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I cherish the opportunity to read and review books from other Buddhist publishers. Here's the latest: THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLDER KOANS: Waking Up in the Land of Attachments by Eve Myonen Marko and Wendy Egyoku Nakao Monkfish Books ISBN 1-948626-08-8 http://www.monkfishpublishing.com/products-page-2/buddhism/book-householder-koans/ What if we dropped any talk of Buddhism, or Zen, and looked at the everyday situations we find ourselves in: some silly, some poignant, and some unbearably cruel and painful. Yesterday it was the pandemic. Today it is George Floyd. Tomorrow it will be something else. In The Book of Householder Koans, Roshis Eve Myonen Marko and Wendy Egyoku Nakao cook...

THE ZEN PRIESTESS AND THE SNAKE: A Woman’s Path of Transformation and Healing through Rediscovery of the Great Mother Tradition by Roshi Ilia Shinko Perez Paginated bookblock been through 2nd edit and the proofs are now back with Roshi Shinko for another run-through.   BLOOM: Buddhist Reflections on Serenity and Love by Ajahn Sona Paginated bookblock has been through 1st edit and the proofs are now back with Ajahn Sona for another run-through.  A PATH THROUGH RED MAPLES: The Arrival of Tendai Buddhism in Canada by Innen Ray Parchelo Working my way through the 1st edit of paginated bookblock.   PYRRHO'S WAY: The Ancient...