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Hostage: A Year at Gunpoint with Somali Pirates
By Paul Chandler, Sarah Edworthy, Rachel Chandler. 1987
On October 23, 2009, Somali pirates kidnapped Paul and Rachel Chandler from their sailing boat, the Lynn Rival, in the…
Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. In this remarkable memoir, the Chandlers recount their terrifying ordeal, revealing the inspiring and poignant story behind the dramatic headlines. The book chronicles the aftermath of the attack, and how the Chandlers' captors held them in Somalia for more than a year while trying to extort millions of dollars from their middle-class family. It goes on to describe how despite enduring threats, intimidation, solitary confinement, and even whippings, their unshakable belief in each other and their determination to survive sustained them. With its detailed, day-to-day account of the experience of being held captive by pirates, this unique and inspiring story will resonate with travelers the world over.Dowsing: The Ultimate Guide For The 21st Century
By Elizabeth Brown. 2010
Dowsing – The Ultimate Guide for the 21st Century is a book for its time. It brings the undoubted benefits…
of this ancient art to a modern world, and makes dowsing, and its unlimited applications, accessible and relevant for all.Find out what dowsing is; who can do it; how to do it; when and where it works. Learn about the pioneering scientific discoveries that explain the mechanics of dowsing. Understand how dowsing can become an invaluable tool to optimise your own health, well-being, and quality of life, by giving you the means to discern truth from non-truth, and to identify what is, and what is not, in your individual best interests.And at this pivotal time in the evolution of human consciousness, discover how dowsing physically demonstrates on a tangible level the existence of an invisible world of energy outside the one we perceive with our five senses – and our ability to connect with it.Die Nigger Die!: A Political Autobiography of Jamil Abdullah al-Amin
By H. Rap Brown. 1969
More than any other black leader, H. Rap Brown, chairman of the radical Black Power organization Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee…
(SNCC), came to symbolize the ideology of black revolution. This autobiography--which was first published in 1969, went through seven printings and has long been unavailable--chronicles the making of a revolutionary. It is much more than a personal history, however; it is a call to arms, an urgent message to the black community to be the vanguard force in the struggle of oppressed people. Forthright, sardonic, and shocking, this book is not only illuminating and dynamic but also a vitally important document that is essential to understanding the upheavals of the late 1960s. University of Massachusetts professor Ekwueme Michael Thelwell has updated this edition, covering Brown's decades of harassment by law enforcement agencies, his extraordinary transformation into an important Muslim leader, and his sensational trial.Knocking at the Open Door: My Years with J. Krishnamurti
By R. E. Lee. 2015
An insightful revelatory and heartfelt narrative that bring out various unknown facets of the world teacher…
J Krishnamurti and highlights his distinctive vision for education worldwide This volume presents an eyewitness account of the practical and everyday relations of the Mark Lee with Krishnamurti 1895 1986 who was a prolific author as well as a renowned and respected educator and speaker Such relations reveal warmth and closeness leading to a deep understanding of some of the unexplained mysteries surrounding the man and his teachings Mark Lee was first introduced to Krishnamurti s teachings as a teenager in 1955 and to Krishnamurti himself in 1965 For the next 45 years he worked in the Krishnamurti foundations as teacher principal director and trustee in succession It was Krishnamurti s compelling and engaging admonition to be a light unto yourself that kept Lee associated with the work of the foundations a serious challenge that called for inner discipline austerity in thinking and living and rigorous self-awareness Krishnamurti was associated with several schools in India England and the USA from the late 1920s onwards Five nonprofit foundations were established by him and continue to preserve and disseminate his teachings globally For students of Krishnamurti s teachings Lee s experiences can serve an informative and useful source of further learning and education E39I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It: Stories from an Online Life
By Jess Kimball Leslie. 2017
I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It is tech analyst Jess Kimball Leslie's hilarious, frank homage to…
the technology that contributed so significantly to the person she is today. From accounts of the lawless chat rooms of early AOL to the perpetual high school reunions that are modern-day Facebook and Instagram, her essays paint a clear picture: That all of us have a much more twisted, meaningful, emotional relationship with the online world than we realize or let on. Coming of age in suburban Connecticut in the late '80s and early '90s, Jess looked to the nascent Internet to find the tribes she couldn't find IRL: fellow Bette Midler fans; women who seemed impossibly sure of their sexuality; people who worked with computers every day as part of their actual jobs without being ridiculed as nerds. It's in large part because of her embrace of an online life that Jess is where she is now, happily married, with a wife, son, and dog, and making a living of analyzing Internet trends and forecasting the future of tech. She bets most people would credit technology for many of their successes, too, if they could only shed the notion that it's as a mind-numbing drug on which we're all overdosing.The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing The Future Can Shape Our Lives
By Larry Dossey. 2009
The doctor and bestselling author who first demonstrated the healing effects of…
prayer now offers an unprecedented look at the science of premonitions The Power of Premonitions takes readers through documented cases of premonitions including a remarkable instance when an entire Nebraska community skipped church the very day it exploded an examination of recent scientific study of presentiment a discussion of what it all means to daily life and practical field-tested techniques for inviting premonitions In this compelling new book Dossey uses cutting-edge science to prove the value of what has long been considered spiritual mumbo-jumbo This is a book for the sceptical mind but it s also for the believer s heart because its author possesses the rare gift of having bothSent By An Angel: A True Story of Tragic Loss & Unexpected Love
By Kevin Skelton. 2011
Kevin Skelton watched helplessly as a bomb ripped apart the life he knew. It was 15 August 1998, and the…
place was Omagh, in Northern Ireland. Kevin's wife Mena was one of the 29 people killed that day, and his daughter Shauna was horrifically injured. Kevin had lost the love of his life. He sank into the depths of despair after the bomb. At a time when his family needed him most, he turned to drink and self-loathing, often wishing he could have taken Mena's place that day. More than once, he held a loaded shotgun to his mouth, but he could never go through with it.Mena was the angel who saved him. Before she died, she and Kevin had been bringing a young girl, Andreea, from a Romanian orphanage, for holidays to their home. In memory of Mena, Kevin decided to adopt Andreea, but on his first trip to Romania to start proceedings, he was shocked to discover that her mother, Maria, was still alive. In the most unlikely of circumstances, a love blossomed between them, convincing Kevin that Mena had sent Andreea and Maria to him so that he could find happiness again. He believes Mena has been a constant presence in the family's lives since her death, watching over them and protecting them. Sent by an Angel is a true story of love rising from the ashes of tragedy, a romance that reaches beyond the boundaries of this world.Detroit Hustle: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Home
By Amy Haimerl. 2016
Journalist Amy Haimerl and her husband had been priced out of their Brooklyn neighborhood. Seeing this as a great opportunity…
to start over again, they decide to cash in their savings and buy an abandoned house for 35,000 in Detroit, the largest city in the United States to declare bankruptcy.As she and her husband restore the 1914 Georgian Revival, a stately brick house with no plumbing, no heat, and no electricity, Amy finds a community of Detroiters who, like herself, aren't afraid of a little hard work or things that are a little rough around the edges. Filled with amusing and touching anecdotes about navigating a real-estate market that is rife with scams, finding a contractor who is a lover of C.S. Lewis and willing to quote him liberally, and neighbors who either get teary-eyed at the sight of newcomers or urge Amy and her husband to get out while they can, Amy writes evocatively about the charms and challenges of finding her footing in a city whose future is in question. Detroit Hustle is a memoir that is both a meditation on what it takes to make a house a home, and a love letter to a much-derided city.Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland
By Randy L. Schmidt, Sid Luft. 2017
The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He…
was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's meteoric comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot: he produced her iconic, Oscar-nominated vehicle A Star Is Born and expertly shaped her concert career. Previously unpublished, Sid Luft's intimate autobiography tells his and Judy's story in hard-boiled yet elegant prose. It begins on a fateful night in New York City when the not quite divorced Judy Garland and the not quite divorced Sid Luft meet at Billy Reed's Little Club and fall for each other. The romance lasted Judy's lifetime, despite the separations, the reconciliations, and the divorce. Under Luft's management, Judy came back bigger than ever, building a singing career that rivaled Sinatra's. However, her drug dependencies and suicidal tendencies put a tremendous strain on the relationship. Sid did not complete his memoir; it ended in 1960 after Judy hired David Begelman and Freddie Fields to manage her career. But Randy L. Schmidt, acclaimed editor of Judy Garland on Judy Garland and author of Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter, seamlessly pieced together the final section of the book from extensive interviews with Sid, most previously unpublished. Despite everything, Sid never stopped loving Judy and never forgave himself for not being able to ultimately save her from the demons that drove her to an early death at age forty-seven in 1969. Sid served as chief conservator of the Garland legacy until his death at the age of eighty-nine in 2005. This is his testament to the love of his life.No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale Of Love And Wandering
By Clara Bensen. 2016
One Dress, Three Weeks, Eight Countries--Zero Baggage Newly recovered from a quarter-life meltdown, Clara Bensen decided to test her comeback…
by signing up for an online dating account. She never expected to meet Jeff, a wildly energetic university professor with a reputation for bucking convention. They barely know each other’s last names when they agree to set out on a risky travel experiment spanning eight countries and three weeks. The catch? No hotel reservations, no plans, and best of all, no baggage. Clara’s story will resonate with adventurers and homebodies alike--it’s at once a romance, a travelogue, and a bright modern take on the age-old questions: How do you find the courage to explore beyond your comfort zone? Can you love someone without the need for labels and commitment? Is it possible to truly leave your baggage behind?Solving the Communion Enigma: What Is To Come
By Whitley Strieber. 2011
The bestselling author probes the ultimate significance behind today's increasing reports of UFOs, alien abductions, crop circles, and other unexplained…
phenomena-and what they mean for humanity's immediate future. In 1987 writer Whitley Strieber exposed the world to the truth about alien abduction in his landmark memoir, Communion. For the first time in years, Strieber revisits his encounter with alien intelligences-but now dramatically widens his search to explore how "the visitors" connect with today's persistent and globe-spanning reports of anomalous phenomena, such as crop circles, cattle mutilations, UFO sightings, alien abductions, near-death experiences, close encounters, and unexplained bodily implants.In his magisterial style, Strieber contextualizes these bizarre and unsettling reports with his own childhood memories of strange schools, sinister experiments, and family secrets. In exploring today's most convincing cases of unexplained phenomena, Strieber reasons that they are not unrelated events. Nor are they the result of mass delusion. In some of his most persuasive writing, Strieber argues that the wave of mysterious episodes marks a transition that humanity is undergoing right now. Against all conscious understanding, we are experiencing a broadened awareness of dimensions of reality that exist beyond our current perceptions.Alex: The Fathering of a Preemie
By Jeff Stimpson. 2004
Nearly half a million preemies are born in the U.S. every year. But like most people, Jeff Stimpson, the father…
who wrote Alex, never gave premature babies a thought beyond the cliché of medical miracles. Many of these children grow up with special needs, necessitating an increasing and ever-controversial burden on society. Medicine is creating not only a new population of individuals, but a special and growing population of parents and families. Alex was born in June of 1998. He weighed 21 ounces. He spent the first year of his life in the hospital. This is the story of his first years. It's a story of doctors, hospitals, conferences, hate, love, gratitude, envy, frustration, joy, and worry. It's the story of a preemie.Stimpson saw his son get a spinal tap without anesthesia (it isn't given to micro-preemies) and three times witnessed Alex stop breathing-once on his lap. Stimpson and his wife were at the hospital every day, and there they encountered not only how far the science of saving preemies has advanced but how far it hasn't, and how far healthcare and other professionals need to go to understand what parents go through when their infant lives in a hospital. The Stimpsons got a crash course in life behind the billboard of medical miracle, and learned how care of preemies can greatly differ, and, perhaps most important, how patients' families must learn to be consumers when trying to find that care. What keeps a family going when a child spends a year in the hospital? In compelling prose, Stimpson traces the life of his child from birth to kindergarten: four wings in two hospitals; coming home with a roomful of medical gear and round-the-clock drugs and nursing; the gains and downturns of home therapy through Early Intervention; finding and prospering in a special-needs preschool; a diagnosis of autism; and the ongoing battle to give Alex a fair shot at childhood, and at life.An Invitation to Dream: A Bedtime Companion to Fill Your Sleep with Wonder
By Workman Publishing. 2018
Sweet Dreams Leave the busyness of the day behind and enter a world of enchantment. Pairing words from poets and…
writers with lush, romantic images—dusky forests and fresh-fallen snow, secret paths and rainy nights—every page of this soothing bedside companion is designed to put mind and body at ease before sleep, while inspiring the imagination to reflect, to discover, to wander, to dream.Craving for Ecstasy: How Our Passions Become Addictions and What We Can Do About Them
By Harvey Milkman, Stanley Sunderwirth. 1998
Alcohol, tobacco, sex, food. . .escape the pleasure trap and regain control of your life! The chemistry and psychology of…
addiction are described with considerable insight. These authors know their stuff, and they make a compelling case. . . .All in all, Craving for Ecstasy is a challenging, well-considered analysis. -Los Angeles Times. Milkman and Sunderwirth offer a new and different perspective from which to understand a very complex and confusing pattern of human behavior. Their ideas are vibrant, provocative, stimulating, and written for a public that is demanding a better explanation. -Howard J. Shaffer, director, Center for Addiction Studies, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and The Cambridge Hospital. Addictive behavior goes far beyond the compulsive use of drugs and alcohol. It is possible to become addicted to what may seem a harmless pleasure such as sex, jogging, watching television, or eating. In this powerful book?written in easy-to-understand language, two scientific researchers, Harvey Milkman and Stanley Sunderwirth, explain the biology, chemistry, and psychology of the universal desire for pleasure and escape. For example, they reveal how the brain produces mind-altering substances and what the skydiver has in common with the heroin addict. But, most importantly, with the use of a self-assessment test and an invaluable guide for treatment, the authors show what steps you can take to regain control of your life.Life Among the Dead
By Lisa Williams. 2009
Lisa Williams is one of the world s most accurate mediums Taught by her grandmother both on this plane…
and in the afterlife her extraordinary gift for communicating with Spirit and those that have passed on has led her from humble origins to become one of America s most beloved TV stars as the host of Life Among the Dead Her incredible story to find acceptance both from those she cared about and the strangers who came to her for help led to the development of abilities that have been described as always accurate and often unbelievable Communicating with those that have passed over Predicting life events Diagnosing disease Sensing cheating husbandsFairies: Discover the Magical World of the Nature Spirits (Hay House Basics Ser.)
By Flavia Peters. 2018
Awaken the mystery of the old ways and restore balance and harmony in your life by connecting with the magical…
world of the nature spirits.Fairies are nature spirits and the guardian angels of the natural world. Flavia Kate Peters has been communing with them since childhood and is a wisdom keeper of the fairy realm. In this book, she introduces readers to the mysterious fairy world and explains how fairies can work with those who have a love of nature, an affinity to healing or a belief in a world beyond our own.You will discover: •Where to find fairies and how to communicate with them •Spells, meditations, invocations and exercises for connecting to fairy energy •The different types of fairies –gnomes, sylphs, salamanders and undines – and their roles •Rituals for receiving help and healing from the fairies •Ceremonies to strengthen your connection to the natural worldThe Medium in Manolos: A Life-Affirming Guide to Modern Mediumship
By Lauren Robertson. 2017
Lauren Robertson is a medium with a difference.Since training as a psychic medium at the age of 14, Lauren has…
helped tens of thousands of people to connect with their loved ones in Spirit, and is known for her highly accurate readings and her ability to provide super-specific details from those who have crossed over.But it’s Lauren’s fresh, unique approach to mediumship that makes her stand out from the crowd. The Medium in Manolos tells the story of how this young woman overcame her own fears, self-doubt and self-consciousness to go from grieving granddaughter to con dent and empowered medium and coach.Discover: •How to handle your grief when a loved one dies •The three elements required to become a great Spirit communicator •Effective tools to clear your mind and elevate your consciousness so you can create a deep connection with Spirit •How to tell when a message you receive is genuine •What to do when you doubt yourself and your abilitiesWritten with compassion, humour and warmth, this heart-warming book is both for people who have lost someone and are in the process of grieving and healing, and for those who wish to develop their own connection with Spirit and bring through messages for themselves and others.The Way of Fuck It: Small book. Big Wisdom.
By John Parkin. 2009
With his first (and bestselling) book, 'F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way', John C. Parkin established that saying 'Fuck It'…
was a spiritual act: helping us let go and realise that things don’t matter so much after all.This book packs a similar punch in wisdom and style, but with fewer words and more illustrations.Full of quick tips with big effects, with lines such as 'Say Fuck It to being happy: just doing that will cheer you up no end'.This is a unique book: quick and easy to read but potentially huge in its effect on people’s lives.The Encounter: Amazon Beaming
By Petru Popescu, Simon Mcburney. 1991
The Braodway stage adaptation of The Encounter will run from September 20, 2016 through January 8, 2017 at The Golden…
Theatre.1969: Loren McIntyre makes contact with the elusive Mayoruna 'cat people' of the Amazon's Javari Valley. He follows them - into the wild depths of the rainforest. When he realises he is lost, it is already too late.Stranded and helpless, McIntyre must adjust to an alien way of life. Gradually, he finds his perception of the world beginning to change, and a strange relationship starts to develop with the Mayoruna chief - is McIntyre really able to communicate with the headman in a way that goes beyond words, beyond language?Petru Popescu's gripping account of McIntyre's adventures with the Mayoruna tribe, and his quest to find the source of the Amazon, is reissued here to coincide with Complicite's acclaimed new stage production, The Encounter, inspired by McIntyre's incredible story.From the Trade Paperback edition.The Unbelievable Truth: A Medium's Guide To The Spirit World
By Gordon Smith. 2004
Gordon Smith, the internationally respected Medium explores the world of the afterlife. Gordon is a highly articulate speaker and experienced…
teacher. In his new book he travels deep into the world that exists beyond death. He talks about the journey of the soul and the development of human consciousness. This fascinating book deals with insider topics such as reincarnation, heaven and hell and relationships after death.