<div><B>Michael Murphy, bestselling author of <I>Golf in the Kingdom</I>, explains the power of athletics to transform the body, mind, and spirit</B> Athletes and coaches often say they feel &ldquo;in the zone&rdquo; while participating in sports or other endeavors, and Esalen Institute cofounder Michael Murphy carefully documents this phenomenon in one of the most comprehensive works of its kind. Murphy and coauthor Rhea A. White categorize twenty types of extraordinary athletic feats, exalted states of consciousness, and altered perceptions that, they say, evoke the richness of a spiritual practice. This wide-ranging compendium includes insights from amateur, Olympic, and professional athletes, such as Michael Jordan, Mario Andretti, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.</div>

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In the Zone

<div><B><I>Golf in the Kingdom </I>author Michael Murphy&rsquo;s Cold War thriller, based on true events</B><B> </B>Someone is tracking Darwin Fall, a scholar whose expertise in supernormal powers is second to none. As Darwin begins a search of his own for the legendary Soviet spy Vladimir Kirov, he uncovers a secret network of spies, scientists, and rogue agents working together to harness the occult powers that could put &ldquo;an end to ordinary history.&rdquo;  Michael Murphy, a master of fusing fact and fiction, deftly uses his characters to blur the lines between the ordinary and the mysterious, between what is real and what is possible.</div>

An End to Ordinary History

<div><B>A spiritual journey, a lush travelogue, a parable of sports and philosophy&mdash;</B><B>John Updike called this unique novel &ldquo;a golf classic if any exists in our day.&rdquo;</B><BR /><BR /> When an American traveler on his way to India stops to play a round on one of the most beautiful and legendary golf courses in Scotland, he doesn&rsquo;t know that his game&mdash;and his life&mdash;are about to change forever. He is introduced to Shivas Irons, a mysterious golf pro whose sublime insights stick with him long after the eighteenth hole. From the first swing of the Scotsman&rsquo;s club, he realizes he is in for a most extraordinary day.<BR />  <BR /> By turns comic, existential, and semiautobiographical, Michael Murphy&rsquo;s tale traces the arc of twenty-four hours, from a round of golf on the Links of Burningbush to a night fueled by whiskey, wisdom, and wandering&mdash;even a sighting of Seamus MacDuff, the holy man who haunts the hole they call Lucifer&rsquo;s Rug.<BR />  <BR /> &ldquo;Murphy&rsquo;s book is going to alter many visions,&rdquo; <I>The New York Times Book Review </I>declared. More than an unforgettable approach to one of the world&rsquo;s most popular sports, <I>Golf in the Kingdom </I>is a meditation on the power of a game to transform the self.<BR />  </div>

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<div><B>A spiritual thriller by the bestselling author of <I>Golf in the Kingdom</I></B> As publisher, writer, and researcher, Darwin Fall has gathered a wide range of evidence for human nature&rsquo;s supernormal capacities&mdash;but his photographs and case stories can only take him so far. He needs living proof. So when a mysterious man named Jacob Atabet disturbs morning mass at a Catholic church in his neighborhood, Fall thinks he may have found just what he&rsquo;s looking for, setting in motion a quest that leads him to push beyond the limits of his own imagination. Defying categorization, Michael Murphy artfully maneuvers through the shoals of fiction, science, self-knowledge, and invention.</div>

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