David Lawson Books

"Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess" is the only full-length biography of Paul Morphy, the antebellum chess prodigy who launched United States participation in international chess and is still generally acknowledged as the greatest American chess player of all time. But Morphy was more than a player. He was a shy, retiring lawyer who had been taught that such games were no way to make a living. The strain of his fame and the pull of his domineering family led Morphy to set another precedent: chess madness. Morphy's mental descent after retiring from chess became a part of his lore, made all the more magnanimous by a spate of twentieth-century examples. "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess" tells the full known story of the life of Paul Morphy, from his privileged upbrining in New Orleans to his dominance of the chess world, to the later tragedy of his demise. This new edition of David Lawson's seminal work, still the principal source for all Morphy biographical presentations, also includes new biographical material about the biographer himself, telling the story of the author, his opus, and the previously unknown life that brought him to the research.

A Practical Guide to developing your own extraordinary powers. We all have the potential to develop our psychic and intuitive abilities. Through using this book, you may discover that you are a natural healer or a latent clairaudient. You could awaken a powerful clairvoyant vision. Activating your psychic potential is safe, transformational, and fun. exercises to encourage your unique psychic abilities techniques for awakening your inner wisdom ways to develop the latest powers of your mind affirmations, visualizations, and practical guidance to enhance your spiritual growth

A clear and concise introduction to the history, beliefs, and practices of an ancient Eastern religion attracting more and more Western followers.

The story of Ostrava and its Jews encapsulates in a small space (85 square miles) and a short time (ca. 150 years) a miniaturized history of Central Europe. It covers industrialization and massive economic growth, immigration and emigration, intolerance and tolerance, multi-culturalism and nationalism, high culture and social welfare, the Holocaust, communism and the diaspora. The book draws on family histories and eye-witness accounts, many unpublished. In 2005 members of Kingston Synagogue became interested in the origins of a Sefer Torah from Ostrava, housed there many years earlier. This research project, led initially by David Lawson, grew to include the Czech historian Hana Sustkova and Czech genealogist Libuse Salomonovicova. As their research progressed, a lively online community developed, reestablishing contacts between families from Sweden to Australia, and South America to Canada. In effect, resurrecting Jewish Ostrava in virtual and actual reality. The overarching theme is how, in a short time, immigrants-in this case Jews-transformed a small conservative market town into a vibrant, tolerant, caring, economic, and cultural powerhouse; how it was destroyed almost overnight by bigotry and intolerance; and to ask how far the Ostrava story can provide lessons or guidance on 21st century political issues.

Tato kniha je vynikajím úvodem do světa andělské pomoci a moudrosti. Její autor vám ukáže, jak vybudovat pevný most mezi praktickými postupy osobního rozvoje, sebeuzdravování a tajemství andělského království. Cvičení v ní popsaná vám umožní pocítit vliv andělů všude tam, kde ji potřebujeme nejvíce, a to v oblasti zdraví, tvořivosti, osobních vztahů, financí a dalších oblastech života. Autor je významný senzibil, léčitel a učitel.