How We Survive Ourselves tells the stories of mental illness through the eyes of a man with dissociative identity disorder, a young woman with misophonia, a young woman with depression, the wife of the DID sufferer, and a therapist trying to help these characters cope. How We Survive Ourselves is meant to be a realistic picture of mental illness, but that does not mean there is no hope. Through the eyes of the characters and their experiences, a new...

"Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet-but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J.B. MacKinnon investigates how we might achieve a world without shopping"--

I have no objection to truth," I said, but I enjoy untruths too, they're the building blocks of human culture. Actors pretending to be kings, singers faking heartbreak or elation, novelists inventing heroes in their heads to escape the mindless dullards around them. Reality is a vast sea of tedium interrupted by brief flashes of the repugnant – why would anyone chain themselves to that?"*A spin doctor forced to deal with aliens who loathe lies.A...

"The one thing you never talk about while you're in the Scholomance is what you'll do when you get out. Not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way. But it's all we dream about: the hideously slim chance we'll survive to make it out the gates and improbably find ourselves with a life ahead of us, a life outside the Scholomance halls. And now the impossible dream has come true. I'm out, we're all out--and I didn't even have to turn into...

"Who we are" is a moving and deeply personal reflection of one extraordinary woman's life. At some point in our lives, we identify with others. This book offers that opportunity. By following along on the author's journey, readers will experience growth, reflection, and change. A must-read personal memoir, readers will connect with and be touched by each page. Author Maricella Obando Moya reminds us to be ourselves and get away from things and people...

In a world still bearing the scars from an ancient magical conflict, those who wield magic - or are changed by it - are condemned as abominations, their lives forfeit. Raised at sea under the tyrannical rule of his father, there is nothing the young Captain Fiaer Dradorn won't do for the knowledge of a lost treasure that drove his father's obsession. Even start a war. Betrayed to the mercy - and consequences - of catastrophic, uncontrolled, magic,...

Journalist "explores why we find it so gratifying to be right and so maddening to be mistaken, and how this attitude toward error corrodes relationships." She claims that "error is both a given and a gift -- one that can transform our worldviews, our relationships, and, most profoundly, ourselves."

Strong is a word often associated with her. She must be judging from her hand in life. Anita (the youngest girl of the eleven Johnson children) gives you her truth accompanied by words from her sisters of the polar struggles and love she endured growing up in her hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana. This offering is a blend of drama, self-help, and comedy all rolled into a story that will tickle you into tears as you vicariously travel with her through...