Author: Michael Cronin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781704707
Category : Bildungsromans, English
Languages : en
Pages :
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This book studies the 20th-century Irish Catholic Bildungsroman. This comparative examination of six Irish novelists tracks the historical evolution of a literary genre and its significant role in Irish culture, with chapters on James Joyce and Kate O'Brien, along with studies of Maura Laverty, Patrick Kavanagh, Edna O'Brien and John McGahern.
Author: Nancy A. Williams
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1607918609
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Gardens aren't always what we think they are; often there is more to them than meets the eye. On the outside gardens are beautiful to look at and on a warm summer night we can smell the sweet fragrance of the flowers floating on a gentle breeze. When we look closer we see the Gardner with his thick gloves on. He wears gloves because some flowers have thorns. When we look closer we see the plants have been pruned and the soil has been turned. When we look deeper into the garden we see the tools the Gardner uses to snip, prune and shape the garden. We see how the Gardner has a plan for each plant that isn't seen from a distance. When we get into the very depths of the garden we see the love and tenderness of the Gardner as He tends to the garden of our hearts. A Walk in the Garden puts us in the hands of the Gardner! Gifted as a teacher Nancy A. Williams has served the Body of Christ in various ways since 1990. She is an ordained minister in her local church teaching and preaching with an emphasis on drawing the believer to a closer relationship with God. Her love of the Word of God and her tenacious style of digging out the treasures of God's Word, brings a depth and fullness to our understanding that draws the reader closer to God.
Author: Francis Ripley
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
ISBN: 9780852446782
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Long been established as a classic introduction to the faith and teaching of the Catholic Church, this reprinted volume is based on a series of twice-weekly talks given many times for non-Catholics under the auspices of the Legion of Mary. (Catholic)
Author: The Mincing Mockingbird
Publisher: Mincing Mockingbird, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780996811118
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Perfect for drawing, writing and visual thinking of all kinds, these modern/vintage mashup journals feature creamy, off-white paper. The gold foil stamped lettering on the faux textured cover guarantees approving glances at the coffee shop.
Author: James Allen
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577312848
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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In 1904, a relatively unknown Englishman named James Allen wrote a little book called As a Man Thinketh. The book has become one of the world’s greatest self-help books — “self-empowerment” is a better term — for it not only reveals to us that the keys to success are within our own minds, it shows us how to use these keys to unlock the greatest fulfillment we can imagine. In this revised edition, author and publisher Marc Allen updates this classic, changing language that has become dated or obsolete, and honing the clarity of the message. He makes As You Think gender inclusive, showing how these principles are truly universal and apply to everyone, regardless of sex, age, race, beliefs, social class, or education. As You Think is a simple yet powerful reminder that “all we achieve and all that we fail to achieve is the direct result of our own thoughts.” We are the masters of our destinies.
Author: Sri Swami Sivananda
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 107
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Thought Power: Power Of Happy Thoughts by Sri Swami Sivananda: In this spiritual guide, Sri Swami Sivananda imparts wisdom on harnessing the transformative power of positive thinking. The book emphasizes the role of our thoughts in shaping our reality and offers practical techniques for cultivating a positive mindset, leading to a happier and more fulfilling life. Through ancient wisdom and timeless teachings, readers are encouraged to embrace the power of optimism and gratitude. Key Aspects of the Book “Thought Power: Power of Happy Thoughts”: Unlock the potential of positive thinking in transforming your life. Embrace spiritual teachings to cultivate happiness and contentment. Learn practical techniques for maintaining a positive mindset amidst life's challenges. Thought Power: Power of Happy Thoughts by Sri Swami Sivananda is a comprehensive guide to the power of positive thinking and self-empowerment. This life-changing book provides readers with the tools to unlock their inner potential and improve their mental wellbeing. From positive affirmations to inner peace, Sri Swami Sivananda reveals the power of happy thoughts, optimism, and self-transformation. With guidance on cultivating a positive mindset, building self-belief, and developing a positive attitude, readers will be equipped with the necessary techniques to improve their mental strength, tap into positive energy, and realize their full potential. Thought Power: Power Of Happy Thoughts is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to spark a journey of self-improvement, self-awareness, self-motivation, self-positivity, and self-actualization.
Author: David Y. F. Ho
Publisher: BrownWalker Press
ISBN: 1627347348
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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This volume is addressed to scholars as well as a popular audience, aimed to bridge the gap between academia and the general public. It deals with "who we are," concerning our sense of self and identity; and "how we live," concerning our ways of life in diverse cultures. It affirms that we may transcend our cultural-ethnic roots and redefine our identities, individual or collective. Transcendence opens the door not only to personal transformation but also to confront ethnic stereotypes and prejudices. Readers will gain fresh cultural knowledge from both the East and the West and be attuned to the theme of letting no ethnic group be alien to us. This book is at once about the immersion of life in culture and the remaking of culture by human action--reciprocal influence at work. The idea of immersion underscores the powerful cultural forces that shape our perceptions, thinking, and emotions. Unlike other cultural psychology texts, this volume dwells on the accelerating alterations of culture by human action, and hence the remaking of our own being, in the age of the Internet. In the author's own words: "I write with the passion of a person who has lived life from being marginal, neither Eastern nor Western, to being a world citizen; turned to English like a duck to the water, thus circumventing my handicap of Chinese orthographic dyslexia. I have two cultural parents, one Chinese and one Western, who transformed me into a thoroughly bilingual-bicultural person, empowered to build intercultural bridges. The East is rising, and the West can ill-afford to remain ignorant of the East."
Author: Francis Spirago
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catechetics
Languages : en
Pages : 762
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This Catechism is divided into three parts: The first part treats of faith, the second of morals, the third of the means of grace. In the first part Our Lord appears in His character of Teacher; in the second in His character of King; and in the third in His character of High Priest. And since this Catechism proposes as its primary object to answer the question, for what purpose are we here upon earth, thereby emphasizing and giving prominence to man's high calling and destiny, it is especially suited to the present day, when the pursuit of material interests, self-indulgence and pleasure, engrosses the attention of so many. This Catechism is in fact nothing more nor less than an abstract of Our Lord's teaching, and may be called a guide book for the Christian on the road to heaven. - Preface.
Author: Zacharias Tanee Fomum
Publisher: ZTF Books Online
ISBN: 1370065922
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
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"The Complete Works of Zacharias Tanee Fomum on Marriage" contains the following books: - Enjoying the Premarital Life - Enjoying the Choice of Your Marriage Partner - Enjoying the Married Life - A Successful Marriage: The Husband’s Making - A Successful Marriage: The Wife’s Making - Divorce and Remarriage - Revolutionary Thoughts of Marriage - Freedom from the Sin of Adultery and Fornication Life is meant to be enjoyed at every stage - premarital and marital. Marriage itself is meant by God to be heaven on earth. What you do before marriage determines whether your marriage will be heaven on earth or hell on earth. Someone has said that before marriage, your private parts are for urinating. It is only after marriage that they take the additional functions of facilitating sexual pleasure and reproduction. Watch out! The person you choose or accept as a marriage partner may make or mar God’s call on your life, build or bastardise your life and make you better or bitter in life. The choice is yours. Do not get married without having established your God-given goal, started pursuing it with rigour and vigour, and being desperately in need of a helper fit to help you in the accomplishment of that goal. The choice is also yours to make your marriage heaven on earth or hell on earth. If you and your partner make God an integral and indispensable part of your union, it will stand firm and free like a three-legged chair. If you remove God from it through unbelief, backsliding and lack of consecration, you make it a two-legged chair that cannot stand. A successful marriage is the making of both the husband and the wife. The husband makes it succeed by being unconditionally loving, responsible and protective of his wife. The wife, on her own part, makes it succeed by being unconditionally submissive, respectful and pleasing to her husband. When these simple principles are violated repeatedly over a sustained period of time, dissatisfaction and discontentment set in. These may lead to adultery, sexual perversion, divorce and many other terrible things. This volume shows you step by step how to prepare for marriage, marry, enjoy the married life and avoid the ambushes of marriage. It buttresses all these principles with sound testimonies of how things have worked out in the lives and marriages of many born-again people worldwide. Examples abound in this volume of how some peoples’ marriages are heaven on earth while others’ marriages are hell on earth. It’s all a matter of price paid and obedience to the Lord in His demands on one’s life. We send this first volume on marriage out with a cry to the Lord that, He should use it to produce stable marriages, stable homes, stable families and so stable churches in this perverse generation.
Author: Ursula Hegi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439144125
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 523
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Ursula Hegi returns with a luminous epic of a bicultural family filled with passion and aspirations, tragedy, and redemption. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Stefan Blau, whom readers will remember from Stones from the River, flees Burgdorf, a small town in Germany, and comes to America in search of the vision he has dreamed of every night. The novel closes nearly a century later with Stefan's granddaughter, Emma, and the legacy of his dream: the Wasserburg, a once-grand apartment house filled with the hidden truths of its inhabitants both past and present. The Vision of Emma Blau illustrates a fascinating picture of immigrants in America, including their dreams and disappointments, the challenges of assimilation, the frailty of language and its transcendence, the love that bonds generations and the cultural wedges that drive them apart.
