Bøger af David McCracken

You wake back in early adolescence, adult memories intact, including ones that could make you very wealthy now. Your birth family is here, alive again, but your later families are gone, perhaps forever. What has happened, what should you do about coming problems like violence, ignorance, pollution, and global warming? You realize one key connects most, the intolerant strains of the major religions disdaining science, equality, and social welfare. You see that there are some things you can change, some you can't, and one you don't dare to.Fellow idealists help you spend your growing fortune well--such as: An artistic Zoroastrian prince in the Iranian oil industry, A rising officer in the Soviet army working to find a way to destroy his corrupt government, A Bahai woman working for the environment and struggling against Islamic brutality, A Peruvian leader working for a liberal future, A Jewish woman struggling against Zionist intolerance, A pair of Indian officers confronting Hindu fundamentalism, andA snake-handling Christian minister, grappling with doubts, sexuality, and destiny.An ally who develops essential psychic powers.The group faces familiar-looking corrupt politicians, religious leaders, and corporate czars, but there is an ancient force in the background, promoting greed, violence, hate, and fear.This exciting, emotional, thoughtful, humorous, and even romantic science fiction novel weaves progressivism, music, movies, and literature into a struggle spanning the globe. Vivid characters propel the action back up through an alternative history toward an uncertain destination.All the links in the interactive Kindle version are available live on the book's blog.

From Greed to Grace is the story of one man's struggle to find his path through life from a meager beginning to what many Christians would call a successful conclusion.Author David McCracken's unhappy childhood took place in the 1940s on a small 200-acre farm in Lyon County, Kansas, without running water or electricity.Attending Sunday school at the age of nine for a couple months was the only framework upon which he could build a Christian life. Yet as a teen, he cried out for God's help. The author had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit at that time, but sensed that God heard his prayer and a peace came over the author.The heart of this memoir is devoted to the transformation the author went through that includes his years of struggle to overcome greed and allow God to guide his steps; how he became a successful self-taught day trader in the stock market; and how he won a 39-year-old claim with the VA.Along the way, McCracken served in the United States Air Force, taught speech and debate, was an award-winning debate coach, learned the stock market and became a religious man.This stunning book about overcoming adversity will open windows when others have tried to close doors.JDavid McCracken is now retired and living in Arizona.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/FromGreedToGrace.html

With his cynicism and skepticism, Chuck Palahniuk satirizes and points out the manipulative aspects of ideologies, values and beliefs pushing society's understanding of the norm. In this work, Palahniuk's writing is examined closely and his characters are analysed as people who rebel against the systems in control.

Chuck Palahniuk, America's premier transgressive novelist, enjoys a tremendous readership. Yet he has not necessarily been embraced by critics or academics. His prose is considered vulgar by some, but his body of work addresses a core motivation of 21st-century life: individual self-empowerment. Palahniuk writes about what it means to be on the outside looking in, revising familiar narratives for a contemporary audience to get at the heart of the human condition--everyone wants a chance to win his or her fair share, no matter the cost. In Haunted, Snuff, Pygmy, Tell-All, Damned and Invisible Monsters Remix, he confronts marginalization and disenfranchisement through parodies of various works--The Decameron, The Inferno, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, The Elephant Man--as well as Hollywood history, 1970s karate films and the porn industry. This comprehensive study of six novels refutes criticism that Palahniuk's goals are to shock and sensationalize.