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Tales of power
By Carlos Castaneda. 1990
In this work the author completes his long apprenticeship in the mysteries of sorcery - a journey which began with…
his meeting with Don Juan. Don Juan's task of educating Castaneda, of making him 'a man of knowledge' and 'a man of power', is brought to an unexpected conclusion in a series of dazzling tricks, visions and lessons, and ends with a remarkable and deeply moving farewell. 1990.Six degrees of dignity: disability in an age of freedom
By David W Shannon. 2007
The right to dignity for all is explicitly recognized in Canadian law; in practice a variety of individuals and groups…
have been excluded from the concern and respect that their nature as persons demands. Prominent among these excluded groups are members of the disabled community, who are marginalized by a society that regularly neglects to recognize their needs, capacities, and merits as individuals. Shannon identifies the social and attitudinal barriers still present in Canadian society today, and cites the factors needed to reverse the process of exclusion. 2007.So who's perfect!: people with visible differences tell their own stories
By Dhyan Cassie. 1984
Presents interviews with handicapped or physically "different" people. They tell of their experiences in childhood, school, social and work life,…
religious faith, and what they would like to share with society. 1984.Somebody else's kids
By Torey L Hayden. 1999
Four problem children were put in Torey Hayden's class because no one else knew what to do with them. Together,…
with the help of a remarkable teacher who cared too much to ever give up, they became almost a family, able to give each other the love and understanding they had found nowhere else. 1999.Search for the soul
By Milbourne Christopher. 1979
Science and the paranormal: probing the existence of the supernatural
By Barry Singer, George O Abell. 1981
A collection of twenty articles in which eminent scientists and authorities, such as Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov, take a…
critical look at popularized paranormal phenomena, including UFO's, psychics, and ancient astronauts. c1981.Sasquatch: ape or man
By John Green. 1978
Ruth Montgomery, herald of the new age: Herald Of The New Age
By Ruth Shick Montgomery, Joanne Garland. 1986
A look back on and celebration of Rick Hansen's Man In Motion World Tour, which began in 1985 and covered…
40,000 kilometres through 34 countries on four continents before ending in Canada in 1987. The tour raised $26 million for spinal cord injury research and initiatives to improve the quality of life and accessibility for those with disabilities. 2017.Rescue and Jessica: a life-changing friendship
By Patrick Downes, Jessica Kensky. 2018
Rescue thought he'd grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog -- it's the family business, after all. When he…
gets the news that he's better suited to being a service dog, he's worried that he's not up to the task. Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life is turning out differently than the way she'd imagined it, too. Now Jessica needs Rescue by her side to help her accomplish everyday tasks. And it turns out that Rescue can help Jessica see after all: a way forward, together, one step at a time. An endnote from the authors tells more about the training and extraordinary abilities of service dogs, particularly their real-life best friend and black lab, Rescue. Grades K-3. 2018.Reprieve: a memoir
By Agnes De Mille. 1981
Rebuilt: how becoming part computer made me more human
By Michael Chorost. 2005
Science writer recounts his decision to get a cochlear implant, or a computer surgically imbedded in the skull, to artificially…
restore hearing after he became totally deaf in 2001. Describes his physical and mental changes and reflects on the implications of technological advances on the deaf community and on humanity. 2005.Que Freud me pardonne!
By Jacques Voyer. 2002
" Il ne se passe pas une journée sans que nous soyons sollicités par des images, des films, des livres,…
des messages appartenant à un autre monde : celui des esprits désincarnés. Le présent livre Quand l'au-delà se manifeste n'est pas là pour effrayer. Bien au contraire, il aidera le lecteur à mieux saisir toute la portée des nombreuses manifestations des pensionnaires de l'au-delà. " -- 4e de couv.P.S. your not listening
By Eleanor Craig. 1972
An account of a teacher's experience with a class of special children who have serious emotional problems and are labelled…
'unteachable'. The author uses her resourcefulness and empathy to establish contact and make progress. 1972.Proud spirit: lessons, insights & healing from "The voice of the spirit world"
By Rosemary Altea. 1998
Spiritual medium Altea takes the reader farther along the path of her personal cosmology. She explains how the living affect…
the dead's happiness and well-being, discusses reincarnation, and whether souls heal emotionally and spiritually after death. Provides dozens of stories about the lives and deaths of real people, and shares the insights and processes that helped heal her own wounds. Sequel to "The eagle and the rose". Some descriptions of violence. 1998.Messages de l'au-delà: la vie sur Terre et celle de l'après-mort
By Serge Girard. 1990
Voici le témoignage d'un medium que les Esprits ont utilisé comme intermédiaire pour livrer leurs points de vue sur plusieurs…
aspects de la vie humaine et terrestre et surtout pour nous raconter ce qui leur est arrivé dans l'après-mort. 1990.Philosophie maçonnique (Spiritualités)
By Marc Halévy. 2009
Phoenix immortal
By Ian West. 2006
An ordinary working man, Ian West had always balanced an interest in spirituality and out-of-the ordinary experiences with a healthy…
dose of common sense and even scepticism. But his world was turned upside down when, during a regressive hypnosis, he realised that in a past life he had been Lady Jane Grey, the tragic 'nine-days' queen' who was executed at the age of 16 in 1554; in addition, he was able to tap into at least two other past lives. What had seemed like a series of random coincidences now made sense and began to colour his life and relationships, leading to an ongoing reassessment of Man's connections to God and his fellow beings. 2006.For more than forty years, the U.S. government, through various military and intelligence agencies, has invested millions in classified programs…
that study the role of mental telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and other forms of extrasensory perception (ESP) as a means of intelligence collection for military and defense purposes. Jacobsen tells the story of these programs, using interviews with the core group of individuals--including former Defense Department scientists, military officers, CIA analysts and researchers, an Apollo 14 astronaut, government psychics, and members of the Aviary--who ran these phenomena programs at the highest level of government. A story about how far man will journey in search of improbable and mysterious things--with documentation showing which of these improbable things might actually exist. 2017.