How do you resolve a midlife crisis? Margaret Winslow, an overworked college professor in New York City, answered a for-sale ad for a “Large White Saddle Donkey.” Hilarity ensued, along with life-threatening injuries and spirit-enriching insight. 

In her book, Smart Ass: How a Donkey Challenged Me to Accept His True Nature & Rediscover My Own, Winslow shares her adventures with Caleb the donkey through training traumas, expert-baffling antics, and humiliating races. 

Although millions of Westerners practice yoga simply for its health benefits, the philosophy and wisdom behind the multifaceted discipline have far more to offer. In The Jewel of Abundance: Finding Prosperity through the Ancient Wisdom of Yoga, award-winning author and Kriya Yoga teacher Ellen Grace O’Brian reveals an overlooked aspect of yoga: its powerful teachings on prosperity. She draws upon the ancient Vedic tradition of yoga philosophy and practice and shows how spirituality and earthly success can complement each other, leading to realization of the higher Self. O’Brian presents a clear explanation of both the philosophy of yoga and the nuts and bolts of practice, such as setting up a daily meditation routine, incorporating mantras, discerning how to cooperate with universal principles for complete well-being, and cultivating mindfulness in action. We hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from the book, and we wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving.

We are deeply saddened to inform you that our beloved friend and New World Library cofounder Shakti Gawain passed away on Sunday morning, November 11, 2018, at the age of 70, from complications related to hip surgery. 

We have been greatly moved by the outpouring of love and support so many of you have shared on Shakti’s Facebook page during this difficult time, and encourage those of you who have an account to add your thoughts and appreciation for her work to the conversation. 

Jeff Herman opened his literary agency in the mid-1980s while in his midtwenties. Since then, he has made nearly one thousand book deals, including many bestsellers. In the newest, 28th edition of his highly respected resource, Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents, he unmasks nonsense, clears confusion, and unlocks secret doorways to success for new and veteran writers. It truly is the writer’s best friend.

In celebration of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), in which participants aim to write an entire novel during the month of November, Jeff Herman reveals how you can really start and finish a whole novel in just thirty days. We hope you’ll enjoy this charming and empowering article.

Do you sense that you have inner wisdom that can be a guiding force for you, yet wonder how to connect with that intuition? Are you searching for deeper meaning and purpose in your life?

In the 25th Anniversary Edition of Living in the Light: Follow Your Inner Guidance to Create a New Life and a New World, beloved bestselling author and New World Library cofounder Shakti Gawain addresses these questions. Living in the Light has given millions of people clear and gentle guidance to create a new way of life — one in which we listen to our intuition and rely on it as a guiding force — and in these changing times in which we live, the book’s message is more important than ever. We hope you’ll enjoy this short excerpt from the book.