Author: Debra K. Fileta
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310336805
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
It is possible to find true love through dating. In True Love Dates, Debra Fileta encourages singles not to "kiss dating goodbye" but instead to experience a season of dating as a way to find real love. Through powerful, real-life stories and Fileta's personal journey, this book offers profound insights from the expertise of a professional counselor. Christians are looking for answers to finding true love. They are disillusioned with the church that has provided little practical application in the area of love and relationships. They're bombarded by Christian books that shun dating, idolize courting, fixate on spirituality, and in the end, offer little real relationship help. True Love Dates provides honest help for dating by providing a guide into vital relationship essentials. Debra is a professional Christian counselor who reaches millions with her popular blog, Truelovedates.com, and her book offers sound advice grounded in Christian spirituality. She delivers insight, direction, and counsel when it comes to entering the world of dating and learning to do it right the first time around. Drawing on the stories and struggles of hundreds of young men and women who have pursued the search for true love, Fileta helps readers bypass unnecessary pain while focusing on the things that really matter in the world of dating.
True Love Dates
Author: Debra K. Fileta
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310336805
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
It is possible to find true love through dating. In True Love Dates, Debra Fileta encourages singles not to "kiss dating goodbye" but instead to experience a season of dating as a way to find real love. Through powerful, real-life stories and Fileta's personal journey, this book offers profound insights from the expertise of a professional counselor. Christians are looking for answers to finding true love. They are disillusioned with the church that has provided little practical application in the area of love and relationships. They're bombarded by Christian books that shun dating, idolize courting, fixate on spirituality, and in the end, offer little real relationship help. True Love Dates provides honest help for dating by providing a guide into vital relationship essentials. Debra is a professional Christian counselor who reaches millions with her popular blog, Truelovedates.com, and her book offers sound advice grounded in Christian spirituality. She delivers insight, direction, and counsel when it comes to entering the world of dating and learning to do it right the first time around. Drawing on the stories and struggles of hundreds of young men and women who have pursued the search for true love, Fileta helps readers bypass unnecessary pain while focusing on the things that really matter in the world of dating.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310336805
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
It is possible to find true love through dating. In True Love Dates, Debra Fileta encourages singles not to "kiss dating goodbye" but instead to experience a season of dating as a way to find real love. Through powerful, real-life stories and Fileta's personal journey, this book offers profound insights from the expertise of a professional counselor. Christians are looking for answers to finding true love. They are disillusioned with the church that has provided little practical application in the area of love and relationships. They're bombarded by Christian books that shun dating, idolize courting, fixate on spirituality, and in the end, offer little real relationship help. True Love Dates provides honest help for dating by providing a guide into vital relationship essentials. Debra is a professional Christian counselor who reaches millions with her popular blog, Truelovedates.com, and her book offers sound advice grounded in Christian spirituality. She delivers insight, direction, and counsel when it comes to entering the world of dating and learning to do it right the first time around. Drawing on the stories and struggles of hundreds of young men and women who have pursued the search for true love, Fileta helps readers bypass unnecessary pain while focusing on the things that really matter in the world of dating.
How Fantasy Becomes Reality
Author: Karen Dill-Shackleford
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190239298
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
From smartphones to social media, from streaming videos to fitness bands, our devices bring us information and entertainment all day long, forming an intimate part of our lives. Their ubiquity represents a major shift in human experience, and although we often hold our devices dear, we do not always fully appreciate how their nearly constant presence can influence our lives for better and for worse. In this revised and expanded edition of How Fantasy Becomes Reality, social psychologist Karen E. Dill-Shackleford explains what the latest science tells us about how our devices influence our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In engaging, conversational prose, she discusses both the benefits and the risks that come with our current level of media saturation. The wide-ranging conversation explores Avatar, Mad Men, Grand Theft Auto, and Comic Con to address critical issues such as media violence, portrayals of social groups, political coverage, and fandom. Her conclusions will empower readers to make our favorite sources of entertainment and information work for us and not against us.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190239298
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
From smartphones to social media, from streaming videos to fitness bands, our devices bring us information and entertainment all day long, forming an intimate part of our lives. Their ubiquity represents a major shift in human experience, and although we often hold our devices dear, we do not always fully appreciate how their nearly constant presence can influence our lives for better and for worse. In this revised and expanded edition of How Fantasy Becomes Reality, social psychologist Karen E. Dill-Shackleford explains what the latest science tells us about how our devices influence our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In engaging, conversational prose, she discusses both the benefits and the risks that come with our current level of media saturation. The wide-ranging conversation explores Avatar, Mad Men, Grand Theft Auto, and Comic Con to address critical issues such as media violence, portrayals of social groups, political coverage, and fandom. Her conclusions will empower readers to make our favorite sources of entertainment and information work for us and not against us.
Her Fantasy
Author: Lauren Biel
Publisher: Lauren Biel
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Her Fantasy is a MEDIUM GRAY romance novella with high spice and low plot. If you collect book boyfriends as well, the eerie similarities in this book will make you wonder if someone has been watching you! Fantasies are just daydreams that turn you on I’m a housewife, married to a man who is the definition of husband material. But sometimes it doesn’t feel like enough. When I hold a stack of new books, I can’t wait to slip into the fantasy within them. I love living in dark, fictional worlds. Neglecting my wifely duties, I find my pleasure within the pages. I want my husband to be like all my book boyfriends, but I’m too ashamed of what gets me off to tell him what I want or let him read my books. My real life is wonderful but my fictional one is sexier. When a party causes my worlds to merge, will my fantasies finally become reality? Will my husband turn out to be my real life book boyfriend? Her Fantasy is a dark contemporary anthology-like novella. Darkness levels vary between chapters, and content warnings on LaurenBiel.com should be taken seriously. Pearl Clutchers beware—this book will dive into deep, dark fantasies.
Publisher: Lauren Biel
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Her Fantasy is a MEDIUM GRAY romance novella with high spice and low plot. If you collect book boyfriends as well, the eerie similarities in this book will make you wonder if someone has been watching you! Fantasies are just daydreams that turn you on I’m a housewife, married to a man who is the definition of husband material. But sometimes it doesn’t feel like enough. When I hold a stack of new books, I can’t wait to slip into the fantasy within them. I love living in dark, fictional worlds. Neglecting my wifely duties, I find my pleasure within the pages. I want my husband to be like all my book boyfriends, but I’m too ashamed of what gets me off to tell him what I want or let him read my books. My real life is wonderful but my fictional one is sexier. When a party causes my worlds to merge, will my fantasies finally become reality? Will my husband turn out to be my real life book boyfriend? Her Fantasy is a dark contemporary anthology-like novella. Darkness levels vary between chapters, and content warnings on LaurenBiel.com should be taken seriously. Pearl Clutchers beware—this book will dive into deep, dark fantasies.
HIS LOVE. HER FANTASY
Author: Adrian Gabriel Dumitru
Publisher: Adrian G Dumitru
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
His love ... Her fantasy ... understanding what love is about. As friends, as a man, but also as a woman, we try to define the undefined from a love story. Dreaming about love and being in love ... the path from the fantasy to the love story itself ... is just a matter of luck ... or maybe where you find yourself, on the timeline of your own life. Maybe is the perfect time for you to explore what love is about, or maybe other things are important at the moment ... and the love story can only be a future “project”. Exploring what love is about ... in our minds, as a fantasy ... or in the real life, as a real love story ... is depending only and only if we are ready or not. But what is the difference between fantasy and reality, when even the Bible is saying that everything we see is just an illusion? Well ... i believe that the fantasy is only the begining of defining what we want ... and the love story is the “experiment” itself. Is it too much to name a love story ... an “experiment”?! Well ... exploring ... as a fantasy or as reality is letting your soul understand what love is about. And ... sometimes is even a life lesson. The moment when you jump into the fairy tale ... the real fantasy ... and you understand the meaning of love ... the fact that love is about giving and not about receiving ... that is the moment when you also understand what life is about. Accepting your partner, just as he / she is ... just as accepting all the people from our lives is the moment of awakening. Me, Adrian ... and my dear Annie ... are only trying to define the unseen path from fantasy to the love story itself. And also ... let you know that this path is leading you to point when your thinking will be totally redefined. Life itself ... is about love. Seeing what love is about ... is understanding the meaning of life. If the “love chapter” started for you ... even if it’s just a fantasy of reality ... you should be happy. The awakening will come to you!
Publisher: Adrian G Dumitru
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
His love ... Her fantasy ... understanding what love is about. As friends, as a man, but also as a woman, we try to define the undefined from a love story. Dreaming about love and being in love ... the path from the fantasy to the love story itself ... is just a matter of luck ... or maybe where you find yourself, on the timeline of your own life. Maybe is the perfect time for you to explore what love is about, or maybe other things are important at the moment ... and the love story can only be a future “project”. Exploring what love is about ... in our minds, as a fantasy ... or in the real life, as a real love story ... is depending only and only if we are ready or not. But what is the difference between fantasy and reality, when even the Bible is saying that everything we see is just an illusion? Well ... i believe that the fantasy is only the begining of defining what we want ... and the love story is the “experiment” itself. Is it too much to name a love story ... an “experiment”?! Well ... exploring ... as a fantasy or as reality is letting your soul understand what love is about. And ... sometimes is even a life lesson. The moment when you jump into the fairy tale ... the real fantasy ... and you understand the meaning of love ... the fact that love is about giving and not about receiving ... that is the moment when you also understand what life is about. Accepting your partner, just as he / she is ... just as accepting all the people from our lives is the moment of awakening. Me, Adrian ... and my dear Annie ... are only trying to define the unseen path from fantasy to the love story itself. And also ... let you know that this path is leading you to point when your thinking will be totally redefined. Life itself ... is about love. Seeing what love is about ... is understanding the meaning of life. If the “love chapter” started for you ... even if it’s just a fantasy of reality ... you should be happy. The awakening will come to you!
Her Fantasy Husband
Author: Nina Croft
Publisher: Entangled: Brazen
ISBN: 1633755797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Security Company CEO Josh Slater put his life on hold when he said “I do” to protect a stranger. While his marriage was never meant to be real—he hasn’t even seen his wife in five years—Josh can’t shake the idea that he’d be cheating if he moves on. Now he’s a man with a mission: chase down his “wife,” get an annulment, and finally indulge in a little no-strings sex. Heiress Alexia Slater entered into a marriage of convenience straight out of high school to gain control of her inheritance before her not-so loving family squandered the whole thing. She doesn’t want the marriage to be real—she’s fought hard for her independence—but that hasn’t stopped her from spending the last five years fantasizing about her gorgeous husband. Then he shows up. Josh wants an annulment. Lexi needs to stay married. When the chemistry explodes between them, there’s no stopping the battle of wills only one of them can win... Each book in the Things to do Before You Die series is a STANDALONE and can be enjoyed out of order... Series order: Book 1: His Fantasy Girl Book 2: Her Fantasy Husband Book 3: His Fantasy Bride
Publisher: Entangled: Brazen
ISBN: 1633755797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Security Company CEO Josh Slater put his life on hold when he said “I do” to protect a stranger. While his marriage was never meant to be real—he hasn’t even seen his wife in five years—Josh can’t shake the idea that he’d be cheating if he moves on. Now he’s a man with a mission: chase down his “wife,” get an annulment, and finally indulge in a little no-strings sex. Heiress Alexia Slater entered into a marriage of convenience straight out of high school to gain control of her inheritance before her not-so loving family squandered the whole thing. She doesn’t want the marriage to be real—she’s fought hard for her independence—but that hasn’t stopped her from spending the last five years fantasizing about her gorgeous husband. Then he shows up. Josh wants an annulment. Lexi needs to stay married. When the chemistry explodes between them, there’s no stopping the battle of wills only one of them can win... Each book in the Things to do Before You Die series is a STANDALONE and can be enjoyed out of order... Series order: Book 1: His Fantasy Girl Book 2: Her Fantasy Husband Book 3: His Fantasy Bride
Reading the Popular
Author: John Fiske
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136869271
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
John Fiske is the author of numerous successful, field-shaping books, many of which we published Includes a new general introduction to Fiske’s work and its impact on the field by Henry Jenkins, another huge name in media studies Also includes a new ‘discussion’ chapter by former Fiske students who are now rising stars / established scholars in media studies. This will re-introduce the work in the context of media studies today and assess the impact of the individual book
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136869271
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
John Fiske is the author of numerous successful, field-shaping books, many of which we published Includes a new general introduction to Fiske’s work and its impact on the field by Henry Jenkins, another huge name in media studies Also includes a new ‘discussion’ chapter by former Fiske students who are now rising stars / established scholars in media studies. This will re-introduce the work in the context of media studies today and assess the impact of the individual book
Blackwood
Author: Hannah Eaton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908434715
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Blackwood is a graphic novel mystery set in the small town of Hundersby, where two murders happen, many years apart. Peg, and her great-grandson, Mason, hold clues to the town's secrets, but does anyone want to know?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908434715
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Blackwood is a graphic novel mystery set in the small town of Hundersby, where two murders happen, many years apart. Peg, and her great-grandson, Mason, hold clues to the town's secrets, but does anyone want to know?
The Cambridge Handbook of the Imagination
Author: Anna Abraham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108429246
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 865
Book Description
The human imagination manifests in countless different forms. We imagine the possible and the impossible. How do we do this so effortlessly? Why did the capacity for imagination evolve and manifest with undeniably manifold complexity uniquely in human beings? This handbook reflects on such questions by collecting perspectives on imagination from leading experts. It showcases a rich and detailed analysis on how the imagination is understood across several disciplines of study, including anthropology, archaeology, medicine, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and the arts. An integrated theoretical-empirical-applied picture of the field is presented, which stands to inform researchers, students, and practitioners about the issues of relevance across the board when considering the imagination. With each chapter, the nature of human imagination is examined - what it entails, how it evolved, and why it singularly defines us as a species.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108429246
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 865
Book Description
The human imagination manifests in countless different forms. We imagine the possible and the impossible. How do we do this so effortlessly? Why did the capacity for imagination evolve and manifest with undeniably manifold complexity uniquely in human beings? This handbook reflects on such questions by collecting perspectives on imagination from leading experts. It showcases a rich and detailed analysis on how the imagination is understood across several disciplines of study, including anthropology, archaeology, medicine, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and the arts. An integrated theoretical-empirical-applied picture of the field is presented, which stands to inform researchers, students, and practitioners about the issues of relevance across the board when considering the imagination. With each chapter, the nature of human imagination is examined - what it entails, how it evolved, and why it singularly defines us as a species.
Performing Fantasy and Reality in Contemporary Culture
Author: Anastasia Seregina
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351613383
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
We frequently engage with that which we consciously perceive not to be real, yet fantasy, despite its pervasive presence and strong role in everyday life through its connection to identities, communities, desires, and meanings, has yet to be properly defined and researched. This book examines fantasy from a performance theory perspective. Drawing on multidisciplinary literature, it presents ethnographic and art-based research on live action role-playing games to explore fantasy as a bodily and negotiated phenomenon that involves various kinds of engagement with one’s surroundings. Overall, this book is a study of various forms and roles that fantasy can take on as part of contemporary Western culture. The study suggests that fantasy emerges as a different type of interpretation of normalised performance and reality, and can thus provide individuals with the tools to wield agency in everyday life. The book will appeal to scholars of sociology, cultural and media studies, literature and performance studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351613383
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
We frequently engage with that which we consciously perceive not to be real, yet fantasy, despite its pervasive presence and strong role in everyday life through its connection to identities, communities, desires, and meanings, has yet to be properly defined and researched. This book examines fantasy from a performance theory perspective. Drawing on multidisciplinary literature, it presents ethnographic and art-based research on live action role-playing games to explore fantasy as a bodily and negotiated phenomenon that involves various kinds of engagement with one’s surroundings. Overall, this book is a study of various forms and roles that fantasy can take on as part of contemporary Western culture. The study suggests that fantasy emerges as a different type of interpretation of normalised performance and reality, and can thus provide individuals with the tools to wield agency in everyday life. The book will appeal to scholars of sociology, cultural and media studies, literature and performance studies.
The Fantasy of Reality
Author: Rachel E. Silverman
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN: 9781433130496
Category : Real Housewives television programs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Fantasy of Reality: Critical Essays on 'The Real Housewives' explores the series and the women of The Real Housewives through the lens of race, class, gender, sexuality, and place. The contributing authors use an expansive and impressive array of methodological approaches to examine particular aspects of the series, offering rich analysis and insight along the way.
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN: 9781433130496
Category : Real Housewives television programs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Fantasy of Reality: Critical Essays on 'The Real Housewives' explores the series and the women of The Real Housewives through the lens of race, class, gender, sexuality, and place. The contributing authors use an expansive and impressive array of methodological approaches to examine particular aspects of the series, offering rich analysis and insight along the way.