Blending numerous heritages, wisdoms, and teachings, this powerfully wrought book encourages people to take charge of their lives, heal themselves, and grow. Movingly rendered, The Book of the Vision Quest is for all who long for renewal and personal transformation. In this revised edition—with two new chapters and added tales from vision questers—Steven Foster recounts his experiences guiding contemporary seekers. He recreates an ancient rite of passage—that of “dying,” “passing through,” and “being reborn”—known as a vision quest. A sacred ceremony that culminates in a three-day, three-night fast, alone, in a place of natural power, the vision quest is a mystical, practical, and intensely personal journey of self-knowledge.

The book of the vision quest: Personal transformation in the wilderness

Foster, Steven

Little, Meredith

Prentice-Hall Press

Discusses the American Indian ritual of the vision quest, explains its purpose, and tells how to adapt this rite for those seeking spiritual enlightenment

The Roaring of the Sacred River: The Wilderness Quest for Vision and Self-Healing

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Simon&Schuster

Over 2 Million Positive Discipline Books Sold! A Positive Approach To Helping Children With Special Needs Realize Their Potential 
Every child deserves to lead a happy and fulfilling life. For parents and teachers of children with special needs, helping their child to not only negotiate daily challenges, but to live fulfilling, meaningful lives, can be the most difficult challenge they will face.
Over the years, millions of parents and teachers have come to trust Jane Nelsen’s classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commonsense approach to childrearing. Now, the bestselling series addresses the specific challenges that parents and teachers of children with special needs face, and offers them straightforward advice for supporting them in positive ways. In these pages are practical solutions to challenges such as:
Learning to look beyond diagnostic labels ● Believing in each child's potential regardless of his/her stage of development ● Helping children integrate socially and interact with their peers ● Coping with the frustration that inevitably occurs when a child is being difficult ● Strengthening a child’s sense of belonging and significance ● And Many More!
Use this book to answer such questions as: • How do you accommodate a disability, while still teaching a child to try their best? • How do you help a child cope with anger they may have trouble expressing, especially when that anger may on some level be justified? • How do you teach a child who may struggle with seemingly straight forward tasks to contribute to the world around them in a way that will be meaningful to them?
“If you are raising or teaching a child with special needs, this book is a must-read. As the mother of a child with autism, my hopes and dreams for my son were no different than those of other parents. I wanted a parenting approach that helped my child grow up to be self confident, happy, and prepared for success in relationships, work, and life. I also needed practical, effective methods for addressing the significant, challenging behaviors I faced on a daily basis. Finally, in this amazing book, I found both….Thank you, thank you, thank you to the authors of this groundbreaking book.” - Rachel Fink Parks, MS, PCC

Positive Discipline for Children with Special Needs: Raising and Teaching All Children to Become Resilient, Responsible, and Respectful

Health, Fitness & Dieting

NELSEN, JANE

Raphael, Arlene

Psychology & Counseling

Harmony/Rodale/Convergent

Describes dangerous mammals, reptiles, spiders, insects, flowers, shrubs, trees, and mushrooms

A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants: North America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guide Series)

Caras, Roger A.

Science & Math

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

This guide is the most complete work ever written on the medicinal plants of western North America. It offers the best information in the world on the current popular and traditional uses of the nearly 500 species covered, much of it available for the first time. More than 530 color photographs illustrate the plants and their flowers, leaves, and fruits. The descriptive text combines scientific, ethnobotanical, and cross-cultural information, making this field guide unique. An index to medical topics is helpful for quickly locating information on specific ailments. Symbols next to the plant descriptions provide quick visual warnings for poisonous and allergenic plants. Organized by flower color for fast identification, this guide is an essential aid to appreciating native plants and the wild areas they inhabit.

A Peterson Field Guide To Western Medicinal Plants And Herbs (Peterson Field Guides)

HOBBS, CHRISTOPHER

Reference

Mariner Books

Featuring more than five hundred plants and herbs of western North America, an authoritative guide provides a wealth of information on these plants, including their location and their medicinal uses, accompanied by color photographs and an index toFeaturing more than five hundred plants and herbs of western North America, an authoritative guide provides a wealth of information on these plants, including their location and their medicinal uses, accompanied by color photographs and an index to medical topics that covers a vast array of ailments. Simultaneous. medical topics that covers a vast array of ailments. Simultaneous.

A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs (Peterson Field Guide Series)

Roger Tory Peterson Institute

national-wildlife-federation

Biological Sciences

The first comprehensive pocket-size guide to medicinal plants shows how to identify 500 of these plants. Each one is illustrated with a line drawing, and nearly half are also shown in color photos. The text includes information on where the plants are found and detailed descriptions of all their known uses, both folk remedies and those that have been scientifically proven.

A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants: Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series)

Houghton Mifflin (P)

This essential guide to safety in the field features 90 venomous animals and more than 250 poisonous plants and fungi. The 340 line drawings make identification fast and simple; 160 species are also illustrated with color photographs.

A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants: North America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guides)

Caras, Roger

With more than 300 photos, this new edition shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. Descriptive text includes information on where the plants are found, as well as their known medicinal uses. An index to medical topics, symbols next to plant descriptions, and organization of plants by colors all make this an essential guide to understanding the traditional medicinal uses of the plants around us. At a time when interest in herbs and natural medicine has never been higher, the second edition of this essential guide shows how to identify more than five hundred kinds of healing plants. More than three hundred new color photos illustrate their flowers, leaves, and fruits. The updated descriptive text includes information on where the plants are found as well as their known medicinal uses. An index to medical topics is helpful for quickly locating information on specific ailments, from asthma and headaches to colds and stomachaches. Symbols next to plant descriptions give readers a quick visual alert to plants that are poisonous or may cause allergic reactions. Organized by plant color for fast identification, this guide is an indispensable tool for understanding the traditional medicinal uses of the plants and herbs around us.

A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North American (Peterson Field Guide)

Duke, James A.

Alternative Medicine

With a completely revised and updated text, this exhaustive reference to the medicinal plants and herbs of Eastern and Central North America includes specific remedies for asthma, headaches, colds, stomachaches, depression, and many other common ailments.

A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series)

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