Download or read book Wordapodia Volume One written by Matthew J. Goldberg and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorist and wordsmith extraordinaire Matthew Goldberg shares over two hundred and fifty fake words for others to learn and use as they attempt to heal themselves from carpool tunnel syndrome, battle strange hankerings for good old-fashioned Talibanjo music, and watch helplessly as their dogs conk out from barkolepsy. Goldberg was unintentionally born into a family that has always used words creatively and he relies on his internal artistic fire to share both one-word and multiple-word entries, called wordapods. While introducing such words and phrases as boredello, anthropomurphic, and hit-and-shun accident, Goldberg includes definitions, sample sentences, ways to master the word, and trivia that will both entertain and inform. Goldberg interviews dozens of fascinating characters that help define the words including Vegestarian Mars Greenman, Pastafari Scholar Tosh Kingsmon, and baseball fan and original boob bird Clara Heatley. Meant for the creative word enthusiast, the budding semantician, and for anyone with a good sense of humor, Wordapodia: Volume One provides a unique compilation of new words, fun facts, and observations. So, hold your breath, grab on to your caribooster seat, and get ready for a wild ride through one mans imagination.
Download or read book All That Twitters Is Not Goldberg written by Matthew J. Goldberg and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real-life adventures of your average left-of-center, sports-crazed, technophobic, irreverent yet sentimental humor writer come to life within the pages of All That Twitters Is Not Goldberg. An almost fifty year-old (how the heck did that happen?) first-time father who tries to find meaning in everything from supermarket signs to presidential politics to the purgatory of being a Philly sports fan and weekend athlete, Matt strikes a blow for truth, justice and irreverence on his adventures, which include: Ensuring that a local supermarket provides Guest Services, as advertised Pondering the unlimited potential of selling ice cream to Eskimos Flushing In Flushing during a Chinese New Years family dinner gone bad Consulting a fictitious psychologist about his sports addiction Preparing himself to author his first tweet Matthew J. Goldbergauthor of the brand new Wordapodia, Volume One is a uniquely dynamic writer and speaker noted for his irreverent, offbeat sense of humor. All That Twitters Is Not Goldberg is a compendium of his The Tip of the Goldberg columns. He resides in Cherry Hill, NJ with his wife Ruby, and son, Baby Bena beautiful boy who always makes the author smile and laugh with his sheer joy, kindness and playfulness. For more information on all current, past and future writings and appearances, please visit www.tipofthegoldberg.com, or contact him at [email protected].
Download or read book Avoid Mosquitoes And Other Impossibilities written by Nancy Sellin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the compelling memoir Avoid Mosquitoes and Other Impossibilities, Nancy Sellin narrates the details of her journey across the world to Liberia, West Africa, where she and her husband intended to save the world as new members of the Peace Corps. Nancy shares her charming and intimate personal story that begins in 1965 with her journey from bitterly cold Anchorage, Alaska, to her eventual arrival in the humid, tropical climate of West Africa. As Nancy and her husband, Dale, tackle their intense Peace Corps training, the Vietnam War rages as incompatibility issues in her own marriage begin to surface. Nancy must deal with her homesickness, tribal languages, and the daily challenges of living in a different culture, all while attempting to help the Liberian natives learn valuable life skills. As she and Dale slowly become acclimated to African village life, Nancy's unforgettable adventure is just beginning as she samples new foods, encounters a deadly snake, and learns an elaborate Liberian handshake. Nancy soon recognizes she may not be able to save the world during her short stint with the Peace Corps, but returns home with visceral experiences and altered perceptions that influence the direction of her entire life.
Download or read book Daughter of Mine written by Laura Fabiani and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiziana Manoretti is an only child in her late twenties blessed with loving parents, a promising career, and a best friend who fiercely protects her. When her mother falls seriously ill and the relationship between her parents becomes suddenly strained, a carefully hidden family secret is revealed and Tiziana's seemingly idealistic world is turned upside down. After discovering she was born in a Naples orphanage and subsequently given up for adoption, Tiziana sets out for the small town of Gaeta in an attempt to find her birth parents. Meanwhile, her best friend Christopher is sending her mixed messages, causing her to wonder if there is more to their relationship than just companionship. As she becomes intertwined with a handful of interesting characters who help her uncover her past, Tiziana needs to decide whether her feelings for Christopher are deeper than she realizes. She discovers herself and others all while her family's resilience and love for one another is tested when confronted with a shocking truth. The answers lie in a box found in a closet in Italy, and Tiziana must determine if she wants to embrace the heartache and the pain from her past in order to learn forgiveness and find peace in the future.
Download or read book The Call of the World written by Trent Newcomer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-01-29 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years after earning a business degree with honors from the University of Colorado, Trent Newcomer decides to abandon his corporate job, sell his car, and travel around the globe with nothing more than what he can fit in a small backpack. His goal is simple: experience all that the world has to offer so he can then be satisfied with settling down to a normal life. Over the next year and a half, the adventures that find Newcomer and the people he encounters teach him more about the world and his own place in it than he could have ever imagined. From having a gun pulled on him in Vietnam and being jumped by a gang of men while trying to change money on Kenyas black market to experiencing more near-death bus rides than he can count, Newcomer soon discovers that the journey itself is much more meaningful than checking items off a to-do list. Part travelogue and part memoir, The Call of the World is a candid and insightful account of the challenges and joys of backpacking solo around the globe, as well as one young mans journey of personal discovery. The Call of the World has been recognized as a Medalist (Travel Essay) in the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards, as well as a Finalist (Travel/Travel Guide) in the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
Download or read book A Pilgrim in Your Body written by Jim Gilkeson and published by . This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for A Pilgrim in Your Body: Energy Healing and Spiritual Process "By successfully coupling energy healing with spiritual growth, Gilkeson has elevated the potential of all health therapy. I highly recommend this book for all persons interested or engaged in the healthcare world." -Fritz Frederick Smith, MD, Founder of Zero Balancing, author of Inner Bridges and Alchemy of Touch "Jim Gilkeson has done a masterful job of describing the inner journey of healing and its interface with energy and the physical body. Not an easy task to understand or to undertake, yet he has laid it out with clarity and [practical] ways to access this within yourself with exercises and treatments. He has put words to a process that occurs within all of us, whether we know it or not, and has helped to bring the process into conscious awareness. "Bravo and well done! I love the title and honor the Pilgrim in us all." -Lisa Upledger, DC, CST-D, FIAMA "Jim Gilkeson established himself as an important spokesperson for holistic approaches to wellness in Energy Healing: A Pathway to Inner Growth. His new book, A Pilgrim in Your Body, continues his teachings of wise, pragmatic solutions to balancing among spirit, body, intellect, and emotion. His kind wisdom and humor demystifies energy healing and makes it accessible to new as well as experienced practitioners." -Denise Low, PhD, Author of Touching the Sky and Words of a Prairie Alchemist "A Pilgrim in Your Body will not only help practitioners make the transition from bodyworker to healer, but will educate anyone interested in the healing potentials of energy work. This is an important book!" -Hal Zina Bennett, Author of The Lens of Perception: A Users' Guide to Higher Consciousness "Jim Gilkeson is a pioneer, an explorer, and an expert in this vast unnamed territory that is ultimately spiritual. This book offers a map, makes connections, and offers methods that directly affect the health and betterment of everyone of us." -Lauren Artress, Author of Walking a Sacred Path and The Sacred Path Companion: A Guide to Using the Labyrinth to Heal and Transform The universal principles and practices of energywork can often be difficult to understand. Utilizing his vast experience as a bodywork therapist, a meditation teacher, and an advocate of energy-oriented healing, Jim Gilkeson offers you a wealth of personal exercises, partner treatments, and entertaining vignettes in this essential guide to energywork. With wit and wisdom, Gilkeson navigates you through this exciting world of energywork and shows you how to fully access the energy field that surrounds and penetrates our physical bodies. Gilkeson gives you the tools you need to successfully enter this dimension in order to help those individuals in need of therapies that address the level of deep transformation in their worlds. Serving three different, but interlocking purposes, A Pilgrim in Your Body sets energy healing in the context of a psycho-spiritual undertaking and spiritual process presents fifteen major recurring themes that show up in all energywork, regardless of the modality or style introduces personal energy-oriented practices for the internal work of anyone interested in opening new pathways to inner growth and cultivating their spiritual qualities and potentials Impeccably researched, A Pilgrim in Your Body also includes an extensive bibliography and glossary of terms to help further your education in this exciting field. You'll never look at health therapy the same again!
Download or read book Wordapodia written by Matthew J. Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorist and wordsmith extraordinaire Matthew Goldberg shares over two hundred and fifty fake words for others to learn and use as they attempt to heal themselves from carpool tunnel syndrome, battle strange hankerings for good old-fashioned Talibanjo music, and watch helplessly as their dogs conk out from barkolepsy. Goldberg was unintentionally born into a family that has always used words creatively and he relies on his internal artistic fire to share both one-word and multiple-word entries, called wordapods. While introducing such words and phrases as boredello, anthropomurphic, and hit-and-shun accident, Goldberg includes definitions, sample sentences, ways to master the word, and trivia that will both entertain and inform. Goldberg interviews dozens of fascinating characters that help define the words including Vegestarian Mars Greenman, Pastafari Scholar Tosh Kingsmon, and baseball fan and original boob bird Clara Heatley. Meant for the creative word enthusiast, the budding semantician, and for anyone with a good sense of humor, Wordapodia: Volume One provides a unique compilation of new words, fun facts, and observations. So, hold your breath, grab on to your caribooster seat, and get ready for a wild ride through one man's imagination.
