Kay Redfield Jamison, award-winning professor and writer,changed the way we think about moods and madness. Now Jamison usesher characteristic honesty, wit and eloquence to look back at herrelationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientistwho died of cancer. Nothing was the Same is a penetratingpsychological study of grief viewed from deep inside the experienceitself.

“There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.”--William Shakespeare, Hamlet B fell twenty-five feet from his nest into the life ofChris Chester. The encounter was providential for both ofthem. B and Chester spent hours together playing games like bottle-capfetch or hide-and-seek. They learned “words” in each other’svocabularies. B developed a fetish for nostrils and a dislike ofthe color yellow. He grew anxious if Chester came home late fromwork. At bedtime he would rub his sleepy eyes on Chester’s thumband settle to sleep in his palm. Chester ended up turning part ofhis house into an aviary and adjusting his social life to meet B’sdemands. This was a small price to pay, though, for the trust andcomfort of a twenty-five-gram friend who brought joy and wonderback into his life.

Everyone knows that rubbing a rabbit's foot will bring goodluck—but did you know this superstition was introduced to theUnited States by slaves from West Africa? Field Guide toLuck features the fascinating origins of the most popularcharms and signs—everything from crossed fingers and full moons tofour-leaf clovers and Friday the thirteenth. Each entry featuresinformation about the origins and cultural context of thesuperstition, with plenty of interesting trivia along the way. (Forthe record, Chinese fortune cookies were invented in SanFrancisco!) Also included are dozens of talismans and symbols from around theworld, including cows (India), money cats (Japan), akuaba dolls(Ghana), jade (China), and more. Best of all, Field Guide toLuck showcases many of these lucky charms with 48 pages offull-color illustrations—so you'll be sure to recognize themwherever you encounter them!

In Simple Spells for Love, Barrie Dolnick helps us harness thepower of our wishes and the universe to ensure fulfillment andsatisfaction in our relationships. This modern-day guidebook forbenevolent charms and easy-to-cast spells offers ways to: - Heighten your allure with glamours - Attract romantic prospects with fresh lavender and water - Increase your personal magnetism by bathing with orangepeel - Enhance your lover’s devotion by cooking with cumin seeds - Ease heartache with sea salt and amethyst Basic ingredients that are easy to find, like candles and herbs,turn ancient spells into effective modern rituals. With SimpleSpells for Love you’ll also learn how to invite passion into yourlife with scent and color. If you’re seeking love, connection, or greater understanding withyour partner, these spells will help you strengthen commitment andenhance romance.

Everyone has a list of favorite movies, but few people trulyunderstand how much these movies reveal about our personalities.Cinescopes invites readers to find their ten favorite movies in aglossary of more than 3,000 popular films and then offersspectacular insights into what our most-loved films reveal aboutourselves. Using a unique blend of pop psychology, astrology, andcinematic analysis, Cinescopes profiles sixteen different types ofmovie fans, complete with their own unique strengths, weaknesses,secrets, and characteristic behaviors. Along the way, you'll alsodiscover how you measure up to other kinds of movie buffs,including your best and worst relationship matches, your personalnemesis, and even other movies you may enjoy. Cinescopes is awonderful conversation starter and a delightful gift forpop-culture enthusiasts of all ages.

Unplanned pregnancies happen to women in every season of life:the newly married, the never-married, the empty-nester, theteenager, the overworked mother, the career woman. Yet we rarelytalk about how lonely and confusing this experience can be. In Surprise Child, Leslie Leyland Fields, whoexperienced two unplanned pregnancies in her forties, lyricallyweaves her own story with the stories of other women who understandthe isolation you face as expectations and plans are turned upsidedown to make room for a child. “Each year, more than three million women discover themselvespregnant–at a hard time, the wrong time, at a difficult place intheir lives. I am one of those women.…” Together, these women walk with you month-by-month through thephysical and emotional stages of pregnancy, voicing with startlinghonesty their own anxieties and struggles. Here you will find thecompanionship and hope you need to journey toward new life.

In Discovering Your Spirit Animal, shamanic healer Lucy Harmerpresents a practical approach to understanding spirit animals andapplying their power to specific situations in daily life. Writtenin clear, simple language and featuring compelling stories andanecdotes, the book explains what a spirit animal is, describes itspurpose, and shows that understanding the “medicine” of one’sspirit animal—assimilating its qualities and characteristics—allowsone to apply the lessons and messages they convey and use them forpersonal transformation. Lucy Harmer notes that particular animalsthat cross one’s path or appear repeatedly nearby probably want usto share in their medicine, their teaching, their energy, and theirspirit. Discovering Your Spirit Animal provides guidance for meeting andgetting to know one’s spirit animal through easy exercises andshamanic techniques. Lucy Harmer explains how to discover thestrengths, qualities, and skills one shares with one’s personalspirit animal, enablin

Through myths and legends, the knowledge of the power ofcertain gems and crystals has been preserved over generations.However, the practical aspects of how to use these precious stonesto promote spiritual development have been lost to all but a fewinitiates. In Steps on the Stone Path, Robert Sardello offersstrategies and rituals for recapturing that lost power. Sardello starts with guided meditations and rituals fordeveloping awareness of, and the ability to experience, stonequalities such as deep silence, form, transparency, and color asmodes of spiritual consciousness. Entering these modes of silent,creative consciousness requires befriending the elemental angelicbeings embodied in stones. Sardello develops these initialpractices into a sensory yoga of stones, in which the connectionbetween the self and the Divine Self manifests through the mediumof stone-awareness. He encourages readers to wear certain gems orto keep specific crystals close to their body, allowing them toenter the world of sp

Have you, as a parent, ever found yourself treating yourchildren in a way you would never tolerate from someone else? Theauthors of Emotionally Intelligent Parenting call for a new GoldenRule: Do unto your children as you would have other people do untoyour children. And most important, they show us how to live by it.Based upon extensive research, firsthand experience, and casestudies, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting breaks the mold oftraditional parenting books by taking into account the strong roleof emotions -- those of parents and children -- in psychologicaldevelopment. With this book, parents will learn how to communicatewith children on a deeper, more gratifying level and how to helpthem successfully navigate the intricacies of relating to others.The authors take the five basic principles of Daniel Goleman'sbest-seller, Emotional Intelligence, and explain how they can beapplied to successful parenting. To this end, the book offerssuggestions, stories, dialogues, activities, and a special secti

More real-life inspirational stories more everydaywonders--more answered prayers--from the TV show that has inspiredmillions! Astounding rescues ... divine intervention ... romanticprovidence. Miracles are all around us--we have only to open ourminds...and our hearts. In this extraordinary second volume ofreal-life stories, Richard Thomas has carefully selected dozens ofall-new tales from the successful PAX TV show It’s a Miracle. Theresult is a completely new, utterly unforgettable collection--atrue celebration of ordinary people transformed by extraordinaryevents. A mother is reunited with the daughter she gave up for adoptiontwenty-seven years earlier--all because of a miraculous encounterin a nursing home... A woman whose older sister is in grave need ofa liver transplant meets a man on a plane whose nephew turns out tobe a perfect match... A courageous cat saves the lives of herowners in an act of love that can be described only asremarkable. Share the healing, share the wonder

Every day modern medicine announces the arrival of yet another“wonder drug” or “miracle procedure” to a world increasingly waryof expensive high-tech cures. Drugs, transplants, and surgery don’twork for 90 percent of our aches and pains and, while we aregrateful for life-saving developments, we know that most come withrisks that we ignore at our peril. Long hailed as one of the founding fathers of mind-body medicine,Larry Dossey directs our attention to simple sources of healingthat have been available for centuries—treasures often hidden inplain sight—from the power of optimism and of tears to speedrecovery to the surprising usefulness of dirt and bugs in curingdisease and infection to the benefits of doing nothing. Exploring the medical research that validates these simpleremedies, Dossey encourages us to align ourselves with the wisdomof nature and allow true healing to take place. TheExtraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things can transformour view of what health is all about, whethe