cover image Anger Kills: 17 Strategies for Controlling Hostility That Can Harm Yr Health

Anger Kills: 17 Strategies for Controlling Hostility That Can Harm Yr Health

Redford Williams, Angela Williams. Crown Publishers, $22 (228pp) ISBN 978-0-8129-1981-3

Redford ( The Trusting Heart ) and Virginia Williams ( Surrealism, Quantum Philosophy and World War I ), husband and wife, explain the interplay of psychology and medicine in this instructive book. Elaborating on Redford Williams's earlier work, which linked excess hostility to life-threatening illness, especially heart disease, they present new scientific findings as well as draw on their own experiences in their more than 30 years together. A questionnaire and other exercises are provided to help readers locate their hostility level and identify what types of things ``set them off.'' Finally, the authors outline 17 strategies to control anger. These include meditation, laughing at oneself, assertiveness, caring for a pet and performing community service. A deft balance of research and intuitive perceptions. Author tour. (Feb.)