Many in this generation are attracted to meditation, but quickly give up after wrestling with the obstacles that seem to block their path. After many years on his own spiritual journey, Don Rosenthal had this surprising epiphany: the obstacles are the path. This is the remarkably personal story of one man's spiritual awakening. The Uncharted Journey will help readers find the courage to find their own way to an examined life and an open heart. This book is destined to become a classic of modern spiritual literature

The United States faces no greater challenge today than successfully fulfilling its new ambition of helping bring about a democratic transformation of the Middle East. Uncharted Journey contributes a wealth of concise, illuminating insights on this subject, drawing on the contributors' deep knowledge of Arab politics and their substantial experience with democracy-building in other parts of the world. The essays in part one vividly dissect the state of Arab politics today, including an up-to-date examination of the political shock wave in the region produced by the invasion of Iraq. Part two and three set out a provocative exploration of the possible elements of a democracy promotion strategy for the region. The contributors identify potential false steps as well as a productive way forward, avoiding the twin shoals of either reflexive pessimism in the face of the daunting obstacles to Arab democratization or an unrealistic optimism that fails to take into account the region's political complexities. Contributors include Eva Bellin (Hunter College), Daniel Brumberg (Carnegie Endowment), Thomas Carothers (Carnegie Endowment), Michele Dunne (Georgetown University), Graham Fuller, Amy Hawthorne (Carnegie Endowment), Marina Ottaway (Carnegie Endowment), and Richard Youngs (Foreign Policy Centre).

Attractive, middle-aged Emily Hughes appeared to have it all as the wife of a successful and handsome husband. Suddenly her husband asks for a divorce. Devastated by the divorce, wounded by the Catholic Church's annulment of her thirty-five year marriage and misunderstood by her adult daughters, Emily realizes that she, too, had been unfulfilled in the marriage. Emily has lost her spiritual compass and sets out on a journey to remap the rest of her life. What sets this novel apart from others in this genre is the spiritual nature of Emily's quest. Her faith is both challenged and enriched as she explores new friendships with a free-spirited neighbor and friend, Frances, who accompanies her to Nepal to trek through the Himalayas. On this trek she meets a young Buddhist Sherpa and Roman Catholic priest floundering in his priesthood and finally an enigmatic man who has just spent the past year in a Buddhist monastery. Emily's journey with the help of her new friends leads her to find new ways to get on with her life.

Presents the story of the author's self-discovery, a personal journey from dissatisfaction to joyful wholeness. This book tells how the author couldn't escape the emptiness inside.

Uncharted Journey from Riga By: Ilga Winicov Harrington Ilga Winicov Harrington was born in Riga, Latvia in 1935. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1956, her master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1958, and her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. In addition to her work in Molecular Biology, Ilga also enjoys traveling, gardening, cooking, and writing. Ilga and her husband Rod have been fortunate to share their interests in science and travel for more than half of Ilga’s life. She also stays in close contact with her sons Eric and Mark, and she enjoys her relationships with her two stepdaughters and her three grandchildren. Friendships have always been important to her, and Ilga finds much satisfaction in her numerous lifelong friendships. Join Ilga as she takes you through more than eight decades of memories. This inspirational memoir follows her life of all the way from Latvia to the United States with many hurdles along the way. She shares her inspirational triumphs and her sometimes heartbreaking personal experiences. Follow Ilga as she navigates the challenges of being an American immigrant after World War II and becomes a successful University professor. Experience her eyewitness point of view of such historic time periods as the Holocaust, the Women’s Rights Movement, and world-changing DNA advancements in science.

In between the covers of An Uncharted Journey Into the Abyss, are eighteen short stories that don’t always end up with fairy tale endings. In fact, quite a few of them rip at our emotions and pause us to think about life, and how it doesn’t always end up the way we planned. From an Indian tribe on the brink of slaughter, to a hard nosed veteran policeman tracking a serial killer, we find ourselves drawn deep within the psyche of the main characters. Can a poor young Mexican boy save his family and farm from a vicious predator eating their livestock? Will a cocky self-assured man from back East have his ego shattered by a native American cashier in the West? Or will you be soaring above the crashing seas as a ptarmigan looking for an escape? An Uncharted Journey Into the Abyss will walk you along high mountain trails with a curmudgeonly old prospector, haunt a family as a Civil War ghost, and even visit a planet on a search and reconnaissance mission. And within each story, embedded deep within each of them, is a kernel of truth. Whether you, as the reader, decide to decipher its meaning is completely up to you.