Bøger af Cristina Salat

What is it like living on the magical Big Island of Hawaii, near black sand sea turtle beaches and an active volcano that flows? Paradise right? Practically the Garden of Eden where fruits fall free from the trees into your hands, everyone you meet beams with Aloha, and the living is easy, right? Well, yes & no... This is A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. It is the first piece in a triptych exploring the author's adventures on the volcanic Big Island Hawaii (#2: 'Magic in Hawaii' : 'Hawaii (the real thing) Can Be Paradise!').

What is it like to move across thousands of miles of ocean to build intentional "community"...alone? Part personal tropical-adventure, part how-to manual, and lots of pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join the adventures as a creative/spiritual artist's retreat takes shape on an active Hawaiian volcano in tasty, illustrated stages from the ground on up...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual. Available in e-editions and color or b/w print paperbacks, stage by stage

What is it like to move across thousands of miles of ocean to build intentional "community"...alone? Part personal tropical-adventure, part how-to manual, and lots of pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join the adventures as a creative/spiritual artist's retreat takes shape on an active Hawaiian volcano in tasty, illustrated stages from the ground on up...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual. Available in e-editions and color or b/w print paperbacks.

You know how they always say when one door closes, another opens? That's not necessarily true. After a decade of doing intentional community on the volcanic Big Island of Hawaii, there came a time when the pros & cons of continuing exactly "as is" had to be weighed...since new dreams were calling (loudly) elsewhere. But what happens if a crossroad is reached and you begin closing old doors, the intended new doors do not open, and you suddenly find yourself stuck in a long, endlessly unworkable hallway? Part personal stories, part how-to manual, with lots of pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join us for this stage of the adventure...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual. Available in e-editions and color or b/w trade paperbacks.

You know how they always say when one door closes, another opens? That's not necessarily true. After a decade of doing intentional community on the volcanic Big Island of Hawaii, there came a time when the pros & cons of continuing exactly "as is" had to be weighed...since new dreams were calling (loudly) elsewhere. But what happens if a crossroad is reached and you begin closing old doors, the intended new doors do not open, and you suddenly find yourself stuck in a long, endlessly unworkable hallway? Part personal stories, part how-to manual, with lots of pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join us for this stage of the adventure...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual. Available in e-editions and color or b/w trade paperbacks.

Piuttosto che amare i nostri corpi, altre persone, la Terra... gli esseri umani sembrano diventare sempre più spaventati, cercando disperatamente di imprimere i nostri corpi, i corpi di altre persone, oltre al mondo naturale che è la nostra unica e unica casa come: Non Buono. Oppure... non abbastanza. Forse è qualcosa che la nostra specie unica ha sempre fatto? Unisciti all'autore di MAZE MAGIC: Lessons From Ancient & Modern Life Labyrinths, NEW WORLD NUDES e CREATIVE LIVING: From Starving Artist to Self-Employed Bliss, mentre esplora ciò che serve per essere pienamente umani: saggezza, verruche, storico/moderno - preoccupazioni giornaliere, e tutto. Disponibile con copertina rigida, stampa commerciale ed edizioni elettroniche in diverse lingue.

After Amelia's custody battles with her parents end when she is 16 & 1/2, it's time to create a life of her own and perhaps a whole new way to live too...an adventure that takes her to her friend Gabrielle's newly-forming community on a mystical Northern California apple farm among modern-day radicals. It's true, Amelia would like to help make the world a better place. And she is interested in whether it's possible to create a new type of civilization while the old one is still around. But really she's come to the Esoterica apple farm because one of the people there happens to be someone she has feelings for. It's never too late to create a happy adulthood for yourself, right? Paradise Found: a tale of community, love, friendship, sexuality, sovereignty, and all the magic in the world. From the award-winning author of the 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' companion novels LIVING IN SECRET, THE SKIN OF WATER/DEFENDING THE DREAMCATCHERS and ESOTERICA.

Empowerment is just a word...until you live it. Lisel Martinez is not a rough-&-tumble girl, so what is someone more interested in poetry and plants than a hot social life doing on the night streets of San Francisco? And is there anything a 16-year-old who no longer has a home can do to keep herself safe in a world that seems anything but...? From the author of the award-winning 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' novels including Living In Secret ("courageous, thought-provoking," Publishers Weekly), Esoterica, Paradise Found, and Living In Light comes a contemporary quest of one modern-day pueblo teen traveling from the sunlit mesas of New Mexico to the darkness of life on the streets in California as she searches for a life different than the one that seems destined to be her fate.

All intentional communities need a stable center for the comings & goings of visitors and residents to connect through...but can one person be that indefinitely? And how can you be an exemplary role model when your own heart is broken? Part personal stories, part how-to manual, with pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join the adventures of building creative/spiritual artist's retreat on an active Hawaiian volcano in tasty, illustrated stages from the ground on up...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual! Complete collection and each stage-installment available in e-edition and color or b/w print paperback.

All intentional communities need a stable center for the comings & goings of visitors and residents to connect through...but can one person be that indefinitely? And how can you be an exemplary role model when your own heart is broken? Part personal stories, part how-to manual, with pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join the adventures of building creative/spiritual artist's retreat on an active Hawaiian volcano in tasty, illustrated stages from the ground on up...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual! Complete collection and each stage-installment available in e-edition and color or b/w print paperback.

Emergency Bulletin: Amelia's mother and new partner devise the disappearance of the plucky 11-year-old from an ex-husband with custody in order to begin a new life together -- under assumed identities -- 3000 miles away. The start of the 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' companion novels, this Special Edition contains a first-time-ever Bonus Feature: conversation between the author and cast, with the perspective of 30 years' hindsight. Modern Times need -- and deserve -- modern, unconventional tales. Brought to you from the author of every Dreamcatcher adventure: The Skin of Water: Defending The Dreamcatchers, Esoterica, Paradise Found, Action: The Future Is Here, Living In Light, and the forthcoming Pipsqueak: What Would The Waltons Do? Modern Tales for Modern Times.

In the original 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' novel of this companion book series, Amelia escapes from her father who has custody to begin a challenging, exciting new life in San Francisco LIVING IN SECRET with her mother and her mother's girlfriend under new identities. But returned to her father's home, once she is almost 14 this plucky heroine Publishers Weekly deemed "courageous" realizes it's time to take matters into her own hands. Her dad is a criminal after all, and criminals are supposed to be in jail. In the thought-provoking sequel ESOTERICA, Amelia is determined to make a legal place for herself with her chosen family in California despite what the courts originally said. The third book of this trilogy, PARADISE FOUND, picks up when Amelia is almost an adult and the battles for justice are finally over. Now, at last, she can create a life of her own...and perhaps a whole new way to live too? After all, she's not a kid anymore and her friend Gabrielle is doing all kinds of interesting things up north at an apple farm with other people who want to explore things like sovereignty, friendship, living in community, sexuality...and love. (Stay tuned for this novel series' grand finale, 'Living In Light...' due out 2020!)

One young writer enters the Gila National Wilderness to bring her characters -- and life -- to life. Author Cristina Salat was researching the first nation novel THE SKIN OF WATER/DEFENDING THE DREAMCATCHERS when she encountered her Time of the Bear...and since she lived to tell about it, both this tale and the novel were born. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters.

No matter what else might be going on, there is always something to celebrate...and celebrate we did, from the creation of new ways to tend wild jungle grounds to picking up never-before-held instruments and co-creating spontaneous music jams! Part personal stories, part how-to manual, with lots of pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Each stage, along with Community: The COMPLETE Missing Manual, available in e-editions and color or b/w print paperbacks.

No matter what else might be going on, there is always something to celebrate...and celebrate we did, from the creation of new ways to tend wild jungle grounds to picking up never-before-held instruments and co-creating spontaneous music jams! Part personal stories, part how-to manual, with lots of pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Each stage, as well as Community: the COMPLETE Missing Manual, available in e-editions and color or b/w print paperbacks.

In these original 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' companion novels, Amelia runs away from a father who has custody to begin a new life and identity in San Francisco, LIVING IN SECRET with her mother and her mother's girlfriend, Janey. A new beginning with brand new identities and new friends isn't easy, but they do get to live in a funky old place Amelia nicknames The Sunshine House. However, eventually, circumstances change...and by the time Amelia is 14, it is time to take the matter of where she's going to live into her own hands. Her dad is a criminal, and criminals are supposed to be in jail, aren't they? In the thought-provoking sequel ESOTERICA, Amelia takes on the quest of finally making a legal place for herself with her chosen family in spite of what the courts originally said back when she was a child.

When Spirit says your soul mate and the potential mother of your yet-to-be children is a talented 24-year-old struggling to outgrow the effects of once shaking her booty at strip joints, the path to love is not always filled with dancing. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters.

How important is money when creating spiritual, artistic community in raw jungle? Part tropical adventures, part how-to manual, with pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join us as what turned out to be a decades-long adventure took shape, stage by rollicking stage...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual. Complete collection and each stage-installment available in e-edition and color or b/w print paperback.

How important is money when creating spiritual, artistic community in raw jungle? Part tropical adventures, part how-to manual, with pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join us as what turned out to be a decades-long adventure took shape, stage by rollicking stage...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual. Complete collection and each stage-installment available in e-edition and color or b/w print paperback.

Girls & boys...girls & girls...one young writer explores Art reflecting Life. Can things born in college (and in secret) last? A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters.

Growing buildings, growing food, growing "community" on the magical Big Island of Hawaii! Part personal stories, part how-to, with pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join the adventures of building creative/spiritual artist's retreat in tasty, illustrated stages as we progress from the ground on up...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual.Complete collection along with each stage-installment available in e-edition and color or b/w print paperback.

When you begin living in the realm of miracles, nothing in alignment with Divine Essence is impossible. Part personal stories, part how-to manual, with lots of pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join us for this stage of the adventure...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual. Available in e-editions and color or b/w print paperbacks.

Dreams crash...the economy crashes...it even seems as if Earth herself might be coming to an end. Now what? Part personal stories, part how-to manual, with lots of pix from our evolution! A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join us for this stage of the adventure...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual. Available in e-editions and color or b/w trade paperbacks.

Growing buildings, growing food, growing "community" on the magical Big Island of Hawaii! Part personal stories, part how-to, with pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join the adventures of building creative/spiritual artist's retreat in tasty, illustrated stages as we progress from the ground on up...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual. Complete collection and each stage-installment available in e-edition and color or b/w print paperback.

Is sticking to a principle of living & expressing 'joy from within' possible, no matter what outer circumstances are doing? Part personal stories, part how-to manual, with lots of pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join us for this stage of the adventure...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual. Available in e-editions and color or b/w print paperbacks.

Is sticking to a principle of living & expressing 'joy from within' possible, no matter what outer circumstances are doing? Part personal stories, part how-to manual, with lots of pix from this stage of our evolution. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist at a time when every choice matters. Join us for this stage of the adventure...or get the COMPLETE Missing Manual. Available in e-editions and color or b/w print paperbacks.

Fringe human behaviors have been with us since the beginning of time. There is nothing new about corporeal chastisement, bondage, role playing games, S/M...and the fact that some people enjoy it. Giving and receiving. The only thing new is that some humans have perhaps decided to see what's behind these desires. Walden Academy Re-educating Primacy. Not an aberration. Not "Fifty Shades of Grey." W.A.R.P is a University run and attended by those who yearn for understanding, and love.

Life's hard knocks along with a world seemingly going to hell in a handbasket can send a person running for cover, significantly derailing their dreams...even when it's more important than ever that people be doing what they are on the planet to do. In this time of contemporary chaos, as energies of the Divine Feminine rise, "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose..." as Janis Joplin once sang. Author/ex-New York editor Cristina Salat explores breaking free of fear to become the creative battery powering beneficial evolutionary Change you knows you are meant to be. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We live at a time when each choice matters.

Someone dies, someone else lives. This is the author's personal contemplations on the vagaries of death. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Packages. We exist at a time when each choice counts.

If you can get beyond the clichès of what Hawaii should be like (according to picture postcards), what's 'native' and belongs here -vs- what's 'invasive, ' along with getting beyond a sometimes insane amount of challenges (!) towards what is actually authentic about this unusual, sacred place...life on the Big Island of Hawaii CAN be paradise. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes; we exist in a time when each choice matters. This is the third slim of a triptych that explores the author's real life adventures on the volcanic Big Island Hawaii (#1 = 'Hawaii: Heaven Or Hell?'  = 'Magic in Hawaii'). From Cristina Salat, author of 'Community: the COMPLETE Missing Manual' and the 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' series of companion novels.