Author: Thomas Ricke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947360549
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Lucky to Be Alive
Author: Thomas Ricke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947360549
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947360549
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Lucky to Be Alive
Author: Wendy E. Shepard
Publisher: Wenworld Communications
ISBN: 9780985136307
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Inspired by true happenings, Lucky to be Alive: A Love Story is a journey through the seasons of life as Lucky, a Border Collie, searches for home on a Pacific Northwest island. His exuberant will to live, and a growing trust in his own power to turn his dreams into reality, become his best friends along the way.
Publisher: Wenworld Communications
ISBN: 9780985136307
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Inspired by true happenings, Lucky to be Alive: A Love Story is a journey through the seasons of life as Lucky, a Border Collie, searches for home on a Pacific Northwest island. His exuberant will to live, and a growing trust in his own power to turn his dreams into reality, become his best friends along the way.
Crossing Back Over
Author: Brett Stevens
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662414528
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Brett’s most recent manic episode has derailed him from life as the director of operations at a prominent software start-up in Texas. He is now at home, fully dependent on his mother, and officially diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Brett is terrified. He has no guarantees on his long-term health, no understanding of how his medication works and is still dealing with hell-like anxiety, restlessness, mania, and depression. Crossing Back Over: The Practice of Owning and Accepting Bipolar Disorder details Brett’s battle with taming the beast that is bipolar. Written in the same style as part 1 of his story, Crossover: A Look inside a Manic Mind, Crossing Back Over sheds light on what true recovery looks and feels like from a firsthand account. No matter the environment, recovering from a serious event takes hard work, discipline, patience, and acceptance. Crossing Back Over allows the reader to peek behind the curtain of an individual determined to find a happy life, even with his chronic brain disorder. This book is valuable for anyone who is facing a deeply personal challenge.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662414528
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Brett’s most recent manic episode has derailed him from life as the director of operations at a prominent software start-up in Texas. He is now at home, fully dependent on his mother, and officially diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Brett is terrified. He has no guarantees on his long-term health, no understanding of how his medication works and is still dealing with hell-like anxiety, restlessness, mania, and depression. Crossing Back Over: The Practice of Owning and Accepting Bipolar Disorder details Brett’s battle with taming the beast that is bipolar. Written in the same style as part 1 of his story, Crossover: A Look inside a Manic Mind, Crossing Back Over sheds light on what true recovery looks and feels like from a firsthand account. No matter the environment, recovering from a serious event takes hard work, discipline, patience, and acceptance. Crossing Back Over allows the reader to peek behind the curtain of an individual determined to find a happy life, even with his chronic brain disorder. This book is valuable for anyone who is facing a deeply personal challenge.
Unweaving the Rainbow
Author: Richard Dawkins
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547347359
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Science in the Soul. “If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this” (The Wall Street Journal). Did Sir Isaac Newton “unweave the rainbow” by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as John Keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says acclaimed scientist Richard Dawkins; Newton’s unweaving is the key too much of modern astronomy and to the breathtaking poetry of modern cosmology. Mysteries don’t lose their poetry because they are solved: the solution often is more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering deeper mysteries. With the wit, insight, and spellbinding prose that have made him a bestselling author, Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, combining them in a landmark statement of the human appetite for wonder. This is the book Dawkins was meant to write: A brilliant assessment of what science is (and isn’t), a tribute to science not because it is useful but because it is uplifting. “A love letter to science, an attempt to counter the perception that science is cold and devoid of aesthetic sensibility . . . Rich with metaphor, passionate arguments, wry humor, colorful examples, and unexpected connections, Dawkins’ prose can be mesmerizing.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Brilliance and wit.” —The New Yorker
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547347359
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Science in the Soul. “If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this” (The Wall Street Journal). Did Sir Isaac Newton “unweave the rainbow” by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as John Keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says acclaimed scientist Richard Dawkins; Newton’s unweaving is the key too much of modern astronomy and to the breathtaking poetry of modern cosmology. Mysteries don’t lose their poetry because they are solved: the solution often is more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering deeper mysteries. With the wit, insight, and spellbinding prose that have made him a bestselling author, Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, combining them in a landmark statement of the human appetite for wonder. This is the book Dawkins was meant to write: A brilliant assessment of what science is (and isn’t), a tribute to science not because it is useful but because it is uplifting. “A love letter to science, an attempt to counter the perception that science is cold and devoid of aesthetic sensibility . . . Rich with metaphor, passionate arguments, wry humor, colorful examples, and unexpected connections, Dawkins’ prose can be mesmerizing.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Brilliance and wit.” —The New Yorker
Robinson
Author: Muriel Spark
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811215183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
In "Robinson, " Spark's wonderful second novel, under the tropical glare and strange fogs of the tiny island, readers find a volcano, a ping-pong playing cat, a dealer in occult as well as lucky charms, flying ants, sexual tension, a disappearance, blackmail, and--perhaps--murder.
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811215183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
In "Robinson, " Spark's wonderful second novel, under the tropical glare and strange fogs of the tiny island, readers find a volcano, a ping-pong playing cat, a dealer in occult as well as lucky charms, flying ants, sexual tension, a disappearance, blackmail, and--perhaps--murder.
Too Lucky to Live
Author: Annie Hogsett
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1464207895
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
"In this entertaining, sexy debut, Allie is a sharp Stephanie Plum paired up with a hot partner... The original voice, humor, and unusual premise will appeal to Janet Evanovich readers." —Library Journal STARRED review Lonely and broke, Cleveland divorce-survivor Allie Harper believes all her problems would be solved if she could find a nice, smart, hot guy and enough money to get her car fixed. The hot guy arrives first: he's in a crosswalk clutching a bag of groceries while a blonde in a Hummer is leaning hard on her horn, sending the man's groceries and white cane flying. How has this woman missed the fact that the man is blind? From the curb, an outraged Allie jumps to his rescue, rebagging the groceries as well. The money is in the bag. Literally—Thomas Bennington III, for that's who the handsome guy proves to be, has bought a MondoMegaJackpot ticket along with canned tomatoes. Allie takes him home and turns his groceries into dinner for two. Later that night, Tom hears the numbers announced. He's won. And he's less than thrilled. PhD Tom had gambled on the odds of losing (175 million to one) to prove a point to Rune, a kid from the projects he's befriended, that only losers buy lottery tickets. Instead, Rune, who'd helped pick the Mondo numbers, will share Tom's jackpot. Allie and Tom grasp two things: one, they're hot for each other, and two, the ticket is a hot target, and now so are they. Every scheming weasel in Cleveland will be after Tom's millions. $550 of them. Yes, once the Mondo ball drops, it's game on with killers and kidnappers as players. Allie and Tom need to get smarter about the threats all around them. On the run from one fancy hotel refuge to another and from one danger moment to the next, with only Allie's feisty landlady, Margo, and a couple of Cleveland cops for back-up, Allie and Tom evolve a strategy. First, turn in the ticket and claim the jackpot. Second, set up accounts to manage the millions. Third, stay alive to the end of the week...if they can. Too Lucky to Live debuts a talented writer in Annie Hogsett and a couple in Allie and Tom, a modern Nick and Nora Charles, who can power a compelling, amusing series with an excellent future. Somebody's Bound to Wind Up Dead series: Too Lucky to Live (Book 1) Murder to the Metal (Book 2) The Devil's Own Game (Book 3) Praise for Annie Hogsett: "Fast pacing, multiple plot twists, and humor, including a Stephanie Plum-like main character, enliven the story and keep the pages turning." —Booklist for Too Lucky to Live "The bittersweet mystery, with the open-ended threat of a villainous mastermind, is reminiscent of P.J. Tracy's early 'Monkeewrench' novels." —Library Journal for Murder to the Metal
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1464207895
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
"In this entertaining, sexy debut, Allie is a sharp Stephanie Plum paired up with a hot partner... The original voice, humor, and unusual premise will appeal to Janet Evanovich readers." —Library Journal STARRED review Lonely and broke, Cleveland divorce-survivor Allie Harper believes all her problems would be solved if she could find a nice, smart, hot guy and enough money to get her car fixed. The hot guy arrives first: he's in a crosswalk clutching a bag of groceries while a blonde in a Hummer is leaning hard on her horn, sending the man's groceries and white cane flying. How has this woman missed the fact that the man is blind? From the curb, an outraged Allie jumps to his rescue, rebagging the groceries as well. The money is in the bag. Literally—Thomas Bennington III, for that's who the handsome guy proves to be, has bought a MondoMegaJackpot ticket along with canned tomatoes. Allie takes him home and turns his groceries into dinner for two. Later that night, Tom hears the numbers announced. He's won. And he's less than thrilled. PhD Tom had gambled on the odds of losing (175 million to one) to prove a point to Rune, a kid from the projects he's befriended, that only losers buy lottery tickets. Instead, Rune, who'd helped pick the Mondo numbers, will share Tom's jackpot. Allie and Tom grasp two things: one, they're hot for each other, and two, the ticket is a hot target, and now so are they. Every scheming weasel in Cleveland will be after Tom's millions. $550 of them. Yes, once the Mondo ball drops, it's game on with killers and kidnappers as players. Allie and Tom need to get smarter about the threats all around them. On the run from one fancy hotel refuge to another and from one danger moment to the next, with only Allie's feisty landlady, Margo, and a couple of Cleveland cops for back-up, Allie and Tom evolve a strategy. First, turn in the ticket and claim the jackpot. Second, set up accounts to manage the millions. Third, stay alive to the end of the week...if they can. Too Lucky to Live debuts a talented writer in Annie Hogsett and a couple in Allie and Tom, a modern Nick and Nora Charles, who can power a compelling, amusing series with an excellent future. Somebody's Bound to Wind Up Dead series: Too Lucky to Live (Book 1) Murder to the Metal (Book 2) The Devil's Own Game (Book 3) Praise for Annie Hogsett: "Fast pacing, multiple plot twists, and humor, including a Stephanie Plum-like main character, enliven the story and keep the pages turning." —Booklist for Too Lucky to Live "The bittersweet mystery, with the open-ended threat of a villainous mastermind, is reminiscent of P.J. Tracy's early 'Monkeewrench' novels." —Library Journal for Murder to the Metal
JASE
Author: Megyn Ward
Publisher: Whitepoint Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
If there’s anything I know for sure, it’s this: The world is full of saviors. People who want to save you from the world. From your life. From yourself. And here’s something else I know—saviors are dangerous. Because they claim to care—to love you even—until it gets hard. Because they make promises they never intend to keep. Because the person they’re really trying to save isn’t you. It’s themselves. Because they’re liars. Weak, selfish liars. Every. Single. One of them. No one in this world is worth saving—least of all me. I believed that to my core. Until I met Ophelia. I was seventeen and she was too young. Too young to protect me. Too trapped to save me. But she tried anyway. She tried, even though she knew that saving me would mean destroying herself. And knowing the price she paid for me killed me—kept killing me, every time I thought about it. So I stopped thinking about it. I stopped thinking about her. Stopped wondering what happened to her. Where she was. If she survived… I never thought I’d see her again. But then I did. Suddenly, she’s right in front of me—marked as another man’s property but it doesn’t matter. None of it matters because Ophelia needs a savior—a real savior—and this time, it’s going to be me who’s doing the saving. ***Warning: This book deals with dark, sensitive subject matter and depicts graphic scenes that may trigger those who have dealt with or experienced trauma due to stalking, human trafficking, child abuse, physical abuse/violence and childhood sexual assault. While CSA is not depicted on the page it is talked about. Please read with caution.***
Publisher: Whitepoint Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
If there’s anything I know for sure, it’s this: The world is full of saviors. People who want to save you from the world. From your life. From yourself. And here’s something else I know—saviors are dangerous. Because they claim to care—to love you even—until it gets hard. Because they make promises they never intend to keep. Because the person they’re really trying to save isn’t you. It’s themselves. Because they’re liars. Weak, selfish liars. Every. Single. One of them. No one in this world is worth saving—least of all me. I believed that to my core. Until I met Ophelia. I was seventeen and she was too young. Too young to protect me. Too trapped to save me. But she tried anyway. She tried, even though she knew that saving me would mean destroying herself. And knowing the price she paid for me killed me—kept killing me, every time I thought about it. So I stopped thinking about it. I stopped thinking about her. Stopped wondering what happened to her. Where she was. If she survived… I never thought I’d see her again. But then I did. Suddenly, she’s right in front of me—marked as another man’s property but it doesn’t matter. None of it matters because Ophelia needs a savior—a real savior—and this time, it’s going to be me who’s doing the saving. ***Warning: This book deals with dark, sensitive subject matter and depicts graphic scenes that may trigger those who have dealt with or experienced trauma due to stalking, human trafficking, child abuse, physical abuse/violence and childhood sexual assault. While CSA is not depicted on the page it is talked about. Please read with caution.***
The Luckiest Guy Alive
Author: John Cooper Clarke
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509896074
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
'The godfather of British performance poetry' - Daily Telegraph The Luckiest Guy Alive is the first new book of poetry from Dr John Cooper Clarke for several decades – and a brilliant, scabrous, hilarious collection from one of our most beloved and influential writers and performers. From the ‘Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman’ to a hymn to the seductive properties of the pie – by way of hand-grenade haikus, machine-gun ballads and a meditation on the loss of Bono’s leather pants – The Luckiest Guy Alive collects stunning set pieces and tried-and-tested audience favourites to show Cooper Clarke still effortlessly at the top of his game. Cooper Clarke’s status as the ‘Emperor of Punk Poetry’ is certainly confirmed here, but so is his reputation as a brilliant versifier, a poet of vicious wit and a razor-sharp social satirist. Effortlessly immediate and contemporary, full of hard-won wisdom and expert blindsidings, it’s easy to see why the good Doctor has continued to inspire several new generations of performers from Alex Turner to Plan B: The Luckiest Guy Alive shows one of the most compelling poets of the age on truly exceptional form. 'John Cooper Clarke is one of Britain’s outstanding poets. His anarchic punk poetry has thrilled people for decades . . . long may his slender frame and spiky top produce words and deeds that keep us on our toes and alive to the wonders of the world.' – Sir Paul McCartney
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509896074
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
'The godfather of British performance poetry' - Daily Telegraph The Luckiest Guy Alive is the first new book of poetry from Dr John Cooper Clarke for several decades – and a brilliant, scabrous, hilarious collection from one of our most beloved and influential writers and performers. From the ‘Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman’ to a hymn to the seductive properties of the pie – by way of hand-grenade haikus, machine-gun ballads and a meditation on the loss of Bono’s leather pants – The Luckiest Guy Alive collects stunning set pieces and tried-and-tested audience favourites to show Cooper Clarke still effortlessly at the top of his game. Cooper Clarke’s status as the ‘Emperor of Punk Poetry’ is certainly confirmed here, but so is his reputation as a brilliant versifier, a poet of vicious wit and a razor-sharp social satirist. Effortlessly immediate and contemporary, full of hard-won wisdom and expert blindsidings, it’s easy to see why the good Doctor has continued to inspire several new generations of performers from Alex Turner to Plan B: The Luckiest Guy Alive shows one of the most compelling poets of the age on truly exceptional form. 'John Cooper Clarke is one of Britain’s outstanding poets. His anarchic punk poetry has thrilled people for decades . . . long may his slender frame and spiky top produce words and deeds that keep us on our toes and alive to the wonders of the world.' – Sir Paul McCartney
Invitality
Author: Adam Hirschy
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490834028
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Invitality is a modern lifestyle of evangelism that works without killing relationships. It is the key to the local church reaching its God-given potential in the earth today. This book is more than theory; it is a tool to create culture individually and within church communities. The results are proven. Check out the results in one local church in two years: 200 percent growth in documented salvations 75 percent growth in the local church As a people-centered strategist, Pastor Adam Hirschy believes its time to get innovative and purposeful about the Great Commission that Jesus gave the church. Believers must stick with the Word of God, but embrace contemporary means to reach people for Jesus. The local church (each member and all together) is the key to reaching people with the message of the gospel! His teachings help people embrace a lifestyle of Christianity that really works to draw others to Gods goodness. Its not enough to go fishing when the church is called to be catching men and women.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490834028
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Invitality is a modern lifestyle of evangelism that works without killing relationships. It is the key to the local church reaching its God-given potential in the earth today. This book is more than theory; it is a tool to create culture individually and within church communities. The results are proven. Check out the results in one local church in two years: 200 percent growth in documented salvations 75 percent growth in the local church As a people-centered strategist, Pastor Adam Hirschy believes its time to get innovative and purposeful about the Great Commission that Jesus gave the church. Believers must stick with the Word of God, but embrace contemporary means to reach people for Jesus. The local church (each member and all together) is the key to reaching people with the message of the gospel! His teachings help people embrace a lifestyle of Christianity that really works to draw others to Gods goodness. Its not enough to go fishing when the church is called to be catching men and women.
We Are Displaced
Author: Malala Yousafzai
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316523666
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Nobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai turns the faceless statistics and endless news stories about displacement into real people—introducing a small fraction of the millions worldwide who have fled home in this powerful and "stirring" (New York Times) account. After her father was murdered, María escaped in the middle of the night with her mother. Zaynab was out of school for two years as she fled war before landing in America. Her sister, Sabreen, survived a harrowing journey to Italy. Ajida escaped horrific violence, but then found herself battling the elements to keep her family safe. Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement—first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world except to the home she loved. In We Are Displaced, Malala not only explores her own story, but she also shares the personal stories of some of the incredible girls she has met on her journeys—girls who have lost their community, relatives, and often the only world they've ever known. In a time of immigration crises, war, and border conflicts, We Are Displaced is an important reminder from one of the world's most prominent activists that every single one of the 68.5 million currently displaced is a person—often a young person—with hopes and dreams. "A stirring and timely book." —New York Times
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316523666
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Nobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai turns the faceless statistics and endless news stories about displacement into real people—introducing a small fraction of the millions worldwide who have fled home in this powerful and "stirring" (New York Times) account. After her father was murdered, María escaped in the middle of the night with her mother. Zaynab was out of school for two years as she fled war before landing in America. Her sister, Sabreen, survived a harrowing journey to Italy. Ajida escaped horrific violence, but then found herself battling the elements to keep her family safe. Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement—first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world except to the home she loved. In We Are Displaced, Malala not only explores her own story, but she also shares the personal stories of some of the incredible girls she has met on her journeys—girls who have lost their community, relatives, and often the only world they've ever known. In a time of immigration crises, war, and border conflicts, We Are Displaced is an important reminder from one of the world's most prominent activists that every single one of the 68.5 million currently displaced is a person—often a young person—with hopes and dreams. "A stirring and timely book." —New York Times