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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Book Review: Getting There
Depicts the variety of ways kids around the world try to get from one place to another.
Book Review: Mom and Me
Shows the unity of mothers around the world who love, nurture, and care for their children.
Book Review: The Blue House Dog
An affecting tale about love, loss, and the unspoken ties which bring dogs and human beings together.
Book Review: Passover
An exquisite children's book about Passover, remembrance, and the beauty of each element on the seder table.
Book Review: The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane
A young monk in an Irish monastery during the Middle Ages models a reverence for nature and a love of beauty and imagination.
Book Excerpt: Two Treasures
Thich Nhat Hanh on practicing generosity in a Buddhist context.
Book Review: Sivu’s Six Wishes
A wonderful picture book adapted from a Taoist tale about the blessings and bounties of creativity.
DVD Feature Film Review: The Joneses
A satire that pokes fun of the ruses that corporations are willing to undertake in order to get more people purchasing their products.
DVD Feature Film Review: Date Night
A funny film about the adventures of a bored suburban couple in which they rediscover their love for each other.
DVD Feature Film Review: Welcome
An astonishing film about a Kurdish immigrant trying to get to England and the help he gets from a Frenchman who empathizes with his dreams.
Spiritual Literacy Blog: Unboxed — Yes, People Still Read, But Now It’s Social
The new phenomenon of sharing "popular highlights" from books on Kindle emphasizes the new communal dimension of reading.
Book Review: Up, Up, Up!
A salute to the exhilarations of human flight by three children in a hot-air balloon.
Book Review: Listen, Listen
A playful meditation on the bounties of listening to the delicious sounds of the four seasons.
Book Review: Bear in Love
An enchanting children's picture book about the adventures and delights of falling in love.
Book Excerpt: The Way of Transformation
Karlfried Graf Durckheim on fostering and maintaining a state of being which reflects our true destiny.
Book Excerpt: Visionaries
Satish Kumar and Freddie Whitefield on people who made the greatest impact in creating and projecting a holistic world-view.
Freedom House Demands Immediate Release of Baha’is in Iran
The Iranian government should immediately release the seven Baha'i leaders who received twenty-year prison sentences Monday
Media Closures an Attempt to Stifle Government Criticism in Pakistan
The recent closure of independent television stations and burning of newspapers in Pakistan signals continued intolerance
Prisoner Abuse in Iran Demands International Outcry
Freedom House is deeply concerned for the health and safety of sixteen political prisoners in Iran's infamous Evin prison