Fearless Confessions
Fearless Confessions

Author: Sue William Silverman

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2010-01-25

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0820336068

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Everyone has a story to tell. Fearless Confessions is a guidebook for people who want to take possession of their lives by putting their experiences down on paper—or in a Web site or e-book. Enhanced with illustrative examples from many different writers as well as writing exercises, this guide helps writers navigate a range of issues from craft to ethics to marketing and will be useful to both beginners and more accomplished writers. The rise of interest in memoir recognizes the power of the genre to move and affect not just individual readers but society at large. Sue William Silverman covers traditional writing topics such as metaphor, theme, plot, and voice and also includes chapters on trusting memory and cultivating the courage to tell one's truth in the face of forces—from family members to the media—who would prefer that people with inconvenient pasts and views remain silent. Silverman, an award-winning memoirist, draws upon her own personal and professional experience to provide an essential resource for transforming life into words that matter. Fearless Confessions is an atlas that contains maps to the remarkable places in each person's life that have yet to be explored.

A Fearless Heart
A Fearless Heart

Author: Thupten Jinpa

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-05-05

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 069818646X

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The Buddhist practice of mindfulness caught on in the west when we began to understand the everyday, personal benefits it brought us. Now, in this extraordinary book, the highly acclaimed thought leader and longtime English translator of His Holiness the Dalai Lama shows us that compassion can bring us even more. Based on the landmark course in compassion training Jinpa helped create at Stanford Medical School, A Fearless Heart shows us that we actually fear compassion. We worry that if we are too compassionate with others we will be taken advantage of, and if we are too compassionate with ourselves we will turn into slackers. Using science, insights from both classical Buddhist and western psychology, and stories both from others and from his own extraordinary life, Jinpa shows us how to train our compassion muscle to relieve stress, fight depression, improve our health, achieve our goals, and change our world. Practical, spiritual, and immediately relevant, A Fearless Heart will speak to readers of The Art of Happiness and Wherever You Go, There You Are.

Confessions of an Almost Movie Star
Confessions of an Almost Movie Star

Author: Mary Kennedy

Publisher: Berkley Trade

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780425204672

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Having unexpectedly landed a role in a movie being shot at her high school, Jessie discovers that movie stars and the film industry are not as glamorous as she once thought.

Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays
Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays

Author: Paul Kingsnorth

Publisher: Graywolf Press

Published: 2017-08-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1555979726

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A provocative and urgent essay collection that asks how we can live with hope in “an age of ecocide” Paul Kingsnorth was once an activist—an ardent environmentalist. He fought against rampant development and the depredations of a corporate world that seemed hell-bent on ignoring a looming climate crisis in its relentless pursuit of profit. But as the environmental movement began to focus on “sustainability” rather than the defense of wild places for their own sake and as global conditions worsened, he grew disenchanted with the movement that he once embraced. He gave up what he saw as the false hope that residents of the First World would ever make the kind of sacrifices that might avert the severe consequences of climate change. Full of grief and fury as well as passionate, lyrical evocations of nature and the wild, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist gathers the wave-making essays that have charted the change in Kingsnorth’s thinking. In them he articulates a new vision that he calls “dark ecology,” which stands firmly in opposition to the belief that technology can save us, and he argues for a renewed balance between the human and nonhuman worlds. This iconoclastic, fearless, and ultimately hopeful book, which includes the much-discussed “Uncivilization” manifesto, asks hard questions about how we’ve lived and how we should live.

Fearless Faith
Fearless Faith

Author: John Fischer

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0736907475

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Identifying a "safety zone" of Christian-sanctified schools, television, radio, and activism, a call to greater action urges Christians to break away from easier practices to reconnect with non-believers, engage in acts of love and compassion, and build a greater dependence on Christ. Original.

Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You
Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You

Author: Sue William Silverman

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2010-07-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0820337781

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Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You destroys our complacency about who among us can commit unspeakable atrocities, who is subjected to them, and who can stop them. From age four to eighteen, Sue William Silverman was repeatedly sexually abused by her father, an influential government official and successful banker. Through her eyes, we see an outwardly normal family built on a foundation of horrifying secrets that long went unreported, undetected, and unconfessed.

The Power of Your Words
The Power of Your Words

Author: E. W. Kenyon

Publisher: Whitaker House

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1603744037

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I agree that I have what God says in His Word that I have! If you lack anything, tend to be your own worst enemy, or fail to accomplish what you say you will do, then this book will show you how to: Have strong faith Live in the positive Possess what you confess There is nothing that equals the power of your words!

Confessions of a Television Reporter
Confessions of a Television Reporter

Author: Debi Gallo

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2017-09-27

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1532030460

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Meet the gritty, sexy world of television news and the serenity of life in Italy. Denise DiBella is asuccessful, beautiful, andintelligentno-nonsense broadcastnewsand sportsreporter.Through her colorful exploits, she paints a vivid picture aboutthe highs, lows and lovesof lifewithin the news business. Working in New York City, the number one television market in the country, Denise thought she made it to the top and had it all by the time she reached the age of 29.But something happenedupon arriving at the pinnacle of success and she started to realize the tremendous costs she paid to reach such lofty heights. Denise begins to question, "What's next when you finally reach your dream? How do youknow when enough is enough if all you see ismore pain and more sacrifice? Where do you find the strength to journey forward when your heart tells you it's time to move on? And, should you just let it all go and take a leap of faith hoping it will pay off? After taking a bold jump, Denise moves to Italy armed withonlyher catand two suitcases.Thereshe finds answers, but differentonesthan what she expects.Even after moving across an ocean, Denise asks, "No matter how far you run, can you ever really escape yourself?" Go along with Denise while she reports on her wild ride through loss, divorce, affairs of the heart, addiction, and so much more in Confessions of a Television Reporter.

The Pat Boone Fan Club
The Pat Boone Fan Club

Author: Sue William Silverman

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2014-03-01

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0803264852

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Memoir of Sue William Silverman, a self-described "white Anglo-Saxon Jew" who grew up going to a Christian school. Discusses how she grew up a fan of Pat Boone before Boone became a Tea Party member.