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Featured books this month:
Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl
When Beacon Press first published Man's Search for Meaning in 1959, Carl Rogers called it "one of the outstanding contributions to
psychological thought in the last fifty years." In the thirty-three years since then, this book - at once a memoir, a self-help book, and a
psychology manual - has become a classic that has sold more than three million copies in English language editions. Man's Search for
Meaning tells the chilling and inspirational story of eminent psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz and other
concentration camps for three years during the Second World War. Immersed in great suffering and loss, Frankl began to wonder why
some of his fellow prisoners were able not only to survive the horrifying conditions, but to grow in the process. Frankl's conclusion - that the
most basic human motivation is the will to meaning - became the basis of his groundbreaking psychological theory, logotherapy. As
Nietzsche put it, "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." In Man's Search for Meaning, Frankl outlines the principles of
logotherapy, and offers ways to help each one of us focus on finding the purpose in our lives. This new edition of Man's Search for Meaning
includes a new preface by the author, in which he explains his decision to remain in his native Austria during the Nazi invasion, a choice
which eventually led to his imprisonment. It also includes an updated bibliography of books, articles, records, films, videotapes, and audio
tapes about logotherapy.
Jewish Meditation, by Aryeh Kaplan
This book presents the most basic forms of meditation, especially as discussed in the mainstream sources. It is a guide to Jewish meditation
written in non-technical terms for the layperson. It begins with a description of meditation in general, then focuses in on specifically Jewish
meditation and finally explores the various components of meditation.
A Jew in the Lotus, by Rodger Kamenetz
"A book for anyone who feels the narrowness of a wholly secular life or who wonders about the fate of esoteric spiritual traditions in a
world that seems bent on destroying or vulgarizing them."--New York Times Book Review.
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