Down the street, a dog is running around a lamp post on a leash. I feel like I'm on a similar trajectory.

This new book by Kris Godinez gives a conglomeration of case studies to illustrate what motivates and drives an abusive relationship. Why some people stay and others don't.

True Story of A Human Cell A few years back, I was working long hours setting up new businesses. Although I tried to exercise regularly and ate well for the most part, my health was not where it should have been. Despite my best efforts, I still felt out of shape, drained, and run-down most of the time. To put it simply, I felt old. I wanted my youth, body, energy and vitality back- and was willing to try anything to do it. I consulted with many friends who were doctors, nutritionists, and fitness experts, but was told time and again that "age can not be reversed." Being the stubborn optimist I am, in my mind it was: challenge accepted. And so came my inspiration to prove them all wrong, which led me on an incredible journey around the world mining Eastern and Western medicine, cultures, traditions, and ancient healing practices for the secrets to a youthful life.

Filled with common expressions and idioms, this resource provides a complete and detailed description and derivation of horse-related words. Beginning with the earliest known usage of "You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink," "one-trick pony," "dog and pony show," and "a horse of a different color," the guide examines the roots of these and other phrases and how they worked their way into our language.

"Beautifully paced . . . heartbreaking and hilarious."—USA Today Augusten Burroughs meets Mary Karr: a deeply funny and wickedly entertaining family memoir. The youngest of four daughters in an old, celebrated St. Louis family-- of prominent journalists and politicians on one side, debutantes and equestrians on the other-- Jeanne Darst grew up hearing stories of past grandeur. And the message she internalized as a young girl was clear: While things might be a bit tight for us right now, it’s only temporary. Soon her father would sell the Great American Novel and reclaim the family’s former glory. The Darsts move from St. Louis to New York, and Jeanne’s father writes one novel, then another, which don’t find publishers. This, combined with her mother’s burgeoning alcoholism, lead to financial disaster and divorce. And as Jeanne becomes an adult, she is horrified to discover that she is not only a drinker like her mother, but a writer like her father. At first, and for years, she embraces both activities— and until she can stop putting drinking and writing ahead of everything else, it’s a questionable choice. Ultimately, Darst sets out to discover whether a person can have the writing without the ruin, whether it’s possible to be both sober and creative, ambitious and happy, a professional author and a parent. Filled with brilliantly flawed, idiosyncratic characters and punctuated by Darst’s irreverent eye for absurdity, Fiction Ruined My Family is a lovingly told, wickedly funny portrait of an unconventional life.