Author: Megan Nolan
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473578507
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
'Crushing...intensely vital' Observer 'It's impossible to tear yourself away' The Times 'Such brilliant writing about female desire...honest and visceral' Marian Keyes She's twenty-three and in love with love. He's older, and the most beautiful man she's ever seen. The affair is quickly consuming. But this relationship is unpredictable, and behind his perfect looks is a mean streak. She's intent on winning him over, but neither is living up to the other's ideals. He keeps emailing his thin, glamorous ex, and she's starting to give in to secret, shameful cravings of her own. The search for a fix is frantic, and taking a dangerous turn... We're all looking to get what we want - but do we know what we need?
Acts of Desperation
Author: Megan Nolan
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316429848
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This "blistering anti-romance" (Catherine Lacey) paints a riveting, cathartic story about love addiction and what it does to us. Wouldn’t I do anything to reverse my loss, the absence of him? In the first scene of this provocative gut-punch of a novel, our unnamed narrator meets a magnetic writer named Ciaran and falls, against her better judgment, completely in his power. After a brief, all-consuming romance he abruptly rejects her, sending her into a tailspin of jealous obsession and longing. If he ever comes back to her, she resolves to hang onto him and his love at all costs, even if it destroys her… Part breathless confession, part lucid critique, Acts of Desperation renders a consciousness split between rebellion and submission, between escaping degradation and eroticizing it, between loving and being lovable. With unsettling, electric precision, Nolan dissects one of life’s most elusive mysteries: Why do we want what we want, and how do we want it? Heralding the arrival of a stunning new literary talent, Acts of Desperation interrogates the nature of fantasy, desire, and power, challenging us to reckon honestly with our own insatiability. "Hot as viscera." —The New Republic
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316429848
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This "blistering anti-romance" (Catherine Lacey) paints a riveting, cathartic story about love addiction and what it does to us. Wouldn’t I do anything to reverse my loss, the absence of him? In the first scene of this provocative gut-punch of a novel, our unnamed narrator meets a magnetic writer named Ciaran and falls, against her better judgment, completely in his power. After a brief, all-consuming romance he abruptly rejects her, sending her into a tailspin of jealous obsession and longing. If he ever comes back to her, she resolves to hang onto him and his love at all costs, even if it destroys her… Part breathless confession, part lucid critique, Acts of Desperation renders a consciousness split between rebellion and submission, between escaping degradation and eroticizing it, between loving and being lovable. With unsettling, electric precision, Nolan dissects one of life’s most elusive mysteries: Why do we want what we want, and how do we want it? Heralding the arrival of a stunning new literary talent, Acts of Desperation interrogates the nature of fantasy, desire, and power, challenging us to reckon honestly with our own insatiability. "Hot as viscera." —The New Republic
The Will's Harmonic Motion
Author: Fadel S. Sabry
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449739229
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This book is the natural extension of Schopenhauer's philosophy. The whole of existence has been created for a moral purpose. There is no creator outside the world; the creator and created are one and performing the Divine Comedy in everyday life. The theory of the will's harmonic motion is so simple, logical, accessible, scientific, and self-evident that nobody could have any doubt about its truth. It explains the deepest secrets of the monolithic religions, which nobody has ever been able to see because it is so simple. Simplicity is the seal of the truth, and this book reveals it. Schopenhauer came very close to it, and at the end of his life, he declared it to be "the most difficult of all problems." He hoped that "perhaps someone after me will shed some light in this abyss." This book solves the ultimate mystery of existence and sheds some light in this abyss.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449739229
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This book is the natural extension of Schopenhauer's philosophy. The whole of existence has been created for a moral purpose. There is no creator outside the world; the creator and created are one and performing the Divine Comedy in everyday life. The theory of the will's harmonic motion is so simple, logical, accessible, scientific, and self-evident that nobody could have any doubt about its truth. It explains the deepest secrets of the monolithic religions, which nobody has ever been able to see because it is so simple. Simplicity is the seal of the truth, and this book reveals it. Schopenhauer came very close to it, and at the end of his life, he declared it to be "the most difficult of all problems." He hoped that "perhaps someone after me will shed some light in this abyss." This book solves the ultimate mystery of existence and sheds some light in this abyss.
The Gospel of Leadership
Author: Ryan Krupa
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457565269
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
This book is an odyssey into the truth of leadership’s nature and essence. Written for aspiring leaders, teachers of leaders, and followers, the aim is to practice awakening a leader’s potential. The book mirrors and reflects the inner nature of the leadership journey. It is written in a contemplative style and uses dialogue to exercise a leader’s will, intelligence, and spirit. The techniques taught in these chapters are dialogue, meditation, and contemplation. The author seeks to teach leaders how to exercise the power of will and the power of intelligence to make the kinetic chain of knowing, willing, and acting morally and intellectually strong. Reading this book serves as a leadership development exercise. This book is a teaching tool designed to demystify what takes place in the interior nature of a leader. It examines a leader’s soul, as it is exercised and strengthened in preparation for the cardinal act of leading, and it analyzes the act of making practical judgments, an act that demands the cultivation of a discerning mind to see and know the truth to be acted upon. Based on a true story, these chapters are a reflection on the formation of a leader and a realization of twenty years of research. The author studies the question: What does it take to develop a leader? Deliberations on eight years of guiding leaders on moral and intellectual quests in search of true freedom are revealed.
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457565269
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
This book is an odyssey into the truth of leadership’s nature and essence. Written for aspiring leaders, teachers of leaders, and followers, the aim is to practice awakening a leader’s potential. The book mirrors and reflects the inner nature of the leadership journey. It is written in a contemplative style and uses dialogue to exercise a leader’s will, intelligence, and spirit. The techniques taught in these chapters are dialogue, meditation, and contemplation. The author seeks to teach leaders how to exercise the power of will and the power of intelligence to make the kinetic chain of knowing, willing, and acting morally and intellectually strong. Reading this book serves as a leadership development exercise. This book is a teaching tool designed to demystify what takes place in the interior nature of a leader. It examines a leader’s soul, as it is exercised and strengthened in preparation for the cardinal act of leading, and it analyzes the act of making practical judgments, an act that demands the cultivation of a discerning mind to see and know the truth to be acted upon. Based on a true story, these chapters are a reflection on the formation of a leader and a realization of twenty years of research. The author studies the question: What does it take to develop a leader? Deliberations on eight years of guiding leaders on moral and intellectual quests in search of true freedom are revealed.
The Psychoses of Menstruation and Childbearing
Author: Ian Brockington
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107113601
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
This book reviews the range of psychoses that complicate the reproductive process, describing a range of interventions and preventive strategies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107113601
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
This book reviews the range of psychoses that complicate the reproductive process, describing a range of interventions and preventive strategies.