Trivial Pursuits

Trivial Pursuits
Author: Ian Diorio
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 144124557X

Your life is not a reality show. It's actual reality. But too many of us spend our lives on trivial pursuits--media, money, perpetual youth, and a culture of constant entertainment. We try to avoid the realities of pain, depression, loneliness, and mortality by filling our lives with diversions. Even worse, our churches that might use the reality of pain and suffering to point us to the cross instead dress the gospel up in the world's clothing so that it will seem more "relevant." With pinpoint accuracy, LA club DJ turned pastor Ian DiOrio diagnoses the problem and gives us the cure. Exposing our most common empty attempts to find meaning apart from God, DiOrio points us back to God and exhorts us to find meaning in our identities as followers of Christ, as shapers of culture, and as people who participate in communities of worship.

The Ultimate Trivial Pursuit Question and Answer Book

The Ultimate Trivial Pursuit Question and Answer Book
Author: Hasbro
Publisher: Puzzlewright
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Board games
ISBN: 9781402770654

One of the largest collections of Trivial Pursuit questions ever compiled, this ultimate compendium covers art, entertainment, history, geography, science, sports, and more.

Raven Smith’s Trivial Pursuits

Raven Smith’s Trivial Pursuits
Author: Raven Smith
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2020-04-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 000833997X

’Instagram’s answer to David Sedaris.’ ST STYLE MAGAZINE ’Irresistibly readable.’ DOLLY ALDERTON ’You’ll laugh. You’ll cry.’ LENA DUNHAM A hilarious, smart and incredibly singular debut from Raven Smith, whose exploration of the minutiae of everyday modern life and culture is totally unique and painfully relatable.

Trivial Pursuits

Trivial Pursuits
Author: Elizabeth Hayley
Publisher: Waterhouse Press
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2022-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1642633461

Asking questions is risky business. Owen Parrish has a lot of growing up to do. As a new homeowner, he has responsibilities that no longer allow him to be scatterbrained and immature. Maybe a roommate who has her life together will be just what he needs to keep him focused. Veronica Diaz is back in town for law school, and when she helps Owen in exchange for a place to live, she feels like her life is on the right track. She’s driven and passionate and ready for anything life throws at her. Right? When Owen and Veronica uncover a secret about their house’s former owner, they set off on a path that will teach them that the past never stays buried and that choices can never be undone. In the end, Owen and Veronica will have to decide if they want to choose each other or risk heading down a path that leaves them with no chance of a future together.

Trivial Pursuits

Trivial Pursuits
Author: Orlando Gili
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2020-07-02
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781910566756

It was the UK's decision to leave the EU that made Londonborn photographer Orlando Gili question (and then capture) who the English really are. In a nation full of such contradiction and complexity, Gili found some answers in how people choose to spend their leisure time. From horse racing to wartime reanactments, carnivals to clubs, from ancient and quintessential rituals (medieval village bottle-kicking competitions) to the more modern (Santa pub crawls) this book reveals that which unites a divided nation: the relentless desire for organised fun.

Mo' Meta Blues

Mo' Meta Blues
Author: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2013-06-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1455501360

"You have to bear in mind that [Questlove] is one of the smartest motherf*****s on the planet. His musical knowledge, for all practical purposes, is limitless." --Robert Christgau A punch-drunk memoir in which Everyone's Favorite Questlove tells his own story while tackling some of the lates, the greats, the fakes, the philosophers, the heavyweights, and the true originals of the music world. He digs deep into the album cuts of his life and unearths some pivotal moments in black art, hip hop, and pop culture. Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is many things: virtuoso drummer, producer, arranger, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon bandleader, DJ, composer, and tireless Tweeter. He is one of our most ubiquitous cultural tastemakers, and in this, his first book, he reveals his own formative experiences--from growing up in 1970s West Philly as the son of a 1950s doo-wop singer, to finding his own way through the music world and ultimately co-founding and rising up with the Roots, a.k.a., the last hip hop band on Earth. Mo' Meta Blues also has some (many) random (or not) musings about the state of hip hop, the state of music criticism, the state of statements, as well as a plethora of run-ins with celebrities, idols, and fellow artists, from Stevie Wonder to KISS to D'Angelo to Jay-Z to Dave Chappelle to...you ever seen Prince roller-skate?!? But Mo' Meta Blues isn't just a memoir. It's a dialogue about the nature of memory and the idea of a post-modern black man saddled with some post-modern blues. It's a book that questions what a book like Mo' Meta Bluesreally is. It's the side wind of a one-of-a-kind mind. It's a rare gift that gives as well as takes. It's a record that keeps going around and around.

Personality Psychology

Personality Psychology
Author: David M. Buss
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 478
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1468406345

Research in the field of personality psychology has culminated in a radical departure. The result is Personality Psychology: Recent Trends and Emerging Directions. Drs. Buss and Cantor have compiled the innovative research of twenty-five young, outstanding personality psychologists to represent the recent expansion of issues in the fields. Advances in assessment have brought about more powerful methods and the explanatory tools for extending personality psychology beyond its traditional reaches into the areas of cognitive psychology, evolutionary biology, and sociology. This volume represents a significant landmark in the psychology of personality.

Trivial Pursuit Questions

Trivial Pursuit Questions
Author: Shirley Dee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2015-07-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781514250860

Based mainly on the Encyclopaedia Britannica, this is a brand new set of intelligent and entertaining questions suitable to use with Trivial Pursuit, Pub quizzes or Family Games.There are 200 pages with 6 questions and answers to a page, arranged in the familiar categories: Geography - Entertainment - History - Art Literature - Science and Nature - Sport and Leisure.The questions are broad-based and not limited to one country or region. Trivialists around the world will find plenty to engage and challenge them.A free Trivia score card along with some fresh newgame ideas is also available from our website at: www.triviamundi.co.uk

Essentialism

Essentialism
Author: Greg McKeown
Publisher: Crown Currency
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0804137390

THE LIFE-CHANGING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD • Now in a 10th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction and bonus 21-day challenge. “Essentialism holds the keys to solving one of the great puzzles of life: How can we do less but accomplish more?”—Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again Essentialism isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done. Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Are you often busy but not productive? Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked? If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist. Essentialism is more than a time-management technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter. By forcing us to apply more selective criteria for where to spend our precious time and energy, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices, instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us. Essentialism is not one more thing to do. It’s a whole new way of doing less, but better, in every area of our lives. Join the millions of people who have used Essentialism to change their outlook on the world.

Trivial Conquest

Trivial Conquest
Author: Lisa Merkin
Publisher: Avon Books
Total Pages: 596
Release: 1984
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780380894925