Special offers on books to help us process the events of September 11 and beyond:

To process the tragic events of September 11 and formulate a more conscious and effective response, we need information from a variety of perspectives, some of which are not being widely addressed by the current media coverage. One aspect we need to be aware of is the process of brainwashing and indoctrination happening on all sides of this crisis. The ISHK Book Service is offering a set of key books about this subject at half the regular cost. You can also purchase the books individually at the regular price. We hope you will read these books yourself, recommend them to your friends, bring them into your classrooms and book clubs, donate them to your local library. With the right kind of information and understanding, and in the spirit of learning, we can all help create the future we want for ourselves and for our children.

How Could This Happen? Brainwashing, conditioning, and how the human mind works

Ultimately, to eradicate terrorism and the conditions that spawn it, we must understand the human mind—how it evolved, how it works to create the crises we face, and what we can do to be more conscious in our response. For example, what happens in the minds of ordinary, well-educated human beings that they can carry out incomprehensible acts of terror in the name of a political or religious cause? Is their “conversion” so far beyond the norm or are the same influences at play in all our lives? What are the inherent functions of the human brain that lead to dangerous stereotyping and hatred on all sides? Scientific research of the past four decades illuminates many aspects of the nature of both the human mind and the current human predicament, and points the way to the changes needed. These three books explore some of the important research.

SET OF THREE BOOKS: Battle for the Mind, The Manipulated Mind, and New World New Mind

Order code SW1S7, A $59.97 value, now $25.00

Traditional Stories for Children and Adults from Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Middle East

Set of 11 books for children by Idries Shah plus World Tales
Told by campfire and candlelight for more than a thousand years, these richly illustrated traditional stories give us a glimpse into cultural dimensions of these regions that we might not otherwise get. Even more important, the stories provoke the kind of fresh insights, tolerance and flexible thinking we all need in these challenging times.

Save over 50% on a SET OF THREE BOOKS FOR ADULTS AND YOUNG ADULTS about the traditions and traditional literature of Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Middle East, Afghan Caravan (paper), Caravan of Dreams (paper) and Tales of the Dervishes (hardback).

Order Code SW2S2, $70.00 value, now $31.50.

Save 60% on a SET OF FOUR BOOKS ON AFGHANISTAN: These books tell the real story of Afghanistan, providing insight into the extraordinary Afghan heritage so clearly missing from the current media coverage. For example, how many people realize that the region has been home to some of the world’s greatest Sufi thinkers and poets, including Rumi and Attar? Or that, historically, Afghanistan has been a cultural crossroads, a place where many races lived in harmony for centuries—the center of one of the world’s greatest philosophical and literary traditions, both oral and written, bridging East and West at several key junctures in history? Afghan Caravan, Tales of Afghanistan, Adventures in Afghanistan, Escape from Central Asia (all hardback)

Order Code SW2S4, a $130 value, now $52.50.

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