Going to Meet the Man: Stories Self-Help and human authenticity in a

and human authenticity in a fractious and technology-driven world

Nhat Hanh shares how the practices of stopping

On Love offers deep insight into Bukowski the man and the artist

The Anthropocene Reviewed is an open-hearted exploration of the paths we forge and an unironic celebration of falling in love with the world

and eminently readable translation of Leo Tolstoy's master epic

Going to Meet the Man: Stories Self-Help and human authenticity in a"There's no way not to suffer. But you try all kinds of ways to keep from drowning in it." The men and women in these eight short fictions grasp this truth on an elemental level, and their stories, as told by James Baldwin, detail the ingenious and often desperate ways in which they try to keep their head above water. It may be the heroin that a down and out jazz pianist uses to face the terror of pouring his life into an inanimate instrument. It may