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Author Ashraf Nubani challenges you to consider while Islam has often been misunderstood in public discourse, it has a powerful message to offer in the marketplace of ideas. Bridging the Gap: Islam's Challenge for America is meant to do just what the title suggests: build a bridge between Islam and Western principles that leads to a bigger, much needed discussion.Through use of the tenets of Islam, Nubani wants to reframe Western values in a way that can accentuate and foster human dignity. By having a firm grasp of the core beliefs of Islam, Nubani believes we can have a deeper and more realized appreciation of the United States. In this collection of topics, Bridging the Gap addresses and discusses many issues such as:Understanding the root of violence and addressing it with a fresh mindset.Defining the role of men and women in society.Conflict present in the criminal justice system.In Bridging the Gap, Ashraf Nubani hopes to draw attention to both Islam and western values; showing how they can be used to complement each other.

At the age of twelve, Emma awoke one day in a hospital bed with no knowledge as to why she was there. She soon learned she had received a life-saving heart transplant. From then on, Emma was prescribed a new life structure that never felt like her own. Struggling to find balance between being "e;normal"e; and chronically ill, and dealing with issues of body image, guilt, anger and ego, Emma found herself on a long journey to recovery that went beyond her physical health. Navigating family life, school, and being part of the transplant community, she begins to build a new structure for herself as a young adult that revolves more around keeping her heart and body healthy. Over a decade since her transplant, Emma is still learning to manifest and find healing within herself. Things My Therapist Doesn't Want Me to Say, by Emma Rothman, is an intimate, unfiltered conversation between Emma and readers, who will follow along Emma's journey as she tries to let go of finding a reason for all the chaos in her life. Emma explores feeling at home in her body while identifying as chronically ill, and engages readers by questioning the narrative of 'anything is over-comeable if you just try hard enough.'

the radical transformation was simple with acceptancethe darkness was a necessary phase in the cycle of changeit allowed her to embody strengthit set her free with truthnothing was more powerful than the moment she succumbed to authenticityand she flew. In Roses and Thorns, a memoir-esque compilation of a beautiful and messy life, author Michelle Goni, MD presents a collection of raw, emotional, and empowering prose poetry. She shares honest, heartfelt, sometimes gut-wrenching stories of fear, failure, and pain as well as warm, inspiring, and relatable poems of love, evolution, and transformation. Her book gives the reader permission to embrace a perfectly imperfect life. Dr Goni's personal journey invites the reader to share their own stories by deeply connecting with her written words, thoughts and feelings. Michelle's poems are humbling and they normalize vulnerability, a tool she uses to overcome shame and fear. Roses and Thorns will spark introspection, inspire empathetic relationships, and help the reader discover authentic self-acceptance.

Who is the greatest teacher in your life?For author Tracy Richards, it is a dog named Asha. When Tracy adopted Asha, a six-month-old Australian Shepherd who was born deaf and blind, she was searching for purpose and meaning in her life. What she found was much more than that. A health crisis for Asha would give Tracy the opportunity to reflect on everything that came before and consider all that may come after. Using the lessons learned from Asha, Tracy found truth and happiness in ways she never anticipated. Together, they worked to transform their dark worlds into light. This book inspires you to realize that...Life's most challenging moments provide our greatest opportunity for growthEach of us have experienced events that bring us to our kneesAll of us have the strength to continue, even when we fail to recognize that strengthAsha: Lessons in Hope and Life is Tracy's moving account of the journey to reclaim her inner light. Heartfelt and honest, her story is a reminder that the lessons that transform us often come from the most unexpected teachers.

"e;Empyreal voices serenade my soul,whisking away my humanity.Cherish our centuries together, my beloved.Someday our vessels will reconveneand we will become everlasting."e;What would you do if mighty gods decided your fate? How would you feel watching your one true love fade away for eternity?Inhale, exhale. Devour souls, accept curiosity, partake in revenge, witness greed, and admire lush scenery. Wake up in a magical forest near playful deer, fragrant flowers, and delicious fare. Crave adoration, slaughter enemies, infuriate celestial beings. Waltz around castle corridors or flee from probable death. Embrace demons, slithering snakes, fluffy animals, and courageous adventurers. Question their motives and morals. Everlasting: Poetry for Whimsical Souls & Wounded Hearts will cause souls to ache, unleash pent-up aggression, and question destiny while tugging at heartstrings.

Have you ever thought what your life may be like as you age and what technology will be available to you at that time?In The AgeTech Revolution: A Book about the Intersection of Aging and Technology, author Keren Etkin takes us on a journey to understand the social, political, economical, and physical implications of aging and its impact on the world of technology. Etkin interviews older adults, tech start-up founders and designers, and entrepreneurs, amongst others, to discover what the landscape today looks like and what the hope is five, ten, fifteen years down the road.We learn that, in the past, older adults have been left out of the equation. Technology has been made for their use but without including them in the design process. This is gradually changing. Technology is becoming a must, not a maybe. Our eyes will be opened to what the future could might hold in the world of technology. AgeTech Revolution provides us with the data and perspective necessary to help change our communities to be more inclusive and supportive of older adults.

A taken-for-granted miracle occurs in doctors' offices across the world every single day. With only a stethoscope and an inflatable cuff, a physician can check your blood pressure to predict your risk of future heart problems. These tools give you the chance to take proactive steps to reduce this risk if needed. Why don't we have similar tools for the brain?A Stethoscope for the Brain: Preventive Approaches to Protect the Mind is a book about proactive strategies to prevent brain diseases. Blending the stories of people affected by brain disease with the science that saves patients' lives, neuroscientist Ayan Mandal invites readers to learn about the future of brain health.This book tells the stories of...A sisterhood of Catholic nuns who taught the world the secret to preventing dementiaThe French patient whose legacy guides our ability to treat strokes earlyMilitary veterans whose routine checkups led to a discovery that could prevent the most common cause of disability in young adultsNew advances in medicine are proving that maladies of the mind are not inevitable. Learn what can be done to protect the brains of you and your loved ones.

Hilarious, inspiring, and thoroughly authentic, Sara E. Braca's debut memoir takes readers along on her post-divorce adventures around the world, sharing a life lived fully - if untraditionally - and proving that joy can always be found in unexpected places.When the church burned down a week before her wedding, Sara Braca somehow did not perceive this as an omen. Six years after marrying (in a different church), an errant call from 1-800-Flowers alerted her to her then-husband's affair. And as one unhappy chapter ended, she found herself writing a very different, much happier story.An aspiring globe-trotter, Braca realized this was her opportunity to see the world. Solo travel became her first step to finding happiness, strength, and peace in her new life. From disastrous celebrity encounters to getting naked with colleagues at the Dead Sea to being adopted by a family of Greek hoteliers, Braca blends the everyday and the outrageous as she learns that there's no one-size-fits-all model for a happy life. When the Church Burns Down, Cancel the Wedding introduces a vibrant new voice, chronicling the triumphs, tragedies, and unexpected joys of modern solo living, and offers lessons in creating a unique and satisfying happily-ever-after of one's own.

My memory is a wasp-paper-thin wings, dies in a clap.Dive into Of Wander & Wild, a collection of poems which will submerge you in delight and wonder. Discover yourself through the vast and dynamic phases of nature. See this book as an opportunity to engage with your own journey and escape from the mundane as you travel across magnificent landscapes and find comfort in the simple joy of living. Find the extraordinary in the everyday and the ordinary in breathtaking moments. Disha Sethi's poems explore the world from the poet's gaze, from Bombay to London, from Jaipur to Boston. These poems take the reader on a journey around the globe yet, at the same time, inhabit smaller everyday spaces like city streets, forests, and doctor's offices. Sethi explores both the daily and the deeply spiritual, the urban and the woodland, traversing nostalgia, wonder, desire, and deterioration. No matter how many times you pick up Of Wander & Wild, you are bound to discover something truly unique.

Have you ever listened to a politician speaking, and thought to yourself: Man, what an idiot! This is the best we got?Well, the short answer is: YES. Because you, me, all of us...we let it happen. Every election, we get duped, either unwittingly or willingly, by a politician who often turns out to be just another Political Buffoon.Schnooks, Crooks, Liars & Scoundrels: A Field Guide To Identifying Political Buffoonery is a satirical look at the absurdity that has overtaken our political discourse, and what we each can do to combat it.Through his experiences as an election attorney, blogger, columnist, and award-winning podcaster, Gene Berardelli has developed a totally made-up, semi-serious, totally hilarious pseudoscience called: "e;Buffoonology"e; seeking to quantify what makes Political Buffoons tick. Featuring a foreword by Evan Sayet, and amazing political illustrations by John Pennisi, each chapter exposes and analyzes known traits and characteristics common to each Buffoon classification. Much like your typical nature field guide, readers are shown "e;case studies"e; from American history and current events that illustrate Buffoons in action. After reading Schnooks, Crooks, Liars & Scoundrels, you'll be ready to spot and call out the next Political Buffoon. Never be fooled again!

Money cannot buy merit, wealth is not a substitute for esteem, and power is not an alternative for respect. That is the underlying message of author Madhulina Bandyopadhyay's Yes to Dignity.Yes to Dignity is a quest for acceptance of a first-generation American in an institutional culture of covert racism. As Daniel Kahneman said:"e;A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth."e; Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact. Ms. Bandyopadhyay's powerful description of her challenges for acceptance at a premiere institution questions the sincerity of institutional motivation for equality and respect. This book will make us all look beyond the window dressing, posturing, and perception management and understand how the status quo is maintained. We all have the choice of keeping "e;eyes wide shut"e; and go along to get along or accept the risk of speaking truth to power.Yes to Dignity asks the reader: What is your choice?

Preparing to retire is not easy. There is a lot to think about.In Retirement? You Can't HANDLE the Truth! Dr. Dennis Sommers shifts from working orthodontist to humor author as a masterful and witty storyteller - sharing tales from his own post-retirement experiences, analyzing comical elements within his own medical dilemmas, family dramas, unexpected events, and more.According to Dr. Sommers, finding humor when life serves up the unexpected is an essential element to retirement. Through personal stories, he shares how humor is also helpful when managing significant challenges, such as: Kidney stonesControlling Florida's iguana populationPreparing for your colonoscopyManaging the trauma of downsizingDiscovering the lighter side within the inevitable conundrums connected to retirement and aging can be beneficial. After you've adopted insight from Retirement? You Can't HANDLE the Truth! you'll never see retirement life the same way again.

Judge Not: How Invisible Situations Shape Our Lives by David, J. Y. Combs, PhD explores the vast, and often invisible, power that situations have in shaping our lives. Human beings tend to assume that the behavior we observe in other people is a window into who they are. So, when we see a person engage in a good behavior, we tend to think that they are a good person. If we see a bad behavior... we assume the person is bad, flawed, or defective.But what if we're wrong? What if the behaviors we observe are often driven not by some core element of a person but, rather, by the invisible situations and context a person exists within?Research tells us that human behavior is shaped by context and situation far more than we assume. As a result, our judgments are commonly misguided and incomplete (at best) and catastrophically wrong (at worst). In many cases, we try to engage a person to fix their behavior based on our flawed or incomplete understanding of what's actually causing their actions... with a potential for devastating results.Judge Not explores these fundamental human challenges-and offers a path to a better way.

It's exhausting working to be the ideal version of yourself, but not realizing that person already exists inside you. For the early part of Lotus' life, she worked hard to be the obedient, acquiescing daughter, the giving sister, the ambitious yet conforming public servant, the devout Bible thumping Christian. But as Lotus pursued the perfect version of these identities, she got further away from the person who made her the most proud, seen, and whole - herself. In Of All the Lives I've Lived, This is My Favorite: An Inspirational Memoir, Lotus accounts stories of making life defining decisions to reclaim the parts of her life she compromised and left behind to receive the approval of those around her. Of all the lives I've lived inspires reflection and fruitful dialogue, and allows readers to wrestle with: How do I show up for myself and be in community?How do I come into my own understanding and relationship with who the world says I'm supposed to be versus who I want to be?Do I trust myself to make the best choice and stand by it no matter what? Even on your most trying day, you're already living your favorite life.

There is no "magical" date to plan for your future, but rather a series of inevitable life events which force the conversation and raise the questions. What age should you plan for the unexpected?Through her years of experience in aging services, Jaime Roberts felt compelled to write this book to support families who struggle with the day-to-day stumbling blocks of a chaotic system which turns the "Golden Years" into a time of stress, anxiety and anguish for so many older Americans, their children, caregivers and other loved ones.In this book, readers will find the solutions toward making the necessary choices for themselves and their loved ones as they transition into new and complex changes. This is a guide to beginning a conversation about the urgency of a passionate commitment toward engaging the challenges for aging and older adults, as well as a useful tool for navigating an otherwise confusing and exhausting system.The Third Rail-A Difficult Conversation about Aging in America explores the intersection between the reality of aging with grace and dignity and the institutional and cultural stumbling blocks of our society toward older adults.

Everyone has an identity that is shaped by the world around them. Yet few are aware of the immense untapped power of all the social and cultural forces around them and how these forces can be redirected to create the change they want in life.Exceptional Futures empowers readers to use the power of their identity to design positive change. Readers are introduced to a Slingshot Quest, a framework that helps readers tap into their curiosity in the form of a guiding question. Through engaging stories and thought-provoking reflection exercises, readers will be able to: * Build their awareness around the different social and cultural factors that make them unique and how they can use these factors to their advantage* Find alignment between their life and the life they want to lead by crafting a powerful vision for change* Design iterative, action-oriented strategies that help readers learn from their discoveriesDr. Victoria Shiroma Wilson has created a culturally-sustainable approach to change that allows readers to gain clarity and dynamically calibrate as they move closer to their objectives. This book is an essential toolkit for readers to design their exceptional futures. Let your quest begin!

Get ready for a wild ride from Barsa-Kelmes to Silicon Valley.Barsa Kelmes: The Nomads Return follows Professor Ansar Tolengitovich, a disillusioned molecular biologist in Kazakhstan, who uses biomaterials for cloning. The Professor ends up cloning Kenesary, the tragically decapitated last khan of the Kazakhs. Afterwards, he finds Tomyris, a volunteer surrogate mother, and chooses the island of Barsa-Kelmes to manufacture a hero to revive the nomadic civilization. Kenesary moves to the United Kingdom to study. He meets a Uyghur tightrope-walker who has been brainwashed to believe he is a reincarnation of Amursana, the last prince of Jungars, and historically, Kenesary's own uncle. Seeking legitimacy, the pair seek out the Queen, and try to gain royal status. This puts them in the crosshairs of a Russian agent and Kazakh president Qozganov, who are not excited about having these "e;pretenders"e; back on the political steppe. Their continuing adventures lead them to many questions. Who is really behind Kenesary and Amursana's re-creation? What is the true secret of the Eternal Head that privately rules Russia? Can they sidestep trouble and revive the nomadic way of life in the modern world or will the new Kenesary get into trouble again?

If alarms didn't exist, I'm afraid I would never wake up.Performance captures moments of despair, insecurity, and wisdom through poems, songs, and drawings. In her debut collection, Jul pulls back the curtain and invites the reader on her path of growth, sharing intimate experiences of grief, jealousy, anger, and heartbreak. Inside these pages, readers will delve into how we all put on a performance when we feel like we can't act as our most authentic selves, highlighting the reality of healing, empowerment, and acceptance. Performance takes readers through a journey of raw emotions and growing pains that many of us face, and illustrates how, although vulnerability is difficult, it is ultimately the key to getting back up over and over again, and choosing yourself.