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Belinda, with a modest self-possession quite her own, promptly answered for this Spectre in a low, clear voice: The lights extinguished; by the hearth I leant, Half weary with a listless discontent. The flickering giant shadows, gathering near. Closed round me with a dim and silent fear; All dull, all dark; save when the leaping flame, Glancing, lit up The Picture's ancient frame.
After five years and visits to seventeen specialists who could not diagnose his illness, intelligence analyst Randolph Pherson's family doctor sent him to the emergency room because he had a "look of gloom" on his face. The ER doctors dismissed him twice, but he refused to go home, believing his condition was becoming dire. They acquiesced, scheduled him for a simple procedure, and told him he would drive himself home the next day. That did not happen. He was scheduled instead for major surgery the next morning that saved his life.The author learned a lot about how the medical system operates in the United States over the five years of his sojourn. This book condenses what he learned into sixteen actions a person can and should take to ensure quality health care. The author describes five analytic techniques to spur a correct diagnosis, five obstacles most people will need to overcome when seeking treatment, and six tips for building an effective partnership with your doctor.The purpose of the book is to help others to live to tell their stories by applying the lessons learned during the author's journey by applying the techniques intelligence analysts use. The author is convinced that more people would have lived if they had adopted this advice and resisted current systemic pressures to treat illness and not diagnose them.Mostra libro
From 1953 to 1969, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren brought about many of the proudest achievements of American constitutional law. The Warren Court declared racial segregation and laws forbidding interracial marriage to be unconstitutional; it expanded the right of citizens to criticize public officials; it held school prayer unconstitutional; and it ruled that people accused of a crime must be given a lawyer even if they can't afford one. Yet, despite those and other achievements, conservative critics have fiercely accused the justices of the Warren Court of abusing their authority by supposedly imposing their own opinions on the nation. As the eminent legal scholars Geoffrey R. Stone and David A. Strauss demonstrate in Democracy and Equality, the Warren Court's approach to the Constitution was consistent with the most basic values of our Constitution and with the most fundamental responsibilities of our judiciary. Stone and Strauss describe the Warren Court's extraordinary achievements by reviewing its jurisprudence across a range of issues. In each chapter, they tell the story of a critical decision, exploring the historical and legal context of each case, the Court's reasoning, and how the justices of the Warren Court fulfilled the Court's most important responsibilities.Mostra libro
Aura and Chakras and Power Trippers, oh my! Take a vicarious and hilarious journey through the underbelly of New Age America in this critically acclaimed memoir. Your guided tour embarks in search of truth, magic, love and miracles. Along the way, you'll encounter a plethora of colorful characters and metaphysical ideologies, midlife crisis insights and revelations, and occasional cult-y charlatans whose egos manage to usurp all that love and light. Debbianne does all the heavy lifting on the front end of "woo-woo" exploration, so you don't have to! Her festive and curious adventures run the gamut from talking with dead relatives to spoon-bending, energy healing, quantum shifts and—woven throughout the story—an undying quest to become clairvoyant. Enjoy the wild and other-worldly comedic ride!Mostra libro
In recent times, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, has steadily increased in popularity, and it is clear why! It has been demonstrated that NLP is extremely effective in achieving a range of goals in a range of areas. NLP has numerous advocates of high status, including Tony Robbins. If it is recommended by successful people, it must be worth a shot! NLP is the art of connecting thoughts, emotions, and feelings to actions. It allows you to change the emotions you connect with different actions and gives you more control over your success. What you can do with NLP is really no limit. You can alter anything about yourself that you dislike. Even your most impossible dreams can be achieved. NLP is your happiness' secret. To feel pleased with yourself, you can become whatever you want to be. Here is a preview of what you'll learn....What is NLPHow NLP worksKey principles of NLPWhy you need NLPWhere you can use NLPHow to use timeline techniques to create a compelling futureHow to harness the power of your unconscious mindPersuade people with calm and collected hypnosisBreak bad habits very very easily with the help of the "swish" technique?Much, much more! NLP's universe is huge. In your lives, there are so many NLP apps. This book is a useful introduction that allows you to open many doors. You have no more excuses now that you have this useful tool for self-transformation. You can begin to learn how to master yourself, attain your objectives, and grow larger than you ever thought. Today is the day you are learning the key to becoming yourself a better version.Mostra libro
His signature jaw line and charismatic characters made him an American symbol. His films, including Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, and North by Northwest, were timeless classics. However, Grant was also married five times and sustained a tortured, obsessive relationship with money. In this comprehensive book, Geoffrey Wansell traces the threads of both light and darkness in one of Holly-wood's greatest stars. As his friend and co-star Deborah Kerr wrote, he was "one of the most outstanding personalities in the history of the cinema."Mostra libro
Written with humor and personality, this debut memoir recounts a woman’s spiritual quest of experiencing thirty religions before her thirtieth birthday. Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome is for questioners, doubters, misfits, and seekers of all faiths, and tackles the universal struggle to heal what life has broken.On her twenty-ninth birthday, while guests were arriving downstairs, Reba Riley was supposedly upstairs getting dressed. In actuality, she was slumped on the floor sobbing about everything from the meaning of life to the pile of dirty laundry on the floor.Life without God was crashing in on her. And she was sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. She uttered a desperate prayer, and then the idea came to her—thirty by thirty. And thus she embarked on a year-long quest to experience thirty religions by her thirtieth birthday. During her spiritual sojourn, Riley:-Was interrogated about her sex life by Amish grandmothers-Disco danced in a Buddhist temple-Fasted for thirty days without food—or wine-Washed her lady parts in a mosque bathroom-Was audited by Scientologists-Learned to meditate with an urban monk-Snuck into a Yom Kippur service with a fake grandpa in tow-And finally discovered she didn’t have to choose a religion to choose GodIn a debut memoir that is funny and earnest, Riley invites questioners, doubters, misfits, and curious believers to participate in the universal search to heal what life has broken. Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome takes you by the hand and reminds you that sometimes you first have to be lost in order to be found.Mostra libro
