Studies

These books are listed in alphabetical order but feel free to start with any on the list and progress to the next book of your choosing. Send an email to founder@alifeofpurpose.org if you would like to borrow one of these books. None of these books are required reading, but are listed to get the individual thinking and studying about topics they may not be familiar with or even vehemently disagree with. The purpose is to challenge your mind and maybe even elicit a change in your view of the world.

• A Guide to the Good Life - William B. Irvine
• A History of Western Philosophy - Bertrand Russell
• A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
• A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
• Above Life's Turmoil - James Allen
• After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path - Jack Kornfield
• As a Man Thinketh - James Allen
• Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda
• Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium - Carl Sagan
• Cosmos - Carl Sagan
• Eastern Body, Western Mind - Anodea Judith
• God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything - Christopher Hitchens
• Mankind: The Story of All Of Us - Pamela D. Toler
• Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
• Mastery - Robert Greene
• McMindfulness - Ronald E. Purser
• Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
• Myths to Live By - Joseph Campbell
• No god but God - Reza Aslan
• Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space - Carl Sagan
• Revenge of the Sith: Star Wars: Episode III - Matthew Stover
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory - Caitlin Doughty
• Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu - Translator Stephen Mitchell
• The Antidote - Oliver Burkeman
• The Art of Happiness - Dalai Lama
• The Book of Joy - Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
• The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are - Alan W. Watts
• The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Carl Sagan
• The End of Faith - Sam Harris
• The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
• The Gospel According to St. John
• The Heavenly Life - James Allen
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell
• The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation - Thich Nhat Hanh and Vo-Dihn Mai
• The Path of Druidry: Walking the Ancient Green Way - Penny Billington
• The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers
• The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
• The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey
• The Way of Peace - James Allen
• The Way of Zen - Alan W. Watts
• The Wisdom of Insecurity - Alan W. Watts
• Way of the Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman
• Your Brain On Nature - Eva M. Selhub and Alan C. Logan

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