How many times do you get up in the morning and think, "What do I have to do? What should I do?" or, "What do I need to do?" How much are we driven by what we think we need to accomplish? What should you really be doing? Are you chasing something because someone suggested it? Do you truly feel happy every day? Do you wake up without feeling guilty for not doing something? Self-evaluation now is essential to going forward. The challenge is making the transition back to being in control of your life, not your life being in control of you. The stories in this book will hopefully inspire you to think deeper, take stock of what truly matters, and find greater fulfillment in your own life.
When Harp is discharged from the U.S. Army after decades of service, all he wants to do is recuperate at home, healing his mind and body in peace. Because Sergeant H.B. Harper has seen far too much violence and loss. He's ready to recover quietly, alone. But when Harp returns to the States, he doesn't get to go back to his old life. After a relative he didn't even know existed dies, a monstrous inheritance falls straight into his lap: a large Pennsylvania farm hiding more secrets than he knows what to do with. Secrets that put his life in danger, as well as the lives of the other veterans he calls on for help. He soon finds that in order to protect them and stay alive, he'll have to kill again. And, as it turns out, he's still very good at killing.
Reason for Reading: This book presents all the facts from both sides about Canada's most infamous crime. Reach your own conclusion by being objective and thinking critically. Synopsis: On a cold September day in 1959 a 14 year old Canadian schoolboy, in just his first encounter with the police and in a crime of passion, was sentenced by a jury to hang for the murder of his 12-year-old friend. Why I wrote this book: My greatest passion is to search for the truth in real crimes. Why you should read this book: This is probably the only book you will find in all of America's media about Steven Truscott and the Murder of 12-year-old Lynne Harper that is completely objective. Why you may avoid this book: There is an unconscious desire on the part of many to find greater meaning in the life and trials of Steven Truscott than is possible based upon the historical case. And so for them, there will always be an innocent Truscott. It simply has to be, no matter what.
Based on an exhibition held August 28-November 27, 2010 at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. Contains a checklist of the exhibition as well as colored plates.
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After battling an enemy far worse than many of those she's faced during her career as a photojournalist covering hotspots around the world, Harper Harris finds herself back in Sierra Leone during an Ebola outbreak that brings death straight to her door. In the course of twelve hours on her last night in the country, she saves an orphaned girl, shares drinks with Nessa Gallager, an enigmatic Irish woman who is not who she seems, and is interrogated by Ron Sumner, a jaded British intelligence agent whose half-truths are as dangerous as the murderer who killed two other hotel guests as Harper lay sleeping. Her journalistic curiosity piqued, Harper's never-ending pursuit of a story leads her to Guatemala, where the violent legacy of that country's civil war and the genocide of several hundred thousand of its citizens lingers just below the surface. What follows is a trajectory of retribution, intrigue, and betrayal that entangles all of the actors in a bloody set piece with tragic consequences that will change the course of Harper's life and the lives of those around her forever.
“Dennis Cass ventures into the terra infirma that is neuroscience, and returns with a fascinating, funny and touching tale. I recommend it for anyone who owns a brain.” -- AJ Jacobs, New York Times Bestselling author of The Know it All In the tradition of Supersize Me, Dennis Cass becomes a human guinea pig in a darkly comic journey to understand the human brain and find out what makes us who we are Infiltrating the world of neuroscience, Cass offers his own brain up to science, subjecting his mind and body to electric shocks, mind-numbing attention tests, stress tests of his own devising and cigarettes. In the spirit of George Plimpton and early Tom Wolfe, his exploits reveal the intricacies of fear, attention, stress, reward and consciousness from the inside out. Along the way, he weaves in the story of stepfather’s manic depression and drug addiction, as well as his own troubles with stress and depression, giving neuroscience a personal touch along with the clinical facts. Cass attacks the subject of the human brain with wit and candor, turning popular science into something distinctly human. Head Case is an imperative read for anyone who’s ever asked themselves why they are who they are.
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