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A history of historians that demonstrates how the telling of history is inevitably influenced by the life and beliefs of the storyteller - 'Grave and witty, suave yet pointed - erudite yet engaging and full of energy' Hilary Mantel

Estranged twins Brian and Amy are sixty years old when chance throws them together at a party. A blow-up on Amy's part sets them on a course that leads to the reconciliation of their love, friendship, and emotional attachment. Years of no communication, petty differences and pent up anger, wiped away their comfort, friendship and love. A tragedy for twins who were inseparable as children. In the midst of a wedding reception Amy makes a public spectacle of herself and becomes enraged at her brother and throws down the gauntlet that she can run a marathon, as her brother had done eighteen times before. Facing humiliation, Amy sets out to train and run a marathon while losing over eighty pounds. Through the pains, pride, honesty and self-reflection of running, Amy gains contentment and happiness that she always yearned for, which money and materials never could fulfill. With a much improved sense of self and a feeling of pride and confidence, Amy opens herself up to regain what she had lost with her brother-- love and friendship.

Finally, our 250+-page Counselor Training Program Manual and 40-hour film series (in English and Arabic), and MP3 series (in English), provides a roadmap for recovery. This groundbreaking and comprehensive therapeutic protocol is for therapists, coaches, ministry leaders, and anyone who wishes to assist those struggling with sexual orientation and gender identity issues.¿For 35 years, psychotherapist, educator, and author Richard Cohen has helped hundreds of men and women worldwide transition from a homosexual to a heterosexual orientation. He has assisted hundreds of parents in restoring relationships with their SSA loved ones. Cohen has traveled throughout the USA, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East training thousands of psychologists, psychotherapists, coaches, and ministry leaders. He shares the "how tos" of implementing these groundbreaking protocols in this landmark film series and manual.Topics include:Identifying the basic causes of Same-Sex Attraction (SSA) Developing a comprehensive four-stage treatment plan for healingSuccessful therapeutic modalities for each stage of healingProtocol for group therapy and support groupsTwelve principles for parents to establish greater intimacy with their SSA loved onesSupport group curriculum for parentsTaking care of the caregivers, preventing burnout"I am so blessed to have participated in the first course for certification as a Sexual Orientation Coach with the Positive Approaches To Healthy Sexuality. I feel it has thoroughly prepared me to deal with clients in this sensitive area. Comprehensive in scope, sensitive in approach, and detailed in methodology, this course will untangle the nuances of counseling the struggler with unwanted SSA. As more therapists become familiar with this course, many SSA strugglers who have been disappointed with traditional therapeutic approaches will obtain the help they need to progress in the difficult journey towards personal wholeness and heterosexuality."Keith Vennum, M.D., LMHC, Former President of The Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity"Richard Cohen, with his keen sensitivity and ability to empower and transform lives, is just phenomenal. Being a part of the training, responding to, and helping persons with Same-Sex Attraction has revolutionized and empowered my ministry. The content of this training was consistent with the Word, a courageous Work, and challenged my Will."Pastor Anthony MooreCarolina Church"No one today has more practical, real-life experience helping individuals process and explore unwanted SSA than Richard Cohen. I have applied techniques and ideas that I've learned from Richard with great success as I've worked with life-coaching clients and groups over the years. His instruction and mentoring have been invaluable."Rich WylerFounder and Director, Brothers Road

La asistencia a quienes sienten atracción indeseada por el mismo sexo y a sus seres queridosDescubre el auténtico significado tras la Atracción por el Mismo Sexo (AMS). Cohen conoce esta cuestión desde ambos lados del diván de la consulta: de cliente gay, a terapeuta y heterosexual. Ha ayudado a cientos de hombres y mujeres que experimentaban AMS indeseada a cumplir sus sueños de tener una familia con una pareja del sexo opuesto, ha asistido a cientos de padres a reconstruir su relación con sus hijos LGBTQ+, y ha formado a miles de terapeutas profesionales y líderes ministeriales. Temas importantes que aborda este libro:El significado tras la Atracción por el Mismo Sexo (AMS)Un modelo en cuatro etapas para resolver la AMS indeseadaCómo asistir a familiares y amigosUn programa en doce pasos para crear cambios amorosos y duraderos en el sistema familiar"No hay nadie hoy por hoy con más experiencia práctica y de campo ayudando a personas a superar una atracción indeseada por el mismo sexo que Richard Cohen. He aplicado técnicas e ideas que he aprendido de Richard con gran éxito, trabajando con mis clientes de Life Coaching y de terapia de grupo. Su instrucción y mentoreo han sido inestimables."-Rich Wyler, Fundador de Brothers Road"Ha sido una gran bendición haber participado en el primer curso para ser certificado como Coach de Orientación Sexual. Siento que me ha preparado exhaustivamente para tratar con clientes en este área tan delicada. De alcance integral, con un enfoque sensible y de metodología detallada, este curso desentrañará las sutilezas de aconsejar a quienes lidian con la AMS indeseada."-Keith Vennum, Doctor en Medicina, Consejero Diplomado en Salud MentalEx-Presidente de The Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity

Hope and Healing for Families. Out of his own experience and the experience of many of those he has served in his counseling practice, Richard Cohen sets out a step-by-step plan that offers a path toward renewed family relationships grounded in love and mutual respect. Cohen offers insights how to love all family and friends who experience homosexual feelings. The book is filled with powerful stories of hope and transformation from parents and their children. "This book helped us go from shock and disbelief to an understanding of what happened to our son who experiences same-sex attractions. It showed us how to develop an action plan to help heal the wounds of his heart . . . and gave us real hope."Bob & Sue"I enthusiastically recommend Gay Children, Straight Parents as a must-read for every parent facing the difficult discovery of their child's homosexuality. Richard's compassionate approach relieves the stigma and shame often associated with a loved-one's homosexual struggle."Janelle M. Hallman, Ph.D. "Words cannot express the gratitude that we feel in our hearts for the incredible enlightenment that we have received from Gay Children, Straight Parents. This book has changed the life of our family and helped our daughter heal from same-sex attractions."Michael & LindaRichard Cohen, M.A., is the director of Positive Approaches To Healthy Sexuality (PATH). As a psychotherapist for the past 30 years, he has helped parents around the world learn how to love and embrace their LGBT children.

Is a person's life preplanned and designed at birth, with prearranged triggers activating events that will guide life until death? Or is life simply a random set of unrelated events that can be attributed to coincidence- "shit happens," as they say. A series of seemingly unrelated events began to unfold over 16 months when a college professor woke up one morning and had a sudden urge to go to his synagogue for morning prayers. This act caused the start of a chain reaction that altered his life, the lives of his family and a group of total strangers and may have led to a platform for peace the world has sought for decades. The 95-year-old Polish mathematician, Esther Belitsky was spared from being murdered by an 18-minute delay in her morning routine. Will Murphy and Julie Coleman, two college scholar athletes saved the life of the professor, who was out for a morning run when he was struck by lightning. They both went on to win gold medals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Professor Arthur Herman went on to become a 9-time Olympic gold medalist at age 66. The state of Israel may have found the path to a lasting peace by becoming a world class force in athletics. Do random sets of events just happen as coincidence or does a planned simple act begin a chain of events that lead to a desired end? Whose end? Is everything in our lives really meant to be?

Discover the true meaning behind Same-Sex Attraction (SSA). Cohen knows this issue from both sides of the therapist's couch - from gay client to straight counselor. He has helped hundreds of men and women, who experienced unwanted SSA, fulfill their heterosexual dreams, assisted hundreds of parents in resolving relationships with their LGBTQ+ children, and trained thousands of professional therapists and ministry leaders.Important issues covered in this book:Meaning behind Same-Sex Attraction (SSA)Four-stage model of resolving unwanted SSAHow to assist family members and friendsTwelve-step program to create loving and lasting changes in the family system"No one today has more practical, real-life experience helping individuals overcome unwanted same-sex attraction than Richard Cohen. I have applied techniques and ideas that I've learned from Richard with great success as I've worked with life-coaching clients and groups. His instruction and mentoring have been invaluable."-Rich Wyler, Founder of Brothers Road"I am so blessed to have participated in the first course for certification as a Sexual Orientation Coach. I feel it has thoroughly prepared me to deal with clients in this sensitive area. Comprehensive in scope, sensitive in approach, and detailed in methodology, this course will untangle the nuances of counseling the struggler with unwanted SSA."-Keith Vennum, M.D., LMHCFormer President of The Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity

This book consists of material in the first chapter of A Physicist's Desk Reference, updated and supplemented by additional new data. It's a self-contained, quick reference guide to the most commonly used mathematical formulas, tables of data, symbols, units, standard nomenclature, and fundamental constants in physics. A useful bibliography to more complete sources of data is also included.

MAKING HISTORY is an epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers - whether Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare or Simon Schama - continue to influence our ideas about history (and about who we are) today. In this authoritative and entertaining book, Richard Cohen reveals how professional historians and other equally significant witnesses (such as the writers of the Bible, major novelists, dramatists, journalists and political propagandists) influence what become the accepted records of human experience. Is there, he asks, even such a thing as 'objective' history? The depth of Cohen's inquiry and the delight he takes in his subjects includes the practitioners of what he calls 'Bad History,' those thieves of history who twist reality to glorify themselves and conceal their or their country's behaviour. Cohen investigates the published works and private utterances of our greatest historical thinkers to discover the agendas that informed their views of the world, and which in so many ways have informed ours. From the origins of history-writing, when such an idea seemed itself revolutionary, through to television and the digital age, MAKING HISTORY abounds in captivating figures brought to vivid life, from Thucydides and Tacitus to Voltaire and Gibbon, from Winston Churchill to Mary Beard. Rich in character, complex truths and surprising anecdotes, the result is a unique exploration of both the aims and craft of history-making. It will lead us to think anew about our past and ourselves.

Presents a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism. Placing a distinct emphasis on Indian Buddhism, this book is suitable for those interested in Buddhism and India, and also scholars of religion and history.

For anyone who has ever identified with a character from fiction, been seduced by a first sentence or been profoundly moved by a storys end, How to Write Like Tolstoy is a wonderful and illuminating journey into the minds and imaginations of the worlds greatest writers.What made Nabokov choose the name Lolita? Why did Fitzgerald tell The Great Gatsby in the first person? How did Kerouac, who raged against revision, finally come to revise On the Road? Why did Martin Amis give up on writing about sex? Veteran editor Richard Cohen draws on a vast and eclectic reservoir of knowledge to reveal what makes good prose soar. From plot and character development to dialogue and point of view, the motivations, obsessions, tricks and talents of a host of great novelists are brought to the fore, their published works mined and private beliefs unearthed. Theres the nature of originality as plagiarism is discussed, and a weighing of the odds when trying to write about physical intimacies. And how to beginOr end? From first page to last, How to Write Like Tolstoy is a unique exploration of the act and art of writing, one which enriches our experience of reading both the

¿Por qué las personas heterosexuales necesitan ser sanadas?Entre el 12% y el 55% de personas a nivel mundial se divorcian.Las investigaciones indican que el 33-75% de los hombres y el 26-70% de las mujeres son infieles en su matrimonio.El mayor sitio web de porno en el mundo (Pornhub) tuvo alrededor de 33,5 billones de visitas en 2018.Cada segundo hay un gasto de 4000 dólares en porno.Pastores, sacerdotes, políticos y actores están siendo acusados de abuso sexual a niños, jóvenes y adultos.La investigación sobre el consumo de drogas a nivel mundial, World Drug Report 2019, señala que 35 millones de personas en el mundo están afectados por el consumo de drogas.Todos necesitamos amor. No podemos vivir sin amor. Somos tantos los que estamos hipersexualizados porque estamos mal nutridos. Como a diario no recibimos suficiente contacto físico sano, muchas veces nos vemos haciendo aquello que no queremos hacer, sexo con uno mismo, masturbación y sexo fuera del matrimonio. El contacto físico sano ayuda a sanar el cuerpo, la mente, el corazón o el espíritu sediento.Sanando la Heterosexualidad: Tiempo, Tacto y Trato (TTT) Es una guía para la sanación y restauración de la humanidad y un camino para recuperar una vida mucho más sana y feliz.Si estás frustrado en tus relaciones y contigo mismo, Sanando la Heterosexualidad tiene respuestas. La gran diferencia entre este libro y otros es que este contiene muchas soluciones prácticas para resolver aspectos presentes y pasados de tu vida.TTT te enseñará cómo sanar tu corazón y tu mente y a establecer relaciones íntimas más duraderas y afectivas.TIEMPO: Herramientas de cambio para tu sanación personal, la de tu familia y tu comunidad.TACTO: Ejercicios esenciales sobre el contacto físico sano para transformar tu vida y la de aquellos a los que quieres.TRATO: Competencias de comunicación para fomentar una mayor intimidad en tus relaciones personales y profesionales.

Why do heterosexuals need to be healed?Why is there a 50% divorce rate? Why does research indicate that 33 to 73 percent of men and 26 to 70 percent of women are sexually unfaithful in marriage? Why are men and women getting hooked on porn, spending $4,000 a second?Why are more and more men being exposed for sexually abusing children, adolescents, and/or adults? Why does the USA, with 5% of the world's population, consume 80% of the world's opioids?Porn, affairs, and addictions are illegitimate attempts to meet legitimate needs for love.Are you looking for love? Longing to be held? Perhaps settling for sex instead? If you want to experience greater love in your life, Healing Heterosexuality: Time, Touch, and Talk (TTT) will provide you with the keys to fulfill your heart's desire. TTT has solutions that will change your life for good!Each of us needs to belong - family, friends, faith, work, and community. If you did not connect or securely attach with your primary caregivers in childhood, you may need more touch as an adolescent or adult. Perhaps you have used sex to fulfill those primal needs for connection. The problem is that sex never fulfills the basic need because it is that of a child, not an adolescent or adult. In fact, sex obstructs the very thing that you may be looking for - bonding, belonging, and just to be loved for who you are, not what you do, or how you look. All unwanted behaviors are driven by Unhealed Wounds and Unmet Love Needs.TTT will teach you how to heal your heart and create more loving, intimate relationships.TIME: Life-changing skills for your personal healing, family healing, and community healing.TOUCH: Essential exercises for healthy touch to transform your life and the lives of your loved ones.TALK: Communication skills to foster greater intimacy in your personal and professional relationships.

This landmark study of economic history since World War II systematically explores why postwar trade and payments have evolved as they have, the prospects for their future evolution, and the range of policy adjustments likely to be required.

Featuring the first-ever English translation of the "e;Splendid Vision Sutra,"e; a sixth-century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its rich ritual magic and worship of bodhisattva-goddesses, this volume explicates the text's cultural significance as a source of extraordinary value, cosmic truth, and existential meaning. The ancient author of the "e;Splendid Vision Sutra"e; promises every imaginable reward to those who heed its words and rites, whether one's desire is to become king, enjoy heavenly pleasures for thousands of millennia, or attain the spiritual summit of advanced bodhisattvahood. Richard S. Cohen carefully analyzes this religious rhetoric, developing a heuristic model of "e;scripture"e; that extends beyond Buddhist literature. In his framework, a text becomes sacred scripture when a community accepts it as a receptacle of extraordinary value, an authoritative source of cosmic truth, and a guide for meaningful action. While clarifying these points, Cohen untangles the discursive skein through which the "e;Splendid Vision Sutra"e; expresses its authority, inspires readers to accept that authority, and promises superior power and accomplishments to those who implement its teachings. Exploring ways of living and reading a text, Cohen draws on Marcel Duchamp's theory of found art, Jerzy Grotowski's idealization of the holy actor, and other formulations, identifying contingencies, uncertainties, and incompleteness in the lived present and its determination of our reception of the past. More than a mere introduction to an important work, The Splendid Vision opens a window into religious experience and practice in contemporary environments as well as in the world of the sutra.

Adazzling tour d'horizonof mankind's enduring fascination with, and reliance upon, the extraordinary star at the centre of our solar system.