books by Stephen Mitchell     books:       A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are68 reviews Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell Three Rivers Press, 2008 Your Joy is Unthinkable Byron Katie has discovered the secret to happiness, she lives it and offers it to all in this wonderfully honest writing. Long ago I felt that The Work she offers would absolutely transform the entire field of psychology. I still feel this will happen. And, finally, she has clearly stated the final realization of the work, "no thought (thinking) is absolutely true." Not one or any. No thinking ...             The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems18 reviews Pablo Neruda City Lights Publishers, 2004 A New Translation "I became saturated with his poetry and began to translate his poems. Although there were many beautiful existing translations, many others did not flow as I felt they should and I often had interpretive differences with them." ~ Mark Eisner, translator "The Essential Neruda Selected Poems" is the best translation I've read so far. The words are alive with beauty in a way that feels authentic ...             Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation37 reviews Stephen Mitchell Three Rivers Press, 2002 Poetry makes a difference There is a lot to be said about the poetic approach in this translation. The spell-binding rhythms and "turns of phrase" in the original sanskrit may not be perfectly reproduced, but Mitchell made me realize that the repetition- slightly different each time, was like a flower opening, giving subtle meaning, flavor and beauty- the whole being greater than "a single petal".             The Enlightened Heart11 reviews Stephen Mitchell Harper Perennial, 1993 Beautiful poetry I bought this book after reading about it in my yoga magazine thinking I could really use a good book of poems to ponder and this book is terrific. The poems really will quiet your mind. I love that such a wide array of authors are represented - from Rumi to Dogen to Emily Dickenson to Walt Whitman. A great collection. Glad I bought it.             Tao Te Ching: A New English Version (Perennial Classics)178 reviews Lao Tzu Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 BEWARE OF CLUELESS REVIEWERS! The naysaying reviewers did not bother to read this book through. Nowhere does it claim to be a literal translation, and following the lessons are the author's notes, explaining exactly what he did or didn't add, and why, as well as references to what was replaced from the original -- much of which is as wonderful as the lessons themselves. There is so much beauty and depth in this "new ...             Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life170 reviews Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell Three Rivers Press, 2003 Helplful~ For me, I found this book helpful. Her 4 step process has stuck with me, and I hear her voice asking those questions in my head. I feel the book has helped to bring me peace. Hope it may do the same for you.             Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind"392 reviews Alexandra Ripley Grand Central Publishing, 2007 scarlet this is a great book, it keep me from wanting to even eat until i finished             The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke21 reviews Rainer Maria Rilke Vintage, 1989 a lifeline This is one book I cannot live without. I can't read German, so I am grateful for the translation, and Rilke's genius is not lost in translation. :) Favorites? I can't name just one. You who never arrived...For the sake of one poem...The Prodigal Son...Spanish dancer... Oh, the sheer beauty and power of his words make the familiar unfamiliar - alive. Whenever I feel down, I find myself ...             Gilgamesh: A New English Version80 reviews Stephen Mitchell Free Press, 2006 epic wonder not only the oldest, but one of the best stories ever told. gorgeous translation, and an unusual but compelling narrator. i never get tired of this production.             The Book of Job13 reviews Stephen Mitchell Harper Perennial, 1992 Why? To meaningfully ask the question "why?" in a religious context, one must first be familiar with Job--there is simply nothing in scripture that approaches the question of human suffering with such detail. Sadly, Mr. Mitchell correctly notes that the original book is long gone--victimized by the mistakes of translators. Yet the story remains universal; any reader can sympathize with Job's ...             Teaching Sport Concepts And Skills: A Tactical Games Approach Stephen A. Mitchell, Judith L., Ph.D. Oslin, ... Human Kinetics Publishers, 2005 ? Help students expand their ability to perform specific skills through modified game play in which they apply tactics in gamelike situations. ? Learn and use key concepts to help you successfully teach and coach students. ? Get more lessons and ideas to help you apply the tactical games approach. ? Teach students and athletes how to transfer problem-solving knowledge and experience from one sport to another. Already a classic in the ...             What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Autoimmune Disorders: The Revolutionary, Drug-Free Treatments for ...6 reviews Stephen B. Edelson, Deborah Mitchell Grand Central Publishing, 2003 Excellent book Don't let the previous review scare you. The quackwatch guys are the quacks themselves. Barrett, who heads up the quackwatch "research", is not a board certified doctor of anything and has been sued a bunch of times. The book itself is excellent and describes a treatment protocol that works. This protocol brought me back from near death when no local doctor could even figure out what was wrong ...             A Book of Psalms: Selected and Adapted from the Hebrew7 reviews Stephen Mitchell Harper Perennial, 1994 awesome i loved it. reading the bible always makes me feel spanked. mitchell has done with the psalms what G did for moveable type. something about universal accessibility.             Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke (Modern Library)13 reviews Rainer Maria Rilke Modern Library, 1995 poetry from the soul I recently discovered Rilke, and am much the better for it - his craft with words literally gives one goosebumps. The poetry portion of _Ahead of All Parting_ is dual language, so readers of German can enjoy the original as well as Mitchell's translations. The book also contains copious notes about many of the poems (when they were written, what was going on in Rilke's life) as well as a ...             The Gospel According to Jesus: A New Translation and Guide to His Essential Teachings for Believers and ...32 reviews Stephen Mitchell Harper Perennial, 1993 Grateful for this gift from Mitchell I spent a good 15 years of my life trying to make peace with Christianity. I've struggled to appreciate the avid Christians' ability to embrace the Bible as a literal transcription of God's word. I've struggled to forgive those who applied peer pressure to me as a young teen to "accept Jesus as my personal savior." I've pondered with bewilderment the idea that God would create us with ...             The Singer of Tales8 reviews Albert B. Lord Harvard University Press, 2000 Ian Myles Slater on: So What's New? Albert B. Lord's "Singer of Tales" was published in 1960, as Number 24 of the "Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature," and was picked up in paperback by Atheneum only a few years later (1965). It is probably the most widely read book in the monograph series, and the most controversial. It is certainly the best known of its author's books and articles. Over the course of four decades and a ...             Can Love Last?: The Fate of Romance over Time5 reviews Stephen A. Mitchell W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 Lasting Love How can love survive despite the vagaries of hectic schedules, work and parenting pressures, aging, and boredom? That is one of the many questions Stephen Mitchell attempts to answer in Can Love Last? While considering the oft-posed questions about "chemistry," real love, and soul mates, he looks at whether you can determine if you've found "the one"; and how to keep them if you have. Dr. ...             The Enlightened Mind8 reviews Stephen Mitchell Harper Perennial, 1993 So many stars, one sky. This is an excellent anthology of sacred prose. Stephen Mitchell was very ecumenical and egalitarian in his selection process. Such a lack of bias is clear evidence of his own enlightened understanding where the universality of truth is concerned. No one, no cult, no philosophy, no religion, has a patent on the ultimate source of being, on God. All anyone can do is say what God is like, not what ...             Letters to a Young Poet71 reviews Rainer Maria Rilke Vintage, 1986 This book is fantastic! This little book though short in lenght packs a condensed form of life wisdom. Some of the insight Rilke writes to his friend are priceless. Rilke penetrates to the essence of a wide range issues from religious to material never preaching but more like asking his friend to truly examine his decisions in life and let no one else make his choices for him. This has to be one of my all time ...             The Song of Songs: The World's First Great Love Poem (Modern Library Classics)9 reviews Modern Library, 2006 Profoundly Sensual How wonderful you are, O Love, how much sweeter than all other pleasures! But to try to quote from the Song is like hunting for a rabbit's foot. Or trying to cook only a spoonful of soup. The lovers are stoked with the such desperate passion, that no matter the circumstance, the politic, or the law, they bestow on themselves and, now, thanks to the translation, on us, a profound ...              search for books according, approach, arthritis, autoimmune, believers, bhagavad, classics, concepts, diseases, disorders, drug-free, enlightened, essential, gilgamesh, margaret, mitchell, perennial, questions, revolutionary, rheumatoid, scarlett, selected, tactical, teaching, teachings, thousand, translation, treatments, unbelievers, version books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen VHS: Rising Damp - Collection Set 1 (Rooksby/ Black Magic/ Night Out/ Gharisma/ ... leave a comment home  impressum - about us