Author: Mark L. Samuel
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481750712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Johns Assignment is a satire on the human condition. Surely we are more than just a complex collection of organic material that developed from the singularity explosion of infinitesimally small, infinitely hot, infinitely dense astronomical and physical properties some 13.7 billion years ago. Was there really nothing before this big bang? If there was nothing, are we only products of evolution possessing nothing greater than the whole of our organisms? These questions have fostered enlightened musing from some of our greatest thinkers in science and philosophy and have brought sound evidence to the answers of how but little empirical rationale for the why. This book is about the why. Man has a celestial spark within his character and an ever pressing need to survive and be more than himself, more than his base instincts, wavering between love and self sacrifice to narcissism and desperation. We are self-aware and wonder about the purpose of our existence while at the same time striving for principle and worth. Sometimes we fail and sometimes we succeed, but always we strive. Are the qualities of compassion, love, loyalty, integrity and sacrifice really just ethereal products of chemical reactions? Are faith, insight and miraculous occurrences creations of our wishful minds? Lastly, do our desires for a heavenly Father simply reflect our insecurities or are they sound manifestations of the eternal truth? John provides this comprehension and does so in a manner that is painful for all to accept, for it comes at the price of dissonance within our minds for our most cherished thoughts, our religious beliefs and our methods we use to daily operate our lives. I wondered how we would react if an angel presented himself and gave us these answers, while pointing out our absurdities, those which countless millions have adopted and died defending. Through a series of dialogues with seventeen of the worlds national civic and religious leaders, began through the orders of The Almighty and resulting in the continuation or devastation of the earth, John has an assignment for us all.
John's Assignment
Author: Mark L. Samuel
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481750712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Johns Assignment is a satire on the human condition. Surely we are more than just a complex collection of organic material that developed from the singularity explosion of infinitesimally small, infinitely hot, infinitely dense astronomical and physical properties some 13.7 billion years ago. Was there really nothing before this big bang? If there was nothing, are we only products of evolution possessing nothing greater than the whole of our organisms? These questions have fostered enlightened musing from some of our greatest thinkers in science and philosophy and have brought sound evidence to the answers of how but little empirical rationale for the why. This book is about the why. Man has a celestial spark within his character and an ever pressing need to survive and be more than himself, more than his base instincts, wavering between love and self sacrifice to narcissism and desperation. We are self-aware and wonder about the purpose of our existence while at the same time striving for principle and worth. Sometimes we fail and sometimes we succeed, but always we strive. Are the qualities of compassion, love, loyalty, integrity and sacrifice really just ethereal products of chemical reactions? Are faith, insight and miraculous occurrences creations of our wishful minds? Lastly, do our desires for a heavenly Father simply reflect our insecurities or are they sound manifestations of the eternal truth? John provides this comprehension and does so in a manner that is painful for all to accept, for it comes at the price of dissonance within our minds for our most cherished thoughts, our religious beliefs and our methods we use to daily operate our lives. I wondered how we would react if an angel presented himself and gave us these answers, while pointing out our absurdities, those which countless millions have adopted and died defending. Through a series of dialogues with seventeen of the worlds national civic and religious leaders, began through the orders of The Almighty and resulting in the continuation or devastation of the earth, John has an assignment for us all.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481750712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Johns Assignment is a satire on the human condition. Surely we are more than just a complex collection of organic material that developed from the singularity explosion of infinitesimally small, infinitely hot, infinitely dense astronomical and physical properties some 13.7 billion years ago. Was there really nothing before this big bang? If there was nothing, are we only products of evolution possessing nothing greater than the whole of our organisms? These questions have fostered enlightened musing from some of our greatest thinkers in science and philosophy and have brought sound evidence to the answers of how but little empirical rationale for the why. This book is about the why. Man has a celestial spark within his character and an ever pressing need to survive and be more than himself, more than his base instincts, wavering between love and self sacrifice to narcissism and desperation. We are self-aware and wonder about the purpose of our existence while at the same time striving for principle and worth. Sometimes we fail and sometimes we succeed, but always we strive. Are the qualities of compassion, love, loyalty, integrity and sacrifice really just ethereal products of chemical reactions? Are faith, insight and miraculous occurrences creations of our wishful minds? Lastly, do our desires for a heavenly Father simply reflect our insecurities or are they sound manifestations of the eternal truth? John provides this comprehension and does so in a manner that is painful for all to accept, for it comes at the price of dissonance within our minds for our most cherished thoughts, our religious beliefs and our methods we use to daily operate our lives. I wondered how we would react if an angel presented himself and gave us these answers, while pointing out our absurdities, those which countless millions have adopted and died defending. Through a series of dialogues with seventeen of the worlds national civic and religious leaders, began through the orders of The Almighty and resulting in the continuation or devastation of the earth, John has an assignment for us all.
The Assignment
Author: Liza Wiemer
Publisher: Ember
ISBN: 0593123190
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Inspired by a real-life incident, this riveting novel explores the dangerous impact discrimination and antisemitism have on one community when a school assignment goes terribly wrong. Would you defend the indefensible? That's what seniors Logan March and Cade Crawford are asked to do when a favorite teacher instructs a group of students to argue for the Final Solution--the Nazi plan for the genocide of the Jewish people. Logan and Cade decide they must take a stand, and soon their actions draw the attention of the student body, the administration, and the community at large. But not everyone feels as Logan and Cade do--after all, isn't a school debate just a school debate? It's not long before the situation explodes, and acrimony and anger result. Based on true events, The Assignment asks: What does it take for tolerance, justice, and love to prevail? "An important look at a critical moment in history through a modern lens showcasing the power of student activism." --SLJ
Publisher: Ember
ISBN: 0593123190
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Inspired by a real-life incident, this riveting novel explores the dangerous impact discrimination and antisemitism have on one community when a school assignment goes terribly wrong. Would you defend the indefensible? That's what seniors Logan March and Cade Crawford are asked to do when a favorite teacher instructs a group of students to argue for the Final Solution--the Nazi plan for the genocide of the Jewish people. Logan and Cade decide they must take a stand, and soon their actions draw the attention of the student body, the administration, and the community at large. But not everyone feels as Logan and Cade do--after all, isn't a school debate just a school debate? It's not long before the situation explodes, and acrimony and anger result. Based on true events, The Assignment asks: What does it take for tolerance, justice, and love to prevail? "An important look at a critical moment in history through a modern lens showcasing the power of student activism." --SLJ
Dr. John on Assignment
Author: John M. Keshishian
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781592998418
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author has drawn on his many adventures in and out of his true profession, Surgery...to craft a tale of some odd adventures. It hadn't begun that way, but he was gradually drawn into a life in Cold War espionage, starting with a medical humanitarian stint gone awry, maybe askew. He'd been volunteered to go on a "do good" mission to war-torn Vietnam and while there, found himself enamored of a gorgeous creature named Gigi...and her ilk. Probably an intelligence agent posted to the Vietnamese "incident," she teamed up in a loose sense with our protagonist. Many fascinating real-life characters populate the book, each contributing to the adventure and at times some excitement. Then as one thing led to another, Dr. John visited medical colleagues in Moscow and while there was abducted for his own safety. His "doings..".mostly true, went from one scenario to another, even witnessing the botched assassination of a world leader. It makes for captivating story while raising so many questions...did it really happen, did he really do that? That's for the reader to decide. This adventure novel, a "fictionalized autobiography," reads easily and flows from one situation to another. And the reader may learn how one goes from Polaroid to Kodachrome.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781592998418
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author has drawn on his many adventures in and out of his true profession, Surgery...to craft a tale of some odd adventures. It hadn't begun that way, but he was gradually drawn into a life in Cold War espionage, starting with a medical humanitarian stint gone awry, maybe askew. He'd been volunteered to go on a "do good" mission to war-torn Vietnam and while there, found himself enamored of a gorgeous creature named Gigi...and her ilk. Probably an intelligence agent posted to the Vietnamese "incident," she teamed up in a loose sense with our protagonist. Many fascinating real-life characters populate the book, each contributing to the adventure and at times some excitement. Then as one thing led to another, Dr. John visited medical colleagues in Moscow and while there was abducted for his own safety. His "doings..".mostly true, went from one scenario to another, even witnessing the botched assassination of a world leader. It makes for captivating story while raising so many questions...did it really happen, did he really do that? That's for the reader to decide. This adventure novel, a "fictionalized autobiography," reads easily and flows from one situation to another. And the reader may learn how one goes from Polaroid to Kodachrome.
Sorted Books
Author: Nina Katchadourian
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452126860
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A witty and thought-provoking collection of visual poems constructed from stacks of books. Delighting in the look and feel of books, conceptual artist Nina Katchadourian’s playful photographic series proves that books’ covers—or more specifically, their spines—can speak volumes. Over the past two decades, Katchadourian has perused libraries across the globe, selecting, stacking, and photographing groupings of two, three, four, or five books so that their titles can be read as sentences, creating whimsical narratives from the text found there. Thought-provoking, clever, and at times laugh-out-loud funny (one cluster of titles from the Akron Museum of Art’s research library consists of: Primitive Art /Just Imagine/Picasso/Raised by Wolves), Sorted Books is an enthralling collection of visual poems full of wry wit and bookish smarts. Praise for Sorted Books “Katchadourian’s project . . . takes on a weight beyond its initial novelty. It’s a love letter to books, book collecting and the act of reading.” —San Francisco Chronicle “As a longtime fan of [Katchadourian’s] long-running Sorted Books project I’m thrilled for the release of Sorted Books—a collection spanning nearly two decades of her witty and wise minimalist mediations on life by way of ingeniously arranged book spines. . . . In an era drowned in periodic death tolls for the future of the physical book, her project stands as a celebration of the spirit embedded in the magnificent materiality of the printed page.” —Brain Pickings “Katchadourian’s stacks possess an understated sophistication; they are true to the intimate nature of books and yet reveal their dramatic features and unexpected potential.” —Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452126860
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A witty and thought-provoking collection of visual poems constructed from stacks of books. Delighting in the look and feel of books, conceptual artist Nina Katchadourian’s playful photographic series proves that books’ covers—or more specifically, their spines—can speak volumes. Over the past two decades, Katchadourian has perused libraries across the globe, selecting, stacking, and photographing groupings of two, three, four, or five books so that their titles can be read as sentences, creating whimsical narratives from the text found there. Thought-provoking, clever, and at times laugh-out-loud funny (one cluster of titles from the Akron Museum of Art’s research library consists of: Primitive Art /Just Imagine/Picasso/Raised by Wolves), Sorted Books is an enthralling collection of visual poems full of wry wit and bookish smarts. Praise for Sorted Books “Katchadourian’s project . . . takes on a weight beyond its initial novelty. It’s a love letter to books, book collecting and the act of reading.” —San Francisco Chronicle “As a longtime fan of [Katchadourian’s] long-running Sorted Books project I’m thrilled for the release of Sorted Books—a collection spanning nearly two decades of her witty and wise minimalist mediations on life by way of ingeniously arranged book spines. . . . In an era drowned in periodic death tolls for the future of the physical book, her project stands as a celebration of the spirit embedded in the magnificent materiality of the printed page.” —Brain Pickings “Katchadourian’s stacks possess an understated sophistication; they are true to the intimate nature of books and yet reveal their dramatic features and unexpected potential.” —Publishers Weekly
Air Guitar
Author: Dave Hickey
Publisher: Art Issues Press
ISBN: 9780963726452
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Essays explore the influence of art in twentieth-century American culture, including jazz, basketball, professional wrestling, magic, gambling, entrepreneurship, series television and automotive design.
Publisher: Art Issues Press
ISBN: 9780963726452
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Essays explore the influence of art in twentieth-century American culture, including jazz, basketball, professional wrestling, magic, gambling, entrepreneurship, series television and automotive design.
Angels on Assignment
Author: Roland Buck
Publisher: Whitaker House
ISBN: 1603743812
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Sent by God In this intriguing book, Roland Buck describes his personal encounters with angels and what the Bible tells us about these messengers of God. You’ll find out how God’s messengers impact your own life and how God is using angels to help usher in the great end-times harvest of souls before the return of Jesus. Read how God uses angels to... Protect believers Wage spiritual warfare Comfort and encourage Bring blessings Bring strength during trials Assist in bringing people to Christ Disclose God’s will Bring answers to prayer Glorify God’s name As you become aware of the remarkable role of these messengers of God, you’ll gain increased faith and confidence in God’s plan for your life, for the ministry of believers, and for the salvation of multitudes of people leading to the second coming of Christ.
Publisher: Whitaker House
ISBN: 1603743812
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Sent by God In this intriguing book, Roland Buck describes his personal encounters with angels and what the Bible tells us about these messengers of God. You’ll find out how God’s messengers impact your own life and how God is using angels to help usher in the great end-times harvest of souls before the return of Jesus. Read how God uses angels to... Protect believers Wage spiritual warfare Comfort and encourage Bring blessings Bring strength during trials Assist in bringing people to Christ Disclose God’s will Bring answers to prayer Glorify God’s name As you become aware of the remarkable role of these messengers of God, you’ll gain increased faith and confidence in God’s plan for your life, for the ministry of believers, and for the salvation of multitudes of people leading to the second coming of Christ.
You Are an Artist
Author: Sarah Urist Green
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143134094
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
“There are more than 50 creative prompts for the artist (or artist at heart) to explore. Take the title of this book as affirmation, and get started.” —Fast Company More than 50 assignments, ideas, and prompts to expand your world and help you make outstanding new things to put into it Curator Sarah Urist Green left her office in the basement of an art museum to travel and visit a diverse range of artists, asking them to share prompts that relate to their own ways of working. The result is You Are an Artist, a journey of creation through which you'll invent imaginary friends, sort books, declare a cause, construct a landscape, find your band, and become someone else (or at least try). Your challenge is to filter these assignments through the lens of your own experience and make art that reflects the world as you see it. You don't have to know how to draw well, stretch a canvas, or mix a paint color that perfectly matches that of a mountain stream. This book is for anyone who wants to make art, regardless of experience level. The only materials you'll need are what you already have on hand or can source for free. Full of insights, techniques, and inspiration from art history, this book opens up the processes and practices of artists and proves that you, too, have what it takes to call yourself one. You Are an Artist brings together more than 50 assignments gathered from some of the most innovative creators working today, including Sonya Clark, Michelle Grabner, The Guerrilla Girls, Fritz Haeg, Pablo Helguera, Nina Katchadourian, Toyin Ojih Odutola, J. Morgan Puett, Dread Scott, Alec Soth, Gillian Wearing, and many others.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143134094
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
“There are more than 50 creative prompts for the artist (or artist at heart) to explore. Take the title of this book as affirmation, and get started.” —Fast Company More than 50 assignments, ideas, and prompts to expand your world and help you make outstanding new things to put into it Curator Sarah Urist Green left her office in the basement of an art museum to travel and visit a diverse range of artists, asking them to share prompts that relate to their own ways of working. The result is You Are an Artist, a journey of creation through which you'll invent imaginary friends, sort books, declare a cause, construct a landscape, find your band, and become someone else (or at least try). Your challenge is to filter these assignments through the lens of your own experience and make art that reflects the world as you see it. You don't have to know how to draw well, stretch a canvas, or mix a paint color that perfectly matches that of a mountain stream. This book is for anyone who wants to make art, regardless of experience level. The only materials you'll need are what you already have on hand or can source for free. Full of insights, techniques, and inspiration from art history, this book opens up the processes and practices of artists and proves that you, too, have what it takes to call yourself one. You Are an Artist brings together more than 50 assignments gathered from some of the most innovative creators working today, including Sonya Clark, Michelle Grabner, The Guerrilla Girls, Fritz Haeg, Pablo Helguera, Nina Katchadourian, Toyin Ojih Odutola, J. Morgan Puett, Dread Scott, Alec Soth, Gillian Wearing, and many others.
The Captured Soul
Author: Mercy Ngwube
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728381002
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Has Satan got a case against you? The author of The Captured Soul has done a really good job translating biblical concepts into easy-to-understand language that can help both Christians and those wishing to explore the Christian faith gain an insight into the dynamics between the spiritual and physical world we live in. The book’s greatest strength is how clearly it frames the concepts of demonic strongholds and the curses that can follow people down through generations. After reading this book, the reader will come to understand how legalistic the relationship between God and man is. In The Captured Soul, the author has shown that sins, accusations, and repentance are not just ideas but real laws that are followed in heaven and executed by God. Have you ever wondered why your prayers are often not answered when you pray even when you know you have prayed according to God’s will? You have decreed God’s words over the mountains in your life, and they have not moved. The reason could be because Satan has a case against you and your family. In The Captured Soul, the author demonstrates to Christians how to use the system of prayer and repentance to get rid of whatever traps the devil may have set for them, whether it’s something like their own pride or an actual demonic curse. All in all, The Captured Soul is an exploration of the schemes the enemy employs to capture souls and the tools God has made available for their release from the devil’s bondage.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728381002
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Has Satan got a case against you? The author of The Captured Soul has done a really good job translating biblical concepts into easy-to-understand language that can help both Christians and those wishing to explore the Christian faith gain an insight into the dynamics between the spiritual and physical world we live in. The book’s greatest strength is how clearly it frames the concepts of demonic strongholds and the curses that can follow people down through generations. After reading this book, the reader will come to understand how legalistic the relationship between God and man is. In The Captured Soul, the author has shown that sins, accusations, and repentance are not just ideas but real laws that are followed in heaven and executed by God. Have you ever wondered why your prayers are often not answered when you pray even when you know you have prayed according to God’s will? You have decreed God’s words over the mountains in your life, and they have not moved. The reason could be because Satan has a case against you and your family. In The Captured Soul, the author demonstrates to Christians how to use the system of prayer and repentance to get rid of whatever traps the devil may have set for them, whether it’s something like their own pride or an actual demonic curse. All in all, The Captured Soul is an exploration of the schemes the enemy employs to capture souls and the tools God has made available for their release from the devil’s bondage.
The Malta Assignment
Author: John Granito
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781667809311
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Rudy Worth, a young American aeronautical engineer, is assigned to assist what's left of England's Royal Air Force as it gets ready to defend the vital Mediterranean island of Malta in 1939. Invasion of the tiny island by both Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy are imminent. For Rudy and the rest of the RAF, thousands of lives are on the line. But in war, nothing is ever as it seems. . .
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781667809311
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Rudy Worth, a young American aeronautical engineer, is assigned to assist what's left of England's Royal Air Force as it gets ready to defend the vital Mediterranean island of Malta in 1939. Invasion of the tiny island by both Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy are imminent. For Rudy and the rest of the RAF, thousands of lives are on the line. But in war, nothing is ever as it seems. . .
A Digest of New York Statutes and Reports
Author: Benjamin Vaughan Abbott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description