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Yoga for Transformation: Ancient Teachings and Practices for Healing the Body, Mind and Heart, by Gary Kraftsow, Penguin, 2002, $18.00, 288 pp. While the physical
benefits of yoga are widely recognized by Westerners, its mental and spiritual advantages are not. In Yoga for Transformation Kraftsow attempts to
eradicate our ignorance with meditative exercises designed for sharpening the intellect and increasing self-awareness. Packed with photographs.
You Are Your First Name, by Ellin Dodge Young, Long Shadow Books, 1983, $6.95, 435 pp.
Whether your name's Aaron or Zoe it has a direct impact on your personality, according to You
Are Your First Name. The author uses numerology - assigning to each letter in the name a numerical
value and adding them together - to determine a person's major talent. She then breaks each letter down into
specific traits they contribute to the overall personality. It's wizardry which results in the best name
analyses ever published. (The author claims persons with my name are given to exaggeration.) Although interesting -
Jesus, Hitler and Siddhartha (Buddha) were all evangelists in their own right and each a number eleven - her decision not to list the numerological value
of each name alongside its definition seems shortsighted. To figure out a name's value, you have to do the math yourself.
You Have the Power: How to Take Back Our Country and Restore Democracy in America, by Howard Dean, Simon & Schuster, 2004, $19.95, 195 pp.
Recovering from the wreckage: Former presidential wannabe scream-like-a-banshee Howard Dean offers hope to shell-shocked Americans still grappling with the election of G. Dubya as Commander in Chief. In
You Have the Power, Dean outlines his strategy for taking back America from the extremists currently calling the shots on the Hill. It may prove to be a strategy that earns him a second look in 2008.
Your Organic Kitchen: Essential Guide to Selecting & Cooking Organic Foods, by Jesse Ziff Cool, Rodale Books, 2002, $18.95, 304 pp.
More than a seasonal cookbook - which it is - Your Organic Kitchen offers a history on organic farming methods and reasons why
going organic makes sense. In the hands of its author, organic is cool.
Your Vital Child: A Natural Healing Guide for Caring Parents, by Mark and Angela Stengler, Rodale, 2001, $19.95, 537 pp.
This is a comprehensive guide to identifying and treating ailments naturally, including preventive measures a parent can take such as
creating a caring environment for their child. A great reference source.
10,000 Dreams Interpreted, by Gustavus Hindman Miller, Barnes & Noble Books, 1996, 304 pp.
Contemporary thinking on dreams holds they're our way of purging the subconscious. Therefore, dream interpretation
usually paints in rather broad strokes, avoiding pointed declarations of what the dream imagery might be foretelling. Not so with Miller's
book. 10,000 Dreams Interpreted is a big book that's big on literal interpretations of specific dreams. Written at
the turn of the last century, it offers rare insight into the practice of dream interpretation of the day. For instance,
to dream of a rat with a cauliflower ear is a sign you will be deceived and injured by your neighbors. Heavily illustrated.
101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body, by Elane Rehr and Brenda Lane Richardson, Quill, 2000, $13.00, 225 pp.
Rehr is a psychologist. Richardson is a journalist. Together they've come up with 101 ways to help young women love their bodies, the
premise being that all things icky in a girl's life stem from self-hate. Here's to a little less of that.
33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women's History: From Suffragettes to Skirt Lengths to the ERA, edited by T. Bolden, Crown Publishers, 2001, $12.95, 240 pp.
Besides having the longest title you're likely to encounter, 33 Things is a collection of all the bad stuff women have had to overcome in their fight for equality. A key to empowerment, after all, is
the knowledge of just how far you've come.
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