Filled with wisdom and insight, this book is a masterpiece. It is well written, visually stunning and a feast for the soul. From reading Wood You Believe, I have learned to befriend the broken and fragmented parts of myself. As someone who never read about psychology or spirituality before, this book has transformed my life. Reading Wood You Believe was a healing experience in itself.

Wood You Believe: The Unfolding Self The Emerging Self

COGLEY, FR. JIM

Religion & Spirituality

AuthorHouseUK

This book is a history of the present. It charts and grasps the rhythms and realities of the monumental historical events since September 11 in the heat of the moment. Writing from experience of a human being and a Kurdish writer on the receiving end of the historical upheavals in the Middle East, Kamal Mirawdeli demonstrates a great degree of deep insight, intelligent analysis and realistic assessment of the background, context and direction of events and the role of the United States in the transformation of the Middle East, starting with Afghanistan and Iraq, from despotic entities frozen in forgotten anachronisms to liberated democratic societies. Although the articles cover over three years (first article published on 02 May 2002 , the last one on 4 November 2004) during which events twist and turn, a principled consistency informs the writer''s judgements emanating from a strong belief in the universal values of liberation, democracy and human rights and inevitability of democratic change. Mirawdeli strongly argues that the intervention of the US, both political and military for regime change and the promotion of the ideals and examples of liberation and democracy in the Middle East, is a necessary historical factor in which the universal values of freedom and democracy, the security and economic interests of the United States and the hopes and aspirations of millions of oppressed and enslaved human beings for emancipation and human rights, coincide. The significance Mirawdeli''s ideas and their astonishing validity and accuracy emanate from their instantaneousness. He analyses and assesses the unfolding historical events in the moment of their birth which he in fact inscribes as the moment of their truth. Hence, it is interesting to see how he reconciles his strong criticism of certain aspects of the US''s policy with his strong belief in the inevitability and essentiality of a strong US leadership role in establishing a new democratic order in the Middle East.

America In Iraq: Dialectics of Liberation and Occupation

History

Mirawdeli, Kamal

Americas

A woman passionately in love, a man torn between conflicting feelings, both determined to make no more mistakes: this true story of a controversial romance unfolding through summer and autumn a decade ago in an English township and its environs is told with tenderness, passion, thoughtfulness and humour. Whether dwelling on intimate scenes enhanced by wine and music or describing notable excursions and social occasions, this distillation of diaries written at the time may offer everyone who has ever been in love poignant and pleasant moments of recognition and remembrance. But this is a story that also provokes. Was he right or was she? Were they both in the wrong? What else could they have done? Names have been changed.

Diary of a Love Affair

Howie, Catherine

Romance

This is the personal story of six years spent as an assistant manager on tea plantations in the beautiful and historic island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. The European tea planter is now a figure of history and his way of life has long vanished. This book describes a planter's daily life, the events experienced and the post-colonial social scene with humour as well as candour. Historical and literary aspects are included where these are relevant to the story and the wonderful natural history of the Island is brought to attention by a keen naturalist.

Round the Tea Totum: When Sri Lanka was Ceylon

Ebbels, David L.

Biographies & Memoirs

This is a compassionate, unique and innovative book about addictive behaviour. Who is likely to develop an addictive habit? What draws people to use addictive substances? How do addictive substances serve the user? What are the possible conscious and unconscious reasons behind their use? The author, using vignettes and actual case histories, presents a clear, dense and compelling narrative to offer answers to these and many other questions by expanding upon theories taken from different orientations within psychotherapy, including body psychotherapy. She considers the part that shame and fear can play in addictive behaviour and how it can get acted out in treatment. She identifies building a strong sense of self and the ability to self-soothe as essential for long-term abstinence and presents a clear and convincing case for bodywork and long-term counselling or psychotherapy to be included in treatment so that the recovery process can be completed. This book is useful for anyone in the helping professions who works with or around individuals who present addictive behaviour. It is essential for counsellors and psychotherapists and a must for anyone working in the drug and/or alcohol field.

Addiction - This Being Human: A New Perspective

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Aaronson, Ronnie

Addiction & Recovery

Following the advice of his English teacher, Paul Garner uses his part in a school play to embark upon a journey of discovery. By attempting to rewrite and redirect the story, he finds that his quest assumes reality. Not only do the characters escape direction by his pen but he loses distinction between himself, as author, and the character he plays. He becomes lost within the narrative, which moves in ways not of his choosing. However, the bond between him and the one he seeks is never broken. Whether from dream and memory, part of reality or the image of a goddess, she is always the inspiration for the play. Yet where did the play originate? Jonathan is an orphan; whether he be the dead foster brother of Bethany, the imaginary friend of Daniel or the fostered child of the reclusive Aunt Sheelagh, his tales transform loss into a search for love in all worlds and beyond. Tales of Jonathan is a self exploration of one person's mind, culminating in his discovery of truth in the deepest chamber. By transcending the restrictions of rationality, he finds a new reality. Dreams which have no end are no longer dreams. His previous loss and grief have become the fiction; the tales of Jonathan are now his reality. It is a story about the power of faith and love. I believe that with reflective thought, the reader will find it a challenging and rewarding book. Nicol addresses the slippery substance of reality from every angle, repeating the main story and many of its key phrases in slightly different contexts each time. While the intellectual exercise is fascinating, it is easy to lose the thread of the story in all of the rearranging, which makes for some challenging reading. -CLARION As Nicol invites readers into dreams and memories cobbled into a Möbius strip, there's little sense of what's real and what's not. The first of seven segments suggests that the novel will concern schoolboy Paul Garner and the enchanting Bethany

Tales of Jonathan

Literature & Fiction

Nicol, Keith

Contemporary

Fifty years ago, David Wedd was a young army officer in West Africa's Gold Coast, when that country became Ghana, the first black African colony to gain independence from British rule. In an account that is by turns exciting, funny and poignant, he depicts the changeover 'from the inside'. His lively portrait of the emerging nation introduces us to a whole gallery of characters: the European and African soldiers in his Battalion; traders and market women; religious leaders and witch-doctors; sportsmen, teachers and musicians; and political leaders, including Ghana's first Prime Minister, Kwame Nkrumah. He tells of his work as an intelligence officer in the new nation and his exploration of the rain forest with its exotic scenery and wildlife, and he shares with us his journey north, through Burkina Faso and Mali to the Sahara Desert and the old town of Timbuktu. Throughout these pages his love of West Africa, with its varied landscapes and above all its exuberant people, is inescapable.

The Sunshine Land: Ghana Fifty: Memories of Independence, 1957

Wedd, David

Rest Upon The Wind is the story of two women who never met, but whose lives become inextricably linked. One is Emily, born into a comfortable, middle class late Victorian home, and the other is Sophie, Emily's great granddaughter, who was born on the day Emily died. Both women have lost someone they loved deeply. In Emily's case this was due to the events of the First World War, and, in Sophie's case, to a tragic misunderstanding. The chance discovery, by Sophie, of on old photograph of her great grandmother, leads to a very unexpected change in her life. Can Sophie find happiness and fulfill the lost hopes of a figure from her past?

Rest Upon The Wind

Twissell, Gill

GIVE YOUR BABY THE BEST START IN LIFEIn my years of experience, I have developed a holistic way of assisting couples with their pregnancies. My treatments and advice combine Eastern and Western medical knowledge as well as traditional and complementary health techniques. With this in mind, I have formulated an 'A to Z' with solutions for common pregnancy complaints and some fundamental pregnancy and childbirth information. This book will help you make informed choices, allowing you to play an active role in your pregnancy and labour. It is packed with wonderful self-help advice, is easy to use, and is a vital resource for both pregnant women and their caregivers.Proceeds from this book are going towards financing a clinic for pregnant mothers and young babies in rural South Africa. This will create a place where rural women can receive essential advice and support for healthier pregnancies and safer childbirth.

A - Z For a Healthy Pregnancy and Natural Childbirth: (Second Edition)

Bloemraad-de Boer, Jacky

Women's Health

<p>Your Success Is Hidden In Your Daily Routine is, quite literally, a life-changing book. Written by successful sportsman, businessman and motivational coach Bernie De Souza, Your Success Is Hidden In Your Daily Routine takes the reader on a journey of discovery to find the simple truths behind transforming OK into good and good into great. The book is straightforward and approachable, written in a direct, personal style, with stories and anecdotes from Bernie De Souza's own experience to illustrate how he has learned and applied the techniques he is teaching.</p>

Your Success Is Hidden In Your Daily Routine

Self-Help

De Souza, Bernie

Personal Transformation

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