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The definitive study and essential guide to Jamaican Dancehall in the 1980s. Dancehall is at the centre of Jamaican musical and cultural life. From its roots in Kingston in the 1950s to its heyday in the 1980s, Dancehall has conquered the globe also spreading to the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, Europe and beyond. This definitive study and essential guide to Jamaican Dancehall in the 1980s features hundreds of exclusive photographs with accompanying text, interviews and biographies. This book captures a previously unseen era of musical culture fashion and lifestyle. With unprecedented access to the incredibly vibrant music scene during this period, Beth Lesser's photographs are a unique way in to a previously hidden part of Jamaican culture.

'And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom' Anais NinElizabeth Lesser shows how it is possible to deal with fearful change or a painful loss and be reborn, like the Phoenix, to a more vibrant and enlightened self.

With her trademark gifts of both humor and insight, she offers a vision that transcends the either/or ideologies on both sides of the gender debate. Brilliantly structured into three distinct parts, Part One explores how history is carried forward through the stories a culture tells and values, and what we can do to balance the scales.

NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER • This inspiring guide to healing and growth illuminates the richness and potential of every life, even in the face of loss and adversity —now updated with additional toolbox materials and a new preface by the authorIn the more than twenty-five years since she co-founded Omega Institute—now the world’s largest center for spiritual retreat and personal growth—Elizabeth Lesser has been an intimate witness to the ways in which people weather change and transition. In a beautifully crafted blend of moving stories, humorous insights, practical guidance, and personal memoir, she offers tools to help us make the choice we all face in times of challenge: Will we be broken down and defeated, or broken open and transformed? Lesser shares tales of ordinary people who have risen from the ashes of illness, divorce, loss of a job or a loved one—stronger, wiser, and more in touch with their purpose and passion. And she draws on the world’s great spiritual and psychological traditions to support us as we too learn to break open and blossom into who we were meant to be.

What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? What about Cassandra, who could see the future but was never believed? Elizabeth Lesser explores these questions, suggesting that if women's voices had been equally valued throughout history, our myths and stories would champion compassion and caretaking over vengeance. This work delves into the narratives that shape our culture—origin tales, guiding myths, and parables about gender, power, love, and values—most of which have been authored by men. Though many of these stories have become outdated, they persist in influencing us. The book envisions a world where women also tell these stories, sharing authentic voices and becoming protagonists in defining humanity. Lesser, who has navigated both spiritual and feminist paths, merges these perspectives with humor and insight. Structured in three parts, the first examines how cultural stories shape history and how to rebalance them. The second expands the definition of courage and strength for women, while the third offers tools for inner strength, emphasizing that cultural change begins within. This beautifully balanced exploration invites all readers to reflect, grow, and collaborate toward a better world.

In 1977, Elizabeth Lesser cofounded the Omega Institute, now America's largest adult-education center focusing on wellness and spirituality. Working with many of the eminent thinkers of our times, including Zen masters, rabbis, Christian monks, psychologists, scientists, and an array of noted American figures--from L.A. Lakers coach Phil Jackson to author Maya Angelou--Lesser found that by combining a variety of religious, psychological, and healing traditions, each of us has the unique ability to satisfy our spiritual hunger. In The Seeker's Guide, she synthesizes the lessons learned from an immersion into the world's wisdom traditions and intertwines them with illuminating stories from her daily life. Recounting her own trials and errors and offering meditative exercises, she shows the reader how to create a personal practice, gauge one's progress, and choose effective spiritual teachers and habits. Warm, accessible, and wise, this book provides directions through the four landscapes of the spiritual journey: THE MIND: learning meditation to ease stress and anxietyTHE HEART: dealing with grief, loss, and pain; opening the heart and becoming fully aliveTHE BODY: returning the body to the spiritual fold to heal and overcome the fear of aging and deathTHE SOUL: experiencing daily life as an adventure of meaning and mystery

Lesser has reached into the center of her soul to write a book rich with love- love that is just as equally weighted by realism and as it is lightened by mysticism. It is real love: powerful and transformative. Marrow is truly a beautiful book, and an important one. Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times best- selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic

Eine faszinierende und mutige Erinnerung: die Geschichte zweier Schwestern, die die Tiefe ihrer Liebe durch eine Knochenmark-Transplantation erfahren. Als Elizabeth sieht, dass sie die perfekte Spenderin für Maggie ist, stellt sich ihr die Frage nach ehrlicher und authentischer Liebe noch einmal neu. In der Hoffnung, Maggie die beste Chance für eine erfolgreiche Transplantation zu geben, graben die Schwestern tief in das Mark ihrer Beziehung, um den Weg zu bedingungsloser Akzeptanz zu finden. Sie überlassen die Knochenmark-Transplantation den Ärzten, und nehmen sich dem an, was die kleine Schwester „Seelenmark-Transplantation“ nennt. Maggies Körper ist letztlich zu schwach, um die Krankheit zu bekämpfen. Als sich die beiden auf das Unvermeidliche vorbereiten, kommen sie sich so nahe wie nie, die gemeinsamen Blutzellen werden zum Symbol der Bindung, die sie für immer teilen werden.