The Fuck Up

Doesn't the title say it all? After a series of set-backs, an unnamed slacker pretends to be gay to get a job which launches him on a darkly hilarious odyssey through New York City grit.

In a interconnected world- there are so many facets to the inner world of the multitude of humans each of us will have to come in contact with during our life time. Instead of trying to be accepted and or trying to persuade or convince others why you should be loved- one should know x understand their self worth. Having self love x self confidence- coming to terms that not everyone will love nor accept you. Though that is more than fine- for there are many that will cherish you for that which you are and that which to are morphing to become. A piece written on and about the human condition [Anthropology x Psychology]- that which one may face or do and how to have peace in the mist of it all or personal acknowledgment- that said individual can up root. Knowing that they a capable of doing all which they desire- while honoring the life x rights of all and a reminder or telling that they have a choice in all facets of life-[Health, Wealth, Love, Happiness] internal and out. A reflection- an acknowledgment that no life isn't a fairytale yet that one's life x the life of humanity can be made better- yet it starts one person at a time x in daily civil human to human interaction. -Armand Cook

Who are we truly? Why are we here? Where are we going? How do we get there? What is the purpose of life? How do we end suffering in our lives now? The Answers to life! Author Michael Murray takes you through his REMARKABLE LIFE story in which he survived FOUR NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES, along with enduring hundreds of frightening and uncontrolled out of body experiences, over many years. Then, in the fall of 2008, when he was in the depths of hell in his tormented personal life, the most amazing and MIRACULOUS events occurred, quite UNEXPECTEDLY, without SEEKING, and, without WARNING, Michael simply woke up. Massively important, significant, and potentially epoch-making - that is my own considered estimation of this claimed new historical and spiritual information with the profound teachings that follow in this extraordinary book. They call into question in a dramatic way I have never encountered before, many of the core spiritual practices, which over the past two millennia have greatly influenced and shaped the ancient and modern world. And perhaps most significantly, if widespread credence is given to these newly presented teachings - whether that is sooner or later - great positive changes in spiritual understanding and practice can potentially follow to unite all mankind and influence the ways of our whole world for the better. This book, in fact, makes it unmistakably clear that this is the key reason for the publication, which is to stimulate a new and destined process of enlightenment and spiritual awakening, not only for spiritual seekers but for people of each and every faith across the world. The timing of this information clearly enshrines Wake The Fuck Up! - Life Is But A Dream's core ambition; to alert the world that it is time to wake up! And this is to emphasise to all readers that the process of enlightenment is rooted ineluctably in love, forgiveness, compassion, unity and oneness - and the firm understanding that every human being is in true reality not a physical body but above all an eternal, divine being and equal always to all others whatever their race, gender or creed. As a foreign correspondent working for Reuters international news agency in Cold War Berlin and Eastern Europe, and later in the China of Mao Tse-tung and his violent Cultural Revolution, I spent my days and nights seeking out new slivers of truths to add to our world's ever-lengthening spiritual search for peace, love and reconciliation, and indeed that elusive state of enlightenment that so many have failed to reach. Wake The Fuck Up! I feel sure, provides vital new understandings we have never had before, it will continue to inspire and without realizing it, we may have already begun to witness the beginnings of a historical leap forward in the growth of a unified human spiritual awareness. It certainly looks like that to me. And I believe it is not an exaggeration to say that this latest addition to the growing list of inspiring publications, Wake The Fuck Up!, has in itself the inherent power to help accelerate the spiritual evolution and awakening of all mankind. And as I give way to Michael Murray first relating his own remarkable story, I will conclude by saying I trust that you, dear reader, may possibly be inspired too in some way or other, as I have very gladly been, by all the truly extraordinary writings which follow. Anthony Grey 21st January 2016 Anthony Grey is a former foreign correspondent with Reuter's international news agency in Eastern Europe and China, an international best-selling author of the historical novels Saigon, Peking and Tokyo Bay and the recent non-fiction memoir The Hostage Handbook. He also founded the Tagman Press publishing imprint in 1998.

Arthur Nersesian's underground literary treasure is an unforgettable slice of gritty New York City life. This is the darkly hilarious odyssey of an anonymous slacker. He's a perennial couch-surfer, an aspiring writer searching for himself in spite of himself, and he's just trying to survive. But life has other things in store for the fuck-up. From being dumped by his girlfriend to getting fired for asking for a raise, from falling into a robbery to posing as a gay man to keep his job at a porno theater, the fuck-up's tragi-comedy is perfectly realized by Arthur Nersesian, who manages to create humor and suspense out of urban desperation. "Read it and howl," says Bruce Benderson (author of User), "and be glad it didn't happen to you."

This is a novelty book that takes a humorous look at what drives men nuts when it comes to women and what they say to men. Chauvinistic?..........Probably! Controversial?..........Yes! True?..........You be the judge!

A graphic memoir about living with anxiety and depression and how art can be a therapeutic form of self-care.

With the same raw energy and verve he displayed in Easy Money, Jens Lapidus delivers an electrifying tale of Stockholm's vicious underworld. Mahmud is fresh out of jail, but he's forced to work for a brutal mob boss to pay off his debts to a drug lord. Niklas, a mercenary and weapons expert with an appetite for vigilante justice, is back in Sweden and plans to keep a low profile. But the discovery of a murdered man in his mother's building severely threatens those plans. Thomas, the volatile detective on the case, finding his efforts suspiciously stymied and the evidence tampered with, goes off the grid in search of the truth. But as the paths of these three men intertwine and the identity of the murdered man is revealed, crimes and secrets bigger, deeper, and darker than a mere murder will come to light.

In a timely contribution to current debates over the psychology of boys and the construction of their social lives, On My Honor explores the folk customs of adolescent males in the Boy Scouts of America during a summer encampment in California's Sierra Nevada. Drawing on more than twenty years of research and extensive visits and interviews with members of the troop, Mechling uncovers the key rituals and play events through which the Boy Scouts shapes boys into men. He describes the campfire songs, initiation rites, games, and activities that are used to mold the Scouts into responsible adults. The themes of honor and character alternate in this new study as we witness troop leaders offering examples in structure, discipline, and guidance, and teaching scouts the difficult balance between freedom and self-control. What results is a probing look into the inner lives of boys in our culture and their rocky transition into manhood. On My Honor provides a provocative, sometimes shocking glimpse into the sexual awakening and moral development of young men coming to grips with their nascent desires, their innate aggressions, their inclination toward peer pressure and violence, and their social acculturation. On My Honor ultimately shows how the Boy Scouts of America continues to edify and mentor young men against the backdrop of controversies over freedom of religious expression, homosexuality, and the proposed inclusion of female members. While the organization's bureaucracy has taken an unyielding stance against gay men and atheists, real live Scouts are often more open to plurality than we might assume. In their embrace of tolerance, acceptance, and understanding, troop leaders at the local level have the power to shape boys into emotionally mature men.