Ian, who has been a circus acrobat since his childhood, suddenly finds himself ensnared in the orbit of Vincent, the newcomer animal trainer.As their paths converge, Ian's destiny shifts irrevocably, casting him into a maelstrom of adventure and transformation...

Oran Canfield—son of self-help guru and Chicken Soup for the Soul creator Jack Canfield—tells his surreal story of growing up in Long Past Stopping. In this remarkable memoir, writing with a wry and cutting edge, Canfield relates tales of a childhood in flux—being buffeted about among family friends, relatives, rebels, and born-again circus clowns, in an anarchist private school, communes, and libertarian enclaves—and of a young adulthood spent among the ruins of heroin a...

Is moxibustion too difficult to apply, too risky or too smoky? Discover the effective new moxa method from Japan that gets rapid results - safely.Moxibustion is ancient. Even more ancient than needling. In modern acupuncture, however, it is often considered too time-consuming or difficult to master. And yet the classics say: for chronic conditions, moxa has no equal.Coming to the rescue of time-poor, present-day acupuncturists is the Ontake Method from Japa...

The End of Anxiety -A 21-Day Practical Guide to Quieting the Mind - You've tried it all — therapy, breathing techniques, even fast-track spirituality — but the anxiety still lingers, quietly or loudly draining your peace. This book is a gentle invitation to come back home to yourself. Rather than promising miracles, it offers 21 days of real, accessible, and transformative practices. With a compassionate tone and clear structure, it guides you back to presence, helping you quiet the mental...

Alchemy of Consciousness - Fundamentals of Holistic NLP Have you ever felt that transformation must go beyond your thoughts and touch something deeper? Alchemy of Consciousness is not a manual of techniques—it is a living journey. This book invites you to dive into the inner universe where mind, body, and energy converge. Through holistic neuro-linguistic programming, it offers tools not just to think differently, but to vibrate differently. With care, clarity, and deep wisdom, it guides y...

Ana and Arthur have a simple plan: Escape Ireland for the forests of Southern Poland to wait out a global pandemic. But, deep in the Suedete forests, their own ghosts await them – drawing them into a dilemma that could cost them everything.Crossing continents, cultures, and time zones, Life During Wartime tells the story of Mother and Daughter at war with each other, of a country deep in a culture war, of a writer at war with himself after a bereavement, and the struggles of a coup...

A Choice Outstanding Academic BookBy championing the ideals of independence, evangelism, and conservism, the Southern Baptist Covention (SBC) has grown into the largest Protestant denomination in the country. The Convention's mass democratic form of church government, its influential annual meetings, and its sheer size have made it a barometer for Southern political and cultural shift. Its most recent shift has been starboard-toward fundamentalism and Republicanism.While the ...

An essential companion for bird lovers and gardeners alike since it was first published, this highly successful guide to identifying garden birds has now been fully updated with the latest information and statistics. Highlighting a range of plants and planting schemes that support wildlife, it provides expert advice on making your garden a haven for birds. Learn everything you need to know about all the birds you're most likely to see from your window, how to attract them into your garden ...

Published in 1864, Notes from Underground is a taut two-part novella that assaults the era's rational egoism and utilitarian optimism. In Part One, the unnamed Underground Man delivers a jagged, self-lacerating monologue, wielding paradox against deterministic science and social engineering. Part Two, Apropos of the Wet Snow, stages his ideas as lived humiliation: petty clashes with former schoolmates and a cruel exchange with Liza expose the costs of corrosive self-consciousness. The pros...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) follows Kansas girl Dorothy Gale, swept by cyclone to Oz, who travels the Yellow Brick Road with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion to petition a humbug wizard. In brisk, transparent prose and episodic chapters, Baum fashions a distinctly American fairy tale, replacing Gothic admonition with spectacle, humor, and kindness, amplified by W. W. Denslow's bold illustrations. L. Frank Baum, once a traveling actor, theater manager, shopkeeper, and jou...

Ben Jonson's The Devil is an Ass (1616) is a scintillating city comedy in which Pug, a minor devil, descends on Jacobean London only to discover that human projectors, gallants, and gulls outstrip Hell in invention. The action circles the credulous Fitzdottrel, exploited by the patent-monger Meercraft and outmaneuvered by the witty Wittipol, who even cross-dresses as a Spanish lady to test virtue and vanity. Written for the King's Men at Blackfriars, the play blends Jonson's classical arch...

Oliver Twist maps the passage of an orphan from parish workhouse to London's criminal underworld, exposing the hypocrisies of the New Poor Law and the commodification of childhood. In a blend of picaresque movement, melodramatic suspense, and Gothic chiaroscuro, Dickens employs an omniscient, satiric narrator whose indignation is leavened by irony and pathos. Vivid set pieces—workhouse cruelty, Fagin's den, Sikes's brutality, Nancy's moral courage—construct a topography of urban vice and r...