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Into the magic shop by James R. Doty · Booklabria

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James R. Doty
Into the magic shop

BiographyMind and body

Into the magic shop

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First published: 2016

Synopsis

The author relates how a chance encounter in a magic shop with a woman who taught him exercises to ease his sufferings and manifest his greatest desires gave him a glimpse of the relationship between the brain and the heart, and drove him to explore the neuroscience of compassion and altruism.

Subjects: Biography
Mind and body
Compassion
Caring
Autobiographies
Neurosurgeons
Set in: United States

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Publishers: Avery · Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Published: 2016
Pages: 276
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1594632983
ISBN-10: 1594632987

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