A Knock in the Attic


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John Russell has been a highly regarded professional psychic for almost fifty years, reading for thousands of clients in over thirty countries around the world. As a paranormal investigator, he has physically experienced over eight hundred paranormal manifestations. A Knock in the Attic: True Ghost Stories & Other Spine-chilling Paranormal Adventures is his story, not only about his psychic awakening and the abundance of mind-blowing otherworldly confrontations he’s experienced but also about the point at which he lost his faith and gave up on himself, his psychic gifts, and the beings on the Other Side. But they didn't give up on him. A prequel of sorts to Russell’s first book, Riding with Ghosts, Angels, and the Spirits of the Dead, A Knock in the Attic begins with his first paranormal experience when he was five years old and follows the highlights of his development as a psychic and paranormal investigator into adulthood, explaining what it’s like to grow up psychic, to be inundated with real spiritual experiences, and, yes, sometimes even to question your spiritual gifts and the guidance from the Other Side.




Writing True Stories


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Patti Miller's best-selling Writing True Stories is the essential book for anyone who has ever wanted to write a memoir or explore the wider territory of creative nonfiction. It provides practical guidance and inspiration on a vast array of writing topics, including how to access memories, find a narrative voice, build a vivid world on the page, create structure, use research, and face the difficulties of truth-telling. It first develops a wide range of writing skills for beginners, and then challenges more experienced writers to extend their knowledge and practice of the genre into literary nonfiction, true crime, biography, the personal essay, the diary, and travel writing. It offers inspiration from other nonfiction writers, such as Joan Didion, Helen Garner, Robert Dessaix, and Zadie Smith. Whether you want to write your own memoir, investigate a wide-ranging political issue, explore an idea, or bring to life an intriguing history, this book will be your guide. Writing True Stories is practical and easy to use as well as an encouraging and insightful companion on the writing journey. Written in a warm, clear, and engaging style, it will get you started on the story you want to write – and keep you going until you get there.




Shadows of Love


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Where does someone find inspiration? If you ask a roomful of writers where they get theirs, you will probably get a room full of answers; all of them totally different from the next: For some, it can come in the form of a loved one; the one you picked up and held in your arms when they were born, or the one you held as they breathed their last breath. For some, it can be found in a walk on a brisk N.Y. autumn day sharing the sun with crimson colored leaves. For some, it can even be found in the smell of hot coffee brewing on a morning after... Or that illness that everyone feels at some time in their life but which the world's best doctors and surgeons can't put their hands on it to heal; heartache. Within the confines of the cover of this book, you will find a writer who has found her inspiration in all of these things and managed to take all of these special moments, place them in poetic form, and allow the reader to feel in their own right all of the things that consist of what we humans call life.




Forward From Here


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In a poignant compilation of never-before-published autobiographical essays, the author of Under a Wing and No More Words reflects on growing older, her famous parents, family secrets, and the transition out of middle age. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.




The Raggedy Tiger


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A book about a girl aged 8, who is a talent artist. She paints a raggedy looking tiger onto an old red brick wall and it comes to life under a blue moon.




The Buddha in the Attic


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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PEN/FAULKER AWARD WINNER • The acclaimed author of The Swimmers and When the Emperor Was Divine tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as “picture brides” a century ago in this "understated masterpiece ... that unfolds with great emotional power" (San Francisco Chronicle). In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys by boat, to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; from their experiences raising children who would later reject their culture and language, to the deracinating arrival of war. Julie Otsuka has written a spellbinding novel about identity and loyalty, and what it means to be an American in uncertain times.




Devocalized Woman


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God let me know early, in life that I had to speak up. I did not understand nor did I want to; but I began to realize I am an elocutionist in that I must speak-play a part for which no one has the script but Him. There is no time to rehearse lines; I have to live them. Revelations are opened to me as I go along; it is not that I will never be able to plan, it is that I will be able to do God's plan. I live the plan that gets me to my purpose and His will for my life, the life of those I encounter, and the people I love. Have you ever noticed that the invisible can be seen with the naked eye? It is relevant that people see you in the condition you were when those mighty winds blew, and made you seem to have been swept away! What people want and need to hear is, "what really happens and how to stop it from happening again and again. They want to know how to stop that destroyer. Therefore, the ministry of reassurance and encouragement are in place for us to increase our faith and to heal us in this constant battle. It has been a privilege to learn that, "He will not suffer thy foot to be moved" (Psalm 121:3; ASV). It may seem that I go from carnal to spiritual in an effort to express what we may go through when we try to be who God is making us to be, in our own power. There are no automatic changes that make us visibly glow at the sound of his name. We work hard for our existence and often wrestle within ourselves more so than with outside forces.







The Complete Idiot's Guide Dream Dictionary


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15,000 entries—from abduction to zebra . . . Everybody dreams—and now there’s a dream dictionary for everyone! With 15,000 entries, this reference showcases the most up-to-date vocabulary of dream symbols, such as cell phones. It also includes a dream thesaurus with handy list collections of entries by topic; a dream quiz that offers revealing insights into your dream personality; a section called “Tuck-in Time,” which provides terrific strategies for inviting, inducing, and remembering dreams; and a dream interpretation checklist, helping readers interpret their dreams step–by–step. • Popular reference dictionary format • Focuses on symbols, meanings, and interpretations




1 Dead in Attic


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"The columns in this book were previously published in The Times-picayune"--Title page verso.