Pocket Guide to Sainthood: The Field Manual for the Super-Virtuous Life

"Boyett's witty, weird, and sometimes even wise Pocket Guides are proof that the best things do come in small packages." --DANIEL RADOSH, AUTHOR, RAPTURE READY! We name our cities, hospitals, and churches after them. We flock to shrines bearing their remains. We ask for their help when we lose our keys. Who are these saints, what made them so holy, and what in the world are those birds doing on St. Francis's shoulder? Jason Boyett's Pocket Guide to Sainthood takes an intriguing and unflinching look at the fascinating--and fascinatingly weird--lives of the saints. Whether you are a Catholic desperately needing a patron, or a Protestant trying to identify your cabbie's bobblehead, this may be as close as you ever come to true holiness. Make the most of it by learning <ul> <li>How St. Denis delivered his best sermon while holding his own decapitated head</li> <li>Why both hair shirts and nakedness are mainstays of saintly fashion</li> <li>Which saints are the patrons of bowel disorders, serial killers, and other useful categories</li> <li>What is involved in the canonization process, should you get so lucky...or martyred</li> </ul> With Pocket Guide to Sainthood, virtue just got a whole lot more entertaining. THE POCKET GUIDE SERIES explains complex religious subjects with a lethal dose of educational hilarity, guided by the author's insatiable curiosity, humor, and gentle irreverence. The Pocket Guide series includes Pocket Guide to the Bible, Pocket Guide to the Afterlife, and this book. Discover more at www.pocketguidesite.com.

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Jason Boyett

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Jossey-Bass

"Cheap Ways To... isn't really about being cheap. While the ideas found in the book are designed to help readers avoid, or at least escape, the pitfalls of mass consumerism and credit card debt, the book is really about embracing a simpler life and growing in appreciation of the little things. It's about making resources stretch further. Broken into categories including entertainment, relationships, personal improvement, home improvement and money, the book entertains while it enlightens--where else can you learn cheap ways to propose or how to make your own cleaning products? A team of published writers share their personally-tested insights about financially savvy ways to travel, buy a computer or car, entertain, decorate, plan a wedding, grocery shop, have a baby, find a pet, get a master's degree, buy clothes, give, invest, and more.

Cheap Ways to

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Relevant Media Group Inc

Mythology is not about the past. The past is what's behind us and that's not where mythology really exists. The big daddy of mythology hails from ancient Greece - and whether we realize it or not, Greek mythology influences the western world of today. If you have ever seen the Atlantic Ocean, if you love the wonders of stargazing, if you've dreamed of being in the Olympics, or made reference to Pandora's Box - then you have been influenced by Greek mythology. The Greeks were not a boring bunch, and their mythology was no different Greek Mythology: Timeless Tales from the Ancients is a smart, fun, compulsively listenable overview of the Greek's favorite characters and tales. These myths are filled with sex, violence, drama, lies, monsters, hubris, journeys, and just about anything else you can think of This modern guide to favorite Greek myths includes: <ul> <li>Overviews of legendary Greek mythology figures and their Roman counterparts </li> <li>Thematic, rousingly written overviews of the 50 most popular Greek myths such as "The Birth of Athena" to "Perseus and Medusa" </li> <li>A complete index of gods and goddesses, heroes and humans told through lively, easy-to-understand narratives </li> </ul> Part reference and all rousing listen, Greek Mythology: Timeless Tales from the Ancients brings ancient Greek mythology to life and leaves the scholarly footnotes behind. Strap on your winged sandals and get ready for a journey through the ancients.

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