Download or read book The Unexpected Connection written by Dena Levin and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While sitting poolside near her grandmother’s West Palm Beach condo, young millennial Vanessa overhears a strange conversation: “What, you want to have phone sex?” Accustomed to little more than old folks with their card games and early bird dinners, Vanessa is shocked—but intrigued—and soon makes the acquaintance of Michelle. As it turns out, Michelle is a widow trying online dating, while Vanessa is single and still recovering from tragic loss. Their morning meetings become a comforting daily occurrence. Separated by decades in age, the two women are extremely similar in many other ways and become fast friends. For Michelle, being single, no matter what age, is a roller coaster: one can accept the excitement and unpredictability or get off the ride. Michelle has learned to embrace the ride, and she encourages Vanessa to do the same, no matter past trauma. Michelle even gifts Vanessa with her memoir, Keep Walking, based on her life as a widow and her baby boomer dating experience. At home in New York, Vanessa will have decisions to make as she has a new job waiting and a possible relationship in the wings. Michelle’s insights and optimism change everything. Surviving life is a challenge, but to thrive, young Vanessa must find her authentic self, all with the help of a serendipitous friendship by a Florida pool. The Unexpected Connection is a provocative book filled with timely stories, insightful reflections, and humor that readers of all ages, gender, and personal status can relate to. As the tales are told, the reader becomes witness to the inner struggles and ultimate growth both Michelle and Vanessa experience. As with The Dance Partner we may love to dance but finding the right partner is a challenge. F.J. Strauss- Author, Life Coach, Professor
Download or read book Lost Connections written by Johann Hari and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: A radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety 'A book that could actually make us happy' SIMON AMSTELL 'This amazing book will change your life' ELTON JOHN 'One of the most important texts of recent years' BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE 'Brilliant, stimulating, radical' MATT HAIG 'The more people read this book, the better off the world will be' NAOMI KLEIN 'Wonderful' HILLARY CLINTON 'Eye-opening' GUARDIAN 'Brilliant for anyone wanting a better understanding of mental health' ZOE BALL 'A game-changer' DAVINA MCCALL 'Extraordinary' DR MAX PEMBERTON Depression and anxiety are now at epidemic levels. Why? Across the world, scientists have uncovered evidence for nine different causes. Some are in our biology, but most are in the way we are living today. Lost Connections offers a radical new way of thinking about this crisis. It shows that once we understand the real causes, we can begin to turn to pioneering new solutions – ones that offer real hope.
Download or read book The Unexpected Connection written by Dl Gallie and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-24 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could an unexpected connection change your life? They say good things come in twos but for Blair and Keeton, good things come in three. For as long as they've known each other, their weekends were occasionally a triangle of kinky fun, but come Monday morning, it goes back to business as usual. That was until they meet Faith Robinson. Faith unleashes something within them and love blooms in a spectacular way. When the numbers start to no longer add up, things get messy, especially when Faith's past catches up with her. Threatening to derail their new romance but their unexpected connection is what they need to overcome it all.
Download or read book Finding Beauty in the Unexpected written by Thomas Jacob and published by Thomas Jacob. This book was released on 2024-07-05 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is full of surprises, both big and small. Some of these surprises may be unwelcome, but many of them are gifts, unexpected moments of beauty, joy, and connection that enrich our lives in countless ways. "Finding Beauty in the Unexpected" is a celebration of these serendipitous moments, from chance encounters with strangers to unexpected challenges that lead to personal growth and transformation. Through personal anecdotes and insightful reflections, this book explores the power of serendipity, the importance of an open mind, and the beauty that can be found in the most unexpected places. You'll learn how to embrace change and uncertainty, cultivate a sense of wonder, and find joy in the journey, not just the destination. Whether you're seeking to add more spontaneity and adventure to your life or simply want to appreciate the hidden treasures that surround you, this book will inspire you to see the world with fresh eyes and embrace the beauty of the unexpected.
Download or read book Unexpected Connection written by Sue Jaskula and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confident and resilient homicide detective Jennifer Scott is instinctively suspicious when her best friend's life is disrupted by the arrival of an unbeknownst twin sister. When a murder coincides with her appearance, the mysterious twin becomes the prime suspect. Adding confusion to Jen's organized life is another unexpected intrusion, her handsome and sophisticated new partner, Detective Luke O'Connor. As mischievous as he is charming, chemistry between the two intensifies, threatening Jen's reputation and testing her limitations. As the murder investigation unfolds, the detectives are forced to back-burner their heated connection while they race against time to figure out what other long-lost family members may be involved, how they're connected to the twins and why they've surfaced now.
Download or read book Kinship Law and the Unexpected written by Marilyn Strathern and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines Euro-American kinship as the kinship of a specifically knowledge-based society.
Download or read book The Unexpected Inn written by Rachael Bloome and published by Secret Garden Press. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the unexpected leads us to where we belong… An uplifting new series by the USA Today bestselling author of the beloved Poppy Creek novels. Abigail Preston never expected to own an inn. Then again, she never thought she’d become a foster mom or fall for her late husband’s best friend, either. As soon as the pieces of her complicated life start falling into place, two unexpected visitors arrive, threatening to undo everything. The only guest at the inn she’s happy to see is her best friend, Nadia. Fresh off a public breakup, Nadia Chopra can’t wait to move on. Only this time, she’ll do it right. By enlisting the help of her matchmaker aunt. With so many eligible men, why can’t she stop thinking about Evan Blake—a man who loves to surf and make sweets, but who’s the furthest thing from a perfect match? Evan Blake is too focused on continuing his mother’s saltwater taffy legacy to date. And after what happened the last time he tried, he doesn’t have much interest, anyway. But a confident, dark-haired beauty who always speaks her mind has his heart racing more than a twenty-foot wave. Can love overcome the odds and lead our new friends to their happily ever afters? Welcome to Blessings Bay, an idyllic seaside town where strangers become friends and friends become family. Start reading now if you love: Opposites attract Strong female friendships Rich themes of hope and love New girl in a small town He falls first Quirky small-town events Found family Happily ever afters Unexpected twists that keep the pages turning... ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Rachael Bloome knows how to write a story that will keep you coming back for more."
Download or read book Unexpected Love written by Carlheinz Caprice and published by CARLHEINZ CAPRICE. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Unexpected Love," Sarah, a young woman disillusioned with love after a recent breakup, finds her life taking an unforeseen turn in the most unexpected places. This heartwarming romance follows her journey through chance encounters, serendipitous meetings, and the challenges of maintaining a long-distance relationship.
Download or read book Digital Youth Innovation and the Unexpected written by Tara McPherson and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How emergent practices and developments in young people's digital media can result in technological innovation or lead to unintended learning experiences and unanticipated social encounters. Young people's use of digital media may result in various innovations and unexpected outcomes, from the use of videogame technologies to create films to the effect of home digital media on family life. This volume examines the core issues that arise when digital media use results in unintended learning experiences and unanticipated social encounters. The contributors examine the complex mix of emergent practices and developments online and elsewhere that empower young users to function as drivers of technological change, recognizing that these new technologies are embedded in larger social systems, school, family, friends. The chapters consider such topics as (un)equal access across economic, racial, and ethnic lines; media panics and social anxieties; policy and Internet protocols; media literacy; citizenship vs. consumption; creativity and collaboration; digital media and gender equity; shifting notions of temporality; and defining the public/private divide. Contributors Steve Anderson, Anne Balsamo, Justine Cassell, Meg Cramer, Robert A. Heverly, Paula K Hooper, Sonia Livingstone, Henry Lowood, Robert Samuels, Christian Sandvig, Ellen Seiter, Sarita Yardi
Download or read book The Unexpected Joys of Failure Redefining Success in a culture of Obsession written by Julia Christopher and published by Julia Christopher . This book was released on 2024-06-14 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world fixated on success, we often overlook the transformative power of failure. In "The Unexpected Joys of Failure," author Julia Christopher offers a refreshing perspective on setbacks, showing readers how moments of defeat can lead to unexpected joy and fulfillment. Drawing on personal experiences and insights from psychology, philosophy, and personal development, this book challenges the conventional narrative of success and invites readers to embrace failure as a vital part of the journey toward personal growth and fulfillment. Through compelling stories and practical strategies, Julia Christopher explores the mindset shifts necessary to view failure not as a roadblock, but as a stepping stone to greater resilience, creativity, and happiness. From learning to let go of perfectionism to finding gratitude in the face of adversity, readers will discover how to navigate the ups and downs of life with courage, grace, and optimism. "The Unexpected Joys of Failure" offers a roadmap for redefining success on your own terms, free from the pressure and expectations of others. Whether you're facing a major setback or simply seeking to live a more fulfilling life, this book will inspire you to embrace the unexpected joys that failure has to offer. With warmth, wisdom, and humor, Julia Christopher invites readers on a transformative journey of self-discovery, showing that true success isn't measured by external achievements, but by the courage to embrace life's challenges and find joy in the process.
Download or read book Traumatic Loss and Recovery in Jungian Studies and Cinema written by Mark Holmwood and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores traumatic loss, grief, and recovery through the thoughtful combination of Abraham & Torok’s ‘crypt’ theory, Jungian thought, and film theory to guide readers through the darkest places of the human psyche. Focusing on both the destructive and reconstructive choices people can make, the book explores prolonged grief disorder, complicated mourning, post-traumatic stress disorder, embitterment, disenfranchised grief, trauma-related rumination as well as mental, emotional and physical pain. Presented with real life examples and fictional ones, the book connects the psychoanalytic concepts of intrapsychic tomb and theoretra with Jungian concepts such as teleological model of the psyche, dreams, alchemical operations, shadow, archetypes, enantiodromia, symbols, and compensation on the canvas of modern grief theory. Traumatic Loss and Recovery in Jungian Studies and Cinema is important reading for psychoanalysts, Jungian analysts, and psychotherapists with an interest in popular culture, as well as cinema students, scholars, and general readers interested in psychology, counselling, mental health and media studies.
Download or read book 12 Magic Wands written by G. G. Bolich and published by Square One Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful guide is for recognizing the magic in your life, and using it to improve your physical, mental, and spiritual self. After explaining what magic is, the book offers twelve magic "wands." Each wand provides practical tools and exercises to gain control over a specific area in your life, such as friendship and love. Included are inspiring true stories of people who have used the magic in their lives to both help themselves and point the way to others.
Download or read book Unexpected written by Jill Carnahan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Unexpected, Dr. Jill Carnahan shares her story of facing life-altering illness, fighting for her health, and overcoming sickness using both science and faith so that others can learn to live their own transformative stories. There are times in each of our lives when change and uncertainty threaten to disrupt everything we thought was true. It may occur after a diagnosis of a life-threatening illness, the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, or another unexpected circumstance that threatens our health, safety or security. Written as our world is changing at an exponential rate, Dr. Jill Carnahan’s riveting and compassionate exploration of healing through Functional Medicine introduces a new paradigm for readers where darkness and fear are replaced with hope, resilience, profound healing, unconditional love, and unexpected miracles. Each chapter reveals practical advice that can be readily used for conditions like mold toxicity, cancer, autoimmune conditions, Lyme disease, and more. Dr. Jill’s raw and honest account of her own challenges facing life-threatening illness, living with autoimmunity and mold toxicity, trying to save a failed marriage, and the harsh realities of working in a medical system that has no tolerance for stepping outside the lines, reveals a new path of empowerment for taking control of our own health and wellbeing. For the skeptic or the faithful, Unexpected is a valuable guide for living an extraordinary life of love and resilience.
Download or read book The Rancher s Baby Surprise and The Cowboy s Unexpected Baby written by Kat Brookes and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family in an instant! The Rancher's Baby Surprise by Kat Brookes Since losing his childhood sweetheart, cowboy Garrett Wade has avoided emotional entanglements. But when he comes across pregnant Hannah Sanders stuck in a flash flood—and in labor—it’s Garrett to the rescue. He becomes fiercely protective of the single mom and her son. Inviting her to stay at his family ranch seems natural, but can Garrett release the heartache of his past? The Cowboy's Unexpected Baby by Stephanie Dees Rancher and lawyer Garrett Cole wants a family—eventually. Until he finds a sweet newborn abandoned on his doorstep. If it weren’t for Abby Scott, the social worker temporarily working in his office, he’d be lost. But when their attraction grows deeper, can this cowboy dad risk his heart on a woman who might not be in town for good?
Download or read book History of Computing in Education written by J.A.N. Lee and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-07-27 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work derives from a conference discussing the history of computing in education. This conference is the first of hopefully a series of conferences that will take place within the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and hence, we describe it as the First Conference on the History of Computing in Education (HCE1). These proceedings represent a collection of works presented at the HCE1 Conference held in association with the IFIP 2004 World Computer Congress held in Toulouse, France. Contributions to this volume range from a wide variety of educational perspectives and represent activities from four continents. The HCE1 conference represents a joint effort of the IFIP Working Group 9.7 on the History of Computing and the IFIP Technical Committee 3 on Education. The HCE1 Conference brings to light a broad spectrum of issues and spans fourcontinents. It illustrates topics in computing education as they occurred in the “early days” of computing whose ramifications or overtones remain with us today. Indeed, many of the early challenges remain part of our educational tapestry; most likely, many will evolve into future challenges. Therefore, this work provides additional value to the reader as it will reflect in part the future development of computing in education to stimulate new ideas and models in educational development.
Download or read book Becoming a Londoner written by David Plante and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of David Plante's extraordinary diaries of a life lived among the artistic elite, both a deeply personal memoir and a hugely significant document of cultural history
Download or read book Logic Language Information and Computation written by Jouko Väänänen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited in collaboration with FoLLI, the Association of Logic, Language and Information this book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Communication, WoLLIC 2016, held in Puebla, Mexico, in August 2016.The 23 contributed papers, presented together with 9 invited lectures and tutorials, were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The focus of the workshop is to provide a forum on inter-disciplinary research involving formal logic, computing and programming theory, and natural language and reasoning.
