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Book Summary of Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur

Download or read book Summary of Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur written by GP SUMMARY and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DISCLAIMER This book does not in any capacity mean to replace the original book but to serve as a vast summary of the original book. Summary of Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End IN THIS SUMMARIZED BOOK, YOU WILL GET: Chapter provides an astute outline of the main contents. Fast & simple understanding of the content analysis. Exceptionally summarized content that you may skip in the original book Alua Arthur, America's leading death doula, has written a memoir that reframes our understanding of death and its impact on life. The memoir, praised by Jodi Picoult and Tembi Locke, offers a unique perspective on end-of-life care, managing business matters, medical directives, and memorial planning.

Book Perfectly Human  The Unexpected Autobiography Of A Hick

Download or read book Perfectly Human The Unexpected Autobiography Of A Hick written by Bayla Dornon and published by Bayla Dornon. This book was released on 2024-06-09 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book marketer recently asked me what genre my new series is, and I had to think for a minute to figure that out. Eventually, I came up with Autobiographical Supernatural Horror. Now, I realize that sounds more like fantasy than reality; but consider this: if your family has monsters in it, and you write about that family, what do you call it? Franz Kafka wrote about a man who transformed for unknown reasons into a cockroach (obviously autobiographical), and no one batted an eye. My story covers adoption, abortion, LGBT rights, cancer, gay marriage, science, violent crime, small farming in California, missionary work, the arid, modern university environment, AIDS, teaching, and the terrible toxicity of an insular family submerged deep within an abusive religious cult. And all I did was describe my experience growing up in a "normal" American family (of monsters). For the purposes of focus and variety, I've framed the first book around my family's oldest sibling, MY SISTER, SUZIE, a girl who was adopted at birth, and had all the cards stacked against her. The second book recounts the life of OUR LITTLE SISTER, who started her life as a sick and weak little girl but eventually won a college diploma and a man. The final book details some pretty horrific transformations and catastrophes, since it deals with a disastrous mother-son relationship. If you have a mother or a son, …AND THE DRAGONS might keep you up at night. PERFECTLY HUMAN is the unforgivable saga of a boy born into one crazy family, raised by an even more dysfunctional family, and in love with another boy from a third family. There's enough sex to keep it spicy, and enough analysis to excuse all the sex. Offensive Word Count for PERFECTLY HUMAN: The Unexpected Autobiography Of A Hick, by Bayla Dornon. Book I, MY SISTER, SUZIE: Shit, 19, Cock, 13, Jesus, 13, Damn, 10, Asshole, 9, Fuck, 8, Dick, 8, Bitch, 4, Penis, 3, Piss, 2, Pussy, 2, and one Bastard. Book II, OUR LITLE SISTER: Shit, 13, Christian, 12, Dick, 7, Christ, 6, Asshole, 4, Bitch, 3, Cock, 2, Fuck, 2, Piss, 2, Bastard, 1, Damn, 1, Fart, 1, Jesus, 1, and one Shart. Book III …AND THE DRAGONS: Christian, 27, Shit, 16, Damn, 12, Jesus, 8, Fuck, 5, Piss, 5, Bitch, 3, Asshole, 2, Pussy, 2, Christ, 1, Cock, 1, Cocksucker, 1, Dick, 1, Fart, 1, and one Penis.

Book Perfectly Human

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sarah C. Williams
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 9780874866698
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book Perfectly Human written by Sarah C. Williams and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary true story begins with the welcome news of a new member of the Williams family. But the happiness is short-lived, as a hospital scan reveals a lethal skeletal dysplasia. Birth will be fatal. The author and her husband decide to carry the baby to term, having to defend their child's dignity and worth against incomprehension and at times open hostility.

Book It s Perfectly Normal

Download or read book It s Perfectly Normal written by Robie H. Harris and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully and fearlessly updated, this vital new edition of the acclaimed book on sex, sexuality, bodies, and puberty deserves a spot in every family’s library. With more than 1.5 million copies in print, It’s Perfectly Normal has been a trusted resource on sexuality for more than twenty-five years. Rigorously vetted by experts, this is the most ambitiously updated edition yet, featuring to-the-minute information and language accompanied by new and refreshed art. Updates include: * A shift to gender-neutral vocabulary throughout * An expansion on LGBTQIA topics, gender identity, sex, and sexuality—making this a sexual health book for all readers * Coverage of recent advances in methods of sexual safety and contraception with corresponding illustrations * A revised section on abortion, including developments in the shifting politics and legislation as well as an accurate, honest overview * A sensitive and detailed expansion on the topics of sexual abuse, the importance of consent, and destigmatizing HIV/AIDS * A modern understanding of social media and the internet that tackles rapidly changing technology to highlight its benefits and pitfalls and ways to stay safe online Inclusive and accessible, this newest edition of It’s Perfectly Normal provides young people with the knowledge and vocabulary they need to understand their bodies, relationships, and identities in order to make responsible decisions and stay healthy.

Book To Err Is Human

    Book Details:
  • Author : Institute of Medicine
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2000-03-01
  • ISBN : 0309068371
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book To Err Is Human written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. That's more than die from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDSâ€"three causes that receive far more public attention. Indeed, more people die annually from medication errors than from workplace injuries. Add the financial cost to the human tragedy, and medical error easily rises to the top ranks of urgent, widespread public problems. To Err Is Human breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequenceâ€"but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes. After all, to err is human. Instead, this book sets forth a national agendaâ€"with state and local implicationsâ€"for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system. This volume reveals the often startling statistics of medical error and the disparity between the incidence of error and public perception of it, given many patients' expectations that the medical profession always performs perfectly. A careful examination is made of how the surrounding forces of legislation, regulation, and market activity influence the quality of care provided by health care organizations and then looks at their handling of medical mistakes. Using a detailed case study, the book reviews the current understanding of why these mistakes happen. A key theme is that legitimate liability concerns discourage reporting of errorsâ€"which begs the question, "How can we learn from our mistakes?" Balancing regulatory versus market-based initiatives and public versus private efforts, the Institute of Medicine presents wide-ranging recommendations for improving patient safety, in the areas of leadership, improved data collection and analysis, and development of effective systems at the level of direct patient care. To Err Is Human asserts that the problem is not bad people in health careâ€"it is that good people are working in bad systems that need to be made safer. Comprehensive and straightforward, this book offers a clear prescription for raising the level of patient safety in American health care. It also explains how patients themselves can influence the quality of care that they receive once they check into the hospital. This book will be vitally important to federal, state, and local health policy makers and regulators, health professional licensing officials, hospital administrators, medical educators and students, health caregivers, health journalists, patient advocatesâ€"as well as patients themselves. First in a series of publications from the Quality of Health Care in America, a project initiated by the Institute of Medicine

Book Perfectly Imperfect

Download or read book Perfectly Imperfect written by Baron Baptiste and published by Hay House. This book was released on 2016 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER "This book will shine new light on your journey, ignite your practice with new power, inspire new possibilities for growth, and infuse your life with the grace and confidence you seek." --Baron Baptiste A little over a decade ago, Baron Baptiste published his seminal book, Journey into Power. The first of its kind, it introduced the world to Baptiste Yoga, his signature method that marries a lifetime of studying with some of the world's most renowned yoga masters with his uniquely powerful approach to inner and outer transformation. Since then, yoga has steadily moved into the mainstream in our culture, and Baron's unique contribution has played a key role. As millions of participants incorporate yoga into their daily lives, Baron's teachings have evolved to bring them even deeper into their own transformative possibilities. Perfectly Imperfect: The Art and Soul of Yoga Practice takes readers beyond the foundations of the practice by speaking to everything that happens in their bodies and minds after they get into a yoga pose. That is where the true transformation occurs, and where much rich spiritual and emotional growth is available. Readers will learn how to move through their lives with grace and flow, begin again when a situation becomes difficult, "be a yes" for their innermost desires, give up what they must, follow their intuition, and find their truth north. With his signature blend of boldness, insightfulness, humor, and warmth, Baron offers what is destined to be an instant classic in the yoga and meditation world. With Perfectly Imperfect, he proves once again to be a true yoga master for the modern world.

Book Talk Matters

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary V. Gelinas
  • Publisher : FriesenPress
  • Release : 2016-09-30
  • ISBN : 1460286340
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book Talk Matters written by Mary V. Gelinas and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We create the present and future in our meetings and conversations every day. What can we do to increase the likelihood that we’re creating a future that we all want? We can start by talking more constructively and productively about what matters to us all. After decades of advising groups in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, process design and facilitation expert Mary V. Gelinas has integrated her best knowledge of brain and behavioral sciences, mindful awareness, and effective process to create Talk Matters! Her eight essential practices offer us ways to avoid getting hijacked by our survival instincts, engage with people who differ from us, and open ourselves, our businesses, and our communities to real, lasting change. As she explains, good process can help us work better together to do good things for the world. In this highly readable and accessible book, Gelinas uses real-world examples to illustrate the practices that can help you start achieving life-serving results in your interactions as a leader, participant, or facilitator today.

Book Talisman  Second Edition

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas G. Bandy
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2017-09-28
  • ISBN : 1532617003
  • Pages : 189 pages

Download or read book Talisman Second Edition written by Thomas G. Bandy and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mentoring is the primary vehicle for spiritual insight and holistic growth today, and Talisman is written from the perspective of a mentee reflecting on the teachings of his/her mentor. It ends with the mentee becoming the mentor. This is why the second edition of this book is shorter, with the second section significantly revised. Originally, the second section took the reader back in time, to follow some of the dialogue Echo remembered. Most readers, however, were intrigued by Echo and wanted to go forward in time. They intuited correctly that the voice of “Echo” was a composite of real people. What happened to Echo? So the first section of this book remains an assessment of the spiritual quest for God in the postmodern world. It explores the significance of incarnation, but in the context of the power and depth of being rather than any dogmatic point of view: experience and mystery over knowledge and certainty. The goal is not to answer questions of existence, but to sustain the courage to be and provide reason to hope. The second section of the book introduces a methodology to reflect on one’s position vis-à-vis the “eternal” in any particular “now.” Echo not only continues to grow personally, but helps other spiritual travelers understand their own quest for God: Life-on-the-Edge, Life-in-Between, and Life-at-Peace. Meditation on the principles expressed through the “talisman” helps the spiritual traveler see where they have been, and discern where they are going. A talisman can be any form (object, song, data, etc.) that is grasped by Unconditional Being to become a portal linking finite yearning to infinite meaning. Here the talisman is a six-pointed star which has mystical significance for many religions. But whatever your talisman is, it will help you experience the nearness of God, in your unique cultural context, and find hope.

Book Information Security and Privacy

Download or read book Information Security and Privacy written by Yi Mu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, ACISP 2008, held in Wollongong, Australia, in July 2008. The 33 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 111 submissions. The papers cover a range of topics in information security, including authentication, key management, public key cryptography, privacy, anonymity, secure communication, ciphers, network security, elliptic curves, hash functions, and database security.

Book Journey of a Young Heart

Download or read book Journey of a Young Heart written by A.D. Bailey and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This journey takes readers through the many ups and downs of love for a young girl. With each stumble and heartbreak she emerges a stronger and wiser being. She embodies the definition of love. For her love is friend and foe, as it is for many people. The journey began as a young girl and ends as wonderful woman. A woman that has faced every emotion one could imagine. The emotions displayed are emotions that anyone, be it man or woman can relate to. It is truly a journey of the heart.

Book Not Completely Human Living on the Fringe of Humanity

Download or read book Not Completely Human Living on the Fringe of Humanity written by Linda Trimarche Siciliano and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For as long as I can remember, I have been entrenched in the spirit world. Then something I thought would not be possible happened: I stopped believing! Before we begin this journey on Earth, our souls, along with God the Creator and the elders of records, decide the lessons we need to learn or teach for the life we will be leading. Each of us has the ability to connect with our angels and the spirit world, but as our innocence fades and we adapt to the life we have chosen, we forget how to see those beautiful, celestial beings and receive messages from the other side. When this happens, we become, as I like to put it, completely human. There are individuals who remain on the fringe, still able to see angels and communicate with those on the other side of the veil and in different realms. These individuals remain partially human while on this Earth. Follow me down the road I traveled to becoming almost completely human and return through the maze that brought me to where I am today: living on the fringe of humanity and loving every minute.

Book The Provocative Church

Download or read book The Provocative Church written by Graham Tomlin and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes Christians assume that people 'out there' are eager to listen to what the Church has to offer. But why should those we try to evangelize want to hear the gospel? Surely people will only be intrigued by Christian life and community when they see something provocative or attractive. Then they will want to know what's going on. The Provocative Church offers a liberating understanding of evangelism as a corporate activity, in which all the gifts needed to enact the life of the kingdom - to stir people into asking, 'What does this mean?' - are spread throughout the whole Church. It encourages the development of a theology of conversion that sees beyond 'becoming a Christian' to bring each individual life increasingly under the rule of God. 'The Provocative Church is about an evangelism that begins with the kingdom, not the Church. Graham Tomlin helps us see that the New Testament, while not saying much about evangelism itself, does have an awful lot to say about new life in Christ. The work of the Church is to demonstrate what this new life looks like. This in turn will provoke a response, and it is in the dialogue that follows that real evangelism takes place. [This volume] is one of the best, most honest, most theologically grounded and therefore most practically helpful books on evangelism to have come out in recent years.' Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Chelmsford 'A refreshingly honest book from a theologian who clearly knows that most of society doesn't think the way the church does, and wants to do something about it.' Church of England Newspaper

Book Perfectly Chelsea

    Book Details:
  • Author : Claudia Mills
  • Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
  • Release : 2013-09-17
  • ISBN : 1466854022
  • Pages : 84 pages

Download or read book Perfectly Chelsea written by Claudia Mills and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chelsea learns she is perfectly human If Chelsea Garing likes anything better than school, it's church, especially when she gets the chance to shine. Unfortunately, Chelsea can't perform perfectly every time. One day, when she's serving as acolyte, her candlelighter unexpectedly goes out. Another day, when she's acting a role from the Good Samaritan story in Sunday school, annoying Danny Repetti plows into her. Why her friend Naomi Goldberg doesn't find Danny unbearable is beyond Chelsea. During fourth-grade gym, Danny makes a remark about Hanukkah that Chelsea is sure has offended Naomi -- yet it hasn't! A much more serious matter perplexes Chelsea: how can God let people die? Chelsea Garing may not always be at her best for God or man, but she learns to accept everyone's shortcomings -- including her own -- in this thoughtful, funny portrait of a child who loves her life at church. Warm, lively drawings by Jacqueline Rogers complement the story.

Book Perfectly Adequate

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jewel E. Ann
  • Publisher : Jewel E. Ann LLC
  • Release : 2019-09-29
  • ISBN : 9781733778657
  • Pages : 418 pages

Download or read book Perfectly Adequate written by Jewel E. Ann and published by Jewel E. Ann LLC. This book was released on 2019-09-29 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When single dad, Dr. Elijah Hawkins, failed attempts at asking Dorothy Mayhem, nursing student, out turn into a string of playdates with his son, Dorothy finds herself unexpectedly enamored with the boy and his father. And that's a problem, a huge one, because Elijah's ex-wife is a famous plastic surgeon--and Dorothy's idol.

Book Revelation and the God of Israel

Download or read book Revelation and the God of Israel written by Norbert M. Samuelson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-23 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revelation and the God of Israel explores the concept of revelation as it emerges from the Hebrew Scriptures and is interpreted in Jewish philosophy and theology. The first part is a study in intellectual history that attempts to answer the question, what is the best possible understanding of revelation. The second part is a study in constructive theology and attempts to answer the question, is it reasonable to affirm belief in revelation. Here Norbert M. Samuelson focuses on the challenges given from a variety of contemporary academic disciplines, including evolutionary psychology, political ethics, analytic philosophy of religion, and source critical studies of the Bible. This important book offers a unique approach to theological questions and fresh solutions to them and will appeal to those interested in the history of philosophy, religious thought, and Judaism.

Book Grace Sticks

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kristina Robb-Dover
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2013-10-10
  • ISBN : 1621899381
  • Pages : 143 pages

Download or read book Grace Sticks written by Kristina Robb-Dover and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even on a bumper sticker, grace is irresistible. Grace Sticks: The Bumper Sticker Gospel for Restless Souls is light-hearted spiritual memoir and theological travel guidance for restless souls looking for more direction, more truth, and more life. Robb-Dover invites readers to reflect on how the bumper stickers they affix to their cars or entertain at traffic lights are themselves spiritual aspirations of sorts pointing to One who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. In their meanderings, with bumper stickers as pit stops, readers will laugh, cry, be provoked, and be inspired to look for God in the most seemingly frivolous and unlikely of places. They'll discover in the process there's as much grace to be found in the journeying itself as in the destination.