Surviving Life As A Dumbass

Author : Michael E. Webster
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595470785

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Surviving Life As a Dumbass by Michael E. Webster Pdf

Michael E. Webster's story begins in the Navy, where he becomes an aggressive alcoholic, managing to survive a series of episodes that should have been deadly. Still, he manages to graduate from two top Navy schools.After being discharged, Webster returns to his hometown, but he has no plans for the future. Through the help of family members, friends and others, he returns to school and meets future wife Peggy, who supports him through his many relapses into the dark throes of alcoholism.Webster finally realizes he's hit rock bottom, but not until others almost lose their lives. At the age of 33-overweight and out of shape-he joins a Tae Kwon Do school and begins a physically painful journey as he learns how to beat his addiction.For 30 years, Webster has continued his journey, and in the process, he's helped others to change their lives. He teaches martial arts at no cost to those needing discipline in their lives.Join Webster as he battles demons of his own making and journeys down a road to self-improvement in Surviving Life as a Dumbass.

Author : Michael E. Webster
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0595913601

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Surviving Life as a Dumbass by Michael E. Webster Pdf

Michael E. Webster's story begins in the Navy, where he becomes an aggressive alcoholic, managing to survive a series of episodes that should have been deadly. Still, he manages to graduate from two top Navy schools. After being discharged, Webster returns to his hometown, but he has no plans for the future. Through the help of family members, friends and others, he returns to school and meets future wife Peggy, who supports him through his many relapses into the dark throes of alcoholism. Webster finally realizes he's hit rock bottom, but not until others almost lose their lives. At the age of 33-overweight and out of shape-he joins a Tae Kwon Do school and begins a physically painful journey as he learns how to beat his addiction. For 30 years, Webster has continued his journey, and in the process, he's helped others to change their lives. He teaches martial arts at no cost to those needing discipline in their lives. Join Webster as he battles demons of his own making and journeys down a road to self-improvement in Surviving Life as a Dumbass.

Author : Adam Ruben
Publisher : Crown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780307589453

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Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School by Adam Ruben Pdf

This is a book for dedicated academics who consider spending years masochistically overworked and underappreciated as a laudable goal. They lead the lives of the impoverished, grade the exams of whiny undergrads, and spend lonely nights in the library or laboratory pursuing a transcendent truth that only six or seven people will ever care about. These suffering, unshaven sad sacks are grad students, and their salvation has arrived in this witty look at the low points of grad school. Inside, you’ll find: • advice on maintaining a veneer of productivity in front of your advisor • tips for sleeping upright during boring seminars • a description of how to find which departmental events have the best unguarded free food • how you can convincingly fudge data and feign progress This hilarious guide to surviving and thriving as the lowliest of life-forms—the grad student—will elaborate on all of these issues and more.

Author : Ryan Starr
Publisher : Starr talking story
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9798518022126

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Surviving Paradise: True Backpacking Survival Adventures by Ryan Starr Pdf

Ryan Starr is a backpacking legend... with a heart for our world and its many wonders. This camping novice became a survival expert as he wandered the globe taking every risk that fell his way. With humor, persistence, and a good bit of luck, Ryan lived to tell the tale. He's not sure just how many times he stared death in the face, but Ryan would do it all again in a heartbeat. He's left bits and pieces of his self and his psyche on uninhabited islands from the Florida Keys to New Zealand, and in the lush peaks and valleys of Hawaii and Central America. Could you live for a year with just a bit of resourcefulness and the stuff you can fit in your backpack? Ryan did. And he's recreated every one of his adventures in this wild, wacky, wonderful book describing how he met the challenge of surviving paradise. This paperback is a collection of all four books in the Surviving Paradise series. It includes: ★ A Year on a Deserted Island in the Florida Keys ★ Backpacking the Hawaiian Islands ★ Discovering New Zealand ★ Backpacking Central America

Author : Adam Ruben
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780307589446

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Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School by Adam Ruben Pdf

An irreverent primer for overwhelmed grad students is a whimsical assortment of essays, lists and charts that celebrates the lighter side of graduate school life, from convincing applications of fudge data to pranks played on undergrads. Original.

Author : Cinzia
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781796047127

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Broken Life by Cinzia Pdf

My book is to tell my story of my life living through the child abuse and the hurt I endured of not being a Daddie’s girl. The struggle of trying to become a young girl who was always told that she is no good and will never become someone. Always trying to please my dad so, he will love me. The pain I endured physically when I never could do anything right in his eyes. How to this day, I’m trying to grow up the little girl in me and to show her the love while trying to help me. Let alone, love myself. To let parent’s, know that words do hurt. To tell my story on my experience with sexual assault from a fellow soldier and the great impact it had on my life as a young girl just coming out of high school and entering the military. Having what it took to become a soldier. The loss of my virginity. The, impacts that it has caused in my life. The thoughts of self-harm to escape who I became or who I was. Living a life in darkness. Walls built high and a mask for everyday to hide the pain and the feeling of unworthy. The thoughts of my father being right. No one will ever want me. The loss of my childhood friend who I lost thru suicide. The impact it has caused to this day. To bring awareness to other children and veterans that there is help and there are ways to cope. To let them see that they are not alone. To let you know I care. To let you know you are somebody.

Author : Shane A. Bernskoetter
Publisher : Booksurge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781419619175

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Surviving Twilight by Shane A. Bernskoetter Pdf

Plunge into the life of a young Army Reserve soldier as he leaves his civilian life to deploy to Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His journey begins in Fort Riley, Kansas and continues at Log Base Seitz, where Sergeant Bernskoetter spends the next year fixing weaponry and trying to stay alive one day at a time.Relive Sergeant Bernskoetter's experiences through vivid daily journal entries detailing life deep in the heart of a country torn by hatred and violence. Join him on this trip into terrifyingly unfamiliar territory and straight into a year of darkness, as only he can tell it.

Author : Tappei Nagatsuki
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781975335380

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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 23 (light novel) by Tappei Nagatsuki Pdf

RESTARTING IN A NEW WORLD—AGAIN?! Subaru Natsuki is an unremarkable high school boy who lives an unremarkable life in Japan. Of course, all that’s about to change now that he’s woken up ain a fantasy world for the first time! There’s something strange about this, though. Everyone seems to already know him, and for some reason, they’re all expecting him to figure out how to overcome the challenges of this weird tower. Who is this fantastical hero they all see when they look at him, and why does he sound nothing like boring old Subaru?

Author : Stephen “Steve-O” Glover,David Peisner
Publisher : Hyperion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1401310796

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Professional Idiot by Stephen “Steve-O” Glover,David Peisner Pdf

"It's mind-blowing to me how utterly far gone Steve-O was, and how he looks back on it in this book with such intelligence, humor, and searing honesty. What a truly unbelievable life." --Johnny Knoxville From his early days videotaping crazy skateboard stunts to starring in the Jackass movies, there was little that Stephen "Steve-O" Glover wouldn't do. Whether it was stapling his nutsack to his leg or diving into a pool full of elephant crap, almost nothing was out of bounds. As the stunts got crazier, his life kept pace. He developed a crippling addiction to drugs and alcohol, and an obsession with his own celebrity that proved nearly as dangerous. Only an intervention and a visit to a psychiatric ward saved his life. Today he has been clean and sober for more than three years. Professional Idiot recounts the lunacy, the debauchery, the stunts, the drug addiction, and the path to recovery with bravado, humor, and heart. "A great book to read before you get on the roller coaster to hell, if you plan on surviving to tell about it like Steve-O did." --Nikki Sixx, author of The Heroin Diaries "This is the perfect book for people who hate reading." --Tommy Lee, author of Tommyland The feedback I've gotten on Facebook and Twitter from those of you who've read this book has been fascinating, heartwarming, and hilarious. I'm happy to keep answering your questions on there, and I encourage more of you to join in the discussion. Hope to hear from you soon, and thank you all so much. Love, Steve-O

Author : Vince Flynn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416595236

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The Last Man by Vince Flynn Pdf

When a CIA black ops master with ties to disreputable figures in the Islamic Republic goes missing, Mitch Rapp is ordered to track down the missing man at all costs and finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous plot involving the interests of numerous countries. Reprint. 850,000 first printing.

Author : C.T. Leonard
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780244314613

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Hollywood:Real Life Fiction Volume One by C.T. Leonard Pdf

Author : Patrick B. Reyes
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827225336

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Nobody Cries When We Die by Patrick B. Reyes Pdf

When the screams of innocents dying engulf you, how do you hear God's voice? Will God and God's people call you to life when your breath is being strangled out of you? For people of color living each day surrounded by violence, for whom survival is not a given, vocational discernment is more than "finding your purpose" - it's a matter of life and death. Patrick Reyes shares his story of how the community around him - his grandmother, robed clergy, educators, friends, and neighbors - saved him from gang life, abuse, and the economic and racial oppression that threatened to kill him before he ever reached adulthood. A story balancing the tension between pain and healing, Nobody Cries When We Die takes you to the places that make American society flinch, redefines what you are called to do with your life, and gives you strength to save lives and lead in your own community. Part of the FTE (Forum for Theological Exploration) Series

Author : Melissa Dahl
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780735211643

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Cringeworthy by Melissa Dahl Pdf

New York magazine's "Science of Us" editor explains the compelling psychology of awkwardness, and asks: what if the moments that make us feel most awkward are actually valuable? Have you ever said goodbye to someone, only to discover that you're both walking in the same direction? Or had your next thought fly out of your brain in the middle of a presentation? Or accidentally liked an old photo on someone's Instagram or Facebook, thus revealing yourself to be a creepy social media stalker? Melissa Dahl, editor of New York magazine's "Science of Us" website, has. After a lifetime of cringing, she became intrigued by awkwardness: a universal but underappreciated emotion. In this witty and compassionate book, Dahl explores the oddest, cringiest corners of our world. She chats with strangers on the busy New York City subway, goes on awkward friend dates using a "Tinder-for-friendship" app, takes improv comedy lessons, and even reads aloud from her (highly embarrassing!) middle school diary to a crowd of strangers. After all of that, she realizes: Awkward moments are opportunities to test yourself. When everyone else is pretending to have it under control, you can be a little braver and grow a little bigger--while remaining true to your awkward self. And along the way, you might find that awkward moments unite us in our mutual human ridiculousness.

Author : John Kennedy Toole
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802197627

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A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Pdf

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).

Author : Jon Krakauer
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307476869

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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die. "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." —Entertainment Weekly McCandess had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Not long after, he was dead. Into the Wild is the mesmerizing, heartbreaking tale of an enigmatic young man who goes missing in the wild and whose story captured the world’s attention. Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding—and not an ounce of sentimentality. Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.