From 1988 through 1993, guitarist/vocalist STEVEN TAYLOR toured the U.S. and Europe with the alternative rock group False Prophets, keeping a detailed journal with the intent of documenting the role of musicians in the international anarchist youth movement. His field notes form the core of False Prophet (Wesleyan, $24.95), accounting with honesty and aplomb the sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing, always engaging highs and lows of life on the road. Contact Steven at (303) 245-4684.

False Prophet

T.C. BOYLE
Wednesday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.

It is 1970, and a down-at-the-heels California commune devoted to peace, free love, and the simple life has decided to relocate to the last frontier—interior Alaska. Armed with the spirit of adventure and naive optimism, the inhabitants arrive in the wilderness only to find their utopia already populated by other young homesteaders. When the two communities collide, unexpected friendships and dangerous enmities are born in T.C. BOYLE's rich, unsentimental novel Drop City (Viking, $14.00). Contact Eric Rosen at (212) 366-2226.

Drop City

RHONDA BRITTEN
Thursday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.

Do you want to start your life over? Change Your Life in 30 Days (Dutton, $21.95) takes you on a thirty-day journey that will help you make extraordinary changes in your life. Expanded from RHONDA BRITTEN's life coaching on television and in her daily practice, her new book will break the myths that keep you locked in fear and unable to be true to yourself. With sensitivity and humor, Rhonda helps define life goals and outline the steps needed to reach those goals. Contact Erin Sinesky at (212) 366-2223.

Change Your Life in 30 Days

JANIS HALLOWELL
Friday, March 5, 7:30 p.m.

What would happen if an ordinary teenager were suddenly proclaimed a modern-day Holy Virgin? That is the premise of JANIS HALLOWELL's wise and provocative debut novel, The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn (William Morrow, $23.95). It is a beautifully crafted tale of people who pin their hopes for spiritual salvation on a young girl; and how, slowly, surely, and tragically, she comes to believe that she is the divine being they want her to be. Contact Dee Dee DeBartolo at (212) 207-7498.

The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn

ROBERT THURMAN
Monday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.

As interest in Buddhism has soared in the Western world, ROBERT THURMAN has emerged as America's most charismatic and influential interpreter of this 2,500-year-old-tradition. His previous book, Inner Revolution, became an international bestseller that drew extensive media attention and critical praise. Now, in Infinite Life (Riverhead, $24.95), Thurman offers readers a pragmatic and accessible guide to securing their own peace while simultaneously transforming the world. Contact Stephanie Sorenson at (212) 366-2576.

Infinite Life

AMY WEINTRAUB
Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.

Addressing a range of diagnoses, including dysthymia, anxiety-based depression, and bipolar disorder, Yoga for Depression (Doubleday, $14.95) reveals why specific postures, breathing practices, and meditation techniques can ease suffering and release life’s traumas and losses. Author AMY WEINTRAUB also reflects on her own experience with severe depression, from which she recovered through immersing herself in a daily yoga routine. Contact Tracy Zupancis at (21) 782-9798.

Yoga for Depression

MARTIN MOSKO & ALXE NODEN
Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 p.m.

For anyone interested in creating a place of peace and contentment, Landscape as Spirit (Weatherhill, $40.00) offers a new approach to landscape design, working from a clear mind and a passionate heart. MARTIN MOSKO and ALXE NODEN draw on years of meditative experience and decades of landscape design to explore this entirely original approach to gardening. Come along as 150 color photos take you into a world of sensual delights. Contact Alxe at (303) 440-6650.

Landscape as Spirit

ELLEN GOODMAN
Thursday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ELLEN GOODMAN has been sharing her thought-provoking ideas and opinions with readers for more than 25 years in her column, which now appears in more than 400 newspapers. Her new book, Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times (Simon & Schuster, $25.00), is a running commentary on the defining moments, raging debates, scandals, trials, and headline-grabbing stories that continue to make us think, lament, and laugh. Contact Tracy Guest at (212) 698-7533.

Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times

BILL SCHEFFEL
Wednesday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.

Loving-kindness is a type of meditation practiced by Buddhists throughout the world, but it is also a word that appears in many religious texts, including the Bible, Jewish liturgy, and throughout the Book of Common Prayer. In Loving-Kindness Meditation (Fair Winds, $17.00), BILL SCHEFFEL pairs evocative, peaceful, black-and-white images with poetry and meditation instructions to create a unique explanation of the prayer for love and peace for all people. Contact Bill at (303) 494-1752.

In Loving-Kindness Meditation

DON KIRCHNER
Thursday, March 18, 7:30 p.m.

A Matter of Time (High Ground, $23.95) is high-action drama, the gripping story of DON KIRCHNER's journey through his own personal hell as he struggled to find his way through an underworld of drug smugglers, corrupt government officials, shadowy CIA agents, and, later, through the federal prison system. His tireless work to help other inmates improve their lives captured the attention of his own federal prosecutor and two ranking U.S. Senators. Contact Karen Reider at
(928) 284-1898.

A Matter of Time

SANIEL BONDER
Wednesday, March 24, 7:30 p.m.

Healing the Spirit/Matter Split (Ma Tam, $6.95) is a small book of potent dialogues on the essential challenge of 21st century spirituality. Originally conducted as interviews, edited and introduced by Laurel Airica, these lively conversations reveal the core of maverick American teacher SANIEL BONDER's pioneering work since the early 1990s to help us bring enlightenment all the way down to Earth—and out into active service to all life. Contact Teresa Goler at (970) 482-8468.

WES McKINLEY, CARON BALKANY, & JACQUE BREVER
Thursday, March 25, 7:30 p.m.

Remember when the FBI raided Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant in 1989? The Ambushed Grand Jury (Apex Press, $19.95) is the true story of four Citizen Investigators who uncover the Justice Department’s cover-up of deadly radioactive contamination at Rocky Flats. Deceived by the Justice Department’s cover-up, relying on false assurances that Rocky Flats wasn’t as contaminated as everyone had thought, public officials now plan to open the former nuclear weapons plant to recreation. Unless the Citizen’s Investigation – with help from readers – can stop these dangerous plans.

JIM DOWNTON
Tuesday, March 30, 7:30 p.m.

JIM DOWNTON's Life Gardening Project teaches us that deepening awareness, making new choices, and adding new ways of thinking can alter the way we live. Like gardening in a yard, this work takes effort, but the results make it worthwhile. As the Woo Master says: "Life gardening is good reason to live. With care, blossoms come." Downton offers workshops using the ideas and exercises from The Woo Way, Playful Mind, and Awakening Minds (Life Gardening, $17.95 each). Contact Jim at (303) 443-3814.

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