Travel adventures and tasty food go hand in hand. Mystical Places and Marvelous Meals: A Travel Cookbook, explores ancient settlements, searches for legendary beasts, and dispels travel myths while sampling local delicacies. Visit little known funerary structures 1,900 years older than the Egyptian pyramids. Enter a chapel lined with the bones of 5,000 monks. Find out whether sex and death are mutually exclusive. Do bullfights mean blood and gore? Does roadside food have to taste like plastic? Authors Sara Nieves-Grafals and Al Getz-a husband and wife team of mental health professionals turned travel/cookbook writers-take us on over twenty years of journeys peppered with history, geography, folklore, cross-cultural psychology, foreign languages, architecture, mythology, archaeology, and gastronomy. Seventy-five recipes from their Washington, D.C. home kitchen transport us to different destinations. Sara Nieves-Grafals, a polyglot clinical psychologist from Puerto Rico, dances flamenco in her spare time. She lectures about mental health issues and has a psychotherapy practice. Al Getz, originally from New Jersey, retired as a public health analyst. He has edited scientific publications, builds cabinets, designs kitchens, and dabbles in photography, classical music and painting. Together they journey through life, traveling, learning, and cooking. Recommended for People who travel with a map in one hand and a knife and fork in the other... [to] cool locations where their whimsy takes them." -Washington Post 2/5/06:

Theos Bernard, the White Lama recounts the real story behind the purported adventures of Theos Casimir Bernard (1908--1947), the self-proclaimed "White Lama" who in 1937 became the third American in history to reach Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. Bernard met, associated, and corresponded with the major social, political, and cultural leaders of his day, from the Regent and high politicians of Tibet to saints, scholars, and diplomats of British India, and from Charles Lindbergh and Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Gandhi and Nehru. But he also had his flaws. He was an entrepreneur propelled by grandiose schemes, a handsome man who shamelessly used his looks to bounce from rich wife to rich wife to support his activities, and a master manipulator who concocted his own interpretations of Eastern wisdom to suit his own ends. Despite the bright future ahead of him, Bernard disappeared in India during the communal violence of the 1947 Partition, never to be seen again. Through diaries, interviews, and previously unstudied documents, Paul G. Hackett shares Bernard's compelling life story, along with his efforts to awaken America's religious counterculture to the unfolding events in India, Tibet, and the Himalayas.

Yearning to delve into the mysteries of the Emerald Isle? Skip the tourist traps and unearth new ways to delight in its legendary landscape. Have you dreamed of visiting Ireland but hate canned tours? Overwhelmed by which marvels to choose when short on time? Struggling with planning but don’t want to be beholden to a guide? Author and seasoned traveler Christy Nicholas has turned her passion for the nooks and crannies of the island’s beautiful rolling hills into a deep knowledge of a country bursting with history and beauty. And now she’s here to share a treasure trove of tips for relishing the wonders of this stunning destination so you can ditch the stress and soak in the culture. Ireland: Mythical, Magical, Mystical is the ultimate companion to uncovering little-known gems that will transport you to a place and time that birthed legends and captivated millions. Nicholas’s veteran advice helps you explore every county and avoid the crowds, while immersing in the author’s favorite locales and savoring the breathtaking grandeur of the land of Éire. See mesmerizing sites missed by the hordes and return home reinvigorated after an experience you’ll cherish for a lifetime. In Ireland: Mythical, Magical, Mystical, you’ll discover: Expert guidance for engaging in a journey that reveals a rarely seen world Geographic phenomena like the spectacular sea cliffs of Sliabh Liag to add unique touches to a memorable adventure Stories and myths leading to stone circles and dolmens for a spellbinding encounter of the ages Practical information for budgeting so you can make that seemingly impossible dream a reality Detailed plans to help you maximize your precious hours, suggestions for choosing locations from an abundance of options, and much, much more! Ireland: Mythical, Magical, Mystical: A Guide to Hidden Ireland is an eye-opening travel guidebook. If you like escaping the beaten path, a conversational approach, and creating lasting memories, then you’ll love Christy Nicholas’s invaluable resource. Buy Ireland: Mythical, Magical, Mystical to take the road less traveled today!

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Balance: The BUSINESS—LIFE Connection provides a template for creating a successful business, as well as long-term balance and fulfillment in your personal life. It is based on three decades of the author’s diverse experience, including Rock Star, Corporate Executive, Entrepreneur, Filmmaker, and Holistic Hotelier. He shows how to identify and unleash the power of life purpose and passion.

In the wake of the Counter-Reformation, Cardinal Gabriele Paleotti, the archbishop of Bologna, wrote a remarkable treatise on art during a time when the Church feared rampant abuse in the arts. Paleotti's 'Discourse on Sacred and Profane Images' argues that art should address a broad audience and explains the painter's responsibility to his spectators.

In this, her third crime novel set in Hawaii, Selma delves into the mystique, history, lure, and romance of coffee while taking the reader on a tour of Oahu. In Coffee Kapu, modern day criminals pattern their behavior after the notorious criminals of the past. These 21st century bad guys taunt Madam Pele, the legendary goddess of the volcano, and she takes care of them in her inimitable style. The Days continue to enjoy their vacations in Hawaii and share their observations and experiences even while the criminals wreak havoc.

Epistolary biography of a bridge-building 20th century Christian-Hindu spiritual leader This fascinating biography of Swāmī Abhishiktānanda is based on a vast collection of letters written to friends and family over his twenty-five years in India. Swāmī Abhishiktānanda (1910-1973)—a French Catholic monk, who came to India in 1948 and settled there till the end of his life in 1973—was one of the most fascinating spiritual figures of the twentieth century and a bridge-builder between Christian and Hindu traditions. After nineteen years of living in a Benedictine monastery in France, his passionate longing to realize the Truth brought him face-to-face with Indian spirituality and paved the way for him to meet one of the greatest contemporary sages of India, Shri Ramana Maharshi. This book illustrates the spiritual trajectory of an extraordinary pioneer of interreligious dialogue and a bridge-builder between Christian and Hindu traditions, from his first arrival in South India in 1948 towards his spiritual Awakening in Rishikesh on July 14, 1973.