Author: Barry Friedman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435754360
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
A collection of vignettes: some humorous, some sad. But all are true. Well, perhaps embellished. They relate the author's experiences as a medical student, intern, World War II Naval Medical Officer, and more than fifty years as an orthopaedic surgeon.
That's Life: It's Sexually Transmitted and Terminal
Author: Barry Friedman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435754360
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
A collection of vignettes: some humorous, some sad. But all are true. Well, perhaps embellished. They relate the author's experiences as a medical student, intern, World War II Naval Medical Officer, and more than fifty years as an orthopaedic surgeon.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435754360
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
A collection of vignettes: some humorous, some sad. But all are true. Well, perhaps embellished. They relate the author's experiences as a medical student, intern, World War II Naval Medical Officer, and more than fifty years as an orthopaedic surgeon.
All Hell Broke Loose
Author: Evelyn Mundell
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453544682
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
ANCIENT SECRETS REVEALED The delivery of a grubby package to Doctor Etienne Naude, a theologian and computer programmer, set an amazing chain of events in motion one that defied all imagination. The ensuing rollercoaster ride draws together a most unlikely team of most unlikely heroes. As they strive to unravel the puzzles, they uncover the secrets of a ten thousand year-old malignant, unspeakable Evil an Evil far beyond any human comprehension one that has pervaded the very fabric of every facet of human society, and is well on its way to achieve its goal Total Earth Domination. They discover that the realties of the Biblical Deluge are a far cry from the commonly accepted stories. The conventional accounts do not even come close. The poignant, eye-witness account of what really happened is in total harmony with the scientific and historical facts at our disposal. The team is faced with the raw realities of Gods awesome anger as well as His amazing mercy, providence and love. The convoluted roller-coaster ride continues to build up velocity and draws in the combined efforts of the Israeli MOSSAD, British SAS, and American and South African security forces.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453544682
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
ANCIENT SECRETS REVEALED The delivery of a grubby package to Doctor Etienne Naude, a theologian and computer programmer, set an amazing chain of events in motion one that defied all imagination. The ensuing rollercoaster ride draws together a most unlikely team of most unlikely heroes. As they strive to unravel the puzzles, they uncover the secrets of a ten thousand year-old malignant, unspeakable Evil an Evil far beyond any human comprehension one that has pervaded the very fabric of every facet of human society, and is well on its way to achieve its goal Total Earth Domination. They discover that the realties of the Biblical Deluge are a far cry from the commonly accepted stories. The conventional accounts do not even come close. The poignant, eye-witness account of what really happened is in total harmony with the scientific and historical facts at our disposal. The team is faced with the raw realities of Gods awesome anger as well as His amazing mercy, providence and love. The convoluted roller-coaster ride continues to build up velocity and draws in the combined efforts of the Israeli MOSSAD, British SAS, and American and South African security forces.
This Life's Tempestuous Sea
Author: Douglas Charles Toland
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481735152
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
In a weak moment, I have written a book. Margaret Mitchell This book is a multilayered creation that touches on a wide array of topics, many of them drawn from personal experiences. Indeed, you the lucky reader will be blessed with enough material for at least three books within one cover. Why would I want to write such a multi-themed book? It wasnt my original intention. Maybe Ive learned an important lesson and wont do so next time. Like many older folks, I wanted to share what I have learned to be true and useful and couldnt seem to stay with a single topic. Ive lived long enough to confirm an important realization: the gleanings from a well-lived life are at least as important as knowledge gained vicariously through reading and classroom attendance. But I think most people dont fully appreciate the value of their life lessons and end up taking most of them to the grave. I want to counter that pattern and use this book to share as many of my gleanings as I can. I also recognize several imminent dangers facing this nation and our planet and feel compelled to share these concerns. Just as important: I want my wife, children, and grandchildren to know more about who I was and who Ive come to be. I hope they will have occasions to use some of my wisdom.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481735152
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
In a weak moment, I have written a book. Margaret Mitchell This book is a multilayered creation that touches on a wide array of topics, many of them drawn from personal experiences. Indeed, you the lucky reader will be blessed with enough material for at least three books within one cover. Why would I want to write such a multi-themed book? It wasnt my original intention. Maybe Ive learned an important lesson and wont do so next time. Like many older folks, I wanted to share what I have learned to be true and useful and couldnt seem to stay with a single topic. Ive lived long enough to confirm an important realization: the gleanings from a well-lived life are at least as important as knowledge gained vicariously through reading and classroom attendance. But I think most people dont fully appreciate the value of their life lessons and end up taking most of them to the grave. I want to counter that pattern and use this book to share as many of my gleanings as I can. I also recognize several imminent dangers facing this nation and our planet and feel compelled to share these concerns. Just as important: I want my wife, children, and grandchildren to know more about who I was and who Ive come to be. I hope they will have occasions to use some of my wisdom.
A Feeling of Wrongness
Author: Joseph Packer
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271083158
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
In A Feeling of Wrongness, Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman confront the rhetorical challenge inherent in the concept of pessimism by analyzing how it is represented in an eclectic range of texts on the fringes of popular culture, from adult animated cartoons to speculative fiction. Packer and Stoneman explore how narratives such as True Detective, Rick and Morty, Final Fantasy VII, Lovecraftian weird fiction, and the pop ideology of transhumanism are better suited to communicate pessimistic affect to their fans than most carefully argued philosophical treatises and polemics. They show how these popular nondiscursive texts successfully circumvent the typical defenses against pessimism identified by Peter Wessel Zapffe as distraction, isolation, anchoring, and sublimation. They twist genres, upend common tropes, and disturb conventional narrative structures in a way that catches their audience off guard, resulting in belief without cognition, a more rhetorically effective form of pessimism than philosophical pessimism. While philosophers and polemicists argue for pessimism in accord with the inherently optimistic structures of expressive thought or rhetoric, Packer and Stoneman show how popular texts are able to communicate their pessimism in ways that are paradoxically freed from the restrictive tools of optimism. A Feeling of Wrongness thus presents uncharted rhetorical possibilities for narrative, making visible the rhetorical efficacy of alternate ways and means of persuasion.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271083158
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
In A Feeling of Wrongness, Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman confront the rhetorical challenge inherent in the concept of pessimism by analyzing how it is represented in an eclectic range of texts on the fringes of popular culture, from adult animated cartoons to speculative fiction. Packer and Stoneman explore how narratives such as True Detective, Rick and Morty, Final Fantasy VII, Lovecraftian weird fiction, and the pop ideology of transhumanism are better suited to communicate pessimistic affect to their fans than most carefully argued philosophical treatises and polemics. They show how these popular nondiscursive texts successfully circumvent the typical defenses against pessimism identified by Peter Wessel Zapffe as distraction, isolation, anchoring, and sublimation. They twist genres, upend common tropes, and disturb conventional narrative structures in a way that catches their audience off guard, resulting in belief without cognition, a more rhetorically effective form of pessimism than philosophical pessimism. While philosophers and polemicists argue for pessimism in accord with the inherently optimistic structures of expressive thought or rhetoric, Packer and Stoneman show how popular texts are able to communicate their pessimism in ways that are paradoxically freed from the restrictive tools of optimism. A Feeling of Wrongness thus presents uncharted rhetorical possibilities for narrative, making visible the rhetorical efficacy of alternate ways and means of persuasion.
The Mystery of the Child
Author: Martin E. Marty
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802817661
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Much of today's writing on children treats the child of any age as a problem or a set of problems to be solved, effectively reducing the child to a complex of biological and chemical factors, explainable in scientific terms, or regarding children as objects of adult control. In contrast, Martin Marty here presents the child as a mystery who invokes wonder and elicits creative responses that affect the care provided him or her. Drawing on literature as new as contemporary poetry and as old as the Bible, The Mystery of the Child encourages the thoughtful enjoyment of children instead of the imposition of adult will and control. Indeed, Marty treats the impulse to control as a problem and highlights qualities associated with children -- responsiveness, receptivity, openness to wonder -- that can become sources of renewal for adults. The Mystery of the Child represents a new tack for Martin Marty -- universally respected as a historian, theologian, and interpreter of religion and culture -- but displays the same incisive, erudite quality marking the fifty-plus books and thousands of articles that he has previously written. Marty's broad, thoughtful perspective will inspire readers to think afresh about what it means to be a child -- and to be a caregiver. This book is sure to claim a wide readership -- parents, grandparents, schoolteachers, theologians, historians -- engaging anyone wanting to explore more fully the profound realm of the child.
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802817661
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Much of today's writing on children treats the child of any age as a problem or a set of problems to be solved, effectively reducing the child to a complex of biological and chemical factors, explainable in scientific terms, or regarding children as objects of adult control. In contrast, Martin Marty here presents the child as a mystery who invokes wonder and elicits creative responses that affect the care provided him or her. Drawing on literature as new as contemporary poetry and as old as the Bible, The Mystery of the Child encourages the thoughtful enjoyment of children instead of the imposition of adult will and control. Indeed, Marty treats the impulse to control as a problem and highlights qualities associated with children -- responsiveness, receptivity, openness to wonder -- that can become sources of renewal for adults. The Mystery of the Child represents a new tack for Martin Marty -- universally respected as a historian, theologian, and interpreter of religion and culture -- but displays the same incisive, erudite quality marking the fifty-plus books and thousands of articles that he has previously written. Marty's broad, thoughtful perspective will inspire readers to think afresh about what it means to be a child -- and to be a caregiver. This book is sure to claim a wide readership -- parents, grandparents, schoolteachers, theologians, historians -- engaging anyone wanting to explore more fully the profound realm of the child.
In Sync with the Sacred, Out of Step with the World
Author: Tom Stella
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
What does it mean to live "in sync with the sacred?" For Tom Stella it means living an authentic life. It means stepping to the cadence of the sacred, which requires a specific type of courage: the courage to be different, to stand out, to be odd and perhaps even considered a threat by those who find their identity, comfort, and security in the status quo, the conventional. The good news is that we can do this while conducting our everyday lives. Unlike Thoreau, who felt he had to retreat to Walden Pond "to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach," we don't have to retreat to the woods. According to Stella, authenticity is first and foremost a matter of being attuned and responsive to the sacred within--to an instinct, an intuition, a sixth sense, a deep voiceless voice that can be "heard" even in a crowd. This inner guide may at times call us to live apart from others, but it surely summons us to follow a road less traveled; that is to turn away from the conventional wisdom of society, those ways of thinking, believing, and behaving that go unquestioned--busy is good, more is better, success equals wealth. Welcome to a refreshing version of spirituality.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
What does it mean to live "in sync with the sacred?" For Tom Stella it means living an authentic life. It means stepping to the cadence of the sacred, which requires a specific type of courage: the courage to be different, to stand out, to be odd and perhaps even considered a threat by those who find their identity, comfort, and security in the status quo, the conventional. The good news is that we can do this while conducting our everyday lives. Unlike Thoreau, who felt he had to retreat to Walden Pond "to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach," we don't have to retreat to the woods. According to Stella, authenticity is first and foremost a matter of being attuned and responsive to the sacred within--to an instinct, an intuition, a sixth sense, a deep voiceless voice that can be "heard" even in a crowd. This inner guide may at times call us to live apart from others, but it surely summons us to follow a road less traveled; that is to turn away from the conventional wisdom of society, those ways of thinking, believing, and behaving that go unquestioned--busy is good, more is better, success equals wealth. Welcome to a refreshing version of spirituality.
A Good Death
Author: Charles Meyer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Ideal for all who are engaged in pastoral care and ministry to the sick, expecially chaplains and staff in hospitals, hospices, retirement/ healthcare homes; social workers; lay visitors; and family members of persons in a terminal condition. Recommended reading for anyone who wants/ needs information on this important topic.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Ideal for all who are engaged in pastoral care and ministry to the sick, expecially chaplains and staff in hospitals, hospices, retirement/ healthcare homes; social workers; lay visitors; and family members of persons in a terminal condition. Recommended reading for anyone who wants/ needs information on this important topic.
Sexuality and Seduction
Author: Vladimir Živković
Publisher: Vladimir Živković
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Short guide about human sexuality and sexual relationships. Learn true about seduction and manipulation in contemporary love relationships. How to live positive sexuality? What is seduction and why people like to be seducers? The answers are here, in this book. This text is written to disperse misconceptions about human sexuality and seduction. As always, I advise people to check the legitimacy of the creation. Nothing is accidental, and no action is without the consequences. This text should help the reader realize that there is no coincidental happiness, but only deserved one. That also means that happiness related to sexuality can’t be arbitrary. It is the result of a pure, innocent and human sexuality. Who doesn’t believe such claims, my advice is to check for validity of this reading at least. Still, it’s always better to live properly and humanely, than to check for errors, faults, and sin. The results of errors are always: the waste of time and misery. That’s the truth that modern man has forgotten. Even worse thing is that there are a few of those a man can learn from the laws of Universe, which are happening every second faultlessly. And why is that so? It’s because a man feels lonely and lost in Space. It’s time to change this situation.
Publisher: Vladimir Živković
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Short guide about human sexuality and sexual relationships. Learn true about seduction and manipulation in contemporary love relationships. How to live positive sexuality? What is seduction and why people like to be seducers? The answers are here, in this book. This text is written to disperse misconceptions about human sexuality and seduction. As always, I advise people to check the legitimacy of the creation. Nothing is accidental, and no action is without the consequences. This text should help the reader realize that there is no coincidental happiness, but only deserved one. That also means that happiness related to sexuality can’t be arbitrary. It is the result of a pure, innocent and human sexuality. Who doesn’t believe such claims, my advice is to check for validity of this reading at least. Still, it’s always better to live properly and humanely, than to check for errors, faults, and sin. The results of errors are always: the waste of time and misery. That’s the truth that modern man has forgotten. Even worse thing is that there are a few of those a man can learn from the laws of Universe, which are happening every second faultlessly. And why is that so? It’s because a man feels lonely and lost in Space. It’s time to change this situation.
Silence Beyond
Author: Michael King
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1742287964
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
The late Michael King was one of New Zealand's most respected and popular historians. The author of the bestselling The Penguin History of New Zealand and many other significant works, he was a writer of remarkable skill, sensitivity and importance. The Silence Beyond is a wide-ranging and often personal collection of King's writings – many in print for the first time or no longer available – including essays, talks and eulogies for friends. Introduced by his daughter, Rachael King, The Silence Beyond is a timely and fitting tribute to one of New Zealand's greatest modern thinkers.
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1742287964
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
The late Michael King was one of New Zealand's most respected and popular historians. The author of the bestselling The Penguin History of New Zealand and many other significant works, he was a writer of remarkable skill, sensitivity and importance. The Silence Beyond is a wide-ranging and often personal collection of King's writings – many in print for the first time or no longer available – including essays, talks and eulogies for friends. Introduced by his daughter, Rachael King, The Silence Beyond is a timely and fitting tribute to one of New Zealand's greatest modern thinkers.
The Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships
Author: John H. Harvey
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1135624704
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
The editor’s bring together major scholars from the diversity of fields working on close relationship topics to examine past contributions and new directions in sexuality. The emphasis is on theoretical integration and stimulation, methodological r
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1135624704
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
The editor’s bring together major scholars from the diversity of fields working on close relationship topics to examine past contributions and new directions in sexuality. The emphasis is on theoretical integration and stimulation, methodological r