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November 20, 2008

Stories in Philosophy/religion:

The travel writer and the monk

Today is publication day for The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama by Pico Iyer, who divides his time between Santa Barbara and Japan and first visited the exiled Dalai Lama at age 17. “A brilliant pairing of writer and subject,” says Publishers Weekly. We have to agree.
Read an excerpt [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, March 25th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: New Release 2008, Philosophy/religion, Travel books

Monkey Girl book lotto

Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America’s Soul by Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Humes is just out in paperback this week. We have TWO autographed copies to share with CaliforniaAuthors.com readers.
Want one?
Just send us an email [to info at californiaauthors.com] with Monkey Girl in the subject line and we’ll enter you in [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, February 18th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: FoCA, Giveaways, Narrative nonfiction, Philosophy/religion, Science, Site stuff

Today’s quote

“Writing tells you everything you need to know about yourself and the world you live in, in part by making you immaterial or even mute. You think you’re describing something outside yourself, but — as every photographer knows — every portrait you make is, in some way, a self-portrait.” — Pico Iyer writing in an [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, February 13th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Author's life, New Release 2008, Nonfiction, Philosophy/religion, Travel books

A dose of Daily Buddhist Wisdom

from from Beliefnet to start 2008: “Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity. We are dependent on each other in so many ways that we can no longer live in [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, January 1st, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Best wishes from CaliforniaAuthors, Philosophy/religion