Armaan has left his hometown Manali in order to prepare for the Pre-Medical Entrance Test (PMT) in Chandigarh. Little does he know that he would be forging an ever-lasting friendship with a pair of guys there who are also preparing for the PMT-Rajat and Vikas. All three of them have their lives running smoothly till one day Armaan discloses his past. Caught between the struggles of cracking the medical entrance exam and dealing with a mysterious and heart-breaking past that seems to be on the brink of jeopardising his future, Armaan is torn between different directions! As the days pass, his desire to resist the temptations of his past becomes uncontrollable. But he can barely fathom the consequences his impetuous yearning for his past may bring! What is his mysterious past? Will he be able to overcome it? What will happen when his past endangers his present? What if a sudden encounter with someone changes his life forever? Will he crack the entrance test? Will he be able to fulfil his dream to become a doctor? MY IMPERFECT DREAM is the bitter-sweet story of campus relationships, of overbearing studies and overwhelming love and a dearly loved dream that is just short of attaining perfection!

The explosive story of the discovery and development of psychiatric medications, as well as the science and the people behind their invention, told by a riveting writer and psychologist who shares her own experience with the highs and lows of psychiatric drugs. Although one in five Americans now takes at least one psychotropic drug, the fact remains that nearly seventy years after doctors first began prescribing them, not even their creators understand exactly how or why these drugs work -- or don't work -- on what ails our brains. Lauren Slater's revelatory account charts psychiatry's journey from its earliest drugs, Thorazine and lithium, up through Prozac and other major antidepressants of the present. Blue Dreams also chronicles experimental treatments involving Ecstasy, magic mushrooms, the most cutting-edge memory drugs, placebos, and even neural implants. In her thorough analysis of each treatment, Slater asks three fundamental questions: how was the drug born, how does it work (or fail to work), and what does it reveal about the ailments it is meant to treat? Fearlessly weaving her own intimate experiences into comprehensive and wide-ranging research, Slater narrates a personal history of psychiatry itself. In the process, her powerful and groundbreaking exploration casts modern psychiatry's ubiquitous wonder drugs in a new light, revealing their ability to heal us or hurt us, and proving an indispensable resource not only for those with a psychotropic prescription but for anyone who hopes to understand the limits of what we know about the human brain and the possibilities for future treatments.

A novel set in contemporary Ghana exploring the romantic relationships of three professional women and their partners

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The beloved Fannie Flagg is at her irresistible and hilarious best in I Still Dream About You, a comic mystery romp through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama, past, present, and future. Meet Maggie Fortenberry, a still beautiful former Miss Alabama. To others, Maggie’s life seems practically perfect—she’s lovely, charming, and a successful agent at Red Mountain Realty. Still, Maggie can’t help but wonder how she wound up living a life so different from the one she dreamed of as a child. But just when things seem completely hopeless, and the secrets of Maggie’s past drive her to a radical plan to solve it all, Maggie discovers, quite by accident, that everybody, it seems, has at least one little secret. I Still Dream About You is a wonderful novel that is equal parts southern charm, murder mystery, and that perfect combination of comedy and old-fashioned wisdom that can be served up only by America’s own remarkable Fannie Flagg. Praise for I Still Dream About You “[Fannie Flagg is] a born storyteller.”—The New York Times Book Review “Undoubtedly [Flagg’s] wisest book, comic and compassionate . . . Born of a tender heart and nurtured by an imaginative mind, it’s certain to touch the reader’s soul.”—Richmond Times Dispatch “A fun and rollicking Nancy Drew mystery for grown-ups.”—The Birmingham News “Classic Fannie . . . What [Flagg] writes about, time and again, are the touching, terrifying, heartbreaking, hysterical, extraordinary, everyday things that make us human.”—Southern Living

For years, I lived with imperfect faith""always having one foot out the door and ready to run at a moment's notice and never truly wanting a meaningful relationship with the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit. However, God is patient, relentless, and seems to have more love than I can ever imagine. So this is my story of finding God's light and truth in the craziness of life and how I am letting go of my imperfect faith and moving toward a more perfect faith with the help of God the Father, His Son, and Holy Spirit. In the end, my hope for this book is that through my words, others will come to recognize God's light and truth, even in their imperfect faith, and ultimately find their way back home to the Father and His Son, our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus because His beautiful light shines brightly upon all of us even when we cannot see it and most especially when we do not want to believe in it. "For you were going astray like (so many) sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian (the Bishop) of your souls" (1 Peter 2:25).

Building Your Field of Dreams is both a compelling personal story and a practical and inspiring guide for anyone who has ever hoped for a better life. Mary Morrissey's own dreams were nearly shattered at age 16, when pregnancy forced her into a reluctant marriage that nevertheless became the crucible for remarkable lessons in faith. As she was tested by the near-death of one of her children, by life-threatening kidney disease, and by years of struggling to make ends meet, she clung to her determination to be a minister. Now, with powerful examples from many dream-builders she has known, she shows how anyone can identify their deepest desires, build a partnership with God, confront obstacles and failure, and overcome the mental blocks that keep us from our potential. It's a great message, compellingly delivered by a great teacher. From the Trade Paperback edition.

When Cindy's dream man literally climbs out of her bed and into her life, her mediocre existence suddenly becomes extraordinary. But sometimes, dreams are just dreams. And sometimes, reality holds the true promise of tomorrow.