Into the Magic Shop
by James R. Doty
Taste attributes: biographydocumentarypsychologicalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunlikely connections
Boxlist takeA grounded, contained biography: original and stirring. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.7 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- James R. Doty
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 276
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- Open Library
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