Like many women raised in Christian homes, Sarah didn't learn much about sex from her parents growing up. What she did learn was brief and mostly focused around abstinence. In Underneath it All... You're Naked, Sarah shares the beliefs, misconceptions and struggles that she dealt with for most of her marriage. This lack of sexual knowledge, belief that sex was naughty and that only "bad girls" enjoyed sex led Sarah's marriage down the wrong path. Each chapter highlights beliefs that caused issues with sex and intimate connection in marriage, along with what Sarah learned to help her embrace her God-given sexuality to connect more fully in her marriage and add a layer of strength to her marriage that was not there before. While Sarah is not a licensed sex therapist, she has dedicated years in advancing her own sexual education to overcome her issues with sexual connection. She now teaches several classes a month and has worked with one-on-one with hundreds of Christian women to help them better understand their sexuality and overcome misconceptions or false beliefs about sex that have been causing problems in their marriages.

Revealing a festival of guilty pleasures, almost-masterpieces, and undeniable classics in need of revival, 35 directors champion their favorite overlooked or critically savaged gems in this guide. The list includes unsung noir films The Chase and Murder by Contract, famous flops Can't Stop the Music and Joe Versus the Volcano, art films L'ange and WR: Mysteries of the Organism, theatrical adaptations The Iceman Cometh and The Homecoming, B-movies Killer Klowns from Outer Space and The Honeymoon Killers, and even Oscar-winners Breaking Away and Some Came Running. The filmmakers, including Guillermo del Toro, John Waters, John Woo, Edgar Wright, and Danny Boyle, defend their choices, wanting these films to be loved, admired, and swooned over, arguing the films deserve a larger audience and their place in movie history be reconsidered. Some were well-loved but are now faded or forgotten, others ran afoul of critics or were just buried after a dismal opening run, and still others never even got proper distribution. A few of these titles qualify as bona fide obscurata, but now most can be found on DVD or streaming from Netflix or Amazon. The filmmakers are the perfect hosts, setting the tone, managing expectations, and often being brutally honest about a film's shortcomings or the reasons why it was lost in the first place.

This meaningful rare collection of over 400 illuminating insights is a breath of fresh air for all seekers of the inner self. A beautiful fusion of mainstream spirituality, esoteric oneness and non-duality, NAKED BEING provides a powerful foundation for positive and lasting life changes. The author gently guides the reader into the experience of present moment awareness (the Now), and perhaps more importantly shows how to go beyond it. The powerful effects from implementing this insightful teaching are profoundly beneficial to our lives, health and relationships, for by reading and contemplating NAKED BEING we can recognize what it really means to come home. If you're looking for the purpose of being and the way to the heart of your true nature then you will find this book of limitless benefit.

Being thrown into prison (or jail) is a soul-crushing life experience, and any prisoner has one of the two following choices pertaining to how they handle the experiencethey can become bitter, or they can become better. The natural choice is to become bittermany times, very, very bitter. Mr. Decker provides the reader his experience and understanding as to the basis of either choice. This is framed as either a fear-based or a love-based choice. This frame applies to both prisoner and nonprisoners alike, including why we incarcerate people in the first place. Using his prison experiences, social science, and many wise peoples quotes, he helps the reader see that if a prisoner or nonprisoner uses only the authors fear-based insights, anyone will naturally become bitter. However, if we all use the authors love-based insights, well become better. Mr. Decker's insights and wisdom can and should be liberally applied to nonprison environments as his insights apply equally to every person in every walk of life. The reader comes away knowing hes able to withstand any and every one of lifes challenges using love and forgiveness. Mr. Decker demonstrates that love-based thinking is the key to our peace of mind. Each one of us is entitled to and capable of the peace of mind he describes.

The book is best described as a collection of funny essays on a variety of subjects. It appeared on several bestseller lists when originally published.

Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Short Stories. A young translator living in Toronto frequently travels abroad-to Hong Kong, Macau, Prague, Tokyo-often with his unnamed lover. In restaurants and hotel rooms, the couple begin telling folk tales to each other, perhaps as a way to fill the undefined space between them. Theirs is a comic and enigmatic relationship in which emotions are often muted and sometimes masked by verbal play and philosophical questions, and further complicated by the woman's frequent unexplained disappearances. YOU ARE EATING AN ORANGE. YOU ARE NAKED. is an intimate novel of memory and longing that challenges Western tropes and Orientalism. Embracing the playful surrealism of Haruki Murakami and the atmospheric narratives of filmmaker Wong Kar-wai, Sheung-King's debut is at once lyrical and punctuated, and wholly unique, and marks the arrival of a bold new voice in Asian-Canadian literature. Sheung-King has written a wonderfully unexpected and maverick love story but also a novel of ideas that hopscotches between Toronto, Macau, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Prague. It is enchanting, funny, and a joy to read.-Kyo Maclear

The Nothing Stories The unique quality one will definitely find the story, the characterization, and the text disturbing. When continuing to read, one might find that the content associated with the characters might become less stressful the further one becomes involved in just reading nothing in the form of relaxation by not having to make something out of what you are reading. You will discover its frustrating nature as well as mentally comforting aspects while becoming more engrossed in reading nothing. The gibberish just might overcome the frustrations of having to deal with more pressing matters, giving one just a moment to look upon something else in a different light. I personally found it very inspirational when I havent a newspaper or, at times, when Im occupied with just my thoughts to contend with, or when I just dont want to deal with issues I have to stress over.

Love is just fear I suppose. Masquerading as a fever. Then you explore each other and suddenly you have licence to become totally pedestrian. And ultimately abusive. Militancy in the Suffragette Movement is at its height. Thousands of women of all classes serve time in Holloway Prison in their fight to gain the vote. Amongst them is Lady Celia Cain who feels trapped by both the policies of the day and the shackles of a frustrating marriage. Inside, she meets a young seamstress, Eve Douglas, and her life spirals into an erotic but dangerous chaos. London 1913. A crucial moment when, with emancipation almost in sight, women refuse to let the establishment stand in their way. Rebecca Lenkiewicz's Her Naked Skin premiered at the National Theatre, London, in July 2008.

There is no chain that binds us physically. What is it then that causes us to freeze when life throws at us an opportunity? What stops you from freely, wholeheartedly embracing life as it comes yo you? Philosophical or spiritual literature have always talked of Freedom/Moksha/Mukti etc. However, very few writers or speakers have been able to simplify these essentials to the level of understanding and application. The writer has remarkably, delivered the essence of freedom and its meaning and relevance in our lives. With every chapter, he breaks you free of the shackles that clutch you, giving you the understanding that nothing stops you from flying high in the Naked Sky of Freedom.

Provocative essays on body image by black women. Candid, witty, and insightful, Naked is a compelling collection of essays that captures what today's black women think about their bodies-from head to toe. Tackling such issues as hair texture, skin color, weight, and sexuality, it follows women on their paths to acceptance-and enjoyment -of their unique features...to a place where it doesn't matter how big the breasts or how long the legs, only what is in the heart. Includes contributions from women of all ages and walks of life, including such notables as: - Iyanla Vanzant - Jill Scott - Kelis - Tracee Ellis Ross - Jill Nelson - Hilda Hutcherson - asha bandele - Melyssa Ford Edited by Ayana Byrd and Akiba Solomon Foreword by Sonia Sanchez