Download or read book Practical Fairy Tales for Everyday Living written by Marty Levinson's and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-02-19 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Heritage Dictionary defines the term "fairy tale" as a fictitious, highly fanciful story or explanation. Can such a narrative furnish pragmatic advice on important topics like sound thinking, overcoming indecisiveness, stress reduction, emotional self-management, and getting along better with others? This book, Practical Fairy Tales for Everyday Living, shows that it can. Practical Fairy Tales for Everyday Living provides twenty-five highly fanciful stories featuring characters who successfully battle a variety of personal problems and mishaps through the formulations of general semantics, a science-based "self-help" system designed to assist individuals to better evaluate and understand everyday difficulties. (Steve Allen, polymath and author of numerous books, including Dumbth: 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter, lists as Idea Number 81: Learn general semantics.) While the stories are not true in the literal sense of that word, the British pundit G.K. Chesterton observed that "Fairy tales are more than true-not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten." Some of the stories you will find here contain plot elements from familiar literary classics and children's fairy tales. Other yarns offer completely original scenarios. All the stories have in common a desire to inform and entertain with a bit of humor. That was my purpose in writing these tales, and I hope that is your experience in reading them.

Download or read book Finding Your Fairy Tale Ending written by Dechari Cole and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The true story of a girl in search of happiness and love :a search that leads her through the wild and unpredictable world of friendships, dating, heartbreak, and loneliness."--Amazon.

Download or read book Fairy Tales Can Change Your Life written by Alison Davies and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and empowering guide to using the symbolism, themes and archetypes in fairytales to improve your life using practical, creative exercises. Fight your fears, gain confidence and unlock your future using the power of fairy tales We first engage with fairy tales in childhood and they never leave us. From the "rescuer" Prince Charming to the scary, shapeshifting wolf in Little Red Riding Hood, the characters, symbolism and narratives in these stories are embedded deep within our psyches. This book offers a whole host of tips, creative activities and inspiring illustrations to help you draw on the latent power of fairy tales and apply their magic to your everyday life. These include storyboarding your own fairy tale to boost your imagination, devising a quest to build energy and confidence, and identifying your inner hero to improve your problem solving.

Download or read book Modern Fairies Dwarves Goblins Other Nasties written by Lesley M. M. Blume and published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated reference to the world of modern fairies shares practical advice for recognizing good and bad fairies and includes eight cautionary tales about fairy encounters in New York.

Download or read book The Enchanted Life written by Sharon Blackie and published by September Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of natural wonders, practical guidance and life-changing empowerment, by the author of the word-of-mouth bestseller If Women Rose Rooted. 'To live an enchanted life is to pick up the pieces of our bruised and battered psyches, and to offer them the nourishment they long for. It is to be challenged, to be awakened, to be gripped and shaken to the core by the extraordinary which lies at the heart of the ordinary. Above all, to live an enchanted life is to fall in love with the world all over again.' The enchanted life has nothing to do with escapism or magical thinking: it is founded on a vivid sense of belonging to a rich and many-layered world. It is creative, intuitive, imaginative. It thrives on work that has heart and meaning. It loves wild things, but returns to an enchanted home and garden. It respects the instinctive knowledge, ethical living and playfulness, and relishes story and art. Taking the inspiration and wisdom that can be derived from myth, fairy tales and folk culture, this book offers a set of practical and grounded tools for reclaiming enchantment in our lives, giving us a greater sense of meaning and of belonging to the world.

Download or read book The Practical Princess and Other Liberating Fairy Tales written by Jay Williams and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Book of Magic written by Alice Hoffman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master storyteller Alice Hoffman brings us the conclusion of the Practical Magic series in a spellbinding and enchanting final Owens novel brimming with lyric beauty and vivid characters. The Owens family has been cursed in matters of love for over three-hundred years but all of that is about to change. The novel begins in a library, the best place for a story to be conjured, when beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the deathwatch beetle and knows she has only seven days to live. Jet is not the only one in danger—the curse is already at work. A frantic attempt to save a young man’s life spurs three generations of the Owens women, and one long-lost brother, to use their unusual gifts to break the curse as they travel from Paris to London to the English countryside where their ancestor Maria Owens first practiced the Unnamed Art. The younger generation discovers secrets that have been hidden from them in matters of both magic and love by Sally, their fiercely protective mother. As Kylie Owens uncovers the truth about who she is and what her own dark powers are, her aunt Franny comes to understand that she is ready to sacrifice everything for her family, and Sally Owens realizes that she is willing to give up everything for love. The Book of Magic is a breathtaking conclusion that celebrates mothers and daughters, sisters and brothers, and anyone who has ever been in love.

Download or read book The Drug Problem written by Martin Levinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-08-30 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current approaches to the drug problem are not working and almost everyone agrees that more effective solutions are needed. This comprehensive volume offers a dynamic new approach to understanding and solving the drug problem. This text applies the techniques and formulations of general semantics to investigate and make recommendations about various aspects of drug abuse. General semantics, a process problem-solving approach based on the primacy of the scientific method and importance of language as a shaper of thoughts and perceptions, has a proven record of success in problem-solving across a wide variety of disciplines and fields. Topics examined include American drug history and policy, the legalization issue, drugs and creativity, treatment, and prevention. A chronological overview of drug-taking in human history and a resource guide are provided. One chapter offers an in-depth description of an effective drug abuse prevention model and a program using the model.

Download or read book The Folktale written by Stith Thompson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As interest in folklore increases, the folktale acquires greater significance for students and teachers of literature. The material is massive and scattered; thus, few students or teachers have accessibility to other than small segments or singular tales or material they find buried in archives. Stith Thompson has divided his book into four sections which permit both the novice and the teacher to examine oral tradition and its manifestation in folklore. The introductory section discusses the nature and forms of the folktale. A comprehensive second part traces the folktale geographically from Ireland to India, giving culturally diverse examples of the forms presented in the first part. The examples are followed by the analysis of several themes in such tales from North American Indian cultures. The concluding section treats theories of the folktale, the collection and classification of folk narrative, and then analyzes the living folklore process. This work will appeal to students of the sociology of literature, professors of comparative literature, and general readers interested in folklore.

Download or read book Search for the Soul in Everyday Living written by Wayne Bloomquist and published by Lotus Press. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excellent introduction to the Mother's teachings, including chapters on "to be conscious", concentration and meditation, progress, obstacles, etc. Search For The Soul gives the seekers practical steps which can be taken HERE AND NOW. In addition, it points out the direction and the goal, clearly and in a language that each one can grasp. The Mother's teachings touch the soul and reveal its nature with an immediacy and clarity which are undeniable.

Download or read book Symbols of the Soul written by Marianne Runberg and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 1993-03-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairy tales are part of our culture and history. They have been with many of us since we were children. During the last 20 years there has been an increasing interest in psychoanalytically-orientated interpretation of fairy tales, opening them up as a medium for therapy. The authors show that fairy tales can be used in therapy and guidance in a number of ways and on many different levels. They found that using such stories in their daily work proved beneficial for staff-members and patients alike, generating a response of interest, attention and sensitivity, underlining their point that fairy tales have an impact on, and importance for, everyone.

Download or read book Write Your Own Fairy Tale written by Siggy Flicker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Siggy Flicker knows that happily-ever-after isn’t a guarantee. You have to work for it. Readers will get a tried-and-true comprehensive guide to the first six months of dating and Siggy’s exclusive plan to get over heartbreak ensuring you’ll get from agony to over it in just six simple steps. Smart and sassy relationship expert Siggy Flicker is your new fairy godmother. Having matched more than a thousand couples and embraced her own second chance at love, she knows finding a prince is no picnic. Now she’s sharing the keys to building a fairy-tale romance, beginning with an honest assessment of what you really want to be happy. To help readers create the healthy, lasting relationships they deserve, Siggy is sharing her honest, empowering advice, including: • Define the relationship you want. • Forget what looks good “on paper.” • Take a break from your dating rut with a Dating Detox. • Learn how to make the most of the first five minutes. • Happily ever after means forever. Featuring practical exercises, real-life success stories, and lessons Siggy learned the hard way, Write Your Own Fairy Tale is a wake-up call for everyone looking for love—and a guide for making sure you get the happiness you truly deserve.

Download or read book The Enchanted Life written by Sharon Blackie and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking as her starting point the inspiration and wisdom that can be derived from myth, fairy tales, and folk culture, Dr. Sharon Blackie offers a set of practical and grounded tools for enchanting our lives and the places we live, so leading to a greater sense of meaning and of belonging to the world. Enchantment. By Dr. Blackie’s definition, a vivid sense of belongingness to a rich and many-layered world, a profound and whole-hearted participation in the adventure of life. Enchantment is a natural, spontaneous human tendency — one we possess as children, but lose, through social and cultural pressures, as we grow older. It is an attitude of mind which can be cultivated: the enchanted life is possible for anyone. It is intuitive, embraces wonder, and fully engages the mythic imagination — but it is also deeply embodied in ecology, grounded in place and community. To live this way is to be challenged, to be awakened, to be gripped and shaken to the core by the extraordinary which lies at the heart of the ordinary.

Download or read book The Nation written by and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Paradigms and Fairy Tales written by Julienne Ford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to the epistemology and practice of social science. It provides an exposition and critique of the ideology and practice of social science, and an examination of the professional social scientist as a manipulator of ideas and appearances.

Download or read book The Innocent Fairy Tales written by Mardus Öösaar and published by Creative Arts Management Ou. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you remember a Fairy Tale that you still think of fondly? If you want your kids to have the same fuzzy feeling, then keep reading... The Fairy Tales that our children read and hear are the very stories that lay the foundation for their CREATIVITY and SUCCESS.These are the stories that they reference their experiences back to. These are also the stories that they TEACH Your GRANDCHILDREN. This is why it is IMPORTANT for the stories to be not only entertaining but also Educational, moreover, teach the right mindset to ACHIEVE SUCCESS in Life. They say a picture is worth a thousand words and a thousand words can build an experience worth remembering. All inclusive. Mardus Öösaar's mission in writing is to empower the youth by giving them Universal Secrets so that every book is dedicated to understanding one side of Life. "Mardus Öösaar not only writes to entertain, but his message is filled with life and the truths that even most adults don't understand. His books are written in a wonderfully simple way. They move children and, in the long run, help them to move mountains!" - Anna-Maria Rebane primary school educator & pedagogist Within this Book, your kids will discover: The #1 skill that is crucial to DREAMING big. The magic words to being Kind and Compassionate to others. A Fantastic world of stimulating Stories to keep them hooked for days. Pictures and Characters they will accompany them well into adulthood. The 3 Secrets to start getting what they wish for in Life. Hone their ability to tell captivating stories - from a young age! The building blocks to form a Strong FAMILY LEGACY. Have you been looking for a book that will ensure that your child knows how to achieve success? "This Books"" will teach your children to go about modern-day life successfully even if they have forgotten about every other book since now. If you want your child to learn the most important parts of becoming successful, then scroll up and click the ADD TO CART button. Copyright (c) 2020 Creative Arts Management Company

Download or read book Ruined By Reading written by Lynne Sharon Schwartz and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2001-03-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of 1996 'Without books how could I have become myself?' In this wonderfully written meditation, Lynne Sharon Schwartz offers deeply felt insight into why we read and how what we read shapes our lives. An enchanting celebration of the printed word.