This book contains what I've found to be humorous about our aging process. When we were young adults most of us were much too serious to find any humor in being young. Now that we belong to an older demographic, I find a lot of things to be funny about becoming old. This is my collection of humorous conversations, thoughts and observations about becoming "old." Some of its contents were created to add to the humor but most are factual. I put this collection of humor into alphabetical senio...

From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II.In this riveting account, historian Stephen E. Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Citizen Soldiers opens at 0001 hours, June 7, 1944, on the Normandy beaches, and ends at 0245...

Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology designed to introduce students to the key existential questions of philosophy has won a devoted following among users in a variety of upper-level and even introductory courses.

Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics. Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of literature provide a valuable resource for readers, writers, philosophers, and everyday people to imagine and confront the ultimate questions of life? Do the human activities of storytelling and complex...

Churchill: A Giant Among LeadersAccording to Henry Kissinger, “Our age finds it difficult to come to grips with Churchill. The political leaders with whom we are familiar generally aspire to be superstars rather than heroes. The distinction is crucial. Superstars strive for approbation; heroes walk alone. Superstars crave consensus; heroes define themselves by the judgment of a future they see it as their task to bring about. Superstars seek success in a technique ...

The story The Tree That Grew Hair is about a tree that didn’t like the way it looked and decided to change its appearance by growing hair instead of leaves. It felt that by doing so it would get a lot of attention from the trees. But a sneaky parasitic plant lured the tree into making it think it could grow hair. Despite several warning from the neighboring trees, the Cedar refused to listen to their advice. The Cedar tree enjoyed a moment of satisfaction and attention, but only to experie...

This book presents in a comprehensive way cur the clinical care of the patient with head and neck rent advances in the management of neoplasia cancer involvement and/or its complications. and associated complications of the head and Today's complex treatments in oncology re neck. A broad range of clinical considerations is quire a comprehensive approach to effect a posi discussed following overviews of relevant basic tive result for the cancer patient whose facial biologic issues and the r...

Drawing on a range of methodologies, editors George D. Chryssides and Stephen E. Gregg shift attention from normative textual and doctrinal matters to issues of materiality and everyday life in Christianity. This handbook is structured in four parts, which include coverage of the following aspects of Christianity: sacred space and objects, cyber-Christianity, food, prayer, education, family life, fundamentalism and sexuality. In addition, issues of gender, race and ethnicity are treated th...

Updating the extremely successful Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling (CRC Press, 1994), Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues brings together a distinguished group of international contributors, who provide a global assessment of a range of environmental stressors, including pesticides, environmental contaminant

Crushed by the Dollar – 5 Classic Urban Poverty Studies delves into the multifaceted and pervasive issue of urban poverty, capturing a tapestry of narratives that span varying styles from stark realism to innovative naturalism. Each piece, distinct in its literary flair, explores the grim realities and societal nuances of urban deprivation in a rapidly industrializing America. The anthology meticulously balances the grim and the poignant, offering readers a panoramic view of life eked out ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A gripping exploration of fear, courage, and the brutal reality of war, The Red Badge of Courage is one of the most powerful and enduring works of American literature. Written by Stephen Crane and first published in 1895, this groundbreaking novel delivers a visceral, unflinching portrayal of a young soldier's psychological journey during the American Civil War.The story follows Henry Fleming, a naïve U...

These two companion volumes provide a comprehensive review and critical evaluation of the major DSM-III and DSM-III-R child disorders. Their major goal is to provide diagnostic and assessment guidelines that are based on scientific literature in specific clinical domains. Each chapter contains a discussion of the historical background of a particular diagnosis, definitional issues, a critical but selective review of the literature addressing the diagnosis in question, proposed changes in t...