Peter McWilliams (1949–2000)

Author of How to Survive the Loss of a Love

45 Works 3,515 Members 28 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Peter McWilliams, born in Detroit in 1949, attended Eastern Michigan University and Maharishi International University where he studied under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. McWilliams writes poetry and books on personal growth. His titles include "Come Love with Me" and "Be My Life" (poetry), "Surviving show more the Loss of a Love," "You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought: A Book for People With any Life-Threatening Illness," "Portraits" (a personal photographic anthology), and "How to Heal Depression." (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Pete McWilliams, Peter McWilliam, McWilliams Peter, Peter McWilliams, Peter MacWilliams

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Life 101

Works by Peter McWilliams

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How to Survive the Loss of a Love (1976) 742 copies, 5 reviews

Life 101 : Everything We Wish We Had Learned About Life in School -- But Didn't (The Life 101 Series) (1990) 587 copies, 2 reviews

Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society (1993) 525 copies, 7 reviews

Do It! Let's Get Off Our Buts (1991) 498 copies, 1 review

You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought (The Life 101 Series) (1988) 342 copies, 4 reviews

Wealth 101: Getting What You Want-Enjoying What You'Ve Got (1992) 137 copies

How to Heal Depression (1994) 110 copies, 1 review

The Transcendental Meditation TM Book : How to Enjoy the Rest of Your Life (1975) 83 copies, 3 reviews

Portable Life 101: 179 Essential Lessons from the N Y Times Bestseller Life 101 : Everything We Wish We Had Learned… (1992) 77 copies

Love 101: To Love Oneself is the Beginning of a Lifelong Romance (The Life 101 Series) (1995) 76 copies, 1 review

The Portable Do It (The Life 101 Series) (1993) 60 copies, 1 review

Come Love with Me and Be My Life: The Complete Romantic Poetry of Peter Williams (1978) 56 copies

Life 101 Quote Book (The Life 101 Series) (1996) 31 copies

I Marry You Because. . . (1993) 29 copies

Life 102: What to Do When Your Guru Sues You (1994) 18 copies

We Give to Love : Giving is Such a Selfish Thing (The Life 101 Series) (1993) 18 copies

Focus on the Positive: The You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought Workbook (1991) 13 copies

Catch Me With Your Smile (1977) 12 copies

The Hard Stuff: Love (1974) 9 copies, 1 review

Love an Experience of ... (1978) 8 copies

Love Is Yes (1978) 8 copies

Love Poems (1982) 7 copies

Take-Charge-Of-Your-Life Therapy (Elf Self Help) (1995) 7 copies

I Love Therefore I Am (1990) 6 copies

Self-Publishing, Self-Taught A Special supplement to DO IT! and the Personal Computer Book (1991) 6 copies

Portraits: A Book of Photographs (1992) 6 copies

For Lovers and No Others (1978) 6 copies, 1 review

The Personal Computer in Business Book (1983) 5 copies

THIS LONGING MAY SHORTEN MY LIFE Poems 5 copies

Surviving the Loss of a Love. Also in This Volume 'The Survival Handbook.' Thirteen Things to Do When There… (1974) 4 copies

Love and all the other verbs of life: [poems] (1973) 4 copies

Evolving at the Speed of Love (1972) 4 copies

Come to My Senses (1978) 2 copies

Quem Acredita Sempre Alcança. Livro De Bolso (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2006) 2 copies

I Have Loved 2 copies

Kirkby Stephen: Essays on the History of Town and Landscape: With a Selection of Drawings from the Nineteenth Century… (2015) 1 copy

The TM Program: A Basic Handbook 1 copy, 1 review

By Peter McWilliams Harold H. Bloomfield Melba Colgrove - How to Survive the Loss of a Love (12.2.1992) 1 copy

Come Love with Me and be My Life, Simple Poems of a Complex Love; Love Two; I Love Therefore I am; for Lovers and No… (1969) 1 copy

Como Sobrevivir A La Perdida De Unamor (1993) 1 copy

You Cant Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought (the life 101 series) (1991) 1 copy

The TM Program a Basic Handbook 1 copy

Hoboken Lampoon Publishers Union 1 copy

Word processing on the KayPro 1 copy

HARD STUFF: LOVE 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: McWilliams, Peter
Legal name: McWilliams, Peter Alexander
Birthdate: 1949-08-05
Date of death: 2000-06-14
Burial location: Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Place of death: Los Angeles, California, USA
Places of residence: Allen Park, Michigan, USA (birth)
Education: Eastern Michigan University
Organizations: Transcendental Meditation
Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness
Awards and honors: Libertarians bestowed Peter with their highest award
Short biography: Peter Alexander McWilliams was a poet, publisher, photographer, author and activist. He wrote nearly 40 books, many New York Times bestsellers that ranged from a book on computers to a photography book to self-help books and a book advocating personal freedom.

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You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought… by Peter McWilliams

Sadie of Yukon recommends.

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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 3 other reviews | Oct 18, 2024 |

The Hard Stuff: Love by Peter Williams

A very love reflection on several different types of love through what seems like a year. I found myself reading many of these aloud, and can't wait to locate more of his books.

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wanderlustlover | Dec 27, 2022 |

Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of… by Peter McWilliams

I read this book fifteen years ago and it still influences my thinking about political rights. A comprehensive and exhaustive argument for removing government from medling in morality, the book is an extremely well-researched primer on the constitution, the Bible, and American history. Despite the seriousness of the subject and the arguments, the book is an enjoyable read because McWilliams has a sharp and biting sense of humor that often manifests in sarcastic and snarky footnotes, plus page after page of great and relevant quotes on the subject at hand by celebrities and politicians. If every person in America read this book, we might actually have a shot of living in a sane and compassionate country.… (more)