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  Master Your Emotions: A...

  Alison Simmons

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  What iѕ it аbоut emotions thаt tiеѕ up uѕ in knots, mаkеѕ it hаrd tо bе ѕtrоng just when уоu nееd to be, саuѕеѕ miѕundеrѕtаndingѕ аnd juѕt рlаin mаkеѕ уоu сrаzу? And саn wе dо аnуthing аbоut it?  
  Emotions mаkе uѕ сrаzу because thеу are соnѕtаntlу knocking аt thе dооr оf our consciousness, аѕking fоr admission, аnd wе are соnѕtаntlу trying tо find ways nоt tо аnѕwеr! Emotional awareness, intеlligеnсе and mastery are ѕimрlу nоt аѕресtѕ оf оur lives in which wе hаvе аnу trаining аt аll! And yet they аrе thе vеrу bаѕеlinе of our human еxреriеnсе.  
  In fact, аѕ сhildrеn, we аrе mostly tаught hоw tо hаrnеѕѕ, repress, and deny еmоtiоnѕ - not bесаuѕе the our еmоtiоnѕ аrе a рrоblеm, but bесаuѕе thе реорlе whо аrе responding to us have nо idеа how to hаndlе thеm. They аlѕо hаd no emotional training, so they can't tеасh uѕ whаt thеу thеmѕеlvеѕ dо nоt know.  
  Emоtiоn drives еvеrуthing we dо, еvеrу choice wе mаkе, еvеrу intеrасtiоn wе еvеr hаvе. And уеt there it iѕ, hiding in рlаin sight, unеxрlоrеd in any mеаningful wау. 
  -DESIGNED AND CREATED FOR AUDIOBOOK VERSION-How to understanding the nature of your emotions, what they are? How to best exploit them?You learn how to handle emotions, and how to change negative emotions into positive ones.Let go of poor self-esteem and improve your confidence and your social skills. Understand Emotional Intelligence and how to use it best for you. how you can influence your mind to think positively.Do not let stress overwhelm you! Prepare your mental defenses to deal with the effects of stress.And much more tricks for living life full of beautiful emotions.  
  Here's a ԛuеѕtiоn fоr уоu: Whу wоuld we wаnt tо lеаrn about оur еmоtiоnѕ when they аrе ѕо сhаllеnging? Why iѕ thiѕ ѕuсh a crucial tаlеnt tо master? 

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  Montesquieu & the Despotic Ideas...

  Vickie B. Sullivan

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  Montesquieu is rightly famous as a tireless critic of despotism, which he associates in his writings overtly with Asia and the Middle East and not with the apparently more moderate Western models of governance found throughout Europe. However, a careful reading of Montesquieu reveals that he recognizes a susceptibility to despotic practices in the West—and that the threat emanates not from the East, but from certain despotic ideas that inform such Western institutions as the French monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church.             Nowhere is Montesquieu’s critique of the despotic ideas of Europe more powerful than in his enormously influential The Spirit of the Laws, and Vickie B. Sullivan guides readers through Montesquieu’s sometimes veiled, yet sharply critical accounts of Machiavelli, Hobbes, Aristotle, and Plato, as well as various Christian thinkers. He finds deleterious consequences, for example, in brutal Machiavellianism, in Hobbes’s justifications for the rule of one, in Plato’s reasoning that denied slaves the right of natural defense, and in the Christian teachings that equated heresy with treason and informed the Inquisition. In this new reading of Montesquieu’s masterwork, Sullivan corrects the misconception that it offers simple, objective observations, showing it instead to be a powerful critique of European politics that would become remarkably and regrettably prescient after Montesquieu’s death when despotism wound its way through Europe.  

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  Marching Orders - The Untold...

  Bruce Lee

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  A stunning account of how the American military's breaking of the Japanese diplomatic Purple codes led to the defeat of Nazi Germany. Bruce Lee, having had access to more than one million pages of US Army documents and thousands of pages of daily top-secret messages dispatched to Tokyo from the Japanese embassy in Berlin, assembles fascinating revelations about pivotal moments in the war, including the reason Eisenhower stopped his army at the Elbe and let the Russians capture Berlin, the invasion of Europe, and the battles on the African and Eastern fronts. This groundbreaking book clearly demonstrates how the success of the American code breakers led to so many favorable military and strategic outcomes for the Allies and hastened the end of this devastating war.

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  Give Me a Break

  John Stossel

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  Ballooning government? Millionaire welfare queens? Tort lawyers run amok? A $330,000 outhouse, paid for with your tax dollars? John Stossel says, ""Give me a break."" 
  When he hit the airwaves thirty years ago, Stossel chased snake-oil peddlers, rip-off artists, and corporate thieves, winning the applause of his peers.  
  But along the way, he noticed that there was something far more troublesome going on: While the networks screamed about the dangers of coffee pots, worse risks were ignored.   
  In Give Me a Break, Stossel explains how ambitious bureaucrats, intellectually lazy reporters, and greedy lawyers make your life worse even as they claim to protect your interests. Taking on such sacred cows as the FDA, the War on Drugs, and scare-mongering environmental activists -- and backing up his trademark irreverence with careful reasoning and research -- he shows how the problems that government tries and fails to fix can be solved better by the extraordinary power of the free market. 
  He traces his journey from cub reporter to 20/20 co-anchor, revealing his battles to get his ideas to the public, his struggle to overcome stuttering, and his eventual realization that, for years, much of his reporting missed the point. 
  Stossel concludes the book with a modest proposal for change. It's a simple plan in the spirit of the Founding Fathers to ensure that America remains a place ""where free minds -- and free markets -- make good things happen.""

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  Headscarves and Hymens - Why the...

  Mona Eltahawy

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  A passionate manifesto decrying misogyny in the Arab world, by an Egyptian American journalist and activistWhen the Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy published an article in Foreign Policy magazine in 2012 titled "Why Do They Hate Us?" it provoked a firestorm of controversy. The response it generated, with more than four thousand posts on the website, broke all records for the magazine, prompted dozens of follow-up interviews on radio and television, and made it clear that misogyny in the Arab world is an explosive issue, one that engages and often enrages the public.     In Headscarves and Hymens, Eltahawy takes her argument further. Drawing on her years as a campaigner and commentator on women's issues in the Middle East, she explains that since the Arab Spring began, women in the Arab world have had two revolutions to undertake: one fought with men against oppressive regimes, and another fought against an entire political and economic system that treats women in countries from Yemen and Saudi Arabia to Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya as second-class citizens.     Eltahawy has traveled across the Middle East and North Africa, meeting with women and listening to their stories. Her book is a plea for outrage and action on their behalf, confronting the "toxic mix of culture and religion that few seem willing or able to disentangle lest they blaspheme or offend." A manifesto motivated by hope and fury in equal measure, Headscarves and Hymens is as illuminating as it is incendiary.

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  Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes

  William Lynwood Montell

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  “A unique firsthand record of this history and culture of death in Kentucky relayed nearly word-for-word to preserve the language, style and emotion.” —Hardin Company Historical Society 
   
  In Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes, William Lynwood Montell has collected stories and reminiscences from funeral home directors and embalmers across the state. These accounts provide a record of the business of death as it has been practiced in Kentucky over the past fifty years. The collection ranges from tales of old-time burial practices, to stories about funeral customs unique to the African American community, to tales of premonitions, mistakes, and even humorous occurrences. Other stories involve such unusual aspects of the business as snake-handling funerals, mistaken identities, and in-home embalming. Taken together, these firsthand narratives preserve an important aspect of Kentucky social life not likely to be collected elsewhere. Most of these funeral home stories involve the recent history of Kentucky funeral practices, but some descriptive accounts go back to the era when funeral directors used horse-drawn wagons to reach secluded areas. These accounts, including stories about fainting relatives, long-winded preachers, and pallbearers falling into graves, provide significant insights into the pivotal role morticians have played in local life and culture over the years. 
   
  “A fascinating read . . . Some of the stories are thoughtful explanations of past funeral customs and ruminations on the needs of grieving, but many are also funny.” —Lexington-Herald Leader 
   
  “Yes, they have humorous stories to tell, but they also have poignant tales that will move you.” —Bowling Green Daily News 
   
  “[Montell’s] edited anecdotes preserve many of those traditions for readers interested in commonwealth customs related to ‘passing on.’” —Courier-Journal

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