Author:Norman Vincent Peale,Smiley Blanton
Would you like to know how to be happy? Norman Vincent Peale, in collaboration with outstanding psychiatrist Smiley Blanton, shares his wisdom and years of professional experience in this empowering and easy-to-read book.
In an anxious, fast-paced and increasingly uncertain world, more and more people are battling with a sense of emptiness in their lives, a lack of real purpose or even full-blown depression. Drawing on ancient truths, spiritual wisdom and discoveries of modern psychology, The Art of Real Happiness offers a clear blueprint to help you find peace of mind, contentment and real personal happiness.
A classic bestseller that has already helped thousands of people around the world change their lives for the better and can now help you too.
A terrific work and much needed
—— Michael Morpurgo, internationally renowned author of over a hundred booksHaving worked with Margrit Coates, I can vouch for her healing ability. Her gift to animal healing is enormous
—— Nick Thompson, VetMFHom, MRCVS, consultant for Horse and Horse and Rider magazinesI am honoured and inspired to be one of the first to read this important book, and recommend it wholeheartedly to others
—— Linda KohanovA highly enjoyable (and disturbing work) ... I am in awe of [Clarke's] intrepidity
—— GuardianOutstanding ... Clarke's dissection of the shocks, sadnesses and sexiness of the seance tables from the late Victorian era is brilliantly done ... The book is deeply enjoyable, hugely informative and at times distinctly unsettling
—— Shade PointBritain has over 500-years' worth of ghost stories in the cupboard and in The Natural History of Ghosts, Roger Clarke makes them dance ... the most original and readable book exploring our ghost-rich culture to appear for years ... fascinating
—— Fortean TimesClarke's examination of the need people have to believe remains insightful and illuminating throughout
—— ObserverAn intriguing, shivers-down-the-spine book
—— The LadyLively and absorbing ... [Clarke] has proven himself an ideal guide to this troubled and disorderly realm
—— Literary ReviewA fascinating social history ... exceptionally well written and researched
—— Starburst MagazineWhy do ghosts wear clothes? This is just one of a number of interesting questions raised by this jaunty book ... In a series of short, snappy chapters, Clarke examines the evidence for just about every ghost who ever drew, or withdrew, breath ... but A Natural History of Ghosts is also haunted by another story, lurking not very far beneath: the story of the author's childhood need to believe in ghosts, and the gradual erosion of that belief
—— Craig Brown , Daily MailA gripping history that traces the scientific and social aspects of ghostly sightings
—— TelegraphCompelling ... Research into the paranormal necessarily involves a fair degree of debunking, and Clarke is careful to be sceptical. The narrative of ghost-hunting is simultaneously a history and exposure of fraud and popular delusion ... [yet] Clarke retains a boyish and ... well-informed enthusiasm for his subject
—— Independent[A] voyage through the half-lit world of lost souls ... tales told with ghoulish relish
—— Telegraph