New World Library Unshelved

The New York Times has called Alan Watts, “perhaps the foremost Western interpreter of Eastern thought for the modern world.” This month, we’re pleased to release his book Zen: A Short Introduction with Illustrations by the Author, a beautiful gift edition of a work he originally published in 1948. Zen captures the essence of Zen Buddhism as a religion and a way of life by embodying the aesthetic of Zen itself. As with brushstrokes in a Japanese ink painting, the words have been used sparingly and arranged precisely, with no unnecessary embellishments. Illustrated with calligraphy and drawings by the author, this reprint of an old classic will delight fans of Alan Watts, while introducing new readers to a legendary author who infused groundbreaking scholarship with literary brilliance.

In his book The Life You Were Born to Live, bestselling author Dan Millman presents the Life-Purpose system, a modern method of insight based on ancient wisdom that has helped hundreds of thousands of people find new meaning, purpose, and direction in their lives. The original book described thirty-seven life paths, one of which applies accurately to anyone born between 1750 and 1999. But some children born after the year 2000 have new, single-digit birth numbers. The revised and updated 25th Anniversary Edition covers all forty-five birth numbers (life paths).

Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader evolved out of Marc Lesser’s work helping to create Search Inside Yourself, a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence program at Google. In this transformative book, he distills a lifetime of contemplative practice and business experience into seven simple, powerful practices for optimizing mindful leadership at work, as well as living a full and meaningful life:

In tribute to Zuzu, the beloved little Bombay pussycat he took as his teacher, author Tony Broadbent has collected some of Zuzu’s insights in his enchanting new book, The Timeless Teachings of Guru Zuzu. He has coupled them with illustrations that celebrate all cats, in the simple hope that you, too, may find in them some small measure of enlightenment for the way ahead. Enjoy!

A word-of-mouth phenomenon since its first publication, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle is one of those rare books with the power to create an experience in readers — one that can radically change their lives for the better.

To make the journey into The Power of Now, we need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the very first page of this extraordinary book, we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where we breathe a lighter air. We become more connected to the indestructible essence of our Being, “the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.”

Sanaya Roman has been channeling Orin, a wise and gentle spirit teacher, for many years. One of Sanaya and Orin’s greatest gifts is empowering intuitive and energetically open people to appreciate their sensitivity as a blessing (and not a problem or a handicap) and that this blessing is, in fact, a powerful and reliable way to receive direct and divine information to make life-changing choices.