"Wise Saws and Modern Instances" by Thomas Cooper is a collection of essays, anecdotes, and quotations originally published in two volumes. The book features a compilation of wisdom, practical advice, and observations on human nature and society. Thomas Cooper, an English Chartist and poet, compiled this work to offer insights and reflections on various aspects of life, drawing from historical examples and contemporary observations.The title itself, "Wise Saws and Modern Instances," sugges...

I first started writing poetry towards the end of my senior year of high school in an effort to capture some difficult emotions I had regarding leaving my childhood friends and beginning a new chapter in life. The more I wrote, the more I found its value in articulating feelings that are more difficult to scratch. When you have to sit down and contemplate things like rhyming and syllables, it forces you to grapple with what words you really need to say.As I wrote more in college I ...

Cooper begins the book by emphasizing the importance of perseverance in the face of challenges. He presents a series of biographical sketches and anecdotes about notable figures from diverse backgrounds, showcasing their struggles, failures, and ultimate triumphs. Each story illustrates how qualities such as diligence, resilience, and creativity played a crucial role in their success, providing concrete examples of how these virtues can lead to significant accomplishments.The narratives in...

Thomas Cooper's *The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme* is a socially charged Christmas narrative that places medieval festivity under the scrutiny of moral and political critique. Its title evokes the ceremonial abundance of a feudal household, while the poem's historical setting enables Cooper to examine hierarchy, privilege, poverty, and the obligations ostensibly imposed by Christian charity. Written in vigorous, accessible rhyme rather than in the polished manner of purely decorat...

In pursuance of the purpose expressed in the Prefaces to my “Bridge of History” and to “God, the Soul, and a Future State”—I herewith publish the substance of four lectures on the Resurrection of Christ, which I have delivered, wholly or in part, in almost every important town of England and Scotland, during a period extending over the last eighteen years.I have again thought it better to put what I have spoken into a bookish form, for general readers. But, I have, as before, preser...

Dixon Belltower, veteran of Crushed (the "fight club" of the wine-tasting world), is indebted to a Belgian gangster and wanted by the French police. He's also in love (again) and plans on proposing to his girlfriend.However, before sipping such bliss, Paris goes up in flames and mini-Nazis start clamoring for his head.Cellared away on his father's Oregon vineyard, Dixon discovers the bucolic vines infested with his estranged mother and spite-filled friends. There's also the...

Dixon Belltower, veteran of Crushed (the "fight club" of the wine-tasting world), is indebted to a Belgian gangster and wanted by the French police. He's also in love (again) and plans on proposing to his girlfriend.However, before sipping such bliss, Paris goes up in flames and mini-Nazis start clamoring for his head.Cellared away on his father's Oregon vineyard, Dixon discovers the bucolic vines infested with his estranged mother and spite-filled friends. There's also the...

Dixon Belltower, veteran of Crushed (the "fight club" of the wine-tasting world), is indebted to a Belgian gangster and wanted by the French police. He's also in love (again) and plans on proposing to his girlfriend.However, before sipping such bliss, Paris goes up in flames and mini-Nazis start clamoring for his head.Cellared away on his father's Oregon vineyard, Dixon discovers the bucolic vines infested with his estranged mother and spite-filled friends. There's also the...

FAST MEDIA, MEDIA FAST is an exciting guide for taking a liberating media fast in an age of increasingly fast media. It is the first book to provide readers a practical, user-friendly and thought-provoking guide to gaining a newfound control and understanding of their relationship with the media. This researched, seasoned manual provides specific guidelines, important areas for thought, creative options and life-changing opportunities.FAST MEDIA, MEDIA FAST also shows how to take c...

I call these stories macabre humoresques. The macabre part is about death, but the humoresque part is borrowed from a form of music that is whimsical or fanciful. Many of these stories are about death, but more often than not, the subject is dealt with tongue in cheek. They are not for everybody. They are not liable to appeal to those who enjoy stories written in the genre of horror that is very popular today. There are no complicated twists, no complexity of plotline, and there is very li...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A father is erased from his child’s life not by absence, but by a system that rewards the parent who lies first and loudest. The story begins in the quiet beauty of early fatherhood, where love is built through routines, presence, and the simple certainty of being needed. That world collapses when separation turns into a weapon, and the courtroom becomes a place where truth is optional but accusations are gospel. What follows is the slow violence ...

A father is erased from his child’s life not by absence, but by a system that rewards the parent who lies first and loudest. The story begins in the quiet beauty of early fatherhood, where love is built through routines, presence, and the simple certainty of being needed. That world collapses when separation turns into a weapon, and the courtroom becomes a place where truth is optional but accusations are gospel. What follows is the slow violence of parental alienation: missed milestones, ...