Celina Barone

A riveting story of World War II and the courage of one young woman as she is drafted into Churchill's overseas spy network, aiding the French Resistance behind enemy lines and working to liberate Nazi-occupied Paris.

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent more than three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.

The Laws of Spirit, a parable and teaching tale, opens as Dan Millman encounters a mysterious woman sage in the wooded hills near his home. Through stories, tests, and experiences in the wild, she challenges Millman to examine twelve core principles that underlie human existence: Balance, choice, process, presence, compassion, faith, expectation, integrity, action, cycles, surrender, and unity.