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Small Miracles: Extraordinary Coincidences from Everyday Life
by Yitta Halberstam, Judith Leventhal (Foreword: Dr. Bernie Siegel)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Adams Media Corporation (1999-03)
ISBN: 1580620442
EAN: 9781580620444
Dewy Decimal #: 133.8
Hardcover: 226 pages
Edition: Gift
SKU: 08030297
Condition: Like New Like New
Comments: Hardcover. Like new cover and text. Owners plate on plate. Like new dust jacket with very minor shelfwear. Near Fine condition. Beautiful book.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Sixty heart-warming, awe-inspiring, and life-changing true stories of coincidence. This classic collection is now available in a special gift edition, just in time for Mother's Day.
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Customer Reviews
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about ALL small miracles books by these authors
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-10-27
Hi, I have read many of these amazing books and they are all true. It is beyond uplifting to read these stories because they are about love, about serendipity that is often so beyond amazing we call these things, "miracles" surely as miraculous as dawn, the sunset, the smile on a baby's face, a tree in the full glory of autumn, LIFE itself! Now I am experiencing massive astonishing synchronicity and once contacted these authors, because by now, in my small life I have a Library of such incredible but true events and they do, they must, involve us all, and also bring us into a new understanding of the cosmos and our place here. There is no way any thinking person could characterize these connects, called also "beshert" in Hebrew, "random" when they occur so frequently and so obviously that it is a hail of story. I am recording this. I do believe in aggregate this is Proof of the existence of a prime mover, and in fact this is how it all began for me. With Give me More, I can Prove YOUR existence by way of a life.
I am saying something deep. Parts of my Diary, about such synchronicity, about friendship and love, are now at Brown University, the Hay Library, the Mel Yoken Collection of Letters.
Back to these books: READ them. They are inspiring and spirited. They are entirely about a miracle, that's occurring right here, right now. I am saying these coincidences are leading us into a new way of perceiving ourselves and this "journey" that is part of all of our lives. Share the Road! We all are storytellers and we all need to do this, NOW, and we may be sure that we are leaving profound footprints, all of us, wherever we go but that this story about footsteps in the sand, is more true than we ever thought possible.
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enjoyable, heartwarming, universal, read a story every night
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-03-18
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I found this unique book of coincidences to be remarkable. While the authors relate it to Jewish principles, giving a moral or rule at the end of each 'episode,' their statements are applicable to those of all faiths.
There were short, short stories, short stories and those a few pages long. But all showed the positive human spirit that exists in everyone of us if we give ourselves a chance and don't close our minds. Sometimea a bad choice becomes a great move. An ordinary act becomes heroic to those on both sides. And, almost always, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. There are no stories of coincidences that backfired, although one can be sure scores of these exist too. But the purpose is to bring joy, hope,
confidence and more open-mindedness to the readers, with the desire that they will share this with many more. A brilliant person with a promising
future suddenly gets terminal lung cancer. But the person telling it mentions some small act that was done, often out of common courtesy. And in this case, one of the six items the dying person wanted in his casket was a letter of encouragement from the teacher.
This is a book for teachers, educators and all who desire to be educated.
I acquired it for $.50 at a flea market booth, after just noticing the
colorful (but also bland) yellow cover. This is the best $5.00 expenditure
I've ever made. I'll share my copy with others and have ordered another
version. Whether you are in the dumps or feeling great, the stories will
heighten your consciousness and create more appreciation for your present lot. I am fortunate to have found it. Please consider my words. Advice
is worthless. Words from the heart can be meaningful. My heart speaks.
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A real uplifting treasure!
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-03-08
This is a little treasure chest of wonderful stories that truly are uplifting. I really did enjoy reading this book!
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SMALL MIRACLES
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-02-18
I read SMALL MIRACLES, some years ago. This seems to be the same book, exactly, although, when I ordered it, I thought it was a sequel. I liked it better the first time around, when the anecdotes sounded more "golly-gee-wiz" than they do the second.
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Fabulous, cherish each story!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-12-22
Miracles happen every day. Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal are angels themselves, bringing these fantastic stories to millions of people. Buy and read every single one of their books. Not only are they hard to put down, you won't be able to look at your life with the same eyes ever again!
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