Evolution hurts. Evolution is pain. Evolution is uncomfortable truths and learning to cope and adjust to them. Evolution is the end and the beginning of the old and the new. Evolution is glory. It is celebration and dancing and deep, intense love propelling you forward. Work in progress, never finished product. Life lived and moments to come. The sum of parts leading to a new answer. Evolution is the dawn of time, the moments where we were nothing but a distant fact and Earth and t...

This is a full disclosure of Life's end and what we can and cannot comprehend about it. These are the thoughts you will find in an unfiltered and unapologetic manner, to help bring understanding and finality to the lives we lead. It is the explanation of hope that there may be more out there after this. There is only peace in leaving and, even as your eyes come across these very words, more and more of you cease to have life function. Life forced itself upon you and the same can be...

  Man.  Since the start of time, man has looked up at the sky with abject curiosity and wonderment, seeking validation for his existence and looking to discover the intricate and secret inner workings of the universe.  In our searches, we have found ourselves toe to toe against some of the most important issues in life. Who made us? Why are we here? How do we take this planet, and the people that inhabit it, and make a strong, lasting cooper...

Within these pages you will hear the melodic voices that belong to a generation of writers that aren't afraid to keep things simple. Each piece is delivered with a deep appreciation for history and high hopes for the future. The artists behind the words open their bright eyes and look to you, the world, with each carefully crafted line, in an effort to make sense of that which has no explanation. No explicit definition apart from form and format. No limits but for the turning of each chapt...

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook. Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. ...

Shane Koyczan: Our Deathbeds will be Thirsty (2011) Featuring “To This Day” viral success with over 14 million Youtube views. Award-winning author, performer, and artist Shane.L.Koyczan’s long-awaited collection, Our Deathbeds Will Be Thirsty.  Please note: This is not a young adult title. Some works include language not suitable for some readers.  Also available for purchase is his novel in verse...

Post-Apocalyptic TP Blues is the tale of a not particularly likeable fellow named Norman Joyner. A doomcryer from birth- Norman gets his wish when 94% of the population dies of the flu. When the dust clears- Norman has a plan to rule what remains of America- one little white square of TP at a time.

An old soul trips through its many lives and incarnations trying to escape the present. When we are born, we still retain the memories of all the lives we lived as well as the afterlife. This remembering slowly fades as we become more and more immersed and trapped in this construct that we call reality or life. This is the story, told in poetry, connecting narrative and photographs of an old soul beginning its current incarnation. Its the experience of an infinite consciousness struggling ...

Feeling is the Secret is concerned with the art of realizing your desire. It gives you an account of the mechanism used in the production of the visible world. It is a small book but not slight. There is a treasure in it, a clearly defined road to the realization of your dreams.

"A heady, infectious celebration."-The New Yorker"Shaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self-aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy."-Harvard ReviewBrenda Shaughnessy's heartrending third collection explores dark subjects-trauma, childbirth, loss of faith-and stark questions: What is the use of pain and grief? Is there another dimension in which our suffering might be transformed? Can we change ourselves? Yearning for new gods, new worlds, and new...

One of Vol. 1 Brooklyn's Favorite Fiction Books of 2017, a Literary Hub Staff Favorite Book of 2017, and one of BOMB Magazine's "Looking Back on 2017: Literature" Selections."Wondrous . . . [A] sense of the erratic and tangential quality of everyday life—even if it's displaced into a bizarre, parallel world—drifts off the page, into the world you see, after reading Dear Cyborgs." —Hua Hsu, The New Yorker

This paper explores Buddhist teachings regarding faith, belief, and the difference between these terms, examining the individual's relationship to doctrine on the Buddhist path. It is my hope that seekers on all spiritual paths will discover the unique possibilities embodied in this Buddhist approach to the Divine, and the advantage of this view to any spiritual quest, regardless of Tradition.