James's Blog
What I'm Reading and Listening to Now....
For Emma, Forever Ago
Bon Iver
Beautiful, sad, haunting music from an original contemporary talent.
Raise Your Head: A Retrospective
The Poozies
An Irish woman's group who compose and sing songs that blend ancient and modern sensibilities that touch and move the listener.
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
A wondrously written retelling of tales from the court of Henry VIII from the point of view of Cromwell – a literary page turner and eye opener.
The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus Into Your Life
by Thomas M. Sterner
How to work with our own habits of mind in order to be able to develop ourselves and unfold our talents.
The Compassionate Instinct
edited by Dacher Keltner, Jason Marsh, and Jeremy Adam Smith
Relational Psychoanalysis
edited by Stephen A. Mitchell and Lewis Aron
Ulysses Unbound
by Jon Elster
Questions/Places/Voices/Seasons by Norman Fischer
Astounding beauty and welcoming depth in this large collection of poems by an eminent poet and Zen teacher.
The Web That Has No Weaver by Ted J. Kaptchuk
The cleary written and accessible classic book on understanding Chinese medicine.
How to Read Heidegger
by Mark Wrathall
Real Heidegger, but presented in everyday language with good examples. A miracle.
What is the What
by Dave Eggers
A detailed, moving novel of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan during the decade-long civil war.
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Disclosing New Worlds
by Charles Spinosa, Fernando Flores and Hubert L. Dreyfus
Top-notch philosophers and social thinkers unpack what is really required to bring new ideas to the world.
Kinderszenen/Kreisleriana
Composed by Robert Schumann, performed by Martha Argerich
Chopin Etudes
Composed by Frederic Chopin, performed by Maurizio Pollini
The complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings
Two masters at the height of their powers sending songs into the middle of our hearts.
M'bem di Fora
Lura
Georgeous deeply rythmic music sung by an international star from Africa.
Road Shows, Volume 1
Sonny Rollins
The world's most acclaimed jazz improviser recorded in live performance where his genius shines through.
Side by Side
Itzhack Perlman and Oscar Peterson
Fanastic duets by two giants of music who bring boundless creativity to their collaboration.
Change in the Weather
Eric Lindell
Modern sensibility wedded to Delta Blues, written and performed by an outstanding talent.
