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In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as “one of the most liberating books of its time”. A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment.

Ward Farnsworth provides a wide-ranging, practical tour of metaphors, arranged by theme. He shows how the best writers have put figurative comparisons to distinctive use - for the sake of caricature, to make an abstract idea visible, to make a complicated idea simple. Using hundreds of examples, Farnsworth demonstrates all the different stylistic ways that points can be unforgettably made. There are quotations from novelists, playwrights, philosophers, and orators - along with commentary on how and why they work to bring power to words both in person and and on paper.

While it's generally understood that thoughts emerge from our brains, a physical part of our bodies, what's more amazing is that the opposite is also true. Our bodies emerge from our thoughts! Positive, optimistic thoughts can strengthen and heal you. Negative thoughts can wear you down and make you ill. Although it sounds mysterious, it's not. Called Cyber Physiology, the science of mind/body communication comprises many well-documented methods of self-regulation.