Monkey Trap

Monkey Trap
Author: Lee Denning
Publisher: Twilight Times Books (TN)
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2004
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781931201346

"This is an immensely exciting SF thriller..." ~ Dr. Bob Rich.

ACT in Practice

ACT in Practice
Author: Patricia A. Bach
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2008
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 157224478X

Every psychotherapeutic model needs literature that shows therapists how to conceive of real-life cases in terms of the particular treatment protocols of that model; ACT in Practice will be the first such case conceptualization guide for acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), one of the most exciting new psychotherapeutic models.

Coming Home to Story

Coming Home to Story
Author: Geoff Mead
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2016-11-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1784504556

Stories take us into other worlds so that we may experience our own more deeply. Master storyteller Geoff Mead brings the reader inside the experience of telling and listening to a story. He shows how stories and storytelling engage our imaginations, strengthen communities and bring adventure and joy into our lives. The narrative is interspersed with consummate retellings of traditional tales from all over the world.

Animal Acts

Animal Acts
Author: Una Chaudhuri
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2018-08-29
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0472901109

We all have an animal story—the pet we loved, the wild animal that captured our childhood imagination, the deer the neighbor hit while driving. While scientific breakthroughs in animal cognition, the effects of global climate change and dwindling animal habitats, and the exploding interdisciplinary field of animal studies have complicated things, such stories remain a part of how we tell the story of being human. Animal Acts collects eleven exciting, provocative, and moving stories by solo performers, accompanied by commentary that places the works in a broader context. Work by leading theater artists Holly Hughes, Rachel Rosenthal, Deke Weaver, Carmelita Tropicana, and others joins commentary by major scholars including Donna Haraway, Jane Desmond, Jill Dolan, and Nigel Rothfels. Una Chaudhuri’s introduction provides a vital foundation for understanding and appreciating the intersection of animal studies and performance. The anthology foregrounds questions of race, gender, sexuality, class, nation, and other issues central to the human project within the discourse of the “post human,” and will appeal to readers interested in solo performance, animal studies, gender studies, performance studies, and environmental studies.

Lamet

Lamet
Author: Karl Gustav Izikowitz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1979
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

The Mindfulness Toolbox

The Mindfulness Toolbox
Author: Donald Altman, M.A., LPC
Publisher: PESI Publishing & Media
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1936128861

A Complete Guide to Mindfulness Tools for Clinicians At last, an authoritative book filled with mindfulness tools that deliver an essential set of engaging, practical strategies along with key research and evidence-based information. The awareness boosting methods in this guidebook offer participants a means of reappraising and observing negative and anxious thoughts, habits, pain, and stress in fresh ways that produce new insight, positive change, and a sense of hope. Featuring over 40 easy to use, reproducible handouts and expertly crafted, guided scripts—such as working with the breath, overcoming depression with here and now pleasantness, calming the anxious mind with sense grounding, expanding a client’s strength narrative, the stress pause S-T-O-P technique, and meditations for peace, acceptance, and re-envisioning pain—this book is ideal for clinicians wanting to integrate mindfulness into their work.

The Icon

The Icon
Author: Greyson Hawk
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2022-06-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1665723769

After seeing the dark side of humanity, Greyson leaves the military for a more peaceful and settled life—or so he thought. After a divorce, the ball starts rolling. It has been said “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,” and Greyson finds this to be true. Even though he is worldly and traveled, Greyson begins to realize his own naiveté. At first, he doesn’t believe the things he is told, until he experiences them first hand. Witchcraft is strong in Texas, and this unseen world of secrets comes with consequences. The practice of black magic makes Greyson question the bounds of human perception. As he travels down a road of betrayal and curses, his life becomes a shade darker. Looking for some way to combat witchcraft, he searches for anything that may allow him protection and rid him of conjured unholy creatures. Finally acquiring a talisman for this purpose, Greyson learns that when fighting demons, there is always collateral damage.

Trap Line

Trap Line
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2010-12-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453210679

A Key West fishing captain takes on Florida’s drug lords in this “splendidly written” crime story coauthored by the #1 New York Times–bestselling novelist (The New York Times Book Review). Though he is one of Key West’s most skilled fishing captains, Breeze Albury barely ekes out a living on the meager earnings of his trade. Meanwhile, Cuban and Colombian drug smugglers thrive all around—and they have their sights set on Albury and his fishing boat. After the smugglers cut his three hundred trap lines and crush his livelihood, Albury is forced to run drugs to survive. But when he gets busted by the crooked chief of police and becomes a target of the drug machine’s brutal hit men, Albury becomes a vigilante on the seas of Florida, unleashing a fiery and relentless vengeance on the most dangerous criminals south of Miami. Along with Powder Burn and A Death in China, this is one of the early suspense thrillers written by Carl Hiaasen and Bill Montalbano, a writing team praised for their “fine flair for characters and settings” (Library Journal). Perfect for fans of the Doc Ford novels by Randy Wayne White, Trap Line is an action-packed preview of Hiaasen’s stellar Florida-set crime novels including Sick Puppy, Tourist Season, and Razor Girl.

108 Metaphors for Mindfulness

108 Metaphors for Mindfulness
Author: Arnie Kozak
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2016-06-14
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1614293996

From the author of Mindfulness A to Z! This engaging and accessible little book is filled with both humor and profound teaching. It presents 108 metaphors for mindfulness, meditation practice, the nature of the self, change, deep acceptance, and other related concepts that Dr. Kozak has cultivated over twenty-five years of meditating, practicing yoga, and working as a clinical psychologist. Metaphors are indispensable to understanding mindfulness, and to help deeply internalize it and make it a part of everyday life. These mentally catchy images can motivate us to practice, show us how and where to bring mindfulness to life in our personal experience, and help us employ powerful methods for transformation. This book was previously published under the title Wild Chicken and Petty Tyrants.