Everything to the Sea
By Alicia Upano
William Morrow; hardcover; $30.00
Alicia Upano was born and raised in Hawaii, and she currently lives in O'ahu with her family. She received the Poets & Writers Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award Hawai'i, the James Jones First Novel Fellowship, and a Bread Loaf-Rona Jaffe Scholarship. Her short fiction has appeared in The Massachusetts Review, The Southern Review, The Best Peace Fiction: A Social Justice Anthology, and more.
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The Five Seasons Method: A Gentle Path toward Emotional and Spiritual Balance
By Leda Elliott
Scribner; hardcover, 240 pages; $27.00
Leda Elliott is a Tai Chi Master, Reiki Master, and the creator of the Five Seasons Method, a wellness program that brings together Tai Chi, QiGong, breathwork, and seasonal energy principles to help individuals cultivate balance, vitality, and inner harmony. She trained under legendary Tai Chi Grandmaster Bow Sim Mark, and owns A Thousand Cranes Studio, where she offers in-person classes, private coaching, Reiki healing, and global online workshops.
Elliott grew up in Japan and has long been a student of the dialogue between East and West, between body and spirit. With that knowledge, plus her decades of experience in holistic practices, she has developed a unique method for embracing the lessons that can be learned from each season.
The new book The Five Seasons Method: A Gentle Path toward Emotional and Spiritual Balance is a practical guide to living in rhythm with nature's cycles, offering a five-season framework for building resilience, clarity, and sustainable change. Elliott shows how a powerful blend of ancient wisdom and modern wellness can lead seasonal living enriching every day of your life
The Chinese Five Element system links nature's cycles to our emotional, physical, and spiritual selves in five seasons, starting with spring, then summer, late summer, fall, and winter. In order to feel more aligned, there are ways to incorporate rituals, meditations, and exercises attuned to each season's energy.
Late summer brings grounding, fall brings release, winter brings stillness, spring brings vision, and summer brings joy. One way to deepen our connection to ourselves in the world is through the foods we eat, the colors we wear, and where we focus our attention.
Each season has a chapter devoted to it filled with five-to-fifteen-minute daily exercises with illustrations, reflective Q&As, ND inspiring personal anecdotes and testimonials that generate emotional clarity, reduce stress, and encourage self-care. You can do these simple, yet nourishing meditations yourself to see how seasonal living fosters personal empowerment.
"In a blended and interconnected world, each of us brings our own lived experience to the way we understand healing and meaning," Elliott writes. "This method is shaped my mine. I was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and an American father, and spent my early years immersed in the seasonal rhythms, language, and cultural traditions of Japanese life. As an adult now living in the United States, those experiences continue to shape the way I teach, practice, and connect with energy.
"The Five Seasons Method draws from the wisdom I grew up with, the traditions I have trained in, and the insights I have gathered through years of teaching and practice. This approach began to take shape when I was trying to find my way through difficult times. Slowly, these seasonal rhythms became a compass that helped restore my inner balance and flow...
"Wherever you are in the world, and whatever season you find yourself in, whether on the calendar or within your own life, my hope is that you will make this method your own. Let it meet you where you are. Let it gently guide your energy back into flow, bringing emotional steadiness and spiritual harmony your way."
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| Howie Rose at Citi Field on Sunday morning. Photo by Jason Schott. |
Mets radio announcer Howie Rose called his final game on Sunday, capping off a historic run behind the mic.
What They Did
By Rio Youers
William Morrow; hardcover; $32.00
Rio Youers is the British Fantasy and Sunburst Award-nominated author of The Bang-Bang Sisters, Lola on Fire, and No Second Chances. He is the writer of Sleeping Beauties, a comic book series that's based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King and Owen King. His 2017 thriller, The Forgotten Girl, was a finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel.
On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear
By Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer
Mariner Books; hardcover, 288 pages; $26.00
Julia Angwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist who is a New York Times Opinion monthly contributing writer. In 2018, she founded The Markup, an award-winning nonprofit newsroom that produces meaningful data-centered journalism about technology and the people affected by it.
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| The scene at the start of the Hudson River Derby. Photo by Jason Schott. |
New York City Football Club lost a heartbreaker on Friday night at Yankee Stadium, 1-0, to the Red Bulls in the latest installment of the Hudson River Derby.
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| The scene on Friday night at Yankee Stadium. Photo by Jason Schott. |
New York City Football Club played to a 0-0 draw with Nashville SC on Friday night at Yankee Stadium.
