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Let peace and contentment flow over you as you channel your inner artist with A COLORING BOOK BASED ON A COURSE IN MIRACLES.Embark on a spiritual journey with original artwork by renowned artist, Andrea Smith. Each page is filled with whimsical cherubs, indigenous beauties and magical landscapes that, while paired with insightful lessons from the original A Course in Miracles, draw you into a sere

Have you ever celebrated the newest hatchling of a mated pair of Red-tailed Hawks, listened to the crooning of a Common Loon on a misty morning, or experienced the magic of a Snowy Owl’s four-foot wingspan as it flies above your head? If you haven’t already started to notice the kinds of birds around you, you will once you start using this deck.

In The Jokers Wild: Dubya´s Trick Deck, award-winning investigative journalist and author of the New York Times best seller The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Greg Palast gets to the bottom of the crooked hand we´ve been dealt and plays the slim suit that could save us. Reading this oversized deck of real playing cards, which feature original research, will amaze you, infuriate you, and make you lau

In Animal Wisdom, veterinarian and animal intuitive Linda Bender offers us a wealth of extraordinary stories and research-based evidence indicating animals have deeply perceptive--even extrasensory--abilities, especially when love is involved. In addition, she provides 18 step-by-step practices for honing your own natural ability to communicate with animals, so that you too can learn to understand

Experiential journalist Rak Razam sets out to document the thriving business of 21st-century hallucinogenic shamanism starting with a trip to the annual Amazonian Shaman Conference in Iquitos, Peru, where he meets a motley crew of "spiritual tourists," rogue scientists, black magicians, and indigenous and Western healers and guides, all in town to partake of the ritual--and the medicine--of ayahua

The bestselling author of The Artist's Way draws on her many years of personal experience as both a writer and a teacher to uncover the difficult soul work that artists must do to find inspiration.   In The Sound of Paper, Julia Cameron delves deep into the heart of the personal struggles that all artists experience. What can we do when we face our keyboard or canvas with nothing but a cold

From the raven's role as trickster in Native American religion to its capacity to captivate ornithologists and biologists, the raven is an archetype in myth, dream, song, and ritual. In this beautifully illustrated study, Catherine Feher-Elston looks at ravens and crows in the contexts of Native American folklore, history, and science. Through interviews with Native Americans of the Pacific Nor

Following in the footsteps of "Not Guilty By Reason of Menopause," this colorful collection of laugh-out-loud observations about the joys and trials of midlife is sure to put a wry and proudly creased smile on the face of any woman.

Revered as a symbol of fertility, sexuality, purity and childhood, beloved as a children’s pet and widely represented in the myths, art and collectibles of almost every culture, the rabbit is one of the most popular animals known to humans. Ironically, it has also been one of the most misunderstood and abused. Indeed, the rabbit is the only animal that our culture adores as a pet, idolizes as a st

Before primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright became the world's foremost expert on lemurs, she was enchanted by another primate—Aotus, the owl monkey, or "monkey of the night." But along her journey to discover the behaviour of these unique nocturnal creatures, Wright finds more than she expected about family, human nature, and herself. It all starts in a New York City pet shop when Wright and her

In 1986, primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright was given a seemingly impossible task: to travel to the rainforests of Madagascar and find the greater bamboo lemur, a species that hadn't been seen in the wild for thirty years. Not only did Wright discover that the primate still existed but that it lived alongside a completely new species. What followed was a love affair with an animal and a country

For decades, pit bulls have been demonised by society and portrayed as hellhounds. They've become the most feared, hated and abused of all companion animals. Some cities and, even entire countries, ban them while the media persist in associating them with viciousness. This unjust reputation has sealed the fate of millions of dogs who face prejudice around the world and languish in shelters, where

With the growing consensus that global warming is a fact, comes the realisation that the increasingly violent weather we are experiencing is its chief manifestation. Each storm, each flood, each blizzard seems to break 100-year-old records for both intensity and damage. Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases may be too little, too late. Through a unique blend of anthropological research, shamanic

In SHAPESHIFTING WITH OUR ANIMAL COMPANIONS, Dawn Baumann Brunke moves beyond the “how” and “why” of animal communication presented in her earlier books to a profound journey of shared spiritual awareness. Through conversations, dreams, and merged consciousness with a variety of animals and spirit beings, she reveals the vast treasure of wisdom and experiences offered to us as we open ourselves to

Your Guide to the Final Frontier   This illustrated handbook features everything you need to know about space tourism—from travel-planning tips to life-or-death survival skills. You´ll discover:   •  The Best Itineraries Take stunning photographs of planet Earth—from sixty miles up. Dance on the ceiling in zero-gravitynenvironments. Take a “shower” using no

Leads geeks of all ages through the perils and pitfalls of meeting women, going on dates, getting serious, breaking up, and establishing a successful lifelong relationship (hint: it's time to invest in new bedsheets). Full of whimsical 8-bit illustrations, this book teaches fanboys everywhere to love long and prosper.

In the twenty-first-century economy, there´s only one way to guarantee your child a bright and happy future: make that baby an Internet celebrity. But how? In How to Make Your Baby an Internet Celebrity, you´ll learn to assess your baby´s best attributes (is she smarter than a chimp?), assign a compelling screen p

The culmination of more than 30 years of cultural, anthropological and scientific research, this encyclopaedia examines the botany, pharmacology, history, preparation, dosage and practical use of more than 400 erotically stimulating substances from antiquity to the present day.From plants and animals that enhance fertility and virility, like celery, snails or oysters, to substances that induce aro

No matter your notation needs, ensure that even the smallest stuff gets noticed with Keep It Simple Stickies—just as colourful and witty as all your brilliant (or mundane) thoughts.

Don’t let yet another 168 hours of your life get away from you. This purpose-driven pad lets you organise your daily affairs and monitor the big picture at the same time. You can even get a jump on next week’s tasks as you maximise efficiency over and over—and over—again.