Man: King of Mind, Body and Circumstance


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Man: King of Mind, Body and Circumstance aims at freeing us from the slavery of our negative and binding thoughts, enabling us to conquer our inhibitions and set our spirit free. This book by James Allen sums up the hows, whys and whats of taming the mind and its infinite energies, of channelizing the power of positive thinking, and striking a balance between the inner world of our thoughts as against the outer world of action.







Man: King of Mind, Body, and Circumstance (Annotated with Biography about James Allen)


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The problem of life consists in learning how to live. It is like the problem of addition or subtraction to the schoolboy. When mastered, all difficulty disappears, and the problem has vanished. All the problems of life, whether they be social, political, or religious, subsist in ignorance and wrong-living. As they are solved in the heart of each individual, they will be solved in the mass of men. Humanity at present is in the painful stage of “learning.” It is confronted with the difficulties of its own ignorance. As men learn to live rightly, learn to direct their forces and use their functions and faculties by the light of wisdom, the sum of life will be correctly done, and its mastery will put an end to all the “problems of evil.” To the wise, all such problems have ceased. This version of the classic book includes a biography about the life and times of James Allen.




Luck and Circumstance


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The acclaimed director of such films as Brideshead Revisited shares the story of his youth and career, providing coverage of such topics as his childhood as the son of star Geraldine Fitzgerald, his relationships with Hollywood elite and the allegations that Orson Welles was his real father.




Men Explain Things to Me


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The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author delivers a collection of essays that serve as the perfect “antidote to mansplaining” (The Stranger). In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don’t, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. She ends on a serious note— because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!” This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the great feminist writer Virginia Woolf’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women. “In this series of personal but unsentimental essays, Solnit gives succinct shorthand to a familiar female experience that before had gone unarticulated, perhaps even unrecognized.” —The New York Times “Essential feminist reading.” —The New Republic “This slim book hums with power and wit.” —Boston Globe “Solnit tackles big themes of gender and power in these accessible essays. Honest and full of wit, this is an integral read that furthers the conversation on feminism and contemporary society.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Essential.” —Marketplace “Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions.” —Salon




Victims of Circumstance: A Young Man's Journey to Redemption


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Victims of Circumstance: A Young Man's Journey to Redemption By: Frank A. Rossi Victims of Circumstance tells the true story of Nick Harris and his infamous father, Richard (Ricky) Matt. Nick, a victim of drug addiction, resides with his disabled mother, Vee Harris. Having met Ricky when they were teens, Vee’s life has never been easy. Their toxic relationship lead to Nick’s birth. Ricky, while caring for his son in his own way, used his anger toward the world to destroy any semblance of a normal family life they could have had. After Ricky’s arrest for murder and eventual escape, Nick and Vee are forced to relive their past as they watch his manhunt and death play out on twenty-four-hour news cycles. Nick will need to reconcile with his past and find redemption, in order to move on with his future.










Circumstances


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Circumstances is a book about choices, families, relationships, a mother, a child, a husband and a wife. It asks the ultimate question: Are you happy with your choices in life and the circumstances that those choices have allowed? As a child, Bella is beautiful shy and emotionally abused. She endures a childhood that presents many unfortunate events which she would not wish on anyone. One day she realizes that she needs to make a choice and she does------the choice to embrace her circumstances and take the lessons learned with her to the next stage of life. You can make a choice to live with your circumstances or just do nothing and wither away! Because of her acceptance of her past, she becomes a force to be reckoned with. She starts out losing one of the most precious people in her life----her father, and still yearns for that father-daughter relationship. Decades later, she repeats her mother's life and then comes to the realization that she made her own choices which brought these circumstances. She chooses to live with them, to accept them for what they are and to use them as a basis for her future.