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Book Synopsis The Psychology of Friendship by : Mahzad Hojjat
Download or read book The Psychology of Friendship written by Mahzad Hojjat and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 20th and 21st centuries, the meteoric rise of countless social media platforms and mobile applications have illuminated the profound need friendship and connection have in all of our lives; and yet, very few scholarly volumes have focused on this unique and important bond during this new era of relating to one another. Exploring such topics as friendship and social media, friendship with current and past romantic partners, co-workers, mentors, and even pets, editors Mahzad Hojjat and Anne Moyer lead an expert group of global contributors as they each explore how friendship factors within our lives today. What does it mean to be a friend? What roles do friendships play in our own development? How do we befriend those across the race, ethnicity, gender, and orientation spectrums? What happens when a friendship turns sour? What is the effect of friendship - good and bad - on our mental health? Providing a much needed update to the field of interpersonal relations, The Psychology of Friendship serves as a field guide for readers as they shed traditional definitions of friendship in favor of contemporary contexts and connections.
Book Synopsis The Distance Between Us by : Reyna Grande
Download or read book The Distance Between Us written by Reyna Grande and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border. Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this “compelling...unvarnished, resonant” (BookPage) story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents make the dangerous trek across the Mexican border to “El Otro Lado” (The Other Side) in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced into the already overburdened household of their stern grandmother. When their mother at last returns, Reyna prepares for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father. Funny, heartbreaking, and lyrical, The Distance Between Us poignantly captures the confusion and contradictions of childhood, reminding us that the joys and sorrows we experience are imprinted on the heart forever, calling out to us of those places we first called home. Also available in Spanish as La distancia entre nosotros.
Book Synopsis The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book by : Susan Page
Download or read book The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book written by Susan Page and published by RosettaBooks. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most thorough, accurate, user-friendly, well-organized and inspiring guide for writers on the market today. Period.”—Richard Carlson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff This expert guide has put the dream of acquiring a publisher within reach for thousands of writers. Whether your book idea is a completed manuscript or still in the planning stages, The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book offers comprehensive, industry-savvy guidance on the steps to take to sell your book to a major publisher. Literary agents often advise their clients to read this book as their first step. Susan Page is the author of several bestselling self-help books, and a veteran of the publishing industry. Here, she’ll guide you step-by-step through the roadblocks that stall other writers and help you toward a publishing strategy that gets results. You’ll find in-depth information on the early steps to take, writing title ideas, developing winning book proposals, finding an agent, understanding publishing contracts, promoting your book, and more. Throughout the process, Page coaches you through both the emotional and practical obstacles you’re likely to face. It’s a must-read for anyone interested in a career as a published author. “Page, as her subtitle claims, really does tell you what you need to know to get happily published. This self-help author (If I’m So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single?) knows what she’s talking about, whether she’s advising on how to write a book proposal, find an agent or promote one’s book . . . This is one of the more instructive guides to read before writing your book.”—Publishers Weekly
Book Synopsis And yet It Moves! by : Didier L. Poppe
Download or read book And yet It Moves! written by Didier L. Poppe and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You only need to open the daily newspaper to see how our world is absurd . You can be scared of what our future is going to be or you can take some distance and look at it with a smile as humor is probably the only way to survive the human stupidity. This book is made of over 70 short stories which seems at first to be crazy or absurd ...but when you think twice and look at the newspaper again you will see that the reality is even more crazy and absurd than the fiction. But behind the funny situations and behaviors , humor is indeed a very ‘’serious’’ thing and certainly the closest to philosophy. You laugh first , then you start thinking and your laugh becomes a mirthless chuckle . Yes our world moves permanently between the extremes of the absurd : The comedy and the tragedy . And we , the unwitting passengers of our planet , we have no choice other than to hold as best we can to survive , like someone clinging to the ropes of a swing trying to avoid being ejected
Book Synopsis How to Talk to Your Kids about Your Divorce by : Samantha Rodman
Download or read book How to Talk to Your Kids about Your Divorce written by Samantha Rodman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen and deepen your relationship with your kids.
Book Synopsis Other Worlds, Other Bodies by : Emily Pierini
Download or read book Other Worlds, Other Bodies written by Emily Pierini and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2023-02-10 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When approaching the multiplicity of the spiritual experiences of healing, ethnographers are often presented with ideas of the existence of “other” worlds that may intersect with the so-called “material” or “physical” worlds. This book proposes a sensory ethnography of healing with a focus on ethnographic knowing as embedded in an embodied epistemology of healing. Epistemological embodiment signals that personal scholarly experience of the “unknown”—be it in the form of trance, or as the embodiment of an “other”—shapes the concepts of healing, body, trance, self, and matter by which ethnographers craft out analysis.
Book Synopsis 52 E-mails to Transform Your Marriage by : Samantha Rodman
Download or read book 52 E-mails to Transform Your Marriage written by Samantha Rodman and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Press “send” for amazing results! With 52 E-mails to Transform Your Marriage, you’ll find a year’s worth of e-mails to help you reconnect with your spouse, reignite intimacy, and keep your love alive. There’s no doubt marriage can be a challenge—we’ve all heard that half of marriages end in divorce. A common problem you may face as a couple is feeling stuck or disconnected—lonely within the marriage—as if you and your spouse were worlds apart, even as you present a united front. Attempts to discuss the problem may lead to painful arguments, and even couples therapy may prove more expensive and time-consuming than effective, putting each of you on the spot and moving so quickly that you may leave, session after session, without feeling closer. E-mail, however, can be a much less threatening way to communicate your true thoughts and feelings. Based on the author’s popular online relationship coaching sessions, each chapter of this book provides an e-mail writing assignment focused on a different topic, such as sex, intimacy, communication, trust, and the future. These weekly assignments will grant you both the time to write—which can be extremely therapeutic in itself—and read what the other has to say without the need for an immediate response. With 52 E-mails to Transform Your Marriage, you’ll discover useful tips for good communication, learn how to respond to messages with empathy and validation, and be well on your way to rediscovering and sustaining the love that brought you together in the first place.
Download or read book Ghosted written by Jillian C. Stone and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s Halloween, and seventeen-year-old MaryAnn is excited about her town’s annual celebration. The season assumes an ominous tone when MaryAnn is led to the body of her neighbor, Mr. Carlson, by the eerie howls of the big orange stray who frequents his backyard. Weeks earlier, when her eyes had met the cat’s spooky yellow stare, MaryAnn had known something out of the ordinary was going to happen, but she never expected death. The deceased Mr. Carlson soon appears to MaryAnn in a dream, insisting she find his murderer, and she reluctantly agrees. With the help of her close-knit group of friends, the big orange cat, and an adorable Corgi named Trixie, MaryAnn discovers her own psychic talents while unraveling a Halloween mystery that stretches back to her own mother’s death.
Book Synopsis Earthly Resurrection by : Dr. Nick Martin
Download or read book Earthly Resurrection written by Dr. Nick Martin and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” ~John 8:32 There have been millions of quotations written and spoken by brilliant minds. Many capturing wisdom about life and how we can best go about living it. For me, these words from Jesus would be at the very top of the list. He is offering in thirteen words a profound insight into ourselves and the great life available to us, but seldom lived by most. His words capture the design woven into our being from millions of years of evolution. A design in which we are able to resonate with truth and free to live the great life. If only we're willing to seek and know it. If only we're willing to seek the truth about what we really need to know about God, ego, and ourselves. If only we're willing to unlearn so much non-truth we have been taught and which we have taught ourselves about each of these.
Book Synopsis In the Blink of an Eye by : Ali Bacon
Download or read book In the Blink of an Eye written by Ali Bacon and published by Lynn Michell. This book was released on 2018-04-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In1843, Edinburgh artist, David Octavius Hill, is commissioned to paint the portraits of 400 ministers who have broken away from the Church of Scotland. Only when he meets Robert Adamson, an early master of the new and fickle art of photography, does this daunting task begin to look feasible.Hill is soon bewitched by the art of light and shade. He and Adamson become the darlings of Edinburgh society, immortalising people and places with their subtle and artistic images. In the Blink of an Eye is a re-imagining of Hill's life in the words of those who were beguiled by his artistry and charismatic charm. Tender, tragic and sometimes humorous, these voices come together in a story of art and science, love and loss, friendship and photography.
Book Synopsis Interviews from the Edge by : Mark Yakich
Download or read book Interviews from the Edge written by Mark Yakich and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interviews from the Edge presents a selection of conversations, drawn from 50 years of the international journal New Orleans Review, that dive head-first into the most enduring aesthetic and social concerns of the last half century. From reflections on the making of literature and films to personal accounts of writing inside racial divides and working against capital punishment, the writers, poets, and activists featured in this book offer not only a fresh perspective on our present struggles but also perhaps a way through them-for writers and readers alike. I think it's frightfully important, and this is really much more difficult than it sounds, only to say what you absolutely believe. Christopher Isherwood Most American writers probably do not think of their writing as a kind of activism. And it shouldn't have to be-I don't think we can impose that on writers-but it can be. I think for many writers, the ones I admire-it is. Viet Thanh Nguyen Do you become a writer because you desire to become famous and make a lot of money? Or do you become a writer because there's something you discovered, this spark, this flash, that you want to share with other human beings knowing that they can enter into the words too? Sister Helen Prejean The hardest part of developing a style is that you have to learn to trust your voice. If I thought of my style, I'd be crippled. Somebody else said to me a long time ago in France, 'Find out what you can do, and then don't do it.' James Baldwin As I have grown older, I have come to see that the romantic notion of the outsider in love with death doesn't solve a thing. It only makes life worse. We have to find ways to create communities. Valerie Martin
Book Synopsis Design and Nature by : Kate Fletcher
Download or read book Design and Nature written by Kate Fletcher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organised as a dialogue between nature and design, this book explores design ideas, opportunities, visions and practices through relating and uncovering experience of the natural world. Presented as an edited collection of 25 wide-ranging short chapters, the book explores the possibility of new relations between design and nature, beyond human mastery and understandings of nature as resource and by calling into question the longstanding role for design as agent of capitalism. The book puts forward ways in which design can form partnerships with living species and examines designers’ capacities for direct experience, awe, integrated relationships and new ways of knowing. It covers: • New design ethics of care • Indigenous perspectives • Prototyping with nature • Methods for new design and nature relations • A history of design and nature • Animist beliefs • De-centering human-centered design • Understanding nature has power and agency Design and Nature: A Partnership is a rich resource for designers who wish to learn to engage with sustainability from the ground up.
Book Synopsis Blood Lust: A Paranormal Vampire Romance by : Rose Knight
Download or read book Blood Lust: A Paranormal Vampire Romance written by Rose Knight and published by XSN. This book was released on 2023-09-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of vibrant New Orleans, Scarlett's once-ordinary life takes a thrilling twist with the arrival of Tristan, a powerful and enigmatic vampire who's as ancient as he is irresistible. Suddenly, her world isn't just quiet—it's electrifyingly supernatural. But wait, destiny has some wild plans. Tristan insists Scarlett is his eternal soulmate and destined bride. Sounds romantic, right? Not for Scarlett. She's not buying into the whole dark and mysterious vampire thing. She's determined to keep her life normal, and Tristan is not part of the plan. Yet fate has other ideas. The unbreakable bond between them is more than just intense—it's downright excruciating when they're apart. As Scarlett is pulled into the hidden world of vampires, she discovers Tristan's chilling role as the formidable vampire governor. Sparks fly between them, but it's not all moonlit walks and sweet nothings. Their connection is a rollercoaster ride of hurt and betrayal. Things get even messier when Tristan's truth-shrouded past comes back to haunt them. The mystery behind Scarlett's parents' death surfaces, and when Tristan keeps it from her, trust crumbles. And just when she's desperate to break free from Tristan's magnetic pull, along comes his twisted brother, Roman. Enter plot twist: Scarlett's life gets thrown into a dangerous showdown between the two brothers, hanging on the edge of danger. As Scarlett's humanity starts to slip away and her world becomes infused with the supernatural, she's left wondering if her feelings for Tristan might change. Can a vampire governor, notorious for his icy exterior, ever let love thaw his heart? The secrets of their tangled past could spell disaster, or maybe they'll find a way to rewrite their history together. It's a wild ride of supernatural passion, ancient mysteries, and the quest for a future that's anything but ordinary. ¨Every step I took was watched by a vampire, hidden among the shadows, waiting for me. What I knew ceased to make sense; what I used to be no longer mattered. It was and would be his will always. Or at least, that's what he thought.¨
Book Synopsis The Ryckerdan Trilogy by : Esther E. Schmidt
Download or read book The Ryckerdan Trilogy written by Esther E. Schmidt and published by Esther E. Schmidt. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Windsor - She’s intriguing. Smart, brilliantly beautiful. She knocked me into awareness when I almost bumped into her. Anything but mundane, she’s a biker princess and a special agent trained to solve criminal cases. I guess she’s not the only one knocking the wind right out of me when my life takes an unexpected twist. Linnette - Handsome. Kind. And let’s not forget those tantalizing abs, making him irresistible after he almost ran into me. A one chance meeting. They say a first impression matters, and with us it definitely did. And of course the first guy who jolted my heart into awareness becomes a case I need to give my full attention to. Can you spell disaster? Because I can, in full detail, when his family brings death to my doorstep. Love, family, loyalty; united as one or lost forever. This is the complete Ryckerdan Trilogy (For One Chance, We Two Shall, Unite Three Times); a royal romance set in a biker world where mafia collides with justice.
Download or read book Trail of Time written by Steven P. Love and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis There Has to Be Another Way by : Dr. Melanie Salmon
Download or read book There Has to Be Another Way written by Dr. Melanie Salmon and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2021-12-11 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the inspiring and beautiful story of how a doctor, suffering from her own trauma, developed a profound healing tool for herself and her patients. The underlying cause of many of the physical and emotional problems in the world today is unrecognised and unhealed trauma. Dr Salmon’s message to her patients is: ‘There is hope. At last you can find out who you really are and you can walk free.’ It's a must read book for anyone suffering from any form of trauma, or those simply wanting to live a fuller life, free from the confines of our conditioning and limiting belief systems.
Book Synopsis The Running Evolution by : Tom Bernard
Download or read book The Running Evolution written by Tom Bernard and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turning twenty-nine was not catastrophic for me. I had heard about people having midlife crises, even known some people who were either having one or just using it as an excuse for their behavior. But for me, I had only one concern: a good set of orders. Graduating from the Coast Guard Academy had obligated me to serve five years in the Coast Guard. My first four years were served in vessels: Two on a high-endurance cutter mostly in a "training or learning" mode and two as commanding officer of a small patrol vessel stationed on North Carolina's southern coast. Despite being prone to seasickness, I loved "the lure of the sea." While I did miss my wife (and now two children), getting under way has always been a wonderful experience, where anything could happen and often did. Following those four years afloat, I was assigned to be chief of recruitment for Northern California, Nevada, and Utah and was now nearing the end of a three-year assignment ashore. Three years ashore was about three years too many, and I was eager to get back to sea. It had been a good and challenging three years, living in fairly typical urban style: carpooling into the big city during the week and catching up on home duties during the weekend. Somehow, riding a desk, even a nice desk, did not compare to life on a ship. The Coast Guard did provide us some input to the assignment process, so after some thought, I decided to be bold on my assignment request and ask for a buoy tender in Hawaii as executive officer. I had no buoy tender or overseas experience, but our assignment card was commonly referred to as a "wish sheet," so I figured I'd wish. Executive officers were "second in command" on the ship, generally managing all the administrative aspects and running the day-to-day routine of the ship. Once under way, the commanding officer became the "man," often referred to as the "Old Man." On a small patrol vessel such as I had previously commanded, there was only one officer, so I had handled all the administrative aspects as well as the operational aspects. I would only need to learn the art of tending buoys if I was fortunate enough to get the assignment. I don't think it influenced my choice, but one of my long-distance childhood memories was a postcard my father received one day from a friend. I was only about eight or nine, but I remember the words and the picture, which is what really caught my attention: palm trees, white-sand beaches, and crystal-blue water. Keep in mind that there were no high-definition big-screen TVs in that day and few color TVs (none in our house), so a color postcard made quite an impression. The words also made an impression and burned themselves into my memory: "Sell the boat! Sell the house! Quit your job! Move to paradise, Hawaii!" If it had mentioned leaving the eight kids behind, my father might have jumped at the idea, but he was afraid to fly, so we were not moving to Hawaii at least not then. Lo and behold, twenty years later, I receive my first choice, and I was going to Hawaii! I didn't need to sell anything and was perfectly happy to bring my wife and young children. For some reason, the Coast Guard thought that after three years ashore, I might have forgotten all those semesters of navigation plus the subsequent four years I spent on ships practicing. So they sent me to a refresher course for two weeks in San Diego. Turns out I hadn't forgotten, and even if I had, it didn't matter. The only two things an executive officer needed to know in that era were how to balance the budget and how to catch the young seamen smoking pot. They didn't have courses for those things, and I didn't need them anyway; I was pretty good at both. But who can complain about two weeks in San Diego? Most of my classmates were naval officers of various ranks and levels of experience. As a "Coastie," I was never much impressed but enjoyed listening to the break discussions. One particular discussion during t
