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  Dark Matter: Book 1

  A Dark Matter

  by Peter Straub

  Published under two titles: "The Skylark" and "A Dark Matter"The incomparable master of horror and suspense returns with a powerful, brilliantly terrifying novel that redefines the genre in original and unexpected ways. The charismatic and cunning Spencer Mallon is a campus guru in the 1960s, attracting the devotion and demanding sexual favors of his young acolytes. After he invites his most fervent... (more)
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  Stripping the Gurus

  by Geoffrey D. Falk

  Ramakrishna was a homoerotic pedophile. His chief disciple, Vivekananda, visited brothels in India. Krishnamurti carried on an affair for over twenty years with the wife of a good friend. Chogyam Trungpa drank himself into an early grave. One of Adi Da's nine "wives" was a former Playboy centerfold. Bhagwan Rajneesh sniffed laughing gas to get high. Andrew Cohen, guru and publisher of What Is Enlightenment? ... (more)
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  The Yoga Divas and Other Stories

  by Rob Dinsmoor

  After one particularly intense Kundalini yoga practice, there was no turning back. My kundalini was awakened, my charkas were all open, and the world would never be the same. Like it or not, I became inextricably connected with the universe. I did not choose teaching yoga as a career-it chose me. I was a professional skeptic adrift in a universe of chanting, auras, guardian angels, Mayan shamans, sex... (more)
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  Yoga Bitch: One Woman's Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment

  by Suzanne Morrison

  Suzanne Morrison was a coffee drinking, cigarette smoking, steak-eating twenty-five year-old student about to move to New York City when she decided it was time to get in touch with her spiritual side and travel to Bali for a 2 month yoga teacher training program. She envisioned herself in flowing all-white yoga clothes and meditating to enlightenment on the mud floor a thatched hut. And of course, she would move... (more)
• The Guru by His DiscipleThe Way of the East As Told to Manly Palmer HallManly Palmer Hall

  

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  The Guru by His DiscipleThe Way of the East As Told to Manly Palmer Hall

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  Reimagine!: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age

  by Thomas J. Peters

  Focusing on how the business climate has changed, this inspirational book outlines how the new world of business works, explores radical ways of overcoming outdated, traditional company values, and embraces an aggressive strategy that empowers talent and brand-driven organizations where everyone has a voice.
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  Feet Of Clay

  by Anthony Storr

  An eye-opening investigation of charismatic "gurus" from Jesus to Freud to David Koresh, by the author of "Solitude: A Return to the Self". In "Feet of Clay", eminent psychologist Anthony Storr uncovers the personality traits that link these men and explores the incredible power they have wielded over their fanatical followers. 11 photos.
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  Out on a Limb

  by Shirley MacLaine

  Her most controversial book is one you will never forget.  An outspoken thinker, a celebrated actress, a truly independent woman, Shirley MacLaine goes beyond her previous two bestsellers to take us on an intimate yet powerful journey into her personal life and inner self.  An intense, clandestine love affair with a prominent politician sparks Shirley MacLaine's quest of self-discovery.  From Stockholm to Hawaii... (more)
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  The Spirit of Yoga

  by Kathy Phillips

  Yoga is thousands of years old, but because of its current popularity, some people wrongly dismiss it as just another exercise fad made fashionable by celebrities. In fact, as author Kathy Phillips demonstrates in this large, beautifully illustrated book, yoga is a gentle but powerful means of achieving strength, flexibility, serenity, and a healthy balance between body and mind. Originating on the Indian... (more)
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  Divine Reality Shri Baba Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj (n/a, n/a)

  by Ravi Prakash Pande Rajida

  Insights and glimpses into the life of a great saint.
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  Answers, Part I

  by Mother Meera

  Answers, Part I is at once Mother Meera's own answers to the questions devotees have put to her over many years concerning her identity, her work, and her way, and an account of the working of the Divine Mother in the world.
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  By His Grace: A Devotee's Story

  by Dada Mukerjee

  Dada <Sudhir Mukerjee> is recognized as one of the devotees who has been closest to Maharajji. Their relationship has been so intimate for so long that we treasure Dada's stories about his "Baba" as especially precious. He is our elder brother in Maharajji's spiritual family. -from the introduction by Ram Dass
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  The Near and the Dear

  by Dada Mukerjee, Dada Mukerjee

  Dada Mukerjee, a former professor of Economics at Allahabad University, is "...recognized as one of the devotees who has been closest to Maharajji...He is our elder brother in Maharajji's spiritual family," as Ram Dass says in the Introduction to Dada's first book, By His Grace: A Devotee's Story.