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Locally & Independently Published General Nonfiction

Bookshop Santa Cruz has hundreds of locally and independently published books on our shelves. Our consignment program allows us to continue to accept all of the professionally-produced, self-published books from our local authors and to devote our resources to prominently featuring them throughout the store.

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Bridging Science and Spirit: The Genius of William A. Tiller's Physics and the Promise of Information Medicine

Author Bio: 

Nisha Manek is a former esteemed member of Mayo Clinic’s Division of Rheumatology and an internationally recognized leader of Integrative Medicine. In her commitment and dedication to innovative approaches to health and wellness, she seeks to synthesize and unify her work as a physician and scientist with Spiritual inquiry and practice. Related to the subject of consciousness and healing, Nisha moderated HH 14th Dalai Lama's visit to Mayo clinic in 2008. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom.

Bridging Science and Spirit: The Genius of William A. Tiller's Physics and the Promise of Information Medicine By Nisha J. Manek Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781950559008
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Published: Conscious Creation LLC - September 25th, 2019

The Artist’s Journey: Creativity Reflection Journal

Author Bio: 

Nancy Hillis, MD is an artist, Stanford trained psychiatrist and best-selling author. Nancy guides artists to create their deepest, most authentic art through her signature approach, which combines art and psychiatry. She’s helped thousands of artists transform their work from the inside out, operating from the conviction that artistic creation has as much to do with psychology as it does with paint and canvas.

 

Nancy has been featured in Inc. magazine and The New York Observer. Nancy lives in Santa Cruz, CA with her partner and daughter.

 

The Artist's Journey: Creativity Reflection Journal By Nancy Hillis Cover Image
$24.97
ISBN: 9780999750421
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Published: Artist's Journey Press - January 7th, 2020

The Artist's Journey: Bold Strokes To Spark Creativity By Nancy Hillis Cover Image
$19.97
ISBN: 9780999750414
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Published: Artist's Journey Press - January 27th, 2019

After Loss: Hope for Widows, Widowers, and Partners

Author Bio: 

Linda Donovan is a writer, grief-support advocate, and marketing consultant. She has been a professional writer for more than 30 years, and her work has appeared in books, blogs, magazines, newspapers, and other publications. She won a 2014 Writer’s Digest award for a digital version of a self-help book that she coauthored. Linda became involved with her local hospice after experiencing how the hospice team provided so much assistance to her family. She has been leading grief-support groups for Hospice of Santa Cruz County for more than a decade.

After Loss: Hope for Widows, Widowers, and Partners By Linda Donovan Cover Image
$14.69
ISBN: 9781728320991
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Published: Authorhouse - August 29th, 2019

Hosmer Vegetable ABC Cookbook

Author Bio: 

STEPHEN HOSMER is a self-taught sign maker, graphic artist, painter.  He painted his first sign in 1979, and has owned and operated Stokes Signs in Santa Cruz since 1986, now with his wife Nani and son Drew.  He was voted Santa Cruz Artist of the Year in 2008, and was a Gail Rich Award recipient in 2012.

Hosmer Vegetable ABC Book By Ashley Malia Hosmer, Stephen Hosmer (Illustrator) Cover Image
$29.95
ISBN: 9781733436205
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Published: Self-Published - September 23rd, 2019

The Art and Science of Caregiving: Stories of Inspiring Elders with an End-of-Life Guidebook

Author Bio: 

Annelise Schinzinger is passionate about improving the quality of life of elders and those who are dying. She has dedicated over twenty-five years to end-of-life care and advocacy for the elderly. She learned about the importance of competent and loving caregivers when she dealt with a serious illness at nineteen. When her grandmother and mother were ill and dying, she took care of them. Her experiences were so profound that she left the corporate world and became a hospice caregiver.

The Art and Science of Caregiving: Stories of Inspiring Elders with an End-of-Life Guidebook By Annelise Schinzinger Cover Image
$18.85
ISBN: 9781732596207
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Published: Noble Books - April 4th, 2019

Mama Gaia Gives Birth: Her Internal Journey

Author Bio: 

Sierra Nasr wrote and illustrated Mama Gaia Gives Birth : Her Internal Journey. Sierra is a certified holistic birth doula, a poet, an abstract artist, a flautist, a dancer, a gardener and a lover of nature. She was inspired by the Matrona course she took taught by Whapio Bartlett. She was supported by her "book doula" Jena Lee Mercer, who believed in her when the birth of this book seemed impossible. Sierra's approach is to bring an artistic and metaphorical vision to the journey of labor as a map for new mothers, siblings or anyone interested in birth.

 

The Artist’s Journey: Bold Strokes To Spark Creativity

Author Bio: 

Nancy Hillis, M.D. lives in Santa Cruz, California. She's an abstract artist, author and Stanford trained existential psychiatrist. She’s founder of The Artist's Journey courses, workshops and presentations. Nancy blogs about the inner landscape of artists at https://nancyhillis.com

The Artist's Journey: Bold Strokes To Spark Creativity By Nancy Hillis Cover Image
$19.97
ISBN: 9780999750414
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Published: Artist's Journey Press - January 27th, 2019

Colored Faces

Author Bio: 

Artist Clara Ines Thomas has been a painter and teacher of philosophy for 25 years. She feels that being artist and philosopher compliment each other, as each serve an inspiration to the other trying to figure out the inscrutable world. So, her artwork has developed an  imaginary world parallel to the real life in order to establish a new artistic “walkie-talkie” using colors, brushes, canvas, paper...and more. She is an self-taught in arts, although she studied Graphic Design in Santa barbara City College  and now she is studying Visual Arts in Cabrillo College.

Colored Faces: A Short Story Painted By Clara I. Thomas Cover Image
$19.00
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ISBN: 9781532393389
Published: Self-Published - January 1st, 2019

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