What’s on my bedside table (in my Kindle reader…)
not that I am finished with all of them!.. In no particular order:
Sapiens: a brief history of humankind, by Juval Noah Harari.
Active Measures: the secret history of disinformation and political warfare, by Thomas Rid
The Sword and the Shield: the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., by Peniel E. Joseph
On Freedom, by Timothy Snyder
Near Enemies Of The Truth. Avoid The Pitfalls Of The Spiritual Life And Become Radically Free, by Christopher D. Wallis, Ph.D.
No Bad Parts. Healing Trauma And Restoring Wholeness With The Internal Family SystemS Model, by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Infinite Awareness: the awakening of a scientific mind, by Marjorie Hines Woollacott
Reverse Meditation. How to Use your Pain and Most Difficult Emotions as the Doorway to Inner Freedom, by Andrew Holecek
The Vintner’s Luck, by Elizabeth Knox
Whites. On race and other falsehoods, by Otegha Uwagba
Clean. The new science of skin, by James Hamblin
Orientalism (abridged), by Edward Said
Celestial Bodies, by Jokha Alharthi
You Are The Universe: discovering your cosmic self and why it matters, by Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos
The Surprising Purpose of Anger: beyond anger management: finding the gift, by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph. D.
Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine
City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965, by Kelly Lytle Hernández
The Purity Myth: how America’s obsession with virginity is hurting young women, by Jessica Valenti
Tantra Illuminated: the philosophy, history, and practice of a timeless tradition, by Christopher D. Wallis. Also his…
The Recognition Sutras - Illuminating a 1,000-year-old spiritual masterpiece
Freeing the Natural Voice: Imagery and art in the practice of voice and language, by Kristin Linklater
A Call To Heal, by Diane Goldner. Also by her… How People Heal: exploring the scientific basis of subtle energy in healing, and… Yes, You Can Heal: the secret to transforming illness and creating a radiant life
Breath: the new science of a lost art, by James Nestor
Also by him…
Deep: freediving, renegade science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves.
Caste: the origins of our discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
Good Chemistry: the science of connection, from soul to psychedelics, by Julie Holland M.D.
Dog Is Love: why and how your dog loves you, by Clive D.L. Wynne
Epidemics and Society: from the black death to the present, by Frank M. Snowden
The Body Keeps The Score: mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong
Salt & Straw Ice Cream Cookbook
The Odd Woman and the City: a memoir, by Vivian Gornick
The Great Smog Of India, by Siddharth Singh
Self-Therapy, volume 3: A step-by-step guide to using IFS for eating issues, procrastination, the inner critic, depression, perfectionism, anger, communication, and more, by Jay Earley, PhD
Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them, edited by Joseph E. Uscinski
The Future Is History - how totalitarianism reclaimed Russia, by Masha Gessen
The Goddess Pose - the audacious life of Indra Devi, the woman who helped bring Yoga to the West, by Michelle Goldberg
The Coaching Habit - say less, ask more & change the way you lead forever, by Michael Bungay Stanier
The Mysticism Of Sound And Music, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Hinduism, by Linda Johnsen
Does Jesus Really Love Me? : a gay Christian’s pilgrimage in search of God in America, by Jeff Chu
Just look around… everyone is God
