The Pickerings' Last Tango: A Very Different Love Story

 

The Pickerings' Last Tango:

A Very Different Love Story

The Pickerings' Last Tango Dorothy Pickering, a “feisty” 68-year-old grandmother with a penchant for off-color jokes, reminds her spouse, Guy, of his vow to help her die after her terminal cancer diagnosis threatens their life together. However Guy concludes that he cannot live without her, and makes the decision to die alongside his wife. But Guy is no good at this task and his attempts quickly go awry with hilarious consequences. What starts as a simple and melancholic tale of an elderly couple grappling with end-of-life affairs transforms into a surprisingly action-packed adventure, with wacky turns that emphasize the lengths people will go to to care for each other, as well as the question of just what exactly makes life worth living. Despite its controversial themes, the narrative develops a poignancy that provokes both laughter and tears. The grim realities of aging and grief hit hard without sacrificing the authenticity of the portrayal of the Pickerings’ lifelong love or the comedic gold of their last outing. The Pickering saga is a brilliantly balanced dark comedy that addresses euthanasia with humor and empathy.

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A Heart Full Of Thanks Gratitude Journal

A Heart Full of Love & Gratitude Journal is a beautifully designed space to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with what truly matters. Sized at a convenient 6 x 9 inches, it’s perfect for daily use—small enough to carry with you, yet spacious enough to capture your thoughts with ease. Inside, you’ll find 130 thoughtfully crafted pages waiting to be filled with moments of appreciation, personal reflections, and heartfelt intentions. Whether you’re beginning or ending your day, this journal invites you to pause and acknowledge the love, joy, and blessings in your life. With a gentle focus on positivity and mindfulness, it encourages you to cultivate gratitude, shift your perspective, and nurture a deeper sense of inner peace. Each page becomes a reminder that even the smallest moments can hold the greatest meaning. Perfect for personal growth, self-care routines, or as a meaningful gift, this journal is more than just pages—it’s a daily companion on your journey toward a more grateful, love-filled life.

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Astara is Born: Under the Hollywood Sign…the Quantum Novel

 

 

Astara is Born:

Under the Hollywood Sign…the Quantum Novel

Quantum narrative of the 80s indie film/New Age zeitgeist. This is the second volume in the Kundalini Awakening trilogy following “Champagne Tango” (1992) and preceding “Wolf in the Bottle”. There will be a promotion on NetGalley in April. A reluctant Icon tries out her new name Astara Dawn on an irresistible English actor while stuck in a holding pattern on a flight into Los Angeles. Awaiting her on the ground is a Hollywood studio sublet filled with mystical books and a freelance job as a script reader. As she settles into her new home and starts to explore the city, Astara stumbles into the zeitgeist of 1980s New Age Movement and the birth of a dynamic new Hollywood era of the indie film.

Astara’s freelance lifestyle is guided by a universal vision—to become the writer, director, producer, and star of her own movie. However, she learns that outer success in achieving this goal is predicated by the inner process of awakening; as Astara begins to see herself as the heroine of her original Hollywood story, she is rewarded with an evolving consciousness guiding her into a quantum reality: consciousness becoming aware of itself. This is where the new quantum era of the transformative novel comes in play. The quest for freedom busts through all existing categories…forcing the protagonist to invent a new literature chronicling an ever-evolving consciousness. As she pushes through obstacles with the help of a healer, she begins to understand the affliction propelling her to the edge of psychosis was actually a kundalini awakening. The awareness of the Self gains a new holistic perspective on the dynamic between inner and outer informed by a steady trail of synchronicities providing a linear structure to her creation of her new identity summed up in the title of her script, “Astara is Born.” Surmounting the obstacles on the path of Self-mastery has a requirement: newly defining the contemporary literary heroine as Bringer of the Dawn, filtering the new value of an evolving consciousness sourced in the twenty-first century icon of the hieros gamos (sacred marriage). Kundalini Awakening trilogy of meta-novels pioneer a quantum style of storytelling in which a female protagonist becomes aware of her evolving consciousness, a higher form of intelligence scientists now refer to as metacognition.

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ORIGIN OF MIND: The Conscious Mind and 3-D Images in the Brain

 

ORIGIN OF MIND:

The Conscious Mind and 3-D Images in the Brain

Fully illustrated throughout with challenging 3-D illusions and some of the most extreme examples of the “spooky action” of the brain from bizarre beliefs we still hold true, to ideas of sexual attraction, this book takes us through a new perspective on how words create our very perception of reality, from the point where consciousness and cognition of our mind kick in, to the study of how easily any stimulus, even pain, can be associated with any response, even pleasure. This accounts for the 700 named phobias and the 547 sexual paraphilias identified by Anil Aggrawal.  In a review of old and new evidence, we find explanations for the "spooky action" of the conscious mind and how the mind is deceived by the brain.
This sets the stage for a journey through your own mind. The first ideas embedded in our brain by others, like the language we speak, become the criteria by which we judge all things. All of this is learned through a process so subtle and so unconscious that it is taken for granted. We see this daily in our politics, our religions, our sports, and our personal relationships.
AI, or Artificial Intelligence, scans the internet, picking up relevant facts, images, and ideas, and presents them in an organized form. The brain has its own version of AI that scans our memories, selects relevant information, and presents reality to our conscious mind as reality. From this reality, our conscious mind "sees" what the brain has been “hard-wired” to perceive by our earliest experiences. This applies to language, ideas, religion, politics…
CHAPTER I ORIGIN OF THE BRAIN. Learning does not just give the brain information to use in processing, as a computer; it changes the brain itself so completely that it creates a new reality in the brain. From this reality, our conscious mind "sees" what the brain has been “hard-wired” to perceive by our earliest experiences. This applies to language, ideas, religion, politics…
CHAPTER II PSYCHOLOGY’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY Learning, at its core, goes beyond merely associating two stimuli. It involves forming an impression in the brain of all the visual, auditory, and sensory experiences happening at the same time. Through repeated exposure to the same stimuli, these experiences can create a perception. By connecting multiple perceptions, one can develop a concept (or a learning set, or an algorithm, or a heuristic) into a concept. Perception Can Determine Experience
CHAPTER III Learning happens with no conscious awareness, and we have limited ability to change our brain’s perception.
CHAPTER IV Origin of the Individual We are not born knowing who we are. We are not born knowing who our mother is. We have no clue even what species we are. We have no language to speak. We are the center of our own unique world of experience. Everything relates to us. This gives us the perception of a separate and self-conscious mind.
CHAPTER V THE CONSCIOUS MIND The relatively high speed of the Beta waves of our brain, which scan across the cortex, linked to areas deep inside, combined with our focus of attention, is what makes consciousness possible. Our learned experiences allow the brain to anticipate whatever will come next.
CHAPTER VI THE ILLUSION OF THOUGHT, RELATIVITY: The fact that we can think has created the illusion that we do think.
CHAPTER VII INVISIBLE PERCEPTION Learning is so profoundly important that it changes the biology of your brain.
CHAPTER VIII PERMUTATIONS The Third Variable of Relativity
CHAPTER IX THE CONSCIOUS MIND AND THE PROGRAMMED MIND 

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Symphony of Stories: Word Music for the Literature Lover

 

Symphony of Stories:

Word Music for the Literature Lover 

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Here are twenty brand new literary melodies in a SYMPHONY OF STORIES.

The word music of the stories is put into the form and framework of a symphony. First, an Andante, the going-along, the sequence of events that make up a narrative. Then, an Adagio, which is the tragic, followed by a Scherzo, the comic. The literary symphony concludes with an Allegro, the triumph.

The themes of the stories are some of the most basic: Longing for love, finding love, suffering disappointment in love, and losing love. Sex as farce. Ambition and the frustration of ambition. Art, music, literature, and our electronic technoculture. The individual in society. Moral and immoral. The sane, the insane, and doubts about which is which. Oh, the wondrous complexities of the human!

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Our Emotional Complexities

Our Emotional Complexities is a powerful journey into the raw, unfiltered core of what it means to feel. Each page captures a single emotion in its purest form, offering a space to pause, reflect and connect. These are the poems that speak to the moments you thought no one else understood. Let yourself be seen. Let yourself feel. Let the words guide you through the beautiful, messy complexity of being human. This is not just poetry. This is emotional truth, one feeling at a time.

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THE MAGNIFICENT POWER WITHIN US

The Magnificent Power Within Us: Unlock Your Subconscious, Eliminate Procrastination & Achieve True Success

Are you stuck in a cycle of self-doubt, procrastination, or unfulfilled potential?
What if the key to everything you desire is already inside you—waiting to be awakened?

The Magnificent Power Within Us is not just a self-help book—it's a step-by-step transformation guide to uncover your true power, shift your mindset, and harness the extraordinary force of your subconscious mind.

Whether you’re chasing a dream, trying to overcome fear, or seeking clarity and purpose, this book gives you the tools to reprogram your thoughts, eliminate limiting beliefs, and finally take control of your life.

In this life-changing guide, you will discover:

• How to tap into the unlimited potential of your subconscious
• The step-by-step process for setting powerful goals that stick
• How to rewire your mind to eliminate procrastination and self-sabotage
• The exact daily habits that condition your mind for success
• Why belief is the foundation of every breakthrough—and how to strengthen it
• How to turn negative experiences into fuel for growth
• The secret to attracting peace, clarity, love, wealth, and happiness

Real Results. Real Inspiration.

Based on lived experiences, real conversations, and timeless psychological principles, The Magnificent Power Within Usempowers you to take small, consistent actions that produce massive internal and external change.

“Once you unlock your inner power, you'll never go back to who you were.”

Perfect for readers who love:

• The Power of the Subconscious Mind – Joseph Murphy
• Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
• Atomic Habits – James Clear
• The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
• You Are a Badass – Jen Sincero

Start your transformation today.

No matter your background, age, or experience, the journey begins with one choice: to believe that you are enough and that your power is real.

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