Life Crisis

Jack Miles's book is a provocative and revisionary look at the life of Jesus, in which many of the most well-worn truths about Christ are recontextualized and revisited. It does not look for the historical Jesus, but takes the Gospels as the sole source about his life.

Just get out and switch off! In a hectic world full of stress, crises and negative influences, it is more important than ever to find moments of peace and relaxation. Music has the power to positively influence our emotions, relieve tension and calm the soul. Particularly gentle sounds in the natural 432 Hz frequency can help to reduce stress, find inner balance and recharge your batteries. My specially composed relaxation music combines gentle piano and harp melodies embedded in the sounds of nature, such as the calming sound of the sea, babbling brooks and birdsong.

On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of northeast Japan. By the time the sea retreated, more than eighteen thousand people had been crushed, burned to death, or drowned. It was Japan’s greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. It set off a national crisis and the meltdown of a nuclear power plant. And even after the immediate emergency had abated, the trauma of the disaster continued to express itself in bizarre and mysterious ways.

TAKE CHARGE OF THE WAY YOU AGE Flourish or Fade: A guide to total well-being for women at midlife and beyond provides you with the information and tools needed to improve life satisfaction. Ten years in the making, Angela Gentile’s Flower of Wellness Method will help you devise a plan to balance your body, mind, and soul. You will learn how to enhance your overall well-being by exploring the 10 dimensions of wellness: Physical Emotional Brain Social Sexual Spiritual Environmental Recreational Financial OccupationalThe Flower of Wellness Method is based on the author’s education, ...

Any resemblance to current reality... learn to read between the lines. Inspired by "The Bathroom Metaphor" theorized by Isaac Asimov, this short fantasy fiction immerses us with repulsion and visceral humor in a tale of hopelessness regarding the fate of our manipulated mass societies and the future of our planet. Brutal and disgusting, this story for strong stomachs reveals the growing depravity of humanity driven by individual needs in a world that, due to our demographic explosion, is becoming increasingly cramped in space and natural resources. The manifestations of crisis-stricken ...

Inspiring True Stories of Hope, Compassion, and Support in Ukraine During the chaos and devastation of the war in Ukraine, there are still stories of hope, compassion, and support. This book tells nine true stories of how small contributions have made a big difference in the lives of Ukrainians. From the woman whose life was saved with $1 to a group of volunteers who raised money to buy food and medicine for those in need, these stories show the power of even the smallest act of kindness. Inspiring and uplifting, The Power of a $1 is a reminder that even in the darkest of times, there is ...

This audiobook will change your life by showing you how life changes. Why does happiness tend to get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump when you're successful? Where does this malaise come from, regardless of your gender, race, class or nationality? And, most importantly, will it ever end? Drawing on cutting-edge research and dozens of stories about a diverse set of people, award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch answers all these questions.

Meet Miriam Elizabeth Swanson, in a full-blown snit, buoyed by a fabulous cast who run the gamut from insufferable to wonderful. Miriam spins out from the revolving door of her postured life as a Manhattan quasi-socialite while she thirsts - no, starves - for recognition. How did she become what she hates the most and what does she endure to realize it? And where are the answers? It takes a few spins, dips, and one spectacular fall before Miriam gets her head on straight.

This book is a memoir of an unlikely relationship between the author, Karen Hall — a television writer and producer of hit shows like M*A*S*H, Hillstreet Blues, Moonlighting and The Good Wife — and conservative Jesuit biblical scholar Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ, who died in September 2020. It exposes the silencing of Fr. Mankowski by his religious order for airing its dirty laundry and for upholding the two-thousand-year magisterium of the Catholic Church.

“Hot tubs. I’m insisting on hot tubs. I don’t care how much it costs.” Janette was tempted to find the most expensive hotels in each city out of spite. On a teacher’s salary, that just wasn’t realistic. The idea of finding an affordable hotel in Vegas was even more daunting than trying to space out their days of driving across the country. And there was no way they were staying with their daughter and her twenty-something aged roommates. College-age kids were notorious for partying and staying up too late. Janette needed her beauty sleep. This would be a dream vacation. If ...

"Mattison offers sensible advice anyone can apply." Publishers Weekly Online Restore Your Faith, Love and Life. A self-help book unlike any other, The Thread ,will share personal experiences, prayers, poetry, activities, and journal prompts to guide your day-by-day healing journey with love and tenderness. Discover how Leonie H. Mattison achieved intentional transformation through Christ, and you will find hope even in your most challenging times. Recovered from a childhood filled with adverse experiences, Leonie has overcome post-traumatic stress disorder and a life where she was left a ...

From these disparate phenomena: Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse who as president of a Midwestern college observed the trials of this generation up close, sees an existential threat to the American way of life. In The Vanishing American Adult, Sasse diagnoses the causes of a generation that can't grow up and offers a path for raising children to become active and engaged citizens. He identifies core formative experiences that all young people should pursue.

Are you ready for a presidential adventure? Jack and Annie are! They are whisked back to Washington, DC, in 1861. Jack can’t wait to meet Abraham Lincoln himself! But the new president is too busy to see them, as he is desperately trying to save a nation in crisis. It’s a race against time as Jack and Annie try to aid a president and a troubled nation!

In Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, longtime intrepid war correspondent Christina Lamb makes us witness to the lives of women in wartime. An award-winning war correspondent for 25 years (she’s never had a female editor) Lamb reports two wars - the “bang-bang” war and the story of how the people behind the lines live and survive.

Funny Goings On At Cliffs View was previously published as Cliffs View and has now been amended slightly and updated. Hilarious misadventures when Cliff has a mid life crisis and decides that he needs a new direction. Accepting redundancy from his boring job, he then late one night after too many drinks recklessly bids online for a remote old hotel, sight unseen. Perched precariously on a cliff edge - big mistake. Little does he know - it's but the beginning of his problems but also a new love in his life. Cliffs View turns out to be the hilarious "Hammer House of Horrors”, in the middle ...

Big Deal, Small Town… Dale Fox is the long-time football coach at the local junior college. People look up to him. He does commercials for the hometown car dealership in return for the use of a shiny new truck. He's a deacon at church, hosts his own radio show, and has his own table at the local diner. His wife is beautiful, his daughter is successful, his grandson is perfect. That's the life of Coach Dale Fox. Until the wheels fall off. Until his wife dies unexpectedly, and he learns she was living a life he knew nothing about. Until his daughter moves home and tells him she's getting a ...

Menopause is usually not considered funny at all, but if we can find the humor in our experiences, we can turn depression into happiness, and experience a different road that allows us to grow into the seasoned women we were meant to be. This book explores funny menopause stories that will make you laugh and cry at the same time. It discusses the many symptoms of menopause and turns it into something humorous. It helps women remember they are not alone in this journey, and that menopause is normal. When we laugh in the face of adversity, something wonderful happens. We start to realize it ...

Between 1939 and 1945, Nazi genocide claimed the lives of nearly three hundred thousand people diagnosed with psychiatric illness or cognitive deficiencies. Not until the 1980s would these murders, as well as the coercive sterilizations of some four hundred thousand others classified as “feeble-minded,” be officially acknowledged as crimes at all. The Question of Unworthy Life charts this history from its origins in prewar debates about the value of disabled lives to our continuing efforts to unlearn eugenic thinking today.

Gretchen was at a crossroads. Her husband of 25 years left her with a broken heart and wilting self esteem. Is a new job and a new hunky man the cure? Not so fast…There’s a problem.

Poppy Turner has spent more than a decade teaching children grammar and arithmetic. Suddenly her days are steeped in fears that reach well beyond a classroom filled with air-raid drills and anxious young faces. As a mother-to-be, she worries about bringing a child into a time of such turmoil. To find stability, she will have to decide if she’s willing to look more closely at her own past.