Download or read book But I Digretch written by Gretchen Astro Turner and published by Outskirts Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whimsical and zany but edged with darkness, evocatively lyrical with goosebump-eliciting endings, Gretchen Astro Turner’s 13 short stories in But I Digretch are for the romantic in all of us—but also the cynic. This fiction collection is for the surrealist and the dreamer. It’s for those who live by carpe diem or struggle to find their raison d’etre. …those who love an addict or may be addicts themselves. …members of the LGBTQ+ community. …readers who are into vampire lore as well as those who know life may best be understood via metaphor and symbolism. A logophile and a bibliophile with a Master of Arts in the Teaching of English Language Arts from Columbia University, Turner has written a playful road map through storytelling and language.
Download or read book But I Digretch written by Gretchen Astro Turner and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2022-10-16 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love is a wavy lullaby sung through broken stained glass; Love is the sum of all our tries, the futures of hopes bypassed; Love is what catches up to us when the moment went too fast; Love is a sunrise dewdrop on a lonely blade of grass... The anaphora of this stanza (from one of the author’s surrealist, transcendental love poems) emphasizes what remains in the wake of life’s brutal inevitability of loss; it reflects the indestructible force—of love—that redeems after life plays spin the bottle and administers its kiss of death on everyone and everything. Love is, love is, love is, love is, and never is not... Enthralled by the glimmer that breathes under fresh ashes of burnt conversation; uncontainably anxious to hang my sighs on the lines of your imagination... Another line from the author’s poetry capturing the essence shibori-dyeing this collection of short stories: It may be invisible but there is an exuberant cord of life and love on which meaning and beauty hang, like bikinis and swimtrunks rinsed of seasalt when the sun goes down... the sun, a Nilla wafer dunked in the milky horizon line. With figurative, tactile prose, toy train town, allegorical ruminations, Dadaesque, satirical spelunks into the human psyche, and twisted fairy tale plunges into chiaroscuro edges where obsession shadows longing, the author is on intimate terms with the struggle to decode joy, to craft an ideal of beauty, from the inexorability of impermanence.
Download or read book Wisdom Man written by Camilla Chance and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life should be looked upon as a sacred thing, to be handled carefully. If something terrible happens, you stop for a while and have a think, and then you work around the next big problem coming up. Like water around a rock. And you still help people when you can, even your worst enemy. Some lives, like that of Banjo Clarke, are so special they touch countless others without trying. Banjo was born in the early 1920s in the Framlingham Forest near Warrnambool, Victoria, and by the time he passed away he was known and loved by thousands for his wisdom and kindness. He carried a swag during the Great Depression, fought with Jimmy Sharman's famous boxing troupe, built roads for the army in World War II, and had 67 great-grandchildren. Despite the great hardships he faced in his life, Banjo was renowned for espousing love and forgiveness, sustained by his deep connection to his land, his ancient culture and its spiritual beliefs. His conviction that these could prove the saving of the world was his motivation for telling his story.
Download or read book Best Bi Short Stories written by Jane Rule and published by Circlet Press. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Bi Short Stories is the first book of its kind, a literary anthology bringing together the very finest representations of bisexuality in fiction. The bisexuality of characters, like in real people, can be invisible to readers unless explicitly brought to their attention. Invisibility leads to underrepresentation, and on bookstore shelves that has certainly been true. Best Bi Short Stories hopes to change that by presenting the very best quality, cast in a bold light. With an all-star author lineup ranging from Katherine Forrest to Jane Rule, Ann Herendeen to Jan Steckel, and curated by longtime bi activist Sheela Lambert, Best Bi Short Stories encompasses several genres. The authors are a diverse group, as well, and Lambert sought representation across age groups, cultures, ethnicities and sexualities in both the authors and stories, demonstrating the richness of bi experience. Best Bi Short Stories contains the following stories: Dual Citizenship by Storm Grant Alone, As Always by Jenny Corvette Companions by Kate Durre Pennies in the Well by Rob Barton The Decision by Ammy Achenbach Coyote Takes a Trip by Deborah Miranda The Lottery by Florence Ivy Angels Dance by James Williams The Idiom of Orchids by Camille Thomas Mother Knows Best by Charles Bright ..".Leave a Light on for Ya" by Gretchen Turner Dragon's Daughter by Cecilia Tan Pride/Prejudice by Ann Herendeen Challenger Deep by Kathleen Bradean Mr. Greene by Ours M. Hugh Art Making by Kate Evans Friends and Neighbours by Jacqueline Applebee Memory Lane by Sheela Lambert Naked in the World by Geer Austin Alex the Dragon by Jan Steckel Face to Face by J.R. Yussuf Xessex by Katherine Forrest Inland Passage by Jane Rule
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Download or read book Shanti and the Magic Mandala written by F. T. Camargo and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shanti and the Magic Mandala is an adventure in which fantasy and reality are mingled. The book tells the story of six teenagers, from different religious and cultural origins and different parts of the world, who are mystically recruited to form two groups - one in the Northern Hemisphere, and one in the Southern. They eventually gather in Peru, and through a single alliance, begin a frantic chase for the sacred object that can stop the black magician's final plan...
Download or read book Limerick Comics written by Robert Hoyman and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Limerick Comics offers lighthearted original limericks on a wide range of history and science topics, each with an informational panel of surprising facts, all presented in entertaining comics.
Download or read book Hearing the Angels Sing written by Peter Sterling and published by Light Technology Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hearing the Angels Sing is a wonderfully inspiring book. Peter Sterling, in telling his uplifting story of encountering the angels and being shown his destiny as one of God's harpists, encourages readers to open to the deeper dimensions of life for themselves. There is authentic humility in suggesting that if the author seeks and receives such profound guidance from the angels, anyone can do it. In writing so openly and courageously about his life, Peter demonstrates the commitment required to work with angels as well as the rich spiritual rewards of finding one's true path. In a troubled world, reuniting with the angels is becoming a potent way for people to reconnect and reclaim their spiritual essences. Peter's exquisite Harp Magic provides a portal through which the reality of the angels can be felt and experienced. One of the pleasures of reading his book is following the author's trail of synchronicities and angelic guidance through the challenges, distractions, revelations, and obstacles to emerge as a world-class harpist in service to the angels. It is exhilarating and deeply encouraging to learn how intimately and creatively the angels can interact with our lives if we just let them. Hearing the Angels Sing is a must-read for anyone drawn to the angels, and for those who already know what a salve Peter's music is to the souls of the openhearted and the spiritually minded, the book will yet further deepen your enjoyment of Harp Magic. --Timothy Wyllie Author of Dolphins, ETs & Angels, The Return of the Rebel Angels, and coauthor of Ask Your Angels
Download or read book Evelio s Garden written by Sandra Homer and published by . This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evelio's Garden is a lyrical meditation on cultural values, friendship, aging, loss, and, ultimately, the healing power of the natural world. "The conversational prose is rich in detail about the wide variety of trees, flowers, fruits, and vegetables that blanket the area, and there are some wonderful stories about various wildlife that Homer has encountered. . . .A remembrance that effectively captures one woman's connection with nature in Central America" -- Kirkus Reviews In the enchanting world of the of Costa Rican highlands, the author begins a memoir, tracing the seasons and closely observing the natural riches around her. But Evelio, who helped build their house, interrupts with an idea to plant an organic garden on their property. Over the course of a challenging year full of unpredictable weather, wild animals and toxic chemicals, their friendship grows as Evelio teaches her about the rural sustainability of Costa Rica in decades past. Pulling her into the daily ups and downs of his project, he creates an often funny, always frustrating, and ultimately rewarding counterpoint to her own work, such that the two intertwine on the page...and lead her to confront a difficult past and open up to profound personal change. Sandra Shaw Homer has lived in Costa Rica for 29 years, where she has taught languages and worked as an interpreter/translator and environmental activist. In addition to a column in the local press, her creative nonfiction, fiction and poetry have appeared in a variety of print and online literary and travel journals, as well as on her own blog, writingfromtheheart.net. Her travel memoir, Letters from the Pacific: 49 Days on a Cargo Ship, received excellent Kirkus and Publishers Weekly reviews. Go to https: //www.facebook.com/writingfromtheheart.net/ ?ref=bookmarks for more information.
Download or read book Becoming the Instrument written by Kenny Werner and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1994, jazz musician and composer Kenny Werner released his landmark book, Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, which freed artists around the world to reclaim their love for music and find the power within their art. His seminal book led to his work as the artistic director of the Effortless Mastery Institute at the Berklee College of Music, a leading observatory for training the world's greatest musicians.Now Werner has written the perfect companion-Becoming the Instrument-where he shares profound insights and uplifting anecdotes based on his 40 years of experience to teach musicians, artists, athletes or even business people how to lift their performance to its highest level and showing us how to be spontaneous, fearless, joyful and disciplined in our work and in our life. In Becoming the Instrument, Werner teaches us that mastery is not perfection, or even virtuosity. It is the gift of self-love, forgiving your own mistakes, and not allowing the world to diminish your own divine gifts. And you don't have to be a musician to have the experience.
Download or read book Prosperity Meditations written by Susan Shumsky and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2022 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Let Prosperity Meditations become your daily devotional reading. Read it. Use it. Explore it. And, expect miracles." --Dr. Joe Vitale, author, Zero Limits A simple guide filled with affirmations and meditations to attract abundance, success, wealth, and creativity instantly! If you want to draw prosperity into your life, first abandon the idea that spiritual people must be poor. Prosperity Meditations can help you develop a new, fresh, optimistic, and empowering attitude about money. By using its methods, you can change your belief about prosperity and thereby draw greater wealth into your life on all levels: spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, material, environmental, and planetary. You have the power to create affluence in all areas of life--not just material. The Creator is waiting for you to open to the unlimited riches of heaven that are always available to you. All you need is to learn how to receive the boundless bounty that is your birthright. How does poverty help spiritual people fulfill their laudable, idealistic dreams and aspirations? Wouldn't the world be a better place if spiritual people, who aspire to do good, had access to limitless wealth? Could you help heal the planet and lift people's consciousness if you had greater resources at your disposal? If you say yes, this book can help you manifest your fondest dreams and desires through the mental alchemy of meditation--a process that can change your mind, which, in turn, can change your life and thereby positively transform the planet.
Download or read book Making Peace with Death and Dying written by Judith Johnson and published by Monkfish Book Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Peace with Death and Dying dissolves death anxiety and equips readers to encounter death peacefully and well-prepared. Readers learn to: appreciate death as a natural part of life, be of greater service to the dying and grieving, live with greater purpose and passion, be more peaceful in the presence of death, and to approach death on one’s own terms with wisdom and competency.
Download or read book Coherence Revolution written by Mark Halpern and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Coherence Revolution, Dr. Mark Halpern shares his compelling journey of learning to thrive and create a meaningful, grounded, and abundant life after suffering from stress and anxiety for more than 30 years. In this highly practical, relevant book (that is particularly valuable during unpredictable chaotic times) you will begin to explore the concept of coherence and how to create it and build it within yourself. Dr. Mark guides you on a journey of self-discovery where you will gain awareness and learn to consciously manage and elevate your emotions by using your own physiology, your senses, nature and the world around you. You will learn how to consistently create more coherence, balance and flow within yourself which will allow you to break old patterns, eliminate unwanted emotional habits and ultimately help you create a new future. Through his personal and professional insights, Dr. Mark encourages and inspires us all to create significant changes in any of the habits or emotional responses that are preventing us from reaching our true potential. 'The likelihood of manifesting your Dream Life becomes infinitely greater when you strengthen your emotional attachment to it and make the possibility of it feel as real as possible. Using each of your senses to magnify your emotional response will help strengthen your chances of reaching your goal.' - Dr. Mark Halpern
Download or read book Summer in the City written by Lori Wilde and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s nothing like summer in Manhattan. The days are long and the nights are even longer. But when the lights go out on the city, fireworks explode. . . Night at the Museum by Lori Wilde Art restorer Ria Preston knows a thing or two about beauty. And when she discovers her neighborhood crush, gregarious Wall Street advisor Vic Albright, is locked overnight in the Metropolitan Museum of Art with her, she can’t resist taking him on a very private tour . . . Lights Out by Priscilla Oliveras Back in high school, Vanessa Ríos and Mateo Garza were theater troupe rivals. Now Mateo’s a rising Broadway star and Vanessa’s his most scathing critic. Cue a plot twist straight out of central casting: the two end up alone in his New York City apartment during the blackout, setting the stage for what could be their second act romance . . . Mind Games, by Sarah Skilton What happens in college stays in college—unless you never get over it. In fact, Alison has been waiting to take her revenge on Nick, once the hottest guy on campus, now the hottest guy on the rising magician’s circuit. But her plans to sabotage his first show are upended by the power outage. That’s when the real magic happens . . .
Download or read book From Pain to Love Our Journey Outside the Rainbow written by Naomi W Scales and published by Naomiwscalesandmarilynjjordanllc. This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transparency of this awe-inspiring memoir will take you on a kaleidoscope of emotions. It will make you cry, laugh, sob and celebrate...all at the same time! Intrigued is the state you will find yourself in as you journey with two black southern girls who were both born in the 1960's, lived lives filled with confusion, laughter, chaos and love. It is of one girl's love for her mother and how it was strongly exhibited in the care she provided during her mother's illness. She not only shares how she persevered beyond childhood trauma, poverty, and insecurities, but also the unfolding of a love story through many personal obstacles and society's demonization. In the spectrum of the other girl, she lives a secret life conflicted with holding on to her faith and the guise of who she was expected to be. Then, in the 1980's, they tried to live a normal life in the eyes of society while surviving lies, hidden struggles and battling sexual identity. Both determined to build the life they wanted...on their terms...while living outside the rainbow. LOVE WON!
Download or read book Jonas and the Mountain written by Janis Harper and published by Sacred Stories Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than an unusual love story, Jonas and the Mountain offers startling insights into the nature of reality. An enlightened eastern mystic. A western psychic who knows everything. And a broken man who falls in love with them both at a holy, magnetic mountain in India. This is a journey into the heart of it all.Jonas has been living a half-life since he lost his marriage, his college English teaching position, and his best friend all at once. Then he hears a voice in his head, and strange poems start to just come to him. These events lead him away from his home in Vancouver, Canada, to the holy mountain of Arunachala in India, where Jonas meets the American guru D whose master was the sage of nondualism, Ramana Maharshi. From D he learns about silence and waking up from the dream. After Jonas's retreat with D ends, he meets an oddly familiar woman and discovers a connection with her that explains the voice and poems and opens up yet another reality. Anamika's unique metaphysical teachings differ from D's-multiple dimensions, partner selves, creativity-and she offers simple expressive arts exercises to bring them home to the characters in the novel and to you, the reader. Jonas seeks to reconcile D's and Anamika's knowledge to find what is true with a capital "T," as he struggles to resolve the pain in his past and the surprising ways it appears in his present.You are invited to journey with Jonas and find your own answers.
Download or read book Sweet Vengeance written by Fern Michaels and published by Kensington. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply satisfying and uplifting story of one woman’s journey from heartbreak to triumph by #1 New York Times bestselling storyteller Fern Michaels. Now in trade paperback for the first time! Tessa Jamison couldn’t have imagined anything worse than losing her beloved twin girls and husband—until she was convicted of their murder. For ten years, she has counted off the days in Florida’s Correctional Center for Women, fully expecting to die behind bars. Fighting to prove her innocence holds little appeal now that her family’s gone. But on one extraordinary day, her lawyers announce that Tessa’s conviction has been overturned due to a technicality, and she’s released on bail to await a new trial. Hounded by the press, Tessa retreats to the small tropical island owned by her late husband’s pharmaceutical company. There, she begins to gather knowledge about her case. For the first time since her nightmare began, Tessa feels a sense of purpose in working to finally expose the truth and avenge her lost family. One by one, the guilty will be led to justice, and Tessa can gain closure. But will she be able to learn the whole truth at last . . . and reclaim her freedom and her future?
