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"Unveiling the Power of Paternal Reunion"If you are seeking guidance and inspiration on your healing journey this is the book for you!After 7 years in the making, "MACnificently Made" presents a deeply moving and insightful exploration of the emotional and psychological impact that arises when one meets their biological father as an adult.Through the captivating personal stories of seven contributors and the author's experiences, you will embark on a transformative journey with this groundbreaking book.Learn the secrets to Making Amazing Changes in your lifeDelve into the profound significance of a father's presenceDiscover strategies for cultivating self-worth, and unlock the power of prioritizing self-careExplore the vital importance of reconnecting with yourself and your loved onesDraw wisdom from powerful life lessons, and uncover the keys to finding your life's purpose and living authenticallyDive into practices for inner peace and learn to heed your inner voiceEmbrace the stillness of meditation and find alignment through reflectionTrust in the process, cultivate forgiveness, and connect with experts to guide youGain fresh perspectives and profound insights, and celebrate the realization that you are MACnificently Made!

In a Surrogate World 2044 is a story based in the year 2044 and is predicated on the idea that marriage & live-in romantic relationships are largely a thing of the past, due to the fact that (among other reasons), people simply aren't getting along anymore living in close quarters with each other for years on end. And because of this reality, we are now faced with a divorce rate that just hit the 80% mark! As well in 2044, romantic relationships, dating, bonding and interacting with each other are far different than they were in past generations. And in regards to having children, instead of traditional pro-creation methods, men and women are now going to specialized Surrogacy Clinics for their pro-creation needs, (which in 2044, are even more popular than plastic surgery clinics!). It is in these clinics, where Anonymous Surrogate mothers are hired to bear the children of Surrogacy Clients, and wheremen & women go when they don't wish to pro-create with somebody they meet or know, (which is the position of a high majority of today's wanna be parents). Another reality in 2044, is that relationships have become much more virtual than physical. Women are focused on careers first. Men and women are no longer standing together at the altar of a wedding ceremony. Also in 2044, a good majority of men are no longer choosing women they meet or know to bear their children, and a good majority of women are no longer choosing men they meet or know to father their children. WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF PRO-CREATION! SYNOPSISIn a Surrogate World 2044, is not only a story about the Surrogacy Boom! of 2044 and how it has "paradigm shift" affected the way babies come into this world, as well as the type of babies that arrive, but is also the story about a guy named Michael Black, who had seen all of the marital problems his friends and family had gone through and realized early on, he didn't want any part of the matrimonial world, and as well was of the mindset of not ever wanting to be beholden to a woman who would agree to bear his child. But, seeing as Michael so desperately wants to become a dad to a child of his own seed, he instead decides to try and become one via the surrogacy route that everyone is raving about. But, he soon realizes he can ill afford what North American Surrogacy clinics are charging for this service. And so, he voyages to less affluent countries, where surrogacy rates are much more reasonable. But, in each and every country he travels to in his quest for fatherhood, he encounters problem after problem and failed situation after failed situation. Dejected and with his hopes and dreams of becoming a surrogate dad seemingly dashed, he returns to America childless. But in the end of this story, something unbelievable and unimaginably inspiring occurs, that finally gets our Michael Black the Surrogate daughter he's always wanted! From Sperm & Egg Brokers, to Surrogate Mother Hotels, to Surrogate Baby Auctions, to Choosing your "Surrey Baby's" Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Heritage and other features, to Choosing a surrogate mother who lives in your selected country!It's a Craazy Surrogate world in 2044! The In a Surrogate World 2044 story is nothing short of a Blueprint for the Future of Baby-Making and Personal Relationships! THE NEW PITTSBURGH HERALD Based on current trends, the In A Surrogate World 2044 story is the logically projected Pro-Creation and Personal Relationship future for Generation-Z & Generation Alpha! THE DALLAS GLOBE

In a Surrogate World 2044 is a story based in the year 2044 and is predicated on the idea that marriage & live-in romantic relationships are largely a thing of the past, due to the fact that (among other reasons), people simply aren't getting along anymore living in close quarters with each other for years on end.And because of this reality, we are now faced with a divorce rate that just hit the 80% mark!As well in 2044, romantic relationships, dating, bonding and interacting with each other are far different than they were in past generations.And in regards to having children, instead of traditional pro-creation methods, men and women are now going to specialized Surrogacy Clinics for their pro-creation needs, (which in 2044, are even more popular than plastic surgery clinics!).It is in these clinics, where Anonymous Surrogate mothers are hired to bear the children of Surrogacy Clients, and where men & women go when they don't wish to pro-create with somebody they meet or know, (which is the position of a high majority of today's wanna be parents).Another reality in 2044, is that relationships have become much more virtual than physical. Women are focused on careers first. Men and women are no longer standing together at the altar of a wedding ceremony.Also in 2044, a good majority of men are no longer choosing women they meet or know to bear their children, and a good majority of women are no longer choosing men they meet or know to father their children. WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF PRO-CREATION!SYNOPSISIn a Surrogate World 2044, is not only a story about the Surrogacy Boom! of 2044 and how it has "paradigm shift" affected the way babies come into this world, as well as the type of babies that arrive, but is also the story about a guy named Michael Black, who had seen all of the marital problems his friends and family had gone through and realized early on, he didn't want any part of the matrimonial world, and as well was of the mindset of not ever wanting to be beholden to a woman who would agree to bear his child.But, seeing as Michael so desperately wants to become a dad to a child of his own seed, he instead decides to try and become one via the surrogacy route that everyone is raving about.But, he soon realizes he can ill afford what North American Surrogacy clinics are charging for this service. And so, he voyages to less affluent countries, where surrogacy rates are much more reasonable.But, in each and every country he travels to in his quest for fatherhood, he encounters problem after problem and failed situation after failed situation.Dejected and with his hopes and dreams of becoming a surrogate dad seemingly dashed, he returns to America childless.But in the end of this story, something unbelievable and unimaginably inspiring occurs, that finally gets our Michael Black the Surrogate daughter he's always wanted!From Sperm & Egg Brokers,to Surrogate Mother Hotels,to Surrogate Baby Auctions,to Choosing your "Surrey Baby's" Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Heritage and other features,to Choosing a surrogate mother who lives in your selected country!It's a Craazy Surrogate world in 2044! The In a Surrogate World 2044 story is nothing short of a Blueprint for the Future of BabyMaking and Personal Relationships! THE NEW PITTSBURGH HERALD

Our lives are finite. There is a date and time when they will come to an end. But with people living longer, many of us will have a number of years where our professional work is done, our children are grown, and our schedules are more flexible. Will we spend these last days pressing on towards the finishing line, keeping our eyes on the prize, like Caleb and Paul? Or will our hearts be distracted by the pleasures of this world like Solomon and Lot? Read on, and discover how those who lived long ago encourage us to finish well today.

Description Leonardo, Romancia and Ra is a book of extended visions and waking dreams. It continues where my previous book, Angels, Cleopatra and Psychosis, came to an end. But whereas Angels, Cleopatra and Psychosis is sometimes nightmare-ish in its psychiatric settings, Leonardo, Romancia And Ra is more romantic, featuring the soul of romance herself, the spirit Romancia. In the central chapter of the book I accompany Romancia to Paris for a ten day holiday, and art history is discussed as the story of the French revolution and French romantic art are both revealed. The spirits of Leonardo and Michelangelo make appearances in the book, as they did in Angels, Cleopatra and Psychosis, and so do two new spirits, the French romantic painters Géricault and Delacroix, best of friends, and guardians of Parisian revolutionary integrity. At the end of the Parisian holiday, Romancia vanishes to become the wind of love, whilst I return to England where I have a confrontation with the ancient Egyptian sun god Ra.About the AuthorMichael Black was born in 1962, and Leonardo, Romancia And Ra describes his life and spiritual experiences within the British mental health system over the past fifteen years. Like its predecessor, Angels, Cleopatra And Psychosis (also published by Chipmunka), the book stands up for the legitimacy of so-called psychotic experience, and questions the validity of the received medical model. Michael grew up in Cheshire, where he attended Wilmslow Grammar School before doing an English and History degree at York University. He then completed a doctorate in anti-apartheid literature at Cambridge University, whilst variously working as a journalist and theatre producer.Michael is the author of one novel, Crossing Out The Emperor, and six stage plays, all of which can be viewed at his website www.mwblack.co.uk. He has received three Arts Council Playwrights Bursaries, and is currently working on a new stage play and two film scripts.

Description This book tells the story of my battles within the mental health system over the last fourteen years. I have, from a psychiatrist's perspective, variously been diagnosed as hypomanic, schizophrenic, manic depressive and as having schizoaffective disorder - and in that order! But from my point of view (and as an ex-journalist I decided to investigate the mental health system from the inside out!), I have simply been on an extraordinary spiritual journey, meeting the spirits of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, meeting a spiritually persecuting Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, meeting the ancient queen Cleopatra herself, meeting the devilish spirit of Dr. Josef Goebbels, before penultimately having sex with the female angel Jana and finally meeting the fallen angel Lucifer himself! The book recounts the story of all the above, whilst also ending with a discussion and critique of contemporary psychiatry. I do not believe myself to have been mentally ill. I believe myself to be a visionary.About the AuthorMichael Black was born in 1962, and Angels, Cleopatra And Psychosis describes his life and spiritual experiences within the British mental health system over the past fifteen years. The book stands up for the legitimacy of so-called psychotic experience, and questions the validity of the received medical model. Michael grew up in Cheshire, where he attended Wilmslow Grammar School before doing an English and History degree at York University. He then completed a doctorate in anti-apartheid literature at Cambridge University, whilst variously working as a journalist and theatre producer.Michael is the author of one novel, Crossing Out The Emperor, and six stage plays. He has received three Arts Council Playwrights Bursaries, and is currently working on a new novel and two film scripts.The publication of Angels, Cleopatra And Psychosis is supported by Macclesfield Mind.

This is the first critical study of Sons and Lovers to engage with the new Cambridge edition, which prints for the first time the whole text that Lawrence wrote, restoring the substantial cuts made by the first editor.

This second volume of Michael Black's commentary on Lawrence's prose-works concentrates on the extraordinary sequence of non-fictional texts written between 1913 and 1917: the 'Foreword' to Sons and Lovers, Study of Thomas Hardy, Twilight in Italy, 'The Crown', 'The Reality of Peace'.

In response to enormous recent advances, particularly in molecular biology, the authors have revised their warmly received work. This new edition includes updates on seed development, gene expression, dormancy, and other subjects. It will serve as the field's standard textbook and reference source for many years to come.

Based on the Cambridge Edition of Lawrence's letters and works, this is a systematic study of his neglected early novels and short stories. He places Lawrence in a new light as an artist, especially considering the relationship between his art and thought.