Lemuria Bookstore Blog

The Invisible Gorilla and Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons (Crown, 2010) Chabris and Simons shared the 2004 IG Nobel Prize in psychology for their now famous “Gorilla Experiment”. While teaching at Harvard 12 years ago, this single experiment launched a whole new wave of ideas on how we [...]

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How to Be an Adult Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo Shambhala (2002) I would venture to say that we all have problems in the relationships we share with those we care the most about. It’s how we interact and respond to these problems that often solve the conflict or result [...]

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The Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think by Louann Brizendine, M.D. Broadway, March 2010 Like The Female Brain, The Male Brain traces the organic development of the brain through the stages of life. I have been looking forward to reading this book for over a year now. Comparing the two [...]

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My chihuahua, Max, is pretty high-strung.  He’s never quite sure what he wants.  He’s a picky eater, turning his nose up at food most of the time it’s offered him, but if the kitten comes near his bowl, watch out, here come the snarls.  If he’s let outside, he stands at the door for ten [...]

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One of the great rewards of working in a bookstore is the new writers you learn about from customers. My reading has always been enhanced by loyal Lemuria readers caring enough to share meaningful suggestions with me. Thanks to Eliza, a Boston pal, I embarked on a David Richo reading path. Accepting the difficult realities [...]

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“If we have figured out the art of time bombs before hand, we will set hundred of them around houses, roads, bridges, buildings and gas stations, anything that will cause damage and chaos…It’ll be like the LA riots, the Oklahoma bombing, WWII, Vietnam…all mixed together.  Maybe we will even start a little rebellion or revolution [...]

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Hello, my name is John–Phillips for those who might be confused. This being my first mark on the blog I wanted to introduce myself.  If you have been in the store the last month or so, I am the new beard on the block trying to learn the ropes. I have greatly enjoyed working here [...]

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The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When To Quit (And When to Stick) by Seth Godin Portfolio (2007) Yesterday, I was asked, “Are you going to close Lemuria?” I smiled back and simply said, “No.” Of course, no one knows the future, but as I reflect on Godin’s The Dip, I’m reinforced by [...]

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What You Don’t Know You Know: Our Hidden Motives in Life, Business, and Everything Else Ken Eisold, Ph.D Other Press (2009) About 100 years ago, the unconscious began to be understood by Western psychology. As we were trained to understand the concept and explore it individually, we began to grasp an awareness. Our daily cultural [...]

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I’ve read three books by Jungian James Hollis. All three have been helpful to me, and Hollis has expanded my understanding of mindful exploration of my past. He has helped me to grasp the effects of some of my decisions, made consciously or unconsciously. What Matters Most asks each of us to consider more thoughtfully [...]

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