Titles starting with N from judymedia

Eckhart Tolle is a gentle guide for change, first in ourselves and then in the world. Addressing the dysfunction all around us, he encourages us to see the source--our egos, which he explains in some depth but also puts simply as "the voices in our head." Letting go of our egos, we will let go of much of our pain, and will be able to embark on a journey of discovery and "re-creation." There is much of the natural world in his argument, as he encourages us to connect to the things in the earth and sky that can bring enlightenment. Tolle reflects that we are microcosms of the larger universe, and that human consciousness and the physical world are connected. If we break free from old ways of thinking and seeing, we can change ourselves, individually and collectively. We can, in his view, create a "new species," one more fully awakened, that can then "re-create" Earth. A 2008 Oprah's Book Club selection.

Judy Budnitz writes with satirical aplomb, creating magical, funny, sometimes grotesque and fantastic stories about, among other things, family relationships. The titles here include "Saving Face," "The Kindest Cut," "Elephant and Boy," and "Motherland." None of the stories bear the book's title.

Michael Frayn's Tony Award-winning play about the troupe of actors struggling to put on a production of a play called NOTHING ON, in which backstage and onstage begin to merge--disastrously.

This debut demonstrates that poets engaged in the avant-garde, in a kind of Language poetry, in experimentation, needn't forego emotion, as evidenced in many of these highly charged lyrics.