BOSTON 1896. Renowned psychic Ignatius Jones commissions his portrait to be painted by one of the leading artists of his time. He promises his followers that he will communicate with them through his portrait after he passes to spirit.On the day that he is murdered in 1903, his portrait is stolen.It turns up more than 100 years later at a church rummage sale in picturesque Tudorsville, Vermont.Current-day psychic mediums are invited to see the long-lost portrait at ...

Jacob Morais is just a normal kind of guy. He enjoys his life and wouldn't change a thing. That is, not until a dangerous buffoon lumbers into the White House blatantly unfit for office, promoting chaos. Foreseeing wide scale disaster, Jacob stores emergency supplies in his basement, buys a gun, and secures fake ID in case he needs to disappear. Meanwhile back in his day-to-day world he is recruited by an old friend to join her fast-growing e-commerce start-up. When he dis...

King Gesar was not an ordinary human being but rather a manifestation of the enlightened activity of all the buddhas, brought forth by the strength of their great compassion at a time of despair in the land of Tibet. Dating from the ninth century and with versions originating in many of the countries of Asia, Gesar’s story paints a detailed picture of the culture and life of the time. In this reflective and sometimes humorous retelling, David Shapiro shares the epic tale of Gesar’s birth, ...

A teacher, 23, and her student, 17. Is it never OK?Esme Linde, 23, a new teacher in a small town high school in Vermont, is accused of having an affair with one of her students, Noah Beemer, 17.. Noah's parents have big ambitions for their talented son. Fearing that the controversy will damage his prospects, they pressure Esme to remove herself permanently from Noah's life. But Noah has other ideas.

Grow old on purpose. This book invites readers to navigate a purposeful path from adulthood to elderhood with choice, curiosity, and courage.Everyone is getting old; not everyone is growing old. But the path of purposeful aging is accessible to all—and it's fundamental to health, happiness, and longevity.With a focus on growing whole through developing a sense of purpose in later life, Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old? celebrates the experie...

The plot of the book is about how the rule of law functions to protect corporate structures that facilitate the commission of globalized fraud and abuse. The rules of law are used to dilute and hide accountability of high managerial agents and controlling persons, performing as a tool in aid of centralized and concentrated capital interests, devouring and destabilizing small-to-medium-sized companies. The theories and concepts developed in the book chapters are explored then applied to a r...

Women rarely kill. How and why a woman can be driven to lethal action is often highly complex and misunderstood. Many of these women who act lethally are driven to such a point as a last resort following prolonged experiences of child abuse and/or domestic violence. This book offers insights into these women, detailing their motivations, their patterns of violence, and how they can be aided through psychological evaluation and proper expert testimony. The chapters in this volume also inclu...

Consultant Harry West is hired by the government in Hong Kong to evaluate a business deal promoted by the son of one of the richest men in Asia. But after Harry arrives in Hong Kong, he discovers the assignment is not what he expects. His client wants him to find evidence of money laundering and corruption, evidence that will kill the deal.Harry has no experience investigating criminal schemes. He harbors doubts about his courage, being all too aware that the people he might expose...

Readers are taken on a journey through 600 million years of evolution and Earth history. With his time-travel inducing Blunderbuss gun, the Colonel ventures through geologic time. He visits the Trilobite-filled seas of the Cambrian period, the steamy jungle of the Carboniferous, and the first flower-laden bushes of the Cretaceous with T-Rex lurking behind the bend. Horizontally Is the best way to view me Read me and enjoy!

A newly translated volume of the centuries-old spiritual epic of King Gesar.For centuries, the epic tale of Gesar of Ling has been told across Asia. This epic is a living oral tradition, performed widely by singers and bards and beloved especially in Tibet. Considered the longest single piece of literature in the world canon, the epic of Gesar chronicles the legend of King Gesar of Ling, a heroic figure known for his fearless leadership. The epic encompasses some 1...

Homelessness is growing in America and is a symptom of the economic and political devastation of ordinary life. Sacramento, California epitomizes both the forces producing homelessness and the organizing by homeless people of homeless people to create a new community to survive. It is an anecdotal account of homeless advocacy and self help organizing to struggle against financial power and government collusion.

In the Preface to the third volume, we described the evolution of this Series and the changes that have taken place in the field since the first volume appeared. The contents of the current volume continue the com mitment to a broadly based perspective on research related to con sciousness and self-regulation which was embodied in the previous three volumes. Chapters are included which consider the role of con sciousness in cognitive theory and clinical phenomena. Several of the contributi...