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Sleeping on Jupiter : a novel / by Roy, Anuradha,author.(CARDINAL)494807;
On a train bound for the seaside town of Jarmuli, three women in their sixites witness an assault on a young documentary filmmaker named Nomi. The women are disturbed, but shrug off the encounter. Among Jarmuli's pilgrims, priests, and temples, the three women live out their long-planned holiday together, while Nomi searches for clues to her past in a local ashram. As their lives overlap and collide, the town's serene surface is punctured by violence as its long, dark history becomes impossible to ignore.
Subjects: Novels.; Women motion picture producers and directors; Older women; Orphans; Adult child abuse victims; Ashrams;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Blue-skinned gods / by Sindu, SJ,author.;
"In Tamil Nadu, India, a boy is born with blue skin. His father sets up an ashram, and the family makes a living off of the pilgrims who seek the child's blessings and miracles, believing young Kalki to be tenth human incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. Kalki is confronted with three trials in his tenth year-tests of his power that will prove his divine status and, his father tells him, spread his fame worldwide. Over the next decade, as the story of his family unravels, his relationship to everyone-his dominating father, his beloved cousin, his cancer-stricken aunt, and the young woman he imagines he will marry-threatens to fall apart. At once a personal tale of youthful searching, and a magisterial, continent spanning tour-de-force, Blue-Skinned Gods is unwaveringly honest and heartbreaking, a powerful novel told through the eyes of a wonderfully winning and idiosyncratic protagonist"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Avatars (Religion); Hindu gods; Kalki (Hindu deity); Ashrams; Boys; Fathers and sons; Exploitation; Families; Hinduism; Boys.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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The lost girls : three friends, four continents, one unconventional detour around the world / by Baggett, Jennifer.(CARDINAL)499632; Corbett, Holly C.(CARDINAL)499633; Pressner, Amanda.(CARDINAL)499634;
Prologue : The lost girls, Maasi village of Oronkai, Kenya -- Jen, Iguazu Falls, Argentina/Brazil (nearly two years earlier) -- Amanda, New York City (March-August) -- Holly, New York City (March, three months pre-trip) -- Jen, Lima Airport/Cusco, Peru (June) -- Holly, Inca Trail, Peru (July) -- Jen, Amazon Jungle, Peru (July) -- Amanda, Lima, Peru (August) -- Jen, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (August) -- Holly, Salavador, Brazil (August) -- Amanda, New York City (August-September) -- Jan, Kiminini, Kenya (September) -- Amanda, Kiminini, Kenya (September) -- Holly, Kinminini, Kenya (September) -- Jen, Kiminini, Kenya (October) -- Holly, northern India (October) -- Jen, southern India/Shraddha Ashram -- Holly, India/Shraddha Ashram (November) -- Amanda, Goa, India (November) -- Jen, Vientiane, Laos (December) -- Amanda, Laos (December) -- Holly, India/Shraddha Asram (November) -- Amanda, Thai Islands (December) -- Holly, Boston, Massachusetts/Cambodia (December-January) -- Jen, Sapa, Vietnam (January) -- Amanda, Hanoi, Vietnam (January) -- Jen, Bangkok, Thailand (February) -- Holly, Bali (March) - Amanda, North Island, New Zealand (March) -- Jen, South Island, New Zealand (March-April) -- Amanda, Sydney, Australia (April) -- Holly, Sydney, Australia (April) -- Jen, Hunter Valley, Australia (May) -- Holly, Australia (May) -- Epilogue : Santa Catalina, Panama (more than two years later)Three friends at a crossroads in their twenties quit their high pressure New York media jobs, leave their friends and everything familiar behind, and embark on a year-long backpacking adventure around the world.
Subjects: Biographies.; Baggett, Jennifer; Corbett, Holly C.; Pressner, Amanda; Voyages and travels.; Backpacking.; Women travelers; Women adventurers; Young women; Friendship; Travelers' writings, American.; Adventure and adventurers; Young women; Quakers; Travelers' writings.; Friendships.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Gandhi for kids : his life and ideas, with 21 activities / by Mahoney, Ellen Voelckers,author.(CARDINAL)769647;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and index.Early years by the sea -- New Horizons -- A lawyer and a rebel -- The Ashram life -- the power of nonviolence -- Spinning and fasting -- Marching toward independence -- Ghandi's legacy."Connecting Gandhi's ideas and his life's work to contemporary issues this useful resource for parents and teachers makes Gandhi relevant for kids today. Packed with historic images, the book includes informative sidebars, a time line, a glossary, and a resource section, along with 21 activities that illuminate Gandhi's life, environment, and ideas. Kids can make a traditional Indian lamp called a diya, create a henna hand design, practice anti-consumerism or vegetarianism for a day, and much more"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948; Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948; Statesmen; Nationalists; Nonviolence; Creative activities and seat work.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sacred India / by Lonely Planet Publications (Firm)(CARDINAL)340960;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Spirit junkie : a radical road to discovering self-love and miracles / by Bernstein, Gabrielle,author.(CARDINAL)499352;
A tiny mad idea -- Anxiety and ashrams -- Somethin' special -- Asking for help -- The f word -- Relationships are assignments -- The holy instant -- Accepting my invitation -- Spirit became my boyfriend -- Love wins -- Expect miracles -- Spirit junkie.Chronicles the author's spiritual journey through low self-esteem and drug abuse to counsel readers on how to overcome personal fears and achieve greater fulfillment, providing a range of positive affirmations, physical activities, and meditations.
Subjects: Course in Miracles.; Self-acceptance.; Self-esteem.; Self-realization.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The Great Oom : the improbable birth of yoga in America / by Love, Robert,1951-(CARDINAL)751023;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-392) and index.Preface -- Prologue: A man in love with beauty -- First son of a first son -- Kali Mudra -- Tantrik nights -- Downfall and disgrace -- "What is this man?" -- Yoga at large -- Partners -- Expansion -- For love and money -- The promised land -- Welcome to Nyack -- Interrogation -- Body and mind -- Enter Sir Paul -- Bach, baseball, and Buddha -- The Vanderbilt knot -- The show goes on -- Blue skies, big plans -- A leap of faith -- Good times, bad times -- Citizen Oom -- The message gets out -- Change in the air -- Running out of tricks -- The cosmic punch -- A Nazi in Nyack -- Family man -- Final days -- Epilogue: Genius or fraud?Chronicles the emergence of yoga in Jazz Age New York, tracing the contributions of instructor Pierre Bernard, who trained with an Indian master before introducing patrons to modern yogic principles from his profitable Hudson River ashram.
Subjects: Biographies.; Bernard, Pierre Arnold, 1875-1955.; Hatha yoga; Yoga.; Yogis;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Fat camp commandos go West / by Pinkwater, Daniel Manus,1941-(CARDINAL)723756; Rash, Andy,illustrator.(CARDINAL)343053;
After Ralph and Sylvia Nebula flee a fat camp ashram to join their friend Mavis at a dude ranch, they help her unite the Western town's factions by preparing for the arrival of an unidentified flying object.710LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Western fiction.; Camps; Humorous stories; Overweight persons; Prejudices; Siblings; Unidentified flying objects; Siblings.; Camps; Obesity; Prejudices; Siblings; Unidentified flying objects;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Spirituality for dummies / by Janis, Sharon,1959-(CARDINAL)646358;
Without complex doctrine or far-out philosophies, this friendly guide demystifies spirituality and shows readers how to incorporate prayer and meditation into their daily lives. The author lived a monastic life for ten years in an Indian ashram before working in television and film.
Subjects: Spirituality.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Slaves among us : the hidden world of human trafficking / by Villa, Monique,1948-author.(CARDINAL)814440;
Includes index.Preface: why? -- Who are the modern slaves? -- The most despicable crime: techniques of the human trafficking business model -- From Nepal to Qatar: debt bondage -- A tattoo on your soul: corruption and impunity -- The psychological impact of enslavement -- The children of Bal Ashram -- In the mind of a trafficker -- Limited options -- Business is key -- Solutions -- My heroes.
Subjects: Slavery;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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