Download or read book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F ck written by Mark Manson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller Over 10 million copies sold In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up. Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek. There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.

Download or read book Secrets Lies Imperfections written by Pamela Todd and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falling for her could be his biggest gamble. Life as Seth Hamilton feels pretty damn good. Easy-going, charming and blessed with a face to make panties drop, Seth has it all. For the last two years, he has been sleeping his way across Europe, enjoying a carefree life and reaping the benefits—until his hotel-mogul father orders him home and tells him it's about time he grew up. Back in his hometown of Las Vegas, Seth is adamant he won't follow in his father's footsteps. He wants something out of life, to leave his own mark. The only problem is he has no idea what he wants to do—apart from enjoy everything the world has to offer. Cassidy Reynolds knows what she wants out of life, and Seth Hamilton is not it. She refuses to be another notch on his whittled-down bedpost and fights against the obvious attraction and raw sexual heat he exudes from every pore. Seth has never met someone like Cassidy—funny, sharp-tongued and way too smart for his charm. After a disastrous first, second and even third impression, Seth finally convinces Cassidy to give him a chance for her to get to know the real him. Everything about Cassidy flips Seth's world around. And for the first time, he realizes what it means to have something worth fighting for.

Download or read book Beautiful Sinners A Box Set written by Pamela L. Todd and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 1037 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful Sinners - the complete box set 1 - Secrets, Lies and Vegas All she wanted was one night. One night to feel something. She would never see him again. No one had to know. 2 - Secrets, Lies and p Imperfections Falling for her could be his biggest gamble. 3 - Secrets, Lies and Revelations This party girl knows what she wants...but he is everything she needs. No one is perfect. Everyone lies. Deception. Infidelity. Lust. Insecurity. Vanity. They should feel guilty. They can't regret. Sinning has never been more beautiful.

Download or read book Double Cross written by Don Pendleton and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MIAMI HEAT Dozens are killed in a bloody attack outside a West Palm Beach courthouse when two Haitian gang leaders break out their brethren as a show of power over the city. Mack Bolan is sent in to neutralize the situation but finds that things have escalated. The two bosses have ambitions to rule the Miami underworld and have teamed with an arms-dealing motorcycle club to make it happen—promising pain to anyone who gets in their way. While the police department and local residents are too frightened to fight back, Bolan is not—especially after finding the battered remains of the gang’s innocent victims. The leaders of this crime ring may have risen from the streets, but the Executioner is prepared to send them down to hell.

Download or read book The Promise written by Kristen Ashley and published by Kristen Ashley. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since his brother’s death, Benny Bianchi has been nursing his grudge against the woman he thinks led to his brother’s downfall. He does this to bury the feelings he has for Francesca Concetti, his brother’s girl. But when Frankie takes a bullet while on the run with Benny’s cousin’s woman, Benny has to face those feelings. The problem is Frankie has decided she’s paid her penance. Penance she didn’t deserve to pay. She’s done with Benny and the Bianchi family. She’s starting a new life away from Chicago and her heartbreaking history. Benny has decided differently. But Frankie has more demons she’s battling. Demons Benny wants to help her face. But life has landed so many hard knocks on Frankie she’s terrified of believing in the promise of Benny Bianchi and the good life he’s offering. Frankie’s new life leads her to The ‘Burg, where Benny has ties, and she finds she not only hasn’t succeeded in getting away, she’s doesn’t want to.

Download or read book Honky Tonk Hellion written by Z.A. Maxfield and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new series from the author of My Cowboy Promises hits sultry notes as a woman shakes the dust off her small-town life. An impulsive decision as a teenager forced Andi Chandler to put her dream of being a Nashville star on hold. Motherhood and a marriage of convenience have tied her down to the small town of Bitterroot, Texas. But now that her son is older and her husband is living life out of the closet, Andi’s ready to spread her wings and take another shot at the country music scene. Men, however, are a different story… Malcolm never intended to catch Andi’s eye all those years ago at the rodeo. There were a million reasons it wouldn’t work—the age difference for one. He knew he should have stopped Andi from making a rash decision, but he didn’t and has lived with the shame ever since. Now that she’s a grown woman they can finally explore all those unanswered what-ifs—and just maybe, have a shot at a second chance at happiness. Praise for Z.A. Maxfield “In addition to her ability to run the emotional gamut with her words, the author has created characters that leap off the page as they deal with personal and family drama.” —Library Journal “Z. A. Maxfield has a lyrical way of writing that makes it easy to escape into the world that she creates for her characters.”—Night Owl Reviews “No matter what your sexual orientation, any romance reader can relate to the journey of the relationship. Z.A. Maxfield will take you on an emotional journey.” —Harlequin Junkie

Download or read book Dead Heads The Cartel Publications Presents written by VJ Gotastory and published by The Cartel Publications. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their desire to get high will cost them more than their lives.

Download or read book Stephens Plays 4 written by Simon Stephens and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four plays inspired by and originating on the European stage from one of Britain's most important playwrights. Three Kingdoms was presented at Teater NO99 in Tallinn, Estonia on 17 September 2011, before opening at the Munich Kammerspiele, Germany, on 15 October 2011. 'An inconsolable mood of dread, abandon, violence and suspicion lurks beneath the show's skin of arty insouciance, and at times the script attains a lyrical pitch of accusation against the West that quite overrides the flippancy. There's something of value here.' Daily Telegraph; The Trial of Ubu premiered at the Schauspielhaus Essen in a co-production with the Toneelgroep Amsterdam. 'The play certainly gets at the banality of evil, and evokes the slow, sometimes dull, often uncertain slog of justice.' Sunday Times. Subtitled 'A Play For Young People', Morning was developed in partnership between the Lyric Hammersmith, London, and the Junges Theater, Göttingen. The Financial Times described it as 'theatrically daring and uncompromising'; Carmen Disruption, a reimagining of Bizet's opera, premiered at the Deutsche Spielhaus in spring, 2014, before its UK premiere at the Almeida, London, in April 2015. 'You can't help but be moved by the circumstances facing the five main characters. There's an understanding and a compassion amid the bleakness. And a fierce sense that something needs to change.' Guardian;

Download or read book F A T E written by Miguel De La Rocha and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: F. A. T. E. My Future After Traumatic Events is a powerful story about a man who went through a lot--from being dead at birth, to having cancer as a teenager, through his time as a soldier and beyond. Miguel De La Rocha has been very open about his experiences battling the Angel of Death and traumatic events, which has become an inspiration to always push through life and never give up. This book is a great read for people who like action-packed, dramatic and relatable autobiographies.

Download or read book Forbidden Love From A Savage 2 written by Toy and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secret has been kidnapped, and Fackz is determined to rescue her. How will Secret deal with finding out about all the snakes that look forward to her demise? Fackz “Get your ass out the car, bruh,” I told her. She got out slow as hell but, she was getting out, that’s for damn sure. I held my hand on her lower back as we entered the house. It’s clear that Fackz is not ready to let Secret sabotage what they could build together. Ficktion and Van have experienced a great blow to their relationship, Ficktion is determined to show Van that there is more to their relationship than her being pregnant, and he is determined to share that “Happily Ever After” with her. Ficktion “Cuz, your ass is straight bugging, that’s why. I don’t know what the hell you thought was going on, but umm, we together. That’s not gonna change until one of us dies. Fuck all that other shit you’re talking. I’m only gonna have one baby mama, and tag, you're fucking it.” Nothing is for sure when your receiving “Forbidden Love From A Savage.”

Download or read book My Everyday Life written by Ruth Nunez and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is almost like a biography. In reality, its about the author's life and her hardships in her life. The way she struggles to comprehend her family. And how living in poverty affects her and her family. Its like a diary of everything that goes on her life everyday and thats why its called My Everyday Life/

Download or read book Figuring Shit Out written by Amy Biancolli and published by Behler Publications, LLC. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Your life isn't over." My dad says this. "I mean, YOUR life isn't over. Beyond the kids. You'll go on living, doing things. This isn't it." I know, I assure him. I have the kids. They need me. They're my life now. "OK," he replies, then grunts—more of a brief hum. He only hums when he thinks I'm full of shit. Shockingly single. Amy Biancolli's life went off script more dramatically than most after her husband of twenty years jumped off the roof of a parking garage. Left with three children, a three-story house, and a pile of knotty psychological complications, Amy realizes the flooding dishwasher, dead car battery, rapidly growing lawn, basement sump pump, and broken doorknob aren't going to fix themselves. She also realizes that "figuring shit out" means accepting the horrors that came her way, rolling with them, slogging through them, helping others through theirs, and working her way through life with love and laughter. Amy Biancolli is an author and journalist whose column appears in the Albany Times Union. Before that, Amy served as film critic for the Houston Chronicle where her reviews, published around the country, won her the 2007 Comment and Criticism Award from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Association. Biancolli is the author of House of Holy Fools: A Family Portrait in Six Cracked Parts, which earned her Albany Author of the Year. Amy lives in Albany, New York, with her three children.

Download or read book Tempt Me Adam Mila 1 A Friends to Lovers New Adult Romance written by Claire Raye and published by Claire Raye. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tempt Me is book one in Adam and Mila’s duet and book five in the Hawthorn Hills Duet Series. A two-part, friends to lovers, angst-filled New Adult romance. Tempt Me must be read before Trust Me in order to enjoy the full story. Life at its best can be tempting Adam Cooper is her worst nightmare, the guy across the hall with the body of a god and an Australian accent to match. She knows she should stay away. Mila Collins is the only girl to spark his interest in a while and something about that excites him. But he knows it will only lead to trouble. But when their flirting crosses the line, staying away from each other no longer becomes an option. With secrets from their past hidden, it’s what tempts them that could reveal it all. The Hawthorn Hills Duet Series follows eight couples. Each two-book duet must be read in order to enjoy the couple’s full story, but the series can be read in any order. You’ll find angst-filled, slow-burn, epic love stories along with topical storylines and some amazingly real and raw characters.

Download or read book Adam Mila written by Claire Raye and published by Claire Raye. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TEMPT ME Life at its best can be tempting. Adam Cooper is her worst nightmare, the guy across the hall with the body of a god and an Australian accent to match. She knows she should stay away. Mila Collins is the only girl to spark his interest in a while and something about that excites him. But he knows it will only lead to trouble. But when their flirting crosses the line, staying away from each other no longer becomes an option. With secrets from their past hidden, it’s what tempts them that could reveal it all. TRUST ME Life at its hardest requires trust. Adam Cooper ran without explanation, right when she needed him most. But she doesn’t know the true depth of his scars. Mila Collins is everything to him, but she can’t understand the past that still haunts him. And he has no idea about the secrets she’s hiding. Consumed by their own secrets and fears, they’re about to discover just how much they need each other. But in order to do that, they’re going to need to learn how to trust.

Download or read book The Autumn Balloon written by Kenny Porpora and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every autumn, Kenny Porpora would watch his heartbroken mother scribble messages on balloons and release them into the sky above Long Island, one for each family member they'd lost to addiction. As the number of balloons grew, his mother fell deeper into alcoholism, drinking away her sorrows every night in front of the television, where her love of Regis Philbin provided a respite from the sadness around her. When their house was foreclosed upon, Kenny's mother absconded with him and his beloved dog and fled for the Arizona desert, joining her heroin-addicted brother on a quixotic search for a better life. What followed was an outlaw adolescence spent in constant upheaval surrounded by bizarre characters and drug-addicted souls. In the wake of unspeakable loss, Kenny convinced a college to take a chance on him, and turned to the mentors, writers, and poets he found to rebuild the family he lost, and eventually graduated from the Ivy League with a new life. Porpora's memoir is the story of a deeply dysfunctional but loving family, and follows his life from the chaos of his youth to his triumphs in the Ivy League. At times darkly comic, at times elegiac, The Autumn Balloon is a beautifully written testament to the irreplaceable bonds of family, even under the most trying circumstances, and one that marks the debut of an exciting new writer.

Download or read book Ask Me Anything written by Molly E. Lee and published by Entangled: Teen. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ask Me Anything isn't just any YA romance. This is a badass YA romance..." -Hypabale.com I should’ve kept my mouth shut. But Wilmont Academy’s been living in the Dark Ages when it comes to sex ed, and someone had to take matters into her own hands. Well, I’m a kickass coder, so I created a totally anonymous, totally untraceable blog where teens can come to get real, honest, nothing-is-off-limits sex advice. And holy hell, the site went viral overnight. Who knew this school was so hard up. Now the school administration is on a war path to shut me down, and they have Dean—my coding crush—hot on my trail. If he discovers my secret, I could lose his trust forever. And thousands of teens who need real advice won’t have anyone to turn to. Ask me anything...except how to make things right.

Download or read book Ask Me written by Kimberly Pauley and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paranormal gets a Stephen King makeover: An oracle in a small-town Florida uses her troubling gift to stop a murderer—before he comes for her. Aria Morse is an Oracle, blessed—or cursed—with the gift of prophecy. Ask her anything, and the truth spills out immediately. But Aria’s answers sound like nonsense, even to herself . . . just as they did to those at Delphi 2,500 years ago. To cope, Aria has perfected the art of hiding in plain sight—until Jade Price, the closest person she has to a friend, disappears. All of a sudden, everyone around her has questions. The “nonsense” Aria spouts becomes a matter of life and death. Aria may be the only one who can find out what happened to Jade. But the closer she gets to the truth, the closer she comes to being the next target of someone else who hides in plain sight. Someone with a very dark plan.