Looking back, John Edward now sees the early signs that he was destined to become an acclaimed psychic and medium. "There were times when I knew things I shouldn't have known," he writes. "Simple things like who was coming over, or who was on the phone." He knew events in family history that no one had told him about. He was inexplicably fascinated with television characters that possessed supernatural powers. He'd see auras around schoolteachers and hear voices that whispered true information in his mind. Eventually his gifts expanded into hearing the names of spirits "who'd gone to the other side." Finally, as a teenager Edward began to claim rather than question his psychic abilities and committed his life work to pursuing and learning about his gifts. Now that he has become a renowned medium (appearing on numerous talk shows, including Larry King Live), Edwards has written an entertaining "my life as a psychic" type of autobiography, packed with fascinating true stories. At the same time, Edward offers an engaging self-help book, teaching readers how to visit a medium and even showing seekers how they can recognize and develop their own psychic abilities. --Gail Hudson

From Publishers Weekly
It's easy to distrust those who claim to communicate with the dead, to dismiss them as charlatans who take advantage of the bereaved. Psychic medium Edward himself urges readers to "be skeptical, though not cynical." But it is not so easy to reject Edward's compelling tale of gradually accepting his psychic abilities (seeing auras, astro-traveling, premonitions) and acting as a messenger between spirits who have passed over to "the Other Side" and their loved ones left behind. With a college degree in public health and administration, and "rising within the ranks" of a large hospital, he finally gave in to the "constant yanking feeling" he had experienced since he was a boy. In several poignant stories of connecting people with their deceased family members, Edward tries "to demystify spirit communication" by explaining exactly what he sees, hears and feels during a "reading." The spirits, he says, speak to him in voices, sounds, images, sensations, smells, tastes and feelings, mostly in symbolic form (for example, a father who always signed things with the numeral "4" fills the psychic's head with images of golf swings?"fore"), to convey a message to loved ones. Usually, beyond identifying the senders in verifiable ways, the messages are simply that those who have passed on are all right and that "they're still with us." Coming off like James Van Praagh (Talking to Heaven) tempered with the down-to-earth appeal of Caroline Myss, Edward offers an intriguing collection of anecdotes that may not convince the cynical but that can both comfort and fascinate the merely skeptical. Author tour. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile
John Edward's down-to-earth persona shines through this short memoir of his life as a psychic. While handling the narration awkwardly now and then, Edward has a sincerity and earnestness that carry the listener through his story of learning about his remarkable abilities, and ultimately building a career with them. While Edwards occasionally stretches credulity, those who embrace psychic and after-life experiences as valid and knowable will enjoy Edward's engaging stories of the spirits and families he has come to know. Who among us wouldn't like to contact a lost loved one just one last time? D.J.B. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Book Description
As seen on "Larry King Live," "The Leeza Show," "Roseanne,"and "Maury Povich"--John Edward's remarkable account of how he came to be one of the most popular psychic mediums of our time. Now with a brand new workbook section written specially for this edition!

His television appearances have made millions of people believe in the afterlife--and in his ability to reach it. Now John Edward's legion of fans can read his remarkable true story and compelling accounts of his most important readings, how they helped heal the scars of grief and gave way to more fulfilling lives for the living--lives where loved ones never cease to love you, and never really die...

In an all-new chapter, written especially for this paperback edition, he also empowers readers to tune in to their own psychic abilities--and read and understand signs of spiritual contact they may be experiencing every day without even knowing it.

* Includes new, first-time-in-print material--the trade edition will be published with an all-new workbook section to help readers tune in to their own psychic abilities

"Compelling...poignant...like James Van Praagh (Talking to Heaven) tempered with the down-to-earth appeal of Caroline Myss."--Publishers Weekly

"Astonishing."--Raymond Moody, Ph.D., M.D., author of Life After Life and Reunions

About the Author
John Edward is an internationally acclaimed psychic medium. He publishes his own newsletter and conducts workshops and seminars for people who wish to develop their own psychic ability. He has created two videos, One Last Time: After Death Communication and Building Bridges to the Spiritual Realm.

FROM OUR EDITORS

If you￯﾿ﾽve ever wondered about psychic communication, John Edward￯﾿ﾽs story will surprise and enlighten you. In this memoir, Edward tells us how he first developed his psychic vision, and what his uncanny talent has taught him. ￯﾿ﾽWhat is plain to me is the spirits￯﾿ﾽ ability to break through the void￯﾿ﾽ. The proof is in the visits and messages I receive every day of my life.￯﾿ﾽ Edward explains. ￯﾿ﾽThis book is an attempt￯﾿ﾽto demystify this work by explaining not only what it is, but what it isn￯﾿ﾽt.￯﾿ﾽ Edward￯﾿ﾽs stories of death and its aftermath will satisfy your questions about psychics -- and will raise many more.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

In One Last Time, John Edward discusses how he first discovered, then gradually developed, his psychic ability to foretell events and communicate with the deceased. He also empowers people to tune into their own psychic abilities, and read and understand signs of spiritual contact they may be experiencing every day without even knowing it. He tells the compelling stories of his most important readings, how they have helped heal the scars of grief and gave way to more fulfilling lives for the living - lives where loved ones never cease to love you, and never really died.

SYNOPSIS

As seen on "Larry King Live," "The Leeza Show," "Roseanne,"and "Maury Povich"--John Edward's remarkable account of how he came to be one of the most popular psychic mediums of our time. Now with a brand new workbook section written specially for this edition!

His television appearances have made millions of people believe in the afterlife--and in his ability to reach it. Now John Edward's legion of fans can read his remarkable true story and compelling accounts of his most important readings, how they helped heal the scars of grief and gave way to more fulfilling lives for the living--lives where loved ones never cease to love you, and never really die...

In an all-new chapter, written especially for this paperback edition, he also empowers readers to tune in to their own psychic abilities--and read and understand signs of spiritual contact they may be experiencing every day without even knowing it.

* Includes new, first-time-in-print material--the trade edition will be published with an all-new workbook section to help readers tune in to their own psychic abilities

"Compelling...poignant...like James Van Praagh (Talking to Heaven) tempered with the down-to-earth appeal of Caroline Myss."--Publishers Weekly