A New Connection is about helping people solve alcohol and chemical dependency problems. It is not a "true believer" book, offering an easy answer or magical cure, but a practical guide to developing effective strategies with people involved in destructive substance abuse. It offers winning suggestions in the midst of our current "unwinnable" war against drugs. People who have chemical dependency problems are seen not as a type, but as individuals in particular families who need specific and unique problem-solving approaches, developed from what they themselves bring to the therapeutic setting. Among other things, the book describes how counselors and therapists can create a climate of trust and rapport, in which a troubled person will feel free to examine her/his life situation and make appropriate plans for change.

A New Connection: A Problem Solving Approach to Chemical Dependency

Business & Money

David E. Smith

Meyers, Frederick H.

Frykman, John

Richard B. Seymour

Management & Leadership

Regent Pr

Book of Prophecy

Lightninghawk, William

The San Francisco Oracle, published in the Haight-Ashbury from 1966 to 1968, was one of the most unique and beautiful publications of the 60's. It is remembered for it's extraordinary graphic design by major San Francisco artists, its rainbow colors and the cultural explorations and breakthroughs in its articles, interviews and poetry. At its height, over 120,000 copies of each issue of The Oracle were printed and distributed, and each copy was read by many people. The Oracle is quoted and praised in most of the histories of the 60's. Writers who appeared in The Oracle include: Gary Snyder, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Alan Watts, Stephen Levine, Lenore Kandel, Tim Leary, Michael McClure, Paul Krassner, Buckminster Fuller, Carl Rogers, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), Robert Theobald, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and others. Artists include many of the great San Francisco Poster artists such as: Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelly, Bruce Conner, Michael Bowen and Gary Grimshaw. During the 60's there was an incredible surge of creative innovation in journalism. In response to the mainstream medias control of information regarding the Vietnam War, the anti-war movement and the cultural changes that were sweeping America, every large city, many college campuses and even some high schools created their own underground newspapers. Out of this creative ferment arose one publication that burst the boundaries of the newspaper format both in graphic and in written content; The San Francisco Oracle. The Oracle printed artwork in bold colors, merging written content and artistic vision. At times it was difficult to tell if the paper was reflecting the changes in the new culture or originating them. Its style and technical innovations were copied by many of the alternative papers and some of the more adventurous mainstream media. The Oracle is now a cherished legend. Those who remember it compare its beauty to the medieval illuminated manuscripts and the illustrated books of Blake and Dori.

The San Francisco Oracle (Facsimile Edition)

History

Cohen, Allen

Americas

African Americans in the New Millennium explores the entire panorama of the African American experience touching on social, political, historical, economic, religious and spiritual aspects as we proceed toward the millennium. Dr. Peters uses a very accessible question and answer format to examine topics relevant to Americans. In a flowing conversational style, Peters looks at time, circumstance and history to see where past blueprints have worked and where they havent. By knowing ones blueprints, Peters believes, we can begin to alter our consciousness and behavior patterns to produce effective change in individuals and society. 
The underlying focus of African Americans in the New Millennium is self development and spirituality. A generation after the riots of the sixties and passage of the Civil Rights Act, it is time for African Americans to dig deep within themselves and become free of their doubts and victimizations. Dr. Peters believes that ultimately African Americans will claim their greatest power by recognizing and understanding that all humanity exists as an experience in being, all having their own world views but also a common bond transcending the modes of race, sex or religion.

African Americans in the New Millennium: Blueprinting the Future

Politics & Social Sciences

Peters, Erskine

Social Sciences

Stranger in the Family: A Guide to Living with the Emotionally Disturbed

A grieving mother remembers her adopted child, abandoned by her birth mother at a month, neglected in foster care, who never managed to adjust to the needs of others, or have a happy life. Given the frightening and self-fulfilling prophecy diagnosis of child schizophrenia in infancy, Laurie never made it back, and her continuing problems splintered her adoptive family. Later she was repeatedly told that she had a dual diagnosis, mental illness and chemical dependency. Being loved was not enough. The center section contains her astonishing poetry and beautiful drawings. Family pictures of her from infancy until her death from an overdose following a broken relationship, connect with the writing to create a haunting and unforgettable image of a soul in torment, her words often tinged with defensive humor. Sadly, she herself recognized that she had been dealt a bum hand by fate in terms of genetic heritage and accidental events. Part Two of this memorial book is a careful guide through the jungle of opposing thoughts on dual diagnosis. The writer, still struggling with the if onlys, has been through it with this childs Coney Island ride into terrified womanhood. She also takes a searching look at possible solutions to the continuing problems of those thousands of other street and psychiatric unit survivors who still need better help. Bibliography, suggested reading, list of resources provided.

Stranger in the Family: A Guide to Living With the Emotionally Disturbed

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Burch, Claire

Psychology & Counseling

Synchronicity: The Anatomy of Coincidence by Caroline North bridges the gap between mystical wonder, the new Physics and the ordinary daily life of all of us.

Synchronicity: The Anatomy of Coincidence (Volume 3 of the Fringe Series)

North, Carolyn

Philosophy

People Events Stories: A Personal History 1920-1947

Frank, Walter C.

Century in the Lives of Two Doctors

Freedman, Don

A novel about a licentious librarian. "At thirty-six, widowed eight years, in a small town, forty miles from the largest city in a small state, Amy Rose, city-bred wife of a physician who loved small towns, found herself early in her library career, left widowed, in the limiting world of school librarianship. Years of writing to public and academic libraries, visits to ALA conferences, had brought her, at last, a job at a big researchlibrary in the Bya country. Now, at last, the game she had started would have to stop. . . .

Amy Rose: A Novel in Four Parts

Literature & Fiction

Peattie, Noel

United States

A grieving mother remembers her adopted child, abandoned by her birth mother at a month, neglected in foster care, who never managed to adjust to the needs of others, or have a happy life. Given the frightening and self-fulfilling prophecy diagnosis of child schizophrenia in infancy, Laurie never made it back, and her continuing problems splintered her adoptive family. Later she was repeatedly told that she had a "dual diagnosis," mental illness and chemical dependency. Being loved was not enough. The center section contains her astonishing poetry and beautiful drawings. Family pictures of her from infancy until her death from an overdose following a broken relationship, connect with the writing to create a haunting and unforgettable image of a soul in torment, her words often tinged with defensive humor. Sadly, she herself recognized that she had been dealt a bum hand by fate in terms of genetic heritage and accidental events. Part Two of this memorial book is a careful guide through the jungle of opposing thoughts on dual diagnosis. The writer, still struggling with the "if onlys", has "been through it" with this child's Coney Island ride into terrified womanhood. She also takes a searching look at possible solutions to the continuing problems of those thousands of other street and psychiatric unit survivors who still need better help. Bibliography, suggested reading, list of resources provided.

Stranger on the Planet: The Small Book of Laurie

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