books about: metaphors     books:       Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors10 reviews Susan Sontag Picador, 2001 This book changed my life This is a quote from the book that I would consider its thesis statement: 'Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and can be cured by will power are always an index of how much is not understood about a disease. Moreover, there is a peculiarly modern predilection for psychological explanations of disease...Psychologizing seems to provide control...over which people have no ...             Metaphors We Live By29 reviews George Lakoff, Mark Johnson University Of Chicago Press, 1980 Applicable to many disciplines I read this book back in the 90s while I was studying psycho-linguistics as an undergrad and then grad student. My linguistic interest aptly augmented my interest for roles in information technology - implementation and management (ie communication principles, hierarchical, object-oriented, top-down, bottom-up, etc analysis and implementation are all good examples of applied abstraction, which ...             Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, ...40 reviews Anita A. Johnston PhD. Gurze Books, 2000 Unique approach to eating disorders Reading this book has been wonderful for me. It provides survival tools in the form of stories and metaphors so they are easy to remember and call on when in distress. It separates weight from the issue, and suggests a more holistic and psychological approach toward resolution. I recommend this for anyone who suffers from anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder or compulsive eating ...             Say It With Charts: The Executive's Guide to Visual Communication15 reviews Gene Zelazny McGraw-Hill, 2001 Getting the point across As an equity analyst, consultant, and communication specialist, I saw - and made - dozens of colorful presentations with the best charts that excel can draw that simply didn't work. After the failed presentation, a consultant or analyst who knows how to get his point across will draw a simple diagram or chart on a white board that will be far more convincing and effective than the entire ...             Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors24 reviews W. W. Norton & Company, 1990 a great professional book full of ideas As a hypnotherapist, I've been using this book for many years. I always find something inspiring in it, whatever the topic or scenarios I am looking for . I just bought a second copy of it for my second ofice. gaby pierre chami, switzerland             Reading the Bible Again For the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally72 reviews Marcus J. Borg HarperSanFrancisco, 2002 Don't let literalism get in the way of your understanding and faith A gentle presentation of the historical-metaphorical way of reading the Bible: both the Old and New Testaments. Borg writes about "postcritical naivete" as a way of listening to Bible stories once one can no longer believe they are literally true. There's much good material about the Old Testament. I especially found the chapter on "Reading the Prophets Again" helpful. As for the New ...             The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine Matthew Fox New World Library, 2008 It is no secret that men are in trouble today. From war to ecological collapse, most of the world?s critical problems stem from a distorted masculinity out of control. Yet our culture rewards the very dysfunctions responsible for those problems. To Matthew Fox, our crucial task is to open our minds to a deeper understanding of the healthy masculine than we receive from our media, culture, and religions. Popular religion forces the punitive ...             Marketing Metaphoria: What Deep Metaphors Reveal About the Minds of Consumers8 reviews Gerald Zaltman, Lindsay H. Zaltman Harvard Business School Press, 2008 Getting managers thinking Another great book from Zaltman, with more excellent insights into the way people think. I found it a more straightforward read than the excellent 'How Customers Think'. And it has an even blunter message for managers: "Start paying proper attention to how your customers really make their buying decisions, or miss out!" As a metaphor elicitation specialist I was wowed by some of the fine ...             I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and ...18 reviews Mardy Grothe Collins, 2008 A Master Chef of Wordsmithery I could peruse this latest book by Dr. Mardy for hours and never tire of it. As a writer who enjoys quotations of all sorts I have long been a big fan of Dr. Mardy Grothe's weekly column. With i never metaphor i didn't like, he has so won my heart that it is now and always the first place I will ever look to discover helpful quotations to illustrate or embellish my thoughts. So long Bartlett's, ...             Metaphorically Selling21 reviews Anne Miller Chiron Assoc Inc, 2004 If you buy only one book on selling, buy this book First let me say I am not an author scatching another authors back (I don't know about you, but I don't even read reviews by other authors because they all reveiw each others books. It is much more helpful to me when I read a review from another salesperson, someone who is in the trenchs or came from the trenchs. I do not know the author, never heard of the author before this book, am not a ...             Narrative Therapy: The Social Construction of Preferred Realities12 reviews Jill Freedman, Gene Combs W. W. Norton & Company, 1996 Author Review - EXCELLENT! Narrative Therapy by Jill Freedman & Gene Combs is perhaps one of the best theraputic books I have read. As an author and human services worker, I am always looking for titles that will help me assist client's with their needs. That said, this book is a must read for anyone who wants to work through problems such as depression, anger and societal connections. I highly recommend this book - the ...             Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom ... Marshall D. Sahlins University of Michigan Press, 1981 Hawaiian culture as it met foreign traders and settlers is the context for Sahlins's structuralist methodology of historical interpretation             Therapeutic Metaphors: Helping Others Through the Looking Glass3 reviews David Gordon Meta Publications, 1978 Always have a story to tell I was going to buy the book by George Burns who wrote 101 healing metaphors. I read portions of that book, and the stories I read were excellent. More recently I was listening to a conference call with Kenrick Cleveland, an NLP sales pioneer. During this call they mentioned Therapeutic Metaphors by David A. Gordon, and how good this book was, a must read. Then they said something that made ...             Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor19 reviews Joseph Campbell New World Library, 2001 Awesome Joseph Campbell puts things in such vivid perspective. It is good to have him helping us with images and metaphors like he does. While readers wouldn't stand for the likes of French Philosopher Paul Ricoeur on the subject of Myth, Campbell guides the bulk of general readership into the density of this complex subject making it seem so simple. And that is why this book is so powerful. Though I ...             More than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor3 reviews George Lakoff, Mark Turner University Of Chicago Press, 1989 The "Aha!" Factor Reading "More Than Cool Reason" will be a breath of fresh air to anyone who has not yet encountered the "Lakoff-Johnson-Turner" bibliography on metaphor human thought. I found this more helpful than "Metaphors We Live By" (Lakoff & Johnson), since it deals with specific texts (e.g., "Because I could not stop for Death", "Sonnet 73" (Shakespeare), "By the Light of the Jasmine Moon"), which anchors ...             Faith Metaphors: 50 Interactive Object Lessons for Youth Ministry2 reviews Group Publishing, 2001 youth ministry This book has a lot of usefull ideas and lessons. It is a great help to build lessons for youth ministry.             The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion11 reviews Joseph Campbell New World Library, 2002 Waiting For A New Mythology In THE INNER REACHES OF OUTER SPACE Joseph Campbell repeats some of the familiar observations of his earlier works in which he shows how certain mythic motifs can be found buried in all of the world's religious traditions. The similarities may not be easily recognized because the same motifs are usually understood and developed in different ways because of cultural differences. These repetitive ...             Playful Approaches to Serious Problems: Narrative Therapy With Children and Their Families (Norton ...6 reviews Jennifer Freeman, David Epston, ... W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 Helpful and well writen Provides original solutions to tough and common problems. I found that I was able to apply the concepts and suggestions, both personally, and in my practice, effortlessly. I bought it for every therapist I knew.             Metaphors Dictionary2 reviews Visible Ink Press, 2001 Indespensable for new writers Simply priceless: thorough, insightful, analytical, and easy to use. Five stars. Amen             Intuitive Leadership: Embracing a Paradigm of Narrative, Metaphor, and Chaos (emersion: Emergent Village ...8 reviews Tim Keel Baker Books, 2007 What we have been waiting for If you have been going around in the Postmodern conversation for any amount of time, or are at all curious about the "Emergent Church", or are feeling like you keep stubbing the big toe of your faith, here is some real help. And do not let the title keep any one from reading. This is not just one more dry book on leadership. It is for you. 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