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 My Yoke Was Coke written by Sandra Whitt Horsley and published by Vantage Press, Inc. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Yoke Was Coke is the story of one young mother's journey through years of drug addiction. Author Sandra Whitt Horsley recounts her life and battle in the Atlanta drug scene. Failing to acknowledge her self-destruction, her world was crumbling. In time, Ms. Horsley shares her inspirational path to recovery.

Download or read book Dork written by Evan Dorkin and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the multi-Eisner award-winning creator of Milk and Cheese and Beasts of Burden comes this collection of his cult, humor comic anthology. Comprising years of black humor stories about a living voodoo doll, a serial killer sitcom, truly real live sex, a disco skinhead, an urbane devil puppet, classic works of literature acted out by Fisher-Price toys, and more absurdity--this is a must have for Dorkin fans! Featuring most of the Dork comic run as well as the 2012 full-color House of Fun special, along with rarities, extras, a cover gallery, and a newly drawn introduction.

Download or read book The Devil s Web written by W.C. Scott and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yes, it's an awful long drive from NH to Florida in an old Mazda. Lucky was very determined because his life depends on it, as chaotic as it was! He thought about Lt. Brooks. Sorry buddy, I'm out of here. Don't try to find me. I need some space, some time and some peace. Heading down Route 95, The Devil's Highway, Lucky started to unwind thinking about the sunshine state. Ocean, orange groves and drugs. Lots and lots of drugs! I'm going to party like a rock star! After all, it's my favorite thing to do. Sure wish Lexie was with me. She knows exactly what I need. She accepts me and all my flaws! Little did Lucky know what was in store for him. Who can predict the future anyway? You can think you are going to take a left hand turn, then something tells you to take a right. The Web starts to spin quickly out of control when he meets Max. He would change the course of Lucky's life forever. Is it fate? Is it a coincidence? You be the judge.

Download or read book A Quantum City written by Ludger Hovestadt and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We know the specific strengths of various cities, are aware of their ranking, are able to discuss their density and growth. But what do all cities have in common, what do we know about the “lowest common denominator”? The “city as a species”, the “primal genetic material of the city”: this is the subject of A Quantum City. This colossal work is a love letter to the city and intellectual culture. We follow the fictional narrative figure, Orlando, beginning in 320 BC, on his odyssey through the Western world up to the present time. The book is divided into four interrelated chapters and can be read page by page in a discursive manner, however randomly browsing through the book also offers new and multi-faceted interpretations. Great intellectual achievements are compared with obscure and mundane events. A Quantum City offers an inspiring view of the city that is in us and around us.

Download or read book Being Invisible written by E.M Louder and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How will you ever meet new people or god forbid fall in love if you don't let people in?" The wise words of Misha's best friend, the one and only person she has in her life. Misha an uncaring, unfeeling and hard-hearted 20year old University student believes herself to be invisible. Nobody likes her or talks to her, her social status in non-existent as well as her love life. However unbeknown to Misha there is one exception to her invisible state and her tough and unbreakable attitude, Jake Nash. Jake Nash a sexy party-going, womanising, emotionally inept football jock, transfers to Misha's University to give himself a fresh new start in life. Although there is sexual attraction on Misha's part she knows Jake's reputation and his bad boy ways. She will never allow herself to be sucked into his good looks and easy going attitude, she knows the real Jake Nash. Or does she? What happens when their pasts meet their present? Can Misha and Jake build a relationship when they are both stubborn and hard-headed? Can Misha finally let the walls around her heart break away and allow someone else into her life? Note: This book is recommended for adult readers, it contains graphic language and sexual situations.

Download or read book Hyperbole and a Half written by Allie Brosh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!

Download or read book I Love Jesus But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Download or read book Face One Square Foot of Skin written by Justine Bateman and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer/director/producer Justine Bateman examines the aggressive ways that society reacts to the aging of women's faces. "Face . . . is filled with fictional vignettes that examine real-life societal attitudes and internal fears that have caused a negative perspective on women's faces as they age." —TODAY, a Best Book of 2021 "There is nothing wrong with your face. At least, that's what Justine Bateman wants you to realize. Her new book, Face: One Square Foot of Skin, is a collection of fictional short stories told from the perspectives of women of all ages and professions; with it, she aims to correct the popular idea that you need to stop what you're doing and start staving off any signs of aging in the face." —W Magazine "Combining the author's intensely personal stories with relevant examples from the culture at large, the book is heartbreaking and hopeful, infuriating and triumphant." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Face is a book of fictional vignettes that examines the fear and vestigial evolutionary habits that have caused women and men to cultivate the imagined reality that older women's faces are unattractive, undesirable, and something to be "fixed." Based on "older face" experiences of the author, Justine Bateman, and those of dozens of women and men she interviewed, the book presents the reader with the many root causes for society's often negative attitudes toward women's older faces. In doing so, Bateman rejects those ingrained assumptions about the necessity of fixing older women's faces, suggesting that we move on from judging someone's worth based on the condition of her face. With impassioned prose and a laser-sharp eye, Bateman argues that a woman's confidence should grow as she ages, not be destroyed by society's misled attitude about that one square foot of skin.

Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-12-16 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Download or read book Mother Jones Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1984-05 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.

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Download or read book Love and Mercy written by Justin Dennis and published by Writers Republic LLC. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love and Mercy is a book about a girl that goes through some pretty dramatic life changes when meeting a guy named Henry. She is led on a life of crime and burglary, drug dealing and trafficking under the influence of drugs and her new lover. She loses track of who she is throughout the madness until the very end and she makes a decision that will change her fate and compromise everyone else's that she loved.

Download or read book Decade written by Pat W. Hendersen and published by Phoenix Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fred Hampton s Blues written by Sean E Boye and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A political vampire story set in London and Manchester and explores themes such as social class, race and identity in the 21st Century.

Download or read book The Brooklyn Boosters written by Cleve W. Lewis and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brooklyn Boosters By: Cleve W. Lewis Mouse and other kids from Brooklyn were part of a treacherous boosting organization, targeting mainly Ralph Lauren clothing in the late 1980s and early ’90s. At first Mouse came into the world of boosting all for the fun, fashion, and fame, but when he realizes it’s just as deadly as the dope game, losing friend after friend, Mouse then decides he wants out – but finds himself in too deep. Will Mouse make it out of the boosting world dead or alive?

Download or read book House In Virginia written by Raizon and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: House In Virginia is a tale about a young girl named Virginia Gonzalez, who after making him wait for some time, finally gives her boyfriend Bernard Freeman her virginity and in return he gives her everything he has. Bernard Freeman is a drug dealer with a dark past that goes by the street named BF. He's every friend’s dream and every hustler’s nightmare. BF gave Virginia everything, cars, clothes, and jewels. Her life was perfect to the naked eye but you know what they say, "You could never judge a book by its cover.” Witness as Virginia takes fate into her own hands and give back what's been given to her. Sometimes when enough is enough that's exactly what it is. So strap up before you enter this House In Virginia!