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Staff Picks

Category: Spirituality

Find your new favorite reads with this collection of top titles curated by our expert librarians.

If Women Rose Rooted

If Women Rose Rooted

"If Women Rose Rooted is a rallying cry for women to reawaken their natural power - not just for the sake of their own wellbeing, but for love of this threatened earth."

The Book of Joy

The Book of Joy

Dalai Lama XIV , Desmond Tutu

"Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity."

In My Time of Dying

In My Time of Dying

Sebastian Junger

"A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm."

Loving Our Own Bones

Loving Our Own Bones

Julia Watts Belser

"A spiritual companion and political manifesto that cuts through objectification and inspiration alike to offer a powerful new account of disability in biblical narrative and contemporary culture"

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Shunryū Suzuki

In one of the best and most succinct introductions to Zen practice, the important teacher Shunryu Suzuki discusses posture and breathing in meditation as well as selflessness, emptiness & mindfulness

Inner Engineering: a Yogi's Guide to Joy

Inner Engineering: a Yogi's Guide to Joy

Sadhguru Vasudev, Jaggi

An awesome book on looking within, that also offers practical ways to incorporate yogic techniques into our everyday lives. The author is full of joy and he brings us back to the true meaning of Yoga.

The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday

The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday

A compilation of meditations and exercises to inspire us to find joy and expand the ways we engage with the people and places, the objects and tasks we encounter in our everyday lives.