Author: Dorothy Ko
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804723596
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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This pathbreaking work argues that literate gentry women in 17th-century Jiangnan, far from being oppressed or silenced, created a rich culture and meaningful existence within the constraints of the Confucian system. Momentous socioeconomic and intellectual changes in 17th-century Jiangnan provided the stimulus for the flowering of women's culture. The most salient of these changes included a flourishing of commercial publishing, the rise of a reading public, a new emphasis on emotions, the promotion of women's education, and, more generally, the emergence of new definitions of womanhood. The author reconstructs the social, emotional and intellectual worlds of 17th-century women, and in doing so provides a new way to conceptualize China's past, one offering a more realistic and complete understanding of the values of Chinese culture and the functioning of Chinese society.
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 814
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Author: Andrew Murray
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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The Inner Chamber and the Inner Life by Andrew Murray, first published in 1905, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Author: Bill Casselman
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490784934
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 363
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Samples of the gems which glitter and await the reader inside Bill Casselmans Word Stash: Ever helpful, I offer readers handy tips not just about words but about living. In a chapter on avoiding tired weather words, I write Likewise disdained in weather response is understatement. When a small child is blown away down the block towards an operating hay-baling machine, dont say, Looks like the breeze has freshened. On the contrary, scream and run madly to retrieve the aerial infant. But, during weather commentaries, overstatement may also be scorned. At the onset of a thunder-clap which sends a pet dachshund under grandmothers shawl, do not leap on the barbeque canopy and shout, Action stations! What was my aim in writing this collection of short essays about language? In each chapter I tried to select one word not merely rare, but a choice vocable that is in fact le mot recherch, a term uncommon to the point of pretentiousness. Email response reveals that readers of my work want to expand their vocabularies. So why else am I here, if not to foist upon innocent readers the most obscure word-mosses scraped from oblivions grotto? With that modest caution then, I invite readers to press onward, toward the broad, sunlit uplands of enlightenment, where new words dwell.
Author: Frans Bakker
Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
ISBN: 1601784732
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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With great pleasure we offer this daily devotional of meditations from the late Rev. Frans Bakker (1919-1965). His devotionals and meditations proved to be comforting and edifying to many of God's people in the Netherlands. Writing in a simple but penetrating style, Bakker emphasized the fullness of Christ for needy sinners. In The Everlasting Word, all of Bakker's published meditations have been translated and compiled with additional selections from his sermons. We trust that the result is a collection filled with great nuggets of spiritual wisdom that you will enjoy. May this devotional be both an encouragement that edifies God's people and an admonition for a life with Christ in the present age.
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Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Author: Abram Smythe Palmer
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Author: David Peckham
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1434323714
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Jesus gave answers to the temptations of Satan beginning with the declaration: "It is written." The Word of God is a storehouse of answers to combat the woes of this life. It is also a treasure chest of promises and hopes for the saints of God. It has a wealth of remedies for those who have no hope and for those trodden down with the terminal disease of sin. The Lord Jesus Christ said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (Jn. 14:6) Man desperately searches the world over in quest of youth, longer life, and happiness of life. Yet, right before his eyes is the very treasure map that unveils the well of living water springing up unto everlasting life and the fountain of eternal grace flowing from Immanuel's veins. Within its pages the Holy Comforter has written wondrous guides through the straight and narrow way that begins at the foot of the old rugged cross. He leads the seeker securely in hand over the lofty heights of pure truth; and when the weary traveler is faint with distressing thirst, the Spirit and Bride say, "Come drink of the water of life freely, and you shall find rest for your soul and life more abundantly." These single page lessons are set forth only as brief simple studies of various topics of the Scriptures. They are not designed as theological discourses, or the settling of doctrinal issues. These are mere glimpses through the windows of the Word of God. They are thought provokers, docks for launching out into the deep, and stimuli for discussion of the truths of the Holy Scriptures. They are purposely designed for church bulletins, devotions, and study starters.
Author: Yvonne J. Miller
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1644681196
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Why was Mary found highly favored by God and chosen to bear God's only begotten son? Why was Jesus pierced in his side after death when crucified on the cross? Why was Jesus called the last Adam? Each chapter focuses on a question I found myself asking as I delved into reading a single scripture or passage. Each query began to lead me on a fascinating journey to discover the answers to the "whys?" for which my mind and heart sought. I discovered the Bible was alive with the answers, and the WORD began to speak back to my heart. A fascinating journey of discovery is available to ALL who desire to know. God is a "God of details" and I have learned that He loves to share His heart. May this book encourage and inspire others to begin their own personal discovery of knowing in whom they believe. All He needs is a willing vessel.
