Shambhala Autumn 2010 SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS Trade Catalogue including Trumpeter Books and Shambhala Audio ▼ ▼ P ROMOTION • AUTUMN 2010 • • • • ▼ TRUMPETER BOOKS P ROMOTION • • • • • SEPTEMBER MAKE GOOD: CRAFTS + LIFE Ikebana Style 20 Portable Flower Arrangements Perfect for Gift-Giving Keiko Kubo elebrate a loved one with a gift of flowers or add a touch of C color to your home with one of these twenty distinctive flower arrangements. Keiko Kubo translates the sophisticated charm of ikebana for today’s homes. With just a few simple ma- terials, and by following her clearly described techniques, you can create stunning floral arrangements to give as gifts or to decorate your own living space. Ikebana simplified for The clean, elegant look of ikebana is well regarded in the Western homes and West, but the complicated techniques can be intimidating. tastes—perfect for Here, the making of each arrangement is simplified into three to four basic steps, and each of them can be constructed using every occasion. tools and materials easily available to Western readers. The results are distinctive arrangements that blend the aesthetics ▼ of traditional ikebana with the functionality and portability of Western floral arts. Flower Arranging Included is a range of tips and techniques that are sure to 1 7 8 x 9 ¼, 96 pages broaden the flower arranging skills of both beginners as well Photographs and line drawings throughout as those already familiar with this craft. Clear step-by-step in- 4-color throughout structions with photographs are included for each arrangement. $19.95 paperback original w/flaps Keiko Kubo grew up in Japan, where she took ikebana classes with her (Canada 23.95) mother as a teenager and eventually went on to obtain her teaching li- ISBN 978-1-59030-673-4 cense for ikebana. After graduating from college, Keiko came to the states Trumpeter to pursue studies in art and graduated from the School of the Art Insti- On sale September 7, 2010 tute of Chicago with a master of fine arts in sculpture. While in graduate school she also studied Western floral art. Her style is a unique blend of Foreign rights: Shambhala these three major influences: traditional ikebana, Western floral arrange- ments, and sculptural art. She currently lives in Chicago and is the author P ROMOTION of Keiko’s Ikebana (Tuttle, 2006). • Spreads for sell-in • Feature campaign to design and lifestyle publications Also available • Web promotion on makegoodbooks.com Carefree Clothes for Girls Junko Okawa ISBN 978-1-59030-717-5 $19.95 pb (Canada $24.95) Felting for Baby Saori Yamazaki ISBN 978-1-59030-716-8 $21.95 pb (Canada $26.95) [ 4 ] SEPTEMBER MAKE GOOD: CRAFTS + LIFE [ 5 ] SEPTEMBER MAKE GOOD: CRAFTS + LIFE Creative Paper Cutting Basic Techniques and Fresh Designs for Stencils, Mobiles, Cards, and More Edited by Shufunotomo ransform a simple sheet of paper into a snowflake, a flower, Tor a dainty doily—or create an enchanted forest using a modern twist on the traditional technique for making paper dolls that you likely learned as a child. Paper cutouts get a fresh look in this contemporary approach to the practice of trans- forming paper into art. It’s full of clever designs and a range of different cutting techniques that you can use for making your An introduction to a range own cutouts for display, decoration, or embellishment. of paper-cutting techniques The book presents paper-cutting techniques through clear complete with contempo- step-by-step instructions, detailed diagrams, and templates. Once you’ve mastered the basics, you can move on to trying the rary designs and uses for projects: cards, gift wrap, mobiles, collages, stencils, garlands, today’s crafter. and a wealth of other practical and fun applications. The proj- ects are presented with beautiful color photographs in the dis- ▼ tinctive Japanese craft style for which the Make Good series is known, making for a book that is as attractive as it is informa- Crafts tive. From scrapbookers to paper artists, from printmakers to 1 7 8 x 9 ¼, 128 pages sewers—all crafters will love this book. Photographs and line drawings throughout 4-color throughout Shufunotomo is a distinguished Japanese publisher of books on crafts, $19.95 paperback original w/flaps health, self-help, and more. (Canada $23.95) ISBN 978-1-59030-731-1 Trumpeter On sale September 14, 2010 Foreign rights: Shufunotomo Co., Ltd. (Japan) Also available Patchwork Style Suzuko Koseki P ROMOTION ISBN 978-1-59030-649-9 • Spreads for sell-in $18.95 pb (Canada $23.00) • Outreach to craft websites and bloggers Linen, Wool, Cotton • Feature campaign to craft and lifestyle publications Akiko Mano ISBN 978-1-59030-648-2 • Web promotion on makegoodbooks.com $17.95 pb (Canada $22.00) [ 6 ] SEPTEMBER MAKE GOOD: CRAFTS + LIFE [ 7 ] SEPTEMBER PAPERBACK ORIGINAL WITH CD Dissolving Pain Simple Brain-Training Exercises for Overcoming Chronic Pain Les Fehmi and Jim Robbins or four decades, Dr. Les Fehmi has been training people to Fregulate their own brainwave patterns to improve their mental, emotional, and physical health. His new book focuses on the treatment of pain, and it is based on the premise that al- though pain is perceived to exist in a particular part of the body, pain actually arises in the brain. Drawing on existing scientific research and on decades of clinical experience, he offers brain-training exercises that quiet the pain signal in the brain. The exercises involve altering the A leader in the field of way we pay attention to pain, cultivating what Fehmi calls brainwave biofeedback Open-Focus Attention: a relaxed form of awareness that changes the neural blood flow and increases alpha brainwave activity (as- explains how to overcome sociated with reduced stress and beneficial hormonal changes). chronic pain with simple These exercises are effective in the treatment of many forms of brain-training exercises. pain including back, shoulder, neck, and joint pain; headaches; muscle pain and tension; and pain from traumatic injury. ▼ Included with the book is a 60-minute CD that guides listen- ers through the Open-Focus exercises to help them to become Health pain free. 6 x 9, 224 pages, 1 CD $16.95 paperback original with CD “ The techniques described in this book can make life fuller, more (Canada $19.95) enjoyable, and more productive.”—Andrew Weil, MD ISBN 978-1-59030-780-9 Trumpeter On sale September 14, 2010 Les Fehmi, PhD, BCIA-EEG, is director of the Princeton Biofeedback Foreign rights: Stuart Bernstein Centre in Princeton, New Jersey. He holds an MA and PhD in psychol- (New York) ogy from UCLA and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at UCLA’s Brain Research Institute. He is also the author of The Open-Focus Brain. P ROMOTION • Feature campaign to health Jim Robbins is an award-winning journalist and science writer, with and alternative health frequent contributions to the New York Times, Smithsonian, Scientific magazines American, Discover, and Psychology Today. • Online campaign to various “pain management” founda- Also available tions and associations The Open-Focus Brain Les Fehmi and Jim Robbins ISBN 978-1-59030-612-3 $18.95 pb (Canada $22.00) [ 8 ] SEPTEMBER PAPERBACK REISSUE Ordinary Recovery Mindfulness, Addiction, and the Path of Lifelong Sobriety William Alexander Foreword by Kevin Griffin he key to ongoing freedom from alcoholism or any other Tkind of addiction is right before us, here and now, in the ordinary and perfect present moment. The problem is that ad- dictions are often the result of our efforts to escape living in the present in the first place. Bill Alexander’s unique approach uses mindfulness, story, and meditation to help alcoholics and others learn to come back to the present moment and find healing there. Emerging scientific research suggests that mindfulness (a How meditation and mind- nonjudgmental awareness of our moment-to-moment experi- fulness can help recovering ence) can help prevent addiction relapse. Ordinary Recovery is a revised edition of Alexander’s book Cool Water, with a new alcoholics find lasting foreword, a new preface by the author, updates throughout the sobriety. book, and a new resources section. ▼ Addiction / Recovery “ Bill Alexander gets at the blood and soul of recovery.”—Kevin Griffin, 5 ½ x 8 ½, 160 pages author of One Breath at a Time $15.95 paperback “Unpretentious and profound. Alexander’s book shows readers that (Canada $18.95) simple awareness itself has the magical power to heal.”—Publishers Weekly ISBN 978-1-59030-828-8 (previous ISBN [Cool Water] 978-1-57062-254-0) Trumpeter On sale September 14, 2010 William Alexander is on staff at the Ha- Foreign rights: Shambhala zelden Foundation in Minnesota, where he teaches meditation and leads workshops on Ordinary Recovery. P ROMOTION • Targeted mailing to psycho- therapists and mental health professionals • Outreach to recovery websites [ 9 ] NOVEMBER NOW IN PAPERBACK The Natural Laws of Good Luck A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage Ellen Graf llen is forty-six, divorced, and having no luck with per- Esonal ads when her Chinese girlfriend comes up with a plan: she has a brother in China, Zhong-hua, who’s lonely too. Maybe they’d like each other? Taking a leap of faith that most of us wouldn’t dare, Ellen travels to China to meet him. Though they speak only a few words of each other’s language, there’s an unspoken connection between them and they decide to marry. What follows is a remarkably touching and humorous story of two people from completely different worlds trying to make “An impressive debut, one a marriage work. Settling in at Ellen’s ramshackle farmhouse of the funniest and most in upstate New York, they quickly discover the cultural chasm moving love stories to that lies between them.