Into the magic shop : a neurosurgeon's quest to discover the mysteries of the brain and the secrets of the heart

Into the magic shop : a neurosurgeon's quest to discover the mysteries of the brain and the secrets of the heart / James R. Doty, MD.

With an alcoholic father and a depressed mother Doty's life was at a dead end when, at age twelve, he wandered into a magic shop looking for a plastic thumb. Instead he met Ruth, who taught him a series of exercises to ease his own suffering and manifest his greatest desires. She gave him his f...

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Main Author: Doty, James R. (James Robert), 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]
Subjects:
Doty, James R. > (James Robert), > 1955-
Neurosurgeons > United States > Biography.
Compassion.
Altruism.
Mind and body.
Table of Contents:
  • Real magic
  • A body at rest
  • Thinking about thinking
  • Growing pains
  • Three wishes
  • Apply yourself
  • Unacceptable
  • It's not brain surgery
  • The sultan of nothing
  • Giving up
  • The alphabet of the heart
  • Manifesting compassion
  • The face of God.

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