True Reality

A sociological study of reality TV that explores its rise as a culture-dominating medium - and what the genre reveals about our attitudes toward race, gender, class, and sexuality.

At the height of the California gold rush in the late-1840's, a wagon train of men, women, children, and their animals stumbled into a 130-mile-long valley in the Mojave Desert through a "shortcut" to the California coast. What ensued was an ordeal that divided the camp into remnants and struck them with hunger, thirst, and a terrible sense of being lost and beyond hope, until one of their party volunteered to cross the desert to get help. This young hero was one of the survivors of the tragedy, and he lived to tell the tale in this gripping autobiographical account. In a time of unmarked ...

A guide to creating miracles in your own life through the power of thought.

Angus Bjornson only ever wanted to do one thing: to continue crafting exquisite weapons and pieces of armor for his loyal customers. Unfortunately, after one accident too many that leaves the old blacksmith completely disabled, it would seem he has no other choice but to hang up his hammer. However, that would be underestimating the stubbornness of the self-made man.

In April 1997, pretty, 22-year-old Jacine Gielinski stopped her car at a red light in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She had no idea that the two young men looking at her from the car next to hers would in that moment decide she would be their target for unspeakable horrors.

Jonathan Bloom develops an injection that paralyzes the retina's melanin receptors revealing a whole new reality. Linus visits an albino clone farm in Africa and discovers Blueman's secret and a museum's plan to compress humanity into a genetic seed. Leda is a surrogate hermaphrodite haunted by memories that don't belong to her. Sawa is an albino who sold his eye so his family could survive. This is the prequel to Quantum Rapture and the insane history of Lyra Vega's mom. The story shows how far a man is willing to descend into hell to find the woman he loves and how important it is to die ...

Richard Dawkins, the world’s most famous evolutionary biologist, presents a gorgeously lucid, science book examining some of the nature’s most fundamental questions both from a mythical and scientific perspective. Science is our most precise and powerful tool for making sense of the world. Before we developed the scientific method, we created rich mythologies to explain the unknown. The pressing questions that primitive men and women asked are the same ones we ask as children. Who was the first person? What is the sun? Why is there night and day?

TRANCE Formation of America was released in 1995 after the 1947 National Security Act was invoked to censor this testimony from the US Congressional Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Oversight. Today TRANCE, now in its 17th English edition, is referenced in major universities and is in law libraries worldwide due to its continued relevance to global events. Knowledge is our first line of defense against mind control, and this book is indeed the truth that makes us free.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO ATTRACT MONEY USING MIND POWER If you are a fan of metaphysics, quantum physics, mind power, spirituality and spiritual growth, self-help, human potential, personal development, motivation, and the Law of Attraction, then you will love this book. One of the most misunderstood subjects among human beings is also one of the most fundamental: What is the true nature of reality? Most people just accept the appearance world as being reality, never dreaming there might be another, more substantial, reality just beyond that which they perceive with their ...

In 2006, after the end of her marriage to the first man she ever loved, Jessica Simpson wonders who she really is. Exploring what she truly wants in a relationship, Jessica begins dating again. This time her only vow is not to leap for the fairy tale. Don’t overthink. Just enjoy the moment. But when an A-list childhood crush invites her on a romantic getaway, it’s impossible for Jessica not to swoon.

You were born for a reason, and if you don’t know the reason, you cannot be making progress toward its fulfillment—and so you likely feel that something’s missing in your life, or worse—you may be unhappy or depressed. This book provides a methodology not only to find out why you’re here, it will hand you three keys that if accepted and embraced can open your eyes to who you really are and what you ought to be doing to achieve lasting happiness. What’s revealed isn’t taught in school or college—modern culture simply does not know or show the way. The author imparts ancient ...

In this pioneering book for believers, nonbelievers, and anyone curious about the supernatural, Father Carlos shares new case files with listeners and explains the reason for Satan’s presence in each. He identifies some the doorways demons use to gain access, alerting listeners to the very real dangers of evil. For each victim, Father Carlos describes the path to healing—all at a very timely moment in human history. The Exorcist Files dispels the myths about how evil spirits are acquired and expelled, giving Christians and the spiritually curious a look at the ongoing battle against Satan.

From the outside, the Davenports look like any other family living a completely ordinary life - until that devastating day when five-year-old Jonah is killed, and the family is torn apart. As the fury of guilt engulfs them, the Davenports slowly start to unravel, one by one. Losing her son forces Rachel to withdraw into a frayed, fuzzy reality. Her husband, Sam, tries to remain stoic, but he's consumed by regret with the choices he's made. Eden mourns her brother, while desperately fighting to regain a sense of normalcy.

The pitch went like this: Chris Butler, a retired cop, ran a private investigator firm in Concord, California. His business had a fascinating angle - his firm was staffed entirely by soccer moms. In fact, Butler employed PI Super Moms: attractive, organized, smart, and trained in investigative techniques, self-defense, and weaponry. This American Life host Ira Glass described them as "MILF: Charlie's Angels." When this story came across Pete Crooks's desk when he was working at Diablo magazine in 2010, he was instantly hooked.

The religion of Christianity is no different than any other benevolent religion unless it involves translation, transformation, and transfiguration (where there is no translation, transformation and transfiguration, there is no true salvation). Salvation includes redemption and forgiveness. Being born again of the water and the spirit grants us entrance into the kingdom where we live, move, and have our being as a part of His New Creation Reality. We were saved, we are being saved, and we will continue to be saved.

We may not always see what truly hides within the minds and hearts of certain people, and where we believe is a good, pure individual, lays a terrible murderer capable of the most horrible acts. Robert Berdella was one such man, a helpful and friendly individual who - in a spree separated by a few years - managed to capture and horrifically torture seven young men, murdering six along the way. Control and dominance were his tools, pain was his method.

Fans of Gossip Girl, The Help, Sex and the City, and Reality TV – This book was made for you! New York's Upper East Side has always been a close-knit society, one that only those who can afford million-dollar homes, private schools, and have staff at their disposal 24/7 can join. One might think that if you can do all of that, a happy life is guaranteed, but one would be very wrong! Welcome to The Untold Stories of Madison Avenue, follow a mysterious figure calling himself The Guy Who Knows, because he knows everyone who is anyone on the Upper East Side and all their secrets. You might ...

Within every religion and every State there lurks an underground stream controlling and manipulating those in power. Great knowledge was fostered and hidden. Wars and revolutions were carefully planned and orchestrated by a Universal Brotherhood. Whether it was practical methods of survival such as navigation and measurement or inner psychological and spiritual wisdom, it would become the foundation for secret societies the world over.

Historian and author Nick Stowe's True Crime and Mystery series shines a bright spotlight on some of the most fascinating real-life crimes and mysteries, many of which have been overlooked with the passage of time. Yet, these cases are just as interesting, compelling, and shocking as anything you’ll see in today's Internet and newspaper headlines and hear on your average true crime podcast. Murder and mayhem, indeed! In True Crime and Mystery Volume One: A car drives down a lonely road in rural Indiana late at night. Behind the wheel is Joe Bryant. Next to him is his girlfriend, ...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO ATTRACT MONEY USING MIND POWER If you are a fan of metaphysics, quantum physics, mind power, spirituality and spiritual growth, self-help, human potential, personal development, motivation, and the Law of Attraction, then you will love this book. This is a hard-hitting book that shakes you to your core while showing you just exactly what that core is. It teaches you that all that really exists within reality is Aware Power Functioning. You will learn that the individual human being is Individualized Aware Power Functioning and that it exists within the ...