Download or read book From What Is to What If written by Rob Hopkins and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Big ideas that just might save the world”—The Guardian The founder of the international Transition Towns movement asks why true creative, positive thinking is in decline, asserts that it's more important now than ever, and suggests ways our communities can revive and reclaim it. In these times of deep division and deeper despair, if there is a consensus about anything in the world, it is that the future is going to be awful. There is an epidemic of loneliness, an epidemic of anxiety, a mental health crisis of vast proportions, especially among young people. There’s a rise in extremist movements and governments. Catastrophic climate change. Biodiversity loss. Food insecurity. The fracturing of ecosystems and communities beyond, it seems, repair. The future—to say nothing of the present—looks grim. But as Transition movement cofounder Rob Hopkins tells us, there is plenty of evidence that things can change, and cultures can change, rapidly, dramatically, and unexpectedly—for the better. He has seen it happen around the world and in his own town of Totnes, England, where the community is becoming its own housing developer, energy company, enterprise incubator, and local food network—with cascading benefits to the community that extend far beyond the projects themselves. We do have the capability to effect dramatic change, Hopkins argues, but we’re failing because we’ve largely allowed our most critical tool to languish: human imagination. As defined by social reformer John Dewey, imagination is the ability to look at things as if they could be otherwise. The ability, that is, to ask What if? And if there was ever a time when we needed that ability, it is now. Imagination is central to empathy, to creating better lives, to envisioning and then enacting a positive future. Yet imagination is also demonstrably in decline at precisely the moment when we need it most. In this passionate exploration, Hopkins asks why imagination is in decline, and what we must do to revive and reclaim it. Once we do, there is no end to what we might accomplish. From What Is to What If is a call to action to reclaim and unleash our collective imagination, told through the stories of individuals and communities around the world who are doing it now, as we speak, and witnessing often rapid and dramatic change for the better.

Download or read book An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination written by Elizabeth McCracken and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2008-09-10 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the happiest story in the world with the saddest ending," writes Elizabeth McCracken in her powerful, inspiring memoir. A prize-winning, successful novelist in her 30s, McCracken was happy to be an itinerant writer and self-proclaimed spinster. But suddenly she fell in love, got married, and two years ago was living in a remote part of France, working on her novel, and waiting for the birth of her first child. This book is about what happened next. In her ninth month of pregnancy, she learned that her baby boy had died. How do you deal with and recover from this kind of loss? Of course you don't -- but you go on. And if you have ever experienced loss or love someone who has, the company of this remarkable book will help you go on. With humor and warmth and unfailing generosity, McCracken considers the nature of love and grief. She opens her heart and leaves all of ours the richer for it.

Download or read book Inside My Imagination written by Marta Arteaga and published by Cuento de Luz. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Living Now Awards 2013, International Latino Book Awards 2013 and Moonbeam Children Books Awards 2013. There is a door in every one of us that leads to our imagination, a world where anything is possible. Dou you dare to embark on the most wonderful journey to our inner-self? One day when I was reading my story, I breathed in one of the words and something magical happened... I entered my imagination! We have always been told about the power of imagination, but what is imagination? How does it work? There is a magical place where you can always be yourself. In there you can turn on your light and illuminate your life with it. That place is your imagination. Your imagination has a life and a voice of its own. It is like a voice that speaks inside of you and paints everything around you with vivid colors. Within your imagination you are the king or queen of your creation. Open the door and discover how that place where we can always be ourselves is like and how does it work. And within your imagination... what is there? Read the first pages of Inside my imagination here below:

Download or read book The Power of Imagination written by Andrew Wommack and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often believers pray for healing but never experience it. They pray for prosperity but never receive it. Why? Because they don’t know how to use a godly imagination correctly. They don’t see themselves healed. They don’t see themselves prosperous. They don’t see themselves victorious. In The Power of Imagination...

Download or read book The Love It Could Have Been written by Sunny Chhabra and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I made him cry because he made you cry,” Kabir exclaimed to a dewy-eyed Ashima when they were kids. “If he made me laugh, would you tell him jokes?” She chuckled. Kabir and Ashima were unlike, but they loved each other. After fifteen years, Ashima said, “The whole concept of love is fake.” She had not confessed her love nor accepted Kabir’s half-hearted proposals. She had seen her parents fall out of love. But can someone really fall out of love? Can love or the expression be half-hearted? Eventually, they united, but this love story had its own challenges.

Download or read book The Other Half of Happy written by Rebecca Balcárcel and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quijana is a girl in pieces. One-half Guatemalan, one-half American: When Quijana's Guatemalan cousins move to town, her dad seems ashamed that she doesn't know more about her family's heritage. One-half crush, one-half buddy: When Quijana meets Zuri and Jayden, she knows she's found true friends. But she can't help the growing feelings she has for Jayden. One-half kid, one-half grown-up: Quijana spends her nights Skyping with her ailing grandma and trying to figure out what's going on with her increasingly hard-to-reach brother. In the course of this immersive and beautifully written novel, Quijana must figure out which parts of herself are most important, and which pieces come together to make her whole. This lyrical debut from Rebecca Balcárcel is a heartfelt poetic portrayal of a girl growing up, fitting in, and learning what it means to belong.

Download or read book Declutter Your Way to Success written by Terri Savelle Foy and published by Harrison House. This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLEAN UP AND CLEAN OUT If you feel stuck or overwhelmed with the clutter around you, there is hope! With her passion for goals, success stories, and her practical teaching, Terri Savelle Foy shows you how to organize your life. In Declutter Your Way to Success, you will discover the practical and spiritual effects of clutter and what to do about it, including: The connection between organization and success How clutter affects more than your home How to overcome procrastination The seven habits of excellence Experience the peace and promotion that comes from a clutter-free home, mind, and life.

Download or read book Imagine That written by Jonathan D. Voss and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved characters Hoot and Olive return in this beautiful picture book from Jonathan D. Voss about imagination, rainy day adventures, and the spirit of friendship. Olive is a little girl with a big, bright imagination. Hoot is her stuffed-animal owl...and her best friend. The two love adventures of all sorts. But on the rainiest of days, there is only one thing to do: stay inside and imagine a whole new world. Just as they’re about to begin their adventure, Hoot makes a shocking discovery—his imagination is broken! Like the best of best friends, Olive comes up with some ideas to help him. But nothing is working: not the head unscrambler, the earmuffs, or the hypnosis. Just as the two are about to give up, Olive remembers the secret ingredient to imagination, and they give it one more try. Fans of Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin, George and Martha, and Frog and Toad are certain to fall in love with the next adventure in the Hoot & Olive series, Imagine That.

Download or read book Dream It Pin It Live It written by Terri Savelle Foy and published by Harrison House. This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the vision is clear, the results will appear. Clarity about your dreams is the single most important step to success! In this book, Terri Savelle Foy shares her journey of using vision boards to accomplish great things and shows how you can too. Discover how vision boards work, what to do after you've made them, and the hidden key to living your dreams. Find out how you can open your imagination and have that childlike faith to believe that anything is possible, and turn your dreams into reality.

Download or read book Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres chiefly from the Lectures of Dr Blair By Abraham Mills A new edition enlarged and improved with the addition of a supplement on the writers of the last half century written by Hugh Blair and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Beneath Deception Unbreakable Series written by A.L. Long and published by ALLongbooks Publishing. This book was released on with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has a story and for Xavier London, he preferred to keep his hidden. As ruthless as he was, he still had morals and those morals included betraying the one man who saved his life. He never thought that meeting one woman could change everything. Tessa Sands never knew the truth about her life, nor did she ever question it. The only life she knew was the one she was taught, disciplined by the man who raised and groomed her to be only his. But, when another man entered her life, she slowly begins to discover that she had been deceived from the start. Can she find true love or will his secrets get in the way? Their love for each other will be tested. Only they can determine if love will win.

Download or read book A Haunting of Words written by Brian Paone and published by Scout Media. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Scout Media comes A Haunting of Words—the third volume in an ongoing short story anthology series featuring authors from all over the world. In this installation, the reader will experience a multi-genre journey beyond traditional haunts; from comedy, to drama, fantasy, romance, and horror, these stories put eclectic spins on the every-day ghost tale. Whether you are running from the ghost of a vengeful mother, falling in love with an apparition, touring with a deceased famous musician, saving a newborn from a possessed crib, or having a specter cat as a sidekick, these stories of hauntings and apparitions will warm your heart, send shivers down your spine, and tickle your funny bone. Whether to be enlightened, entertained, or momentarily caught up in another world, these selections convey the true spirit of the short story.

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Download or read book Against All Odds written by Herbert Fowle and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portrays W.W. II through the eyes of F Company of the United States Army, 22nd Infantry Regiment. John Ipjian, an E.T.H.S. graduate of the class of 1942 was one of the soldiers in F Company.

Download or read book A Case for Necessitarianism written by Amy Karofsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-29 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first detailed and focused defense of necessitarianism. The author’s original account of necessitarianism encourages a re-examination of commonly held metaphysical positions as well as important issues in other, related areas of philosophy.

Download or read book Imagining Ireland s Independence written by Jason K. Knirck and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key turning point in modern Ireland's history, the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 has shadowed Ireland's political life for decades. In this first book-length assessment of the treaty in over seventy years, Jason Knirck recounts the compelling story of the nationalist politics that produced the Irish Revolution, the tortuous treaty negotiations, and the deep divisions within Sinn Féin that led to the slow unraveling of fragile party cohesion. Focusing on broad ideological and political disputes, as well as on the powerful personalities involved, the author considers the major issues that divided the pro- and anti-treaty forces, why these issues mattered, and the later judgments of historians. He concludes that the treaty debates were in part the result of the immaturity of Irish nationalist politics, as well as the overriding emphasis given to revolutionary unity. A fascinating story in their own right, the treaty debates also open a wider window onto questions of European nationalism, colonialism, state-building, and competing visions of Irish national independence. Treaty Documents