This book is about discovering inherited personality traits, temperament, likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses, abilities and talents through a study of hands, and using this insight to improve all areas of your life. Throughout the book, readers will learn the meanings of certain lines and formations. Once this is understood, a person may discover hidden tendencies, talents and abilities that have remained untapped.
Studying the hands enables us to make decisions and choices more in keeping with our unique personalities and temperaments. We learn what we want from life, and what we are capable of giving. The markings of the hands are guides to understanding our own natures, as well as that of others. Once we have that knowledge, we can move forward toward a deeper understanding of our place in the universe, and become active participants in our own destiny, rather than victims of fate.
Rita Robinson was born on a farm in Ohio, but she has lived in Southern California since age 5. Robinson's reading habits, like her writing choices, prove eclectic with favorite fiction and nonfiction books spanning the classics to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and A Fine Balance, to The Age of American Unreason and The Road. Favorite authors range from Margaret Atwood and Gabriel Garcia Marquez to former columnists Erma Bombeck, Mike Royko, and too many others to name. But since about age 6 she's been a newspaper, book, and magazine hound. In keeping with that, she writes both fiction and nonfiction, mostly derived from curiosity and partly to answer her own questions about life. A quote from Walker Evans given in 1933 at the first one-man photographic exhibition by the new Museum of Modern Art speaks of a writer's life. "Stare, pry, listen, and eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long." For now she's working on a fiction book and a travel article. She's available on Facebook and Twitter under Rita Robinson. Rita Robinson's 11 published books include Grand Old Hotels of Southern and Central California, published by Epicenter Press; Survivors of Suicide; When Your Parents Need You; The Palm: A Guide to Your Hidden Potential; Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading; Friends: How to Make and Keep Them; Center of the World: Native American Spirituality; and Exploring Native American Wisdom, all from New Page Books, an imprint of Career Press. Also, The Hands of Health; and Color Your World: Using the Power of Color and Light in Your Life, both published by Newcastle Publishing Inc., and When Women Choose to Be Single, published by IBS Press. Additionally Robinson has edited and provided photograph and graphics for New Page Books, (The Benham Book of Palmistry); and for Rockefeller Publishing (The Naturalist Collector). Her approximate 1,500 published magazine articles, appearing on four continents, include Westways, Los Angeles Magazine, Men's Fitness, Reader's Digest, Cosmopolitan, First for Women, Pro-Trucker, Playgirl, The Acorn, Let's Live, Health Magazine, Trip & Tour, Kiwanis, and Parenting Magazine to name a few. Some of her photo work is included in three of her books, and several magazine articles. She has also conducted writing extension classes and workshops at seven community colleges, taught and lectured at several conferences, including the Maui Writer's Retreat, as well as working as a private writing coach and editor. She has been an instructor with Writer's Digest's WOW since its inception in 2002. She graduated from Valley College, San Bernardino, California, and has attended Cal State University, San Bernardino. Awards include several from the Press Club of Southern California: 1st Place, Feature Story; 1st Place, Freelance Story; Best Layout/Women's Page, Best Series, 1st Place, Lifestyle Feature, Best Series, Best Lifestyle Feature; Best Commentary; Best Review; and Sweepstakes Award, Writing.
This review is from: Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading: Learning How to Read Yourself and Your Future, Line by Line (Paperback)
When I picked this book up from the bookshelf in a bookshop, I was rather excited because the book had a lot of photographs and illustrations and covered areas not generally covered by other books, such as familial traits, compatibility in relationships and lines commonly found among people in various sports and professions. However, when I got home and started reading I found that in spite of the fascinating discussions on exploring one's palm to discover about oneself, I was disappointed by the lack of attention to detail for novices like myself. The basic palm shapes are not clearly presented, especially in terms of similarity and differences (I still do not know what mine is). Also different terms are often used for the same thing - the illustration on finger shapes has one finger labeled as "pointed" but is referred to as "conic" in the text. Furthermore, on closer examination some of the photos are out of focus and clearly should not have been included. On the other hand, the explanation of mounts, and major and minor lines, including variations, cannot be faulted. To sum up, this book would be useful for people who already know the basics of palm-reading (or have another book that covers this) and want to explore it further.
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This review is from: Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading: Learning How to Read Yourself and Your Future, Line by Line (Paperback)
Ms. Robinson is a health and psychology reporter and has read palms for over 25 years. Her book takes you on a journey of reading your own palm and understanding all the nuances of Palmistry. This book is probably one of the better ones I've seen for clarity and ease of understanding. The pictures are both photos and line drawings, so what may not be clear in a photo becomes clear in the line drawing. Excellent accompaniment to very clear and extremely interesting explanations of what all the lines on your hands mean. This is a how to not only about identifying the lines properly, but also a very good book on what they all mean. There is a lot to interpretation. We all will see things that we may not agree with or don't want to admit to, but for the most part this book was on the money with my own lines and their interpretations. Ms. Robinson's style of writing is also easy to understand. No "mumbo jumbo" here, she explains what all those "buzz words" are about, making this easily understood by just about anyone. Well written, well illustrated and nicely presented, this book would be, in my opinion, one of the better beginner books for those, like me, who are not all that familiar with palm reading. However, now that I've been through this book, I have to say I have a much better understanding, so I figure, if it worked for me, then it works for anyone. A good book to keep around as a reference book.
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