A Trip to Banyen Books and Sound, Vancouver British Columbia

Nina alerted me the other day that a quaint little book store in the Kitsilano area of Vancouver has decided to carry “Water is…. “. I was meeting my friend Jackie visiting from Luxembourg that evening for dinner and she was staying in the area so I decided that I would have to check out the book store, Banyan Books and Sound, as I had heard great things about it.

We had hoped to grab some fish and chips at East Spanish Banks and walk along the water but that hope was dashed when we discovered that they had closed four days early as they had run out of supplies. I suspect it was the run of warm sunny fall weather and increased demand that caused the supplies to run out earlier than they expected. We still strolled along the beach and enjoyed the setting sun.

We were on the hunt for dinner but headed to Banyen Books and Sound first. It truly was a wonderful place to be able to look at a book, relax and spend time to really know that a book will be just what you expect. Of course I was on the hunt for “Water” and there it was on the shelf, a chair right there to sit and enjoy a chapter. Jackie also enjoyed perusing the book; unfortunately limited by space in her travel bags it was left on the shelf for now. 

 
Our stomachs were rumbling as it was almost 7:30. Instead of fish and chips we settled for Greek and a wonderful pie for desert. Nina had told me to try the pies from Aphrodite’s Organic Pie Shop and the pecan pie was a wonderful way to finish off the evening and my visit with Jackie. This shop is across the street from Banyen Books so when your stomach rumbles while checking out the books, relief is moments away.

Worldwide Release of Nina Munteanu's "Water Is..."

In this fascinating meditation on water, internationally published limnologist Nina Munteanu draws inspiration from some of the world's greatest thinkers, artists and scientists, and a lifetime dedicated to water, into a spectacular gift for hydrophilics.

With a foreword by Emmi Itaranta, author of the award-winning Memory of Water, and input from scientists and futurists such as Bernd Kroeplin, Elmar C. Fuchs, Elisabet Sahtouris, Gerald Pollack, Theodor Schwenk, Rustum Roy, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Philip Ball, Emilio Del Guidice and others, Water Is... part history, part science and part philosophy, combines an intensely personal journey with scientific discovery to explore water's many identities.

Munteanu journeys from history to the latest in theory and bizarre knowledge; from water's ubiquity in space to the hardy tardigrades; and from Emoto's intention-invoked water crystals, the northern Ojibwa water spirits and the Kumbh Mela on the Ganges to the quantum properties of interfacial water. Water Is... the culmination of over twenty-five years of Munteanu's dedication to the study of water and her increasing realization of the great disparity between humanity's use, appreciation and understanding of this sacred resource.

"Water Is..." has been praised around the world."This book emotionally connected me with water," wrote Laura Fres of One Deep Sustainability, Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Kroeplin in Germany calls it "A sumptuous collection of treasures." The Mississauga News in Ontario praises the book and writes, "If you don't want to read all those other books on water, just read this one." German physicist Michael Jacobi writes, "What an astounding journey!" Evolutionary biologist Elisabet Sahtouris writes, "I am deeply grateful for this book by so highly qualified an author."

You can purchase "Water Is..." in most Amazon stores and a quality bookstore near you.

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