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By Robert Scheer
Webs of Power: Notes from the Global Uprising, by Starhawk
 Although there were activists opposing the consolidation of corporate power and wealth before the anti-WTO protests in Seattle in November, 1999, most ordinary citizens didn’t know about them. Starhawk, who was arrested in Seattle and spent five days in jail there, reveals insider details about anti-globalization actions in Prague, Brazil, Quebec City, Genoa, and Washington DC as well as Seattle. Her essays not only explain what’s wrong with globalization, but also outline how a more just system can be created.
New Society, 2002, 288 pages, softcover, $23.95
Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the Source of True Healing, by John Robbins
 The best-selling Robert Scheer of Diet for a New America focuses on the health care system, calling for nothing short of a revolution in the basic beliefs on which health care is based. Robbins demonstrates the enormous human and financial costs of the polarization of conventional and alternative medicine. The USA ranks 25th among the world’s nations in infant mortality; the toll in human suffering from degenerative disease continues to rise; the danger from virulent communicable diseases is increasing daily; and women are growing increasingly frustrated with the care they receive from a male-dominated system. Here is a refreshing, uplifting vision of what health care might be, as well as practical solutions for individuals.
H.J. Kramer, 1996, 420 pages, softcover, US$14.95
Pay Attention, For Goodness’ Sake: Practicing the perfections of the heart, by Sylvia Boorstein
According to the Buddha, the path of kindness is the path of happiness. Boorstein has written the first book that guides Western readers on the path of the Buddha’s Ten Paramitas, the Perfections of the Heart. She combines traditional Buddhist teachings and parables with stories from her own life, as well as easy-to-follow meditations, to show how the practice of Mindfulness - paying attention in everyday life - can lead to these perfections that all of us strive for, including Generosity, Morality, Wisdom, Energy, Patience, Determination and Equanimity.
Random House Canada, 2002, 284 pages, hardcover, $37.95
Instinct for Freedom: Finding liberation through living, by Alan Clements
Now residing in Vancouver, Clements was the first American to become a Buddhist monk in Burma. A leading voice for spiritual activism, working for universal human rights, Clements presents an approach to spiritual development based on freedom from fear, apathy and ignorance, and the elevation of dignity, beauty and goodness. Rather than a doctrine, Clement’s approach is an intuitive process that appears through self-inquiry and honesty and expresses itself in acts of courage and love. Alan Clements will give a presentation at 8pm November 23, 2002 at the Unitarian Church on W. 49th Ave. Tickets at Banyen or call 604-737-8858.
New World Library, 2002, 288 pages, hardcover, $37.95
New on our Bookshelf
Eco: An essential sourcebook for environmentally friendly design and decoration, by Elizabeth Wilhide
Whitecap Books, 2002, 184 pages, hardcover, $44.95
In the Aftermath: What September 11 is teaching us about our world, our faith & ourselves, edited by James Taylor
Northstone, 2002, 154 pages, softcover, $22.95
How to say NO when you feel you ought to say YES, by Vera Peiffer
Sterling, 2002, 160 pages, softcover, $16.95
The Healing Power of Illness: understanding what your symptoms are telling you, by Thorwald Dethlefsen and Rudiger Dahlke MD
Vega, 2002, 273 pages, softcover, $22.95
Commonsense Rebellion: Debunking psychiatry, confronting society, by Bruce E. Levine
Continuum, 331 pages, hardcover, US$27.95
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