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Everything Is a Song: A Memoir

Everything Is a Song - a Memoir is a collection of experiences from over seven decades and two continents, from the Smoky Mountains to the Himalayas. It’s about family, spirituality, sadhana, and song.

168 pages, 8 x 10" paperback, full color. 2024.

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Driven

Driven by the Divine: A Seven-Year Journey with Shivalinga Swamy and Vinnuacharya

In Driven by the Divine you will

• Meet Guru-preceptor and mystic, Shivalinga Swamy
• Climb Mount Sabarimala and learn about Lord Ayyappan/Dharma Shasta
• Witness healings, miracles and interventions
• Discover the world of Jyotishya and Vedic Astrology
• Learn about the planetary deities/Navagrahas
• Step into the world of supernatural powers and siddhis
• Journey to Arunachala, Lord Shivas mountain in South India
• Learn Shivalinga Swamy's recipe for "Happy Tea"
• Dance with Vinnuacharya at a Coorgi wedding in Mysore.
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Driven by the Divine: A Seven-Year Journey with Shivalinga Swamy and Vinnuacharya

Translation to Kannada by Ramachandra Bellur


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Next Door to Nanny

As the stories in this book presented themselves to me, I noticed that they were a combination of four genres: a personal memoir, a biographical sketch of my paternal grandparents, historical information about events and towns in East Tennessee, and a collection of recipes that I knew as a child − primarily food that my grandmother prepared. As I continued to write, these four elements became woven together like a tapestry, and I came to realize how much my own sense of belonging and security was rooted to a geographical region and to a particular set of people.

That geographical area was Maryville, Tennessee. The time was the mid-1950s, and the people were my parents and grandparents. This book is dedicated to them, especially to my paternal grandparents: Vensant Eugene Williams and Mary Lena Catron Williams, who lived “right next door.”

204 pages, 6 x 10" paperback. 2018.

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Anil

At Home with Anil: House Lizard of India

What is it like to live in two families at one time, one reptilian, the other human? Anil, a young house lizard (gecko) lives with his siblings, his mother, Amma, his father, Appa, in a house in Bangalore. Amma teaches the children the house rules while Appa shows them how to capture mosquitos and spiders.

"The people we live with do not like these very much,
But we lizards like to eat them for breakfast, dinner and lunch."

This glimpse into the life of a gecko family residing in a south Indian home can be enjoyed by both parents and children.
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