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STRANGER THAN FICTION
Brilliant performances by Will Ferrell,
Dustin Hoffman and Maggie Gyllenhall

Have you ever felt that you might be living someone else’s life or that maybe the life you are living is an illusion? STRANGER THAN FICTION, now available on DVD, looks at that question from a unique, whimsical, romantic, and endearing eye.

Meet Harold Crick (Will Ferrell), mild-mannered and utterly bored and boring agent for the IRS. Harold wakes up at the same time each morning, catches the same bus, eats the same lunch and dinner, and basically sleepwalks through his life until, one day, he hears a woman’s voice speaking about, of all things, Harold himself. At first, he thinks he’s imagining the voice, particularly after confirming with those around him that no one else other than Harold hears the voice.

Convinced that the voice is indeed a narration of his own life, Harold also is faced with falling in love with an irreverent young baker (Maggie Gyllenhall) whom he is auditing for the IRS. Ultimately, Harold finds an English professor (Dustin Hoffman) who helps Harold discover the truth of what is happening to him. When Harold actually recognizes that the voice he is hearing actually belongs to the author who is trying to finish her book, he becomes aware that he is indeed a character in her book and that he is about to face his own demise. Now what does he do????

The film is a simply amazing metaphor for the life that we live every day. Are we the author of that life or do we give that power away to others? Are we spiritual beings living a human existence so that we can play out the karma of our soul’s journey in this illusion we call life? What happens when we impact another’s life in such a powerful way that the course of life itself is changed? Can love indeed change everything, including our own destiny?

It is so sad and shocking to see the steady parade of unremitting and dark films that has been emanating from Hollywood the last several years. When, therefore, a film as charming and life affirming as STRANGER THAN FICTION comes along, it often gets lost in the shuffle, so to speak, and that was exactly the fate that befell the film when it opened theatrically in 2006. Now, however, the film can be treasured on DVD and I heartily recommend it as a sensational holiday film to be enjoyed by the whole family.
 


BOTANICAL BODY CARE
By Karin C. Uphoff

Take care of your body naturally with herbal recipes.

Just about everyone these days would love to know more about how to relieve stress, improve health, and prevent or even treat common ailments naturally without conventional drugs.

Mendocino, California based herbalist Karin C. Uphoff has published Botanical Body Care: Herbs and Healing for Your Whole Body.

This entertaining and enlightening book brings together the state-of-the-art in information and understanding about health and healing and herbal medicine. The book contains a wealth of knowledge on using herbs to treat basic problems holistically, with diet, well-established herbal formulas, and lifestyle changes, plus cleanses to revitalize each system of your body. This easy-to-use handbook contains 84 herbal recipes and is written in a reader friendly format.

“An insightful, articulate, literate and eminently usable book! Karin seamlessly integrates her perspective on how the body works with herbal and lifestyle insights, making this one of the best expressions of the cleanse-based herbalism I have read. Botanical Body Care is a perfect blend of the practical and inspirational - a welcome addition to the library of all concerned with holistic health care. “ David Hoffmann, Herbalist and author of The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal.

“I am especially impressed with the balance of this book: the diet and herbal suggestions, recipes, quotations, and especially the physiology, come together to create a holistic offering that fills a gap in the available herbal/health books.”

Donna d’Terra Herbalist, teacher and founder of the Herbalist Mentoring Network of Mendocino County.

“I found this book useful throughout, filled with excellent formulas and therapies for each body system, and helpful suggestions for maintaining health and well-being. Written with clarity, intelligence, and a healthy dose of spirit, Botanical Body Care is an exceptional tool for herbalists, students, and healthcare professionals interested in a more profound understanding of how herbs work in the body.” Rosemary Gladstar, Herbalist, and author of Herbal Healing for Women and The Gladstar Family Herbal.

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Think of an elephant
By Paul Bailey

Author Paul Bailey has sat in pitch black meditation caves inhabited by deadly snakes for days, traveled with gun smugglers across the Sulawesi Sea, witnessed a helicopter shoot up a wedding party in Mindanao and almost fell into the active volcano of Mt Agung. Paul is an internationally recognized public speaker, original thinker and educator.

THINK OF AN ELEPHANT: Combining Science and Spirituality for a Better Life is Paul’s debut novel. It took 16 years to write.

Proof that mind influences matter - “A breakthrough book, offering new dimensions for the mind sciences ... With its blend of physics and philosophy, cutting edge science and venerable wisdom – the practical and the spiritual – Think of an Elephant is a book you will cherish” – Dr. Russell D’Souza, Research Psychiatrist, Melbourne University, Australia.

Think of an Elephant answers the 8 big questions we all ask…What is reality? Do we have free will? What is life? Is the universe deterministic? What is consciousness? Will we ever have a theory of everything? What happens after you die? What comes after humans? THINK OF AN ELEPHANT!
 

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