Packed with original stories and visualisations, this is a must-buy resource for teachers, trainers and therapists who are looking for new approaches to group work, or are simply story-telling enthusiasts. " An essential part of our professional development library and widely consulted" Fiona Balloch, Principal, Oxford House College, London

Collection of poems in cycles. The names of the cycles: "Love", "No what to do with that", "People", "I", "Moon, stars, night", "Rain", "Trees", "You know?". The poems in these cycles one way or another reflect the title/topic of the cycle.

The book contains a wide variety of stories: sad, funny, sublime, ironic, philosophical, surreal... Often in the stories of this collection there is a combination of melancholy and laughter, romance and pragmatism, absurdity and logic, as well as other interesting, unusual and unexpected mixes, syntheses.

Cycle of different poems dedicated to night, to nights, to stars, to starry sky, to night dreams, to night streets

Movie magic, family drama, and the man who helped shape Hollywood.From humble roots as the son of Jewish immigrants, Pandro S. Berman rose to become one of Hollywood's most prolific producers. Alongside boyhood friends Irving Thalberg and David O. Selznick, Pandro helped transform early cinema into a cultural force, shaping not just the studio system, but the very essence of America's image at home and around the world. His films didn't just reflect the 20...

A collection of short stories, both traditional and contemporary, many of which can best be described as "tales of power". Jürgen Kremer, transpersonal psychologist and spiritual practitioner, defines such texts as conscious verbal constructions based on numinous experiences in non-ordinary reality, "which guide individuals and help them to integrate the spiritual, mythical, or archetypal aspects of their internal and external experience in unique, meaningful, and fulfilling ways" (Kremer,...

A collection of stories and ballads that comprise a corpus of shamanic storytelling and praxis, as told by Michael Berman, a leading expert on storytelling as a tool and as an artform.Michael Berman BA, MPhil, PhD, works as a teacher and a writer. Publications include A Multiple Intelligences Road to an ELT Classroom and The Power of Metaphor for Crown House, and TheNature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story for Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Shamanic Journeys through Daghe...

"In a strange region he scales steep slopesFar from his friends he cuts a lonely figure…So momentous are his travels among the mountainsTo tell just a tenth would be a tall order"These lines from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight could also be used to describe the way of the shaman, because he/she lives a life apart from other too, and has difficulty in conveying in words just what it is that he/she experiences when journeying into other realities. Perhaps this i...

If you only had one wish to make, would you change your life, or would you change someone else's? Can a Goldfish find happiness in his dreary surroundings? Trapped in a tiny glass tank, a miserable goldfish makes it perfectly clear how disappointed he is with life. A series of wishes granted by a magic star reveal that the grass is not always greener on the other side. Will the fish ever find true happiness? Join him on his quest for a better life and his journey into selflessness in this ...

25 poems of love dedicated to my then girlfriend Gaynor. These are suitable whether you are straight or gay.

The Unspoken Depths of DepressionDepression is an immensely difficult struggle, one that can leave us feeling profoundly alone and unable to fully express the depths of our suffering. In therapy sessions, so much often goes unsaid about this insidious condition."things I felt but didn't say in therapy" gives a powerful voice to those dark, unspeakable moments. Through raw poetry, intimate vignettes, and candid personal reflections, it explores the inner tra...