Author: Dobby Gibson
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 9781555976323
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Dobby Gibson's poetry . . . is equal parts tender, triumphant, exhilarating, disturbing, and thought provoking: it's fantastic." (The Corresponder) * Shortlisted for the Believer Poetry Award * From the backs of the books I love and am terrified by, the great thinkers stare back at me with little encouragement. I am prepared to follow them anywhere! —from "Ago" Meditative, lyrical, aphoristic, and always leavened with a wry wit, the poems in Dobby Gibson's It Becomes You explore the divergent conditions by which we're perpetually defined—the daily weather, the fluctuations of the Dow, the growth of a cancer cell, the politics of the day. What surrounds us becomes us, Gibson suggests, in a book that will ultimately become you.
It Becomes You
Author: Dobby Gibson
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 9781555976323
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Dobby Gibson's poetry . . . is equal parts tender, triumphant, exhilarating, disturbing, and thought provoking: it's fantastic." (The Corresponder) * Shortlisted for the Believer Poetry Award * From the backs of the books I love and am terrified by, the great thinkers stare back at me with little encouragement. I am prepared to follow them anywhere! —from "Ago" Meditative, lyrical, aphoristic, and always leavened with a wry wit, the poems in Dobby Gibson's It Becomes You explore the divergent conditions by which we're perpetually defined—the daily weather, the fluctuations of the Dow, the growth of a cancer cell, the politics of the day. What surrounds us becomes us, Gibson suggests, in a book that will ultimately become you.
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 9781555976323
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Dobby Gibson's poetry . . . is equal parts tender, triumphant, exhilarating, disturbing, and thought provoking: it's fantastic." (The Corresponder) * Shortlisted for the Believer Poetry Award * From the backs of the books I love and am terrified by, the great thinkers stare back at me with little encouragement. I am prepared to follow them anywhere! —from "Ago" Meditative, lyrical, aphoristic, and always leavened with a wry wit, the poems in Dobby Gibson's It Becomes You explore the divergent conditions by which we're perpetually defined—the daily weather, the fluctuations of the Dow, the growth of a cancer cell, the politics of the day. What surrounds us becomes us, Gibson suggests, in a book that will ultimately become you.
Moonlight Becomes You
Author: Mary Higgins Clark
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1847395554
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Maggie Holloway is unsatisfied with the explanation for her former stepmother's death, and when the residents of a nursing home begin dying suddenly and inexplicably she becomes suspicious. It is only later that she realizes she herself is a target for a twisted killer.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1847395554
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Maggie Holloway is unsatisfied with the explanation for her former stepmother's death, and when the residents of a nursing home begin dying suddenly and inexplicably she becomes suspicious. It is only later that she realizes she herself is a target for a twisted killer.
What Becomes You
Author: Aaron Raz Link
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803216426
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
?Being a man, like being a woman, is something you have to learn,? Aaron Raz Link remarks. Few would know this better than the coauthor of What Becomes You, who began life as a girl named Sarah and twenty-nine years later began life anew as a gay man. As he transforms from female to male and from teaching scientist to theatre performer, Link documents the extraordinary medical, social, legal, and personal processes involved in a complete identity change. ø Hilda Raz, a well-known feminist writer and teacher, observes this process both as an ?astonished? parent and as a professor who has studied gender issues. All these perspectives come into play in this collaborative memoir, which travels between women?s experiences and men?s lives, explores the art and science of changing sex, maps uncharted family values, and journeys through a world transformed by surgery, hormones, love, and . . . clown school. Combining personal experience and critical analysis, the book is an unusual?and unusually fascinating?reflection on gender, sex, and the art of living. This Bison Books edition features a set of discussion questions.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803216426
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
?Being a man, like being a woman, is something you have to learn,? Aaron Raz Link remarks. Few would know this better than the coauthor of What Becomes You, who began life as a girl named Sarah and twenty-nine years later began life anew as a gay man. As he transforms from female to male and from teaching scientist to theatre performer, Link documents the extraordinary medical, social, legal, and personal processes involved in a complete identity change. ø Hilda Raz, a well-known feminist writer and teacher, observes this process both as an ?astonished? parent and as a professor who has studied gender issues. All these perspectives come into play in this collaborative memoir, which travels between women?s experiences and men?s lives, explores the art and science of changing sex, maps uncharted family values, and journeys through a world transformed by surgery, hormones, love, and . . . clown school. Combining personal experience and critical analysis, the book is an unusual?and unusually fascinating?reflection on gender, sex, and the art of living. This Bison Books edition features a set of discussion questions.
Smile . . . It Becomes You!!!
Author: Doctor M. E. Lyons
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524626171
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
In this compilation of homilies, anyone from a pastor, teacher, or layperson can glean information from the exegesis conducted in the offerings of hard work to instruct, aid, and guide the reader to find the optimism in every negative situation. After reading this book, you will be able to display a smile in an otherwise circumstance that should have been frowned upon.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524626171
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
In this compilation of homilies, anyone from a pastor, teacher, or layperson can glean information from the exegesis conducted in the offerings of hard work to instruct, aid, and guide the reader to find the optimism in every negative situation. After reading this book, you will be able to display a smile in an otherwise circumstance that should have been frowned upon.
The Eidola Project
Author: Robert Herold
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509224076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
It's 1885 and a drunk and rage-filled Nigel Pickford breaks up a phony medium's séance. A strange twist of fate soon finds him part of a team investigating the afterlife. The Eidola Project is an intrepid group of explorers dedicated to bringing the light of science to that which has been feared, misunderstood, and often manipulated by charlatans. They are a psychology professor, his assistant, an African-American physicist, a sideshow medium, and now a derelict, each possessing unique strengths and weaknesses. Called to the brooding Hutchinson Estate to investigate rumored hauntings, they encounter deadly supernatural forces and a young woman driven to the brink of madness. Will any of them survive?
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509224076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
It's 1885 and a drunk and rage-filled Nigel Pickford breaks up a phony medium's séance. A strange twist of fate soon finds him part of a team investigating the afterlife. The Eidola Project is an intrepid group of explorers dedicated to bringing the light of science to that which has been feared, misunderstood, and often manipulated by charlatans. They are a psychology professor, his assistant, an African-American physicist, a sideshow medium, and now a derelict, each possessing unique strengths and weaknesses. Called to the brooding Hutchinson Estate to investigate rumored hauntings, they encounter deadly supernatural forces and a young woman driven to the brink of madness. Will any of them survive?
Food Becomes You
Author: Peg Doyle
Publisher: Wellness and You
ISBN: 9780692219669
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
When you envision your future, what do you see? "Food Becomes You" reminds readers of the simple truth that the food we put in our bodies becomes a part of us, in our tissues, organs, systems, and senses. It deconstructs nutrition science to show what our bodies and minds need to thrive, all woven into the stories of many who turned their lives around by changing their food. Baby boomers will find this book especially useful as they approach their fifties and beyond, though the lessons are ones that we all should learn. If you want a healthy, vibrant future, you have to make healthy nutrition choices-now-and this book will help you learn how. In an easy to read fashion, "Food Becomes You" provides invaluable tips, examples, and recipes that will allow you to seamlessly incorporate healthy foods and easy meal preparations into your life.
Publisher: Wellness and You
ISBN: 9780692219669
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
When you envision your future, what do you see? "Food Becomes You" reminds readers of the simple truth that the food we put in our bodies becomes a part of us, in our tissues, organs, systems, and senses. It deconstructs nutrition science to show what our bodies and minds need to thrive, all woven into the stories of many who turned their lives around by changing their food. Baby boomers will find this book especially useful as they approach their fifties and beyond, though the lessons are ones that we all should learn. If you want a healthy, vibrant future, you have to make healthy nutrition choices-now-and this book will help you learn how. In an easy to read fashion, "Food Becomes You" provides invaluable tips, examples, and recipes that will allow you to seamlessly incorporate healthy foods and easy meal preparations into your life.
How God Becomes Real
Author: T.M. Luhrmann
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691211981
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has shown. But it isn’t easy to maintain a sense that there are invisible spirits who care about you. In How God Becomes Real, acclaimed anthropologist and scholar of religion T. M. Luhrmann argues that people must work incredibly hard to make gods real and that this effort—by changing the people who do it and giving them the benefits they seek from invisible others—helps to explain the enduring power of faith. Drawing on ethnographic studies of evangelical Christians, pagans, magicians, Zoroastrians, Black Catholics, Santeria initiates, and newly orthodox Jews, Luhrmann notes that none of these people behave as if gods and spirits are simply there. Rather, these worshippers make strenuous efforts to create a world in which invisible others matter and can become intensely present and real. The faithful accomplish this through detailed stories, absorption, the cultivation of inner senses, belief in a porous mind, strong sensory experiences, prayer, and other practices. Along the way, Luhrmann shows why faith is harder than belief, why prayer is a metacognitive activity like therapy, why becoming religious is like getting engrossed in a book, and much more. A fascinating account of why religious practices are more powerful than religious beliefs, How God Becomes Real suggests that faith is resilient not because it provides intuitions about gods and spirits—but because it changes the faithful in profound ways.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691211981
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has shown. But it isn’t easy to maintain a sense that there are invisible spirits who care about you. In How God Becomes Real, acclaimed anthropologist and scholar of religion T. M. Luhrmann argues that people must work incredibly hard to make gods real and that this effort—by changing the people who do it and giving them the benefits they seek from invisible others—helps to explain the enduring power of faith. Drawing on ethnographic studies of evangelical Christians, pagans, magicians, Zoroastrians, Black Catholics, Santeria initiates, and newly orthodox Jews, Luhrmann notes that none of these people behave as if gods and spirits are simply there. Rather, these worshippers make strenuous efforts to create a world in which invisible others matter and can become intensely present and real. The faithful accomplish this through detailed stories, absorption, the cultivation of inner senses, belief in a porous mind, strong sensory experiences, prayer, and other practices. Along the way, Luhrmann shows why faith is harder than belief, why prayer is a metacognitive activity like therapy, why becoming religious is like getting engrossed in a book, and much more. A fascinating account of why religious practices are more powerful than religious beliefs, How God Becomes Real suggests that faith is resilient not because it provides intuitions about gods and spirits—but because it changes the faithful in profound ways.
Grief Becomes You
Author: Maya Stein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780974251295
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780974251295
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Moonlight Becomes You
Author: Robert Herold
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509234098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Eidola Project travels to Petersburg, Virginia, to investigate a series of murders in the Black community—rumored to be caused by a werewolf. Once there, danger comes from all quarters. Not only do they face threats from the supernatural, the KKK objects to the team's activities, and the group is falling apart. Can they overcome their human frailties to defeat the evil that surrounds them?
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509234098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Eidola Project travels to Petersburg, Virginia, to investigate a series of murders in the Black community—rumored to be caused by a werewolf. Once there, danger comes from all quarters. Not only do they face threats from the supernatural, the KKK objects to the team's activities, and the group is falling apart. Can they overcome their human frailties to defeat the evil that surrounds them?
Strength Becomes You: Doubt to Confidence: Create Your Desired Life
Author: Kathleen Quinton
Publisher: Kathleen Quinton
ISBN: 9781733706766
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Turn Doubts to Conviction There is NO need to wait to live a stronger more fulfilling life. In this plain-speaking easy-to-read book, certified life coach and author Kathleen Quinton shares effective, real life coaching sessions, stories, and strategies that will catapult your confidence and convince you that your dreams are just as important-and within reach-as anyone else's. Inside you will find: Clarity Empowerment Lasting Confidence Self-Love (YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH) Shifts in Thinking Your Purpose It is your job to create the life of your dreams. This book has the tips that can help you jumpstart that journey and discover the energy and passion that is already inside of you ready to reach for more meaning in life-for yourself and your loved ones.
Publisher: Kathleen Quinton
ISBN: 9781733706766
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Turn Doubts to Conviction There is NO need to wait to live a stronger more fulfilling life. In this plain-speaking easy-to-read book, certified life coach and author Kathleen Quinton shares effective, real life coaching sessions, stories, and strategies that will catapult your confidence and convince you that your dreams are just as important-and within reach-as anyone else's. Inside you will find: Clarity Empowerment Lasting Confidence Self-Love (YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH) Shifts in Thinking Your Purpose It is your job to create the life of your dreams. This book has the tips that can help you jumpstart that journey and discover the energy and passion that is already inside of you ready to reach for more meaning in life-for yourself and your loved ones.