The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away.

A young Nigerian boy thinks of a very special gift for his new baby brother's naming ceremony.

The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat, but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away

A beautifully illustrated retelling of a Brazilian tale linking Brazil's African heritage with a history of slavery recounts how an African goddess brings the gift of night to the hardworking people of Brazil.

A Mayan version of the story of Creation describes how the Maya believed that corn, much more than a food, was the spirit of life itself and explains their belief that the first people on Earth were actually made from corn.

A collection of folktales from various cultures in Mexico, all focusing on the important roles of women, such as Rosha, a young girl who rescues the sun; the goddess Tangu Yuh; Kesne, a Zapotec princess; and the Virgin Mary.

Presents a collection of folktales from various cultures in Mexico, all focusing on the important roles of women, such as Rosha, a young girl who rescues the sun; the goddess Tangu Yuh; Kesne, a Zapotec princess; and the Virgin Mary.

Presents a collection of folk tales from various cultures in Mexico, all focusing on the important roles of women, such as Rosha, a young girl who rescues the sun; the goddess Tangu Yuh; Kesne, a Zapotec princess; and the Virgin Mary. Reprint.

Product Description: First published in 1996, The Embedded Self was lauded as "a brilliant and long overdue rapprochement between psychoanalysis and family therapy conceived by a practitioner trained and experienced in both modalities of treatment." Mary-Joan Gerson’s integrated presentation of psychodynamic and family systems theory invited therapists of either orientation to learn the tools and techniques of the other, to mutual benefit...read more