Author:Florence Scovel-Shinn
A sequel to "The Game of Life and How to Play It," this book presents positive affirmations for success, happiness, marriage, loss, debt, interviews, projection, health, and journeys. The author writes of the familiar, practical, and everyday, and her spiritual teaching comes through clear and strong.
A new constellation of astrology guru
—— VogueThe go to life coach for those in the know
—— InStyle MagazineA pioneering new self-improvement method based on the stars
—— Soho HouseThe coach to get you to where you want to go
—— Harper's BazaarCarolyne is the woman making astrology cool again
—— Sunday Telegraph Stella MagazineExcellent…a groundbreaking meditation on selflessness and generosity
—— Yoga MagazineByron Katie is one of the truly great inspiring teachers of our time.
—— DR WAYNE DYER, author of Being in BalanceByron Katie's teachings and everyday life are pure wisdom.
—— ROSHI BERNIE GLASSMAN, author of Intructions to the CookA wonderfully gruesome tour of inexplicable illnesses, questionable remedies, jaw-dropping operations and recoveries that defy logic... a fascinating window into the world of medical oddities... This tour of strange and unbelievable medical cases from history is funny and terrifying in equal measure.
—— Shelf AwarenessA particularly fascinating reminder of medical advancement… Morris has combed through old medical journals and compiled a trove of the most bizarre, disgusting — and compelling — cases from the early 17th to the turn of the 20th century. It’s like medical rubbernecking.
—— New York PostThe clinical cases Morris has collected, creating what amounts to a medical version of Ripley's Believe It or Not!, are often intriguing, occasionally disgusting, sometimes tragic, but always weird… Morris offers a most peculiar jaunt through medical history.
—— BooklistA gruesome but weirdly compelling trip through several centuries of quack cures, horrific operations, and bizarre accidents.
—— New York Daily News[A] series of case studies from our research past that will remind you that we are never as smart as we think. Morris uses images of old documents, and citations from physicians of the past, in way that makes the book both real, grounded—and a lot of fun.
—— Science Friday, Best Science Books of 2018Morris repeatedly encountered the intriguing and the bizarre. The human aspects of the cases Morris describes are as important as the strictly medical. As well as many self-inflicted tribulations there are a number of hair-raising emergencies.
—— Anne Hardy , Times Literary SupplementBrilliant, hypnotic, compelling. A great book.
—— Talk RadioPersuasively shows that small changes can help readers find more joy and purpose in their lives [with] clear, succinct information . . . skillfully compiled . . . into an engaging, easily accessible format with lists, charts, and illustrations.
—— Publishers WeeklyThe latest trend to take wellbeing bloggers by storm... A welcome reminder that we should all be making happiness a priority, for ourselves and our communities.
—— Huffington PostThe most eye catching autumn lifestyle trend is the Japanese concept of Ikigai, which translates as “reason to live”… An attractive and absorbing book.
—— Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller