Suicide, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, and many more emotional and stress-related problems plague the first-responder community. Hundreds of thousands of these brave public servants have unwittingly become victims of the professions they once loved. However, the suffering that results from a professional life of sacrifice and service can be prevented and mitigated.

A practical and inspiring guide to transformational personal storytelling, The Story You Need to Tell: Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss is the result of Sandra Marinella’s pioneering work with veterans and cancer patients, her years of teaching writing, and her research into its profound healing properties. Just released, The Story You Need to Tell audiobook can be found as a digital download at www.libro.fm, www.audible.com, or your favorite audiobook provider.

If anyone can be called a self-help, self-actualization pioneer, it is Shakti Gawain. Years before “manifestation,” “the law of attraction,” and “the secret” entered the lexicon, Shakti was sharing daily affirmations, meditations, and mental imagery practices that millions found could help them achieve goals, change habits, relax deeply, and significantly improve their overall health and well-being. We hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from the 40th Anniversary Edition of her international bestseller Creative Visualization.  

Throughout his extraordinary career, New World Library cofounder and publisher Marc Allen has developed simple, powerful tools that anyone can use to find a short, direct path to success and fulfillment. In The Magical Path: Creating the Life of Your Dreams and a World That Works for All, he presents these tools. The book is filled with effective, easy-to-apply practices — including affirmation, visualization, and guided meditation — that can change the course of readers’ lives in miraculous ways. We hope you’ll enjoy this short excerpt from the book. 

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.