Download or read book Relax We re All Just Making This Stuff Up written by Amy Lisewksi and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives readers the tools to plan less and play more in their everyday lives using the principles of improvisational comedy. Written for non-performers, it features true stories of people whose lives have been improved by practicing improv. Includes simple games to help build confidence and adaptability. Ideal for public and high school libraries.
Download or read book My Year of Rest and Relaxation written by Ottessa Moshfegh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Amazon,Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, The AV Club, & Audible A New York Times Bestseller “One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in years: a loopy, quietly furious pillhead whose Ambien ramblings and Xanaxed b*tcheries somehow wend their way through sad and funny and strange toward something genuinely profound.” — Entertainment Weekly “Darkly hilarious . . . [Moshfegh’s] the kind of provocateur who makes you laugh out loud while drawing blood.” —Vogue From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes. Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers.
Download or read book How to Do Nothing written by Jenny Odell and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ** A New York Times Bestseller ** NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: Time • The New Yorker • NPR • GQ • Elle • Vulture • Fortune • Boing Boing • The Irish Times • The New York Public Library • The Brooklyn Public Library "A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto."—Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times Book Review One of President Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of 2019" Porchlight's Personal Development & Human Behavior Book of the Year In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity, it can seem impossible to escape. But in this inspiring field guide to dropping out of the attention economy, artist and critic Jenny Odell shows us how we can still win back our lives. Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. And we must actively and continuously choose how we use it. We might not spend it on things that capitalism has deemed important … but once we can start paying a new kind of attention, she writes, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind’s role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. Far from the simple anti-technology screed, or the back-to-nature meditation we read so often, How to do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, this book will change how you see your place in our world.
Download or read book The Art of Rest written by Claudia Hammond and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award for Popular Science Much of value has been written about sleep, but rest is different; it is how we unwind, calm our minds and recharge our bodies. The Art of Rest draws on ground-breaking research Claudia Hammond collaborated on: ‘The Rest Test’, the largest global survey into rest ever undertaken, completed by 18,000 people across 135 different countries. The survey revealed how people get rest and how it is directly linked to your sense of wellbeing. Counting down through the top ten activities which people find most restful, Hammond explains why rest matters, examines the science behind the results to establish what really works and offers a roadmap for a new, more restful and balanced life.
Download or read book Relax It s Only Uncertainty written by Philip Hodgson and published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2001 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading the way when the way is changing.
Download or read book A Little Life written by Hanya Yanagihara and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Download or read book Learn to Relax written by Mike George and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all need to relax. If only it were as easy as it sounds! Now, with this beautifully illustrated and practical volume, anyone can learn to let go. Offering almost 30 ingenious and easy-to-do exercises tailor-made for busy people, plus original illustrations to aid visualization and a friendly text that's low on jargon, Learn to Relax presents effective ways to ease tension at work, at home, or on the road. Stress counselor Mike George suggests simple techniques for breathing, massage, anxiety control, time management, sleep enrichment, detachment, and meditation, all designed to calm the mind. Drawn from both Eastern and Western traditions, this book's easy yet highly effective strategies reveal how we can put problems in perspective, deepen self-awareness, and celebrate the positive in life. Practical and inspirational in the style of Teach Yourself to Dream, Learn to Relax is the only accessible illustrated relaxation book on the market -- and an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to rediscover the essential art of relaxation.
Download or read book The Lathe of God written by Angus L. Franklin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of people worldwide are dying of RAPAIDS, a unique new form of biological terrorism, unleashed by a militant terrorist group seeking ultimate power. While desperately working on a cure, Andrew Roberts, a brilliant medical geneticist, and several of his colleagues are enticed into a covert scientific military operation that takes them on a horrendous journey. They will travel to Mount Ararat to find Noah's Ark and the secret that it holds; the Lathe of God, a legendary device housing a gene library of all known life that may save the world from the terrorist weapon that has gone terribly wrong. To undertake this journey, they must each overcome their own personal fears and cling to their shattered faith. Can they overcome the challenges of the mountain and the terrorist factions that seek to destroy them at every turn? Does this one thing that can save the world really exist, or is the fate of mankind sealed? Only by working together can they attempt to undertake and be successful in a quest for something that has eluded archaeologists and religious experts for centuries.
Download or read book The Final Glass written by Laurence Henderson and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late one rainy night in London a bus is bombed; passengers are maimed and killed. What the police ultimately find leads them to murder, illegal arms sales, and defections from the provisional IRA. The reader finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into the tangled relationships of the "Provos." The clash of personalities amidst the ferment and contradictions of the IRA cause makes for absorbing reading.
Download or read book Between the Lines written by Jodi Picoult and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy-tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.
Download or read book Adventures of Mustang Sally written by Don Rashke and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a pup, Mustang Sallya Staffordshire Bull Terrieris whisked away from her mom and siblings. With the help of her pal Don Rashke, she shares her story in Adventures of Mustang Sally. Sallys memoir is a touching tale of adventure, love, and loss. Born in England, she travels to Texas to live with Don and his wife Patricia. Sally has some close calls negotiating a host of puppy dangers. Shes just settling in when her pals discover the world of dog shows. Sally also experiences the challenges of motherhood and the unconditional love of her human family. Praise for Adventures of Mustang Sally I was charmed by this wonderful memoir from Mustang Sally. As a show dog fancier and breeder of English Springer Spaniel field trial champions (three in my house at the moment), I can appreciate this sweetand at times bittersweetstory from Sallys point of view. Dog lovers will be captivated. Janet M. Hoehnen, Benton Kennels Adventures of Mustang Sally is a delightful, entertaining and poignant story of affection and devotion that anyone who has ever had a family pet will appreciate. It depicts the true and unconditional love our pets give and receive. The books informative and sometimes humorous peek into the world of show dogs is an added bonus. Lynne Tolles
Download or read book Elements Unlimited written by Brian Swingle and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-27 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've tried, dating, a little romance, even a one night stand, it's all the same, meet a couple of times and they're like ok, bye, hope you don't talk to me again. I thought girls really digged the whole guy being into them situation.
Download or read book Modern Drummer Legends Alex Van Halen written by Alex Van Halen and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). This is the second installment in the Modern Drummer Legends series. It includes Alex's 1983, 1993, and 2008 Modern Drummer cover stories along with transcriptions of classic Van Halen tracks, beats, and fills. It also includes a survey of the evolution of his famous live drumkits as well as a deep dive into his unique snare sound and an exclusive brand-new 2020 interview.
Download or read book A Thorn Among the Lilies written by Michael Hiebert and published by Alvin, Alabama Novel. This book was released on 2015 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Detective Leah Teal is privy to most of the secrets in her hometown of Alvin, but there are always surprises to be had. Like the day she agrees to take her daughter Caroline to see a psychic for a reading. The psychic hones in on Leah instead, hinting at a string of gruesome killings and insisting that she intervene to prevent more deaths"--Cover flap.
Download or read book Summer in Loughborough Park written by Mark Tindell and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1974 and we are living in wild and dangerous times. My name is Steven Powers and along with my younger brother Carl, we own a boxing gym on the southside of St Louis called RayJays Gym. We see our gym as a safe haven for young people to get off the streets, but now local mobsters Jimmie Cohen and the cowboy Bob Miller, powered by the syndicate, are determined to tear apart all that my family has worked to create. Their one goal is to start peddling their poison to all the young people through our gym and neighborhood. Can we survive this ordeal? I do not know, but we must find a way to stop them and protect our families at the same time. Johnathan Powers and his cousin Stevie are two teenagers who belong to a family in St. Louis that has a strong reputation to live up to. Their grandfather and his brothers were the finest boxers and street fighter's the old city had known. Their father's Steven and Carl are just as good. Follow all three generations, each with their own quest to accomplish in this extraordinary tale of love and survival.
Download or read book Leadership Wellness and Mental Health Concerns in Higher Education written by Alexander, Cynthia J. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wellbeing is foundational to citizens’ individual and collective ability to acknowledge, address, and alleviate ongoing struggles, shared risks, and the unprecedented challenges of our time. A holistic focus on wellness across campus communities is timely and important, given that national and global justice movements are calling upon post-secondary institutions to address the ways in which education systems have been reproducing dominant narratives, reinforcing systemic discrimination, and retaliating against education leaders who work to disrupt structural inequalities. Leadership Wellness and Mental Health Concerns in Higher Education offers diverse perspectives about whether and how campus leaders around the world are sustaining and advancing health and wellness in unprecedented times and amplifies diverse voices in the exploration of how to advance individual and collective wellbeing in higher education. Covering a wide range of topics such as stress management and burnout, this reference work is ideal for academicians, scholars, researchers, administrators, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Download or read book The Walking Dead 66 written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2009-10-14 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HUNT CONCLUDES! Nothing will ever be the same.
