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At the age of thirty, Campbell Johnstone is a failure. When he tries to rekindle a relationship with childhood friend and rising Hollywood star Eve Sadler, he longs for the glitter of her success to rub off on him - but a single shocking night changes everything. When the dust settles, Cam's life is transformed.
A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists. From a longtime, much-admired activist, impassioned wildlife proponent and conservationist, former chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, four time Academy Award nominee, and Tony Award and two-time Emmy Award-winning actress. In Wild Things, Wild Places, Jane Alexander movingly, with a clear eye and a knowing, keen grasp of the issues and on what is being done in conservation and the worlds of science to help the planet's most endangered species to stay alive and thrive, writes of her steady and fervent immersion into the worlds of wildlife conservation, of her coming to know the scientists throughout the world--to her, the prophets in the wilderness--who are steeped in this work, of her travels with them--and on her own--to the most remote and forbidding areas of the world as they try to save many species, including ourselves.
"[The dramatist] has used his hero, a fighter based on the first Black heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Johnson ... as a symbol in part of Black aspiration"--Back cover.
Cleanse and heal yourself and your environment using simple smudging rituals and ceremonies. For millennia, Native Americans have burned sacred plants in a bowl or on a stick to clear space of negative energies and restore balance. These simple smudging rituals can change your life, too. Learn how to combine smudging with other ancient techniques to promote healing or to turn your home into a spiritual sanctuary. Celebrate a baby's birth with a gentle blessing that welcomes a new soul into the world. Begin each morning with a simple cleaning so you'll sail through the day with confidence and hope. This natural power is available to everyone.
Wellbeing and Mindfulness guides you through the maze of holistic living and explains clearly and concisely how to incorporate natural health, emotional healing and spirituality into everyday life with simple, effective information and techniques that work. Encyclopaedic in scope, this is a guide to enjoying a healthier, happier life in the twenty-first century. Ultimately practical, the book offers a concise blueprint to the whole field of holistic health and is packed with exercises and tips for the reader to try. The book helps demystify often complex topics, presenting them in clear terms, and allows the reader to choose their own approach, they can either work through the book as a mental, spiritual and physical primer, or simply adopt a pick-and-mix approach, experimenting with whatever therapies or techniques appeal most.
Text includes a catalog of the exhibition on Jane Alexander organized by the Museum of African Art, New York, 2012, along with additional contributions covering the artist's body of work from 1998 through 2009.
Actress Jane Alexander describes the experiences she had during the years she served as the head of the National Endowment for the Arts.
A genius at publicity before the term existed, Jane Franklin was a celebrity in the mid-19th century. This is her remarkable life, including her extensive travels, her years in Tasmania as the governor's wife, and her very public battle to save her husband, the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, from accusations of cannibalism. Winner of the 2014 National Biography Award In a period when most ladies sat at home with their embroidery, Jane Franklin achieved fame throughout the western world, and was probably the best travelled woman of her day. Alison Alexander traces the life of this inimitable woman, from her birth in late eighteenth-century London, her marriage at the ripe age of 36 years ...