Nicholas J Graham

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BOOKS THAT I RECOMMEND:

Parenting / Family

• The New Buffettology: The Proven Techniques for Investing Successfully in Changing Markets That Have Made WARREN BUFFETT the World’s Most Famous Investor, by Mary Buffett & David Clark

Health / Yoga / Nutrition

• Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness, by Erich Schiffmann (yoga teacher of J. Krishnamurti and Ali McGraw)
• The Tree of Yoga, by B.K.S. Iyengar
• Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine, by by Deepak Chopra, M.D
• Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, by B.K.S. Iyenger.
• Restful Sleep, by Deepak Chopra

Fun / Light / Entertaining / Fiction

• Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (light-hearted “travelocumetry”)
• Inspiration Sandwich: Stories to Inspire, by Sark
• Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure, by Sarah MacDonald
• The Subject Tonight is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of [Shams-ud-din Muhammad] Hafiz [1320-1389], versions by Daniel Ladinsky (our marriage reading came from page .  Wonderful light-hearted, fun, loving, poems about God and love.  HIGHLY recommended for anyone)
• [Jelaluddin] Rumi: The Glance: Songs of Soul-Meeting, translated by Coleman Barks (fantastic love poems and songs from the year 1244)
• The Gift: Poems by [Shams-ud-din Muhammad] Hafiz [1320-1389], The Great Sufi Master, by Daniel Ladinsky (page 138 , “I Saw Two Birds” was our marriage reading).
• A Promise Is A Promise, by Dr Wayne W Dyer
• Lucid Dreams in 30 Days: The Creative Sleep Program, by Keith Harary, Ph.D. and Pamela Weintraub

Philosophy / Religious / Psychology / Self-Help Books

• The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff
• Mars and Venus in the Bedroom: A Guide to Lasting Romance and Passion, by John Gray, Ph.D
• Freedom from the Known, Jiddhu Krishnamurti (my single-most influential philosophical author and speaker.  Came across him during my yoga teacher training in Hawai’i ‘94-’96).
• Fire in the Mind: Dialogues with J. Krishnamurti, by Pupul Jayakar
• The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation, by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Loving and Leaving the Good Life, by Helen Nearing (first and only partner of J. Krishnamurti)
• Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing, by Caroline Myss, Ph.D.
• The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama, by Sidney Piburn
• La Tzu: Te-Tao Ching [551 BC - 479 BC], by Robert Henricks
• A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle.
• The Gift of Faith, by Father Tadeusz Dajczer

Cancer Books

• Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplants: A Guide for Patients, by Susan K. Stewart as a publication of the National Marrow Donor Program (the organization where I received my matched, unrelated donor from.  This book was free at the transplant center that I go to, but these are free on Amazon as well).
• Living with Pain: A Stem Cell Transplant Survivor’s Journey, by Nicholas J. Graham (to be published )
• Hope Begins in The Dark: 50 Lymphoma Survivors Tell Their Exclusive Life Stories, by Jamie Reno

Science Books

PERIODICALS I RECOMMEND