The Half Empty Heart

Author : Alan Downs, Ph.D.
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781429973144

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The Half-Empty Heart by Alan Downs, Ph.D. Pdf

Finally, a book of insightful and practical advice for the millions of people suffering from low-grade depression, also known as dysthymia or chronic discontent Frustrated. Stressed. Irritable. Discouraged. Cynical. Fed up. These are among the feelings experienced by millions of people. Whether they realize it or not, their feelings are not caused by a negative attitude, a lack of gratitude, or laziness. Rather, these feelings are among the symptoms of a condition called dysthymia, also known as chronic discontent or low-grade depression. It blocks feelings of happiness, contentment, and passion, leaving emptiness, a lack of meaning, and despair. This powerful and practical book explains how this condition takes hold—and presents simple yet profound ways to overcome it once and for all. Using anecdotes from his private practice as well as insightful questions and exercises, psychotherapist Alan Downs, Ph.D., shines light into the dark corners of this isolating and debilitating condition and includes a five-week program to help you feel good again. Not a superficial, magic-bullet approach, The Half-Empty Heart is a probing, honest book that offers a path to meaningful change. The path begins here.

Author : David Rakoff
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780767929059

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Half Empty by David Rakoff Pdf

In this deeply smart and sneakily poignant collection of essays, the bestselling author of Fraud and Don’t Get Too Comfortable makes an inspired case for always assuming the worst—because then you’ll never be disappointed. Whether he’s taking on pop culture phenomena with Oscar Wilde-worthy wit or dealing with personal tragedy, Rakoff’s sharp observations and humorist’s flair for the absurd will have you positively reveling in the untapped power of negativity.

Author : Chris Mitchell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Asperger's syndrome
ISBN : 1446212661

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Glass Half Empty, Glass Half Full by Chris Mitchell Pdf

This story will be inspirational to all adults either facing Asperger's syndrome personally or interacting with someone who has been diagnosed. Chris Mitchell describes his life before and after diagnosis with Asperger's syndrome.

Author : Marie Rutkoski
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780374313852

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The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski Pdf

Intrigue, romance, and magic abound in The Hollow Heart, the heart-stopping conclusion to Marie Rutkoski’s Forgotten Gods duology. At the end of The Midnight Lie, Nirrim offered up her heart to the god of thieves in order to restore her people’s memories of their city’s history. The Half Kith who once lived imprisoned behind the city’s wall now realize that many among them are powerful. Meanwhile, the person Nirrim once loved most, Sid, has returned to her home country of Herran, where she must navigate the politics of being a rogue princess who has finally agreed to do her duty. In the Herrani court, rumors begin to grow of a new threat rising across the sea, of magic unleashed on the world, and of a cruel, black-haired queen who can push false memories into your mind, so that you believe your dearest friends to be your enemies. Sid doesn’t know that this queen is Nirrim, who seeks her revenge against a world that has wronged her. Can Sid save Nirrim from herself? Does Nirrim even want to be saved? As blood is shed and war begins, Sid and Nirrim find that it might not matter what they want...for the gods have their own plans.

Author : Fernando Pessoa
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780811226943

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The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition by Fernando Pessoa Pdf

For the first time—and in the best translation ever—the complete Book of Disquiet, a masterpiece beyond comparison The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa’s greatest literary achievement. An “autobiography” or “diary” containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete English edition by master translator Margaret Jull Costa. Most of the texts in The Book of Disquiet are written under the semi-heteronym Bernardo Soares, an assistant bookkeeper. This existential masterpiece was first published in Portuguese in 1982, forty-seven years after Pessoa’s death. A monumental literary event, this exciting, new, complete edition spans Fernando Pessoa’s entire writing life.

Author : Greg Boyle
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439153154

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Tattoos on the Heart by Greg Boyle Pdf

Father Boyle started Homeboy Industries nearly 20 years ago, which has served members of more than half of the gangs in Los Angeles. This collection presents parables about kinship and the sacredness of life drawn from Boyle's years of working with gangs.

Author : Marion Harland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : CHI:088078388

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The Empty Heart by Marion Harland Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Phrenology
ISBN : UOM:39015074625388

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The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : Modernista
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789180943642

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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Pdf

Heart of Darkness is often considered the world’s best short novel. The book serves as a bridge between the 19th century and modernism, an adventure tale revolving around the ambiguity of themes such as truth, morality, and evil. Joseph Conrad witnessed the European exploitation of the Congo with his own eyes. He once sailed up the Congo River himself to locate a countryman at a trading station deep within the country – even though this man wasn't named Kurtz. The goal and enigma of the journey have become synonymous with this name, one of the most unforgettable fictional characters of our time. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, and ended his career as a captain in the English merchant navy. His most famous work is the novella Heart of Darkness [1899], adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola in 1979 as Apocalypse Now.

Author : Felix Dennis
Publisher : Random House
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781448165308

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A Glass Half Full by Felix Dennis Pdf

Multi-millionaires are not supposed to write poetry. It offends against natural justice. But following a life-threatening illness, Felix Dennis, the man behind the magazine publishing powerhouse responsible for The Week and Maxim found himself scribbling lines in the oddest situations - in business meetings, at social functions, on aeroplanes and even in his sleep.

Author : Sir Arthur Blackwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Forgiveness of sin
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR00300896

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Forgiveness, Life and Glory by Sir Arthur Blackwood Pdf

Author : Sally Green (Novelist)
Publisher : Viking Books for Young Readers
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780670017140

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Half Lost by Sally Green (Novelist) Pdf

In modern-day England, Nathan embarks on a mission to turn the tide for the Alliance and end the bloody civil war between Black and White witches once and for all.

Author : Kathy Cronkite
Publisher : Delta
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1995-07-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780385314268

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On the Edge of Darkness by Kathy Cronkite Pdf

"I was ashamed. It was a confession of weakness. For years, depression meant the crazy house. As I look back at it, [my shame] just seems damned foolishness, which is one reason I talk about it now." --Mike Wallace "Toward the end I couldn't get up. I just physically couldn't." --Kitty Dukakis They have made the impossible climb into the spotlight and attained their brightest dreams. But for Mike Wallace, Kitty Dukakis, William Styron, Joan Rivers, and countless other people struggling against the debilitating effects of depression, life's most challenging battle is waged not in the public eye, but in the darkest recesses of the mind. In her brilliant new work, Kathy Cronkite gives voice to dozens of celebrated professionals who have endured--and conquered--the hopelessness of chronic depression. Most of all, this courageous book brings a ray of hope to the 24 million Americans who live in the shadows of this misunderstood disease, yet bravely seek a path toward the light. You will learn: What to do when the sadness won't go away. Why women are most vulnerable to unipolar disorder. How substance abuse can mask the symptoms of depression. The latest therapeutic options for children who are affected by their own--or a parent's--illness. Which effective new treatments can lift the burden of depression--for up to 90 percent of people who suffer from it!

Author : Kevin Salwen,Hannah Salwen
Publisher : HMH
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547486215

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The Power of Half by Kevin Salwen,Hannah Salwen Pdf

A true story of making a difference: “What does your family stand for? Read this book—it will change your life” (Daniel H. Pink). It all started when fourteen-year-old Hannah Salwen had a “eureka” moment. Seeing a homeless man in her neighborhood at the same moment when a glistening Mercedes coupe pulled up, she said “You know, Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal.” Until that day, the Salwens had been caught up like so many of us in the classic American dream—providing a good life for their children, accumulating more and more stuff, doing their part but not really feeling it. So when Hannah was stopped in her tracks by this glaring disparity, her parents knew they had to do something. As a family, they made the extraordinary decision to sell their Atlanta mansion, downsize to a house half its size, and give half of the sale price to a worthy charity. What began as an outlandish scheme became a remarkable journey that transported them across the globe and well out of their comfort zone. In the end they learned that they had the power to change a little corner of the world—and found that it changed them, too. “You feel lighter reading this book, as if the heavy weight of house and car and appliances, the need to collect these things to feel safe as a family, are lifted and replaced by something that makes much more sense.” —Los Angeles Times

Author : Brit Bennett
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525536970

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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * NPR * PEOPLE * TIME MAGAZINE* VANITY FAIR * GLAMOUR 2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST “Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.” —Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal “A story of absolute, universal timelessness …For any era, it's an accomplished, affecting novel. For this moment, it's piercing, subtly wending its way toward questions about who we are and who we want to be….” – Entertainment Weekly From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect? Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins. As with her New York Times-bestselling debut The Mothers, Brit Bennett offers an engrossing page-turner about family and relationships that is immersive and provocative, compassionate and wise.