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Aftershock (Paperback)
Confronting Trauma in a Violent World
A Guide for Activists and Their Allies

pattrice jones
Aftershock is about the real war against terror—the struggle for a world in which nobody lives in fear of atrocities perpetrated by human beings. It is for survivors of all kinds of trauma, for therapists who treat trauma, and for anyone who hopes to reduce the amount of terror in the world.
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At the Edge of History
Passages About Earth
William Irwin Thompson
Beholding the Nature of Reality
Possibility of Spiritual Community
Friedemann Schwarzkopf
Can the Red Man Help the White Man
A Denver Conference with the Indian Elders
Sylvester M. Morey
Compassionate Souls
JoAnn Farb
How we raise children to be compassionate, and healthy individuals in a world that is stressful, commercialized and violent is a challenge we all face. Educator, parent and activist JoAnn Farb offers practical suggestions on raising your children to honor your values and not those dictated by advertisers and corporations.
The Computer and the Incarnation of Ahriman
David B. Black
Empowerment in Organisations
Pieterse Cornelis
Fathers, Sons & Lovers
Men talk about their lives from the 1930's to today
Peter West
Geron and Virtus
A Fateful Encounter of Two Youths, A German and a Roman
Jakob Streit
In Search of Ethical Leadership (Paperback)
If not now, when?
Torin M. Finser, Ph.D.
The Search for Ethical Leadership is grounded in practical tools that offer us real hope for the future of ethical leadership.
The Just Price
World Economy as Social Organics
Herbert Witzenmann
Man as a Social Being
and the Mission of Conscience
Karl Konig
Nonviolent Soldier of Islam
Badshah Khan, A Man to Match His Mountains
Eknath Easwaran
Organizational Integrity
How to Apply the Wisdom of the Body to Develop Healthy Organizations
Torin M. Finser, Ph.D.
The Other America
Carl Stegmann
Pacifism and the Jews
Studies of 20th Century Jewish Pacifists
Ilon Wikland
(Conflict and Peacemaking Series)
Peace Journalism
Conflict & Peacebuilding
Annabel McGoldrick
Reminiscence of Life as an Aid
to the Understanding of Our Time
Walter Johannes Stein
Social and Political Science (Paperback)
An Introductory Reader
Rudolf Steiner, Edited by Stephen Usher
An introduction to Rudolf Steiner's ideas on social renewal and the threefold nature of society.
Social Ecology (Paperback)
Exploring Post-Industrial Society
Martin Large
Social Ecology Series
Social Issues (Paperback)
Meditative Thinking & the Threefold Social Order
Rudolf Steiner, Introduction by Gary Lamb
Spiritual Capital
Wealth We Can Live By
Danah Zohar, Ian Marshall
The Time of Christ (Hardcover)
Lawrence Edwards
Working with the Dead
Volume 8 in the Original Little Series
Gathered from the writings of Rudolf Steiner by Helmut von Kügelgen Translated with permission of the authors estate by the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN)
 

Activism

 
Consciousness in Action (Paperback)
The Power of Beauty, Love, and Courage in a Violent Time
Andrew Beath
Features the thoughts of Julia Butterfly Hill, Deena Metzger, Joanna Macy, Ralph Metzner, John Mack, and many others in an inspiring dialogue between environmental and spiritual activists.
The Green Belt Movement (Paperback)
Sharing the Approach and the Experience
Wangari Maathai
2004 Nobel Peace Prize-winning author Wangari Maathai's book offers a compelling insight into the internationally acclaimed tree-planting movement founded by Kenyans and run by and for Kenyans.
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Growing America (Paperback)
The Story of a Grassroots Activist, A Call for Renewed Civic Action
David A. Kidd
David Kidd first learned about the issue of global warming in 1988 and decided to do something about it.
The Lifelong Activist (Paperback)
How to Change the World without Losing Your Way
Hillary Rettig
Written by a coach who has helped more than a thousand activists and others realize their dreams, The Lifelong Activist will help you take your activism to the next level, while at the same time helping you live a balanced, happy, and healthy life.
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The Longest Struggle (Paperback)
Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA
Norm Phelps
The Longest Struggle tells the story of animal exploitation and the battle for animal justice. At once an accessible history of animal protection thought over the centuries and a revealing narrative of modern campaigns for animal rights, The Longest Struggle is must read material for everyone who wants to understand the most radical social justice movement of our time.
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Move the Message (Paperback)
Your Guide to Making a Difference and Changing the World
Josephine Bellaccomo
Take action and empower others to act with this strategic approach to all forms of activism. Consultant Josephine Bellaccomo provides a multitude of ways that you can be effective and help yourself and others make a difference in the world.
Planetwalker (Hardcover)
How to Change Your World One Step at a Time
John Francis
As a young man, John Francis witnessed the devastating effects of a 1971 oil spill in San Francisco Bay. He stopped using motorized transportation and began walking everywhere. A few months later, he took a vow of silence that lasted seventeen years. This is the inspirational story of a young man's call to public service and his decision to make a difference. Read more....
The Way of Compassion (Paperback)
Vegetarianism, Environmentalism, Animal Advocacy, and Social Justice
Edited by Martin Rowe
 

Animal Rights

 
The Longest Struggle (Paperback)
Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA
Norm Phelps
The Longest Struggle tells the story of animal exploitation and the battle for animal justice. At once an accessible history of animal protection thought over the centuries and a revealing narrative of modern campaigns for animal rights, The Longest Struggle is must read material for everyone who wants to understand the most radical social justice movement of our time.
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Celtic Studies

 
Celebrating Irish Festivals (Paperback)
Ruth Marshall
Celebrating Irish Festivals brings together imaginative stories, poems, traditions, food, outdoor activities, games, dances and songs that create that special occasion.
 

Community

 
Growing Eco-Communities (Paperback)
Practical Ways to Create Sustainability
Jan Martin Bang
The followup to the author's Ecovillages, in which he explores the problems, growth, and development processes of intentional communities and the individuals who create them. Read more....
The Olive and the Tree (Paperback)
The Secret Strength of the Druze
Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Gil Sedan
Dr. Ruth describes with great warmth the the story of the Druze, their unique spiritual and cultural views, and how they continue to influence today's situation in the Middle East, as well as what we can learn from them and their way of life. Read more....
Sekem (Paperback)
A Sustainable Community in the Egyptian Desert
Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish, Illustrator Markus Kirchgessner
Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish founded a new agricultural and social settlement in the desert northeast of Cairo in order to build a new type of community, one that would unite people and traditions in new ways of thinking and doing. Read more....
 

Goethean Studies

 
Conversation (Paperback)
A New Theory of Language
Carl H. Flygt, foreword by Madison Smartt Bell
Flygt’s treatment of language use and social background is penetratingly original, academically up to date, and anthroposophically convincing. Read more....
 

Law/Crime/Non-Violence

 
Boys Will Be Boys (Paperback)
Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence
Myriam Miedzian
An Expensive Way to Make Bad People Worse (Paperback)
An Essay on Prison Reform from an Insider’s Perspective
Jens Soering
Few Americans understand how vast amounts of their tax dollars are wasted in our current prison system. Soering—the author of The Way of the Prisoner and an inmate himeself—has sent out a solid, fact-based call for reform that citizens and lawmakers of all affiliations can agree on. Read more....
Force Under Pressure (Paperback)
How Cops Live and Why They Die
Lawrence N. Blum, Ph.D.
Dr. Blum provides practical tools to maintain officers' concentrated, controlled, and commanding reactions in the field, as well as wellness and quality in their personal lives. To do so, he combines his own experience with true stories he has learnt throughout his career. The result is the best tool to understand and improve police officers' duties.
An Illustrated Guide to Tactical Diagramming (Paperback)
How to Determine Floor Plans from Outside Architectural Features
Charles “Sid” Heal
In this valuable resource for peace officers, Sid Heal shows you how you can determine the internal architecture of a house from the outside ("tactical diagramming") in order to enter it most effectively.
No Easy Answers (Paperback)
The Truth Behind Death at Columbine High School
Brooks Brown, Rob Merritt
"Brooks, I like you now. Get out of here. Go home." Those were Eric Harris's last words to Brooks Brown before Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School and opened fire.
Sound Doctrine (Paperback)
A Tactical Primer
Charles “Sid” Heal
Stoning the Keepers at the Gate (Paperback)
Society ’s Relationship with Law Enforcement
Lawrence N. Blum, Ph.D.
Blum argues that the enormous stresses officers experience—from violent physical attack to unrewarded or miusunderstood acts of heroism—require special understanding, an understanding that is often missing from police departments themselves.
 

New Economics

 
America's Global Responsibility (Paperback)
Jesaiah Ben-Aharon
Reminds readers of the founding vision of the United States and the obligations inherent in the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence.
Beyond the Market (Paperback)
Economics for the 21st Century
Gaudenz Assenza
An Economic Testament (Paperback)
In Relation to the Work of Rudolf Steiner
Christopher Houghton Budd
Economics (Paperback)
The World As One Economy
Rudolf Steiner, Preface by Christopher Houghton Budd, Translated by Owen Barfield
Freeing the Circling Stars (Paperback)
Pre-funded Education
Christopher Houghton Budd
Expert advice from Christopher Houghton Budd on funding a new or struggling Waldorf school or other center for education that depends on non-state funding.
A Human Response to Globalisation (Paperback)
Discovering Associative Economics
Marc Desaules
The Metamorphosis of Capitalism (Paperback)
Realising Associative Economics
Christopher Houghton Budd
Money for a Better World (Paperback)
Rudolf Mees
Of Wheat and Gold (Paperback)
Thoughts on the Nature and Future of Money
Christopher Houghton Budd
Prelude in Economics (Paperback)
Christopher Houghton Budd
Rare Albion (Paperback)
The Further Adventures of the Wizard from Oz
Christopher Houghton Budd
The Right on Corporation (Paperback)
Transforming the Corporation
Christopher Houghton Budd
Rudolf Steiner's Social Intentions (Paperback)
Edited by Rudi Lissau
Rudolf Steiner (Paperback)
Economist
Rudolf Steiner, Christopher Houghton Budd
Threefold the Social Order (Paperback)
Rudolf Steiner
 

Psychology

 
Aggression and Repression (Paperback)
In the Individual and Society
Hans Erhard Lauer
 

Psychotherapy

 
Transforming People and Organizations (Paperback)
The Seven Steps of Spiritual Development
Margarete van den Brink
 

Self-Help

 
Homemaking As a Social Art (Paperback)
Creating a Home for Body, Soul, and Spirit
Veronika van Duin
Van Duin offers help in reenlivening and respiritualizing the role of the homemaker at home and in our society. Based on a study of the seven “life processes,” she addresses the significance of rhythm, relationships, artistic environment, caring, self-development, and much more.
Transforming People and Organizations (Paperback)
The Seven Steps of Spiritual Development
Margarete van den Brink
 

Social Questions

 
America's Global Responsibility (Paperback)
Jesaiah Ben-Aharon
Reminds readers of the founding vision of the United States and the obligations inherent in the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence.
Bringing the Best out in Boys (Paperback)
Communication Strategies for Teachers
Lucinda Neall
Change in a Changing World (Paperback)
Golden Blade 45
Andrew Wolpert
Confronting Conflict (Paperback)
A First-Aid Kit for Handling Conflict
Friedrich Glasl
Conversation (Paperback)
A New Theory of Language
Carl H. Flygt, foreword by Madison Smartt Bell
Flygt’s treatment of language use and social background is penetratingly original, academically up to date, and anthroposophically convincing. Read more....
The Enterprise of the Future (Paperback)
Friedrich Glasl
The Esoteric Aspect of the Social Question (Paperback)
The Individual and Society
Rudolf Steiner
Futures that Work (Paperback)
Using Search Conferences to Revitalize Companies, Communities and Organizations
Robert Rehm, Cebula Nancy, Martin Large et al.
Honorable Work (Paperback)
A Process for Achieving Success & Satisfaction in Your Work
Tim Anstett
Ideas for a New Europe (Paperback)
Crisis and Opportunity for the West
Rudolf Steiner
In the Name of the New World Order (Paperback)
Manifestations of Decadent Powers in World Politics
Amnon Reuveni
Invisible Africa (Paperback)
Contributions to a Coming Culture
Edited by
The Karma of Untruthfulness (Paperback)
Volume 1
Rudolf Steiner
Living in Godless Times (Paperback)
Tales of Spiritual Travelers
Edited by Alison Leonard
Male and Female (Paperback)
Developing Human Empathy
Baruch Luke Urieli
Manifesto for the Earth (Paperback)
Action Now for Peace, Global Justice, and a Sustainable Future
Mikhail Gorbachev
Manifesto for the Earth is a courageous and thought-provoking work—a roadmap to a better world for everyone—by one of the world’s most respected elder statesman. Click here to read an excerpt from the book.
Mephistopheles' Anvil (Hardcover)
Forging a More Human Future
John Alexandra
More Precious than Light (Paperback)
How Dialogue Can Transform Relationships & Build Community
Margarete van den Brink
People in Charge (Paperback)
Creating Self Managing Workplaces
Robert Rehm
People Power (Paperback)
The Building of a New European Home
Michael Randle
Personal and Social Transformation (Paperback)
Freedom, Eqality & Fraternity in Everyday Life
Jorgen Smit
The Personal World (Paperback)
John MacMurray on Self and Society
Selected & Introduced by Philip Conford
The Renewal of the Social Organism (Paperback)
Rudolf Steiner, Translated by E. Bowen-Wedgewood, & Ruth Mariott
Returning to Seneca Falls (Paperback)
The First Women's Rights Convention & Its Meaning for Men Today
Bradford Miller
Social Issues (Hardcover)
Meditative Thinking & the Threefold Social Order
Rudolf Steiner, Introduction by Gary Lamb
Social Understanding through Spiritual- Scientific Knowledge
Rudolf Steiner
Speaking, Listening, Understanding (Paperback)
The Art of Creating Conscious Conversation
Heinz Zimmermann
Spiritual Science as a Foundation for Social Forms (Paperback)
Rudolf Steiner, Translated by
Towards Social Renewal (Paperback)
Rethinking the Basis of Society
Rudolf Steiner
The Triumph of Technique (Paperback)
The Industrialization of Agriculture
Unarmed Heroes (Paperback)
Personal Testimonies and Essays on the Peaceful Resolution of Conflict
A Vision for the Millennium (Paperback)
Modern Spirituality and Cultural
Rudolf Steiner
Vision in Action (Paperback)
Working with Soul & Spirit in Small Organizations
Christopher Schaefer, Tÿno Voors
War Next Door (Paperback)
A Study of Second Track Interventions During the War in Ex-Yugoslavia
Judy Large
Woman and Society
Rudolf Steiner
A World to Gain (Paperback)
The Battle for Global Domination and Why America Entered WWII
Thomas Toughill
Based on both Allied and German sources, Toughill’s firsthand research examines the nature of World War II and the individuals behind the U.S. involvement in that war.
 

Spirituality & Popular Culture

 
In the Belly of the Beast (Paperback)
Holding Your Own in Mass Culture
Sevak Gulbekian
"This book is about working from the inside out. It is about transformation and metamorphosis; getting within the skin of the dragon and changing it from the interior." —Sevak Gulbekian
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Violence Prevention

 
Unarmed Heroes (Paperback)
Personal Testimonies and Essays on the Peaceful Resolution of Conflict