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Books to Curl Up With

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@Kellie Adkins I think we have the same taste in books! :-)

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai...another beautiful book I've enjoyed.

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This was an EXCELLENT book! Based on a true story... When ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbari’s small village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule in early 2000, his mother shepherds the boy across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there all alone to fend for himself. Thus begins Enaiat’s remarkable and often punish­ing five-year ordeal, which takes him through Iran, Turkey, and Greece before he seeks political...

Yoga in The Gita. ~ Catherine Ghosh & Braja Sorensen, May 10, 2012. I love this series. I look forward to it every week. --Bob W.

I finished this awesome book as the rain fell down in torrents, all cozy with the puppies - @alignbetween- #webstagram

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This one I keep around. Eastern Body Western Mind is way more than self-help. It's an inside look into the body and mind. Weaving the Jungian archetypes with the Chakra system, blending the eastern and western modalities for psychological, spiritual and integrative insight into who we are and who you may be.

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Well, you might not want to "curl up" with this one exactly but...Neil Strauss rocks as a totally relevant journalist and writer. Everyone might want to read something like this. Entertaining, fascinating yet lets you know some realities may be closer than we think. Why not be prepared?

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I really enjoyed this collection of short stories by Miranda July. Fresh and raw. I like her website too: www.mirandajuly.com

Another good one...by Colum McCann

Just finished this amazing book by Isabel Allende -have you read it? - @alignbetween- #webstagram

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The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. Wonderful!!! I love historical fiction, just love it. See the author's website here: www.philippagrego...

Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka, click the book to be taken to the New Yorker review.

The #yoga book of the last century, a classic. Incredibly foot-noted, informing, personal, and well, deep. By guru Paramahansa Yogananda.

An AWESOME book by Kristin Kimball, NYC journalist who goes to do a story on a farmer and whoops! falls in love. She now runs Essex farm w/ her husband and grows food year 'round for their CSA members www.kristinkimbal...

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I enjoyed this book, and I just found out there is a movie...late to the game - it's what happens when you don't have cable :-)

Amazing book, amazing writer: Chris Cleave. This book is wonderful - check it out for yourself.

What an amazing book! I love Shanghai Girls by Lisa See.

Yep, loved this one too..

This is a fabulous book. I have yet to see the movie!

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The Wisdom of Yoga by Stephen Cope. Insightful weaving of the yoga sutras and lives of characters who are challenged with finding clarity through meditation. Very down to earth practical way to understand Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.

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