Templeton Foundation Press

Wisconsin Bookwatch, April, 2005

Templeton Foundation Press

Diane Glynn Publicity (publicity)

300 Conschocken State Road, Suite 350, West Conshohocken, PA 19428

$12.95 each www.templetonpress.org

The Templeton Foundation has launched a series of highly recommended spiritual/inspirational audio books in a CD format and read by professional narrators. Golden Nuggets by Sir John Templeton (193203-182, 45 minutes) is a collection of sayings and practical, uplifting advice designed to inspire and motivate men and women seeking deeper meaning in their lives, and based on Sir John's lifetime of experience. Noble Purpose: The Joy Of Living A Meaningful Life by William Damon (1932031782, 80 minutes) is basically a guide on how to discover our callings, find the fulfillment that arises from dedicating our lives to something beyond the petty narrow interests of self, and why it is so important that we do so. Spiritual Investments: Wall Street Wisdom From The Career Of Sir John Templeton by Gary Moore (1932031804, 76 minutes) offers seventeen investment principles that successfully guided Sir John Templeton's legendary business career. Each financial investment principle is coupled with a related spiritual principle that reflects the interplay between the two. The collaborative effort of Robert A. Emmons and Joanna Hill, Words Of Gratitude For Mind, Body, And Soul (1932031790, 67 minutes) offers time-tested words of wisdom about gratitude drawn from various religious traditions and authors, combined with narrative of the authors' observations--including Robert Emmons' clinical research on the subject. Each of these outstanding audiobooks is enhanced with a special introduction by John M. Templeton Jr., who provides a brief description of the content of the particular book, along with pertinent anecdotes about his father, Sir John Templeton, now in his 90s and still deeply interested in and involved with the productions of these books which are unreserv-edly recommended listening.