Books

Books that help shape my vision on how to make a better world

Books that help shape my vision of the Path to Happiness

Barry Neil Kaufman, Happiness is a Choice, 1977. Fawcett Crest, New York, NY. . Stephan M. Pollan and Mark Levine, It’s All in Your Head: Thinking Your Way to Happiness (The 8 Essential Secrets to Living a Life Without Regrets), 2005. Harper Collins, New York, NY. David Nevin, The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It, 2000. Harper, San Francisco, New York, NY.

Sonja Lyubomirsky, The How of Happiness, 2007. The Penguin Press, New York, NY Byron Katie, Loving What Is, 2002. Harmony Books, New York, NY.

Visit the resource section on the Path to Happiness site for more happiness related books.

Books on Dying, Death and What May Happen After

Brian L. Weiss M.D., Many Lives, Many Masters, 1988. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY. Roberta Grimes, The Fun of Dying: Find Out What Really Happens Next!, 2010. Greater Reality Publications. Ted Menten, After Goodbye: How to Begin Again After the Death of Someone You Love, 1994. Running Press.

Books by People I Know

George Stranahan and Nicole Bernstein Strait, Phlogs: Journey to the Heart of the Human Predicament, 2009. People's Press, Aspen, CO. George Stranahan, Pilgrim and Photographer, 2007. Aspenworks, Aspen, CO. Robert W. Fuller and Pamela A. Gerloff, Dignity For All, 2008. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, CA. Jeff Golden, Unafraid: A Novel of the Possible, 2008. L&R Publishing, Ashland, OR. Jeff Golden, Forest Blood: A Novel, 1999. Wellstone Press, Ashland, OR. Bernard Lietaer and Jacqui Dunne, Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into Prosperity, 2013. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, CA. Bernard Lietaer, Christian Arnsperger, Stefan Brunnhuber and Sally Goerner, Money and Sustainability: The Missing Link, 2012. Triarchy Press Ltd. Gwendolyn Hallsmith and Bernard Lietaer, Creating Wealth, Growing Local Economies with Local Currencies, 2001. New Society Publishers.

Some Other Favorite Books

Cheryl Richardson, Take Time for Your Life, 1998. Broadway Books, New York, NY.

Paul Hawken, Blessed Unrest, 2007. Viking Penguin, New York, NY. Read Molly’s Review Van Jones, Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix America's Two Biggest Problems, 2008. HarperOne, New York, NY. Bernard Lietaer and Jacqui Dunne, Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into Prosperity, 2013. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, CA. Starhawk, The Fifth Sacred Thing, 1994 Bantam, New York, NY.

Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, 2006. The Crown Publishing Group, New York, NY. Peter Barnes, Capitalism 3.0 A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons, 2006. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, CA. David Gershon, Low Carbon Diet: A 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds--Be Part of the Global Warming Solution!, 2006. Empowerment Institute, New York, NY. Read Molly’s Review Bernard Lietaer, Christian Arnsperger, Stefan Brunnhuber and Sally Goerner, Money and Sustainability, The Missing Link, 2012. Triarchy Press Ltd. Devon, UK.

Morrie Schwartz, Letting Go: Morrie’s Reflections on Living While Dying, 1996. Walker and Company, New York, NY. Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D., My Stroke of Insight, 2008. Viking, New York, NY. Ted Menten, Gentle Closings: How to Say Goodbye to Someone You Love, 1991. Running Press Publishers, Philadelphia, PA.

George Stranahan, A Predicament of Innocents: Might the Schools Help?, 2013. People's Press, Aspen, CO. Gaylord Guenin and George Stranahan, It’s Not All of Fishing to Fish, 2008. People’s Press, Woody Creek, CO. Robert W Fuller, The Rowan Tree, 2013. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Gil Friend, The Truth About Green Business, 2009. FT Press, Upper Saddle River, NJ. Jeff Golden, As If We Were Grownups: A Collection of "Suicidal" Political Speeches That Aren't, 2004. RiverWoods Books, Ashland, OR. Cindy Ratzlaff and Kathy Kinney, Queen of Your Own Life: The Grown-Up Woman's Guide to Claiming Happiness and Getting the Life You Deserve, 2010. Harlequin, Ontario, Canada. Margrit Kennedy, Bernard Lietaer, John Rogers, People Money: The Promise of Regional Currencies, 2012. Triarchy Press Ltd. Bernard Lietaer and Stephen Belgin, New Money for a New World, 2011. Qiterra Press. Bernard Lietaer, The Future of Money: Creating New Wealth, Work and a Wiser World, 2002, Century Books.

Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray , Love, 2006. Penguin Books, New York, NY. Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides, 1987. Bantam Books, New York, NY.