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Author Love, Robert, 1951-

Title The great oom : the improbable birth of yoga in America / Robert Love.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2010.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Display Shelf  294.34 LOVE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  227.9 LOV    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  294.3 LOVE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  294.3443 LOV    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  293.3443 LOVE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  613.7046 LOVE    Check Shelf
Description xii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-392) and index.
Contents Preface -- Prologue: A man in love with beauty -- First son of a first son -- Kali Mudra -- Tantrik nights -- Downfall and disgrace -- "What is this man?" -- Yoga at large -- Partners -- Expansion -- For love and money -- The promised land -- Welcome to Nyack -- Interrogation -- Body and mind -- Enter Sir Paul -- Bach, baseball, and Buddha -- The Vanderbilt knot -- The show goes on -- Blue skies, big plans -- A leap of faith -- Good times, bad times -- Citizen Oom -- The message gets out -- Change in the air -- Running out of tricks -- The cosmic punch -- A Nazi in Nyack -- Family man -- Final days -- Epilogue: Genius or fraud?
Subject Yoga.
United States -- Religion.
ISBN 9780670021758
067002175X
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