A New Season, a New You … with a little help from Eckhart Tolle
April 4, 2008 by Romy
It’s official – Spring is here! Let me rephrase this: I know that Spring has sprung because I’ve started to clear out my closets, go to the gym and now I want to work on a better balanced self after the trials and tribulations of winter.
His latest book A New Earth (it just also happens to be the new Oprah Book Club pick too) forces us to look at humanity and how we can change the world through renouncing our own egoistical ways. Phew! That seems like a big project, but Tolle makes sense and shows us how to continue on this path to enlightenment. Inspired by various religious and sacred teachings, Tolle’s works help to bring about good changes in us – and what better time than now?!
Read & Be Inspired:
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Stillness Speaks
For more information on Eckhart Tolle, visit the author official website.
2008: The End of an Odyssey
March 31, 2008 by Romy
In 1968 a short story by the name of “The Sentinel” was adapted for film thus adorning the world with the Kubrick classic “2001: A Space Odyssey”, and with that, Arthur C. Clarke had achieved his greatest fame.
Clarke who passed away this week of heart failure and respiratory complications at the age of 90, inspired millions of readers with his vivid descriptions of space shuttles and super computers. A farmer’s son and a Somerset native, Clarke served in the Royal Air Force during WWII all the while foreseeing the concept of communication satellites. When asked why he never patented the idea he replied that he never thought it would be achieved in his lifetime.
With a 10 year marriage ending in divorce in 1964 and no children to speak of, Clarke remained a student and visionary of the world. Serving on the board of directors for the National Space Society, pursuing scuba diving interests in Sri Lanka and writing more than 100 fiction and non-fiction books he ultimately gave science fiction a human and practical face.
A visionary forever etched in history, survived by his zest for life, exceptional sense of humor and virtually immeasurable talents. Quoted saying “I have had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer, and space promoter. Of all these, I would like to be remembered as a writer”, and with that Sir Arthur C Clarke will be missed and honored till the end of time.
Selected Works:
Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke - Firstborn
Arthur C. Clarke - Collected Stories
Harry Potter News: Don’t fret fans, now you have TWO chances to say goodbye!
March 25, 2008 by Romy
In a strategic move ala Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill films, Warner Bros. Studios announced this week that the final installment in the Harry Potter film series will be, in fact, two films!
The first part of the film version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be released in 2010, with the second part being released the following year, Warner Bros. said yesterday in a statement.
“The story is too long and complicated to be adapted into a single film”, said producer David Heyman, “The company made the decision to make two films after consulting with author J.K. Rowling, who approved of the plan.”
David Yates, who directed the fifth film and is working on a sixth, will return for the last two, according to the statement. The sixth movie, based on Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, is scheduled for release in November.
Author Spotlight: Gillian McKeith
March 25, 2008 by Romy
Scottish nutritionist and health guru Gillian McKeith has been a household name across the pond for several years now, hosting several popular British television programs and penning bestselling guidebooks and recipe collections.
Inspired by her father’s passing due to lung cancer, McKeith made a vow to dedicate her life to the crusade for anti-smoking and health awareness that led her to meet her husband, the owner of a successful health food store chain in the United States. While in the USA, McKeith appeared regularly as a health correspondent on television, including a stint on the Joan Rivers talk show. Her family now resides in the UK where McKeith runs a successful online business promoting her popular diet programme and food products.
McKeith’s programme takes a holistic approach to nutrition and ill health, promoting exercise, a pescetarian vegetarian diet high in organic fruits and vegetables, and suggesting the avoidance of processed and high-calorie foods. She recommends detox diets, colonic irrigation and supplements, also making statements that yeast is harmful and that the color of food is nutritionally significant, which has led her methods to be questioned by many health professionals.
Her bestselling book, You are What You Eat, has sold well over one million copies since it was first published in 2005.
You Are What You Eat
By Gillian McKeith
Love and Consequences – Consequences of a White Lie?
March 14, 2008 by S C
Upon receiving media praise and rave reviews within the literary world for her ‘memoir’ “In Love and Consequences” – a tale of growing up as a foster child and gang member in South Central Los Angeles – author Margaret B.Jones has since had her “ghetto pass” revoked. Margaret B.Jones depicts herself as being a half-white, half Indian youngster brought up by a black foster mother she refers to as “Big Mom”. She jots down the moment in which her brother was shot and killed by members of the notorious L.A. street gang, the Crips while she transported weapons and moonlighted as a drug aficionado for the Crip’s block rivals, the Bloods. But alas, it appears that Margaret B. Jones – I mean, Margaret Seltzer might have had a bit too much 40 oz. in the system to pull off the Girl In The Hood routine and make the clean getaway. Seltzer attended private schools growing up as a well off suburbanite and couldn’t hold a joint let alone last a few seconds in one. Seltzer, a Caucasian in her early 30’s, went on record by admitting that she is not a product of the environment that she depicts in her book. As a result, she is being found accountable for fraudulence and pleads guilty on all counts of legitimacy, her memoir of “hope and survival” has being recalled by the publisher and her book tour cancelled. Case Closed.
