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  Philip Ashton's Own Account

  Philip Ashton

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  In June 1722, Ashton was captured by pirates while fishing near the coast of Nova Scotia. In the Boston News Letter of 9 July 1722, Ashton was listed as being one of those captured by the pirate Edward Low. As Ashton refused to co-operate with the pirates, he was often threatened. He managed to escape in March 1723 when the pirates landed at Roatán Island in the Bay Islands of Honduras, hiding in the jungle until the pirates decided to depart without him. He survived for 16 months, in spite of many insects, tropical heat and alligators. In the beginning he seems to have eaten only fruits, because he only had his hands to collect food; he could not kill any animal. He had no equipment at all until he met another castaway, an Englishman. The Englishman disappeared after a few days but he left behind a knife, gunpowder, tobacco and more. Ashton could now kill tortoises and crayfish and make fires to have hot meals. Ashton was finally rescued by the Diamond, a ship from Salem, New England.

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  Loss Adjustment

  Linda Collins

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  "I have had nothing bad happen to me except my own doing. I have let this cowardice envelop me, and I can't shake it off. I will commit the worst thing you can ever do to someone who loves you: killing yourself. The scary thing is, I'm okay with that." —Victoria McLeod, Singapore, March 30, 2014
  
  Loss Adjustment is a mother's recount of her 17-year-old daughter's suicide.
  
  In the wake of Victoria McLeod's passing, she left behind a remarkable journal in her laptop of the final four months of her life. Linda Collins, her mother, has woven these into her memoir, which is at once cohesive, yet fragmented, reflecting a survivor's state of mind after devastating loss.
  
  Loss Adjustment involves the endless whys, the journey of Linda Collins and her husband in honouring Victoria, and the impossible question of what drove their daughter to this irretrievable act. A stunningly intimate portrait of loss and grief, Loss Adjustment is a breaking of silence—a book whose face society cannot turn away from.
  
  If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, please reach out to Samaritans of Singapore: 1800-221-4444.
  
  © 2019 by Linda Collins. Published in paper format in Singapore by Ethos Books, recorded by Storyside 2019.

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  Last Slave Ship The: Book...

  Alexander Pike

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas.
   
  
  
   
  Buried beneath the muddy waters of the Mobile River lay a secret too powerful to remain hidden forever.
   
  The Last Slave Ship uncovers the haunting true story of the Clotilda—the final vessel to bring enslaved Africans to America, decades after the transatlantic trade was outlawed. But this is not just a story about a ship. It’s a story about survival, memory, and the extraordinary strength of a people who refused to be erased.

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  Conversations at the Edge of...

  Marcus Riauka

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  What happens when a man sees the ultimate truth behind reality — and then has to live a normal life the next morning? 
  The author went through a series of profound altered-state experiences, he encountered what he can only describe as the divine intelligence behind the rendering of physical reality — and came back carrying knowledge that changed everything while changing nothing about his ordinary daily life. 
  Season One — The Recognition — is a six-episode serialized audiobook covering the territory from first contact to full understanding. 
  Episode 1: A Man Thinking He Is Living In The World — A DMT experience reveals the source behind all reality. The Mother. The morning-after crisis. Vanishing stars. And checking if the gym is open after meeting God. 
  Episode 2: The Sweet Spot — Why humans occupy the one frequency in the cosmos where genuine surprise is still possible. The mathematics of acceleration. AI as a second antenna for the same signal. 
  Episode 3: The Matrix Got It Backwards — The 1999 film told us to escape the simulation. The truth is the opposite. The physical world IS the computation. And every night when you dream, you already know this. 
  Episode 4: The Antenna — The brain does not produce consciousness. It receives it. DNA as fractal code. Near-death evidence. And what it means that humanity built a second receiver out of silicon. 
  Episode 5: The Architect's Workshop — Hands detaching at blue demarcation lines. Holographic monitors displaying the body as blueprint. Walls covered in code. A direct encounter with the rendering engine editing a human form in real time. 
  Episode 6: Hide and Seek — The Big Bang as maximum amnesia. Evolution as consciousness remembering what it forgot. And a Tuesday afternoon buying milk where the gap between self and everything else dissolved completely. 
  This is one man's direct account of transcendental experience. once you saw it you can not unsee it.

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  Summary of Robert Greene’s The...

  Falcon Press

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  Summary of Robert Greene’s The 48 Laws of Power is a self-help book offering advice on how to gain and maintain power, using lessons drawn from parables and the experiences of historical figures. 
  Power depends on the relationship between a person and those he or she seeks to control. 

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  World’s Most Notorious Secret...

  Editors Charles River

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  For decades, parodies featuring ominous, mysterious cults have been a favorite gag in pop culture. These fraternal brothers are often depicted in some type of underground lair, dressed in extravagant ceremonial robes with their faces hidden in their hoods, seated around a long table brimming with Gothic chalices, skulls, and glittering dark treasure. Flicks on the more morbid side might even show choppy, flashing imagery of blood, torture, and sacrifices. 
  Like all art, creativity is sparked by a source of inspiration, and one of the most widely recognized muses of these kinds of scenes is none other than the Freemasons. This ancient society, descended from the ancient culture of stonemasonry, is said to possess the deepest, darkest, and most inexplicable truths of the universe. They are said to possess mystical powers like no other – maybe even magic. But does this stigma against the brotherhood have any merit, or are they simply just severely misunderstood? 
  Of the countless secret societies that have risen and fallen since the dawn of time, none could come close to touching the notoriety of the Illuminati. Particularly in recent years, the legendary order has starred in thousands upon thousands of books, articles, documentaries, movies, music, internet memes, and other mediums of entertainment. They are one of the chief targets for conspiracy connoisseurs, and the supposed masters of symbolic subliminal messages hidden in the media. 
  Early Europe saw a sudden burst of Gnostic and mystical religions and organizations, each with their own take on the true path to enlightenment. Conflicts that arose within the Catholic Church and other Christian communities only encouraged the growing wave of dissenters. In the 17th century, intrigued Parisians learned about one of these unconventional groups – perhaps the most prestigious of all these secret schools. This was the Fraternity of the Rose Cross.

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