The Land Of Magical Thinking
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The Land Of Magical Thinking
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Author : Gregory Blecha
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2011-11-22
The Land Of Magical Thinking written by Gregory Blecha and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-22 with Fiction categories.
An elegant allegory, The Land of Magical Thinking asks the question, "What would America be like if the Great Depression never ended?"
The Year Of Magical Thinking
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Author : Joan Didion
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2007-02-13
The Year Of Magical Thinking written by Joan Didion and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • From one of America’s iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion that explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage—and a life, in good times and bad—that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill with what seemed at first flu, then pneumonia, then complete septic shock. She was put into an induced coma and placed on life support. Days later—the night before New Year’s Eve—the Dunnes were just sitting down to dinner after visiting the hospital when John Gregory Dunne suffered a massive and fatal coronary. In a second, this close, symbiotic partnership of forty years was over. Four weeks later, their daughter pulled through. Two months after that, arriving at LAX, she collapsed and underwent six hours of brain surgery at UCLA Medical Center to relieve a massive hematoma. This powerful book is Didion’ s attempt to make sense of the “weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness ... about marriage and children and memory ... about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself.
The Year Of Magical Thinking
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Author : Joan Didion
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Year Of Magical Thinking written by Joan Didion and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Grief categories.
[In this book, the author] explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage - and a life, in good times and bad - that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill with what seemed at first flu, then pneumonia, then complete septic shock. She was put into an induced coma and placed on life support. Days later - the night before New Year's Eve - the Dunnes were just sitting down to dinner after visiting the hospital when John Gregory Dunne suffered a massive and fatal coronary. In a second, this close, symbiotic partnership of forty years was over. Four weeks later, their daughter pulled through. Two months after that, arriving at LAX, she collapsed and underwent six hours of brain surgery at UCLA Medical Center to relieve a massive hematoma. This ... book is Didion's attempt to make sense of the "weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness ... about marriage and children and memory ... about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself."--Jacket.
The 7 Laws Of Magical Thinking
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Author : Matthew Hutson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-07-01
The 7 Laws Of Magical Thinking written by Matthew Hutson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-01 with Science categories.
Why do rational people buy notions that seem utterly incredulous? (And that includes you.) Everyone – even the most jaded and sceptical – believes in ‘magic’, in the form of luck, mind over matter, the power of similarities, jinxes, and destiny. In this wonderful exploration of psychology, Matthew Hutson takes us on a fascinating tour of magical thinking in everyday life, revealing the healing power of John Lennon’s piano; the reason gamblers kiss their tickets; and why admitting you have no free will staves off addiction.
Pragmatic Magical Thinking
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Author : Ari Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Aeon Books
Release Date : 2023-10-31
Pragmatic Magical Thinking written by Ari Freeman and has been published by Aeon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-31 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Reclaiming magic and magical thought in the modern, mainstream world The modern Western world has often raised its eyebrows at magic, associating it with madness and superstition. However, this ignore the fact of the matter that magic is a universal human experience which has existed in a multitude of forms across time and space. Now, in his groundbreaking book, Ari Freeman presents his argument that magic is still a human universal - we’ve just forgotten how to talk about it! Laying out clear and concise arguments, Pragmatic Magical Thinking will enlighten readers to how magic can be a practical approach to achieving real world results, drawing on evidence from science, philosophy, history and anthropology. For both beginners at magic, and the long practicing witch or wizard, Ari Freeman’s book is a breath of fresh air for the world of magical studies, inviting readers to join him in placing magic in it’s rightful place as a serious and mainstream subject of conversation and enquiry. Pragmatic Magical Thinking covers a wide and comprehensive selection of subjects in relation to your magical education. These include, but are not limited to: magic and memory, spirits, belief, magic in everyday life, science and magic, religion and magic, Kabbalist cosmology and morality.
Magic And The Mind
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Author : Eugene Subbotsky
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-31
Magic And The Mind written by Eugene Subbotsky and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-31 with Psychology categories.
Magical thinking and behavior have traditionally been viewed as immature, misleading alternatives to scientific thought that in children inevitably diminish with age. In adults, these inclinations have been labeled by psychologists largely as superstitions that feed on frustration, uncertainty, and the unpredictable nature of certain human activities. In Magic and the Mind, Eugene Subbotsky provides an overview of the mechanisms and development of magical thinking and beliefs throughout the life span while arguing that the role of this type of thought in human development should be reconsidered. Rather than an impediment to scientific reasoning or a byproduct of cognitive development, in children magical thinking is an important and necessary complement to these processes, enhancing creativity at problem-solving and reinforcing coping strategies, among other benefits. In adults, magical thinking and beliefs perform important functions both for individuals (coping with unsolvable problems and stressful situations) and for society (enabling mass influence and promoting social harmony). Operating in realms not bound by physical causality, such as emotion, relationships, and suggestion, magical thinking is an ongoing, developing psychological mechanism that, Subbotsky argues, is integral in the contexts of politics, commercial advertising, and psychotherapy, and undergirds our construction and understanding of meaning in both mental and physical worlds. Magic and the Mind represents a unique contribution to our understanding of the importance of magical thinking, offering experimental evidence and conclusions never before collected in one source. It will be of interest to students and scholars of developmental psychology, as well as sociologists, anthropologists, and educators.
Magical Thinking
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Author : Oliver Latchford
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2024-05-09
Magical Thinking written by Oliver Latchford and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-09 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Latchford introduces the rational skeptic to the possibility of magic but without stupefying him with new age affirmations. He looks at the way human goes about solving his everyday problems, and how the use of fiction (and myth) is key to this process. The manuscript is in itself a ritual of invocation, a journey into the irrational. It impresses upon the reader to awaken inside an interactive reality―an unfolding storyline in which he must play the lead role. Through his command of idiom and metaphor, human can awaken to an unspeakable mystery-the irresistible force of a storyline when it is in full flow. It is the story of the self that is on one hand real, and on the other fictional. For the human 'soul' is conceived inside the body of a storyline-born of an elaborate fiction so that it might become real. The self cannot exist without the story of the self being told. It identifies with every hero, and sometimes the villain is the real hero.
To The End Of The Land
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Author : David Grossman
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-12-07
To The End Of The Land written by David Grossman and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-07 with Fiction categories.
Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is about to celebrate her son Ofer's release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. Instead of waiting at home for the 'notifiers' who could arrive at any moment to tell her of her son's fate, she sets off for a hike in Galilee, leaving no forwarding address. If a mother is not there to receive the news, a son cannot die, can he? Recently estranged from her husband, Ora drags along an unlikely companion: their former best friend and her former lover Avram, the man who in fact turns out to be her son's biological father. As they sleep out in the hills, ford rivers and cross valleys, Ora recounts, step by step and word by word, the story of her son's birth, life and possible death, in one mother's magical, passionate and heartbreaking attempt to keep her son safe from harm.
Year Of Magical Thinking Assortment
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Author : Sinclair Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Year Of Magical Thinking Assortment written by Sinclair Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Rules Of Summer
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Author : Shaun Tan
language : en
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Release Date : 2017-06
Rules Of Summer written by Shaun Tan and has been published by Hodder Children's Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Describes the relationship between two young boys, whose friendship is tested by difficult stituations. Rules are broken, with surprising consequences, but eventually friendship is restored. A sophisticated picture book.