They say, "Misery loves Company," a hard to believe in that adage when today we're all too busy hiding our miseries. This book gives us back the freedom to look at our flaws through a magnifying glass. By presenting authentic, raw, and unabridged stories, you will be able to connect with the most imperfect version of yourself, but at the same time the most humanly one. You will be in a privileged position to peer into the brains of the protagonists and understand each of their unfortunate life decisions. Through their experiences you will be confronted with the issues that have defined their lives, without a chance to confess, unless they had been unmasked by malicious gossip. Accompany these anonymous antiheroes in their revenge, cowardice, incest, and shamefulness. You’ll have the satisfaction of judging and empathizing with their stories, of course that depends on how each one of them awakens your own misery. Louise Simpson Phillips is an alternative therapist who has dedicated much of her life to provide her clients with the tools to allow them to accept who they really are. She is an expert in navigating the murky waters of issues we do not want to recognize in ourselves. The life of the author herself is the clearest example that misadventures and mistakes can ultimately lead to a successful life. Thanks to her years of experience, she has compiled stories that, although at first glance may seem disturbing, reflect the most visceral and complete reality of the human being.
Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Louis Simpson has been a leading figure in American letters for more than half a century. Born in the West Indies, Simpson immigrated to the United States at the age of seventeen. He studied at Columbia University, then served the US Army in active duty in Europe during World War II. After the war he continued his studies at Columbia and at the University of Paris. While living in France, he published his first book of poems, The Arrivistes (1949). The poems in Struggling Times find Simpson’s distinct imaginative voice working at its full poetic power. Both timely and personal, the poems reveal Simpson’s ongoing quarrel with suburban America, as well as the American government’s struggle to retain its integrity and honor in the midst of its own aggression and worldwide strife. You have to be careful what you hear or see. In Afghanistan I saw the man and the woman who were caught in adultery buried up to their heads. Their children were brought and told to throw stones. I can still see the heads twisting on the ground. The poor devil in Papillon with his head in the guillotine . . . but Goya’s half-buried dog looking up at the sky I think was the worst of all. "This is the Jamaican-born Simpson's 18th collection; its dry trimeters and tragic resignations should certainly please the faithful fans... Yet the new poems, as much as any in his oeuvre, leave room for unexpected happiness...Simpson believes in endurance and the rewards of the ordinary. He can, at his best, make his readers believe in those things too." --Publishers Weekly Louis Simpson’s last book, The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems 1940-2001, (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2003) was finalist for the National Book Award and the Griffin Poetry Prize. His other honors include the Prix de Rome, Guggenheim Foundation fellowships, and the Columbia Medal for Excellence.
All I Want for Christmas is a collection of horror and paranormal stories by authors Ina Louise Jackson, "The Christmas Tree Farm" and "Simple Gifts," author B.A. Belliveau, "Gone!" and author Lynn Marie Simpson, "Incubus, Tales of the Anunnaki." The Christmas Tree Farm. When Rebecca Weatherspoon accepts a job as care-giver to a young child for the twelve days of Christmas she gets more than she bargained for. Simple Gifts. When the Abbotts discover a strange box in their new home everything begins to fall apart. Gone! What would you do if you came home and nobody was there? Incubus, Tales of the Anunnaki. Introduces the fallen angels. Remiel is cursed to depend on souls, he once lovingly transported, to sustain his own survival. Until he meets two souls destined to change his life.
Rowdy's Tales is told by "Rowdy", a lovable, Black Lab rescued from an animal shelter. His training by "Coach", his owner, helps save his life when he is kidnapped. Coach rescues two other pets from the shelter. "Missy", a white cat, and "Gracie", a Poodle & Shih Tzu mix. Rowdy tells how Coach's five year old granddaughter "Rose" met the rescued pets and how dreams do come true.
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