Download or read book Everyday Drinking written by Kingsley Amis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-08-09 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the beloved, bestselling compendium of Kingsley Amis's wisdom on the cherished subject of drinking. Along with a series of well-tested recipes (including a cocktail called the Lucky Jim) the book includes Amis's musings on The Hangover, The Boozing Man's Diet, The Mean Sod's Guide, and (presumably as a matter of speculation) How Not to Get Drunk-all leavened with fun quizzes on the making and drinking of alcohol all over the world. Mixing practical know-how and hilarious opinionation, this is a delightful cocktail of wry humor and distilled knowledge, served by one of our great gimlet wits.
Download or read book Ethics and the Golden Rule written by Harry J. Gensler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is commonly accepted that the golden rule--most often formulated as "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"--is a unifying element between many diverse religious traditions, both Eastern and Western. Its influence also extends beyond such traditions, since many non-religious individuals hold up the golden rule as central to their lives. Yet, while it is extraordinarily important and widespread, the golden rule is often dismissed by scholars as a vague proverb that quickly leads to absurdities when one attempts to formulate it in clear terms. In this book, Harry J. Gensler defends the golden rule and addresses all of the major philosophic objections, pointing out several common misunderstanding and misapplications. Gensler first discusses golden-rule reasoning and how to avoid the main pitfalls. He then relates the golden rule to world religions and history, and to areas like moral education, egoism, evolution, society, racism, business, and medicine. The book ends with a discussion of theoretical issues (like whether all morality reduces to the golden rule, which the author argues against). Ethics and the Golden Rule offers two introductory chapters, the first is simpler and the second more technical; a reader may start with either or both. One can then read any combination of further chapters, in any order, depending on one's interests; but Chapters 13 and 14 are technical and assume one has read Chapter 2. This is "a golden-rule book for everyone," accessible to a wide readership.
Download or read book Timewaves written by Jonathan David and published by False Reality Publishing. This book was released on with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ‘Timewaves,’ set in Madison, WI, acclaimed author Jonathan David crafts an extraordinary tapestry of tales that span the breadth of Earth’s history and beyond. This mesmerizing collection transcends genres, seamlessly intertwining elements of science fiction, historical drama, fantasy, and dystopian futures, all connected by a groundbreaking experiment that unravels the very fabric of time itself. Dr. Quasar, a brilliant yet alcoholic physicist, has dedicated his life to exploring the mysteries of time. His revolutionary experiment, designed to manipulate and observe timewaves, sets off a chain reaction that reverberates through the epochs, offering glimpses into pivotal moments of the past and the unfolding possibilities of the future. From the fiery dawn of Earth 4.5 billion years ago to the twilight of human civilization, ‘Timewaves’ takes readers on an unparalleled journey. Witness the birth of the first cells, the rise and fall of ancient cultures, the marvels and perils of future societies, and the intimate, personal stories of individuals caught in the tides of time. Each section of ‘Timewaves’ is a self-contained story, yet they are all intricately connected by the invisible threads of Dr. Quasar’s experiment. Readers will encounter a diverse array of characters—a prehistoric shaman, a medieval alchemist, a space-faring explorer, and many more—each experiencing moments that define their worlds and, collectively, the human experience.
Download or read book A Family Failure written by August Franza and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Family Failure is a novel about Hank Drummer, who spends his short life trying to overcome the pressures and demands of a powerful, aggressive, and tyrannical father. Because he can’t live up to expectations, Hank has turned to drinking for relief. As the novel opens, we find him in the Purple Mist as he reviews the efforts he has made throughout his life to find relief and freedom from a dominating father.
Download or read book Ethics written by Harry J Gensler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Gensler’s Ethics introduces undergraduates to the main issues in contemporary moral philosophy. It also relates these issues to practical controversies, with special attention paid to racism, moral education, and abortion. It gives a practical method for thinking about moral issues, a method based largely on the golden rule. Key Features: • Serves as either the sole textbook for a lower-level introduction to ethics/moral philosophy course or a supplementary text for a more advanced undergraduate ethics course • Provides clear, direct writing throughout, making each chapter easily accessible for an engaged undergraduate • Offers a philosophically rigorous presentation of the golden rule • Includes helpful study aids, including: bolded technical terms, boxes for key ideas, chapter summaries, suggested readings, and a glossary/index Key additions to the Second Edition: • A new chapter on virtue ethics, which deals with Aristotle, Plato, and related controversies • A new chapter on natural law theory, which deals with Aquinas, double effect, sexual morality, and related controversies • A significantly revised chapter on the golden rule, which is now much clearer on certain key points • A significantly revised chapter on nonconsequentialism, which now has expanded coverage of human rights, libertarianism, and socialism, and uses the right to health care as a case example • An expanded bibliography • A new appendix that overviews key books students will want to pursue upon completing Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction, Second Edition • A rewritten instructional program, EthiCola, which is now much easier to download and use and has (for students) revised exercises for each chapter and (for instructors) a score-processing program, class slides, and instructor’s manual. This can be found on the book’s companion website: http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/gensler.
Download or read book The New Neighbor written by Karen Cleveland and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets, jealousy, and paranoia collide when a seemingly perfect new family moves into a neighborhood with ties to the CIA in this gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know. “Karen Cleveland ingeniously melds domestic intrigue with the lightning pace of a spy thriller, showing us the devastating personal costs of intelligence work.”—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Listen to Me ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar Idyllic neighborhood, perfect family, meaningful career. CIA analyst Beth Bradford has it all— Until she doesn’t. Now, facing an empty nest and a broken marriage, Beth is moving from the cul-de-sac she’s long called home, and the CIA is removing her from the case that’s long been hers: tracking an elusive Iranian intelligence agent known as The Neighbor. Madeline Sterling moves into Beth’s old house. She has what Beth once had: an adoring husband, three beautiful young children, and the close-knit group of neighbors on the block. Now she has it all. And Beth—who can’t stop watching the woman stepping in to her old life—thinks the new neighbor has something else too: ties to Iranian intelligence. Is Beth just jealous? Paranoid? Or is something more at play? After all, most of the families on the cul-de-sac have some tie to the CIA. They’re all keeping secrets. And they all know more about their neighbors than they should. It would be the perfect place to insert a spy—unless one was there all along.
Download or read book The Hard Road Taken written by Kenneth O'Hare and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To all who may enjoy what is written in this book, Jesus and I wrote down some traumatic events in my life. It took several years to complete and three years of letting go. Each day I would ask Jesus to help me go through my life once more to finally purge myself of the pain, anger, and suffering I had to endure in the past, which you should let go.
Download or read book Sapped Not Trapped written by Austin Gadzama and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His hero in the novel, Domi, portrays the life of a typical Jaba boy hardworking and highly sensitive, brave but very vulnerable, confident, and courageous, with so much intellectual potentials and resilience, yet limited by several factors. From the onset, Domi's peculiar birth circumstances flash a bit of the challenges he was born to face as a half orphan in a very large but divided extended family and clan. As Domi grows up, the plot transits between the fictional Ham village of Zaza and the city settings, with each presenting thrilling and weird obstacles that he struggles to overcome. The Jaba culture and traditional beliefs are craftily interwoven with the modern trends in a boiling pot of unstable sociopolitical and unbearably harsh economic conditions that he must drink from to survive.
Download or read book Dr Quasar s Timewaves written by Jonathan David and published by False Reality Publishing. This book was released on with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the thrilling pages of 'Dr. Quasar's Timewaves,' you'll be introduced to a protagonist like no other. Dr. Quasar is a brilliant scientist with an insatiable curiosity for time travel, and his journey will send shivers down your spine. This gripping psychological thriller will have you perched on the edge of your seat as you dive into a world where past mistakes can be rewritten, but at a cost. When Dr. Quasar stumbles upon the means to alter his own history, he seizes the opportunity to rectify a lifetime of regrets. However, his reckless actions set off a chain of events he could never have foreseen. Trapped in an unending time loop, he must relive the same day repeatedly, with each repetition unraveling his sanity. Strange and chilling visions plague his every waking moment, hinting at a malevolent force lurking just beyond the veil of reality. As the boundaries of time blur, Dr. Quasar grapples with the phantoms of his past and a sinister presence that shadows his every move. Is he descending into madness, or is there a genuinely malevolent entity orchestrating his torment? In the vein of 'Groundhog Day' and 'The Shining,' 'Dr. Quasar' weaves a seamless tapestry of science fiction and horror, leaving you breathless and craving more. Will Dr. Quasar break free from the relentless time loop, escaping the clutches of this malevolent specter, or is he fated to remain trapped in his personal abyss forever? The answers to these haunting questions await within the gripping pages of this unforgettable tale."
Download or read book Fitzgerald and the Influence of Film written by Gautam Kundu and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-10-08 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explores the many ways in which the developing film industry of the early twentieth century influenced the writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald, focusing specifically on his novels This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, and the incomplete The Last Tycoon. The Beautiful and the Damned is also discussed briefly. Early chapters examine Fitzgerald's literary adaptation of visual film techniques (pans, freeze frames, slow motion) and aural cinematic concepts (sound effects, diegetic sound) within his most popular novels. The final chapter summarizes the effect such techniques had in augmenting and defining Fitzgerald's unique literary style.
Download or read book Born Confused written by Tanuja Desai Hidier and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tanuja Desai Hidier's fantastically acclaimed cross-cultural debut comes to PUSH!Dimple Lala doesn't know what to think. Her parents are from India, and she's spent her whole life resisting their traditions. Then suddenly she gets to high school and everything Indian is trendy. To make matters worse, her parents arrange for her to meet a "suitable boy." Of course it doesn't go well -- until Dimple goes to a club and finds him spinning a magical web . Suddenly the suitable boy is suitable because of his sheer unsuitability. Complications ensue. This is a funny, thoughtful story about finding your heart, finding your culture, and finding your place in America.Author BioTanuja Desai Hidier is the critically acclaimed author of the groundbreaking novels Bombay Blues and Born Confused, which was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and hailed by Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone as one of the best YA novels of all time. Born and raised in the USA, Tanuja is a writer/singer-songwriter now based in London. For more about Born Confused and Bombay Blues, as well as her "booktrack" albums of original songs to accompany them, please visit www.ThisIsTanuja.com.
Download or read book The Fortune teller Next to the Beauty written by Qianlong Wuyong and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fortune-teller went down the hill. All sorts of beautiful ladies came forward together to change their fate, borrowing heaven-defying luck to come rolling over. Beautiful women, please wait a moment, I see that you don't look too good, there's a big barrier of evil, I'll help you find a bone to help you, there's definitely a way to save you.
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Download or read book Allen Carr s Easy Way to Control Alcohol written by Allen Carr and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: READ ALLEN CARR'S EASY WAY TO CONTROL ALCOHOL AND BECOME A HAPPY NON-DRINKER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Allen Carr established himself as the world's greatest authority on helping people stop smoking, and his internationally best-selling Easy Way to Stop Smoking has been published in over 40 languages and sold more than 10 million copies. In this classic guide, Allen applies his revolutionary method to drinking. With startling insight into why we drink and clear, simple, step-by-step instructions, he shows you the way to escape from the 'alcohol trap' in the time it takes to read this book. • A UNIQUE METHOD THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE WILLPOWER • STOP EASILY, IMMEDIATELY AND PAINLESSLY • REMOVES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED TO DRINK • REGAIN CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE What people say about Allen Carr's Easyway method: "The Allen Carr program was... nothing short of a miracle." Anjelica Huston "It was such a revelation that instantly I was freed from addiction." Sir Anthony Hopkins "His skill is in removing the psychological dependence." The Sunday Times
Download or read book I m Out of Here The Memoir of a Drunk written by Mike Muri and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What you have in your hands is the story of what author-bartender- painter-raconteur Mike Muri "used to be like," and it ain't pretty. In fact, it is one of the most graphic, harrowing descriptions of the life of an alcoholic you will ever read. If like me, you also think it is howlingly funny, bitterly perceptive and disturbingly familiar, then you may well be an alcoholic, too
Download or read book Violated written by Julie L. Fennell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistically speaking, you or someone you know has experienced a sexual violation. There’s also a high chance that you or someone you know caused one. Perhaps these incidents had a clear perpetrator and victim. Or maybe you’ve encountered one of the more complicated situations where it’s not quite so obvious that one person intentionally hurt another. Violated focuses on that messy place of unintentional, thoughtless, or perhaps even reckless consent violations. It challenges us to rethink the way gender and dating norms, intentionality, and intoxication have come to frame our social understanding of sexual consent and discusses what you, your organizations, and your government can do to help reduce the scope of sexual violation. But more than anything, this book argues that we need to develop more realistic models of “good consent” for the world we actually live in.
Download or read book Patristic Studies written by Catholic University of America and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
