Bøger af Michael Daly

"A gripping popular history. ... Vivid ... simultaneously fascinating and horrifying" -St. Louis Post-DispatchIn 1903, an elephant named Topsy was electrocuted on Coney Island, and ever since, this bizarre execution has reverberated through popular culture with the whiff of urban legend. But it really happened, and many historical forces conspired to bring Topsy, Thomas Edison, and those 6,600 volts of alternating current together. In Topsy, Michael Daly weaves them together into a fascinating popular history.The first elephant arrived in America in 1796, but it wasn't until after the Civil War that the circus entered its golden age, thanks especially to P.T. Barnum and Adam Forepaugh (or 4-Paw). With fantastic detail, Daly brings this world to life: caravans, crooks, and side-shows. And he captures the life of the animals, both the cruelties they suffered and, when treated with kindness, their remarkable feats. Rich in period Americana, and full of larger-than-life characters-both human and elephant-Topsy is a touching, entertaining read.

When you hear the word 'calm' what do you think about?Probably lazy days on the beach, long sunset strolls, endless holidays. While this sounds great, sadly, this isn't the life most people are leading.In 'Calm Living', rather than focus on an idealised version of life, the author invites you to imagine what 'calm' might look like amidst the often busy, stressed and time starved world most of us inhabit.Is this even possible?The author, Michael Daly, an international meditation teacher, believes this is not only possible but highly achievable. All the modern research points to the fact that an entirely different operating system of the human mind can be brought online with just a few minutes of stillness and silence each day. Over 20 years of practice and teaching, Michael describes the changes he has seen in himself and others as nothing short of a miracle. THis is a wonderfully inspiring manual for anyone wanting to establish a successful meditation practice in their life. Using a unique menu system for creating your own individual meditations, this book gives you the tools and the deeper understandings to help make calm living your new reality."Calm Living is the perfect companion for beginning, re-engaging or growing a flexible meditation practice with simplicity and ease. Michael Daly is a masterful teacher who has succeeded in sharing the secrets of weaving mindfulness into your life and your heart. This book is deeply honest and paves the way for curiosity, hope and a relationship with life you can love." Todd Zemek - Clinical Psychologist & Founding Member of the Australian Psychological Society's Yoga & Psychology Interest Group

Insights into how to live a better life, based on the author's experiences of staying in a unique hotel in Singapore

All leadership starts with self-leadership, following your own inspiration and leading your life by your own principles. Those who achieve their best and have success and happiness, do so because they do not allow their past to hold them back; nor do they spend their days dreaming about a better future. They take ownership of their present situation, accept where it is they are in life, and then take the time and invest the energy in setting out where it is they want their life to be. In doing so, they show the hallmark of being a self-leader within their own life. Only they now go further and live the life of a self-leader - taking the action necessary to see the future they want for their life actually become a reality.Self-leadership is not only about envisioning a better future, it is also about believing in every fibre of your being, convinced that you are the one to make this future come true. It is about the belief that you are the one to assume the responsibility for transforming the present into something better for yourself and those around you.This book will support you to reach your full potential, to have a more successful and happier life. It will help you to take ownership of your present situation, accept where you are in your life, and then to invest the time and energy in setting out where you want to be.The Six Traits of Self-Leadership is about going for it, facing the challenges with courage and determination, taking the disappointments with a sense of humour, hanging in there when the going gets tough and never giving up the thought that you will get there in the end.Join Michael Daly and enjoy living a life of Self-Leadership now.

His death certificate bears the number one. On September 11, 2001, Father Mychal Judge rushed to the fires as quickly as those who fought them, losing his own life while tirelessly ministering to New York's bravest. This book describes the colorful, astonishing and, at times, troubled life of the beloved Franciscan priest.