Author: Steven Lahr
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524526886
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Ive had no formal training either in class or from outside influence. What you see and read comes strictly from my heart. I simply wrote what I felt was truth in the form of poems. The readers looking between the lines will be able to relate somewhere in their own lives. I encourage them to join the many others who now write poems. The concept I had was to unlock thoughts and lifes true reality. Come on, lets take this ride together. Dont ask. This is all I have. Steve Lahr [email protected] 315-585-6185 315-757-4248
Rantings of an Ivy-League Madman
Author: Steven Lahr
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524526886
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Ive had no formal training either in class or from outside influence. What you see and read comes strictly from my heart. I simply wrote what I felt was truth in the form of poems. The readers looking between the lines will be able to relate somewhere in their own lives. I encourage them to join the many others who now write poems. The concept I had was to unlock thoughts and lifes true reality. Come on, lets take this ride together. Dont ask. This is all I have. Steve Lahr [email protected] 315-585-6185 315-757-4248
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524526886
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Ive had no formal training either in class or from outside influence. What you see and read comes strictly from my heart. I simply wrote what I felt was truth in the form of poems. The readers looking between the lines will be able to relate somewhere in their own lives. I encourage them to join the many others who now write poems. The concept I had was to unlock thoughts and lifes true reality. Come on, lets take this ride together. Dont ask. This is all I have. Steve Lahr [email protected] 315-585-6185 315-757-4248
Excellent Sheep
Author: William Deresiewicz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147670273X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation’s top schools should be—but aren’t—providing: “The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless students (those ‘sheep’), pushy parents, and admissions mayhem” (People). As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation’s brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively and how to find a sense of purpose. Now he argues that elite colleges are turning out conformists without a compass. Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand as a member of Yale’s admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the humanities to “practical” subjects like economics, students are losing the ability to think independently. It is essential, says Deresiewicz, that college be a time for self-discovery when students can establish their own values and measures of success in order to forge their own paths. He features quotes from real students and graduates he has corresponded with over the years, candidly exposing where the system is broken and offering clear solutions on how to fix it. “Excellent Sheep is likely to make…a lasting mark….He takes aim at just about the entirety of upper-middle-class life in America….Mr. Deresiewicz’s book is packed full of what he wants more of in American life: passionate weirdness” (The New York Times).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147670273X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation’s top schools should be—but aren’t—providing: “The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless students (those ‘sheep’), pushy parents, and admissions mayhem” (People). As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation’s brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively and how to find a sense of purpose. Now he argues that elite colleges are turning out conformists without a compass. Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand as a member of Yale’s admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the humanities to “practical” subjects like economics, students are losing the ability to think independently. It is essential, says Deresiewicz, that college be a time for self-discovery when students can establish their own values and measures of success in order to forge their own paths. He features quotes from real students and graduates he has corresponded with over the years, candidly exposing where the system is broken and offering clear solutions on how to fix it. “Excellent Sheep is likely to make…a lasting mark….He takes aim at just about the entirety of upper-middle-class life in America….Mr. Deresiewicz’s book is packed full of what he wants more of in American life: passionate weirdness” (The New York Times).
The Incoherent Ramblings of an American Madman
Author: Joel Scott Waterman
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1770675043
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
"May my thoughts flow freely until I am empty." Meet Spartacus, an independent biker, who takes you on a journey from more than 25 years on the roads of America and Canada. Discover and experience one man's travels through life as he struggles with alcohol, drugs and heart break. From Texas gin mills to fighting off cabin fever in his home on the banks of the Salmon River in Upstate New York. Within his pages you will discover philosophy, poetry, stories of travel, and advice from a man who lives what he writes and writes what he lives. From his trials and tribulations, to his near suicide. "The Incoherent Ramblings of an American Madman" is the first novel of its kind. Unedited and raw...it opens a new avenue into American Literature....
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1770675043
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
"May my thoughts flow freely until I am empty." Meet Spartacus, an independent biker, who takes you on a journey from more than 25 years on the roads of America and Canada. Discover and experience one man's travels through life as he struggles with alcohol, drugs and heart break. From Texas gin mills to fighting off cabin fever in his home on the banks of the Salmon River in Upstate New York. Within his pages you will discover philosophy, poetry, stories of travel, and advice from a man who lives what he writes and writes what he lives. From his trials and tribulations, to his near suicide. "The Incoherent Ramblings of an American Madman" is the first novel of its kind. Unedited and raw...it opens a new avenue into American Literature....
Strong Happy Family
Author: Donna Baer
Publisher: Let's Get Real Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9780985872373
Category : Child rearing
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Written by an Ivy League-educated investment banker, who left her career to raise her ten children, STRONG HAPPY FAMILY answers questions like: How do you feed them all? How do get them to do what you say? How do you handle the holidays? How do you get through a miscarriage? How do you give your kids a sense of meaning and purpose? What do you do for struggling learners? Pulitzer Prize winner David L. Marcus says-- "She writes about parenting in the same way she approaches parenting: in a cheerful, practical style with surprising strategies for everything from assigning chores to dealing with ADHD."
Publisher: Let's Get Real Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9780985872373
Category : Child rearing
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Written by an Ivy League-educated investment banker, who left her career to raise her ten children, STRONG HAPPY FAMILY answers questions like: How do you feed them all? How do get them to do what you say? How do you handle the holidays? How do you get through a miscarriage? How do you give your kids a sense of meaning and purpose? What do you do for struggling learners? Pulitzer Prize winner David L. Marcus says-- "She writes about parenting in the same way she approaches parenting: in a cheerful, practical style with surprising strategies for everything from assigning chores to dealing with ADHD."
Ivy Style
Author: Patricia Mears
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300170559
Category : ART
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A history of "Ivy Style" in menswear, tracing the origins and diffusion of this enduring and classic fashion
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300170559
Category : ART
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A history of "Ivy Style" in menswear, tracing the origins and diffusion of this enduring and classic fashion
Jesus
Author: Ian Curtis
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595397646
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Are you strong enough to handle the truth about your faith and belief? Since infancy you have been taught stories from the Bible. Did you know that they are simply myths and superstitions, gathered together from the veils of antiquity? The priests of the ancient world were seeking a new method of power and control over the masses. In this book you will be given truths and directed to paths of reality. All religions are created for control and wealth. Jesus never existed and there is no evidence that a benevolent God watches over his children. There is also the same lack of proof that an Allah, a Buddha, or a Krishna ever existed or exists today. What we have developed is a path to the total destruction of mankind. Our planet earth is being torn apart by foolish beliefs which are promoted and supported by the weaknesses of a mass of human beings who have to have a security blanket. Collectively the nations of the world are on an inevitable collision course and the cause is religion. This is the ultimate results of a child's game of, "my God is bigger than your God "
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595397646
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Are you strong enough to handle the truth about your faith and belief? Since infancy you have been taught stories from the Bible. Did you know that they are simply myths and superstitions, gathered together from the veils of antiquity? The priests of the ancient world were seeking a new method of power and control over the masses. In this book you will be given truths and directed to paths of reality. All religions are created for control and wealth. Jesus never existed and there is no evidence that a benevolent God watches over his children. There is also the same lack of proof that an Allah, a Buddha, or a Krishna ever existed or exists today. What we have developed is a path to the total destruction of mankind. Our planet earth is being torn apart by foolish beliefs which are promoted and supported by the weaknesses of a mass of human beings who have to have a security blanket. Collectively the nations of the world are on an inevitable collision course and the cause is religion. This is the ultimate results of a child's game of, "my God is bigger than your God "
Fever Dreams and Disturbing Visions
Author: Rick Carufel
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468909568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
A collection of strange and disturbing tales written over the past decade.
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468909568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
A collection of strange and disturbing tales written over the past decade.
Boyfriend Material
Author: Jon Jeffrey
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9780758201034
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Searching for the perfect mate, Carson St. John, editor of the gay men's magazine Throb, devises a provocative questionnaire that sends Carson and his four best friends on a quest to find true love, with unexpected results. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9780758201034
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Searching for the perfect mate, Carson St. John, editor of the gay men's magazine Throb, devises a provocative questionnaire that sends Carson and his four best friends on a quest to find true love, with unexpected results. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Handbook of Work Stress
Author: Julian Barling
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1452214859
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Questions about the causes or sources of work stress have been the subject of considerable research, as well as public fascination, for several decades. Earlier interest in this issue focused on the question of whether some jobs are simply more inherently stressful than others. Other questions that soon emerged asked whether some individuals were more prone to stress than others. The Handbook of Work Stress focuses primarily on identifying the different sources of work stress across different contexts and individuals. Part I focuses on work stressors that have been studied for decades (e.g., organizational-role stressors, work schedules) as well as stressors that have received less empirical and public scrutiny (e.g., industrial-relations stress, organizational politics). It also addresses stressors in the workplace that have become relevant more recently (e.g., terrorism). Part II of the Handbook covers issues related to gender, cultural or national origin, older and younger workers, and employment status, and asks how these characteristics might affect the experience of workplace stress. The adverse consequences of these diverse work stressors are manifold, and questions about the possible health consequences of work stressors were one of the major historical factors prompting early interest and research on work stress. In Part III, the individual and organizational consequences of work stress are considered in separate chapters. Key Features: Affords the most broad and credible perspective on the subject of work stress available The editors are all prominent researchers in the field of work stress, and have been instrumental in defining and developing the field from an organizational-psychological and organizational-behavior perspective International contributors are included, reflecting similarities and differences from around the world Chapter authors from the United States, Canada, England, Sweden, Japan, and Australia have been invited to participate, reflecting most of the countries in which active research on work stress is taking place The Handbook of Work Stress is essential reading for researchers in the fields of industrial and organizational psychology, human resources, health psychology, public health, and employee assistance.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1452214859
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Questions about the causes or sources of work stress have been the subject of considerable research, as well as public fascination, for several decades. Earlier interest in this issue focused on the question of whether some jobs are simply more inherently stressful than others. Other questions that soon emerged asked whether some individuals were more prone to stress than others. The Handbook of Work Stress focuses primarily on identifying the different sources of work stress across different contexts and individuals. Part I focuses on work stressors that have been studied for decades (e.g., organizational-role stressors, work schedules) as well as stressors that have received less empirical and public scrutiny (e.g., industrial-relations stress, organizational politics). It also addresses stressors in the workplace that have become relevant more recently (e.g., terrorism). Part II of the Handbook covers issues related to gender, cultural or national origin, older and younger workers, and employment status, and asks how these characteristics might affect the experience of workplace stress. The adverse consequences of these diverse work stressors are manifold, and questions about the possible health consequences of work stressors were one of the major historical factors prompting early interest and research on work stress. In Part III, the individual and organizational consequences of work stress are considered in separate chapters. Key Features: Affords the most broad and credible perspective on the subject of work stress available The editors are all prominent researchers in the field of work stress, and have been instrumental in defining and developing the field from an organizational-psychological and organizational-behavior perspective International contributors are included, reflecting similarities and differences from around the world Chapter authors from the United States, Canada, England, Sweden, Japan, and Australia have been invited to participate, reflecting most of the countries in which active research on work stress is taking place The Handbook of Work Stress is essential reading for researchers in the fields of industrial and organizational psychology, human resources, health psychology, public health, and employee assistance.
Leaving the World
Author: Douglas Kennedy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439180814
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
#1 International Bestseller “In this surging epic, a veritable decathlon of the spirit, Kennedy incisively dramatizes the enigma of chance, petty cruelty, and catastrophic evil, ‘unalloyed grief,’ and the tensile strength concealed beneath our obvious vulnerability.” —Booklist (starred review) On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Jane Howard made a vow to her warring parents: she would never get married, and she would never have children. But life, as Jane comes to discover, is a profoundly random business. Many years and many lives later, she is a professor in Boston, in love with a brilliant, erratic man named Theo. And then Jane becomes pregnant. Motherhood turns out to be a great welcome surprise—but when a devastating turn of events tears her existence apart she has no choice but to flee all she knows and leave the world. Just when she has renounced life itself, the disappearance of a young girl pulls her back from the edge and into an obsessive search for some sort of personal redemption. Convinced that she knows more about the case than the police do, she is forced to make a decision—stay hidden or bring to light a shattering truth. Leaving the World is a riveting portrait of a brilliant woman that reflects the way we live now, of the many routes we follow in the course of a single life, and of the arbitrary nature of destiny. A critically acclaimed international bestseller, it is also a compulsive read and one that speaks volumes about the dilemmas we face in trying to navigate our way through all that fate throws in our path.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439180814
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
#1 International Bestseller “In this surging epic, a veritable decathlon of the spirit, Kennedy incisively dramatizes the enigma of chance, petty cruelty, and catastrophic evil, ‘unalloyed grief,’ and the tensile strength concealed beneath our obvious vulnerability.” —Booklist (starred review) On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Jane Howard made a vow to her warring parents: she would never get married, and she would never have children. But life, as Jane comes to discover, is a profoundly random business. Many years and many lives later, she is a professor in Boston, in love with a brilliant, erratic man named Theo. And then Jane becomes pregnant. Motherhood turns out to be a great welcome surprise—but when a devastating turn of events tears her existence apart she has no choice but to flee all she knows and leave the world. Just when she has renounced life itself, the disappearance of a young girl pulls her back from the edge and into an obsessive search for some sort of personal redemption. Convinced that she knows more about the case than the police do, she is forced to make a decision—stay hidden or bring to light a shattering truth. Leaving the World is a riveting portrait of a brilliant woman that reflects the way we live now, of the many routes we follow in the course of a single life, and of the arbitrary nature of destiny. A critically acclaimed international bestseller, it is also a compulsive read and one that speaks volumes about the dilemmas we face in trying to navigate our way through all that fate throws in our path.