The motivation to write this book certainly comes from the desire to help the many people we have seen suffering from depression. But this is not just a book about getting rid of your depression. Our more earnest hope is to give you tools to help you transform your life. Transformation doesn't happen by merely getting rid of a problem. Transformation occurs when you have the capacity to greet the problems in your life with an open awareness and a keen interest. Learning how to be open to life and face painful problems is at the heart of our interest in exploring how mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy can be tools of transformation.
Parker Navarro’s debut novel was meant to define his career — until critic Selina Chan’s blistering review made it the flop of the decade. Four years later, his new book is his shot at redemption; for Selina, reviewing him again is a professional risk she can’t refuse. When her second takedown ignites a viral feud, both their fortunes shift overnight. But as the literary world feeds on their public sparring, a quieter dialogue begins — one that challenges everything they thought they knew about success, sincerity, and each other.Both incisive and tender, Bad Words lays bare the costs of creation — the pull between ambition and integrity, the vulnerability of being seen, and the unexpected closeness that can grow in the space between critique and care. When words can make or break us, how do you stay true to what matters most?
"I think of prayer as a spiritual lifeline back to where I most want to be," Marianne Williamson writes in this book of universal prayers. Prayer is a powerful force that can lift spirits, guide journeys, and heal the heart. Illunimanted Prayers is a small volume of spiritual wisdom to bring the power of prayer into our daily lives.Illustrated in the manner of an illuminated manuscript, Illuminated Prayers offers a treasured keepsake of the power and enduring relevance of Williamson's message: Prayer illuminates our souls, and with prayer we can change the world.
Salty ~ by Kate Myers, 2025, humorous fiction, 320 pagesYou wouldn't know it was happening until the water reached your bed.Something this big doesn't go down fast, like a beer can to the bottom of a pool. Density, buoyancy, mass, and fiberglass — I'm not getting into that with you.Trust me. It takes a very long time. Overnight, for example. And I'm telling you, if you're asleep after you've had a few, you're not going to notice.
James Mackintosh Qwilleran is a journalist who wrote for metropolitan newspapers from coast to coast before relocating to Pickax, four hundred miles north of everywhere. These excerpts from his journal include memories, thoughts and ideas from the "Qwill Pen" column — altogether a drama starring two feline celebrities. So there are 22 short stories about cats "by" the journalist-character in this book for us to enjoy.
This thorough (but frustrating) true-crime tale concerns Ed Post, a model family man and affable realtor in New Orleans, who was accused and convicted of drowning his wife, Julie, in a St. Louis hotel bathroom in 1986.
Bill McClellan is a columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In this book, he reconstructs the complex investigation:
Post claims the death was an accident, but police found his statement exhaustive and therefore suspect. Investigators learned that the couple argued regularly, that Ed faced rising debts and that Julie's insurance policy had been increased. But there was countervailing evidence: the Posts regularly upgraded their insurance; the medical evidence was inconclusive; and Julie's brother Bobby Thigpen, who claimed his sister feared her husband would kill her, failed a polygraph test.
McClellan's detailed account of Post's trial borrows a lot from the transcript, showing how lawyers attempted to shade the evidence. After jurors found Post guilty of murder, his conviction was overturned because of misconduct by deputies regarding the jury. Post's family and friends, formerly his staunch defenders, then began to doubt his innocence, and testimony from Post's elder teenage daughter helped lead to another conviction and a life sentence. Though Post, who still claimed his innocence, cooperated with McClellan, maybe the author should have probed his subject's psyche more deeply.
HAPPINESS isa warm PUPPY.~ Charles M. Schulz
What has life taught you? Would you share it with me? That is the simple premise behind this book and its predecessor.In 1992 I compiled and edited the first volume of Live and Learn and Pass It On, and on a whim asked readers to send me whatever wise sayings, humorus observations, and practical advice they would like to share. Thousands of readers accepted my invitation. This book is a collection of my favorite responses, along with some of my own discoveries.Here's a small sampling:
- on finance; "I've learned that loaning money to friends and relatives causes them to get amnesia."
- on self-esteem: "I've learned that if you are in a relationship with someone who doesn't believe in you, you should get out before you stop believing in yourself."
"Evelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe."
Gestures are all I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature. And while I occasionally step over the line and into the world of the melodramatic, it is what I must do in order to communicate clearly and effectively. In order to make my point understood without question. I have no words I can rely on because, much to my dismay, my tongue was designed long and flat and loose, and therefore, is a horribly ineffective tool for pushing food around my mouth while chewing, and an even less effective tool for making clever and complicated polysyllabic sounds that can be linked together to form sentences.
From the dust jacket: Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver.Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition, and he sees that life, like racing, isn't simply about going fast. Using the techniques needed on the race track, one can successfully navigate all of life's ordeals.On the eve of his death, Enzo takes stock of his life, recalling all that he and his family have been through: the sacrifices Denny has made to succeed professionally; the unexpected loss of Eve, Denny's wife; the three-year battle over their daughter, Zoë, whose maternal grandparents pulled every string to gain custody. In the end, despite what he sees as his own limitations, Enzo comes through heroically to preserve the Swift family, holding in his heart the dream that Denny will become a racing champion with Zoë at his side. Having learned what it takes to be a compassionate and successful person, the wise canine can barely wait until his next lifetime, when he is sure he will return as a man.
"Some days, it is enough encouragement just to watch the clouds break up and disappear, leaving behind a blue patch of sky and bright sunshine that is so warm upon my face."
I don't have blue skies (the sky here today is gray), but the sunshine outweighs the cloudy part of the sky for me.
"The Doctor's Wife" was first published in The New Yorker in 1961, according to Writing Atlas, HERE, where you can also read a plot summary of the 5,400-word story after this overview:
On the beaches of a remote British Caribbean Island, a mixed-race family enjoys a relaxing vacation. However, a simple conversation with a local white woman about the island soon evolves into one of introspection and racial discrimination.
From Amazon: "Historically, major women artists have been excluded from the mainstream art canon. Aligned with the resurgence of feminism in pop culture, Broad Strokes offers an entertaining corrective to that omission. Art historian Bridget Quinn delves into the lives and careers of 15 brilliant female artists in text that's smart, feisty, educational, and an enjoyable read. Replete with beautiful reproductions of the artists' works and contemporary portraits of each artist by renowned illustrator Lisa Congdon, this is art history from 1600 to the present day for the modern art lover, reader, and feminist."
10 ~ Loved it!! Couldn't put it down!!9 ~ Excellent!8 ~ Very Good7 ~ Good6 ~ Above Average5 ~ Average4 ~ Struggled to finish, but not worth it3 ~ Annoying ~ a waste of time2 ~ Poor1 ~ Pitiful!0 ~ Awful!! Don't bother* DNF ~ Did Not Finish ~ one I abandoned* Nah ~ I don't recommend it
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