The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

The Year of The Flood contains a dark warning of what the future may become if people continue to destroy the earth with greed and put corporations first.

The flood in The Year of the Flood is a “waterless flood” or a deadly disease that wipes out the majority of people. The few that survive were just lucky that they happened to be protected at the time.

Environmentalists in The Year of the Flood

Most of the survivors in The Year of the Flood are or become “God’s Gardeners” which is sort of a hippy cult. They’re vegetarian, gorilla gardeners and they only use found or handmade items. There are existing similarities to these environmentalists in groups like the Freegans and Food Not Bombs.

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The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing The Future Can Shape Our Lives by Larry Dossey, M.D.

 The Power Of Premonitions: How Knowing The Future Can Shape Our Lives is a fascinating and educational book about premonitions. It’s quite detailed and must have involved a lot of research.

Premonitions Defined

A premonition is simply a forewarning of something that will happen in the future. It may come as a feeling, hunch or vision in a dream.

Larry Dossey shares his own experiences with precognitive dreams and how he came to the conclusion that they were more than mere coincidences. He acknowledges that everyone doesn’t agree that premonitions are facts. He also cautions others not to confide to people who might think they’re crazy.


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Living A Charmed Life by Victoria Moran

From going green gracefully to starting a serendipity log, Victoria shares unique and uplifting ideas to jump-start the magic that may be missing in life.

Living A Charmed Life is an uplifting and empowering book, because it encourages people to take control of their lives so they can create their own magic. Victoria’s appealing down to earth style discourages limits and embraces opportunities for anyone at any age.

Living A Charmed Life: Your Guide to Finding Magic in Every Moment of Every Day (Victoria Moran, HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, ISBN: 9780061649899) is directed at women, but there’s wise advice contained in the book for everyone.

Law of Expectation

The law of expectation is similar to the law of attraction. You get what you expect, so it’s a good idea to expect the best. For example a mother whose young son is in the hospital may say, “Johnny won’t eat that.” A jolly nurse pops in and plays airplane with his food while talking about how yummy it is. Johnny eats it all up, because it’s expected.

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The Book Of Negroes

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill begins with slavers capturing 11 year old protagonist Amanita Diallo from a small village in West Africa. She works as a slave on an indigo plantation in South Carolina, where she bonds with a motherly woman named Georgia who teaches and protects her. Aminata then reunites with an old friend, which helps add romance to the story.

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