Are you waiting for your life to be a little bit different than it is much of the time? Would you like to feel slightly better, so that then you can finally begin to enjoy your life? In this book, Carolyn Atkinson looks directly at the startling and inspiring practice of living our lives right now--just as they are.

Local Tribes is a tour de force, gripping and intense drama of a young man's search for his ultimate truths in a hostile world not of his choosing. The realization of and coming to grips with hidden family secrets haunt main character Marco up until the story’s surprising conclusion. Written with fast-paced action scenes and vivid descriptions of the Santa Cruz coastal environs, Local Tribes gathers steam like a huge wave about to break on an unknown beach of intense emotions and uncertainty.

With music and poetry, and scientific facts weaved into the story, Lacy's Journey celebrates the diversity of life in the ocean ecosystem.  Young readers will learn about the growth and adventures of one decorator crab, named Lacy, but they will also learn lessons about friendship through the animals she meets.

A band of Civil War re-enactors is about to stage what one historian calls "the most vicious bout of sustained combat ever to take place on the continent." At night. In the rain. With overly enthusiastic special effects. And as the action threatens to get a little too authentic, they have a few personal problems to contend with as well--like unemployment, headstrong children, illusive dreams, and inescapable memories. History, historical pageantry, and history in the making entangle in this novel about a peaceful community that knows all too much about war.

A Voice for the Redwoods celebrates the diversity of life in the forest ecosystem. Through history, science, poetry, and myth, young readers learn about the life of one redwood tree's growth and adventures from sapling to adulthood. Through the experiences and heart of the redwood tree, readers learn about the importance of responsible stewardship of our Earth. 

Dyanna Falconer is on a roll when she sells her book to Hollywood and falls in love with a hot movie star, but she misses her home in Big Sur, and longs to paint and write and live her life on the ocean with the unforgettable characters that inhabit Big Sur!

With depth, humor, and raw honesty applied to the experience of slowly losing a loved one to cancer, BONE KNOWING offers satisfaction to readers who want to laugh, cry, and re-think important issues in their own relationships.

Do You Know What I Mean?—Discovering Your Personal Communication Style offers a dynamic and groundbreaking approach to successful interpersonal communication.

The communication styles framework pioneered by Bob Keteyian is a practical and powerful tool for:

• couples seeking deeper understanding and connection parents managing complex, challenging behaviors
• executives aiming to improve leadership skills
• management groups needing greater collaboration

For ages 7 and up. An important new resource for sexual abuse survivors and healing professionals. Sarah is a sexual abuse survivor, and her story is told in the form of a journal. The focus is not on the abuse, but on the healing process, as Sarah overcomes her feelings of shame and anxiety.

“People buy people, and they buy best from people who treat them like they matter.” This simple, cheerful proclamation is the heart and soul of Diane’s book. She teaches that successful selling is not only about closing the sale, it’s also about building quality relationships, rich connections, and loyal trust—first with yourself, and then with your customers.

Using your feelings intelligence begins with learning the language of feelings. Unlock the code to yourself. Learning Elephant is like Berlitz on Feelings. Find out why and how you are so much smarter than you think, more powerful than you act, when you leverage the information that you feel.

Tootie Hagan, award winning photographer-author, presents photographs, stories and poems that reflect the life affirming energy and inner peace people experience with their dogs. This experience cannot be measured but has noticeable, positive influence in a person's life. Dogs is the perfect gift for those who love canines.

Champion in a Man's World tells the tale of perhaps the finest sportswoman of the century. She formed the Women's National Golf and Tennis Club, the first club exclusive to women. She had a hand in creating both Cypress Point Golf Course and Club and Pasatiempo. Marion Hollins was the prototype of the great amateur athlete and was stopped by no obstacle or convention in achieving what she believed needed to be done.

In today’s economy, it’s important to understand how to gain power over your financial life. Whether it’s setting up a budget or considering a divorce, this easy to understand question/answer format provides all the answers to the questions Elaine has had during her 28 years as a Certified Financial Planner.

Tie Dye Sky is a fun, adventurous story that will increase your child’s vocabulary. It can be read to small children, read independently by school-aged children all the way up through teen-agers, and enjoyed by adults. It includes a CD of the story to listen along with. A great read!

Full of mandalas painted by the author and her students, this book presents an original, fun and simple how-to process for learning the beginner’s basics of watercolor and creating mandalas. It is also an inspirational story of how the author discovered how to paint mandalas, then taught others what she’d learned about the power of mandalas as a spiritual and healing tool.

"How could my cheese be all gone?" With these words, Mr. P is drawn into the mystery of "The Case of the Missing Cheese," the first book in an illustrated series of adventures for early readers, ages 3-10 years. The Adventures of Mr. P is available in both soft or hard cover.

by Eric Shapira A New Wrinkle is a guidebook for both parents and children who need to know about the aging process and how to confront the issues of aging. Dr Shapira teaches positive affirmation, acceptance and flexibility with respect to the aging process. This book's mission is to help people stay mentally and physically healthy while living longer, more productive lives."

by Beth Beurkens

Shaman’s Eye takes us on a spirit journey into the luminous wisdom of the heart. Like sacred stories, these poems move us through haunting, mystical realms, revealing the cosmic design of human life.

Beurkens speaks with keen vision about our connections to the spiritroot, the natural world and the life-thread itself. These brilliant, beautiful poems and their companion petroglyph photographs open a rapturous portal to our unity with Source.

You will love this book if you are vegetarian, vegan or have a nut allergy, or know someone who is.  Edy Henderson adapted vegan nut-free recipes from family recipes and international dishes of Latin America, Asia, and the Mediterranean. These recipes are delicious and beautifully presented.

This innovative approach can alleviate the painful effects of depression and lead to psychological and spiritual wholeness and balance through self-understanding. Depression is recognized as a sensitivity to our own soul/spirit/psyche/inner self, a path to deep self-understanding and acceptance, and a way to a clear recognition of our life’s purpose.

by Baba Hari Dass

In Pigeon Throne, Baba Hari Dass transports us to a long ago time and place to witness the coming of age of Sundar, Crown Prince of Ayodhya, the capitol city of ancient India.

by Marshall Motz

Holden Caulfield returns as a senior citizen, telling his/our story, from loony-bin America, which really died in 1945 in Akron, Ohio, as megachurches and rock were first appearing. Re-birth comes in Santa Cruz, where liberals live again! A fun read for 2010, but an ominous warning from the Cosmic Lady.