Open-Focus Brain, by Les Fehmi, PhD, and Jim Robbins

In this breakthrough health book, Dr. Les Fehmi—a pioneering researcher and clinician—teams up with Jim Robbins, an award-winning science writer, to present a disarmingly simple idea: the way we pay attention in daily life plays a critical role in our health and well-being. Included is a 60-minute audio CD with guided exercises.

A SYMPHONY in the BRAIN:

by Jim Robbins

Imagine a procedure versatile enough to treat epilepsy, autism, attention deficit disorder, head injuries, addictions, and depression with no drugs or side effects, and to improve everything from golf scores to opera singers' voices. These are only some of the claims made for neurofeedback, a controversial but effective treatment that is revolutionizing the way an incredibly broad range of medical and psychological conditions are treated.

A FLASH OF LIGHTNING in the DARK: By The Dalai Lama.

Compassion is the guiding principle of the bodhisattvas, those who vow to attain enlightenment in order to liberate all sentient beings from the suffering and confusion of imperfect existence. To this end, they must renounce all self-centered goals and consider only the well-being of others. The bodhisattvas' enemies are the ego, passion, and hatred; their weapons are generosity, patience, perseverance, and wisdom. In Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama is considered to be a living embodiment of this spiritual ideal. His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama presents here a detailed manual of practical philosophy, based on "The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara)," a well-known text of Mahayana Buddhism written by Shantideva. The Dalai Lama explains and amplifies the text, alluding throughout to the experience of daily life and showing how anyone can develop "bodhichitta," the wish for perfect enlightenment for the sake of others. This book will surely become a standard manual for all...