Author: Shridath Ramphal
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145973128X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Shridath "Sonny" Ramphal looks back at the fifteen years he spent as the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. He shares glimpses of conflicts, discussions, and characters such as Uganda's tyrant, Idi Amin, and the enlightened spirits of others like Germany's Willy Brandt and Nelson Mandela — all of whom Ramphal encountered in his global life.
Glimpses of a Global Life
Author: Shridath Ramphal
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145973128X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Shridath "Sonny" Ramphal looks back at the fifteen years he spent as the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. He shares glimpses of conflicts, discussions, and characters such as Uganda's tyrant, Idi Amin, and the enlightened spirits of others like Germany's Willy Brandt and Nelson Mandela — all of whom Ramphal encountered in his global life.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145973128X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Shridath "Sonny" Ramphal looks back at the fifteen years he spent as the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. He shares glimpses of conflicts, discussions, and characters such as Uganda's tyrant, Idi Amin, and the enlightened spirits of others like Germany's Willy Brandt and Nelson Mandela — all of whom Ramphal encountered in his global life.
Glimpses of World History
Author: Jawaharlal Nehru
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds
Author: Steven Vogel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691138060
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book investigates facets of the physical world, including the drag on small projectiles; the importance of diffusion and convection; the size-dependence of acceleration; the storage, conduction, and dissipation of heat; the relationship among pressure, flow, and choice in biological pumps; and how elongate structures tune their relative twistiness and bendiness. It considers design-determining factors and builds a bridge between the world described by physics books and the reality experienced by all creatures.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691138060
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book investigates facets of the physical world, including the drag on small projectiles; the importance of diffusion and convection; the size-dependence of acceleration; the storage, conduction, and dissipation of heat; the relationship among pressure, flow, and choice in biological pumps; and how elongate structures tune their relative twistiness and bendiness. It considers design-determining factors and builds a bridge between the world described by physics books and the reality experienced by all creatures.
Glimpses of Heaven
Author: Trudy RN Harris
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 1493406299
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Drawn from her decades of experience as a hospice nurse, Trudy Harris shares stories that offer an incredible glimpse at what lies beyond this world--ethereal music, colors that did not exist on earth, angels, and loved ones who have gone on before. She has been with hundreds of patients as they took their last breaths and knows the kinds of questions that both the dying and their loved ones ask: What happens when we die? What should I say to a loved one who is dying? How can I make a dying friend feel safe? The stories she shares will bring the reader comfort and peace even amidst pain. Tender, heartbreaking, and eye-opening, this expanded edition of the New York Times bestseller offers more incredible windows into the world beyond and life after death.
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 1493406299
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Drawn from her decades of experience as a hospice nurse, Trudy Harris shares stories that offer an incredible glimpse at what lies beyond this world--ethereal music, colors that did not exist on earth, angels, and loved ones who have gone on before. She has been with hundreds of patients as they took their last breaths and knows the kinds of questions that both the dying and their loved ones ask: What happens when we die? What should I say to a loved one who is dying? How can I make a dying friend feel safe? The stories she shares will bring the reader comfort and peace even amidst pain. Tender, heartbreaking, and eye-opening, this expanded edition of the New York Times bestseller offers more incredible windows into the world beyond and life after death.
More Glimpses of Heaven
Author: Trudy Harris
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 0800734408
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Collects true stories of the beauty and pain of life's end from medical professionals, hospice workers, and the author's own experiences as a hospice nurse.
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 0800734408
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Collects true stories of the beauty and pain of life's end from medical professionals, hospice workers, and the author's own experiences as a hospice nurse.
Uniquely Human
Author: George Hillier
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1770673903
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
"Uniquely Human" helps to define those experiences which influenced my life through this collection of short stories, poetry, and characterizations. Do we ever really understand what it is that makes us who we are? This book is meant to entertain the reader through glimpses into the wide spectrum of human emotions that are shared by us all: some humorous, some poignant, some bittersweet, and most uplifting.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1770673903
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
"Uniquely Human" helps to define those experiences which influenced my life through this collection of short stories, poetry, and characterizations. Do we ever really understand what it is that makes us who we are? This book is meant to entertain the reader through glimpses into the wide spectrum of human emotions that are shared by us all: some humorous, some poignant, some bittersweet, and most uplifting.
Stravinsky
Author: Robert Craft
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780826512857
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the last twenty-three years of Igor Stravinsky's incredibly full life, the noted musician, conductor, and writer Robert Craft was his closest colleague and friend, a trusted member of the Stravinsky household, and an important participant in virtually all of the composer's worldwide activities. Throughout these years, Craft kept a detailed diary, impressive in its powers of observation and characterization. This diary forms the basis for Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship, now released in this substantially revised and enlarged edition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780826512857
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the last twenty-three years of Igor Stravinsky's incredibly full life, the noted musician, conductor, and writer Robert Craft was his closest colleague and friend, a trusted member of the Stravinsky household, and an important participant in virtually all of the composer's worldwide activities. Throughout these years, Craft kept a detailed diary, impressive in its powers of observation and characterization. This diary forms the basis for Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship, now released in this substantially revised and enlarged edition.
Glimpses of the Moon
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
"First published by Pushkin Press in 2004"--Title page verso.
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
"First published by Pushkin Press in 2004"--Title page verso.
Glimpses of the Wonderful
Author: Ann Thwaite
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571193288
Category : Naturalists
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Today, Philip Henry Gosse is remembered, if at all, as the patriarch and tyrannical religious maniac in his son Edmund's memoir, Father and Son. This is a vivid reassessment of the life of Philip Henry Gosse, the renowned Victorian naturalist, author, illustrator and Christian fundamentalist, who as both friend and antagonist of Charles Darwin, was at the very heart of the Victorian conflict between science and religion. Thwaite shows that Gosse believed that "the gratification of scientific curiosity is worse than useless if we ignore God."--Publisher.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571193288
Category : Naturalists
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Today, Philip Henry Gosse is remembered, if at all, as the patriarch and tyrannical religious maniac in his son Edmund's memoir, Father and Son. This is a vivid reassessment of the life of Philip Henry Gosse, the renowned Victorian naturalist, author, illustrator and Christian fundamentalist, who as both friend and antagonist of Charles Darwin, was at the very heart of the Victorian conflict between science and religion. Thwaite shows that Gosse believed that "the gratification of scientific curiosity is worse than useless if we ignore God."--Publisher.
The Sabbath World
Author: Judith Shulevitz
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812971736
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
What is the Sabbath, anyway? The holy day of rest? The first effort to protect the rights of workers? A smart way to manage stress in a world in which computers never get turned off and work never comes to an end? Or simply an oppressive, outmoded rite? In The Sabbath World, Judith Shulevitz explores the Jewish and Christian day of rest, from its origins in the ancient world to its complicated observance in the modern one. Braiding ideas together with memories, Shulevitz delves into the legends, history, and philosophy that have grown up around a custom that has lessons for all of us, not just the religious. The shared day of nonwork has built communities, sustained cultures, and connected us to the memory of our ancestors and to our better selves, but it has also aroused as much resentment as love. The Sabbath World tells this surprising story together with an account of Shulevitz’s own struggle to keep this difficult, rewarding day.
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812971736
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
What is the Sabbath, anyway? The holy day of rest? The first effort to protect the rights of workers? A smart way to manage stress in a world in which computers never get turned off and work never comes to an end? Or simply an oppressive, outmoded rite? In The Sabbath World, Judith Shulevitz explores the Jewish and Christian day of rest, from its origins in the ancient world to its complicated observance in the modern one. Braiding ideas together with memories, Shulevitz delves into the legends, history, and philosophy that have grown up around a custom that has lessons for all of us, not just the religious. The shared day of nonwork has built communities, sustained cultures, and connected us to the memory of our ancestors and to our better selves, but it has also aroused as much resentment as love. The Sabbath World tells this surprising story together with an account of Shulevitz’s own struggle to keep this difficult, rewarding day.