eBooks „denial“
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Frederick Palmer
My Second Year Of The War (fiscle part-I)
- Short Story
- English
- 93639 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 2
"I'Ve Never Kept Up My Interest So Long In anything as In this War,"
Said A Woman Who Sat Beside Me At Dinner When I Was Home From The Front
In The Winter Of 1915-16. Since Then I Have Wondered if My Reply,
"Admirable Mental Concentration!" Was Not Ironic At The Expense Of
Manners And Philosophy. In view Of The Thousands Who Were Dying in
Battle Every Day, Her Remark Seemed as Heartless As It Was Superficial
And In keeping with The Riotous Joy Of Living and Prosperity Which
Strikes Every Returned american With Its Contrast To Europe'S
Self-Denial, Emphasized by Such Details Gained by Glimpses In the Shop
Windows Of Fifth Avenue As The Exhibit Of A Pair Of Ladies' Silk Hose
Inset With Lace, Price One Hundred dollars.
Meanwhile, She Was Knitting socks Or Mufflers, I Forget Which, For The
Allies. Her Confusion About War News Was Common To The Whole Country,
Which Heard The Special Pleading of Both Sides Without Any
Cross-Questioning by An Attorney. She Remarked how The Allies' Bulletins
Said That The Allies Were Winning and The German Bulletins That The
Germans Were Winning; But So Far As She Could See On The Map The Armies
Remained in much The Same Positions And The Wholesale Killing continued. [more]
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Last Of The Mohicans A Narrative Of 1757
- History
- English
- 147636 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 4
- 2
It Was A Feature Peculiar To The Colonial Wars Of North America, That
The Toils And Dangers Of The Wilderness Were To Be Encountered before
The Adverse Hosts Could Meet. A Wide And Apparently An Impervious
Boundary Of Forests Severed the Possessions Of The Hostile Provinces Of
France And England. The Hardy Colonist, And The Trained european Who
Fought At His Side, Frequently Expended months In struggling against The
Rapids Of The Streams, Or In effecting the Rugged passes Of The
Mountains, In quest Of An Opportunity To Exhibit Their Courage In a More
Martial Conflict. But, Emulating the Patience And Self-Denial Of The
Practised native Warriors, They Learned to Overcome Every Difficulty;
And It Would Seem That, In time, There Was No Recess Of The Woods So
Dark, Nor Any Secret Place So Lovely, That It Might Claim Exemption From
The Inroads Of Those Who Had Pledged their Blood To Satiate Their
Vengeance, Or To Uphold The Cold And Selfish Policy Of The Distant
Monarchs Of Europe. [more]
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Last Of The Mohicans A Narrative Of 1757 Part - 2
- History
- English
- 71576 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 2
It Was A Feature Peculiar To The Colonial Wars Of North America, That
The Toils And Dangers Of The Wilderness Were To Be Encountered before
The Adverse Hosts Could Meet. A Wide And Apparently An Impervious
Boundary Of Forests Severed the Possessions Of The Hostile Provinces Of
France And England. The Hardy Colonist, And The Trained european Who
Fought At His Side, Frequently Expended months In struggling against The
Rapids Of The Streams, Or In effecting the Rugged passes Of The
Mountains, In quest Of An Opportunity To Exhibit Their Courage In a More
Martial Conflict. But, Emulating the Patience And Self-Denial Of The
Practised native Warriors, They Learned to Overcome Every Difficulty;
And It Would Seem That, In time, There Was No Recess Of The Woods So
Dark, Nor Any Secret Place So Lovely, That It Might Claim Exemption From
The Inroads Of Those Who Had Pledged their Blood To Satiate Their
Vengeance, Or To Uphold The Cold And Selfish Policy Of The Distant
Monarchs Of Europe. [more]
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Last Of The Mohicans A Narrative Of 1757 Part-1
- History
- English
- 77574 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 2
It Was A Feature Peculiar To The Colonial Wars Of North America, That
The Toils And Dangers Of The Wilderness Were To Be Encountered before
The Adverse Hosts Could Meet. A Wide And Apparently An Impervious
Boundary Of Forests Severed the Possessions Of The Hostile Provinces Of
France And England. The Hardy Colonist, And The Trained european Who
Fought At His Side, Frequently Expended months In struggling against The
Rapids Of The Streams, Or In effecting the Rugged passes Of The
Mountains, In quest Of An Opportunity To Exhibit Their Courage In a More
Martial Conflict. But, Emulating the Patience And Self-Denial Of The
Practised native Warriors, They Learned to Overcome Every Difficulty;
And It Would Seem That, In time, There Was No Recess Of The Woods So
Dark, Nor Any Secret Place So Lovely, That It Might Claim Exemption From
The Inroads Of Those Who Had Pledged their Blood To Satiate Their
Vengeance, Or To Uphold The Cold And Selfish Policy Of The Distant
Monarchs Of Europe. [more]
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Agbolade O. Olalekan
The Soul That Sins
The estrangement of Man by Man-Adam and the reconciliation to God by Man-Christ
- Religion
- English
- 26341 Words
- Ages 6 and up
- 98
No matter how much effort we invest, sin and its accompanying evil will remain unexplainable. Why? Because of the lies and the deceits. Inherent in sin is the denial of truth. We cover up our unwholesome motives and violent acts against others with a veneer of goodness. We sugarcoat our garbage. Everyone has a stake in hiding the truth of sin. This makes uncovering the mystery of how sin works difficult, because wherever and whenever we dig, lies rush in to fill the hole. Lying frustrates the process of reasonable conversation and thinking. More than this, sinful activity is at bottom both self-destructive and world-destructive.
We are born into the state of sin, even though we do not commit actual sins until after we arrive. But these moderns redefinition do not really erase our problem. Now the question arises again. If I am born into a sinful state, how can I personally be responsible for that state? Why am I in need of salvation? [more]
Keywords: sin, man, God, Christ, religion, Jesus
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Simon Sinclair
How to Increase Energy
- Self-Help
- English
- 10570 Words
- Ages 8 and up
- 239
- 2
Just thinking of being in an environment where stress, anxiety and panic attacks often occur is distressing enough. Most of the time, you just can’t do anything about it since it follows you wherever you go. But at other times, you give in to all kinds of temptations at home and in the workplace – anger, resistance, denial, doubt, withdrawal and other kinds of emotions. And sometimes, when all of these happen, you lose all energy and just sink and wallow in depression. So what can you do about it? How do you overcome all of this? Is there still hope when stress and anxiety attack? Of course there is! This book answers these questions and more as it unravels how to embattle these negative thoughts and feelings you have and all the stress in the workplace by just building up your energy.
True, allowing the energy that you have left amidst all the stress in the environment keeps you on your toes, and gives you a physical workout that takes your mind off all of these negative thoughts – without even going to the gym. This book doesn't just offer different relaxation techniques and how to build energy – it will give you a new perspective on how to deal with unexpected circumstances in your life. So, read on. [more]
Keywords: how to, increase energy, boost energy, eliminate stress, eliminate depression, health and fitness, personal growth
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Noah Daniels
Alcoholism - A Vicious Circle
- Self-Help
- English
- 10433 Words
- No Age Recommendation
- 449
- 1
Alcoholics live in denial. Most of them would tell you flatly that they don’t have a problem. Since they refuse to face the truth, they can see no reason to get treatment for their illness. But, drinking is like a compulsion with them. The more they drink, they more they want. This is a problem that absolutely cannot be ignored, for alcohol can seriously damage the body and the mind equally. What can you do for a friend or loved one who abuses alcohol? Sometimes, the only way you can help someone overcome alcoholism is to intervene and tell them plainly that they need help. But, in order to do this, you need to be well informed about the dangers of alcohol abuse. You need to learn why the alcohol became addicted to drinking, what it is doing to his body, and the ways you can help him overcome the problem. No one is immune to the lure of alcohol. Young and old are equally at risk, and some are irreparably damaging their health, along with their family dynamics. Society has made it seem “cool” to be intoxicated. Yet, once a person starts drinking, it’s often hard for them to stop. Why? You need the facts if you want to help someone free themselves from slavery to alcohol. The abuse of alcohol has risen to a startling rate. If you have a friend or loved one who abuses alcohol, you can help them by learning the facts. There is no cure for alcoholism, but recovery is possible – if you know the facts. What you needs is a guide that explains alcoholism and can help you to help others is vital if you want to help someone you care for realize the need to overcome a drinking problem. In this book, you will find the answer to every question you have ever had about the illness called alcoholism. [more]
Keywords: alcoholism, alcohol, alcoholics, alcohol addiction, alcoholism in the family, alcohol problems, alcoholism help, alcoholism and addiction
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George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss
- Fiction
- English
- 205868 Words
- Ages 8 and up
- 287
- 2
The Mill on the Floss is a novel by George Eliot. Like other novels by George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss articulates the tension between circumstances and the spiritual energies of individual characters struggling against those circumstances. A certain determinism is at play throughout the novel, from Mr Tulliver's grossly imprudent inability to keep himself from "going to law", and thereby losing his patrimony and bankrupting his family, to the series of events which sets Maggie and Stephen down the river and past the point of no return. People such as Mr Tulliver are presented as unable to determine their own course rationally, and forces, be it the drift of the river or the force of a flood, are presented as determining the courses of people for them. On the other hand, Maggie's ultimate choice not to marry Stephen, and to suffer both the privation of his love and the ignominy of their botched elopement demonstrates a final triumph of free will.
Critics assert that Maggie's need for love and acceptance is her underlying motivation throughout The Mill on the Floss, and the conflicts that arise in the novel often stem from her frustrated attempts at gaining this acceptance. Alan Bellringer has commented, "The two main themes of the novel, growing up and falling in love, lend themselves to amusement, but it is stunted growth and frustrated love that are emphasized." Commentators have often focused on the constant rejection of Maggie's talents and mannerisms by her family and society. Even the cultural norms of her community deny her intellectual and spiritual growth, according to Elizabeth Ermarth, "They are norms according to which she is an inferior, dependent creature who will never go far in anything, and which consequently are a denial of her full humanity." [more]
Keywords: the mill on the floss, george eliot, historical fiction, satire, classic literature, philosophical novel
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Yellow Wallpaper (Illustrated)
- Fiction
- English
- 6062 Words
- Ages 12 and up
- 226
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a 6,000-word short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's physical and mental health.
Presented in the first person, the story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman whose physician husband has confined her to the upstairs bedroom of a house he has rented for the summer. She is forbidden from working and has to hide her journal from him, so she can recuperate from what he calls a "temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency," a diagnosis common to women in that period. The windows of the room are barred, and there is a gate across the top of the stairs, allowing her husband to control her access to the rest of the house.
The story depicts the effect of confinement on the narrator's mental health and her descent into psychosis. With nothing to stimulate her, she becomes obsessed by the pattern and color of the wallpaper. "It is the strangest yellow, that wall-paper! It makes me think of all the yellow things I ever saw - not beautiful ones like buttercups, but old foul, bad yellow things. But there is something else about that paper - the smell! ... The only thing I can think of that it is like is the color of the paper! A yellow smell."
In the end, she imagines there are women creeping around behind the patterns of the wallpaper and comes to believe she is one of them. She locks herself in the room, now the only place she feels safe, refusing to leave when the summer rental is up. "For outside you have to creep on the ground, and everything is green instead of yellow. But here I can creep smoothly on the floor, and my shoulder just fits in that long smooch around the wall, so I cannot lose my way."
A woman gradually suffers a mental breakdown as a result of confinement and denial of her creative energies by her husband. [more]
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Anonymous Anonymous
High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn
- Fiction
- English
- 40616 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 2
Anonymous (used as a mass noun) is a loosely associated international network of activist and hacktivist entities. A website nominally associated with the group describes it as "an internet gathering" with "a very loose and decentralized command structure that operates on ideas rather than directives".[2] The group became known for a series of well-publicized publicity stunts and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government, religious, and corporate websites.
Anonymous originated in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, representing the concept of many online and offline community users simultaneously existing as an anarchic, digitized global brain.[3][4] Anonymous members (known as "Anons") can be distinguished in public by the wearing of stylised Guy Fawkes masks.[5]
In its early form, the concept was adopted by a decentralized online community acting anonymously in a coordinated manner, usually toward a loosely self-agreed goal, and primarily focused on entertainment, or "lulz". Beginning with 2008's Project Chanology—a series of protests, pranks, and hacks targeting the Church of Scientology—the Anonymous collective became increasingly associated with collaborative hacktivism on a number of issues internationally. Individuals claiming to align themselves with Anonymous undertook protests and other actions (including direct action) in retaliation against anti-digital piracy campaigns by motion picture and recording industry trade associations. Later targets of Anonymous hacktivism included government agencies of the US, Israel, Tunisia, Uganda, and others; child pornography sites; copyright protection agencies; the Westboro Baptist Church; and corporations such as PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, and Sony. Anons have publicly supported WikiLeaks and the Occupy movement. Related groups LulzSec and Operation AntiSec carried out cyberattacks on US government agencies, media, video game companies, military contractors, military personnel, and police officers, resulting in the attention of law enforcement to the groups' activities. It has been described as being anti-Zionist, and has threatened to erase Israel from the Internet[6] and engaged in the "#OpIsrael" cyber-attacks of Israeli websites on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in 2013.[7]
Dozens of people have been arrested for involvement in Anonymous cyberattacks, in countries including the US, UK, Australia, the Netherlands, Spain, and Turkey. Evaluations of the group's actions and effectiveness vary widely. Supporters have called the group "freedom fighters"[8] and digital Robin Hoods[9] while critics have described them as "a cyber lynch-mob"[10] or "cyber terrorists".[11] In 2012, Time called Anonymous one of the "100 most influential people" in the world.[12] [more]
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