The Cooks' House

by Eric Patterson and Jennifer Blakeslee

The Cooks' House offers a yearlong series of menus and recipes drawing deeply from nature, a rich spiritual life, and the desire to nourish body and soul. Partners in a small northern Michigan bistro and formerly the top talent behind a Michelin-starred French restaurant, Patterson and Blakeslee believe that food preparation must embrace seasonal variety and ripeness without complication. The Cooks’ House is more than just a collection of recipes. It’s a book that approaches cooking as an act that can only be truly done in the context of life and living. True cooking comes when we follow the seasons, when we learn to listen in on their rhythms. Cooking, at its foundation, is what makes it possible to live life fully, and in the process we can find truth and meaning.

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The Virtue of Wealth: Creating Life Success the Zenvesting Way

by Paul Sutherland

The Virtue of Wealth: Creating Life Success the Zenvesting Way is a primer of purpose driven investing for all ages and economic groups. The graphs, worksheets, beautiful color illustrations and inspirational quotes will make Sutherland's new book a wonderful gift for college graduates, newlyweds, and future retirees.

Paul Sutherland has been a Senior Portfolio Manager for twenty-three years. He is co-founder of the Children of the World Foundation, past Chairman of Safe Passage and current board member, as well as Founder and Chairman of the Board of the Utopia Foundation.

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Going Out Green: One Man's Adventure Planning His Own Natural Burial

by Bob Butz

Going Out Green gives a sensitive, entertaining and honest account of the twists and turns one may encounter when planning a natural burial. Bob Butz, an award-winning author and amateur naturalist, plans his own natural burial and in the process instructs the reader how they might one day return naturally to the earth.

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