Books published by Sentient Publications

Pueblo, Colorado, 1932. Bootleggers thrive in a town where the sheriff is on the take and you can kill a man with impunity. In this thrilling narrative, a once-famous outlaw finds himself thrust into the middle of a bootleg war against his will. At stake is nothing less than the life of his best friend and his last chance at true love with the town beauty. But is the legendary gunman whom he claims to be, or is he just a retired dentist with a vivid imagination? In this remarkable first novel, Peter Meech reimagines the figure of Billy the Kid in a story told with verve and humor.

The Safe Baby has been the go-to guide for parents since 2004. Full of essential information from a top child safety expert, it covers how to make your home and environment safe for kids. Library Journal said Highly recommended and Kirkus Review declared, "Parents will wonder how they could have done without The Safe Baby." This third edition includes new national safety standards and the latest on the best equipment and practices.

Communist tanks roll through Viet Nguyen's Saigon neighborhood when he is fourteen years old. As the Americans retreat, they are unable to destroy secret files containing names of South Vietnamese Intelligence Officers. Viet's father is one of them. Viet is arrested in the black market and is taken to a labor camp. He uses the rebelliousness and daring that led to his arrest to break free and become a boat person. Based on a true story.

This book explores the spiritual essence of abortion, its historical context, and the empowering lessons of the abortion experience. Abortion can help anyone learn the importance of making conscious choices about how we live our lives. It opens the way to greater connection with life, love, death, and power. It is a rite of passage from identifying as a victim to knowing from the heart. It is a legitimate experience. The essentially pro-life nature of abortion asks us to learn to accept death as part of the flow of life. Misunderstanding and denying the importance of death in life is one of the main reasons for the ferocious "abortion wars". Making conscious choices about pregnancy shows us how we are part of nature, not separate from it. Coming to grips with abortion, both individually and collectively, is a step down the road to taking responsibility for the well being of all life. Women are rising and becoming empowered on a world scale. This book explains how this natural historical development is guided by experiences that put us in direct conflict with limited definitions of ourselves, which can keep us tied to the ways of patriarchy. For many women, having an abortion is fraught with conflicts about personal worth. When the issues are faced and worked through, personal pain transforms into personal power. Embracing the power to carry through with or turn back pregnancy empowers women to bring love into the world in new and stronger ways.

Steven Harrison''s international dialogs invite people to discuss questions such as Can we have an experience that is truly new, truly unknown? Is experience shaped by what we know? This is not an idle philosophical pursuit, since the state of the world seems to hinge on our ability to step out of our belief systems and see others in a fresh way. In this book we can join in Harrison''s explorations into the nature of our existence.

This expanded edition goes beyond advice on making a living as a business writer to include the more creative forms of writing. There are new chapters on writing and selling poems, short stories, novels, and essays, plus a new section on cartooning. Existing chapters have been brought up to date. You learn to start, run, and build a freelance writing business doing whatever type of writing you prefer.

Steven Harrison''s first book remains his bestselling one. Originally published by Crossroad and then by Tarcher/Penguin (in both cloth and trade paper), it sold over 30,000 copies in those three editions. Sentient is reissuing it in this tenth anniversary edition, with a new cover. "Doing Nothing" presents Harrison''s radical understanding of the nature of life as dynamic and energetic. His transforming words have helped many spiritual seekers clearly comprehend the false nature of the search.

Dr Kaushik''s way to make sense of life does not use philosophy or techniques such as meditation. Instead, he perceives life with the curiosity and freshness of a scientist doing an experiment. To find the meaning of life, he says, we must turn to our own lives, and this requires an intense, sincere, and quiet mind. He applies these qualities as he considers freedom, faith, love, experience, spontaneity, and many other aspects of life.