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Book You Are Where You Go  A Traveler s Coming of Age Journey Through 70 Countries and 7 Continents During College

Download or read book You Are Where You Go A Traveler s Coming of Age Journey Through 70 Countries and 7 Continents During College written by Caitlyn Lubas and published by Palmetto Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are the places you've been an accurate portrayal of the person you want to be? Visiting 70 countries and all 7 continents by the age of 21 taught Caitlyn Lubas that travel is the best way to explore the world, and also the best way to step outside of your comfort zone and explore yourself. Reflecting on the unique ways that travel transformed her worldview and shaped her as a person, Caitlyn compiled this collection of her most pivotal experiences and perspective-shifting moments to show how everywhere you go becomes a part of you. Filled with vivid immersions into uncommon corners of the world coupled with personal reflections about many of her life's greatest lessons, each tied to a significant place, these stories inspire readers to reflect on their own travels and learn how to explore with the intention of learning and growing. Part memoir and part travel mindset guidebook, Caitlyn brings a refreshing Gen Z perspective to this travel manifesto for wanderlust-filled college students and explorers of all ages. You Are Where You Go is for travel lovers, the travel-curious, and anyone seeking inspiration to take that trip now. Your future self will thank you for the growth opportunity. Discover unique travel stories like: - Visiting the penguins, whales, and seals of Antarctica - Camping on an overland safari for 6 weeks straight - Learning about empathy after a motorbike accident in rural Vietnam - Backpacking through Argentina and becoming friends with strangers - Exploring solo versus partner travel in Australia - Spending every weekend in a different country for 10 months

Book From Here to Eternity  Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

Download or read book From Here to Eternity Traveling the World to Find the Good Death written by Caitlin Doughty and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller “Doughty chronicles [death] practices with tenderheartedness, a technician’s fascination, and an unsentimental respect for grief.” —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world’s funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity. Her account questions the rituals of the American funeral industry—especially chemical embalming—and suggests that the most effective traditions are those that allow mourners to personally attend to the body of the deceased. Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality.

Book Scenes and Monologues of Spiritual Experience from the Best Contemporary Plays

Download or read book Scenes and Monologues of Spiritual Experience from the Best Contemporary Plays written by Roger Ellis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this anthology, theater expert Roger Ellis culls together dramatic scenes and monologues that all deal with spiritual experience. From various religious and non-religious perspectives, the book explores various aspects of spirituality – religious faith, martyrdom, death and afterlife, fate and destiny, mercy, and romantic love. The material comes from contemporary plays by some of the most gifted playwrights – Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, John Patrick Shanley, John Pielmeier, Tammy Ryan, Elie, Wiesel, Karen Sunde, and others. Perfect for high-school through college-age students, as well as for actors and general readers, this volume contains nearly 100 scenes, ranging from comic to serious, grouped in five categories: “Scenes for a Man and a Woman ” “Scenes for Two Women ” “Scenes for Two Men ” “Monologues for Women ” and “Monologues for Men.” In addition to the monologues, Ellis includes notes on staging to help actors and directors bring these scenes to life. Some of the plays sourced for this anthology include The Crucible, Doubt, In the Shape of a Woman, Agnes of God, Epic Proportions, Our Lady of 121st Street, Angels in America, and Affection in Time.

Book Caitlyn s Prize

    Book Details:
  • Author : Linda Warren
  • Publisher : Harlequin
  • Release : 2009-07-01
  • ISBN : 1426836155
  • Pages : 249 pages

Download or read book Caitlyn s Prize written by Linda Warren and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caitlyn Belle will die before she'll let Judd Calhoun take her Texas ranch! Her arrogant and wealthy neighbor has been waiting to get back at her for jilting him years ago. But she wasn't about to be roped and steered into wedlock—even if her feelings for Judd went far beyond a business arrangement between their two families. Judd will never forgive Cait for walking out on him. Now that her late father's gambling debts have her backed into a corner, Judd's ready to take his sweet revenge. But first he has to forget the yearning in Cait's forget-me-not blue eyes. Just when Judd thinks he's over her, trust the fearless, stubborn woman to tempt him once again….

Book The Secrets of My Life

Download or read book The Secrets of My Life written by Caitlyn Jenner and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable memoir former Olympian and Kardashian family member Caitlyn Jenner reveals shocking and heartbreaking stories from her journey to become a transgender woman and fight for the LGBTQ+ community. Imagine denying your core and soul. Then add to it the most impossible expectations that people have for you because you are the personification of The American Male Athlete. Bruce Jenner, the celebrated Olympic icon and later the patriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, seemed to be living a dream life of success, fame, and prosperity. But the all-American image and million-dollar smile belied a lifelong struggle with gender dysphoria, and it wasn't until the sensational Diane Sawyer interview that the public mask of Bruce Jenner was finally retired, and through the memorable Vanity Fair piece by Buzz Bissinger, that Caitlyn Jenner was introduced to the world and set free to exist on her own terms. Since then, Caitlyn has undertaken an arduous emotional and physical odyssey to achieve the completeness she always felt was missing. In The Secrets of My Life, Caitlyn reflects on the inner conflict she experienced growing up in an era of rigidly defined gender identities, and the cruel irony of being hailed by an entire nation as the ultimate symbol of manhood. She recounts her Olympic triumph, her rise to fame, and relates how her sense of frustration and shame grew with the passing years and the lengths to which she had to go to conceal her true self. Caitlyn in turn uncovers the toll that these personal struggles had on her three marriages and, subsequently, the relationships with her children. She also talks candidly about her life in the public eye as a member of the Kardashian clan, what led to her decision to become Caitlyn, and how she, her family, the transgender community, and the rest of the world has since embraced her new life. Filled with incredibly personal and moving stories of struggle and victory, of anxiety and fear, and, finally, of surrender and acceptance, The Secrets of My Life reveals the real Caitlyn Jenner by tracing her long and eventful journey to becoming herself.

Book See Jane Win

    Book Details:
  • Author : Caitlin Moscatello
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2019-08-27
  • ISBN : 1524742945
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book See Jane Win written by Caitlin Moscatello and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Editor's Choice Pick* From an award-winning journalist covering gender and politics comes an inside look at the female candidates fighting back and winning elections in the crucial 2018 midterms. After November 8, 2016, first came the sadness; then came the rage, the activism, and the protests; and, finally, for thousands of women, the next step was to run for office—many of them for the first time. More women campaigned for local or national office in the 2018 election cycle than at any other time in US history, challenging accepted notions about who seeks power and who gets it. Journalist Caitlin Moscatello reported on this wave of female candidates for New York magazine’s The Cut, Glamour, and Elle. And in See Jane Win, she further documents this pivotal time in women’s history. Closely following four candidates throughout the entire process, from the decision to run through Election Day, See Jane Win takes readers inside their exciting, winning campaigns and the sometimes thrilling, sometimes brutal realities of running for office while female. MEET THE CANDIDATES: Abigail Spanberger, a mom of three young girls and a former CIA operative, running for Congress in Virginia to unseat Freedom Caucus member Dave Brat. Catalina Cruz, a Colombian-born attorney whose state assembly bid could make her the first Dreamer elected in New York and only the third in the country. Anna Eskamani, an Iranian-American woman running for state office in Florida, with a campaign motivated by her mother’s health-care struggles and the Pulse Nightclub shootings. London Lamar, a Memphis native looking to become the youngest female representative in the Tennessee state house, running in one of the only Democratic and Black-majority areas of a largely conservative state. Beyond the 2018 victories, Moscatello speaks with researchers, strategists, and the leaders of organizations that helped women win. What she discovers is that the candidates who triumphed in 2018 emphasized authenticity and passion instead of conforming to the stereotype of what a candidate should look or sound like, a formula that will be more relevant than ever as we approach the 2020 presidential election.

Book Walk Out on the Water

Download or read book Walk Out on the Water written by Caitlyn de Beer and published by Chsn Investments Pty Limited. This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For as long as I can remember I have found solace in the ocean, in breathing in the salty air, hearing the roar of washes crashes, watching as the sets roll in and feeling the sand between my toes. It was during one of my toughest seasons of my life, when facing a physical condition that had me feeling hopeless, that God reminded me that He is living water, He calms seas. He empowers us to walk out on the water, and He leads us beside quiet streams. A close friend challenged me amidst a physical hardship I was living with, to return to a place where I hear God's voice the clearest, and so we spent a weekend at our beach house for to recoup and reconnect to God. I was hopeless, depressed, in physical pain and living under grey skies, but that's often where God meets us. His grace is found exactly where we are. God began to speak to me about suffering. He reminded me that my faith does not exclude me from suffering but that my hope is eternal. He spoke to me of Him being living water and that nothing on earth would ever fill me like He can. I knew this deep down but I suppose life had caused me to forget. And then He laid on heart the desire to write this devotional; a letter of love about our King. He is enough for you. For me. His grace is that good, His love that deep. Nothing can separate us from the love, which is found in Jesus. He is the happiness and the peace that our souls thirst for. May this devotional be a source of hope and encouragement to you on your faith journey, as you read through the various themed chapters. Through the colloquial devotions on each dated page, may you be encouraged to draw closer to Jesus, and to welcome Him into your life, your mess and your future.

Book Pretty Sick

    Book Details:
  • Author : Caitlin M. Kiernan
  • Publisher : Grand Central Life & Style
  • Release : 2017-09-19
  • ISBN : 1455540889
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book Pretty Sick written by Caitlin M. Kiernan and published by Grand Central Life & Style. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate resource to looking your best during and after cancer treatment from a veteran beauty industry insider When beauty editor Caitlin Kiernan received the shattering diagnosis of cancer, she was obviously concerned about her health. But as a working professional, she knew she had to learn, quickly, how to look her best while feeling her worst. Caitlin called on her list of extensive contacts--from top medical doctors to hair stylists, makeup artists, and style mavens--to gather the best and most useful tips to offset the unpleasant effects of treatment. The result is this comprehensive beauty guide for women with cancer, covering every cosmetic issue, from skin care, to hair care, wig shopping, nail maintenance, makeup tricks, and much, much more. Illustrated with charming drawings by Jamie Lee Reardin and peppered with advice from celebrities and cancer survivors, Pretty Sick will be a welcome and trusted resource, helping women look and feel their best.

Book Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Caitlin Doughty
  • Publisher : Thorndike Press Large Print
  • Release : 2019
  • ISBN : 9781432872274
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs written by Caitlin Doughty and published by Thorndike Press Large Print. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author and mortician Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition.

Book Past Mortems

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carla Valentine
  • Publisher : Sphere
  • Release : 2018-03-13
  • ISBN : 9780751565348
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book Past Mortems written by Carla Valentine and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A day in the life of Carla Valentine - curator, pathology technician and 'death professional' - is not your average day. She spent ten years training and working as an Anatomical Pathology Technologist: where the mortuary slab was her desk, and that day's corpses her task list. Past Mortems tells Carla's stories of those years, as well as investigating the body alongside our attitudes towards death - shedding light on what the living can learn from dead and the toll the work can take on the living souls who carry it out. Fascinating and insightful, Past Mortems reveals the truth about what happens when the mortuary doors swing shut or the lid of the coffin closes.

Book She Who Rides the Storm

Download or read book She Who Rides the Storm written by Caitlin Sangster and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teenaged master thieves Anwei and Knox, aided by friends, attempt to break into the tomb of an ancient shapeshifter king who is believed to have stolen souls from his subjects.

Book The Very Best of Caitl  n R  Kiernan

Download or read book The Very Best of Caitl n R Kiernan written by Caitlín R. Kiernan and published by Tachyon Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-24 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pure genius."—New York Times “Lyrically compelling tales that are nearly impossible to stop reading...fans of weird writers like Carmen Maria Machado, Jeff VanderMeer, and China Mieville will be glad to find this volume and thereby discover a writer who inspired them all.” —Booklist Caitlín R. Kiernan is one of dark fantasy and horror’s most acclaimed and influential short fiction writers. Her powerful, unexpected stories shatter morality, gender, and sexuality: a reporter is goaded by her toxic girlfriend into visiting sadistic art exhibits; a countess in a decaying movie theater is sated by her servants; a collector offers his greatest achievement to ensnare a musician who grieves for her missing sister. In this retrospective collection of her finest work—previously only available in limited editions—Kiernan cuts straight to the heart of the emotional truths we cannot ignore.

Book Smoke Gets in Your Eyes  And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Download or read book Smoke Gets in Your Eyes And Other Lessons from the Crematory written by Caitlin Doughty and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly)—a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession. Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life’s work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, and became an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. In this best-selling memoir, brimming with gallows humor and vivid characters, she marvels at the gruesome history of undertaking and relates her unique coming-of-age story with bold curiosity and mordant wit. By turns hilarious, dark, and uplifting, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes reveals how the fear of dying warps our society and "will make you reconsider how our culture treats the dead" (San Francisco Chronicle).

Book Laughter is the Best Medicine

Download or read book Laughter is the Best Medicine written by Jean-Paul Bell and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You see, I'm not really a doctor. Not a medical doctor, that is. I'm something a bit more unusual. I reckon I have the best job in the whole world - I'm a clown doctor.' Jean-Paul Bell Imagine being a child in hospital, away from the home and feeling sad, frightened, lonely or in pain. This is where the Clown Doctors step in to help with their own quirky style of 'medicine'. Join this very special troupe as they do their rounds in children's hospitals all over Australia, bringing laughter and joy to more than 100,000 patients and their families each year. Meet Dr B Loony and Dr Twang, Dr Know-It-All and others when they conduct their clown rounds through children's and emergency wards, intensive care, burns and oncology units, dispensing jokes and songs with skill and compassion. And always with the aim of helping families, hospital staff, and especially the children to forget their illnesses and fears for a while and return to a world that is about fun and play. Welcome to a day in the lives of the Clown Doctors, filled with special moments, courage, tears, smiles and laughter.

Book Realm

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer Hartz
  • Publisher : Writers Exchange E-Publishing
  • Release : 2020-02-15
  • ISBN : 1925574679
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book Realm written by Jennifer Hartz and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With one of The Heroes of the Horde members kidnapped by the demons, the remaining five face an insurmountable obstacle: The most likely location of their missing friend is inside the demon realm. Without a clue how to enter--and, more importantly, how to get back out again--the team reaches a breaking point. With morale weakened, their relationships crumble and are tested further when a newcomer enters the group. Either this new member tears the group apart or holds the key to eradicating the Horde once and for all. Surprisingly, their superpowers continue to grow amidst the turmoil until a hundred-year-old mystery is unveiled...one that finally allows them to locate the leader of the demon Horde.

Book Memories of the Soul

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barbara Yates
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2013-05
  • ISBN : 1483626741
  • Pages : 213 pages

Download or read book Memories of the Soul written by Barbara Yates and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While on a much anticipated family vacation to celebrate Thanksgiving at her Grandparent's home in upstate New York, the forces of nature transport modern-day Caitlyn Jacobs on an unforeseen journey back in time to the year 1882. When Caitlyn wakes from a head injury she sustains in an accident she finds herself alone, and snowbound, in a secluded cabin nestled in the Adirondack Mountains with the rugged, and roguishly handsome, Jacob Wilkinson. It doesn't take long for these two lonely souls to surrender to the fiery, passionate desire they share for one another and realize they were meant to be together. Will Caitlyn give up her modern life and loving family to stay with her soul mate, Jacob or does fate have other plans?

Book Crybaby

    Book Details:
  • Author : Caitlyn Siehl
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-06-03
  • ISBN : 9780692732243
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book Crybaby written by Caitlyn Siehl and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "God, what gorgeous writing. Like I do with all great books, I kept have to stop and step away every few pages to think about what I'd just read. Crybaby is tender and full of carefully chosen, luxurious language. It's poem after poem of sensual, wide-eyed desire and a total rejection of shame. There was something I wanted to tattoo or study or steal on every page." - Clementine von Radics, author of Mouthful of Forevers & founder of Where Are You Press "Crybaby is a masterpiece. This collection is one of the greatest triumphs of Caitlyn Siehl's young career. There are few poets who simultaneously reveal the wonder in everyday life and expand our understanding of the world. Caitlyn is one of those poets. She perfectly balances radical tenderness and gritty truth telling in her sophomore collection. There is a ravenous appetite in her words, a deep yearning to achieve complete wholeness. This hunger empowers readers to explore their identities and discover their best parts. Crybaby is a compelling read from cover to cover. Bring it home to someone you love. Allow your heart to be expanded by this collection; there is truly something here for everyone." - Christian Sammartino, co-founder & editor-in-chief for The Rising Phoenix Review "Crybaby cries with you. Caitlyn's second collection is what every second collection should be: equal parts heartbreak, forgiveness and honesty so clear it hurts. I read this and couldn't believe I didn't have something like this to turn to when I was younger. Hell, I regret that I didn't have this last year. Caitlyn possesses a true gift in writing about the things that hurt us, the things that haunt us, and the things that also give us endless hope. I am breathless from the sheer unapologetic way in which she describes the mundane nuances of everyday life-from the pancakes to the flowerbeds and all the lovers in-between. Caitlyn's collection tells you that you're going to fall, but more importantly, it shows you how to do it. A triumph." - Kristina Haynes, author of It Looked A Lot Like Love & Chloe