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Figuring Shit Out

Author : Amy Biancolli
Publisher : Behler Publications, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1933016469
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Figuring Shit Out written by Amy Biancolli and published by Behler Publications, LLC. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Your life isn't over." My dad says this. "I mean, YOUR life isn't over. Beyond the kids. You'll go on living, doing things. This isn't it." I know, I assure him. I have the kids. They need me. They're my life now. "OK," he replies, then grunts—more of a brief hum. He only hums when he thinks I'm full of shit. Shockingly single. Amy Biancolli's life went off script more dramatically than most after her husband of twenty years jumped off the roof of a parking garage. Left with three children, a three-story house, and a pile of knotty psychological complications, Amy realizes the flooding dishwasher, dead car battery, rapidly growing lawn, basement sump pump, and broken doorknob aren't going to fix themselves. She also realizes that "figuring shit out" means accepting the horrors that came her way, rolling with them, slogging through them, helping others through theirs, and working her way through life with love and laughter. Amy Biancolli is an author and journalist whose column appears in the Albany Times Union. Before that, Amy served as film critic for the Houston Chronicle where her reviews, published around the country, won her the 2007 Comment and Criticism Award from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Association. Biancolli is the author of House of Holy Fools: A Family Portrait in Six Cracked Parts, which earned her Albany Author of the Year. Amy lives in Albany, New York, with her three children.

Shit Doesn't Just Happen

Author : Bob Mayer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781621252078
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Shit Doesn't Just Happen written by Bob Mayer and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-31 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saying "shit happens" indicates events are random, have no meaning and there is no accountability or responsibility. It indicates such events could just as easily happen again and there's nothing we can do about them. Bullshit. This book is about catastrophes and how to avoid them, mitigate their effects and learn from them as seen from the perspective of the Masters of Chaos: United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets). Taking the attitude shit happens is negative and is fatal. Titanic: Systematic Failure Kegworth Plane Crash: The Danger of Deferring to Authority and Experts Little Big Horn: Leadership Failure New London Schoolhouse Explosion: Lack of Focus The Donner Party: Social Disintegration From Tulips to the Housing Bubble: Greed Overwhelms Reality Apollo 13: Success Snatched from the Jaws of Catastrophe The bottom line is we can predict and prevent most catastrophes because every one has at least one man made factor, of the 7 cascade events, involved. In other words, we have control over whether shit happens. But it means changing a complacent mindset, getting rid of delusional thinking, and viewing the world around us in a Green Beret way. Because shit doesn't just happen.

Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Failure

Author : Bob Mayer
Publisher : Cool Gus Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Failure written by Bob Mayer and published by Cool Gus Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Quote: During the Los Angeles Coroner's Inquest, William Mulholland said, ""this inquest is a very painful for me to have to attend but it is the occasion of that is painful. The only ones I envy about this whole thing are the ones who are dead."" In later testimony, after responding to a question, he added, ""Whether it is good or bad, don't blame anyone else, you just fasten it on me. If there was an error in human judgment, I was the human, I won't try to fasten it on anyone else."" William Mulholland, chief engineer, Water Department Los Angeles Every man-made disaster and catastrophe has at least six Cascade Events leading up to the final event, the catastrophe according to the Rule of Seven. This is a quick read of the Cascade Events of the second greatest loss of life in the history of California: The St. Francis Dam. Bob examines the Rule of Seven, and how human error plays a role in many catastrophes. Nothing happens in isolation or as a result of a single event. Thus, by learning from history, we can gain insight into preventing a similar catastrophe in the future. William Mulholland, a self-taught engineer, brought water to Los Angeles, but he also brought a catastrophe in the form of the St. Francis dam which failed, killing hundreds. From the very land the dam was placed on, to its design, to the failure of Mulholland on the very day the dam would collapse when called by the worried dam-keeper, to see the pending catastrophe. This is one of many catastrophes that Bob Mayer, former Green Beret, West Point Graduate and NY Times Bestselling Author, examines in his series of shorts: The Anatomy of a Catastrophe.

The Donner Party

Author : Bob Mayer
Publisher : Cool Gus Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Donner Party written by Bob Mayer and published by Cool Gus Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I wish I could cry, but I cannot. If I could forget the tragedy, perhaps I would know how to cry again." Mary Graves. Survivor, the 'Donner Party' Every man-made disaster and catastrophe has at least six Cascade Events leading up to the final event, the catastrophe according to the Rule of Seven. This is a quick read of the Cascade Events that led up to Cannibalism while the 'Donner Party' emigrated west to California Bob examines the Rule of Seven, and how human error plays a role in many catastrophes. Nothing happens in isolation or as a result of a single event. Thus, by learning from history, we can gain insight into preventing a similar catastrophe in the future. The key to the Donner Party were the numerous tipping points where the group failed to make decisions. Also, most people don't know how many homicides were committed during this event!

Bob Mayer's Reader's Guide

Author : Bob Mayer
Publisher : Cool Gus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bob Mayer's Reader's Guide written by Bob Mayer and published by Cool Gus . This book was released on 2017-04-05 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cool Gus and I welcome you to this Reader’s Guide. We put this together so that you can peruse all my titles, see books in series orders, and have convenient links to the platforms the books are available on. I’ve also included previously unpublished material such as the opening to my next book, New York Minute; a short story featuring characters from the Cellar; a complete Time Patrol mission of one character; a flashback cut from New York Minute; excerpts from my survival book and a complete event from Stuff Doesn’t Just Happen: The Gift of Failure covering the Titanic, and more Books are listed in order in their series with a brief note from me on each book. Connections between books and series are explained, along with links where the books can be found—just click on the appropriate symbol. For the Audible symbol, you’re taken to the Amazon Audible Page, but you can also find those titles directly on Audible. Several books are free so you can get a feel: Eyes of the Hammer; Duty; and Ides of March. Books that have only Amazon and Audible links are enrolled in Kindle Unlimited and can be borrowed on Amazon. If you’re enrolled in Amazon Prime you can also borrow those books.

I'm Kind of a Big Deal

Author : Mitch Wakem
Publisher : Mitch Wakem
ISBN 13 : 142418133X
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book I'm Kind of a Big Deal written by Mitch Wakem and published by Mitch Wakem. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You know that really cool person you meet and instantly you want him to be your best friend? Yeah, thatas me! I was born in February of 1982; Iam sure it was cold and stormy. Iam originally from MaineaNorthern Maine, to be more specificaand now reside in the southern part of the United States. I have been working with relationships most of my life; Iave been that friend that all my friends run to with their relationship issues. So, after a little peer pressure, I thought Iad put it all into a book. Iam not a doctor or a psychologist or even a marriage counselor. What I am is a really good-looking guy who just happens to know a little bit about relationships, and I feel obligated to pass that knowledge on to you.

Shit

Author : Interpact Press
Publisher : Interpact Press
ISBN 13 : 9780962870071
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Shit written by Interpact Press and published by Interpact Press. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a few short pages, you will learn how to use shit correctly in all social situations; how to introduce shit to toddlers and school kids; how to build shit into your everyday speech; how to include shit in all forms of writing, including business letters; how to measure shit; and how to make shit work for you and the entire family. More shit than you ever could fit in your brain.

I Can't Save You

Author : Anthony Chin-Quee
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593418905
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book I Can't Save You written by Anthony Chin-Quee and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The raw and gripping memoir of a Black physician who confronts his past mistakes and relationships as he learns to find his own path forward At first glance, Anthony Chin-Quee looks like a traditional success story: a smart, ambitious kid who grew up to become a board-certified otolaryngologist—an ear, nose, and throat surgeon. Yet the truth is more complicated. As a self-described “not white, mostly Black, and questionably Asian man,” Chin-Quee knows that he doesn’t fit easily into any category. Growing up in a family with a background of depression, he struggled with relationships, feelings of inadequacy, and a fear of failure that made it difficult for him to forge lasting bonds with others. To repair that, he began his own unflinching examination of what it means to be both a physician and a Black man today. What saved him and his sanity was not medicine but storytelling: by sharing stories from his life and career, Chin-Quee learned how powerful the truth can be in helping to forgive yourself and others as you chart a new way forward. By turns harrowing and hilarious, honest and human, I Can’t Save You is the fascinating true story of how looking within can change you and your life for the better. Contents Prologue 1 ONE: Chin-Quee, M.D. 3 TWO: A-Side—Success* 42 THREE: B-Side—The Fall 80 FOUR: You 160 FIVE: Fear of Flying 176 SIX: Rainbow Connection 212 SEVEN: Y'ain't (k)no(w) 222 EIGHT: Fatherhood 285 NINE: Eulogy 334 Acknowledgments 353

Heartstrings

Author : Amy Knupp
Publisher : Amy Knupp
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heartstrings written by Amy Knupp and published by Amy Knupp. This book was released on with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This story of Gin and Tucker sucked me in on page one and did not let go.”—Reader review A distraction could cost him everything… Country music is singer-songwriter Tucker Steele’s lifeblood. When his band’s record label smacks them with a setback, Tucker’s strategy is to hit the studio hard and create the best album of their career. Problem is, the songs are coming out shallow and uninspired, no matter what he tries…until he meets a girl named Gin who has a way with music. Cello virtuoso Gin Verdinelli recently dropped out of a prestigious music conservatory, walking away from everything she’d worked toward for most of her life. After a move to Nashville, she yearns to build a “normal” life, one where she—and others—can discover who she is outside of music. Catching a country singer’s attention is far from normal, but she can’t resist being drawn into Tucker’s world. Tucker can’t afford a distraction, can’t afford to notice anything but Gin’s talent, but the more he spends time with her, the more time he wants to spend with her…until the band suffers a devastating blow. Can he give the band the dedication it requires and still be the man Gin deserves? Heartstrings is a stand-alone story with a heartwarming HEA in the Hale Street series, which includes these books by Amy Knupp: Sweet Spot Sweet Dreams Soft Spot One and Only Last First Kiss Heartstrings The North Brothers series is a spin-off of Hale Street and includes these stand-alone stories: True North True Colors True Blue True Harmony True Hero Immerse yourself in the Hale Street world instantly! If you enjoy books by Jill Shalvis, Zoe York, BJ Harvey, Piper Rayne, Molly McAdams, Lori Wilde, Melissa Foster, Bella Andre, Claudia Burgoa, Alexa Rivers, JH Croix, Carly Phillips, Christine DePetrillo, Melissa Chambers, or Amanda Torrey, chances are, you'll love Amy Knupp's Island Fire series. ***** country singer, musicians, rock star, country star, cello player, musical inspiration, music, small town romance, songwriter, creative hero

Never Again Once More

Author : Mary B. Morrison
Publisher : Dafina Books
ISBN 13 : 9780758200075
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Never Again Once More written by Mary B. Morrison and published by Dafina Books. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eagerly awaited sequel to "Soulmates Dissipate, " bestselling author Morrison follows Jada and Wellington as they find themselves facing new conflicts that will challenge the decisions they made years ago.

1536 Free Waters and Other Blackjack Endeavors

Author : Glen Wiggy
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475945647
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book 1536 Free Waters and Other Blackjack Endeavors written by Glen Wiggy and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is there a twelve on the cover of this blackjack book instead of the usual twenty-one? No blackjack author in their right mind would put a hand of twelve on the cover. Glen Wiggy did—he is full of surprises like that. Part how-to manual, part memoir, 1536 Free Waters and Other Blackjack Endeavors—Finding Profit and Humor in Card-Counting chronicles Wiggy’s amusing experiences while playing blackjack during more than eight hundred casino visits from January 2001 until June 2008. It also introduces blackjack card-counting in a fun and easy-to-learn format. In addition to the everyday casino patrons, starving puppies, angry pit bosses, French doughnuts, talking sea gulls, and 1536 bottled waters make unforgettable appearances in these entertaining stories tailored for casual blackjack gamblers. For players pursuing the game for serious profit, Wiggy also presents practical tips on • Aspects of blackjack basic strategy • Fundamentals of card-counting • Techniques for managing money • Dangers of greedy gambling behavior Unlike most blackjack strategy guides, 1536 Free Waters and Other Blackjack Endeavors won’t teach you how to “kill” the dealer or make a living playing the game. Instead, you’ll learn basic strategy and introductory card-counting skills that give you enough confidence to approach the table with a positive attitude and reasonable expectation of winning. Plus, you’ll learn what to expect from the cards and the wonderfully strange people and places you may encounter. Enjoy the ride. “Undoubtedly, the most enjoyable blackjack book I’ve read in my twenty years as the editor of a gambling publishing company. It had me laughing out loud.” —Deke Castleman, editor for Huntington Press Read more at www.blackjackstories.com.

Sister Girls 2

Author : Angel M. Hunter
Publisher : Urban Renaissance
ISBN 13 : 1622868854
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Sister Girls 2 written by Angel M. Hunter and published by Urban Renaissance. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sister Girls 2 will catch you up with some old characters and introduce you to the new. Feeling unfulfilled professionally and looking for a higher purpose, Elsie has decided to leave her law firm and start a non-profit organization. Even while faithfully attending church, she struggles between the desires of the flesh and her spirituality. She also reconnects with an old friend who may change the course of her life forever. Faith, the newly hired therapist of the organization, is married to Jared, a self-made millionaire who controls Faith by reminding her that “without me, you would be nothing.” Grateful for the lifestyle he provides and the support he offered during her addiction, Faith puts up with more than the average wife would. She will need to learn what’s more important, her dignity or stability. Harmony, a young mother with three baby daddies, attends workshops at the organization. She’s tired of living in the hood and barely surviving. She’s ready to let go of her promiscuous past, make changes in her life, and better herself. Her first step is finding out who is the father of her first child. Will her journey strengthen or destroy her current relationship? And rounding out the cast of characters is Pastor Bella Gold. While guiding others, she tries to come to terms with her past and her secret shame. Will she succeed, or resign from the pulpit? Whether forced to make changes in their lives by circumstance or choice, the women in this story discover their true selves and learn about their own power.

America Again

Author : Stephen Colbert
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0446583987
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book America Again written by Stephen Colbert and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book store nation, in the history of mankind there has never been a greater country than America. You could say we're the #1 nation at being the best at greatness. But as perfect as America is in every single way, America is broken! And we can't exchange it because we're 236 years past the 30-day return window. Look around--we don't make anything anymore, we've mortgaged our future to China, and the Apologist-in-Chief goes on world tours just to bow before foreign leaders. Worse, the L.A. Four Seasons Hotel doesn't even have a dedicated phone button for the Spa. You have to dial an extension! Where did we lose our way?! It's high time we restored America to the greatness it never lost! Luckily, America Again will singlebookedly pull this country back from the brink. It features everything from chapters, to page numbers, to fonts. Covering subject's ranging from healthcare ("I shudder to think where we'd be without the wide variety of prescription drugs to treat our maladies, such as think-shuddering") to the economy ("Life is giving us lemons, and we're shipping them to the Chinese to make our lemon-flavored leadonade") to food ("Feel free to deep fry this book-it's a rich source of fiber"), Stephen gives America the dose of truth it needs to get back on track.

Possum Gallows

Author : M Dennis Downey
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460239261
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Possum Gallows written by M Dennis Downey and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctor Ben O'Keefe, psychiatrist and Rachel Mint, the rock star of her time known as Rikki to her ravenous fans, are siblings separated at birth and become coconspirators in a freewheeling dash towards destruction as they try to decipher a past that is slippery to the grasp and promises only more heart break and despair. They can run from their parents but cannot hide from that part of them that lies within. In the end they find that having it all means exactly that, for good and for bad.

Figuring Animals

Author : M. Pollock
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137094117
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Figuring Animals written by M. Pollock and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of fifteen essays which expose weaknesses in western epistemological frames of reference that for centuries have limited our views, and, thus, our experiences of animal being, including our own. The volume contributes to current discussions of new ways of seeing the other inhabitants of this world and more effective ways of sharing the world with them. The contributors draw on and complement the growing field of ecocriticism, but because the contributors draw on an array of disciplinary and cultural perspectives, it will appeal to a wide audience, ranging from literary scholars, philosophers, art historians, anthropologists, and cultural historians (including graduate and undergraduate students in all these disciplines), to laypersons interested in nature writing and environmental issues.

British Fiction of the 1990s

Author : Nick Bentley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113429249X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book British Fiction of the 1990s written by Nick Bentley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1990s proved to be a particularly rich and fascinating period for British fiction. This book presents a fresh perspective on the diverse writings that appeared over the decade, bringing together leading academics in the field. British Fiction of the 1990s: traces the concerns that emerged as central to 1990s fiction, in sections on millennial anxieties, identity politics, the relationship between the contemporary and the historical, and representations of contemporary space offers distinctive new readings of the most important novelists of the period, including Martin Amis, Beryl Bainbridge, Pat Barker, Julian Barnes, A.S. Byatt, Hanif Kureishi, Ian McEwan, Iain Sinclair, Zadie Smith and Jeanette Winterson shows how British fiction engages with major cultural debates of the time, such as the concern with representing various identities and cultural groups, or theories of ‘the end of history’ discusses 1990s fiction in relation to broader literary and critical theories, including postmodernism, post-feminism and postcolonialism. Together the essays highlight the ways in which the writing of the 1990s represents a development of the themes and styles of the post-war novel generally, yet displays a range of characteristics distinct to the decade.

Metal Sky

Author : Jay Caselberg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101212608
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Metal Sky written by Jay Caselberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-09-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years after the Wyrmhole incident, Jack and Billie, his ever-enigmatic fourteen-year-old ward, have set up a new shop in a new town. Yorkstone, with its clean streets and virtual sunny skies, is a far cry from the hellhole of the Locality. It’s also far more difficult to drum up business—until Bridgett Farrell darkens Jack’s door. The job: Find a metallic tablet inscribed with ornate writings. It’s very valuable—and made of a substance unlike any known to science. It seems an antique-dealing associate of Miss Farrell’s has made off with the valuable artifact, which may have been stolen from an archaeological dig in the ruins of an unknown civilization on the planet of Mandala. The catch? Miss Farrell is far more deceptive than she seems…