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Life Wants You Dead

Author : Evan Waite
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1797222961
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Life Wants You Dead written by Evan Waite and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Life wants you dead, and this book wants to be READ! Ha ha I love being a comedian.” —Patton Oswalt "Truly hilarious!" —Jack Handey, author of Deep Thoughts Fear!!! Scary, right? But what if the only thing we shouldn't fear is fear itself? In this era of economic turmoil, climate catastrophe, and cliques of cool teens just waiting to make fun of your shoes, we live in a heightened state of fear. We're afraid of the world and afraid of each other—but not nearly as afraid as we should be! And this absurdly hilarious survival guide demonstrates that being afraid of literally everything is the only guaranteed way to stay safe. Packed with lifesaving/fear-fanning illustrations, sidebars, jump scares, chilling one-liners, and more, these pages will keep readers safe from the scourges of love, technology, birds, education, jackalopes, their own bodies, their homes, and the world outside their own bodies and homes. Includes a bonus foldout Fear Map lurking in the inside back cover. A BOOK TO KEEP YOU SAFE IN THESE ANXIOUS TIMES: Anxious and fearful about the state of the world? Friend, you are not frightened enough! Never mind the asteroid hurtling toward Earth. That bird over there? It's just waiting for the chance to swoop down and peck at your eyes. Your shoelaces? Trying to strangle your feet. From the stop signs obviously attempting to dead-end your life to that creep in the mirror who looks exactly like you, danger is everywhere. And your best survival strategy is to be afraid of everything at all times. SEVEN SCARY CHAPTERS TO KEEP YOU COMPREHENSIVELY APPREHENSIVE: Your Body: It Isn’t a F*cking Wonderland, John Mayer Love: They’re Trying to Steal Your Heart!!! Home Is Where the Harm Is: You’re in a Hallway to Hell Go Go Gadget Death: Surviving the Techpocalypse The Hippocratic Hoax: Defeating the Medical Menace Mind-Fucked: How Education Kills Be the Fear You Want to Flee in the World THE BOOK ITSELF IS A THREAT: With pointy hardcover corners, pages that could slap you, and a removable foldout Fear Map ready to strike at your nerves from the book's inside back cover, this humor book is unsafe to buy for yourself or to give as a gift to everyone you love. Perfect for: Comedy fans of The Onion, ClickHole, The Daily Show, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Fear-ridden readers of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook Anyone in need of a laugh in these anxiety-driven times

My Descent Into Death

Author : Howard Storm
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0385515219
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book My Descent Into Death written by Howard Storm and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2005-02-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not since Betty Eadie’s Embraced by the Light has a personal account of a Near-Death Experience (NDE) been so utterly different from most others—or nearly as compelling. "This is a book you devour from cover to cover, and pass on to others. This is a book you will quote in your daily conversation. Storm was meant to write it and we were meant to read it." —from the foreword by Anne Rice In the thirty years since Raymond Moody’s Life After Life appeared, a familiar pattern of NDEs has emerged: suddenly floating over one’s own body, usually in a hospital setting, then a sudden hurtling through a tunnel of light toward a presence of love. Not so in Howard Storm’s case. Storm, an avowed atheist, was awaiting emergency surgery when he realized that he was at death’s door. Storm found himself out of his own body, looking down on the hospital room scene below. Next, rather than going “toward the light,” he found himself being torturously dragged to excruciating realms of darkness and death, where he was physically assaulted by monstrous beings of evil. His description of his pure terror and torture is unnerving in its utter originality and convincing detail. Finally, drawn away from death and transported to the realm of heaven, Storm met angelic beings as well as the God of Creation. In this fascinating account, Storm tells of his “life review,” his conversation with God, even answers to age-old questions such as why the Holocaust was allowed to take place. Storm was sent back to his body with a new knowledge of the purpose of life here on earth. This book is his message of hope.

The Last Lecture

Author : Randy Pausch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340978504
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (785 download)

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Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

I Had a Black Dog

Author : Matthew Johnstone
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1780339038
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book I Had a Black Dog written by Matthew Johnstone and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I Had a Black Dog says with wit, insight, economy and complete understanding what other books take 300 pages to say. Brilliant and indispensable.' - Stephen Fry 'Finally, a book about depression that isn't a prescriptive self-help manual. Johnston's deftly expresses how lonely and isolating depression can be for sufferers. Poignant and humorous in equal measure.' Sunday Times There are many different breeds of Black Dog affecting millions of people from all walks of life. The Black Dog is an equal opportunity mongrel. It was Winston Churchill who popularized the phrase Black Dog to describe the bouts of depression he experienced for much of his life. Matthew Johnstone, a sufferer himself, has written and illustrated this moving and uplifting insight into what it is like to have a Black Dog as a companion and how he learned to tame it and bring it to heel.

Healing Through Creative Therapy

Author : Julee Kai
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450262163
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Healing Through Creative Therapy written by Julee Kai and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout this book experience how one feels so alone during periods of struggling with abandonment, neglect, denial, pain, shame, guilt, self-hatred, no sense of self, dissociation, suicide ideology, among others. All types of abuse; verbal, physical, sexual, and psychological/emotional; through acts of bullying, ridicule, bias actions, violence, etc.; can bestow inadequate feelings onto the victim of any age, race, sexual preference, religion, or nationality. These illustrations and text came out through my hands, at times even my left hand, and mostly throughout the night as I kept a pad and pencil on the floor next to my bed. It was during times of memories too painful to speak of that these were released from me. I would bring these with me to therapy, hand them to my therapist, and then we slowly spoke of them. I assure you this was a tremendous, powerful tool that helped me to move through difficult issues. Many times mental health treatment was and is unheard of or not available at all. People did what they had to do with the resources at hand. Often, this was/is denial and survival. Please keep in mind that these illustrations and text are not to incriminate anyone. It is to help those abused connect to feelings they are presently experiencing.

Life's Joy Killers and Joy Makers

Author : LaVon Koerner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725280558
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Life's Joy Killers and Joy Makers written by LaVon Koerner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christ said, “These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full” (John 15:11). A joy-filled person is the best advertisement Christ has for a joyless world to consider his loving offer of salvation. The second fruit of the Spirit (joy) makes one an inspirational and infectious person to be around, whether you are a marriage partner, a business leader, or a next-door neighbor. The way Christ wants to accomplish this in and for us is through his two-step process as outlined in Colossians 3: •Step One: “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you” (Col 3:5). We will refer to this as the removal of a Joy Killer. •Step Two: “Put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge” (Col 3:10). We will refer to this as a Joy Maker. Each chapter is divided into these two steps. First, it begins with a removal of a Joy Killer and it is immediately followed with its replacement of a Joy Maker. With each chapter, you find an increasingly deep and rewarding joy as you pitch your tent one day closer to eternity.

True Successor

Author : Joseph H. Levie
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475970676
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book True Successor written by Joseph H. Levie and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1812 in Sapoda, a small crossroads town nestled in the neutral zone between the New Roman and Mongol Empires. Mikail de Reuter, a young political officer bored by his job and worried about his prospects, is only there to visit his girl. But Mongol cavalry looking to clear a path for an invasion come to kill him. He knows he has been betrayed and runs for his life. In New Rome Emperor Charles Martel IV has had to contend with many enemies just to keep Charlemagnes crown on his headand that head on his shoulders. So far he has managed to hold things together. In Mikails story he glimpses an enormous treasonable conspiracy years in building. As the Emperor begins a frantic hunt for them, the conspirators realize that unless they strike first they will soon be dead. True Successor is a fast-moving good read and a trip to a fascinating New Rome for Alternate History buffs. Like Mikail we live briefly in that city and meet and hear not only the great men of the realm, but young lovers, clerks, soldiers and ordinary men and women shopping, drinking in its taverns and walking its streets.

The Me I Want to Be

Author : John Ortberg
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0310275938
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Me I Want to Be written by John Ortberg and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author and pastor Ortberg guides Christians through the sometimes difficult but ultimately fulfilling journey towards a uniquely created spirituality.

Fighting For Her

Author : Cynthia Eden
Publisher : Hocus Pocus Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1942840616
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Fighting For Her written by Cynthia Eden and published by Hocus Pocus Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beauty and the Beast? Nah…this isn’t some sweet fairy tale. FIGHTING FOR HER is about danger, action, and a whole lot of hot romance. He’s been called a beast…and he likes the title. Rick Williams is big, bad, and not someone you want to have as an enemy. As part of the elite Wilde protection team, his job is to kick butt and take names. Protecting and defending—that’s part of his package deal, but his cases don’t usually involve him protecting someone like her. A crime princess with a body made for the sweetest sin. Kathleen O’Shaughnessy is the daughter of an infamous mob boss. Her father made sure that she was locked away from the world so Kat didn’t exactly have easy street growing up. Now that her father is dead, she’s suddenly out on her own—and she’s the target of every enemy that her father made in his very long career. Keep the princess alive. Keep his hands off her. The government wants to use Kat as a witness to take down what’s left of her father’s organization. To do that, though, Kat has to stay alive. She’s not big into the whole witness protection scene. Boring guys in cheap suits aren’t her thing. Kat needs protection that’s a bit…Wilder. Good thing Rick is up for the challenge. One look at Kat, and her protection—and her pleasure—are at the top of his to-do list. It’s not the beast that needs taming. It’s the princess. There are seven days until the trial. Seven days in which Rick has to keep Kat at his side day and night. It should be an easy enough task…but when the bullets start flying and they have to go on the run, Rick finds out that the protected “princess” isn’t who he thought. Kat is about to wreck his world, and it’s gonna be one heck of a wild battle. He’ll do whatever it takes… He’ll fight hard and he’ll fight dirty to keep her alive. And he’ll also fight with every bit of his strength to win Kat’s heart. The beast is falling hard and fast…and his princess holds his battered heart in the palm of her hand. Author’s Note: Are you up for a twisted and hot take on a wild fairytale? Rick might be a fierce beast, but when the man falls, he falls hard. Prepare for an alpha hero, dangerous fun, hot romance, and some bad guys that are on the scary side. FIGHTING FOR HER is a stand-alone read, no cliff-hangers.

THE HOURS OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

Author : LUISA PICCARRETA
Publisher : Fivestar
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE HOURS OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST written by LUISA PICCARRETA and published by Fivestar. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1914, Luisa writes in a letter to the now Saint, Annibale M. di Francia: “I am finally sending you this handwritten copy of The Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. May it all be for His greater Glory. I have also enclosed a few pages where I describe the effects and the beautiful promises that Jesus makes to everyone who meditates these Hours of the Passion. I believe that if whoever meditates on them is a sinner, he will convert; if he is imperfect, he will become perfect; if he is holy, he will become holier; if he is tempted, he will find victory; if suffering, he will find strength, medicine, and comfort in these Hours; if weak and poor, he will find a spiritual food and a mirror in which to look at himself continually and so become beautiful and similar to Jesus, our model”.

The Phantom Forest

Author : Liz Kerin
Publisher : Inkshares
ISBN 13 : 1947848488
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book The Phantom Forest written by Liz Kerin and published by Inkshares. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Right from the very first page you’re drawn into the dark atmosphere of the world. There’s an expectant menace in every situation. . . Surprisingly, this is the author’s first novel and on this evidence I’d say dark fiction has a new rising star.” —British Fantasy society Every tree in the sacred Forest of Laida houses a soul. And each of those souls will return to the mortal world for many future lives. But not all of them deserve to. Seycia’s father told her this story as a child—a story of the most holy place in the Underworld, the Forest of Laida, where all souls go to rest before embarking on a new life. But Seycia’s father is dead now, and his killer has put a target on her back. After she is chosen for her village’s human sacrifice ritual, Seycia is transported to the Underworld and must join forces with Haben, the demon to whom she was sacrificed. Together, they journey to the forest in the Underworld where all souls grow in a quest to destroy the tree of the man who killed her.

The Answer: God's Covenants of Promise

Author : John E. Hollywell
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 151271299X
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book The Answer: God's Covenants of Promise written by John E. Hollywell and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many years of biblical study have showed John E. Hollywell that most people have never had an accurate explanation of biblical truths and do not know what an amazing inheritance the Bible says they may have once they make Jesus their Lord and Saviour. The chaos the world suffers was foretold in the Bible. Scientists offer explanations, but governments, politicians, and educators have no answers as to why there is such poverty, crime, war, disease, mental health problems, and other forms of misery in the world today. Are there solutions to all of these issues? Emphatically, the author says, Yes! Hosea 4:6 says that Gods people are destroyed through lack of knowledge. This book provides some such knowledge in a simple, readable format. The Answer: God's Covenants of Promise will have achieved its purpose if it can open a readers eyes to see the Word of God as it was meant to be understood, why seemingly good people worldwide are so hostile and inhumane to each other, and who Jesus is and what was His true purpose for coming. The Answer: God's Covenants of Promise was written for everyone who might seek to know where humanity came from, why we are here, and where we go in the future, into eternity. The Answer: God's Covenants of Promise seeks to answer such scientific, evolutionary, and spiritual questions as What is faith in God? to be found through Jesus of Nazareth, Gods son.

The Accidental Werewolf

Author : Dakota Cassidy
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780425219300
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book The Accidental Werewolf written by Dakota Cassidy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Marty Andrews gets bitten by a mangy mutt while walking her teacup poodle, her blond hair darkens, the hair on her legs starts growing at an alarming rate, and her mood swings put her dream job as a sales rep for Bobbie-Sue Cosmetics in serious jeopardy. Then a drool-worthy man shows up at her door claiming that he accidentally bit Marty. And since he's a werewolf, she is now, too. Thinking Keegan Flaherty is clearly insane, Marty refuses to believe a word until a kidnapping makes her realize there's more at stake than just her highlights. And she must put her out-of-control life in the hands of the man who makes her blood run wild in more ways than one...

Strange Appearance

Author : G. L. Didaeusky
Publisher : Rogue Phoenix Press
ISBN 13 : 1624203124
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book Strange Appearance written by G. L. Didaeusky and published by Rogue Phoenix Press. This book was released on 2016-07-31 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two hairless teenage bodies are found dead with ritual-type death masks on their faces in Ocala National Forest. Robert Jenson, a fourth year medical student and Cynthia Davidson, a pathologist’s assistant, join together to solve these unexplained mysterious deaths. Clandestine members of a secluded satanic cult adjacent to the national forest cross their paths. Shortly afterwards, Robert and Cynthia face deadly situations jeopardizing their own lives as they soon discover someone doesn’t want them to know the truth behind the teenagers’ deaths. Robert and Cynthia’s initial platonic relationship evolves to amorous feelings and needs complicating their investigation. Evil touches the two medical sleuths. And they don’t realize it until it’s almost too late.

But the Greatest of These Is Love

Author : Eward M. Vigeant
Publisher : WestBowPress
ISBN 13 : 149082975X
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book But the Greatest of These Is Love written by Eward M. Vigeant and published by WestBowPress. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new Thought System emphasizes application rather than theology. It specifically states that a universal religion is impossible, but a Universal Experience is not only possible, but also necessary. This Universal Experience is Love. Universal means that all of the billions of people who have passed through this world since time began and all of the people who are here now (seven billion) would know God. God is Love. To know Gods Love within is to know God. Where learning ends, there is Love. Love is not learned. There was never a time in which you knew it not. Once this new perception of God is accepted, then everything changes. The quiet Voice of Love will help you to reinterpret everything you have been taught as fearful and that makes you feel guilty and will change them to... only what is loving is true. There are no rules and regulations to obey. You need do nothing. The Power of Love will set you free. It is not through any of your efforts. Here is the ultimate release, which everyone will one day find in his own way, at his own time. Think about this: If Love is the primary focus of your life, what are you going to do wrong? - Fear God and keep His commandments becomes Know God and accept His Certainty. According to Wikepedia, it is estimated that there are approximately 4,200 religions in the world today. I say But the Greatest of These is Love.

God's Blueprint of the Holy Bible Vol. 2

Author : Felix Wantang
Publisher : Felix Wantang
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book God's Blueprint of the Holy Bible Vol. 2 written by Felix Wantang and published by Felix Wantang. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is about the choices we make; it explains why God made salvation a choice. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16. The choices we make in life, define who we are, shapes our path, and leads to our ultimate destination in life. Have you ever looked in the mirror and asked yourself these three simple questions: 1. What are the choices that govern my life? 2. Am I on the right path? 3. What is my final destination in my life? If you can successfully answer these questions with absolute trust in Jesus Christ, then you know you have made the right choices in your life. On the other hand, if you can’t answer these questions with Jesus Christ in the equation, then you know your life is on the wrong path. The truth is, part of what makes life very challenging and unpredictable, is the fact that you cannot change the past, but you can change the path to your future. God gives us only one day at a time; today is a gift and that’s all you have. Tomorrow is not guaranteed and today may be your last day on earth. This book will help you understand God through Jesus Christ like never before and also help you make the right choices for a better future. The kingdom of God should be your number priority and ultimate destination in life. Jesus is coming soon!

Nine Lives

Author : Sharon Sala
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1488097488
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Nine Lives written by Sharon Sala and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cat’s a bounty hunter with a score to settle—and she’s about to meet her match. A gripping series kick-off from the New York Times–bestselling author. Bounty hunter Cat Dupree first cheated death when she was thirteen. The second time left her orphaned and scarred. And the only thing that will diminish her lust for revenge is finding the man who left her for dead as she watched him murder her father. Every job she takes is an opportunity to invade the criminal world that hides the tattooed man who ruined her life. And she hopes to hunt him down on her current mission into the rugged deserts of Mexico, where there is no law to watch her back. Without her knowledge, bondsman Wilson McKay is on the same job, and trailing Cat is the fastest way to find his man. He’s willing to share resources—and the reward—especially if that means getting to know the lonely woman beneath Cat’s tough, take-no-prisoners exterior. Life’s taught Cat that the surest way to land on her feet is to work alone, but Wilson might be the man to change her mind—when they’re not competing for jobs or ready to kill each other. “A well-written, fast-paced ride.” —Publishers Weekly Praise for Sharon Sala “If you can stop reading, then you are a better woman than me.” —Debbie Macomber, New York Times–bestselling author “Sala is a master at telling a story that is both romantic and suspenseful . . . one of the best writers in the genre.” —RT Book Reviews “Sala’s characters are vivid and engaging.” —Publishers Weekly