Books written by Michael Berman

  • A Bridge to the Other Side
    A Bridge to the Other Side

    ... and Bathia Catherine Morrison, daughter of William Morrison, one of their teachers. Her parents separated after five years of marriage, and her mother retained custody of their three daughters until they became teenagers.

  • Divination and the Shamanic Story
    Divination and the Shamanic Story

    An important figure in neo-shamanism, as far as dance is concerned, is Gabrielle Roth. The following information about her and her dancework has been adapted from her website: Gabrielle Roth is the author of Maps to Ecstasy, ...

  • The Shamanic Themes in Armenian Folktales
    The Shamanic Themes in Armenian Folktales

    Well I cared for you for seven long years and hoped to make you my son-in-law. I shall spare your life. Put your tongue to my lips so that I may kiss you, and then go in peace, my son!' The snake put his tongue to the old woman's lips, ...

  • The Power of Metaphor: Story telling & guided journeys for teachers, trainers and therapists
    The Power of Metaphor: Story telling & guided journeys for teachers, trainers and therapists

    asked Bryan. “Flying alone? What do think you are? A bird? A plane? Superwoman?” “I'm an eagle, Bryan, and you are a rabbit. Find a burrow of your own, bunny.” “You've gone mad!” shouted Bryan. “You need a psychiatrist, or a vet!

  • The Nature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story
    The Nature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story

    The book makes out a case for the introduction of a new genre of tale, the shamanic story, which has either been based on or inspired by a shamanic journey, or contains a number of the elements that are typical of such a journey.

  • Georgia Through Earth, Fire, Air and Water
    Georgia Through Earth, Fire, Air and Water

    However, tales from a time when the Earth was new help to jolt us out of our daily lethargy, as do the stories in this collection – a number of which have never been translated from Georgian direct into English before.

  • Soul Loss and the Shamanic Story
    Soul Loss and the Shamanic Story

    For this reason, a case can be made for the introduction of a new genre, termed the shamanic story–a story that has either been based on or inspired by a shamanic journey (a numinous experience in non-ordinary reality) or one that ...

  • English Language Teaching Matters
    English Language Teaching Matters

    Michael Berman has been teaching English as a Foreign Language and giving talks and workshops at both national and international conferences all his working life, and this volume is a collection of the articles and materials he has written ...

  • The Upside of Risk: Turning Complex Burdens Into Strategic Advantages for Financial Institutions
    The Upside of Risk: Turning Complex Burdens Into Strategic Advantages for Financial Institutions

    It's to understand it. Strategic risk management isn't just about how, it's about why. In The Upside of Risk, author Michael Berman shows readers why risk management and strategic planning are inseparable.

  • Shape Shifters & Their Stories: The Golem; Lilith; Werewolf; The Dybbuk; Silkie; & More
    Shape Shifters & Their Stories: The Golem; Lilith; Werewolf; The Dybbuk; Silkie; & More

    However, as many of the tales in this collection show, it is only by coming to terms with who we really are that peace of mind can truly be ours once again.

  • A Multiple Intelligences Road to an ELT Classroom
    A Multiple Intelligences Road to an ELT Classroom

    Written and designed for TEFLs (Teachers of English as a Foreign Language), this is a visually appealing, thoroughly practical resource full of exercises, activities, stories, visualisations, puzzles and information for immediate use in the ...

  • Monkey In The Middle
    Monkey In The Middle

    In his first novel (written while commuting to New York on Amtrak) Michael Berman blends strong characters, highly-flavored dialogue, a good dose of humor, and two distinct plots that converge in a wo

  • The Shamanic Themes in Chechen Folktales
    The Shamanic Themes in Chechen Folktales

    This book contains both the texts of some of the tales and commentaries on them, focusing in particular on their shamanic elements.

  • Shamanic Journeys Through the Caucasus
    Shamanic Journeys Through the Caucasus

    What were the religious beliefs and practices of the early inhabitants of the Caucasus? Some of the answers can be found by looking at the folktales from the region, which is what this book does.

  • Journeys Outside Time: Shamanic Ballads, Shamanic Stories
    Journeys Outside Time: Shamanic Ballads, Shamanic Stories

    Publications include A Multiple Intelligences Road to an ELT Classroom and The Power of Metaphor for Crown House, and The Nature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story for Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  • Playing and Working with Words

    "Entertaining activities designed to teach and practise vocabulary"--Page 4 of cover.

  • Georgia Through Its Folktales
    Georgia Through Its Folktales

    Full of third sons, talking birds, enchanted places, beautiful women and impossible journeys, these charmingly illustrated stories have a magic-realist, almost absurd quality, and they are told and translated with enough shamanstvo to keep ...

  • Instructor's Manual/Test Bank to Accompany Interactions Access: Integrated Skills Edition
    Instructor's Manual/Test Bank to Accompany Interactions Access: Integrated Skills Edition

    Accompanies Interactions Access: ISE book only. Includes answer key and complete testing program.

  • All God's Creatures: Stories Old and New
    All God's Creatures: Stories Old and New

    Publications include A Multiple Intelligences Road to an ELT Classroom and The Power of Metaphor for Crown House, and The Nature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story for Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  • Shamanic Journeys Through Daghestan
    Shamanic Journeys Through Daghestan

    This book, one of only a handful available in English on the country, contains the texts of some of these stories as well as commentaries on them.