Someone once said that the contents of the average head would astound those that were brave enough to peep inside. This is that very journey. A humorous and satirical, yet thought provoking tale awaits you within the contents of these pages. This is a tale of lost love, forgotten dreams and banished hopes as we journey through the treacherous regions of the mind. There is madness and mayhem, laughter and tears. You may even find yourself on the way. Or lose yourself. The choice is yours. Just turn the pages. There’s a mirror on every one. There is chance that some may not return. But if a traveller you are, then a traveller you will always be. Perhaps it is time to venture inwards. But be warned; This book may contain life.
Uh-oh! Mole and the Lumpy Bumpy thing have found a top hat with the label “Warning: Do Not Touch!” Out of the hat hops a bunny. And another. And another! Holy moly! Surely bunnies aren’t dangerous. Are they? Warning! is the funny and entertaining sequel to the hugely popular Dangerous! (nominated for the Kate Greenaway Award and shortlisted for Evening Standard’s Oscar’s First Book Prize). Jam-packed with labels to help improve your kid’s vocabulary, it’s the perfect picture book for a young child just starting to read independently.
Authentic accounts of saints and mystics of the Church who have spoken of a day when we will all see our souls in the light of truth, and fascinating stories of those who have already experienced it for themselves."With His divine love, He will open the doors of hearts and illuminate all consciences. Every person will see himself in the burning fire of divine truth. It will be like a judgment in miniature."- Our Lady to Fr. Stefano Gobbi of the Marian Movement of Priests
"I don't think I've ever read a book that paints such a complex and accurate landscape of what it is like to live with the legacy of trauma as this book does, while offering a comprehensive approach to healing." --from the foreword by Bessel van der Kolk A pioneering researcher gives us a new understanding of stress and trauma, as well as the tools to heal and thrive Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this continuum, how it affects our resilience in the face of challenge, and why an event that's stressful for one person can be traumatizing for another. This groundbreaking book examines the cultural norms that impede resilience in America, especially our collective tendency to disconnect stress from its potentially extreme consequences and override our need to recover. It explains the science of how to direct our attention to perform under stress and recover from trauma. With training, we can access agency, even in extreme-stress environments. In fact, any maladaptive behavior or response conditioned through stress or trauma can, with intentionality and understanding, be reconditioned and healed. The key is to use strategies that access not just the thinking brain but also the survival brain. By directing our attention in particular ways, we can widen the window within which our thinking brain and survival brain work together cooperatively. When we use awareness to regulate our biology this way, we can access our best, uniquely human qualities: our compassion, courage, curiosity, creativity, and connection with others. By building our resilience, we can train ourselves to make wise decisions and access choice--even during times of incredible stress, uncertainty, and change. With stories from men and women Dr. Stanley has trained in settings as varied as military bases, healthcare facilities, and Capitol Hill, as well as her own striking experiences with stress and trauma, she gives readers hands-on strategies they can use themselves, whether they want to perform under pressure or heal from traumatic experience, while at the same time pointing our understanding in a new direction.
James Lovelock described his previous book. The Revenge of Gaia, as 'a wake-up call for humanity'. Stark though it was in many respects, in The Vanishing Face of GaiaLovelock says that though the weather currently seems cooler and pollution lessons as the recession bites, the environmental problems we will face in the twenty-first century are even more terrifying than he previously realized. The Arctic and Antarctic ice-caps are melting very quickly, and water shortages and natural disasters are more common occurrences than at any time in recent history. The civilizations of many countries will be jeopardized and life as we know it severely disrupted. Almost all predictions of the likely rate of climate change have been based on estimates that professional observes in the real world now show are consistently below the true rate of change. As a global community we continue to be fixated by conventional 'green' ideas which we believe will help save our world. Lovelock argues that only Gaia theory, which he originated over forty years ago, can really help us understand the crisis fully. The root problem is hat there are too many people and animals for the Earth to carry. And there is in fact only one possible procedure which might bring a permanent cure to climate change, but we are unlikely to adopt it. 'Our wish to continue business as usual will probably prevent us from saving ourselves,' says Lovelock, so we must adapt as best we can and try to ensure that enough of us survive to allow a more capable species to evolve from us. There could hardly be a more important message for humankind. James Lovelock has been an active and accurate observer of the Earth environment since the 1930s and was the first to find CFCs and other gases accumulating in the air. This is his final warning.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Ron Read is 58 and is in serious trouble. Scans and tests reveal he has had a heart attack and his heart is in very bad shape. His Doctor, Doctor Deschanel sends him to a major Brisbane hospital for tests. This results in him having a quadruple bypass operation. The novel traces his story from diagnosis, through open heart surgery to his recovery and his meeting with someone who didn't win a prize at the local agricultural show because his chokos had their little tongues hanging out.
From the heart of tornado alley, Smith takes us into the eye of America's most devastating storms and behind the scenes of some of the world's most renowned scientific institutions to uncover the relationship between mankind and the weather.
Uh-oh! Mole and the Lumpy Bumpy thing have found a top hat with the label "Warning: Do Not Touch!" Out of the hat hops a bunny. And another. And another! Holy moly! Surely bunnies aren't dangerous. Are they?
Laughed at and laughed with. Cried or caused others to cry. Labeled as too conservative, too liberal. Discouraged? Disconnected? Delighted? Betrayed and befriended. I've been there, and if you fit into any of those categories, this may be just what you need. I know the path you're walking; somewhere in this book I think you'll find--well, you. A place where you connect, where you belong. If you feel the night is so dark you can touch it, I've been in that darkness--dark pressing in so hard, I didn't think I could manage the next breath. And then God spoke ever so clearly, "Did you get the message, child?" And the moment came when I could say "aha"--so that's it.
