The Cloud of Unknowing with the Book of Privy Counsel: A New Translation by Carmen Acevedo Butcher What makes Carmen's translation of this classic of Christian mysticism stand out from the others is that she puts it in a modern voice that aims to be the equivalent of the original Middle English: the simple and

The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees by Stephanie Kaza People sometimes chuckle when they read the subtitle, but you have to read it to see why it's not a joke at all. Zen environmentalist Kaza spent quality time with a number of individual trees, meditating near them, getting to know them, and listening to their

Unholy Hungers: Encountering the Psychic Vampire in Ourselves and Others by Barbara E. Hort Did you ever have a friend, colleague, or lover who seemed to, inexplicably, drain the spirit right out of you, leaving you depleted of energy, ideas, and focus? You may be the victim of a psychic vampire! Psychotherapist Hort shows that