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Empathy can help you on your quest to understand life and destiny. Do you often feel as though you are being blindly pulled along—searching for answers, trying to make sense of why things happen the way they do? Is it possible the answer is right in front of you? Discover via twelve lessons why you are here and why your gift of empathy is so valuable to your search for your destiny. Delve into you

Rupert’s Tales continue with four new adventure stories in The Nature of Elements. Rupert the rabbit learns how courage, acceptance, compassion, and helping others are connected to the classical elements of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. In “The Courage to Fly,” Grandmother Spinner teaches Rupert that knowledge is only the beginning of wisdom when she asks for his help with a bird who has fallen fro

Your palms are a mirror of your personality and how you think and behave. But they can also reveal how you're feeling, your general state of health, and if you are predisposed to a particular condition. Learn to read the lines, patterns, and bumps on your hands and you can monitor your health and promote your well-being on a daily basis. This easy-to-follow, fully illustrated guide explains the ba

People who rescue dogs have a great deal of compassion and enough loveto last through what is often a tryingadjustment period. But adoptive owners say the bond they feel with theirgrateful pets makes it all worthwhile. Heartwarming color photos of 15adopted dogs interacting with their humans celebrate the joy that comesfrom a fortuitous match. The photos are accompanied by the stories ofthe owners

Palero Tata Rodriguez is your guide through this exploration of Palo Kimbisa, an Afro-Cuban religion where nothing is as it seems: elements of nature become spirits that speak to the Tata and initiates, clay pots become miniature sacred groves, and a chef becomes a Tata—a counselor, protector, and teacher.  Palo goddaughter Sophia Kelly Shultz experiences and relates Tata Rodriguez’s practices thr

Want to make your quilting easier to carry with you? Try the quilt-as-you-go methods that women of the 1800s invented so they could work on small blocks in stolen snatches of time. This quilting approach has many other benefits: It allows shorter sessions for tasks that some find tedious—no more weeklong cutting or piecing marathons. It makes sewing-machine work less cumbersome, makes use of small

Battling flak and enemy fighters over the skies of Europe during World War II, the US Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bomber named “Flak-Bait” completed a remarkable 201 combat missions, a feat that made it the highest mission scorer of any Allied medium or heavy bomber. For many years the author has held a special interest in the B-26, and especially those of the 387th Bomb Group. It was duri

This book documents a great American story, that of B.B. King, the “King of the Blues,” and one of America’s most important popular musicians. With fascinating images and history—most published for the first time—it traces his migration from the Chitlin’ Circuit (the national network of Black theaters and roadhouses), to Club Ebony in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and eventually to Carne

The Dream Gate expands the dream territory beyond the bed chamber to embrace the experiences of spontaneous visions, active imagination, trance, hypnosis, and pre- and postsleep adventures, shining light on the abundant benefits found within the rich dream landscape. Written by a dream specialist with 20 years' experience as a psychologist and holistic healer, this book offers sound reason to look

Silk! Just the word invokes intrigue and fantasies of lavish mounds of richly hued fabrics. The journey of metamorphosis from caterpillar to silken luxury is miraculous. Textile artist Karen Selk delves into the amazing world of wild silk and the Indigenous people of India who raise the wild silkworms. You'll be drawn into the captivating world of a unique living culture that has been engaged in a

The destroyers of the Akizuki "Autumn Moon" class were very different from the standard fleet type of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers inaugurated with the Fubuki class. They were designed for the protection of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s carrier task forces, and in order to achieve this they carried a particularly powerful antiaircraft armament and had an extremely long radius of action. Howeve

Join SIMRAN as she takes you on this last leg of the journey to self-realization: a return to heart-based, soulful intimacy. An "unknown" YOU has treasures in escrow, locked within your range of humanity. Your soul purpose is to reweave this human experience into the embodiment and humble power of a God on legs. Use this resource for deconditioning and allow your divine courtship to unfold. More t

Have you ever had that one number that seems to pop up everywhere? That number may be the key to unlocking your destiny! The Magic of Numbers is an easy-to-use book that shows readers how to use their date of birth to calculate this Destiny Number, and how it affects the path of our lives in more ways than we might realize. Next, it reveals how our names resonate with a power that influences both

The perfect resource for fans who take their love of collectible sneakers to the level of customizing.With photos and tips for turning sneakers from well-known brands like Adidas and NIKE sneakers into works of art, the team at the popular Customize Kicks magazine introduces you to six experts' construction techniques, and gives step-by-step photo instructions. The nine projects range from easy—pa

Who are the ancient astronauts? Why did they first come to Earth? Why are they returning now? What part did they play in building the great monuments of antiquity? What part did they play in the formation of present and earlier civilizations? With what other beings do we share our universe? And where does the Earth fit into the cosmic scheme of things? Almost twenty years of experimental work with

In Book Two of The Law of One, the nature of each of the densities or dimensions of this octave of creation is explored in detail with special emphasis given to how evolution for our third density to the fourth density is accomplished. The relationship between the densities of creation and the energy centers of the body is investigated so that each experience can be used as catalyst for growth to

The Sacred Actions Journal serves as a companion to Sacred Actions: Living the Wheel of the Year through Earth-Centered Sustainable Practices and offers neopagans and Earth-based spiritual practitioners opportunities for reflecting on sustainable and sacred practices in the eightfold wheel of the year. Spiritual journaling is a powerful, transformative practice that allows for deeper understanding

Everybody loves a good ghost story, yet poor dead Vee feels anythingbut “good” being stuck upstage in the heavens of her own afterlife. Shecan peek in on Val, who’s “downstage” with the living but haunted by ghosts.Then there’s Julie, stubbornly stage left but longing to be downstagewith Val. And finally, poor Peter remains solitary in hisstage-rightness with the sneaking suspicion he might be dea

Major Charles Carpenter made headlines during the Second World War when he affixed six bazookas to his tiny Piper L-4 observation plane and began attacking German tanks. “Bazooka Charlie” and his plane “Rosie the Rocketer” were profiled in a variety of military and civilian publications, including the iconic Stars & Stripes. The major was a high school educator in the civilian world, teaching hist

Large-format collection of photography featuring the flora, fauna, and pristine landscapes of the Alps’ protected regions.Capturing the allure of this grandiose legacy of the ice age is difficult, even in superlatives, but this photo book provides up-close natural experiences throughout the parks and preserves of six Alpine nations: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, and France.From t