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Edge of Sanity

Author : Deepak Kanakaraju

Publisher : Notion Press

Page : 151 pages

File Size : 27,85 MB

Release : 2019-06-20

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1645877418

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Entrepreneurship is not an easy game. There are so many challenges in the journey, and no one said it was easy to build a business. However, with certain base principles and fundamentals, the journey can be made easy. Edge of Sanity is written from the personal experiences of Deepak Kanakaraju in trying to build his start-up company. The book explores topics like ethics, value creation, an entrepreneur’s mindset, personal health, productivity, marketing and more. Entrepreneurship is hard and it drives many people to the edge of sanity. However, with good mentorship, advice, discipline, team and a long-term vision, anyone can succeed as an entrepreneur. This is a book that everyone should read before starting up a new business. The chapters in this book are designed in such a way that one chapter can be read every day, and one can complete reading the book within a month. They are not necessarily in sequence, and can be read in any order.



Die Wise

Author : Stephen Jenkinson

Publisher : North Atlantic Books

Page : 417 pages

File Size : 40,66 MB

Release : 2015-03-17

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1583949739

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Die Wise does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Stephen Jenkinson places death at the center of the page and asks us to behold it in all its painful beauty. Die Wise teaches the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply and well. Die Wise is for those who will fail to live forever. Dying well, Jenkinson writes, is a right and responsibility of everyone. It is not a lifestyle option. It is a moral, political, and spiritual obligation each person owes their ancestors and their heirs. Die Wise dreams such a dream, and plots such an uprising. How we die, how we care for dying people, and how we carry our dead: this work makes our capacity for a village-mindedness, or breaks it. Table of Contents The Ordeal of a Managed Death Stealing Meaning from Dying The Tyrant Hope The Quality of Life Yes, But Not Like This The Work So Who Are the Dying to You? Dying Facing Home What Dying Asks of Us All Kids Ah, My Friend the Enemy



The Other Side of Sanity

Author : Daniel Shepley

Publisher : Dsw Publishing

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 19,17 MB

Release : 2019-04-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781732978706

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Inspired by a true story, pushed to the brink of murder and suicide by the therapists he trusted with his secrets, "The Other Side of Sanity" is Daniel Shepley's harrowing account of James Snyder's - Shepley's fictionalized version of himself in the novel - rapid descent into, and gradual emergence from, psychosis and madness. It is a disturbing vision of manipulation and betrayal by the people he entrusted to help him recover. Snyder finds himself in a mental health system under the care of a woman who begins his treatment indifferent to his problems and then more than indifferent, in fact, becomes cruelly manipulative and destructive. The deep and dangerously psychotic state James enters as a result of his incompetent treatment includes ideas of, and plans for, murder and suicide. It is a story all too tragically common in America today: a disturbed young man, filled with an inexplicable rage, who turns that rage outward and murders. Snyder at first finds little hope and little help until he discovers his guide through the dark woods of mental illness, Dr. Solomon Janowitz. It is with Janowitz's patience and kindness that James emerges and assumes the healthy and productive life of a man not "cured," but healing. It is a remarkable and courageous tale of darkness and light, despair and recovery. In its telling, Shepley has created in Snyder and Janowitz characters of a touching and profoundly moving humanity.



Who Do We Choose To Be?

Author : Margaret J. Wheatley

Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 27,14 MB

Release : 2017-06-19

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1523083646

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On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of her classic Leadership and the New Science, bestselling author Margaret Wheatley once again turns to the new science of living systems to help leaders persevere in a time of great turmoil. I know it is possible for leaders to use their power and influence, their insight and compassion, to lead people back to an understanding of who we are as human beings, to create the conditions for our basic human qualities of generosity, contribution, community and love to be evoked no matter what. I know it is possible to experience grace and joy in the midst of tragedy and loss. I know it is possible to create islands of sanity in the midst of wildly disruptive seas. I know it is possible because I have worked with leaders over many years in places that knew chaos and breakdown long before this moment. And I have studied enough history to know that such leaders always arise when they are most needed. Now it's our turn.



Girl, Interrupted

Author : Susanna Kaysen

Publisher : Vintage

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 42,38 MB

Release : 2013-06-19

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0804151113

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30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a "poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... and heartbreaking story" (The New York Times Book Review). WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR The ward for teenage girls in the McLean psychiatric hospital was as renowned for its famous clientele—Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles—as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a "parallel universe" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery.



The Edge of the Sword

Author : General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley

Publisher : Pen and Sword

Page : 286 pages

File Size : 10,85 MB

Release : 2007-11-15

Category : History

ISBN : 1844156923

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In April 1951, at the height of the Korean War, Chinese troops advanced south of the 38th parallel towards a strategic crossing-point of the Imjin River on the invasion route to the South Korean capital of Seoul. The stand of the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment, against the overwhelming numbers of invading troops has since passed into British military history. In The Edge of the Sword General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, then Adjutant of the Glosters, has painted a vivid and accurate picture of the battle as seen by the officers and soldiers caught up in the middle of it. The book does not, however, end there. Like the majority of those who survived, the author became a prisoner-of-war, and the book continues with a remarkable account of his experiences in and out of Chinese prison camps. This book is not an attempt at a personal hero-story, and it is certainly not a piece of political propaganda. It is, above all, an amazing story of human fortitude and high adventure.



Witches of Ash and Ruin

Author : E. Latimer

Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Page : 367 pages

File Size : 25,84 MB

Release : 2020-03-03

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1368054315

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Modern witchcraft blends with ancient Celtic mythology in an epic clash of witches and gods, perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic trilogy and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Seventeen-year-old Dayna Walsh is struggling to cope with her somatic OCD; the aftermath of being outed as bisexual in her conservative Irish town; and the return of her long-absent mother, who barely seems like a parent. But all that really matters to her is ascending and finally, finally becoming a full witch—plans that are complicated when another coven, rumored to have a sordid history with black magic, arrives in town with premonitions of death. Dayna immediately finds herself at odds with the bewitchingly frustrating Meiner King, the granddaughter of their coven leader. And then a witch turns up murdered at a local sacred site, along with the blood symbol of the Butcher of Manchester—an infamous serial killer whose trail has long gone cold. The killer's motives are enmeshed in a complex web of witches and gods, and Dayna and Meiner soon find themselves at the center of it all. If they don't stop the Butcher, one of them will be next.



The Myth of Sanity

Author : Martha Stout

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 235 pages

File Size : 17,20 MB

Release : 2002-02-26

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1101161639

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Why does a gifted psychiatrist suddenly begin to torment his own beloved wife? How can a ninety-pound woman carry a massive air conditioner to the second floor of her home, install it in a window unassisted, and then not remember how it got there? Why would a brilliant feminist law student ask her fiancé to treat her like a helpless little girl? How can an ordinary, violence-fearing businessman once have been a gun-packing vigilante prowling the crime districts for a fight? A startling new study in human consciousness, The Myth of Sanity is a landmark book about forgotten trauma, dissociated mental states, and multiple personality in everyday life. In its groundbreaking analysis of childhood trauma and dissociation and their far-reaching implications in adult life, it reveals that moderate dissociation is a normal mental reaction to pain and that even the most extreme dissociative reaction-multiple personality-is more common than we think. Through astonishing stories of people whose lives have been shattered by trauma and then remade, The Myth of Sanity shows us how to recognize these altered mental states in friends and family, even in ourselves.



Parenting with Sanity & Joy

Author : Susan G. Groner

Publisher : The Collective Book Studio

Page : 162 pages

File Size : 31,50 MB

Release : 2020-11-10

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 1951412141

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Say YES with joy! "If you know you are ultimately going to drive your child to the mall, let your daughter have a 3-person sleepover or allow your son an extra cookie after dinner - just go straight to a happy YES! When you offer up an awesome gesture as if you are doing your kids a big favor, it takes the fun out of it. It is so easy to add joy to your delivery with "Sure!" or "I'd be happy to!" or "Let's do that!" Your enthusiasm will make your child feel even better about your YES, but best of all, it will make you feel great."(Parenting Golden Rule #1) In this collection of readily actionable tips, parenting mentor Sue Groner distills the best parenting wisdom into one easy-to-read book, providing simple, fun, and effective guidance. Chapters are divided into easy to explore sections. Parenting Golden Rules Family Time Rules and Respect Perspective and Judgment Gratitude and Attitude Food and Dining Forbidden Phrases Life Skills Family Management One Last Tip With gentle guidance from Susan Groner, the founder of The Parenting Mentor, Parenting with Sanity and Joy will help parents feel more confident as they navigate one of the most important roles they will ever take on. “The most beautiful thing about the advice in this book is that it all comes with a deep wisdom and love based on years of experience, and a positive energy that any kid would want in their parents!” –Katya Libin, co-founder and CEO of HeyMama “To call Sue a miracle worker is an understatement. Sue has coached me through it all...teaching me various tools and prompts to stay firm on the important things and let the little things go. She’s a light in our family’s life." –Hitha Palepu, author and entrepreneur Highly recommend for parents, grandparents, teachers and anyone else who wants to help children." - Talar, Goodreads



It Came from the 80s!

Author : Francesco Borseti

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 301 pages

File Size : 19,9 MB

Release : 2016-08-16

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1476625638

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From their heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, B movies declined in popularity through the 1970s. As the big Hollywood studios began to make genre films with sky-high budgets, independent producers of low-budget movies could not compete in theaters. The sale of American International Pictures in 1979 and New World Pictures in 1983 marked the end of an era. The emergence of home video in the 1980s marked the beginning of a new phase, as dozens of B movies were produced each year for the small screen, many becoming cult classics of science fiction, horror and fantasy. Through numerous interviews with producers, directors, photographers and actors, this book sheds light on an overlooked corner of film history with behind-the-scenes stories of 28 low-budget favorites from the 1980s.