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Warning: If you don't like nightmares and horror, then don't read this book.Dream and Nightmares of a Menopausal Woman is a collection of 157 extremely vivid dreams experienced over a two-year period. Normally, this would be nothing of great interest. But I am epileptic, and one of the causes of my seizures is hormones. During the hormonal imbalance of menopause, I was basically allergic to myself! I never knew what was going to come at me each time I shut my eyes for sleep. Often not wanting to sleep due to the nightmares that plagued me. Not all my dreams where nightmares. Some of my dreams were sexual, some hilarious, and some dotted with celebrities. A very unique read that also includes nineteen illustrations."Unique and interesting opportunity to see the perspective of a woman going through quite a difficult menopause. Thankfully, menopause ends."-Shelia Schwartz"This adventure of a dream series journal, so wonderfully recalled, recorded and recounted in amazing detail, is a delightful and amusing experience. This book is a virtual 'smorgasbord' for dream and sleep researchers alike, who may find it an in depth challenge to interpret such. This book gives a whole new meaning to the words: pillow talk. Most delightful, Bambi Davis!"-Cheryl A. Hartwel

Tales I Shouldn't Tell My Daughter is about Brian McFadden's life prior to the birth of his daughter Kate, a span of almost fifty years. It is an attempt to reconcile his journey through life during his youth and early adulthood and is sprinkled with accounts of meeting with and having relationships with at least 164 celebrities, stars, politicians, and historical figures. It is also his attempt to explain the person he was then as opposed to the person he has become since she came into his life. He hopes that others will see aspects of their lives during the latter half of the 20th Century that were similar.

The Memoirs of a Few narrates a series of events that happened in the life of a few people with unique perspectives towards life. These narratives uncover the saga of a Brahmin family with a long history of migration. Keerthi, several generations down the line of the migrated group of Brahmins, believes, like his predecessors, that he is just one among the group who follow a particular pattern of living that cannot be related to a religion. Bashful by nature with repressed feelings, he is unaware that the psychological stress caused by the separation from his mother in childhood and his weakness for listening to tales of misery suffered by his forefathers were triggering delusions and transforming him into a different personality. Into his life walks Samanta, a Greek who migrated to the US and has a history of unpleasant memories of her tumultuous teenage years. They become good friends and, later, life partners. Alamelu, his mother, born into a wealthy family, is a strong woman who does not like wealth and comforts and lives a kind of austere life. She is not an atheist but has shunned age-old practices. She believes that problems are mind's creations and that we alone are responsible for our misery. She is impervious to the spirit behind beliefs and scriptures and thinks that they form a road to escape the reality of life. Narayana, his father, an upright man of few words and strong convictions, believes that spirituality is the only rudder to hold when sinking in the deep waters of misery. He thinks that rituals bring people down to a mere instinctive level and remove the beauty of philosophy. However, the philosophical outlook of Keerthi's parents receives a blow when a rare form of amnesia leaves Keerthi unable to recognize his parents' faces. By the time he recovers, his father is no more, and his mother has retreated into seclusion - retreated not out of despair but of a desire to renounce everything she cherished before being stripped of it by fate. Of late, Keerthi is getting tough like his mother...... The Memoirs of a Few engages with the question of faith and rationality from the experiences of a few characters in their life. Read here how the lives of the characters in the memoir unfold ............

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Im Oktober 1912 reiste Lou Andreas-Salomé nach Wien, um Sigmund Freud, aber auch andere Psychoanalytiker der ersten Stunde persönlich kennenzulernen und bei ihnen zu studieren. Ihr Tagebuch der folgenden zwölf Monate, in der vorliegenden Neuausgabe nach dem Originalmanuskript neu transkribiert, ist ein unvergleichlich wertvolles Dokument aus der Pionierzeit der Psychoanalyse.Als klare und neutrale Beobachterin analysiert sie sowohl die verschiedenen Denk- und Theorieansätze als auch die Befindlichkeiten der ersten Psychoanalytiker. Der Leser erfährt die Reizthemen, wird mitgenommen zu den Treffs in Cafés, Restaurants und Kliniken und erlebt Freud, seine Bewunderer wie Viktor Tausk und Kritiker wie Alfred Adler hautnah. Ihre Aufzeichnungen vom Münchner IPV-Kongress 1913, sind der einzige Augenzeugenbericht von der kontroversen Tagung, in deren Folge die endgültige Abspaltung der Zürcher Schule um C.G. Jung unabwendbar wurde.Daneben berichtet das Tagebuch auch vom Wiederbeleben der Bekanntschaften mit Arthur Schnitzler, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach und anderen Autoren und Künstlern und wirft damit ein reizvolles persönliches Schlaglicht auf die Kulturszene Wiens im frühen 20. Jahrhundert.

World War II veteran V. L. Yeats recalls his time in the US Navy from 1942 to 1945. A storekeeper aboard the USS Hecuba, he traveled throughout the Pacific to help resupply ships with tools, medical supplies, and the all important beer. Along the way, he tells stories about homemade spirits, destructive typhoons, and the bumbling introduction to his future wife.

"Your dad has given you away," his stepmother said with a sinister smile. These haunting words would follow young Olan for the rest of his life. At nine years of age, he wondered, "Can your daddy really give you away?" Can he do that? He would soon discover that he could, and he did. His life was about to change forever. In Given Away, a book made available through Authors Tranquility Press, Olan Hill, Jr. shares his true life story, revealing the depth of pain and hardship, adventure and triumph he finds throughout his life.October in California can at times seem bleak. As Olan came walking home from school on that dark day, he discovered all his belongings carefully packed into a small cardboard box. The box was sitting on the front porch of that little clapboard house where he lived, in Bean Town (a community just outside Clovis, California). Climbing the steps that day, his mind spun with curiosity. With the heartbreaking news that his father had given him away, he was soon to be in a faraway place, some 1500 miles away. Given Away reveals his struggles, hopes and dreams.In writing this book, the author does not blame anyone for what happened to him. He does not write with anger or hatred; he only wants to tell his story as he experienced it - the good, bad and indifferent. Given Away also tells of the author's ancestral tree, sharing the many stories of his grandparents during the difficult days of the great depression.

Written in 1970, this unique travelogue looks back on an enigmatic Englishman's travels through post-war Europe, as both author and continent search for identity. The most pleasant and inspiring of travel companions, Gordon gives us period photographs, and contemporary View-Master images as he attempts to answer the age-old question "Why do we travel?" Whether he is writing about his curious bookshop in Bath, his even more mysterious employer, the highs and lows of continental cuisine, architecture, space travel or the rebuilding of East and West, Gordon Nicholas's erudite yet almost boyish immersion into his surroundings is inspiring and revealing. After seventy years his voice is as immediate and engaging as it would have been in the 1950s when his journal begins; his dry, sometimes mischievous, often self-deprecating humour will make you smile; and his ambitious politics of hope might be just the antidote we need in 2024.This edition is enhanced by contemporary additions from the author's son, who followed half a century later in his father's footsteps; a multi-layering of historical perspectives that at key moments almost evolves into a conversation with a much admired, much-missed and much-loved father."Gordon not only opens the eyes of readers around the world to a sense of adventure, but also to a better understanding of what it truly means to be a citizen of the world."

Yesterday seemed so long ago, and then I remembered. It's in writing, my writings. Growing up in a small northern Michigan town, graduating high school in the mid-fifties, writing has always intrigued me. In my late twenties the opportunity to write a weekly column in the local newspaper was a wonderful gift from the editor. From then on it was a thought here, a memory there; jot it down for later. A sixty-two-year marriage, three sons, two grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, owning and operating a Hallmark shop, raising sheep, living on a small farm what's not to write about? Think of the opportunity to lead our church's choir for twenty-nine years without a formal music education; later becoming a lay speaker in our denomination. I never imagined a book would become a gathering place for my memories. There are a long line of yesterday's, waiting in this book. I hope you'll read and enjoy them with me.

The book is a collection of wise sayings, which if understood, one has ascended. There is a description of this at the beginning of the book; and details about me, the author, at the end of the book, as well as credits for the sayings.

THE OVERCOMERS ARE READY TO RISEThe Phoenix. A firebird from Greek mythology known for resurrecting itself from its own ashes. In her second book, A Song is Rising, Wendy draws on the uncanny parallels between the mythical creature, the Phoenix, and the wounded ones who feel the sting of abandonment within the ashes of their past.Through the Exodus story and the life of Miriam, Wendy reveals how this courageous woman's life sings a song of worship and triumph over each circumstance and transition she found herself in. Sharing powerful biblical insights into Miriam's leadership and lessons Wendy has learned from her own leadership journey, A Song Is Rising beautifully unfolds how Miriam's life theme of water not only helped her through the fire of her trials, but she discovered the Living Water became her Deliverer, her Rescuer and her Redeemer. The One who gave her a song that reignited the warrior within.How do you learn to trust God completely when you're afraid He'll abandon you? If you want to rise from the ashes of your past and reignite the warrior within, this book is for you.

KatharinaLeben einer Donau-SchwäbinFreude - Furcht - Folter - Flucht - Freiheit - Familie - FleißKatharina wuchs behütet in dem donauschwäbischen Dorf Ridjica in Serbien auf. Sie hatte nur eine Volksschulbildung in deutscher und serbischer Sprache. Ihre Eltern hatten sie als Kind stark in der häuslichen, landwirtschaftlichen und gastwirtschaftlichen Arbeit eingebunden. Daneben war sie fromm erzogen worden. Ihre Familie war auch kulturell aktiv beim Theaterspiel, Chorgesang und Dorffesten engagiert. Katharina beschreibt ihre Kindheitserlebnisse und Hochzeitsfeste mit deren hoffärtigen Mode. Auch tödliche Unfälle und einen Mord gab es im Dorf. Ihre Jugend war sehr kurz, denn dorfüblich heiratete sie 1940 bereits mit 16 Jahren ihren "Imre". Zwei Jahre hatte sie auf einem Gutshof eine sehr schöne Zeit. Dann wurde ihr Mann 1942 zum Kriegsdienst nach Finnland eingezogen. Im November 1942 bekam sie einen Sohn. Nachdem sie Imre 1943 noch einmal sah, begann ihre Furchtzeit. Ab 1944 musste sie Zwangsarbeiten verrichten. Dabei war sie zumeist von Kind und Verwandten getrennt. Sie wurde sogar von serbischen Partisanen der Spionage verdächtigt und physisch und psychisch gefoltert. Endlich konnte sie dann mit ihrem Kind, Bruder und einigen Verwandten nach Österreich flüchten. Dort waren sie einige Zeit in dem "Wagna"-Lager eingesperrt. Zu Fuß schafften sie es dann über Berg und Tal nach Freilassing und mit dem Zug nach Ludwigsburg, wo sich die Familie in Freiheit aber arm wieder traf. Katharina bekam ihren zweiten Sohn. Sie beschreibt die gütige Hilfe von einheimischen Schwaben, jedoch auch ihre anfänglich sprachlichen Missverständnisse und Diskriminierung. Mit viel Fleiß hat sich Katharina mit ihrem Mann dann in Ludwigsburg und Asperg eine schöne Existenz aufgebaut. Schicksalsschläge, wie der Tod ihres Patenkindes, verkraftete sie mit ihrem Gottesglauben. Wichtig waren für sie die Familien ihrer Kinder, stets hatten Katharina und Emmerich diese unterstützt. Viele eigene Feste konnten sie feiern. Als dann ihr Mann Emmerich 2004 starb, schaffte es Katharina in Eigenregie noch gut zu leben Sie kam auch der Bitte ihrer Kinder nach, ihre Erlebnisse aufzuschreiben. Zum Schluß schrieb sie dann auch über ihre schwierigen Gefühle im Alter. Kurz darauf, im Januar 2010, erlitt sie einen kleineren Schlaganfall. Von dem hatte sie sich noch erholt und wurde von ihren Kindern betreut. Nach einem zweiten Schlaganfall im Januar 2011 verstarb Katharina mit 87 Jahren.

Ein älterer Herr schreibt seine Erfahrungen aus den ersten Jahren der IT. Damals wurde noch lange nicht erkannt, was für einen gigantischen Wandel sie in der Geschichte des Menschen bringen würde.Erfolge der IT und der dabei auch so übliche "Flops" sowie auch seine eigenen halten sich im Buch so etwa die Waage. Es wurde versucht, die technischen Details durch eine möglichst präzise Beschreibung auch für Laien auf diesem Gebiet etwas verdaulicher zu gestalten. Die Fachwörter sind auf Englisch besser bekannt als auf Deutsch und werden darum in dieser Sprache belassen. Die beim Niederschreiben unausweichlich aufkommende Assoziation leitet über zu menschlichen Anekdoten, Episoden und anderen Abschweifungen. Oft amüsant. Oft nachdenklich. Von denen er aber unweigerlich sehr bald wieder in die Realität der immer rasender sich entwickelnden Computer-Welt zurückkommt.

With each passing year, I have become more concerned with legacy. I hope those who care will find herein a few gems of wisdom, perhaps profit from some of my experiences, and smile at some of my memories. My hope is that these pages, along with my chosen quotations, will motivate you to live well, learn wisely, do good things, and be inspired to write your own history. Your story must be told or be lost to the sands of time. From my experience, just the writing of it is worth the effort, even if you are the only one to read it.

I couldn't wait to begin my teaching career. I had always been captivated by children's imaginations and their inquisitive spirits.... Their eagerness to learn. Teaching new skills to entire classrooms of students was an exciting opportunity.I'm just a short while, I realized that it wasn't just me who was the teacher. As I shared in these children's daily lives, I also shared their hearts. They began teaching me life lessons, so I wrote this book to share these children's spirits with others. My hope is that my readers will laugh, will cry, and will see the world through the heart of a child. I challenge those who may be entering the teaching profession to be receptive to all that their own "little teachers" can teach them about life, the heart of a child, and how to make a difference in their lives.

The novel, "Precious" (In His Sight), tells of the myriad, life-altering U.S. Government-sanctioned and implemented, changes..., societal (1864 - 1887), events, that followed, and the conclusion of the American Civil War, that shaped the "Re-United States of America".Shortly before the election of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th President of the United States, Eleanor Leary-a young Irish-Immigrant educator-, is summarily discharged by her employer, the Master of Richmond Virginia's, Rosewood Cotton Plantation, for the "Heinous-Crime", of teaching a black-slave, to read and write.Disappointed, depressed, and disillusioned, Eleanor Leary, relocates, north of the Mason-Dixon line, to the northern state of Pennsylvania, marries..., and for the entirety of the war, teaches at the town's local college.Rebecca Billing-one of the two white children that Eleanor had taught before the war; Rebecca after having left Virginia...; and, following a year, living as a captive of the Comanche-returns to Richmond, and gives birth to a "mixed-blood", child.Because of unrelenting racial bigotry inflicted upon her son, Rebecca leaves Richmond Virginia, and settles in Lost Springs, Kansas.During the post-war period of "Reconstruction", both Eleanor, and Rebecca- separated by time and half a continent-, work tirelessly, assisting the former..., now freed black slaves, and the "Plains Indians" ..., now referred to as "The Reservation-Indians", to acquire the skills needed to assimilate..., and to survive in Euro-Centric, American society.

SFC Tomika Prouty, USA Ret., is an overcomer! Diagnosed with PTSD after a tour of duty to Afghanistan, she returned with depression, anxiety, anger and more. She was constantly on high alert. Despite the fact, every small noise scared her and every car that backfired had her running for cover, she suppressed her issues to focus on the trauma her son endured while she was deployed. It was a long road to recovery, yet she credits her faith in the LORD for strength to persevere through the adversities of life. It is her hope that you are encouraged and strengthened by her story of faith, hope and love. Sincerely, a must read!

"One day, I find a bottle of Smirnoff under the kitchen sink. I have never seen anyone drink it, but I know it is liquor. I take a giant swig. Holy burning! I feel like my throat is torched. It takes what seems like forever to stop stinging. When it does, I forget I am angry, lonely, and especially sad. I feel so sad at only ten years old."Margarette had her first drink at an age when most kids were still watching cartoons! Struggling through her childhood and teenage years with a mother who can't provide the emotional support she needs and an absent father, she finds solace at times in the harsh streets of Harlem.As she grows up, Margarette walks the tightrope between being a dedicated NYPD officer, protecting the vibrant streets of her beloved city, and battling her private demons locked away in nightly encounters with liquor.With a powerful voice that embraces vulnerability, Margarette's story transcends mere survival. It chronicles her quest for self-discovery, driven by an unshakable belief that she is destined for more. Through laughter and tears, she confronts the challenging realities of life and summons the courage to transform everything she once knew.Join Margarette as she navigates the complexities of her upbringing, defying the odds, and defying the pain that threatened to define her. Her journey, a testament to resilience and the human spirit, reminds us that true change begins with a profound understanding that we are, and always have been, enough.

How would you feel if you were constantly told how much you looked like a famous star, especially when another famous star pulls you out of a line to tell you that you look just like him? Terry Wayne Hammock finally decided enough was enough, and began researching his family tree...only to find out that a lot of that tree was mysteriously missing! Within these pages is the journey of Terry Wayne Hammock as he began amassing evidence in a few short years...enough to get his name legally changed to "John T. Wayne"...and to hopefully claim his American Heritage!

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Unforgettable Love. Unimaginable Battle. Discover a True Love Story of Courage, Resilience, and the Power of Never Giving Up.How far would you go for the love of your life? When faced with the most devastating diagnosis, how do you hold on to hope and cherish each moment? Grief Before Death: A True Love Story is an intimate memoir that transcends love and loss, reminding us that true love never dies-it only transforms.Journey into the world of a young couple who prove love at first sight isn't just for fairy tales. Dive into their 25+ years of romance, laughter, and adventure; experience a love so strong that it could face any challenge. Except, perhaps, for one: Stage 4 Metastatic RCC.A devastating cancer diagnosis sets them on a new, uncharted course. A path filled with emotional battles, strenuous treatments, and glimmers of hope. With each chapter, author Stevie Dahms shares their heartrending story, offering profound insights into coping, grieving, and loving amidst life's hardest challenges.Are you going through a similar trial or know someone who is? Grief Before Death provides much-needed hope and inspiration. It showcases the real power of love to face adversity, to transcend physical limits, and to inspire us all. If you're looking for a testament to human spirit, a celebration of enduring love, or just need to believe in the possibility of miracles, this book is your beacon of light.

Unearth the Power of Faith in Motherhood: Discover Your Strength in God Through Postpartum Depression's Trials and Triumphs Don't Ever Let Go is a transformative spiritual memoir that guides women, particularly first-time moms, through the dark abyss of postpartum depression (PPD) towards the restorative power of faith in Christ. In an era where women's mental health is often misunderstood, Shirley Motorca shares her intimate struggle with PPD, offering solace, guidance, and the promise that no darkness is too vast for God's light to pierce. Through this powerful narrative, Shirley redefines the often solitary and stigmatized journey of postpartum depression. She illuminates a path towards healing that embraces God's omnipresent love, shaping a strong identity in Christ, and fostering resilience in the face of adversity. Don't Ever Let Go is not only a tale of personal triumph but also an empowering testament to the indomitable spirit of motherhood. It inspires you to seek God amidst the trials, building a robust family grounded in His teachings. No matter how consuming the darkness, remember to hold on, keep the faith, and witness the dawn of healing and freedom in Christ. Embrace the challenges, the joy, the transformation - motherhood is your ultimate journey in faith.