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Some Good Books

Here are some of the books which have influenced me and are great reads. Most authors have written more titles than shown, but these are my favourites.

Books for your soul:

"A New Earth", "The Guardians of Being" by Eckart Tolle.

"A Return to Love", "The Age of Miracles" by Marianne Williamson

"You Can Heal Your Life" - Louise L. Hay

"Eastern Body Western Mind" - Anodea Judith

"Shaman, Healer, Sage", "Courageous Dreaming" - Alberto Villoldo

"The Four Agreements", "Mastery of Love" - Don Miguel Ruiz

"Man's Search for Meaning" - Viktor E. Frankl

"Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul" - Deepak Chopra

Books for your head and heart:

"Success Intelligence", "Shift Happens" & "Happiness Now" - Robert Holden

"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" - Stephen R. Covey

"The Heart of a Leader" & "Raving Fans" - Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles

"Failing Forward" & "Success One day at a Time" - John C Maxwell

"Non-violent Communication" - Marshall B. Rosenberg

Any helping of "Chicken Soup for the Soul" - Jack Cranfield & Mark Victor Hansen

"Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" - Richard Carlson

"The Meaning of Liff" - Douglas Adams & John Lloyd

And three classics in this area:

"How to Win Friends and Influence people" - Dale Carnegie

"Psycho-cybernetics" - Melvin Powers

"Think and Grow Rich" - Napoleon Hill

Books on money:

"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" & "The Cashflow Quadrant" - Robert T Kiyosaki

"The Richest Man in Babylon" - George S Clason

Books about our broader environment and change:

"Transition Handbook", "Local Money" & "Local Food" - Rob Hopkins with Peter North and Tamzin Pinkerton

"The Money Trail", "Plugging the Leaks" - New Economics Foundation.

"Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth?" - Andrew Simms & Joe Smith

"The Work that Reconnects" - Joanna Macey

"Our Iceberg is Melting" - John Kotter

Books on relationships:

"His Needs Her Needs" - Willard F Harley

"The Five Languages of Love" - Gary Chapman

"The Male Agenda", "The Breaking of the Shell" - Barry Durdant-Hollamby

"Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" - John Gray

While not forgetting the local library, most books will be available through Amazon.co.uk. If you want to support a smaller company Cygnus Books have some of the 'Mind,Body,Spirit' titles at similar prices.

Robert Holden's books are available at www.happiness.co.uk and Barry Durdant-Hollamby books at www.artofchange.co.uk.