Many people believe that pleasure and desire are obstacles to reasonable and intelligent behavior. In The Pleasure Center, Kringelbach reveals that what we desire, what pleases us - in fact, our most base, animalistic tendencies - are actually very important sources of information.
They motivate us for a good reason. And understanding that reason, taking that reason into account, and harnessing and directing that reason, can make us much more rational and effective people.
Absorbing Perfections - Kabbalah and Interpretation
In this wide-ranging discussion of Kabbalah - from the mystical trends of medieval Judaism to modern Hasidism - one of the world's foremost scholars considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and the methods used to interpret it. Moshe Idel takes as a starting point the fact that the postbiblical Jewish world lost its geographical center with the destruction of the Temple and so was left with a textual center, the Holy Book. Idel argues that a text-oriented religion produced language-centered forms of mysticism.
This book written by Mark Juergensmeyer, the Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies and Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, an expert on religious violence, conflict resolution and South Asian religion and politics, sets out to explore why, in a few extreme instances, religion is used to justify terrorism. "Terror in the Mind of God" was published in 2000, before the destruction of the World Trade Center towers, but it is extremely relevant to today's headlines...
How to Write a Grant Proposal
(Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series)
By by Cheryl Carter New, James Aaron Quick
Step-by-step guidance on how to write effective grants that get the funding you need. The authors provide examples of completed proposals and numerous case studies to demonstrate how the grant-seeking process typically works.
About the Author
CHERYL CARTER NEW and JAMES AARON QUICK are the sole owners and directors of Polaris Corporation. Polaris teaches grantsmanship to nonprofit organizations (The United Way National Training Center, the Non-Profit Center, and the Kellogg Foundation), primary and secondary schools, and for-profit and nonprofit healthcare facilities using three primary mediums: workshops, consulting services, and resource publishing. They lead over 100 workshops that have taught more than 4,000 people per year how to develop and plan projects, research funders, and write grants.
How to Write a Grant Proposal 
