An Unpredictable Way of Life

An Unpredictable Way of Life

Author: Alan Keith

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2015-01-05

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1504934946

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A strange and unexpected happening during the party of my eleventh birthday led to a doctors appointment the following day, which in turn was unraveled and led to further happenings throughout my life. Before that time in my life, everything was quiet, and I had self-confidence in myself and ambitions for my future. My life with family and friends was a simple pleasure. Although in recent years there has been a rise in the publics understanding and toleration of the epileptic, I still believe from the non-epileptics perspective much more can be done to try and understand just how devastating a brain condition epilepsy is and how injurious it is for the epileptic sufferers and their complete way of life.


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Download or read book An Unpredictable Way of Life written by Alan Keith and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strange and unexpected happening during the party of my eleventh birthday led to a doctors appointment the following day, which in turn was unraveled and led to further happenings throughout my life. Before that time in my life, everything was quiet, and I had self-confidence in myself and ambitions for my future. My life with family and friends was a simple pleasure. Although in recent years there has been a rise in the publics understanding and toleration of the epileptic, I still believe from the non-epileptics perspective much more can be done to try and understand just how devastating a brain condition epilepsy is and how injurious it is for the epileptic sufferers and their complete way of life.

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life

Author: Rosie Perez

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2015-03-31

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0307952401

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Oscar-nominated actress and star of the new musical drama Rise, Rosie Perez’s never-before-told story of surviving a harrowing childhood and of how she found success—both in and out of the Hollywood limelight. Rosie Perez first caught our attention with her fierce dance in the title sequence of Do the Right Thing and has since defined herself as a funny and talented actress who broke boundaries for Latinas in the film industry. What most people would be surprised to learn is that the woman with the big, effervescent personality has a secret straight out of a Dickens novel. At the age of three, Rosie’s life was turned upside down when her mentally ill mother tore her away from the only family she knew and placed her in a Catholic children’s home in New York’s Westchester County. Thus began her crazily discombobulated childhood of being shuttled between “the Home,” where she and other kids suffered all manners of cruelty from nuns, and various relatives’ apartments in Brooklyn. Many in her circumstances would have been defined by these harrowing experiences, but with the intense determination that became her trademark, Rosie overcame the odds and made an incredible life for herself. She brings her journey vividly to life on each page of this memoir—from the vibrant streets of Brooklyn to her turbulent years in the Catholic home, and finally to film and TV sets and the LA and New York City hip-hop scenes of the 1980s and ‘90s. More than a page-turning read, Handbook for an Unpredictable Life is a story of survival. By turns heartbreaking and funny, it is ultimately the inspirational story of a woman who has found a hard-won place of strength and peace.


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Download or read book Handbook for an Unpredictable Life written by Rosie Perez and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oscar-nominated actress and star of the new musical drama Rise, Rosie Perez’s never-before-told story of surviving a harrowing childhood and of how she found success—both in and out of the Hollywood limelight. Rosie Perez first caught our attention with her fierce dance in the title sequence of Do the Right Thing and has since defined herself as a funny and talented actress who broke boundaries for Latinas in the film industry. What most people would be surprised to learn is that the woman with the big, effervescent personality has a secret straight out of a Dickens novel. At the age of three, Rosie’s life was turned upside down when her mentally ill mother tore her away from the only family she knew and placed her in a Catholic children’s home in New York’s Westchester County. Thus began her crazily discombobulated childhood of being shuttled between “the Home,” where she and other kids suffered all manners of cruelty from nuns, and various relatives’ apartments in Brooklyn. Many in her circumstances would have been defined by these harrowing experiences, but with the intense determination that became her trademark, Rosie overcame the odds and made an incredible life for herself. She brings her journey vividly to life on each page of this memoir—from the vibrant streets of Brooklyn to her turbulent years in the Catholic home, and finally to film and TV sets and the LA and New York City hip-hop scenes of the 1980s and ‘90s. More than a page-turning read, Handbook for an Unpredictable Life is a story of survival. By turns heartbreaking and funny, it is ultimately the inspirational story of a woman who has found a hard-won place of strength and peace.

Losers And Winners On The Unknown Road To An Unpredictable Destiny

Losers And Winners On The Unknown Road To An Unpredictable Destiny

Author: Joseph Lowe III

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-05-25

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 1462858465

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This is a book that will help both winners and losers. Winners and Losers will teach something to virtually 100% of everyone who reads it. The same percentage should fi nd it entertaining. The book discusses many life-changing events that oft en greet us as we travel the unknown road. The road may be short or long. No one knows the length of his/her road. However, the one thing that is certain is that everyone travels the unknown road that ends with an unpredictable desti ny. On the road you may meet thugs, hoodlums, rogues, rapists, murderers, dead-beat dads and other undesirables. You may also meet good Samaritans, philanthropists, near-perfect people and other pleasant people on the unknown road to an unpredictable desti ny. Death of family members and friends may wreak your life while on the road. Sickness and disease may show up unannounced and hang around briefl y or set up residence unti l death takes their place. Everyone is a racist, sexist, and possesses characteristi cs of ageism. If anyone denies this, then he/she is also a liar because there are degrees of racism falling between 1% and 99%. No one is 0% racist or 100% racist. Think about it.


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Download or read book Losers And Winners On The Unknown Road To An Unpredictable Destiny written by Joseph Lowe III and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book that will help both winners and losers. Winners and Losers will teach something to virtually 100% of everyone who reads it. The same percentage should fi nd it entertaining. The book discusses many life-changing events that oft en greet us as we travel the unknown road. The road may be short or long. No one knows the length of his/her road. However, the one thing that is certain is that everyone travels the unknown road that ends with an unpredictable desti ny. On the road you may meet thugs, hoodlums, rogues, rapists, murderers, dead-beat dads and other undesirables. You may also meet good Samaritans, philanthropists, near-perfect people and other pleasant people on the unknown road to an unpredictable desti ny. Death of family members and friends may wreak your life while on the road. Sickness and disease may show up unannounced and hang around briefl y or set up residence unti l death takes their place. Everyone is a racist, sexist, and possesses characteristi cs of ageism. If anyone denies this, then he/she is also a liar because there are degrees of racism falling between 1% and 99%. No one is 0% racist or 100% racist. Think about it.

The Illusion of Will, Self, and Time

The Illusion of Will, Self, and Time

Author: Jonathan Bricklin

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 1438456298

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Discusses how William James’s work suggests a world without will, self, or time and how research supports this perspective. A Seminary Co-op Notable Book of 2016 William James is often considered a scientist compromised by his advocacy of mysticism and parapsychology. Jonathan Bricklin argues James can also be viewed as a mystic compromised by his commitment to common sense. James wanted to believe in will, self, and time, but his deepest insights suggested otherwise. “Is consciousness already there waiting to be uncovered and is it a veridical revelation of reality?” James asked shortly before his death in 1910. A century after his death, research from neuroscience, physics, psychology, and parapsychology is making the case, both theoretically and experimentally, that answers James’s question in the affirmative. By separating what James passionately wanted to believe, based on common sense, from what his insights and researches led him to believe, Bricklin shows how James himself laid the groundwork for this more challenging view of existence. The non-reality of will, self, and time is consistent with James’s psychology of volition, his epistemology of self, and his belief that Newtonian, objective, even-flowing time does not exist. Jonathan Bricklin is a Program Director at the New York Open Center and the editor of Sciousness.


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Download or read book The Illusion of Will, Self, and Time written by Jonathan Bricklin and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how William James’s work suggests a world without will, self, or time and how research supports this perspective. A Seminary Co-op Notable Book of 2016 William James is often considered a scientist compromised by his advocacy of mysticism and parapsychology. Jonathan Bricklin argues James can also be viewed as a mystic compromised by his commitment to common sense. James wanted to believe in will, self, and time, but his deepest insights suggested otherwise. “Is consciousness already there waiting to be uncovered and is it a veridical revelation of reality?” James asked shortly before his death in 1910. A century after his death, research from neuroscience, physics, psychology, and parapsychology is making the case, both theoretically and experimentally, that answers James’s question in the affirmative. By separating what James passionately wanted to believe, based on common sense, from what his insights and researches led him to believe, Bricklin shows how James himself laid the groundwork for this more challenging view of existence. The non-reality of will, self, and time is consistent with James’s psychology of volition, his epistemology of self, and his belief that Newtonian, objective, even-flowing time does not exist. Jonathan Bricklin is a Program Director at the New York Open Center and the editor of Sciousness.

An Unpredictable Life

An Unpredictable Life

Author: Elaine White

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780692479087

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AN UNPREDICTABLE LIFE is a memoir of Elaine White's struggle with cancer as a teen. This book was a 2014 Watty Award winner on WattPad! Synopsis: I was diagnosed with Cancer a week before my 16th Birthday. I had Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and had to undergo Chemotherapy and a Stem Cell transplant, back in 2003. My whole life changed. I wrote this book when I was 17, when all my treatment was over, to catalogue everything I had learned and experienced. I had no information about Cancer during my treatment; it was all aimed at adults and I was a teenager who didn't understand most of what happened. So I wrote this book. I was a teenager when I wrote, when I had Cancer and I wanted this to be an information, honest account of what it was really like to have Cancer and go through the treatment....from a teenager's perspective.


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Download or read book An Unpredictable Life written by Elaine White and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN UNPREDICTABLE LIFE is a memoir of Elaine White's struggle with cancer as a teen. This book was a 2014 Watty Award winner on WattPad! Synopsis: I was diagnosed with Cancer a week before my 16th Birthday. I had Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and had to undergo Chemotherapy and a Stem Cell transplant, back in 2003. My whole life changed. I wrote this book when I was 17, when all my treatment was over, to catalogue everything I had learned and experienced. I had no information about Cancer during my treatment; it was all aimed at adults and I was a teenager who didn't understand most of what happened. So I wrote this book. I was a teenager when I wrote, when I had Cancer and I wanted this to be an information, honest account of what it was really like to have Cancer and go through the treatment....from a teenager's perspective.

Unscripted

Unscripted

Author: Ernie Jr. Johnson

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 149340699X

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Ernie Johnson Jr. has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports' greatest triumphs--and life's greatest rewards--come from those unscripted moments you never anticipated. In this heartfelt, gripping autobiography, the three-time Sports Emmy Award-winner and popular host of TNT's Inside the NBA provides a remarkably candid look at his life both on and off the screen. From his relationship with his sportscaster father to his own rise to the top of sports broadcasting, from battling cancer to raising six children with his wife, Cheryl, including a special needs child adopted from Romania, Ernie has taken the important lessons he learned from his father and passed them on to his own children. This is the untold story, the one Ernie has lived after the lights are turned off and the cameras stop rolling. Sports fans, cancer survivors, fathers and sons, adoptive parents, those whose lives have been touched by a person with special needs, anyone who loves stories about handling life's surprises with grace--Unscripted is for all of these.


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Download or read book Unscripted written by Ernie Jr. Johnson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ernie Johnson Jr. has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports' greatest triumphs--and life's greatest rewards--come from those unscripted moments you never anticipated. In this heartfelt, gripping autobiography, the three-time Sports Emmy Award-winner and popular host of TNT's Inside the NBA provides a remarkably candid look at his life both on and off the screen. From his relationship with his sportscaster father to his own rise to the top of sports broadcasting, from battling cancer to raising six children with his wife, Cheryl, including a special needs child adopted from Romania, Ernie has taken the important lessons he learned from his father and passed them on to his own children. This is the untold story, the one Ernie has lived after the lights are turned off and the cameras stop rolling. Sports fans, cancer survivors, fathers and sons, adoptive parents, those whose lives have been touched by a person with special needs, anyone who loves stories about handling life's surprises with grace--Unscripted is for all of these.

Life Is Unpredictable

Life Is Unpredictable

Author: Rucheek

Publisher: Partridge Publishing

Published: 2015-08-12

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 1482851385

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This is the story of a ten-year-old kid and his struggle in life in adjusting himself according to the whims and fancies of his crazy family members. Besides, he also feels that he is the unluckiest person in the world. Will he be able to overcome the challenges? What is in store for him? Anyone can identify himself with the protagonist of the book and can imagine himself in such situations that can happen in their daily life too.


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Download or read book Life Is Unpredictable written by Rucheek and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a ten-year-old kid and his struggle in life in adjusting himself according to the whims and fancies of his crazy family members. Besides, he also feels that he is the unluckiest person in the world. Will he be able to overcome the challenges? What is in store for him? Anyone can identify himself with the protagonist of the book and can imagine himself in such situations that can happen in their daily life too.

The Design Way

The Design Way

Author: Harold G. Nelson

Publisher: Educational Technology

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780877783053

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A ground-breaking, multi-disciplinary volume describing the essence of all design fields, ranging from artistic design to systems design, to educational or instructional design.


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Download or read book The Design Way written by Harold G. Nelson and published by Educational Technology. This book was released on 2003 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking, multi-disciplinary volume describing the essence of all design fields, ranging from artistic design to systems design, to educational or instructional design.

Embrace the Chaos

Embrace the Chaos

Author: Bob Miglani

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2013-10-07

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1609948262

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An accomplished Fortune 50 executive translates for a western audience the lessons he learned from the land of his birth, India. Bob Miglani was stressed out, burnt out, and stuck until he rediscovered the enduring lessons of his childhood: celebrate impermanence, serve others, and move forward no matter what. Bob's message: chaos isn't going away--embrace it!


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Download or read book Embrace the Chaos written by Bob Miglani and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accomplished Fortune 50 executive translates for a western audience the lessons he learned from the land of his birth, India. Bob Miglani was stressed out, burnt out, and stuck until he rediscovered the enduring lessons of his childhood: celebrate impermanence, serve others, and move forward no matter what. Bob's message: chaos isn't going away--embrace it!

Along Life's Path

Along Life's Path

Author: Theresa H. Vogel

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008-12-16

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 0595607209

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Along Lifes Path is a compilation of original poetry, songs, and uplifting essays that rely on Christian principles, Biblical wisdom, and personal anecdotes to encourage others to live a fullfilling life. From the beginning of her life, Theresa Vogel has faced challenging life circumstances. Born a below elbow and below knee amputee, Theresa openly shares her struggles, victories, courage, suggestions, and principles as she details how her spiritual strength and faith in Jesus Christ creates a way of living that carries her through her life's journey. Theresa focuses her essays on such diverse and inspiring topics as the power of prayer, friendship, the complex mother/ daughter relationship, Heaven and eternity. Through her heartfelt words and poetry, Theresa has the ability to lift spirits, rouse hope, and build faith in spiritual seekers of all ages. Theresa Vogel is a remarkable person she is a woman with unshakable faith in Jesus Christ and a writer who echoes the testimony of St. Paul, We look not at what can be seen, but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. --Steve Zeisler, Pastor, Peninsula Bible Church, Palo Alto, CA


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Download or read book Along Life's Path written by Theresa H. Vogel and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along Lifes Path is a compilation of original poetry, songs, and uplifting essays that rely on Christian principles, Biblical wisdom, and personal anecdotes to encourage others to live a fullfilling life. From the beginning of her life, Theresa Vogel has faced challenging life circumstances. Born a below elbow and below knee amputee, Theresa openly shares her struggles, victories, courage, suggestions, and principles as she details how her spiritual strength and faith in Jesus Christ creates a way of living that carries her through her life's journey. Theresa focuses her essays on such diverse and inspiring topics as the power of prayer, friendship, the complex mother/ daughter relationship, Heaven and eternity. Through her heartfelt words and poetry, Theresa has the ability to lift spirits, rouse hope, and build faith in spiritual seekers of all ages. Theresa Vogel is a remarkable person she is a woman with unshakable faith in Jesus Christ and a writer who echoes the testimony of St. Paul, We look not at what can be seen, but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. --Steve Zeisler, Pastor, Peninsula Bible Church, Palo Alto, CA