Author: M. H. Elhaj
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781532961281
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The narrator and his best friend are born on the same day in the same neighborhood. Their early life conditions and upbringing seem almost identical. They run in the same circles, attend the same schools, and are basically nurtured the same values. Yet, their choices and their responses to what life throws at them end up drastically different. When power over their ancient and diverse land is usurped by forces bent on imposing an uncompromising version of religious and cultural absolutism, the people find themselves faced with unpalatable choices: stay quiet and suffer the oppression, fight an unequal battle, or head for the exit door leaving behind everything they know and love. In this sweeping philosophic work that touches on issues of religion, displacement, politics, migration, culture, and belonging, the reader is gradually immersed in the sometimes conscious yet often unconscious struggle of the main characters to come to terms with the greatest unknown of all-the meaning of life. Sifting through the wreckage of the times of separation, the reader will discover, in this heartbreaking but inspirational work, that pure, enduring love might just be the only thing in life that is not a lie.
Life As a Lie
Author: M. H. Elhaj
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781532961281
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The narrator and his best friend are born on the same day in the same neighborhood. Their early life conditions and upbringing seem almost identical. They run in the same circles, attend the same schools, and are basically nurtured the same values. Yet, their choices and their responses to what life throws at them end up drastically different. When power over their ancient and diverse land is usurped by forces bent on imposing an uncompromising version of religious and cultural absolutism, the people find themselves faced with unpalatable choices: stay quiet and suffer the oppression, fight an unequal battle, or head for the exit door leaving behind everything they know and love. In this sweeping philosophic work that touches on issues of religion, displacement, politics, migration, culture, and belonging, the reader is gradually immersed in the sometimes conscious yet often unconscious struggle of the main characters to come to terms with the greatest unknown of all-the meaning of life. Sifting through the wreckage of the times of separation, the reader will discover, in this heartbreaking but inspirational work, that pure, enduring love might just be the only thing in life that is not a lie.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781532961281
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The narrator and his best friend are born on the same day in the same neighborhood. Their early life conditions and upbringing seem almost identical. They run in the same circles, attend the same schools, and are basically nurtured the same values. Yet, their choices and their responses to what life throws at them end up drastically different. When power over their ancient and diverse land is usurped by forces bent on imposing an uncompromising version of religious and cultural absolutism, the people find themselves faced with unpalatable choices: stay quiet and suffer the oppression, fight an unequal battle, or head for the exit door leaving behind everything they know and love. In this sweeping philosophic work that touches on issues of religion, displacement, politics, migration, culture, and belonging, the reader is gradually immersed in the sometimes conscious yet often unconscious struggle of the main characters to come to terms with the greatest unknown of all-the meaning of life. Sifting through the wreckage of the times of separation, the reader will discover, in this heartbreaking but inspirational work, that pure, enduring love might just be the only thing in life that is not a lie.
Your Life Is A Lie
Author: Brad Gosse
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Unicorns aren't real. Buckle in. I'm about to hit you in the feels. Tooth fairies are completely fake. You found moms money when you were awake. Nobody knows why they pay for your teeth with cash. Old teeth are gross. They wind up in the trash. Yaaaay teeth!. Easter celebrates the day Jesus died. We Told stories of bunnies and chocolate. Who knows why? WTF is A Leprechaun anyway? Nobody has a fairy godmother okay? Daddies boyfriend was never your "uncle" Todd. cupid is a total fraud. Noah never built an ark to save the species. IF you make a funny face it will never freeze. dragons aren't real with their mouths ablaze. Thanksgiving wasn't really the happiest of days. We know there aren't any real fairies. And we're pretty sure there's no such thing as zombies. There's no such thing as a 5-second rule. making up Santa Claus was extra cruel. It's time to Swallow your reality pills. Get ready for a life of paying taxes and bills.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Unicorns aren't real. Buckle in. I'm about to hit you in the feels. Tooth fairies are completely fake. You found moms money when you were awake. Nobody knows why they pay for your teeth with cash. Old teeth are gross. They wind up in the trash. Yaaaay teeth!. Easter celebrates the day Jesus died. We Told stories of bunnies and chocolate. Who knows why? WTF is A Leprechaun anyway? Nobody has a fairy godmother okay? Daddies boyfriend was never your "uncle" Todd. cupid is a total fraud. Noah never built an ark to save the species. IF you make a funny face it will never freeze. dragons aren't real with their mouths ablaze. Thanksgiving wasn't really the happiest of days. We know there aren't any real fairies. And we're pretty sure there's no such thing as zombies. There's no such thing as a 5-second rule. making up Santa Claus was extra cruel. It's time to Swallow your reality pills. Get ready for a life of paying taxes and bills.
Tell Yourself a Better Lie
Author: Marisa Peer
Publisher: Rtt Press
ISBN: 9781544525020
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Do you ever wish you could rewrite your life? Our lives are defined by the stories we tell ourselves, but those stories aren't always true. Narratives that are based on outdated or irrelevant information can run (or ruin) our lives for years, even if those stories are wildly different from the objective reality that formed them. In her sixth book, Tell Yourself a Better Lie, best-selling author Marisa Peer shares for the first time how Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) creates stunning in-the-room turnarounds for issues as varied as suicidal depression, eating disorders, weight loss, and life-limiting phobias and addictions. Through ten diverse case studies, Marisa explains how our unmet needs as children can morph into fixed stories we tell ourselves in adulthood-and, more importantly, how we all have the power to change them. If you've been longing for a happier, more fulfilled life, pick up Tell Yourself a Better Lie and take control of your own story today.
Publisher: Rtt Press
ISBN: 9781544525020
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Do you ever wish you could rewrite your life? Our lives are defined by the stories we tell ourselves, but those stories aren't always true. Narratives that are based on outdated or irrelevant information can run (or ruin) our lives for years, even if those stories are wildly different from the objective reality that formed them. In her sixth book, Tell Yourself a Better Lie, best-selling author Marisa Peer shares for the first time how Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) creates stunning in-the-room turnarounds for issues as varied as suicidal depression, eating disorders, weight loss, and life-limiting phobias and addictions. Through ten diverse case studies, Marisa explains how our unmet needs as children can morph into fixed stories we tell ourselves in adulthood-and, more importantly, how we all have the power to change them. If you've been longing for a happier, more fulfilled life, pick up Tell Yourself a Better Lie and take control of your own story today.
The Liar in Your Life
Author: Robert Feldman
Publisher: Twelve
ISBN: 0446552194
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
In The Liar in Your Life, psychology professor Robert Feldman, one of the world's leading authorities on deception, draws on his immense body of knowledge to give fresh insights into how and why we lie, how our culture has become increasingly tolerant of deception, the cost it exacts on us, and what to do about it. His work is at once surprising and sobering, full of corrections for common myths and explanations of pervasive oversimplifications. Feldman examines marital infidelity, little white lies, career-driven resumé lies, and how we teach children to lie. Along the way, he reveals-despite our beliefs to the contrary- how it is nearly impossible to spot a liar (studies have shown no relationship between nervousness, lack of eye contact, or a trembling voice, and acts of deception). He also provides startling evidence of just how integral lying is to our culture; indeed, his research shows that two people, meeting for the first time, will lie to each other an average of three times in the first ten minutes of a conversation. Feldman uses this discussion of deception to explore ways we can cope with infidelity, betrayal, and mistrust, in our friends and family. He also describes the lies we tell ourselves: Sometimes, the liar in your life is the person you see in the mirror. With incisive clarity and wry wit, Feldman has written a truthful book for anyone who whose life has been touched by deception.
Publisher: Twelve
ISBN: 0446552194
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
In The Liar in Your Life, psychology professor Robert Feldman, one of the world's leading authorities on deception, draws on his immense body of knowledge to give fresh insights into how and why we lie, how our culture has become increasingly tolerant of deception, the cost it exacts on us, and what to do about it. His work is at once surprising and sobering, full of corrections for common myths and explanations of pervasive oversimplifications. Feldman examines marital infidelity, little white lies, career-driven resumé lies, and how we teach children to lie. Along the way, he reveals-despite our beliefs to the contrary- how it is nearly impossible to spot a liar (studies have shown no relationship between nervousness, lack of eye contact, or a trembling voice, and acts of deception). He also provides startling evidence of just how integral lying is to our culture; indeed, his research shows that two people, meeting for the first time, will lie to each other an average of three times in the first ten minutes of a conversation. Feldman uses this discussion of deception to explore ways we can cope with infidelity, betrayal, and mistrust, in our friends and family. He also describes the lies we tell ourselves: Sometimes, the liar in your life is the person you see in the mirror. With incisive clarity and wry wit, Feldman has written a truthful book for anyone who whose life has been touched by deception.
Fully Alive
Author: Susie Larson
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493415999
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
In this eye-opening book, Susie Larson shows how intertwined our emotional, spiritual, and physical health are. Spiritual difficulties can have physical consequences, and physical illnesses can have emotional and even spiritual ramifications. So in order for true healing to occur, it must happen holistically--mind, body, and spirit. Providing a fresh vision of what a flourishing life is, Susie shares practical, biblical ways to · replace defeating thoughts with redemptive ones · overcome stress and embrace God's peace · deal with the "I can'ts" embedded in our souls · trade unhealthy habits for new life-giving practices We cannot keep ignoring the mental and/or emotional symptoms that are trying to get our attention. Fully Alive is an uplifting guide for anyone who longs to know the health, freedom, and wholeness that Jesus wants for us.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493415999
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
In this eye-opening book, Susie Larson shows how intertwined our emotional, spiritual, and physical health are. Spiritual difficulties can have physical consequences, and physical illnesses can have emotional and even spiritual ramifications. So in order for true healing to occur, it must happen holistically--mind, body, and spirit. Providing a fresh vision of what a flourishing life is, Susie shares practical, biblical ways to · replace defeating thoughts with redemptive ones · overcome stress and embrace God's peace · deal with the "I can'ts" embedded in our souls · trade unhealthy habits for new life-giving practices We cannot keep ignoring the mental and/or emotional symptoms that are trying to get our attention. Fully Alive is an uplifting guide for anyone who longs to know the health, freedom, and wholeness that Jesus wants for us.
10 Lies Men Believe About Porn
Author: Stephen Kuhn
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1630470309
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The battle to resist pornography is brutal. Its lure just seems too powerful. We've tried for years to be strong, run away from temptation, and manage our desires in better ways. No matter how hard we try, though, we just can't get free from pornography. Some of us have lost all hope. What if the battle you've been fighting isn't even the real battle? What if using pornography is just a symptom of something deeper going on inside of you? What if the things you are doing to protect yourself actually contribute to your obsession? Have you had thoughts like I'm the only one struggling like this, God must be so ashamed of me, or I've got to get stronger to overcome this? These thoughts are common. But they are also lies. 10 Lies Men Believe about Porn holds these lies up against the truth of Scripture. You'll learn how they deceive us into missing out on the freedom Christ offers us. Ultimately, you'll discover that the message of the gospel isn't about learning to fight better-it's about no longer needing to fight at all. That is the type of freedom Jesus came to offer you. That's why they call it the Good News. "And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -John 8:32-
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1630470309
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The battle to resist pornography is brutal. Its lure just seems too powerful. We've tried for years to be strong, run away from temptation, and manage our desires in better ways. No matter how hard we try, though, we just can't get free from pornography. Some of us have lost all hope. What if the battle you've been fighting isn't even the real battle? What if using pornography is just a symptom of something deeper going on inside of you? What if the things you are doing to protect yourself actually contribute to your obsession? Have you had thoughts like I'm the only one struggling like this, God must be so ashamed of me, or I've got to get stronger to overcome this? These thoughts are common. But they are also lies. 10 Lies Men Believe about Porn holds these lies up against the truth of Scripture. You'll learn how they deceive us into missing out on the freedom Christ offers us. Ultimately, you'll discover that the message of the gospel isn't about learning to fight better-it's about no longer needing to fight at all. That is the type of freedom Jesus came to offer you. That's why they call it the Good News. "And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -John 8:32-
Hope Has Its Reasons
Author: Rebecca Manley Pippert
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830822782
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Rebecca Manley Pippert invites you to join her on a journey exploring the region between faith and unbelief where hope and doubt mingle. Citing freely from her own experiences she addresses the big questions of life including questions about our significance, meaning, love, life and truth.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830822782
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Rebecca Manley Pippert invites you to join her on a journey exploring the region between faith and unbelief where hope and doubt mingle. Citing freely from her own experiences she addresses the big questions of life including questions about our significance, meaning, love, life and truth.
Lies
Author: T. M. Logan
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250182263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Twenty7"--Copyright page.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250182263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Twenty7"--Copyright page.
Sometimes You Have to Lie
Author: Leslie Brody
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580057705
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
In this inspiring biography, discover the true story of Harriet the Spy author Louise Fitzhugh -- and learn about the woman behind one of literature's most beloved heroines. Harriet the Spy, first published in 1964, has mesmerized generations of readers and launched a million diarists. Its beloved antiheroine, Harriet, is erratic, unsentimental, and endearing -- very much like the woman who created her, Louise Fitzhugh. Born in 1928, Fitzhugh was raised in segregated Memphis, but she soon escaped her cloistered world and headed for New York, where her expanded milieu stretched from the lesbian bars of Greenwich Village to the art world of postwar Europe, and her circle of friends included members of the avant-garde like Maurice Sendak and Lorraine Hansberry. Fitzhugh's novels, written in an era of political defiance, are full of resistance: to authority, to conformity, and even -- radically, for a children's author -- to make-believe. As a children's author and a lesbian, Fitzhugh was often pressured to disguise her true nature. Sometimes You Have to Lie tells the story of her hidden life and of the creation of her masterpiece, which remains long after her death as a testament to the complicated relationship between truth, secrecy, and individualism.
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580057705
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
In this inspiring biography, discover the true story of Harriet the Spy author Louise Fitzhugh -- and learn about the woman behind one of literature's most beloved heroines. Harriet the Spy, first published in 1964, has mesmerized generations of readers and launched a million diarists. Its beloved antiheroine, Harriet, is erratic, unsentimental, and endearing -- very much like the woman who created her, Louise Fitzhugh. Born in 1928, Fitzhugh was raised in segregated Memphis, but she soon escaped her cloistered world and headed for New York, where her expanded milieu stretched from the lesbian bars of Greenwich Village to the art world of postwar Europe, and her circle of friends included members of the avant-garde like Maurice Sendak and Lorraine Hansberry. Fitzhugh's novels, written in an era of political defiance, are full of resistance: to authority, to conformity, and even -- radically, for a children's author -- to make-believe. As a children's author and a lesbian, Fitzhugh was often pressured to disguise her true nature. Sometimes You Have to Lie tells the story of her hidden life and of the creation of her masterpiece, which remains long after her death as a testament to the complicated relationship between truth, secrecy, and individualism.
Lies We Believe About God
Author: Wm. Paul Young
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501101412
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
From the author of the bestselling novel The Shack and the New York Times bestsellers Cross Roads and Eve comes a compelling, conversational exploration of twenty-eight assumptions about God—assumptions that just might be keeping us from experiencing His unconditional, all-encompassing love. In his wildly popular novels, Wm. Paul Young portrayed the Triune God in ways that challenged our thinking—sometimes upending long-held beliefs, but always centered in the eternal, all-encompassing nature of God’s love. Now, in Wm. Paul Young’s first nonfiction book, he invites us to revisit our assumptions about God—this time using the Bible, theological discussion, and personal anecdotes. Paul encourages us to think through beliefs we’ve presumed to be true and consider whether some might actually be false. Expounding on the compassion fans felt from the “Papa” portrayed in The Shack—now a major film starring Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer—Paul encourages you to think anew about important issues including sin, religion, hell, politics, identity, creation, human rights, and helping us discover God’s deep and abiding love.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501101412
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
From the author of the bestselling novel The Shack and the New York Times bestsellers Cross Roads and Eve comes a compelling, conversational exploration of twenty-eight assumptions about God—assumptions that just might be keeping us from experiencing His unconditional, all-encompassing love. In his wildly popular novels, Wm. Paul Young portrayed the Triune God in ways that challenged our thinking—sometimes upending long-held beliefs, but always centered in the eternal, all-encompassing nature of God’s love. Now, in Wm. Paul Young’s first nonfiction book, he invites us to revisit our assumptions about God—this time using the Bible, theological discussion, and personal anecdotes. Paul encourages us to think through beliefs we’ve presumed to be true and consider whether some might actually be false. Expounding on the compassion fans felt from the “Papa” portrayed in The Shack—now a major film starring Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer—Paul encourages you to think anew about important issues including sin, religion, hell, politics, identity, creation, human rights, and helping us discover God’s deep and abiding love.