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"This book is destined to become a classic."
--Joan Borysenko, author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind

Drawing on fascinating case histories from his own practice as well as medical techniques he has observed in his travels around the world, Dr. Weil shows how the mechanisms of self-diagnosis and self-regeneration have worked to resolve life-threatening diseases, severe trauma, and chronic pain. But spontaneous healing is also the...

The quest for roots has been an enduring American preoccupation. Over the centuries, generations have sketched coats of arms, embroidered family trees, established local genealogical societies, and carefully filled in the blanks in their bibles, all in pursuit of self-knowledge and status through kinship ties. This long and varied history of Americans search for identity illuminates the story of America itself, according to Francois Weil, as fixations with social standing, racial purity, and national belonging gave way in the twentieth century to an embrace of diverse ethnicity and...

The minute he saw the boat with the red sails moving into the harbor, Michele knew that something exciting was going to happen. Sailing on the ship were three men who would come to stay at Michele's parents' inn. The men said they were searching--one for beauty, one for adventure, and one for "something difficult to explain." What they brought with them was a mystery and adventure that would change Michele's life--and all of Capri--forever.

Die Verwurzelung ist Simone Weils politisches und philosophisches Vermächtnis, ihr »Glaubensbekenntnis«, wie sie selbst es nannte, das ihr früher Tod 1943 unvollendet ließ. In Zeiten von Krieg und Barbarei unternimmt Simone Weil darin den Versuch, die Grundprinzipien der Menschlichkeit und der Zivilisation neu zu bestimmen. Als Grundkategorie des Menschseins gilt ihr die »Verwurzelung«, womit sie die reale, aktive und natürliche Teilhabe eines Menschen an einer Gemeinschaft beschreibt.

Ihre Schrift stellt die Frage nach der politischen Verantwortlichkeit des...