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Return of the Children of Light

Incan and Mayan Prophecies for a New World

by Judith Bluestone Polich ...

A personal exploration of the conjunction between ancient Mesoamerican prophesy and New Age higher consciousness.• Selected by the Independent Publisher's Book Awards as one of the top two New Age books of the year.• Explores ancient prophesies and their relevance in the contemporary world.The Incan and Mayan cultures saw themselves as “children of light”--descended from celestial realms--and ... Read more

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A personal exploration of the conjunction between ancient Mesoamerican prophesy and New Age higher consciousness.• Selected by the Independent Publisher's Book Awards as one of the top two New Age books of the year.• Explores ancient prophesies and their relevance in the contemporary world.The Incan and Mayan cultures saw themselves as “children of light”--descended from celestial realms--and
... Read more
Why Can't We Be More Like Trees?

The Ancient Masters of Cooperation, Kindness, and Healing

by Judith Bluestone Polich ...

Reveals how we can learn from the intelligent communities of trees and plants• Shares breakthrough research on how tree and plant communities function, revealing a holistic, interconnected, communal, and sentient new world• Examines the attributes we share with trees and plants and how the behaviors of altruism, cooperation, and community are genetically coded in our beings• Looks at how to learn ... Read more

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Reveals how we can learn from the intelligent communities of trees and plants• Shares breakthrough research on how tree and plant communities function, revealing a holistic, interconnected, communal, and sentient new world• Examines the attributes we share with trees and plants and how the behaviors of altruism, cooperation, and community are genetically coded in our beings• Looks at how to learn
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Why Can't We Be More Like Trees?

The Ancient Masters of Cooperation, Kindness, and Healing

by Judith Bluestone Polich ...

Narrated by Ryan Paige ...

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6 hours 10 min

• Shares breakthrough research on how tree and plant communities function, revealing a holistic, interconnected, communal, and sentient new world• Examines the attributes we share with trees and plants and how the behaviors of altruism, cooperation, and community are genetically coded in our beings• Looks at how to learn to see, think, imagine, and live with holistic eco-centric awareness and the ... Read more

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• Shares breakthrough research on how tree and plant communities function, revealing a holistic, interconnected, communal, and sentient new world• Examines the attributes we share with trees and plants and how the behaviors of altruism, cooperation, and community are genetically coded in our beings• Looks at how to learn to see, think, imagine, and live with holistic eco-centric awareness and the
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A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century

Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

by Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein ...

A bold, provocative history of our species finds the roots of civilization’s success and failure in our evolutionary biology.We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet people are more listless, divided and miserable than ever. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, and yet our political landscape grows ever more toxic, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic ... Read more

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A bold, provocative history of our species finds the roots of civilization’s success and failure in our evolutionary biology.We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet people are more listless, divided and miserable than ever. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, and yet our political landscape grows ever more toxic, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic
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The Meaning of Human Existence

by Edward O. Wilson ...

New York Times BestsellerFinalist for the National Book Award (Nonfiction)How did humanity originate and why does a species like ours exist on this planet? Do we have a special place, even a destiny in the universe? Where are we going, and perhaps, the most difficult question of all, "Why?"In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist ... Read more

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New York Times BestsellerFinalist for the National Book Award (Nonfiction)How did humanity originate and why does a species like ours exist on this planet? Do we have a special place, even a destiny in the universe? Where are we going, and perhaps, the most difficult question of all, "Why?"In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist
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The Web of Meaning

Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe

by Jeremy Lent ...

"A profound personal meditation on human existence . . . weaving together . . . historic and contemporary thought on the deepest question of all: why are we here?" —Gabor Maté M.D., author, In the Realm of Hungry GhostsAs our civilization careens toward climate breakdown, ecological destruction, and gaping inequality, people are losing their existential moorings. The dominant worldview of ... Read more

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"A profound personal meditation on human existence . . . weaving together . . . historic and contemporary thought on the deepest question of all: why are we here?" —Gabor Maté M.D., author, In the Realm of Hungry GhostsAs our civilization careens toward climate breakdown, ecological destruction, and gaping inequality, people are losing their existential moorings. The dominant worldview of
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The Sacred Balance

Rediscovering Our Place in Nature

by David Suzuki ...

In this extensively revised and enlarged edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on the increasingly radical changes in nature and science — from global warming to the science behind mother/baby interactions — and examines what they mean for humankind’s place in the world. The book begins by presenting the concept of people as creatures of the Earth who depend on its gifts of air, ... Read more

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In this extensively revised and enlarged edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on the increasingly radical changes in nature and science — from global warming to the science behind mother/baby interactions — and examines what they mean for humankind’s place in the world. The book begins by presenting the concept of people as creatures of the Earth who depend on its gifts of air,
... Read more
The Arrogant Ape

The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters

by Christine Webb ...

**A New York Times’s Notable Book of 2025An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species—and ourselves**Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. This flawed thinking enables us ... Read more

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**A New York Times’s Notable Book of 2025An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species—and ourselves**Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. This flawed thinking enables us
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Denial

Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind

by Ajit Varki, Danny Brower ...

The history of science abounds with momentous theories that disrupted conventional wisdom and yet were eventually proven true. Ajit Varki and Danny Brower's "Mind over Reality" theory is poised to be one such idea-a concept that runs counter to commonly-held notions about human evolution but that may hold the key to understanding why humans evolved as we did, leaving all other related species far ... Read more

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The history of science abounds with momentous theories that disrupted conventional wisdom and yet were eventually proven true. Ajit Varki and Danny Brower's "Mind over Reality" theory is poised to be one such idea-a concept that runs counter to commonly-held notions about human evolution but that may hold the key to understanding why humans evolved as we did, leaving all other related species far
... Read more

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Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm

Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth

by Stephen Harrod Buhner ...

A manual for opening the doors of perception and directly engaging the intelligence of the Natural World• Provides exercises to directly perceive and interact with the complex, living, self-organizing being that is Gaia• Reveals that every life form on Earth is highly intelligent and communicative• Examines the ecological function of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, ... Read more

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A manual for opening the doors of perception and directly engaging the intelligence of the Natural World• Provides exercises to directly perceive and interact with the complex, living, self-organizing being that is Gaia• Reveals that every life form on Earth is highly intelligent and communicative• Examines the ecological function of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics,
... Read more
Evolution for Everyone

How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives

by David Sloan Wilson ...

With stories that entertain as much as they inform, renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution and shows how, when properly understood, they can illuminate the length and breadth of creation, from the origin of life to the nature of religion.What is the biological reason for gossip? For laughter? For the creation of art? Why do dogs have curly tails? What ... Read more

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With stories that entertain as much as they inform, renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution and shows how, when properly understood, they can illuminate the length and breadth of creation, from the origin of life to the nature of religion.What is the biological reason for gossip? For laughter? For the creation of art? Why do dogs have curly tails? What
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The Creative Spark

How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional

by Agustín Fuentes ...

A bold new synthesis of paleontology, archaeology, genetics, and anthropology that overturns misconceptions about race, war and peace, and human nature itself, answering an age-old question: What made humans so exceptional among all the species on Earth?Creativity. It is the secret of what makes humans special, hiding in plain sight. Agustín Fuentes argues that your child's finger painting comes ... Read more

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A bold new synthesis of paleontology, archaeology, genetics, and anthropology that overturns misconceptions about race, war and peace, and human nature itself, answering an age-old question: What made humans so exceptional among all the species on Earth?Creativity. It is the secret of what makes humans special, hiding in plain sight. Agustín Fuentes argues that your child's finger painting comes
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