"The Ringing Cedars of Russia" published in English

[Sharashkin, Leonid E (UMC-Student)]

Dear Colleagues,

After becoming a mega-bestseller in Russia and in dozens of other countries,
"The Ringing Cedars of Russia" by Vladimir Megre - Book 2 of his highly
influential Ringing Cedars Series - has now been released in English
translation. It may be ordered from www.RingingCedars.com <http://www.RingingCedars.com>  with a special
seelanger's discount (please see below).

"The Ringing Cedars of Russia", in addition to providing a fascinating
behind-the-scenes look at the story of how "Anastasia" (Book 1 of the
Series) came to be published, offers a deeper exploration of the universal
concepts so dramatically revealed in Book 1. It takes the reader on an
adventure through the vast expanses of space, time and spirit - from the
Paradise-like glade in the Siberian taiga to the rough urban depths of
Russia's capital city, from the ancient mysteries of our forebears to a
vision of humanity's radiant future.

Vladimir Megre is one of Russia's most popular contemporary authors and his
writings - in addition to selling millions of copies world-wide each year -
are producing massive changes in political, social, economic, cultural and
spiritual landscapes in Russia and beyond. A brief outline of the Series
follows. More information can be found at www.RingingCedars.com <http://www.RingingCedars.com> 

DISCOUNT OFFER. The publisher, Ringing Cedars Press, is offering seelangers
free shipment ($4.95 value) of your order anywhere in the U.S. and Canada.
Additional quantity discounts also available. To take advantage of this
offer, please visit:

http://www.RingingCedars.com/store-disc.htm <http://www.RingingCedars.com/store-disc.htm> 

and enter discount code - SL2 - upon checkout. The offer expires June 30,
2005, and is valid on any quantity of the first two books of the Series, as
well as on pre-orders of Book 3, "The Space of Love", to be released in
August 2005. The discount code may be shared. 10% surcharge applies to
Canadian orders.

Leonid Sharashkin
University of Missouri-Columbia

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About the Ringing Cedars Series

In 1994 a Siberian elder told entrepreneur Vladimir Megre a fascinating
story about 'ringing cedars' - trees respected from Biblical times for their
power to re-connect Man with the Divine.  The elder told him where such a
ringing cedar was growing in the Siberian backwoods.  Vladimir Megre set out
on an expedition to find the tree, but his encounter with the elder's
granddaughter, named Anastasia, transformed him so deeply that he abandoned
his commercial plans and, penniless, went to Moscow to fulfil his promise to
Anastasia and write a book about the spiritual insights she so generously
shared with him.

What happened next has thrilled and inspired millions.  With no
advertisement other than word of mouth, books of the Ringing Cedars Series
have sold over 10 million copies in Russia alone and have been translated
into 20 languages, making Vladimir Megre one of Russia's most widely read
authors.  Inspired by the Ringing Cedars, thousands of people are now
planting trees, changing their lifestyle and, in search for a spiritual
re-connection with the Earth, relocating to new eco-villages sprouting all
over Russia and beyond.  Thousands of readers have felt a huge creative
upsurge and started writing poetry and songs and doing paintings.

These mind-stirring books read like a fascinating novel, have the
authenticity of a documentary account and present spiritual insights of
incredible depth.  Spanning dozens of subjects from child-rearing to
gardening, from adventure to the meaning of human life, from megalithic
science to breast-feeding and from sexuality to religion, they present an
incredibly beautiful and equally practicable vision of humanity's spiritual
connection to Nature that helps us understand ourselves and heal our Earth.


About the author

Vladimir Megre, born in 1950, was a well-known entrepreneur from a Siberian
city of Novosibirsk.  In 1994, after hearing a fascinating account about the
power of 'ringing cedars' from a Siberian elder, he undertook extensive
research and was one of the first businessmen to realise the commercial
potential of Siberian cedar nuts and cedar nut oil.  In 1995 he organised a
trade expedition into the Siberian taiga to rediscover the lost technique of
pressing virgin cedar nut oil containing high curative powers, as well as to
find the ringing cedar tree.  However, his encounter on this trip with a
Siberian woman named Anastasia transformed him so deeply that he abandoned
his business and went to Moscow to write a book about the spiritual insights
she shared with him. Vladimir Megre now lives near the city of Vladimir,
Russia, 240 km (150 miles) east of Moscow, devoting himself to writing and
finishing the eighth book in the Ringing Cedars Series.  Following the
runaway success of his Series, he has spoken at readers' conferences
throughout Russia and Europe, as well as established the Anastasia
Foundation, a non-profit organisation aimed at promoting the ideas contained
in the books and providing support to Russia's nascent eco-village movement.


About the translator

John Woodsworth, who hails originally from Vancouver (British Columbia), has
forty years of experience in Russian-English translation, from classical
poetry to modern short stories.  For the past twenty-three years he has been
associated with the University of Ottawa in Canada as a Russian-language
teacher, translator and editor, most recently as a Research Associate and
Administrative Assistant with the University's Slavic Research Group.  A
published Russian-language poet himself, and a director of the Sasquatch
Literary Arts Performance Series in Ottawa, he is now working on translating
subsequent volumes of Vladimir Megre's Ringing Cedars Series.  John
Woodsworth makes his home with his family in the Ottawa area.


About the editor

Leonid Sharashkin is writing his doctoral dissertation in forestry at the
University of Missouri at Columbia, researching the implications of the
ideas revealed in the Ringing Cedars Series for disciplines as diverse as
agriculture, forestry, sociology, economics, philosophy and environmental
ethics.  After receiving a Master's degree in Natural Resources Management
from Indiana University at Bloomington, he worked for two years as Programme
Manager at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Russia) in Moscow, where he
also served as editor of Russia's largest environmental magazine, The Panda
Times.  Together with his wife, Irina Sharashkina, he has translated into
Russian Small is beautiful and A guide for the perplexed by E.F. Schumacher,
The secret life of plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, The
continuum concept by Jean Liedloff and Birth without violence by Frederick
Leboyer.  He and his family currently reside on a small farm near the
Missouri town of Brixey in the Ozark Mountains.


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