Author: Janna Malamud Smith
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618446735
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Every parent has felt that certain dread: your toddler gets lost in the mall; your teenager isn't home by curfew; your third-grader walks to school alone. The psychotherapist Janna Malamud Smith rigorously argues that fear of child loss has the keenest effect on mothers and has proven to be a powerfuly underrated motivation for them throughout history. Bearing the brunt of responsibility for keeping children safe and healthy, mothers constantly accommodate to the need to be vigilant. Their fears make them vulnerable in many ways, affecting their daily lives in the workplace, at home, and within the social hierarchy. Smith takes the long view of this phenomenon, uncovering a buried message to mothers in advice books from the days of the Puritans to the present, in medicine and psychology, in art and literature. It is a history brimming with mothers' stories from ancient times to today. Like Arlie Hochschild's The Second Shift and Ann Crittenden's The Price of Motherhood, A Potent Spell confirms women's real experience of motherhood in America.
A Potent Spell
Author: Janna Malamud Smith
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618446735
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Every parent has felt that certain dread: your toddler gets lost in the mall; your teenager isn't home by curfew; your third-grader walks to school alone. The psychotherapist Janna Malamud Smith rigorously argues that fear of child loss has the keenest effect on mothers and has proven to be a powerfuly underrated motivation for them throughout history. Bearing the brunt of responsibility for keeping children safe and healthy, mothers constantly accommodate to the need to be vigilant. Their fears make them vulnerable in many ways, affecting their daily lives in the workplace, at home, and within the social hierarchy. Smith takes the long view of this phenomenon, uncovering a buried message to mothers in advice books from the days of the Puritans to the present, in medicine and psychology, in art and literature. It is a history brimming with mothers' stories from ancient times to today. Like Arlie Hochschild's The Second Shift and Ann Crittenden's The Price of Motherhood, A Potent Spell confirms women's real experience of motherhood in America.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618446735
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Every parent has felt that certain dread: your toddler gets lost in the mall; your teenager isn't home by curfew; your third-grader walks to school alone. The psychotherapist Janna Malamud Smith rigorously argues that fear of child loss has the keenest effect on mothers and has proven to be a powerfuly underrated motivation for them throughout history. Bearing the brunt of responsibility for keeping children safe and healthy, mothers constantly accommodate to the need to be vigilant. Their fears make them vulnerable in many ways, affecting their daily lives in the workplace, at home, and within the social hierarchy. Smith takes the long view of this phenomenon, uncovering a buried message to mothers in advice books from the days of the Puritans to the present, in medicine and psychology, in art and literature. It is a history brimming with mothers' stories from ancient times to today. Like Arlie Hochschild's The Second Shift and Ann Crittenden's The Price of Motherhood, A Potent Spell confirms women's real experience of motherhood in America.
The Apprentice Witch's Spell Book
Author: Marian Green
Publisher: Weldon Owen
ISBN: 9781681884431
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Modern witches are having a powerful moment. The Apprentice Witch’s Spellbook provides the most accessible collection of spells and charms for powerful women to embrace this moment Modern witches are having a moment. Far from the image of pointy hats huddled over a cauldron, today's witches are strong, powerful young women who are standing up for themselves and womankind. The millennial witchcraft movement is focused on feminism, political engagement, and empowerment. This collection of more than 40 spells and magic charms, written by experienced witchcraft author Marian Green, is designed to encourage readers to embrace elemental magic, the power of the planets, the magic of time, kitchen witching, and dream weaving to attract magic forces. • Contains three super potent “Emergency Use Only” spells printed on sealed pages—only for the most powerful of amateur witches.
Publisher: Weldon Owen
ISBN: 9781681884431
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Modern witches are having a powerful moment. The Apprentice Witch’s Spellbook provides the most accessible collection of spells and charms for powerful women to embrace this moment Modern witches are having a moment. Far from the image of pointy hats huddled over a cauldron, today's witches are strong, powerful young women who are standing up for themselves and womankind. The millennial witchcraft movement is focused on feminism, political engagement, and empowerment. This collection of more than 40 spells and magic charms, written by experienced witchcraft author Marian Green, is designed to encourage readers to embrace elemental magic, the power of the planets, the magic of time, kitchen witching, and dream weaving to attract magic forces. • Contains three super potent “Emergency Use Only” spells printed on sealed pages—only for the most powerful of amateur witches.
The Good Spell Book
Author: Gillian Kemp
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316045667
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Take control of your life with this essential handbook of 85 everyday easy spells for the modern witch, revised with 10 new spells and filled with beautiful illustrations and helpful tips. Every witch needs a book of spells... The world's most popular fortune-telling techniques—crystal balls, tarot cards, and palm-reading—originated with the Romany people, whose belief in magic, spell-casting, and prophecy has endured for nine centuries. Now you can bring the power of these time-honored magical traditions into your everyday life with this beautifully illustrated new edition of Gillian Kemp’s The Good Spell Book. The 85 easy-to-follow spells, including 10 new ones, make use of common ingredients like candles, flowers, ribbon, and string, and they can help solve problems we all face, from attracting the one you love to improving your health to landing your dream job. Whether you’re a complete beginner, advanced spell caster, or simply curious, these spells will increase your self-worth and empower you to lead a healthier, happier, and more fulfilled life.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316045667
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Take control of your life with this essential handbook of 85 everyday easy spells for the modern witch, revised with 10 new spells and filled with beautiful illustrations and helpful tips. Every witch needs a book of spells... The world's most popular fortune-telling techniques—crystal balls, tarot cards, and palm-reading—originated with the Romany people, whose belief in magic, spell-casting, and prophecy has endured for nine centuries. Now you can bring the power of these time-honored magical traditions into your everyday life with this beautifully illustrated new edition of Gillian Kemp’s The Good Spell Book. The 85 easy-to-follow spells, including 10 new ones, make use of common ingredients like candles, flowers, ribbon, and string, and they can help solve problems we all face, from attracting the one you love to improving your health to landing your dream job. Whether you’re a complete beginner, advanced spell caster, or simply curious, these spells will increase your self-worth and empower you to lead a healthier, happier, and more fulfilled life.
My Father is a Book
Author: Janna Malamud Smith
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1619022001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Bernard Malamud was one of the most accomplished American novelists of the postwar years. From the Pulitzer Prize winner The Fixer as well as The Assistant, named one of the best "100 All–Time Novels" by Time Magazine—to mention only two of the more than a dozen published books—he not only established himself in the first rank of American writers but also took the country's literature in new and important directions. In her signature memoir, Smith explores her renowned father's life and literary legacy. Malamud was among the most brilliant novelists of his era, and counted among his friends Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Theodore Roethke, and Shirley Jackson. Yet Malamud was also very private. Only his family has had full access to his personal papers, including letters and journals that offer unique insight into the man and his work. In her candid, evocative, and loving memoir, his daughter brings Malamud to vivid life.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1619022001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Bernard Malamud was one of the most accomplished American novelists of the postwar years. From the Pulitzer Prize winner The Fixer as well as The Assistant, named one of the best "100 All–Time Novels" by Time Magazine—to mention only two of the more than a dozen published books—he not only established himself in the first rank of American writers but also took the country's literature in new and important directions. In her signature memoir, Smith explores her renowned father's life and literary legacy. Malamud was among the most brilliant novelists of his era, and counted among his friends Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Theodore Roethke, and Shirley Jackson. Yet Malamud was also very private. Only his family has had full access to his personal papers, including letters and journals that offer unique insight into the man and his work. In her candid, evocative, and loving memoir, his daughter brings Malamud to vivid life.
An Absorbing Errand
Author: Janna Malamud Smith
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1619021277
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
An Absorbing Errand uses stories of artists' lives, personal anecdotes, and insights from the author's work as a psychotherapist to examine the psychological obstacles that prevent people from staying with, and relishing, the process of art–making. Each chapter is devoted to a problem intrinsic to the creative process and illustrates how these very obstacles, once understood, can become prime sources of the energy that actually fuels the mastery of art–making. Ultimately, An Absorbing Errand provides a philosophical, historical, and analytical look at the creative impulse and how certain artists from a wide field mastered their craft. From Julia Child to Charlie Chaplin, Lady Gaga to Michael Jackson, famous painters to established writers, Smith shows us how each overcame the obstacles they faced in the pursuit of their creative visions. Many people carry within their hearts an aching sense that they have something they want to express through art; or that they will not feel complete until they've brought out some hidden part of themselves. Yet they cannot begin to do the work of bringing their creative idea into the world. Or, maybe they've begun over and over, but they can't stay with their labor long enough to finish it. An Absorbing Errand is a supportive companion, an enlightened and compassionate ballast, a guide for anyone who has ever picked up a pencil to write, or a paint brush to paint, or any tool —from chisel to loom— to pursue any serious craft, and then put it down again frustrated, discouraged, and unable to continue. An Absorbing Errand is unlike any book about creating art of any kind, and aspiring and working artists alike will find it both original and invaluable.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1619021277
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
An Absorbing Errand uses stories of artists' lives, personal anecdotes, and insights from the author's work as a psychotherapist to examine the psychological obstacles that prevent people from staying with, and relishing, the process of art–making. Each chapter is devoted to a problem intrinsic to the creative process and illustrates how these very obstacles, once understood, can become prime sources of the energy that actually fuels the mastery of art–making. Ultimately, An Absorbing Errand provides a philosophical, historical, and analytical look at the creative impulse and how certain artists from a wide field mastered their craft. From Julia Child to Charlie Chaplin, Lady Gaga to Michael Jackson, famous painters to established writers, Smith shows us how each overcame the obstacles they faced in the pursuit of their creative visions. Many people carry within their hearts an aching sense that they have something they want to express through art; or that they will not feel complete until they've brought out some hidden part of themselves. Yet they cannot begin to do the work of bringing their creative idea into the world. Or, maybe they've begun over and over, but they can't stay with their labor long enough to finish it. An Absorbing Errand is a supportive companion, an enlightened and compassionate ballast, a guide for anyone who has ever picked up a pencil to write, or a paint brush to paint, or any tool —from chisel to loom— to pursue any serious craft, and then put it down again frustrated, discouraged, and unable to continue. An Absorbing Errand is unlike any book about creating art of any kind, and aspiring and working artists alike will find it both original and invaluable.
Methodist Magazine and Review
Author: William Henry Withrow
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Armour of Light
Author: Thomas Lim
Publisher: Armour Publishing Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9789814045230
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Publisher: Armour Publishing Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9789814045230
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Spell Jars for Beginners
Author: Anita Gonzalez
Publisher: XinXii
ISBN: 3989111957
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The use of spell jars can be traced all the way back to ancient times, and evidence of rituals that are very similar can be discovered in a wide variety of cultures and traditions. One of the earliest examples comes from Ancient Egypt, where magic spells were written on papyrus or pieces of pottery and buried in tombs. These items were then discovered centuries later. Citizens in ancient Greece and Rome were known to protect themselves by carrying amulets and talismans with them at all times. It was also usual practice for them to employ little containers that were stuffed with various herbs and other components. During the Middle Ages in Europe, spell jars were known as witch bottles and were used to ward off evil spirits or to curse an enemy. These bottles were typically used to hold urine, hair, and fingernails before being buried on the property of the individual who had performed the spell. In some cases, the bodies were even found buried within the walls of the dwellings or beneath the floors. The use of spell jars in North America can be traced back to the African diaspora and the practice of Hoodoo, which is a form of African American folk magic. In Hoodoo, the jars are believed to hold the power to cast spells. Hoodoo practitioners produced and used spell jars filled with herbs, roots, and other substances for a variety of purposes, including love spells, money spells, and protection spells.
Publisher: XinXii
ISBN: 3989111957
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The use of spell jars can be traced all the way back to ancient times, and evidence of rituals that are very similar can be discovered in a wide variety of cultures and traditions. One of the earliest examples comes from Ancient Egypt, where magic spells were written on papyrus or pieces of pottery and buried in tombs. These items were then discovered centuries later. Citizens in ancient Greece and Rome were known to protect themselves by carrying amulets and talismans with them at all times. It was also usual practice for them to employ little containers that were stuffed with various herbs and other components. During the Middle Ages in Europe, spell jars were known as witch bottles and were used to ward off evil spirits or to curse an enemy. These bottles were typically used to hold urine, hair, and fingernails before being buried on the property of the individual who had performed the spell. In some cases, the bodies were even found buried within the walls of the dwellings or beneath the floors. The use of spell jars in North America can be traced back to the African diaspora and the practice of Hoodoo, which is a form of African American folk magic. In Hoodoo, the jars are believed to hold the power to cast spells. Hoodoo practitioners produced and used spell jars filled with herbs, roots, and other substances for a variety of purposes, including love spells, money spells, and protection spells.
Protectors of Emperia
Author: Giovanni Uzokwe
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663214271
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Sabrina is a senior at Denver High School, and on her first day manages to end up in detention with Simon and Miles. Then, something wild happens. They’re thrown into a void and travel to a new world where magic is real. Surprisingly, Sabrina’s mom has magic and begins to mentor both Sabrina and her friends, increasing their abilities and improving their skill. Sabrina loves her new life until her session with Lionel Tucker when she and her pals accidentally end up in the lair of Emperia’s arch nemesis. When Sabrina first came to this world of magic, she was unwanted and unwelcome. Now, there’s no more time for sulking. Sabrina must find strength and put the past behind her. She will either step bravely into this new world and save her friends or be trapped forever.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663214271
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Sabrina is a senior at Denver High School, and on her first day manages to end up in detention with Simon and Miles. Then, something wild happens. They’re thrown into a void and travel to a new world where magic is real. Surprisingly, Sabrina’s mom has magic and begins to mentor both Sabrina and her friends, increasing their abilities and improving their skill. Sabrina loves her new life until her session with Lionel Tucker when she and her pals accidentally end up in the lair of Emperia’s arch nemesis. When Sabrina first came to this world of magic, she was unwanted and unwelcome. Now, there’s no more time for sulking. Sabrina must find strength and put the past behind her. She will either step bravely into this new world and save her friends or be trapped forever.
A Study of Martesian Magic
Author: Huw Siddle
Publisher: Huw Siddle
ISBN: 139323190X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Martel's War left an impact upon the Six Roads that can never be forgotten. The "Breath-Stealer" and his attempted revolution ushered in an era of fear across citizens under the Journeying Throne, fuelled by Martel's signature, sinister magic that left his opponents choking on thin air. Even three centuries hence, the shadow of Martel's actions casts a pall over the Roads; a pall that Talarak Sensip argues has prevented proper investigation of a uniquely practical school of magic. In this early paper, one of the first of Sensips' illustrious career and recreated exactly as originally written, the newly-Artificed scholar develops his now-standard arguments for the inclusion of Martesian-school magic into the wider study of magic as a whole, and develops the first seeds of what would eventually become his standout academic movement for the decoupling of magical studies from historical events. Sensip has become his own part of the Six Roads' history; he starts that development here, with a scholar unlike any other.
Publisher: Huw Siddle
ISBN: 139323190X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Martel's War left an impact upon the Six Roads that can never be forgotten. The "Breath-Stealer" and his attempted revolution ushered in an era of fear across citizens under the Journeying Throne, fuelled by Martel's signature, sinister magic that left his opponents choking on thin air. Even three centuries hence, the shadow of Martel's actions casts a pall over the Roads; a pall that Talarak Sensip argues has prevented proper investigation of a uniquely practical school of magic. In this early paper, one of the first of Sensips' illustrious career and recreated exactly as originally written, the newly-Artificed scholar develops his now-standard arguments for the inclusion of Martesian-school magic into the wider study of magic as a whole, and develops the first seeds of what would eventually become his standout academic movement for the decoupling of magical studies from historical events. Sensip has become his own part of the Six Roads' history; he starts that development here, with a scholar unlike any other.