how to successfully manage the anxieties of the creative process. Using examples both from the lives of famous creators such as van Gogh and from his own creativity coaching practice, Maisel explains that despite their inevitable difficulties, creative people possess the ability to forge relationships, repair themselves, and find meaning in their work and their lives. Maisel presents a step-by-step plan to help creative people handle their special brand of depression and rediscover the reasons they are driven to create in the first place. [from back cover] Read more

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Teresa (nom de plume: Torrance Sené) is a self-proclaimed geek, a Janeite, a lover of werewolves and bad-ass angels, an aspiring novelist and an avid book reader who freelances as a web designer. You can follow her on Twitter at @eireannoir.

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The Virtuous Consumer: Your Essential Shopping Guide for a Better, Kinder and Healthier World by Leslie Garrett. © 2007 New World Library. ISBN 1-930722-74-5. Paperback. $15.95 US. [ Purchase ]

Leslie Garrett brings to the forefront some of the main concerns of our ailing planet and ways we can help without preaching and fundamentalism. No matter how busy you are, this book gives you no reason not to take your stand in the healing of Mother Earth. There are simple techniques, lists of resources and ideas and so much more. This is a book that everyone in the USA, if not world, should own. Blessings to Leslie for writing such a persuasive and sensible guide!

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Teresa (nom de plume: Torrance Sené) is a self-proclaimed geek, a Janeite, a lover of werewolves and bad-ass angels, an aspiring novelist and an avid book reader who freelances as a web designer. You can follow her on Twitter at @eireannoir.

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The Red-Haired Girl From the Bog by Patricia Monaghan. © 2003 New World Library. ISBN 1-57731-458-1. 292 pages. Paperback. $14.95 US. [ Purchase ]

Synopsis
Ireland: land of rambles, burning peat, dark beer, misdirection, lilting speech, enchanting melodies, green hills, ruddy faces, and goddesses. Goddesses? In Ireland? Like many Irish Americans before her, Pat Monaghan traveled to Ireland for the first time as an adult, seeking her roots. What she found was much more than her physical ancestors. She found spiritual forebears in the legends and landmarks of spirited women: witches, hags, wanton girls, mothers. This book is the story of her journeys, and the story of the journeys the legends have made through time. Read more

Teresa

Teresa (nom de plume: Torrance Sené) is a self-proclaimed geek, a Janeite, a lover of werewolves and bad-ass angels, an aspiring novelist and an avid book reader who freelances as a web designer. You can follow her on Twitter at @eireannoir.

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