Russian Mega-bestseller Published in English (Anastasia by Vladimir Megre, Book 1 of the Ringing Cedars Series)

[Leonid Sharashkin]

www.RingingCedars.com

After selling over 10 million copies in Russian alone and translations into
20 languages, "Anastasia", Book 1 in the Ringing Cedars Series by a Russian
author Vladimir Megre, has now been released in English translation.
Believed to be a most significant masterpiece of Russian literature and one
of the most important revelations in the history of humanity, "Anastasia"
has already elicited such a powerful societal response that a member of
Russian Duma referred to it as "Russia's silent revolution". Its ideas were
supported by President Putin and Patriarch Alexy II, and Supreme Mufti of
Russia stated it was his favorite book. Book description follows. Details
available on www.RingingCedars.com

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THE BOOK: THE SPIRITUAL LINK BETWEEN HUMANITY AND NATURE RESTORED
In 1994 a Siberian elder told the entrepreneur Vladimir Megre a fascinating
story about the "ringing cedars" - trees respected from the 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 taiga. Vladimir Megre set out on an
expedition to find the tree. But his encounter with the elder's
granddaughter Anastasia transformed him so deeply that he abandoned his
commercial plans and, penniless, went to Moscow to write a book about the
spiritual insights she shared with him. What happened next thrilled and
inspired millions! With no advertisement other than word of mouth, the
Ringing Cedars books have sold over 10 million copies in Russian 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
ecovillages that are sprouting all over Russia and beyond. Thousands of
readers felt a huge creative upsurge and started writing poetry and songs
and doing paintings. Today these books, which read like a fascinating
novel, have an authenticity of a documentary account and present spiritual
insights of incredible depth are believed to be a most significant
masterpiece of Russian literature and one of the most important revelations
in the history of humanity. Spanning dozens of subjects from child rearing
to gardening, from adventure to the meaning of human life, from megalithic
science to breastfeeding, and from sex relationships to the meaning of
food, they present an incredibly beautiful and equally practical vision of
humanity's spiritual connection to Nature that helps us understand
ourselves and heal our Earth.


MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
"Anastasia" by Vladimir Megre -- a book that restores the link between
humanity and nature and has already sparked a massive eco-village movement -
- has now been released by Ringing Cedars Press (Columbia, Missouri, USA)
on February 14, 2005, in a first-rate English translation.

THE BOOK: On a trade trip to the Siberian taiga in search for the lost
technique of pressing virgin cedar nut oil, a Russian entrepreneur Vladimir
Megre witnessed incredible spiritual phenomena that compelled him to write
a book. The run-away success of his first volume, "Anastasia", self-
published in 1996, made him into one of Russia's most widely read authors.
The seven books of the Ringing Cedars Series published to date have sold
over 10 million copies in Russian alone, and -- translated into 20
languages -- are believed to be a most significant masterpiece of Russian
literature and one of the most important revelations in the history of
humanity.

The Ringing Cedars books have stirred the hearts and minds of countless
people, showing a way to understand ourselves and to heal our planet. They
possess a tremendous, unprecedented power of transforming the life on our
whole Earth for the better. 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
that are sprouting all over Russia and beyond. Thousands of people reading
the Ringing Cedars books have felt a huge creative upsurge and started
writing poetry and songs and even doing paintings. Numerous readers'
conferences have taken place in Russia and throughout Europe. The
publication of the first volume, "Anastasia", which appeared in the
original Russian only eight years ago, marked just the beginning of these
developments. Every day new people join in to help bring about a radiant
reality for ourselves and our children.

THE AUTHOR, Vladimir Megre, born in 1950, was a well-known entrepreneur
from a Siberian city of Novosibirsk. In 1994, having heard a fascinating
story about the power of "ringing cedars" from a Siberian elder, he
undertook extensive research and was one of the first businessmen to
realize the commercial potential of Siberian cedar nuts and cedar nut oil.
In 1995 he organized a trade expedition into the Siberian taiga to
rediscover the lost technique of pressing virgin cedar nut oil containing
high curative powers. However, his encounter with a Siberian woman
Anastasia on this trip transformed him so deeply that he neglected 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, 150 miles (240 km) east of Moscow, devoting himself to writing and
finishing the eighth book in the Ringing Cedars Series.

THE TRANSLATOR, John Woodsworth, 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, as
well as Research Associate and Administrative Assistant of 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 Vladimir Megre's second book, "The Ringing
Cedars of Russia", scheduled for release on 18 May 2005. In his
Translator's Preface he calls Megre's book "a tremendous new insight into
the whole interrelationship of God, Man, Nature and the Universe. ...a
revelation in science and religion." John Woodsworth makes his home in the
Ottawa area.

THE EDITOR, Leonid Sharashkin, is writing his doctoral dissertation in
Forestry at the University of Missouri-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. "These books are bringing about a
global-scale revolution in our perception of the link between humanity and
nature. It is not by chance that Dr. Viktor Medikov, an economist and
former member of Russian parliament, wrote an entire book entitled "Putin,
Megre and Russia's Future", claiming that The Ringing Cedars have become
Russia's new national idea that will shape the country's future. In Russia
and other countries where these books have been published, they have
already produced a greater impact than Rachel Carlson's 'Silent Spring' or
Aldo Leopold's 'Sand County Almanac' have in the U.S.," Sharashkin said.

THE COVER ARTIST, Alexander Razboinikov, a professional entomologist and
artist from the Russian industrial city of Chelyabinsk in the Urals, has
drawn powerful inspiration from the books by Vladimir Megre. He has created
a series of paintings that have now become the covers of the English-
language edition of the Ringing Cedars Series. One visitor to the Beaux
Arts Bizarre festival in Columbia, Missouri, in November 2004 -- where
Razboinikov's painting were exhibited -- made a comment: "I am amazed how a
man can produce paintings of such a remarkable pristine beauty."

THE PUBLISHER, Ringing Cedars Press, based in Columbia, Missouri, is an
independent publishing house dedicated to making Vladimir Megre's books
available in a first-rate English translation. The publisher's web-site --
www.RingingCedars.com -- contains extensive information on the Ringing
Cedars books and the impact they are producing around the world, as well as
an on-line store where the books may be ordered.

"Anastasia" by Vladimir Megre. Book 1 in the Ringing Cedars Series.
Translated from the Russian by John Woodsworth. Edited by Leonid
Sharashkin. Columbia, Missouri, USA: Ringing Cedars Press, February 2005.
xiv + 202 pp. ISBN 0-9763333-0-9 (paperback)

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