Author: Marci Shimoff
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416547738
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Everyone wants to be happy--yet so many people are unhappy today. What are they doing wrong? Clearly, a new approach is needed. Self-help guru Shimoff presents three new ideas and a practical program to change the way readers look at creating happiness in their lives: 1. Happiness is not an emotion, a spike of elation or euphoria, but a lasting, neuro-physiological state of peace and well-being. 2. True happiness is not based on what people do or have--it doesn't depend on external reasons or circumstances. 3. Research indicates that everyone has a happiness set-point. No matter what happens to a person, they will tend to return to a set range of happiness. This book shows how you can actually reprogram your set-point to a higher level.--From publisher description.
Happy for No Reason
Author: Marci Shimoff
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416547738
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Everyone wants to be happy--yet so many people are unhappy today. What are they doing wrong? Clearly, a new approach is needed. Self-help guru Shimoff presents three new ideas and a practical program to change the way readers look at creating happiness in their lives: 1. Happiness is not an emotion, a spike of elation or euphoria, but a lasting, neuro-physiological state of peace and well-being. 2. True happiness is not based on what people do or have--it doesn't depend on external reasons or circumstances. 3. Research indicates that everyone has a happiness set-point. No matter what happens to a person, they will tend to return to a set range of happiness. This book shows how you can actually reprogram your set-point to a higher level.--From publisher description.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416547738
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Everyone wants to be happy--yet so many people are unhappy today. What are they doing wrong? Clearly, a new approach is needed. Self-help guru Shimoff presents three new ideas and a practical program to change the way readers look at creating happiness in their lives: 1. Happiness is not an emotion, a spike of elation or euphoria, but a lasting, neuro-physiological state of peace and well-being. 2. True happiness is not based on what people do or have--it doesn't depend on external reasons or circumstances. 3. Research indicates that everyone has a happiness set-point. No matter what happens to a person, they will tend to return to a set range of happiness. This book shows how you can actually reprogram your set-point to a higher level.--From publisher description.
Love For No Reason
Author: Marci Shimoff
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439165033
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Transformational leader and author Marci Shimoff outlines seven steps aimed at helping readers develop and maintain unconditional love which she believes will allow them to have lasting joy and fulfillment in life.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439165033
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Transformational leader and author Marci Shimoff outlines seven steps aimed at helping readers develop and maintain unconditional love which she believes will allow them to have lasting joy and fulfillment in life.
No Reason for Murder
Author: 曽野綾子
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
"Set on the rural Miura peninsula, southwest of Tokyo, the story focuses on the relationship between two very different people: Yukiko, a humble, single Christian woman with strong principles; and Fujio, an undisciplined social misfit and womanizer who loathes the social mores of his fellow human beings. Yukiko turns out to be the one woman Fujio cannot seduce, and she provides a moral lifeline for his confused psychological state as he sinks ever further into a mire of rape, murder and incarceration." "Ayako Sono, known for her concern with Japan's social problems and deteriorating moral principles, presents a rich tapestry of characters, including a smothering and indulgent mother, a high school dropout, a department store clerk, a precocious young boy; a Japanese Catholic priest, a female lawyer, lonely housewives, pestering reporters and persistent policemen." "The psychology of a serial murderer and a depiction of the workings of the Japanese police and media are topics rarely found in literature from Japan. Against that background, Ayako Sono delicately probes into the reasons behind love, hate, and even murder."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
"Set on the rural Miura peninsula, southwest of Tokyo, the story focuses on the relationship between two very different people: Yukiko, a humble, single Christian woman with strong principles; and Fujio, an undisciplined social misfit and womanizer who loathes the social mores of his fellow human beings. Yukiko turns out to be the one woman Fujio cannot seduce, and she provides a moral lifeline for his confused psychological state as he sinks ever further into a mire of rape, murder and incarceration." "Ayako Sono, known for her concern with Japan's social problems and deteriorating moral principles, presents a rich tapestry of characters, including a smothering and indulgent mother, a high school dropout, a department store clerk, a precocious young boy; a Japanese Catholic priest, a female lawyer, lonely housewives, pestering reporters and persistent policemen." "The psychology of a serial murderer and a depiction of the workings of the Japanese police and media are topics rarely found in literature from Japan. Against that background, Ayako Sono delicately probes into the reasons behind love, hate, and even murder."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
For No Reason at All
Author: Jeffrey A. Hinkelman
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496836952
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The years following the signing of the Armistice saw a transformation of traditional attitudes regarding military conflict as America attempted to digest the enormity and futility of the First World War. During these years popular film culture in the United States created new ways of addressing the impact of the war on both individuals and society. Filmmakers with direct experience of combat created works that promoted their own ideas about the depiction of wartime service—ideas that frequently conflicted with established, heroic tropes for the portrayal of warfare on film. Those filmmakers spent years modifying existing standards and working through a variety of storytelling options before achieving a consensus regarding the fitting method for rendering war on screen. That consensus incorporated facets of the experience of Great War veterans, and these countered and undermined previously accepted narrative strategies. This process reached its peak during the Pre-Code Era of the early 1930s when the initially prevailing narrative would be briefly supplanted by an entirely new approach that questioned the very premises of wartime service. Even more significantly, the rhetoric of these films argued strongly for an antiwar stance that questioned every aspect of the wartime experience. For No Reason at All: The Changing Narrative of the First World War in American Film discusses a variety of Great War–themed films made from 1915 to the present, tracing the changing approaches to the conflict over time. Individual chapters focus on movie antecedents, animated films and comedies, the influence of literary precursors, the African American film industry, women-centered films, and the effect of the Second World War on depictions of the First. Films discussed include Hearts of the World, The Cradle of Courage, Birthright, The Big Parade, She Goes to War, Doughboys, Young Eagles, The Last Flight, Broken Lullaby, Lafayette Escadrille, and Wonder Woman, among many others.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496836952
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The years following the signing of the Armistice saw a transformation of traditional attitudes regarding military conflict as America attempted to digest the enormity and futility of the First World War. During these years popular film culture in the United States created new ways of addressing the impact of the war on both individuals and society. Filmmakers with direct experience of combat created works that promoted their own ideas about the depiction of wartime service—ideas that frequently conflicted with established, heroic tropes for the portrayal of warfare on film. Those filmmakers spent years modifying existing standards and working through a variety of storytelling options before achieving a consensus regarding the fitting method for rendering war on screen. That consensus incorporated facets of the experience of Great War veterans, and these countered and undermined previously accepted narrative strategies. This process reached its peak during the Pre-Code Era of the early 1930s when the initially prevailing narrative would be briefly supplanted by an entirely new approach that questioned the very premises of wartime service. Even more significantly, the rhetoric of these films argued strongly for an antiwar stance that questioned every aspect of the wartime experience. For No Reason at All: The Changing Narrative of the First World War in American Film discusses a variety of Great War–themed films made from 1915 to the present, tracing the changing approaches to the conflict over time. Individual chapters focus on movie antecedents, animated films and comedies, the influence of literary precursors, the African American film industry, women-centered films, and the effect of the Second World War on depictions of the First. Films discussed include Hearts of the World, The Cradle of Courage, Birthright, The Big Parade, She Goes to War, Doughboys, Young Eagles, The Last Flight, Broken Lullaby, Lafayette Escadrille, and Wonder Woman, among many others.
Without Reason
Author: Ann Port
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483489671
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The summer before Eleanor Chandler's senior year in college, she spends an unforgettable week near Beynac-et-Cazenac, a medieval French town in the Perigord region of Southwestern France. As she explores the crumbled ruins of the mighty fortresses, the ancient bastides, and the medieval abbeys, Ellie feels a strange connection to a place so familiar, yet so far removed from her experiences. Two years after returning home to California, still haunted by memories of the Perigord, Ellie gives up teaching and enrolls in McGill University to study archeology. Completing three years of study, she eagerly returns to the area that captured her imagination, this time to complete her doctoral dissertation under the guidance of Jean Oresme, an expert on Medieval life in the region. Without Reason is a gripping tale of a woman who, while looking toward the future, must answer questions about her past. The reader will join Ellie and Charles as they try to solve a mystery in an unforgettable land-the Perigord.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483489671
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The summer before Eleanor Chandler's senior year in college, she spends an unforgettable week near Beynac-et-Cazenac, a medieval French town in the Perigord region of Southwestern France. As she explores the crumbled ruins of the mighty fortresses, the ancient bastides, and the medieval abbeys, Ellie feels a strange connection to a place so familiar, yet so far removed from her experiences. Two years after returning home to California, still haunted by memories of the Perigord, Ellie gives up teaching and enrolls in McGill University to study archeology. Completing three years of study, she eagerly returns to the area that captured her imagination, this time to complete her doctoral dissertation under the guidance of Jean Oresme, an expert on Medieval life in the region. Without Reason is a gripping tale of a woman who, while looking toward the future, must answer questions about her past. The reader will join Ellie and Charles as they try to solve a mystery in an unforgettable land-the Perigord.
Happy for No Reason
Author: Mandira Bedi
Publisher: Penguin Enterprise
ISBN: 9780143449652
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Mandira Bedi is a fitness icon.But behind the six-pack is also a snotty, complaining, can't-get-out-of-bed-today girl who, in her own way, is still searching for true happiness. Not conditional, materialistic, transactional happiness, but just happiness. So has she cracked it yet? Mandira says 'No'. But she genuinely believes that she's headed in the right direction. In her own chaotic way, she seems to have discovered some kind of non-scientific, non-spiritual and as-yet-non-existent formula for finding peace in everything. Just being happy-for no reason. This book is about that.
Publisher: Penguin Enterprise
ISBN: 9780143449652
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Mandira Bedi is a fitness icon.But behind the six-pack is also a snotty, complaining, can't-get-out-of-bed-today girl who, in her own way, is still searching for true happiness. Not conditional, materialistic, transactional happiness, but just happiness. So has she cracked it yet? Mandira says 'No'. But she genuinely believes that she's headed in the right direction. In her own chaotic way, she seems to have discovered some kind of non-scientific, non-spiritual and as-yet-non-existent formula for finding peace in everything. Just being happy-for no reason. This book is about that.
For No Reason at All
Author: Jeffrey A. Hinkelman
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496836979
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The years following the signing of the Armistice saw a transformation of traditional attitudes regarding military conflict as America attempted to digest the enormity and futility of the First World War. During these years popular film culture in the United States created new ways of addressing the impact of the war on both individuals and society. Filmmakers with direct experience of combat created works that promoted their own ideas about the depiction of wartime service—ideas that frequently conflicted with established, heroic tropes for the portrayal of warfare on film. Those filmmakers spent years modifying existing standards and working through a variety of storytelling options before achieving a consensus regarding the fitting method for rendering war on screen. That consensus incorporated facets of the experience of Great War veterans, and these countered and undermined previously accepted narrative strategies. This process reached its peak during the Pre-Code Era of the early 1930s when the initially prevailing narrative would be briefly supplanted by an entirely new approach that questioned the very premises of wartime service. Even more significantly, the rhetoric of these films argued strongly for an antiwar stance that questioned every aspect of the wartime experience. For No Reason at All: The Changing Narrative of the First World War in American Film discusses a variety of Great War–themed films made from 1915 to the present, tracing the changing approaches to the conflict over time. Individual chapters focus on movie antecedents, animated films and comedies, the influence of literary precursors, the African American film industry, women-centered films, and the effect of the Second World War on depictions of the First. Films discussed include Hearts of the World, The Cradle of Courage, Birthright, The Big Parade, She Goes to War, Doughboys, Young Eagles, The Last Flight, Broken Lullaby, Lafayette Escadrille, and Wonder Woman, among many others.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496836979
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The years following the signing of the Armistice saw a transformation of traditional attitudes regarding military conflict as America attempted to digest the enormity and futility of the First World War. During these years popular film culture in the United States created new ways of addressing the impact of the war on both individuals and society. Filmmakers with direct experience of combat created works that promoted their own ideas about the depiction of wartime service—ideas that frequently conflicted with established, heroic tropes for the portrayal of warfare on film. Those filmmakers spent years modifying existing standards and working through a variety of storytelling options before achieving a consensus regarding the fitting method for rendering war on screen. That consensus incorporated facets of the experience of Great War veterans, and these countered and undermined previously accepted narrative strategies. This process reached its peak during the Pre-Code Era of the early 1930s when the initially prevailing narrative would be briefly supplanted by an entirely new approach that questioned the very premises of wartime service. Even more significantly, the rhetoric of these films argued strongly for an antiwar stance that questioned every aspect of the wartime experience. For No Reason at All: The Changing Narrative of the First World War in American Film discusses a variety of Great War–themed films made from 1915 to the present, tracing the changing approaches to the conflict over time. Individual chapters focus on movie antecedents, animated films and comedies, the influence of literary precursors, the African American film industry, women-centered films, and the effect of the Second World War on depictions of the First. Films discussed include Hearts of the World, The Cradle of Courage, Birthright, The Big Parade, She Goes to War, Doughboys, Young Eagles, The Last Flight, Broken Lullaby, Lafayette Escadrille, and Wonder Woman, among many others.
No Reason to Trust
Author: Tess Gerritsen
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369703987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Risking it all for the truth Never Say Die by New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen Twenty years after her father’s plane crashed in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Willy Jane Maitland is finally tracking his last moves. Her search for the truth is the only thing that matters, and she’ll need the help of ex-army officer Guy Barnard. But what she couldn’t have prepared for are the shocking secrets and undeniable attraction she must face. FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! Witness Protection by USA TODAY bestselling author Barb Han US marshal Nick Campbell's life is a lie. But when a devastating explosion nearly kills Sadie Brooks, the one woman who can put away a murderer, only the truth will keep her alive. To protect his witness, Nick has to gain her trust. But soon he's torn between breaking every boundary for a life with her…or breaking her heart and letting her go. New York Times Bestselling Author Tess Gerritsen USA TODAY Bestselling Author Barb Han Previously published as Never Say Die and Witness Protection
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369703987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Risking it all for the truth Never Say Die by New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen Twenty years after her father’s plane crashed in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Willy Jane Maitland is finally tracking his last moves. Her search for the truth is the only thing that matters, and she’ll need the help of ex-army officer Guy Barnard. But what she couldn’t have prepared for are the shocking secrets and undeniable attraction she must face. FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! Witness Protection by USA TODAY bestselling author Barb Han US marshal Nick Campbell's life is a lie. But when a devastating explosion nearly kills Sadie Brooks, the one woman who can put away a murderer, only the truth will keep her alive. To protect his witness, Nick has to gain her trust. But soon he's torn between breaking every boundary for a life with her…or breaking her heart and letting her go. New York Times Bestselling Author Tess Gerritsen USA TODAY Bestselling Author Barb Han Previously published as Never Say Die and Witness Protection
No Reason to Hide Workbook
Author: Erwin W. Lutzer
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736986901
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Swim Against the Tide of a Sinking Culture In No Reason to Hide, bestselling author Erwin W. Lutzer examines the culture-wide spiritual freefall that has left Christ-followers misplaced and targeted. With this companion workbook, he leads you deeper into the chaotic tides of today, preparing you with biblical responses for when you encounter the toxic fallout of an aggressively secular society. Take a closer look at the battleground issues Christians face and prepare to minister with conviction and compassion to those who believe differently. As you go through this study, you will be… empowered to withstand the cultural tsunami of secularism and remain faithful to God, no matter the cost alerted to the trends that undermine Christian principles and discover how to effectively proclaim the truth reminded that God is present with us in every challenge, helping us not only survive but thrive in a hostile society As Christians, we have a choice to either sink or swim. The No Reason to Hide Workbook will encourage and equip you to persevere for your faith in today’s wayward world.
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736986901
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Swim Against the Tide of a Sinking Culture In No Reason to Hide, bestselling author Erwin W. Lutzer examines the culture-wide spiritual freefall that has left Christ-followers misplaced and targeted. With this companion workbook, he leads you deeper into the chaotic tides of today, preparing you with biblical responses for when you encounter the toxic fallout of an aggressively secular society. Take a closer look at the battleground issues Christians face and prepare to minister with conviction and compassion to those who believe differently. As you go through this study, you will be… empowered to withstand the cultural tsunami of secularism and remain faithful to God, no matter the cost alerted to the trends that undermine Christian principles and discover how to effectively proclaim the truth reminded that God is present with us in every challenge, helping us not only survive but thrive in a hostile society As Christians, we have a choice to either sink or swim. The No Reason to Hide Workbook will encourage and equip you to persevere for your faith in today’s wayward world.
Reason Without Freedom
Author: David Owens
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134593287
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
We call beliefs reasonable or unreasonable, justified or unjustified. What does this imply about belief? Does this imply that we are responsible for our beliefs and that we should be blamed for our unreasonable convictions? Or does it imply that we are in control of our beliefs and that what we believe is up to us? Reason Without Freedom argues that the major problems of epistemology have their roots in concerns about our control over and responsibility for belief. David Owens focuses on the arguments of Descartes, Locke and Hume - the founders of epistemology - and presents a critical discussion of the current trends in contemporary epistemology. He proposes that the problems we confront today - scepticism, the analysis of knowlege, and debates on epistemic justification - can be tackled only once we have understood the moral psychology of belief. This can be resolved when we realise that our responsibility for beliefs is profoundly different from our rationality and agency, and that memory and testimony can preserve justified belief without preserving the evidence which might be used to justify it. Reason Without Freedom should be of value to those interested in contemporary epistemology, philosophy of mind and action, ethics, and the history of 17th and 18th century.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134593287
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
We call beliefs reasonable or unreasonable, justified or unjustified. What does this imply about belief? Does this imply that we are responsible for our beliefs and that we should be blamed for our unreasonable convictions? Or does it imply that we are in control of our beliefs and that what we believe is up to us? Reason Without Freedom argues that the major problems of epistemology have their roots in concerns about our control over and responsibility for belief. David Owens focuses on the arguments of Descartes, Locke and Hume - the founders of epistemology - and presents a critical discussion of the current trends in contemporary epistemology. He proposes that the problems we confront today - scepticism, the analysis of knowlege, and debates on epistemic justification - can be tackled only once we have understood the moral psychology of belief. This can be resolved when we realise that our responsibility for beliefs is profoundly different from our rationality and agency, and that memory and testimony can preserve justified belief without preserving the evidence which might be used to justify it. Reason Without Freedom should be of value to those interested in contemporary epistemology, philosophy of mind and action, ethics, and the history of 17th and 18th century.