The bestselling author and psychologist whose books havetopped 240,000 copies in print now addresses the trait of “highsensitivity” in children–and offers a breakthrough parentingguidebook for highly sensitive children and their caregivers. With the publication of The Highly Sensitive Person, Elaine Aronbecame the first person to identify the inborn trait of “highsensitivity” and to show how it affects the lives of those whopossess it. Up to 20 percent of the population is born highlysensitive, and now in The Highly Sensitive Child, Aron shifts herfocus to highly sensitive children, who share the samecharacteristics as highly sensitive adults and thus face uniquechallenges as they grow up. Rooted in Aron’s years of experience as a psychotherapist and heroriginal research on child temperament, The Highly Sensitive Childshows how HSCs are born deeply reflective, sensitive to the subtle,and easily overwhelmed. These qualities can make for smart,conscientious, creative children, but with the wr

The seasons of the year parallel the symbolic seasons of life,with spring representing the childhood years of hope and seeing theworld with new eyes; summer the young-adult years of growth andengagement; autumn the years of mid-life reflection, healing, andforgiveness; and winter the late-life years of rest, restoration,and rejuvenation. Daily Aromatherapy introduces readers to thetransformative qualities of nature’s aromas for each of theseseasons. Each month of the year profiles and explores thepsychological and subtle energy aspects of four different essentialoils–one per week. Forty-eight different oils are profiled in thisway. Readers experience each oil and its powers in depth throughseven different intention exercises: an affirmation, emotionalself-discovery questions, a ceremony, a blessing, an activity, avisualization, and a prayer. While aromatherapy is a holistic modality, affecting the body,mind, and spirit, the focus of Daily Aromatherapy is on mind andspirit. While not explicitly including

“Food is the chief of all things, the universal medicine. .. . Food transmutes directly into body, mind, and spirit . . .creates our day-to-day health and happiness.” —from The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health Even inmedical schools, alternative medicine is blossoming. Two thirds ofthem now offer courses in complementary healing practices,including nutrition. At the heart of this revolution ismacrobiotics, a simple, elegant, and delicious way of eating whosehealth benefits are being confirmed at an impressive rate byresearchers around the world. Macrobiotics is based on the laws of yin and yang—the complementaryenergies that flow throughout the universe and quicken every cellof our bodies and every morsel of the food we eat. Michio Kushi andAlex Jack, distinguished educators of the macrobiotic way, believethat almost every human ailment from the common cold to cancer canbe helped, and often cured, by balancing the flow of energy (the ki ) inside us. The most effective way to do this is to eatthe

Tourists, armchair travelers, and historians will all delightin this fluid narrative that can be read straight through, dippedinto over time, or used as a reference guide to each period inSicily’s fascinating tale. Emigration of people from Sicily oftenovershadows the importance of the people who immigrated to theisland through the centuries. These have included several whobecame Sicily’s rulers, along with Jews, Ligurians, and Albanians.Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Muslims, Normans,Hohenstaufens, Spaniards, Bourbons, the Savoy Kingdom of Italy andthe modern era have all held sway, and left lasting influences onthe island’s culture and architecture. Sicily’s character has alsobeen determined by what passed it by: events that affected Europegenerally, namely the Crusades and Columbus’s discovery of theAmericas, remarkably had little influence on Italy’s most famousisland. Maps, biographical notes, suggestions for further reading,a glossary, pronunciation keys, and much more ma

The long-awaited revised edition! It’s no secret that breastfeeding is the normal, healthy way tonourish and nurture your baby. Dedicated to supporting nursing andexpectant mothers, the internationally respected La Leche Leaguehas set the standard for educating and empowering mothers in thisnatural art for generations. Now their classic bestselling guidehas been retooled, refocused, and updated for today’s mothers andlifestyles. Working mothers, stay-at-home moms, single moms, andmothers of multiples will all benefit from the book’s range ofnursing advice, stories, and information—from preparing forbreastfeeding during pregnancy to feeding cues, from nursingpositions to expressing and storing breast milk. With all-newphotos and illustrations, this ultimate support bible offers ? real-mom wisdom on breastfeeding comfortably—from avoiding sorenipples to simply enjoying the amazing bonding experience ? new insights into old approaches toward latching and attaching,ages and stag

Learned [and] rewarding...The Birth of the Clinic continues[Foucault's] brilliant history, not of ideas as such, but of the ofperception." -- The New York Times Book Review "The Birth of the Clinic attempts a minor revolution inmedical-history writing.... Foucault's research is overwhelming andaffords the reader considerable entertainment as well asinsight."

From an elite Special Operations physical trainer, aningeniously simple, rapid-results, do-anywhere program for gettinginto amazing shape For men and women of all athletic abilities! As the demand for Special Operations military forces has grownover the last decade, elite trainer Mark Lauren has been at thefront lines of preparing nearly one thousand soldiers, getting themlean and strong in record time. Now, for regular Joes and Janes, heshares the secret to his amazingly effective regimen—simpleexercises that require nothing more than the resistance of your ownbodyweight to help you reach the pinnacle of fitness and lookbetter than ever before. Armed with Mark Lauren’s motivation techniques, expert training,and nutrition advice, you’ll see rapid results by working out justthirty minutes a day, four times a week—whether in your livingroom, yard, garage, hotel room, or office. Lauren’s exercises buildmore metabolism-enhancing muscle than weightlifting, burn more fatthan aerob

The long-awaited, complete guide to the popular, vigorousAmerican method of yoga that is deeply rooted in ancient wisdom and*ures “In this day and age of health and fitness trends, it is assuringto know that Sharon and David encourage their students to drawinspiration from the classical texts of Yoga and timeless*ural sources. What I appreciate so much about David andSharon is how they help their Yoga students to understand andappreciate the wisdom of all the great saints and jivamuktas whohave contributed to raising consciousness. Ultimately, it isSelf-Realization, that is the true goal of Yoga.” –SRI SWAMI SATCHIDANANDA Creators of the extremely popular Jivamukti Yoga method andcofounders of the New York City studios where it is taught, SharonGannon and David Life present their unique style of yoga for thefirst time in book form. As they explain their intensely physicaland spiritual system of flowing postures, they provide inspiringexpert instruction to guide you

The concept of the archetype is crucial to Jung's radical interpretation of the human mind. Jung believed that every person partakes of a universal or collective unconscious that persists through generations. The origins of the concept can be traced to his very first publication in 1902 and it remained central to his thought throughout his life. As well as explaining the theoretical background behind the idea, in Four Archetypes Jung describes the four archetypes that he considers fundamental to the psychological make-up of every individual: mother, rebirth, spirit and trickster. Exploring their role in myth, fairytale and *ure, Jung engages the reader in discoveries that challenge and enlighten the ways we perceive ourselves and others.

From one of the nation’s most trusted experts on children’sbedtime and nap time comes a new guide for sleep-training twins sothat everybody (including Mom and Dad) will be rested andhappy! As parents of twins and multiples know, double the fun can bedouble the sleep deprivation. Now, in Healthy Sleep Habits, HappyTwins, beloved pediatrician and renowned sleep authority Dr. MarcWeissbluth combines specialized advice for parents of twins withhis tried-and-true sleep-training methods to show exhausted momsand dads how to get their babies to sleep on their own, stayasleep, and sleep regularly. This essential step-by-step guide toestablishing good sleep patterns reveals how to build healthyhabits in twins’ natural slumber cycles, including · how healthy sleep differs from “junk” sleep, plus a helpfultutorial on the techniques of sleep training for new parents · the five ingredients of healthy sleep, and why daytime sleep isdifferent from nighttime sleep but equally important to

Other cities have histories. Los Angeles has legends. Midcentury Los Angeles. A city sold to the world as "the whitespot of America," a land of sunshine and orange groves, wholesomeMidwestern values and Hollywood stars, protected by the world’smost famous police force, the Dragnet-era LAPD. Behind this publicimage lies a hidden world of "pleasure girls" and crooked cops,ruthless newspaper tycoons, corrupt politicians, and East Coastgangsters on the make. Into this underworld came two men–one L.A.’smost notorious gangster, the other its most famous policechief–each prepared to battle the other for the soul of the city. Former street thug turned featherweight boxer Mickey Cohen leftthe ring for the rackets, first as mobster Benjamin "Bugsy"Siegel’s enforcer, then as his protégé. A fastidious dresser andunrepentant killer, the diminutive Cohen was Hollywood’s favoritegangster–and L.A.’s preeminent underworld boss. Frank Sinatra,Robert Mitchum, and Sammy Davis Jr.

Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the authorof the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, AmongSchoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by theBaltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” Thispowerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make adifference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who isin love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cureit. At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer.Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist,anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant,world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on aboat, and in medical school found his life’s calling: to diagnoseand cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools ofmodern medicine to those who need them most. This magnificent bookshows how radical change can be fostered in situations that seeminsurmountable, and it also shows how a meaningful l

The legendary 1951 scroll draft of "On the Road," published asKerouac originally composed it IN THREE WEEKS in April of 1951,Jack Kerouac wrote his first full draft of "On the Road"atyped as asingle-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper,which he later taped together to form a 120-foot scroll. A majorliterary event when it was published in Viking hardcover in 2007,this is the uncut version of an American classicarougher, wilder,and more provocative than the official work that appeared, heavilyedited, in 1957. This version, capturing a moment in creativehistory, represents the first full expression of Kerouacasrevolutionary aesthetic.

The controversy over James Frey's A Million Little Pieces hascaused serious concern at Doubleday and Anchor Books. Recentinterpretations of our previous statement notwithstanding, it isnot the policy or stance of this company that it doesn’t matterwhether a book sold as nonfiction is true. A nonfiction book shouldadhere to the facts as the author knows them. It is, however, Doubleday and Anchor's policy to stand with ourauthors when accusations are initially leveled against their work,and we continue to believe this is right and proper. A publisher'srelationship with an author is based to an extent on trust. Mr.Frey's repeated representations of the book's accuracy, throughoutpublication and promotion, assured us that everything in it wastrue to his recollections. When the Smoking Gun report appeared,our first response, given that we were still learning the facts ofthe matter, was to support our author. Since then, we havequestioned him about the allegations and have sadly come to therealizatio

One of the country's leading researchers updates hisrevolutionary approach to solving--and preventing--your children'ssleep problems Here Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and fatherof four, offers his groundbreaking program to ensure the best sleepfor your child. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, he explainswith authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime forinstituting beneficial habits within the framework of your child'snatural sleep cycles. This valuable sourcebook contains brand newresearch that - Pinpoints the way daytime sleep differs from night sleep andwhy both are important to your child - Helps you cope with and stop the crybaby syndrome, nightmares,bedwetting, and more - Analyzes ways to get your baby to fall asleep according to hisinternal clock--naturally - Reveals the common mistakes parents make to get their childrento sleep--including the inclination to rock and feed - Explores the different sleep cycle needs for differentt