A rib-tickling, pithy look at life and its idiosyncrasies … Run after money, it will keep you fit. Have sex, it will keep you alive. The more you look and behave like a monkey, the more successful you will be. Too much knowledge brings pain into your life. Read Rantings of a Mad Man for more such practical nuggets to tackle life’s endless marathon. The book urges you to make the most of your existence on earth without actually taking life too seriously. The author’s perspectives will surprise you, even shock you at times, and definitely leave you thinking for a long, long time. Abuisms, as the author calls his words of wisdom, question popular perceptions and burst several myths in the process of unearthing life’s vital truths. Are you ready to handle the naked truth, no holds barred?
The Poetic Rantings of a Mad Man presents a collection of the early work of poet John Yergin. The poems included convey a wide range of emotions and cover a period of great turmoil and heartbreak in his life. Because poetry is his chosen outlet for expressing his emotions and heartbreak, these verses represent a true expression of his inner self. Whether he is searching for love, coping with the heartbreak of love lost, or just trying to determine his rightful place in the universe, his inner turmoil is etched upon each poem. Some of his poems explore the passion of new love or explain the misery of a failed crush. This poetry seeks to leave a lasting impression of the journey taken to find enduring love. Hopes and Dreams A brilliant sunset, Melting into twilight, Is breathtaking. But it still does not, Come close to the beauty. I see when I look Into your eyes, A midnight sky, Scattered with thousands Of silver stars, Holds Countless hopes and dreams, But it can not hold all the dreams, I want to share with you. A million tomorrows Would not hold enough time for me to tell you, How much I love you. How Thankful I am, To have you at my side.
Kelly Grant was a man...a man who had acquired taste in wine and travel and women and cars and in dark expensive chocolate and in a lifestyle that had not been created by him...Kelly was a thief, a daylight robber who had to steal a standard of living from some 15th century aristocrat and inherit his worth in gold after his parents reached the end of their lives...their functions, their purposes. He was a farce, an unoriginal vagabond of his own soul...he may as well have been dead...Was it as simple as all that, his reason could not be only to reach the end? What would be the point of his existence, why was he more important than a wave in the ocean or the fungi in a pond? Because he could speak, eat, because he had rational thought?! Kelly heard the maniacal sound of his own laugh roaring in the distance... He was in a strange limbo, dancing on the platform of improbability. Perhaps he should have been the religious kind...Kelly had acquired everything but meaning to this existence...Why all of this divine intervention now? And how was his Indian Banshee going to help him search for true purpose?
A survival kit is an absolute must in danger zones, often determining whether we survive, barely make it or perish through unpreparedness. We also need a survival kit to navigate the storms of life battering our mental, emotional and spiritual health. This book was written specifically to address the 10 grave problems facing humanity from a Christian perspective. SURVIVAL KIT examines these challenges and the fears and apprehension of countless millions who have lost hope that their governments/leaders can solve their everyday concerns. The book is both practical and devotional, with sensible and spiritual suggestions. There is strong emphasis on doctrine to help us understand the WHAT and WHY of the Christian faith, with special focus on the Second Coming of Christ. All in all, a survival kit for everyday use and for almost any situation. Reviews for Survival Kit An excellent prophetic book that is spot on. A very timely read for those asking questions about End Time events. SURVIVAL KIT is really an appropriate title, a practical guide for living in these stressful times, culled from Jackie’s many years of life and ministry experiences. I congratulate her for this book is a legacy to this generation, so apt in these perilous and unpredictable times. Pastor Kenneth Kang Triumph in Christ, Penang -- SURVIVAL KIT vividly describes the anxious and challenging times we live in today by giving an insightful expose of global problems. A versatile book indeed. It not only responds to problems from a Christian perspective, backed by Biblical references and examples, but also includes a useful section for ministry and counselling. Charles Ooi Trainer Excerpts Chapter 1: A World in Crisis Ten Global Problems - Job Security, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Global Economic Vulnerability and Global Financial Meltdown - Civil Society, the Social Contract and rise of Populism - Global Warming, Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters - Overpopulation, Food Insecurity and Environmental Degradation - War and Ethnic Conflicts, the rise of Terrorism and Immigration Backlash - Corruption, the World Happiness Report and 1MDB - A new Cold War (?), Geopolitics and Nuclear Risks - Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Scams - Loneliness, Depression and Ageing God is calling out a Remnant unto Himself (pp216, 220) During every move of God, He seeks out individuals and groups of people who are set apart to fulfil His purposes for that generation. The Remnant refers to a continuous community (large or small) of God’s people who were or are spiritually preserved throughout various dispensations….Abraham’s descendants preserved from all attempts by the enemy to destroy them. Remnant believers make deliberate choices to obey God at all costs. They have boldness and courage, refusing to submit to the prevailing values and norms of society. Are you a REMNANT believer? Would you be willing to partner Jesus Christ in the greatest adventure of your life, to be used by Him to change your generation and hasten His coming?
Her professor is not what he seems. When Denise Walker begins her first year of college at a prestigious university, a strange encounter with one of her professors piques her curiosity. Denise believes the young and sexy professor is attracted to her, as she is to him, and accepts his invitation to join him on his yacht over spring break. Because she can feel the amazing chemistry between them, she's confused by his self-restraint. She becomes even more confused when he begins to tell her his life story, day after day, on the yacht. The details of his past are so incredible, so fantastical, involving time travel and alternate worlds, that she doesn't know what to believe, especially when he reveals a connection to her and her family. Why has he really brought her on the boat? And what will he do with her now that she's there? "Eva pohler is the best new author out there. She has done it again. A very good read."--Amanda K. ★★★★★ "I finished this book in one sitting and was left wishing for more. . . . Very well written. I certainly will be reading more of Ms. Pohler's work."--Karen ★★★★★ "This was an amazing time travel book. Eva pohler is one of the best authors out here today. This story had me hooked from chapter 1. I couldnt put it down. Wow. Left speechless and wanting more."--Southernmermaid85, Goodreads Reviewer ★★★★★ "I fully intended to savor this story and only read a few chapters at a time but I was sucked in and read it in one sitting! The attention to detail is spot on, the research into physics amazing, it really makes you think of the possibilities of the future. While I'm a fan of all of Eva Pohler's writings, this is one of my favorites."--Shelly R. ★★★★★ "Excellent! Loved the time travel theme, makes you really wonder if it's possible. Recommend this book to anyone who likes sci-fi. Enjoyed reading this story very much."--Sandy, Goodreads Reviewer ★★★★★ Grab your copy to begin the shocking adventure today! Related Authors: Julie Clark, M.M. Chouinard, Luanne Rice, Kaira Rouda, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Catherine Steadman, K.L. Slater, Tracy Buchanan, Karen McQuestion, A.J. Rivers, Jeneva Rose, Lucinda Berry, Claire McGowan, Lesley Kagen, Kristin Hannah, Patricia MacDonald, Daniel Hurst, Gillian Flynn, Gregg Olsen, and Rachel Abbott. Search Terms: psychological thrillers, horror books, romantic suspense, suspense romance, psychological horror, action adventure, dark romance, dark thriller romance, thriller, captive thriller, professor student romance, time travel, and time travel romance.
A persuasive and passionate plea from two mental health professionals to ease use of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders under their belief that it is leading to an over-diagnosed society. For many health professionals, the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is an indispensable resource. As the standard reference book for psychiatrists and psychotherapist everywhere, the DSM has had an inestimable influence on the way medical professionals diagnosis mental disorders in their patients. But with a push to label clients with pathological disorders in order to get reimbursed by insurance companies, the purpose of the DSM is no longer serving as a reference book. Instead, it is acting as a list of things that can qualify a patient’s diagnosis. In Making Us Crazy, Stuart Kirk and Herb Kutchins evaluate how the DSM has become the influence behind diagnoses that assassinate character and slander the opposition, often for political or monetary gain. By examining how the reference book serves as a source to label every phobia and quirk that arises in a patient, Kirk and Kutchins question the overuse of the DSM by today’s mental health professionals.
A manifesto reclaiming the wives and mistresses of literary modernism that inspired a generation of writers and scholars, reissued after more than a decade. I am beginning to realize that taking the self out of our essays is a form of repression. Taking the self out feels like obeying a gag order—pretending an objectivity where there is nothing objective about the experience of confronting and engaging with and swooning over literature. On the last day of December 2009, Kate Zambreno, then an unpublished writer, began a blog called "Frances Farmer Is My Sister," arising from her obsession with literary modernism and her recent transplantation to Akron, Ohio, where her partner held a university job. Widely reposted, Zambreno's blog became an outlet for her highly informed and passionate rants and melancholy portraits of the fates of the modernist “wives and mistresses," reclaiming the traditionally pathologized biographies of Vivienne Eliot, Jane Bowles, Jean Rhys, and Zelda Fitzgerald: writers and artists themselves who served as male writers' muses only to end their lives silenced, erased, and institutionalized. Over the course of two years, Frances Farmer Is My Sister helped create a community of writers and devised a new feminist discourse of writing in the margins and developing an alternative canon. In Heroines, Zambreno extends the polemic begun on her blog into a dazzling, original work of literary scholarship. Combing theories that have dictated what literature should be and who is allowed to write it—she traces the genesis of a cultural template that consistently exiles feminine experience to the realm of the “minor,” and diagnoses women for transgressing social bounds. “ANXIETY: When she experiences it, it's pathological,” writes Zambreno. “When he does, it's existential.” With Heroines, Zambreno provided a model for a newly subjectivized criticism, prefiguring many group biographies and forms of autotheory and hybrid memoirs that were to come in the years to follow. A book that has become its own canon, Heroines was named one of the "50 Books that define the past 5 Years in Literature" by Flavorwire, an "Essential Feminist Manifesto" by Dazed, and one of the "50 Greatest Books by Women" in Buzzfeed.
Sherlock Holmes is at it again… In “The Adventure of the Jeweled Falcon”, Holmes tracks down an ancient priceless statue, but others are looking for it, too. In, “The case of the Violin Savant”, using clues found in the sophisticated musical compositions of a celebrated but mute nine year-old violin savant, Holmes and Watson attempt to discover where and why the boy and his parents vanished. In, “The Bizarre Challenge of Strange Mr. K”, a mysterious man visits 221B Baker Street late one night, confesses to committing a crime then challenges Holmes to solve the case so that he can turn himself in to Scotland Yard, but all Holmes has to go on is the strange man himself and a little luck. In, “The Adventure of a Thousand Stings”, the horribly violent death of an eccentric apiarist pits Sherlock Holmes’ extraordinary deduction skills against an insect that has practiced and refined its deadly, swarming version of warfare over millions of years. In, “The Adventure of the American Sleuth”, a young New York City detective, a talented student of Sherlock Holmes’ detecting methods, follows a killer to London and enlists his legendary mentor’s aid in trying to capture the elusive criminal. In, “The Adventure of Stonehenge in London”, Holmes and Watson stumble upon a strange structure on the roof of a mansion in London, and somehow it relates to the missing 8th Earl of Rendlesham. In, “The Criminal Face of Sherlock Holmes”, a criminal that resembles Sherlock Holmes commits crimes all over London. Can the real Holmes solve the riddle as to why and how and restore law and order to the great city? In, “The Adventure of the Last Case”, over twenty years on the job, the great Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson finally call it quits but have to solve one more case before riding off into the sunset. In, “The Adventure of the Portable Exo-Lung”, a wave of kidnappings, burglaries, blackmail and arson strains the resources of Scotland Yard. As the great Sherlock Holmes follows the clues left behind, he discovers these crimes are part of a deeper, more devious plan to trap and eliminate him - permanently. In, “Mystery of the Last Martian”, in a tribute to HG Wells, as the Martian invasion of England collapses, Holmes and Watson are forced into one final battle, a battle of pure intellect, against the superior intelligence of a solitary Martian who has trapped them in the confines of 221b Baker Street.
