compassion

Leading scientists and science writers reflect on the life-changing, perspective-changing, new science of human goodness.

Discusses the Dalai Lama's personal ideas on forgiveness through the stories of Victor Chan and his over thirty-year friendship with the Tibetan leader.

A girl with a love for watching the cranes fly receives one day a small treasure from the sky.

The story of Belle the fairy tells children about compassion, a person's ability to place himself or herself in another person's skin and understand their intentions and feelings; Belle undergoes a situation like that of her friend, Binks the raccoon.

Tells the life story of twentieth-century labor organizer Cesar Chavez, describing the recognition and benefits he brought to migrant farmworkers in California and the rest of the U.S.

A first-hand account of searching for compassion first in the author's self and then in others. Bases his research on the faith of Buddhist monks, neuroscientists, Jesus, Father Keating,and the confessions of a murderer, and concludes that each of us can become a compassionate life.

This book teaches young readers important lessons about compassion - from welcoming a new student to comforting a sad friend.

When eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures.

Marc Barasch explores how compassion can transform one's life and the world at large, and shares his own search for compassion within himself and others.