BOOK LAUNCHES

November 2011

CARRIED BY A PROMISE  

By Swami Radhananda 

Discover the transformative power of yoga in Carried by a Promise, the new memoir by Swami Radhananda, spiritual director of Yasodhara Ashram. 

Come and meet Swami Radhananda and hear the story of how her life was transformed through yoga.  From wife, mother and educator to swami and spiritual director, her experience reveals the promise and potential that lives at the heart of yoga. 

Goodeys Bookstore, 23 Crowhurst St, Newmarket

Sunday 20^th November 10.30am

 

FLEEING VESUVIUS NZ EDITION 

Responding to the Effects of Economic and Environmental Collapse

'a handbook for surviving the end of a world ...that we didn’t want anyway'

 

When: Wednesday 23rd November Arrive from 6pm for 6.30pm start

 

Where: Goodeys Bookstore, 23 Crowhurst Street Newmarket, Auckland

 

Please RSVP by Tuesday 22^nd November to Leanne – shop@goodeys.co.nz  Ph 09 524 5000

 
Fleeing Vesuvius was originally published in late 2010 by Feasta in response to Ireland’s economic collapse. Its 27 authors including Dmitry Orlov and Richard Douthwaite are now joined by by 12 New Zealand contributors, making this book a compelling tool for all thinking New Zealanders concerned about the future.

 

Fleeing Vesuvius confronts our multiple crises, analysing the many aspects: the financial crisis; the urgent need for food security; the enormous challenge of dealing with climate change, and the looming scarcity of essential resources such as fossil fuels – the lifeblood of the world economy.

 

 Fleeing Vesuvius puts forward solutions that involve changes to our economy and financial system, but they go much further: this substantial, wide-ranging book also looks at the changes needed in how we think, how we use the land and how we relate to others, particularly those where we live.

 

Several of the writers will be on hand to talk about the book including Laurence Boomert who promises an invigorating presentation on a range of innovative solutions to the seeming impasses we face.

 

“Fleeing Vesuvius NZ Edition is unusual, critically important and refreshingly provocative.” Jonathan Boston, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington.

 

 “Economic growth is over for good and Fleeing Vesuvius is the first book to explore the profound, historic implications. Its message could hardly be more urgent.” Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, Author, Peak Everything.

 

For more information on the book visit www.le.org.nz the website Living Economies Educational Trust