I can wholeheartedly (and wholebrainedly) say, since I'm both the author of this FAQ, and the book I'm recommending above all others to you, that if you were to read just ONE book about Tarot, it should be Rhapsodies of the Bizarre. It's not a very large book, and so can't possibly claim to be the most thorough treatment of Tarot, the game or deck of cards. No, that honor and tedium goes to Michael Dummett's bloated and seldom read 1980 The Game of Tarot.

In a way that includes the many things that are not right too. To learn by negative example is still to learn. However, since I like Thoth, and think it is still the most interesting tarot deck there is, I have to recommend first and foremost--- Contrary to what some people have suggested you do not need any background in AC's writings to take on this book.

Yes, it can be useful to read a selection of books but it should be realised that every author will have a slightly different interpretation of the cards' meanings. This can be very confusing to the beginner when each book has slightly different meanings for the cards. As your studying of the cards progresses then you will develop your own interpretations, intuitions and feelings about what the cards are saying and these will be invaluable when conducting readings for yourself and others.

Some people make it hard. It depends on the person. One way to learn tarot is to learn intuitively -- in other words, buy a deck you like, and start exploring it. Listen to your inner voice and sense for what each card means. It's interesting to see how many people learn that way and still discover meanings for the cards that are similiar to "accepted" meanings.

There are literally hundreds of books on TCM and acupuncture and it is difficult to difficult to distinguish what books are suitable for the general public and what books are really textbooks for the acupuncture practitioner. The following books are excellent for the reader who wishes to know more about acupuncture/TCM without getting bogged down in textbook detail. Between Heaven & Earth ? A Guide to Chinese Medicine', Harriet Beinfield & Efrem Korngold, 1992, Ballantine Books Inc.

There are many books that you may find useful in preparation for your new puppy, but remember that not all books are right for everyone. Every book will have different viewpoints and use different training techniques. The following are books that we like and/or previous buyers have had success with: There’s a Puppy in the House: Surviving the First Five Months by Mike Wombacher, How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With by Clarice Rutherford and David H.

A very good book on integration is Enterprise Integration Patterns by Gregor Hophe and Bobby Woolf. An excellent collection of many messaging-based integration solutions. For inter-enterprise integration (B2B), I've found B2B Integration by Christoph Bussler, to be quite interesting. It is a bit academic compared to the other books mentioned above, but covers a wide rather of B2B integration topics in a very methodical fashion. Beware: this is not light reading!

For more information about the Cistercians read "The Cistercians: An Introductory History" by M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O.

Anson, Briah. Rolfing: Stories of Personal Empowerment (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Press, 1998). Inspiring and insightful accounts of the Rolfing experience as reported by numerous former Rolfing clients. Bond, Mary. Balancing Your Body: A Self-Help Approach to Rolfing to Balancing the Body (Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press, 1993). Cottingham, John T. Healing Through Touch (Boulder, CO, The Rolf Institute, 1985). Exploration of methods of healing going back 5,000 years. Fahey, Brian W., PhD.

Yes. I read do. I enjoy it. I also teach classes. I'm available for private consultations, parties, group activies, lessons (both group and private), and I'm also available for leading workshops on using tarot cards to learn more about yourself and others.

Keith Haring: the Authorized Biography is an oral history by John Gruen that gives an excellent account of his life and times Keith Haring: Brazil Exhibition Catalog is an account of a recent travelling exhibition of Haring's work- Portuguese & English Keith Haring, the catalogue for the current Haring retrospective, is a large coffee-table art book, with numerous critical essays and lavish illustrations (Whitney/Bullfinch, soft cover: ISBN 0821224662).

We do have books to read for pleasure. The McNaughton (leisure) Collection, a collection of leased current best sellers in fiction and non-fiction, is intended to provide recreational reading for the campus community. It is located near the Food for Thought cafe, directly past the main entrance of the library. Generally these titles are not added to the library's main collection. Fiction located elsewhere in the library can be found through the online library catalog.

I got a reading. The woman seemed to be describing someone I knew when she told me there was a relationship coming up. The description was close, but not exact. When things didn't happen like I was told they would, I erased the tape of the reading and promised to forget it all. A year later I was driving and suddenly realized the relationship and job I was in (both of which had just recently started) were exactly what I was told to expect and had come about just the way I was told.

Solexx offers several greenhouse books to help you get started. One book that we see as absolutely indispensable is Shane Smith’s Greenhouse Gardener’s Companion. It is loaded with information about greenhouses, specific plants, weed control, planting schedules… anything you would ever want to know. There are many great ideas that we use in our own greenhouses all the time.

Peter Seibel's Practical Common Lisp, a.k.a. PCL, is a good starting place if you already know how to program in some other language. It's available online at http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book and in dead tree form from Apress. It has been widely praised and won a Productivity Award in the technical book category of the 16th Annual Jolt Product Excellence Awards. PCL covers almost all aspects of the language and focuses on how to actually put them together to build non-trivial programs.

Learning to read is a process with many steps and KinderLit books let children begin at their level and progress as far as they developmentally can.

Psychic powers are not necessary to be a good Tarot interpreter, but they do enhance the reading. The best readers tend to be people who are open to emotions and feelings (although not personally emotional at the time of reading) and have an intuitive flair. The combination of a true psychic and the Tarot can be quite powerful. And that's the combination you get with my readings!

The High Priestess is the card of knowledge: instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluctuation, particularly when it comes to your moods.

There are many, many good books on this subject (and quite a few bad ones), and different bibliographies are available on the Internet. But the best book to read is _Drawing Down the Moon_ by Margot Adler. This is not a how-to book; it's a comprehensive study of the neopagan movement in America, and the author is a journalist, a reporter for National Public Radio, and a pagan. Also, to get started contacting other pagans, the best place to write is Circle Network, P.O. Box 219, Mt.

There are very few books about Rosacea. In the last year of so there has been a couple of 'self help’ books written about rosacea. You can find a

We recommend "Say it ain't so, Joe" by Donald Gropman and "Growing Up With 'Shoeless Joe'" by Joe Thompson as sources of information about Joe. We recommend "Eight Men Out" by Eliot Asinof as a source for information about the 1919 World Series. The best overall book on the scandal to date is "Burying the Black Sox" by Gene Carney. Carney did his research into the subject and this book is the result of that research.

Yes! My book Early Writings on Visual Language collects and refines many of my writings on visual language theory. Signed copies are orderable online.

There are many excellent historical references and stories about Texas Indians and the pioneers. Here are a few good examples of books on archeology: Caddo Indians: Where We Come From, by Cecile Elkins Carter; A Field Guide to Stone Artifacts of Texas Indians, by Ellen Sue Turner and Thomas R. Hester; Plains Indians, A.D. 500-1500: The Archaeological Past of Historic Groups, edited by Karl H. Schlesier; and Spanish Expeditions into Texas, 1689-1768, by William C. Foster.

Yes. The list is NOT in order of importance. The scientists/historians among us would recommend starting (and perhaps ending) with Churchward. Since the continent was 'lost', there is not a lot of 'scientific' material. But there are some channeled sources etc. Here is a partial list Continutation of Churchward's work, an archaeological expedition in 1959, going back to Mexico and finding more tablets and scrolls.)