World's Oldest Boy Survives Earthquake, Tsunami, Death and More. On His Journey to Enlightenment Now that I've got your attention, this is not going to be a Chicken Soup for the Soul kind of book. Instead, it is a very real, down-and-dirty, lusty life chronicle that could very possibly change your life. I'd say this book is more like an Indiana Jones and the Temple of Dharma adventure. So, if this is more your style, keep reading. I'm sure some of this book may be too radical for some blissed-out soul seeker types, but I've got to be real because truth is all I've got. I'm what you would call The bad boy of enlightenment as I'm not your typical saintly soul seeker am quite rough around the edges I eat meat, I prefer a good party to a group meditation, and I suffer from an array of personal defects. You're probably thinking, Gandhi he ain't. And I will tell you, You're right But in spite of all that, I have always had a passionate desire to find God and figure out what the hell this enlightenment thing is everyone talks about. Famous people claim it's the best buzz in the universe. Me? I've always liked a good buzz, so I figured enlightenment was for me, too. adventure. I might have been saved a scar or two. Of course, considering the way that I am, it probably wouldn't have made any difference. I seem to learn only through direct and dramatic experiences. Heck, why miss out on the adventure? Let me share some truth with you right now. Believe it or not, each of us is a spiritual being on a wondrous journey back home to God. The challenges we have in our life are but steppingstones that toughen us up and help us to learn the most important lesson of all: to Love. Quite simply, we are each a divine spark of God and God is Love. But many of us forget that fact and put ourselves through all sorts of ordeals, heartache, and unpleasant things as we struggle to make it through life. I certainly did and have the scars and broken bones to prove it. As a matter of fact, you could consider my tales are more like war stories. These war stories may turn your tummy inside-out.for the enemy was that dreadful Who was this hideous enemy you might ask? The war I waged was against my own self, which made this thorny foe almost invincible. matter how many mistakes and dumb things you think you've done: if I can reach enlightenment after all I've been through, then so can you

"Fanny Lear: Love and Scandal in Tsarist Russia>/i> tells the story of Harriet Clarissima Ely Blackford, also known as Fanny Lear. She was an American courtesan in the late nineteenth century, a strong, independent woman who refused to accept the restrictions placed on women by society at the time. In her short, adventure-filled life, her travels took her from Philadelphia to the social heights of Europe and ultimately to Tsarist Russia, where an affair with the Tsar's nephew culminated in her arrest and expulsion from Russia. Various diplomatic reports from the US State Department detail the scandalous events and the dire implications of this ill-fated love affair.

Once out of Russia, she reportedly wrote this account in English over the course of eleven days and then supervised its translation into French. Published under the title Le Roman d'une Americaine en Russie, it was an instant bestseller. It also brought on diplomatic pressure from Russia that caused her expulsion from France and Italy, although she continued to be a prominent figure in the social and celebrity sections of the European media during the 1870s and '80s.

Her account of the twenty-eight months in Russia is a love story, not only of her love for the Grand Duke, but also for Russia itself. A few copies of her book survived; it has now been translated and is presented here.

This book investigates to what extent claims of common social science risk theories such as risk society, governmentality, risk and culture, risk colonisation and culture of fear are reflected in linguistic changes in print news media. The authors provide a corpus-based investigation of risk words in The New York Times (1987-2014) and a case study of the health domain. The book presents results from an interdisciplinary enterprise which combines sociological risk theories with a systematic functional theory of language to conduct an empirical analysis of linguistic patterns and social change. It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in corpus linguistics and digital humanities, and social scientists looking for new research strategies to examine long term social change.

This book investigates to what extent claims of common social science risk theories such as risk society, governmentality, risk and culture, risk colonisation and culture of fear are reflected in linguistic changes in print news media. The authors provide a corpus-based investigation of risk words in The New York Times (1987-2014) and a case study of the health domain. The book presents results from an interdisciplinary enterprise which combines sociological risk theories with a systematic functional theory of language to conduct an empirical analysis of linguistic patterns and social change. It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in corpus linguistics and digital humanities, and social scientists looking for new research strategies to examine long term social change.

'Everyone falls at the same rate. Isn't that amazing? Everyone. Everything. A fat man. A little baby. A brick, a piece of paper, a penny. Amazing. Once acceleration gets a hold of you velocity just goes all fuckin' nuts.' Dot doesn't hate her father, she just wants to explode him out of his office tower to shake things up. Set him off. See what happens. And get an "A" on her science project...Daring to challenge the law of physics, Dot interviews her flailing father and neurotic mother, as their world crashes to the ground. Just imagine. Your life in six seconds.