When people don't get enough sleep, the results will range form a disagreeable disposition to death. Accidents, personal conflicts, job loss, and physical and mental deterioration are just a few ways not sleeping well can adversely affect you. This book covers: How sleeping well can change your life; What to do when you can't sleep; Sleeping disorders -- from sleepwalking to insomnia; Dreams and how they affect your health; Medications -- over the counter prescription, and holistic; What to do when your child can't sleep; Myths, folklore, and history of sleep; School of thought on sleep. In addition Dr Alex Lukeman, a psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist, offers an easy, step-by-step process for self-hypnosis in order to promote better sleep, relaxation, and well being.
A long-selling backlist title, this is the definitive work on the scientific art of the dream interpretation. With a lucid presentation that draws the reader into the dynamic of dreams, Dr Lukeman teaches a clear, step-by-step method of understanding and working with the dream process. It is a must for healing arts practitioners and for anyone in the general public who is interested in growth and transformation. This manual should be kept on the night table for its myriad discoveries and ideas on the fascinating secrets dreams can bring.
The stories in this book are all true. Many are dreams of loved ones who returned to the dreamer days, months, or even years after death. Alex Lukeman stresses the fact that while some dreams of the departed are psychological in nature, there are also such things as true dreams of return. In these, a sense of completion and deep connection is always present.
No longer under the protection of the president, the Project has gone private as an exclusive consulting service available to select clients. A powerful Japanese industrialist hires Elizabeth Harker and the Project team to find a famous sword lost in the aftermath of WWII. It looks like a straightforward assignment. Then people start dying, and Harker's team is pulled into a web of murder and deception that began centuries before in feudal Japan. Why is the sword important enough to kill for? What secret does it hold? Forced to defend themselves against a fanatical enemy, Nick and Selena follow a trail of blood to Japan. There they find themselves in a mythic confrontation that can only end in one way - death. The Sword will keep you reading into the night.
What Your Dreams Can Teach You is a complete, do-it-yourself manual for understanding and interpreting your dreams. As much as any book can, this will guide you through the process. Not a dream dictionary, it provides worksheets and tools for understanding dreams. Forward by W. Brugh Joy, M.D.
As Hitler's Germany faces final defeat, the Lance that pierced Christ's side - a weapon of legendary power - is spirited away to a secret base hidden in the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Decades later the Lance is found, and a long-term plan to conquer America from within begins to unfold.In Jerusalem, terror stalks the streets on the eve of international peace. In Washington, traitors work against America. The Project is all that stands in the way of a ruthless conspiracy of men bent on establishing a new Nazi Empire. It's up to Nick Carter and the Project team to stop those who wield the deadly power of the Lance, before it's too late...
Book Three in the PROJECT thriller series. A fanatical terrorist has visions of the Islamic Mahdi commanding him to begin the Apocalypse and bring about the End of Days...An ancient brotherhood of assassins hidden for centuries reappears to murder and ignite the fires of war... A truck carrying a terrible weapon leaves Sudan for the lawless mountains of Algeria and an unknown destination...The PROJECT sends Nick Carter and Selena Connor to the burning wastelands of Western Africa and the bitter mountains of the Hindu Kush, before a final confrontation that will decide the future of Western civilization.
Book Four in the PROJECT thriller series. Three world experts on crop disease discover a secret from the time of Alexander the Great and are brutally murdered...A centuries-old conspiracy plots to destroy much of the world's food supply as part of a plan for world domination...The PROJECT team must stop a traitor and prevent a world-wide disaster...The hunt for answers leads Nick Carter and Selena Connor to Greece, Bulgaria and the United States. In a series of life and death confrontations they encounter unlikely allies, an ancient legacy of bio-warfare and a cover up with ominous implications for freedom.James Campbell is a world expert in crop viruses. He discovers nine clay tablets from ancient Persia containing a clue to the location of a golden urn marked with the curse of a Greek goddess, part of treasure seized by Alexander the Great during the fall of Babylon. Then he's horribly murdered, along with two of his colleagues. Campbell has been working on a secret bio-warfare program for the Pentagon. The murders get the attention of Elizabeth Harker, Director of a covert intelligence unit called the Project. Nick Carter is The Project team leader. He struggles with old injuries and PTSD from his years as a combat Marine. Nick is deeply conflicted about his lover and teammate, Selena Connor. Selena's been with the Project for less than a year. She's having a hard time dealing with the mayhem that goes with her job and her feelings about Nick.Nick and Selena follow a bloody trail through Greece, Bulgaria and America, uncovering a heartless plan to destroy half the world's food supply, part of a strategy by a centuries-old conspiracy to achieve world domination. It will kill millions if it succeeds and time's running out--it's set to happen soon.Harker is forced to make an unheard of alliance to try and stop the plot and avoid possible war with Russia. All the while, a high-placed traitor does his best to sabotage the Project at every turn. The surprise ending foreshadows the next book in the series.BLACK HARVEST is a contemporary international thriller of intrigue, patriotism, romance and treachery.The PROJECT Series: WHITE JADE, THE LANCE, THE SEVENTH PILLAR, BLACK HARVEST. Book Five in the series will be available late in 2012.
Book Five in the PROJECT thriller series. Lost plans for a terrifying weapon designed by Nikola Tesla fall into the hands of a centuries old conspiracy bent on world domination. Powerful men will stop at nothing to use the weapon to achieve their goal, even at the risk of nuclear war. Director Elizabeth Harker runs the Project, the secret hand of the US President. Nick Carter heads up the Project team in the field. Selena Connor is his teammate and lover. Together they pursue a twisted trail of clues that tests their relationship to the breaking point.From the cobbled streets of Prague to the jungles of Mexico, from the ancient countryside of Tuscany to the barren plains of Central Russia, the story moves with relentless pace toward a final, explosive confrontation that will determine the future of humanity.
Book Seven: The Ajax ProtocolThe Project is a Black Ops intelligence unit reporting only to the President of the United States. When an assassination attempt takes the President out of commission, the Project is caught up in a conspiracy that threatens to spark a world war and runs a lot deeper than just trying to kill the leader of the free world. Led by Director Elizabeth Harker, the Project team discovers a cold-hearted plot to turn America into a totalitarian police state. Betrayed by powerful enemies at home and forced to rely on doubtful allies abroad, Harker and her team are driven underground. With time running out, they must stop the conspirators before they destroy everything America stands for. At the same time team leader Nick Carter and his lover, Selena Connor, struggle to commit to each other in a covert world where love and compassion are in short supply and enemies lie in wait at every turn.The Ajax Protocol could be taken from tomorrow's headlines. It will disturb you and keep you turning pages to the end.
A photograph forgotten for a hundred years holds the key to finding the legendary lost civilization of Atlantis and an ancient artifact of mysterious power. When a letter with the photograph and a faded map of Egypt shows up in the mail, the Project is launched into a search that takes them from the depths of the Atlantic to the sands of Egypt and places unseen for thousands of years. Elizabeth Harker's Project team is caught up in a power struggle between two of Russia's vast intelligence services. As the trail to Atlantis emerges from the mists of the past, the team is stalked by agents of a man who will stop at nothing to gain another rung on the ladder of his ambition.Whoever succeeds will gain knowledge to benefit the world or destroy it. The stakes don't get any higher...Can the Project keep the secrets of Atlantis out of the wrong hands?
The brutal death of a Swedish spy sends Nick Carter, Selena Connor and the rest of the Project team to Stockholm, where they find themselves pitted against a terrorist network hiding among the refugees flooding into the country. The discovery of an artifact from the fourth century plunges the team into a search for one of the most elusive relics of Christendom: the Holy Grail. An ancient prophecy foretells the End of Days if the Grail falls into the wrong hands. The Project team aren't the only ones searching. The murderous fanatics of ISIS are determined to find it for themselves.Nuclear Armageddon threatens America and finding the Grail is the only thing that can prevent disaster. Will the Project succeed before it's too late? You won't want to put this book down.
When an American missile submarine is sunk in the Sea of Japan, it's the opening move in a madman's plan to plunge the world into war. A day later the Chinese ambassador to Washington is assassinated. Meanwhile, the unstable leader of North Korea prepares to attack America with a terrible weapon. The U.S. President calls in the Project, a deep black ops unit that goes places and does things others can't or won't do. They've had tough assignments before: but this time they're up against an unknown enemy, a man bent on vengeance against all of humanity. He won't rest until the world is turned into a radioactive hell... and when it comes to the Project, it's personal.Can the Project team find him before he unleashes nuclear Armageddon?
Anyone who has felt the grief of a loved one's passing knows that it takes considerable time for healing. When the beloved returns in a dream, it has a profound effect on our emotional well being. We wake knowing the person we love is still present, still available to us. Alex Lukeman, Ph.D. has had "true dreams of return," in which spiritual beings have visited him, bringing messages of comfort and wisdom. The stories in this book are all true; they are the contributions of hundreds of dreamers. Many are dreams of loved ones who returned to the dreamer days, months, or even years after death. In these, a sense of completion and deep connection is always present.
