Author: Chris Penney
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412035473
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
THE JOY LADDER: AN IRREVERENT GUIDE TO LIVING A JOYOUS LIFE slices through the FLAPDOODLE surrounding human potential and spirituality. It's simple, practical, shockingly common sensical, and most important, FUN! It declares that we are all meant to live lives of OUTRAGEOUS JOY; and many don't because they have been conditioned to believe that, while this may be possible for some few lucky souls, it is not attainable for them. It shows how we have been LED DOWN THE GARDEN PATH about how life works and why things happen to us. We attract situations and experiences, they don't just happen to us! Whatever you have been experiencing - YOU HAVE BEEN ATTRACTING! And that's great news because changing your life is totally in your hands! THE JOY LADDER is a breath of fresh air for those who do not resonate with the current messages on human potential because they intuitively know that, while there may be some whiffs of inspiration, the pervading odor is one of a busy cow pasture in the middle of summer! It is not another love, light and peace, airy-fairy new-age, babble speak book. It's a practical guide to living a dynamic, vital, enthusiastic and joyful life. And you won't need to join a religion or meditation group, stand on your head, pray to strange gods, or eat Tofu (unless you like Tofu). Please see the Joy Ladder website.
The Joy Ladder
Author: Chris Penney
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412035473
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
THE JOY LADDER: AN IRREVERENT GUIDE TO LIVING A JOYOUS LIFE slices through the FLAPDOODLE surrounding human potential and spirituality. It's simple, practical, shockingly common sensical, and most important, FUN! It declares that we are all meant to live lives of OUTRAGEOUS JOY; and many don't because they have been conditioned to believe that, while this may be possible for some few lucky souls, it is not attainable for them. It shows how we have been LED DOWN THE GARDEN PATH about how life works and why things happen to us. We attract situations and experiences, they don't just happen to us! Whatever you have been experiencing - YOU HAVE BEEN ATTRACTING! And that's great news because changing your life is totally in your hands! THE JOY LADDER is a breath of fresh air for those who do not resonate with the current messages on human potential because they intuitively know that, while there may be some whiffs of inspiration, the pervading odor is one of a busy cow pasture in the middle of summer! It is not another love, light and peace, airy-fairy new-age, babble speak book. It's a practical guide to living a dynamic, vital, enthusiastic and joyful life. And you won't need to join a religion or meditation group, stand on your head, pray to strange gods, or eat Tofu (unless you like Tofu). Please see the Joy Ladder website.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412035473
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
THE JOY LADDER: AN IRREVERENT GUIDE TO LIVING A JOYOUS LIFE slices through the FLAPDOODLE surrounding human potential and spirituality. It's simple, practical, shockingly common sensical, and most important, FUN! It declares that we are all meant to live lives of OUTRAGEOUS JOY; and many don't because they have been conditioned to believe that, while this may be possible for some few lucky souls, it is not attainable for them. It shows how we have been LED DOWN THE GARDEN PATH about how life works and why things happen to us. We attract situations and experiences, they don't just happen to us! Whatever you have been experiencing - YOU HAVE BEEN ATTRACTING! And that's great news because changing your life is totally in your hands! THE JOY LADDER is a breath of fresh air for those who do not resonate with the current messages on human potential because they intuitively know that, while there may be some whiffs of inspiration, the pervading odor is one of a busy cow pasture in the middle of summer! It is not another love, light and peace, airy-fairy new-age, babble speak book. It's a practical guide to living a dynamic, vital, enthusiastic and joyful life. And you won't need to join a religion or meditation group, stand on your head, pray to strange gods, or eat Tofu (unless you like Tofu). Please see the Joy Ladder website.
The Fish Ladder
Author: Katharine Norbury
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632860015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Katharine Norbury was abandoned as a baby in a Liverpool convent. Raised by a loving adoptive family, she grew into a wanderer, drawn by the landscape of the British countryside. One summer, following the miscarriage of a much-longed-for child, Katharine sets out-accompanied by her nine-year-old daughter, Evie-with the idea of following a river from the sea to its source. The luminously observed landscape grounds the walkers, providing both a constant and a context to their expeditions. But what begins as a diversion from grief evolves into a journey to the source of life itself: a life threatening illness forces Katharine to seek a genetic medical history, and this new and unexpected path delivers her to the door of the woman who abandoned her all those years ago. Combining travelogue, memoir, exquisite nature writing, and fragments of poems with tales from Celtic mythology, The Fish Ladder has a rare emotional resonance. It is a portrait of motherhood, of a literary marriage, a hymn to the adoptive family, but perhaps most of all it is an exploration of the extraordinary majesty of the natural world. Imbued with a keen and joyful intelligence, this original and life-affirming book is set to become a classic of its genre.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632860015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Katharine Norbury was abandoned as a baby in a Liverpool convent. Raised by a loving adoptive family, she grew into a wanderer, drawn by the landscape of the British countryside. One summer, following the miscarriage of a much-longed-for child, Katharine sets out-accompanied by her nine-year-old daughter, Evie-with the idea of following a river from the sea to its source. The luminously observed landscape grounds the walkers, providing both a constant and a context to their expeditions. But what begins as a diversion from grief evolves into a journey to the source of life itself: a life threatening illness forces Katharine to seek a genetic medical history, and this new and unexpected path delivers her to the door of the woman who abandoned her all those years ago. Combining travelogue, memoir, exquisite nature writing, and fragments of poems with tales from Celtic mythology, The Fish Ladder has a rare emotional resonance. It is a portrait of motherhood, of a literary marriage, a hymn to the adoptive family, but perhaps most of all it is an exploration of the extraordinary majesty of the natural world. Imbued with a keen and joyful intelligence, this original and life-affirming book is set to become a classic of its genre.
Falling Off The Ladder
Author: Helen Hill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781919638508
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Falling Off The Ladder is a mindset manual for those who don't fit the one-size-fits-all workplace culture, who have been pushed out or treated like they are broken, and want to succeed in self-employment.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781919638508
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Falling Off The Ladder is a mindset manual for those who don't fit the one-size-fits-all workplace culture, who have been pushed out or treated like they are broken, and want to succeed in self-employment.
Ladder to the Clouds
Author: Beverley Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN: 1580080200
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
NOW IN PAPERBACK!For 13 centuries, throughout China male recruits studied diligently for a long series of grueling examinations in hopes of achieving the civil rank that would enable them to serve the emperor of China. For the fortunate few who passed these exams there were nine possible ranks, each identified by a square badge of finely woven kesi, embroidery, or brocade. Now available in paperback, LADDER TO THE CLOUDS offers a thorough analysis of symbols, styles, and techniques used in mandarin square ranks, along with the most complete information for their identification to date.An exploration of Chinese symbols and customs, many of which are still practiced today.Includes vintage photographs and detailed descriptions, photos, and illustrations.Finalist for the 2000 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Award.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1580080200
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
NOW IN PAPERBACK!For 13 centuries, throughout China male recruits studied diligently for a long series of grueling examinations in hopes of achieving the civil rank that would enable them to serve the emperor of China. For the fortunate few who passed these exams there were nine possible ranks, each identified by a square badge of finely woven kesi, embroidery, or brocade. Now available in paperback, LADDER TO THE CLOUDS offers a thorough analysis of symbols, styles, and techniques used in mandarin square ranks, along with the most complete information for their identification to date.An exploration of Chinese symbols and customs, many of which are still practiced today.Includes vintage photographs and detailed descriptions, photos, and illustrations.Finalist for the 2000 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Award.
Kicking Away the Ladder
Author: Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 0857287613
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' with which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing countries from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used.
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 0857287613
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' with which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing countries from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used.
A Ladder to the Sky
Author: John Boyne
Publisher: Hogarth
ISBN: 1984823035
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
“A satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thriller . . . An homage to Patricia Highsmith, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, but its execution is entirely Boyne’s own.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE Maurice Swift is handsome, charming, and hungry for fame. The one thing he doesn’t have is talent—but he’s not about to let a detail like that stand in his way. After all, a would-be writer can find stories anywhere. They don’t need to be his own. Working as a waiter in a West Berlin hotel in 1988, Maurice engineers the perfect opportunity: a chance encounter with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann. He quickly ingratiates himself with the powerful – but desperately lonely – older man, teasing out of Erich a terrible, long-held secret about his activities during the war. Perfect material for Maurice’s first novel. Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at nothing in pursuit of that high. Moving from the Amalfi Coast, where he matches wits with Gore Vidal, to Manhattan and London, Maurice hones his talent for deceit and manipulation, preying on the talented and vulnerable in his cold-blooded climb to the top. But the higher he climbs, the further he has to fall. . . . Sweeping across the late twentieth century, A Ladder to the Sky is a fascinating portrait of a relentlessly immoral man, a tour de force of storytelling, and the next great novel from an acclaimed literary virtuoso. Praise for A Ladder to the Sky “Boyne's mastery of perspective, last seen in The Heart's Invisible Furies, works beautifully here. . . . Boyne understands that it's far more interesting and satisfying for a reader to see that narcissist in action than to be told a catchall phrase. Each step Maurice Swift takes skyward reveals a new layer of calumny he's willing to engage in, and the desperation behind it . . . so dark it seems almost impossible to enjoy reading A Ladder to the Sky as much as you definitely will enjoy reading it.”—NPR “Delicious . . . spins out over several decades with thrilling unpredictability, following Maurice as he masters the art of co-opting the stories of others in increasingly dubious ways. And while the book reads as a thriller with a body count that would make Highsmith proud, it is also an exploration of morality and art: Where is the line between inspiration and thievery? To whom does a story belong?”—Vanity Fair
Publisher: Hogarth
ISBN: 1984823035
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
“A satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thriller . . . An homage to Patricia Highsmith, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, but its execution is entirely Boyne’s own.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE Maurice Swift is handsome, charming, and hungry for fame. The one thing he doesn’t have is talent—but he’s not about to let a detail like that stand in his way. After all, a would-be writer can find stories anywhere. They don’t need to be his own. Working as a waiter in a West Berlin hotel in 1988, Maurice engineers the perfect opportunity: a chance encounter with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann. He quickly ingratiates himself with the powerful – but desperately lonely – older man, teasing out of Erich a terrible, long-held secret about his activities during the war. Perfect material for Maurice’s first novel. Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at nothing in pursuit of that high. Moving from the Amalfi Coast, where he matches wits with Gore Vidal, to Manhattan and London, Maurice hones his talent for deceit and manipulation, preying on the talented and vulnerable in his cold-blooded climb to the top. But the higher he climbs, the further he has to fall. . . . Sweeping across the late twentieth century, A Ladder to the Sky is a fascinating portrait of a relentlessly immoral man, a tour de force of storytelling, and the next great novel from an acclaimed literary virtuoso. Praise for A Ladder to the Sky “Boyne's mastery of perspective, last seen in The Heart's Invisible Furies, works beautifully here. . . . Boyne understands that it's far more interesting and satisfying for a reader to see that narcissist in action than to be told a catchall phrase. Each step Maurice Swift takes skyward reveals a new layer of calumny he's willing to engage in, and the desperation behind it . . . so dark it seems almost impossible to enjoy reading A Ladder to the Sky as much as you definitely will enjoy reading it.”—NPR “Delicious . . . spins out over several decades with thrilling unpredictability, following Maurice as he masters the art of co-opting the stories of others in increasingly dubious ways. And while the book reads as a thriller with a body count that would make Highsmith proud, it is also an exploration of morality and art: Where is the line between inspiration and thievery? To whom does a story belong?”—Vanity Fair
Climbing the Ladder in Stilettos
Author: Lynette Lewis
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1418571059
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Is your work deeply satisfying? Do you look forward to Monday morning and the start of each new day? If you could do anything in the world without fear of failing, what would you do? Whether you're stuck in a dead-end job or are living the career of your dreams, Climbing the Ladder in Stilettos is your go-to-guide for life as a woman in the working world. You'll hear the stories of incredible women who made that precarious climb up the ladder while keeping their fashionable stilettos and heart intact. Drawing from their stories and her own, Lynette Lewis shares the secrets to purposeful work, including how to: create a purpose statement for your life and work follow the "four principles of promotion" establish a "personal board of directors" keep enduring when unrecognized, unrewarded, and underpaid discover gifts in surprising places, and more! Climbing the Ladder in Stilettos will help you discover new joy, meaning, success, and satisfaction in your life's work. Why spend your time on anything less?
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1418571059
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Is your work deeply satisfying? Do you look forward to Monday morning and the start of each new day? If you could do anything in the world without fear of failing, what would you do? Whether you're stuck in a dead-end job or are living the career of your dreams, Climbing the Ladder in Stilettos is your go-to-guide for life as a woman in the working world. You'll hear the stories of incredible women who made that precarious climb up the ladder while keeping their fashionable stilettos and heart intact. Drawing from their stories and her own, Lynette Lewis shares the secrets to purposeful work, including how to: create a purpose statement for your life and work follow the "four principles of promotion" establish a "personal board of directors" keep enduring when unrecognized, unrewarded, and underpaid discover gifts in surprising places, and more! Climbing the Ladder in Stilettos will help you discover new joy, meaning, success, and satisfaction in your life's work. Why spend your time on anything less?
Reading Ladders
Author: Teri S. Lesesne
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9780325017266
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Many of us are searching continually for that just-right book for each and every one of our students. It is my hope to help you find those books. More importantly, I hope to help you guide students to the next great book and the one after that. That is the purpose of Reading Ladders. Because it is not sufficient to find just one book for each reader. -Teri Lesesne "I finished the Twilight Series-now what?" With Reading Ladders, the answer to a question like this can become the first rung on a student's climb to greater engagement with books, to full independence, and beyond to a lifetime of passionate reading. "The goal of reading ladders," writes Teri Lesesne, "is to slowly move students from where they are to where we would like them to be." With reading ladders you start with the authors, genres, or subjects your readers like then connect them to book after book-each a little more complex or challenging than the last. Teri not only shares ready-to-go ladders, but her suggestions will help you: select books to create your own reading ladders build a classroom library that supports every student's needs use reading ladders to bolster content-area knowledge and build independence assess where students are at and how far they've climbed. "If we are about creating lifetime readers and not just readers who can utilize phonological awareness and context clues to bubble in answers on a state test," writes Teri Lesesne, "then we need to help our students form lasting relationships with books and authors and genres and formats." Use Reading Ladders, help your students start their climb, and guide them to new heights in reading.
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9780325017266
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Many of us are searching continually for that just-right book for each and every one of our students. It is my hope to help you find those books. More importantly, I hope to help you guide students to the next great book and the one after that. That is the purpose of Reading Ladders. Because it is not sufficient to find just one book for each reader. -Teri Lesesne "I finished the Twilight Series-now what?" With Reading Ladders, the answer to a question like this can become the first rung on a student's climb to greater engagement with books, to full independence, and beyond to a lifetime of passionate reading. "The goal of reading ladders," writes Teri Lesesne, "is to slowly move students from where they are to where we would like them to be." With reading ladders you start with the authors, genres, or subjects your readers like then connect them to book after book-each a little more complex or challenging than the last. Teri not only shares ready-to-go ladders, but her suggestions will help you: select books to create your own reading ladders build a classroom library that supports every student's needs use reading ladders to bolster content-area knowledge and build independence assess where students are at and how far they've climbed. "If we are about creating lifetime readers and not just readers who can utilize phonological awareness and context clues to bubble in answers on a state test," writes Teri Lesesne, "then we need to help our students form lasting relationships with books and authors and genres and formats." Use Reading Ladders, help your students start their climb, and guide them to new heights in reading.
The Pilgrim's Ladder
Author: Ryan D. Montoya
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542737906
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A young man is drawn inexorably to the mountains, to seek what is beyond, to know what's on the other side... to discover the fabled City of the Gods. His journey will challenge his understanding of purpose, of the divine, and of the limits, if any, of human experience and knowledge of what may not be seen with the eye, but clearly seen with the heart.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542737906
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A young man is drawn inexorably to the mountains, to seek what is beyond, to know what's on the other side... to discover the fabled City of the Gods. His journey will challenge his understanding of purpose, of the divine, and of the limits, if any, of human experience and knowledge of what may not be seen with the eye, but clearly seen with the heart.
The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Author: Saint John (Climacus)
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809123308
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
John Climacus (c. 579-649) was abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. His Ladder was the most widely used handbook of the ascetical life in the ancient Greek Church.
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809123308
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
John Climacus (c. 579-649) was abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. His Ladder was the most widely used handbook of the ascetical life in the ancient Greek Church.