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FOUR FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS IN PLAIN ENGLISH
GUNARATANA, BHANTE
In simple and straightforward language, Bhante Gunaratana shares what the Buddha said about mindfulness in
his instructional talks and how we can use these principles to improve our daily lives, deepen our mindfulness,
and move closer to our spiritual goals. While this book is based on a classic text, the Satipatthana Sutta, its
presentation is thoroughly modern in Bhante’s trademark “plain English” style. Based around one of the
Buddha's must succinct yet rich explanations of meditation, The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain
English can be read as a stand-alone volume either before or after the bestselling Mindfulness in Plain English.
Newcomers will find it lays strong groundwork for mindfulness practice, and old hands will find rich subtleties and
insights that will help consolidate and clarify what they may have started to see for themselves.
SPIRITUALITY/BUDDHISM
WISDOM PUBLICATIONS 192 PAGES
9781614290384
$17.50 TP Original
AUGUST 2012
THE FRACTALIST
MANDELBROT, BENOIT
Benoit Mandelbrot, the creator of fractal geometry, has significantly improved our understanding of, among other
things, financial variability and biological rhythms. His work reveals hidden order in what was once perceived as
rough, unpredictable, or chaotic. In The Fractalist, Mandelbrot recounts the high points of his life with
exuberance and an eloquent fluency, deepening our understanding of the evolution of his extraordinary mind.
We begin with his early years: born in Warsaw in 1924 to a Lithuanian Jewish family, Mandelbrot was mentored
by an eminent mathematician uncle in Paris. As he stayed barely one step ahead of the Nazis until France was
liberated, he studied geometry on his own and dreamed of using it to solve fresh, real-world problems. We
observe his unusually broad education in Europe, and then at Cal Tech, Princeton, and MIT. We learn about his
thirty-five-year affiliation with the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center and his association with Harvard and
Yale. An outsider to mainstream scientific research, he managed to do what others had thought impossible:
develop a new geometry that combines revelatory beauty with a radical way of unfolding formerly hidden laws
governing utter roughness, turbulence, and chaos.
SCIENCE/MEMOIR 1ST PRINTING 40,000
PANTHEON 352 PAGES
9780307377357
$35.00 HC
OCTOBER 2012
FREE MARKET REVOLUTION
BROOK, YARON
Free Market Revolution argues that we must embrace a new way of thinking about capitalism and self-interest -
one first spearheaded by popular novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand. The authors apply Rand's ideas to today's
political events, with chapters addressing the debt crisis, inflation, regulation, the welfare state, and much more.
CURRENT AFFAIRS 1ST PRINTING 45,000
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 272 PAGES
9780230341692
$31.00 HC
SEPTEMBER 2012
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