Author: Michael Nelder Henderson, 3rd
Publisher: Auditory Museum
ISBN: 9781735671000
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
What does it mean to turn around and face our own heart? To find spiritual direction from unconventional ways of listening and communicating? To use self-awareness to cultivate self acceptance? In a digital world, marketers estimate that the average person is bombarded with as many as 3000 advertisements per day. How can we get an accurate picture of who we are in the confusion of specific messages telling us who we should be? This book magnifies the poetic voice as a tool to combat shame, and identifies the roles pain, love, and faith play in one African American man's journey to unlock the voice inside.
Birth of Light
Author: Michael Nelder Henderson, 3rd
Publisher: Auditory Museum
ISBN: 9781735671000
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
What does it mean to turn around and face our own heart? To find spiritual direction from unconventional ways of listening and communicating? To use self-awareness to cultivate self acceptance? In a digital world, marketers estimate that the average person is bombarded with as many as 3000 advertisements per day. How can we get an accurate picture of who we are in the confusion of specific messages telling us who we should be? This book magnifies the poetic voice as a tool to combat shame, and identifies the roles pain, love, and faith play in one African American man's journey to unlock the voice inside.
Publisher: Auditory Museum
ISBN: 9781735671000
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
What does it mean to turn around and face our own heart? To find spiritual direction from unconventional ways of listening and communicating? To use self-awareness to cultivate self acceptance? In a digital world, marketers estimate that the average person is bombarded with as many as 3000 advertisements per day. How can we get an accurate picture of who we are in the confusion of specific messages telling us who we should be? This book magnifies the poetic voice as a tool to combat shame, and identifies the roles pain, love, and faith play in one African American man's journey to unlock the voice inside.
Basic Art Series: Ten in One. Impressionism
Author: Taschen
Publisher: Taschen
ISBN: 9783836576239
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
Book Description
A must-have for any art buff, this definitive who's who of Impressionism gathers 10 monographs from the Basic Art series for the price of three. Precise texts and impeccable reproductions guide us through the life and works of Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Rousseau, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, and van Gogh.
Publisher: Taschen
ISBN: 9783836576239
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
Book Description
A must-have for any art buff, this definitive who's who of Impressionism gathers 10 monographs from the Basic Art series for the price of three. Precise texts and impeccable reproductions guide us through the life and works of Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Rousseau, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, and van Gogh.
Capturing the Light
Author: Helen Rappaport
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1743510020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Capturing the Light starts with a tiny scrap of purple-tinged paper, 176 years old and about the size of a postage stamp. On it you can just make out a tiny, ghostly image of a gothic window, an image so small and perfect that it 'might be supposed to be the work of some Lilliputian artist': the world's first photographic negative. This captivating book traces the lives of two very different men in the 1830s, both racing to be the first to solve one of the world's oldest problems: how to capture an image and keep it for ever. On the one hand there is Henry Fox Talbot: a quiet, solitary gentleman-amateur tinkering away on his farm in the English countryside. On the other Louis Daguerre, a flamboyant, charismatic French showman in search of fame and fortune. Only one question remains: who will get there first?
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1743510020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Capturing the Light starts with a tiny scrap of purple-tinged paper, 176 years old and about the size of a postage stamp. On it you can just make out a tiny, ghostly image of a gothic window, an image so small and perfect that it 'might be supposed to be the work of some Lilliputian artist': the world's first photographic negative. This captivating book traces the lives of two very different men in the 1830s, both racing to be the first to solve one of the world's oldest problems: how to capture an image and keep it for ever. On the one hand there is Henry Fox Talbot: a quiet, solitary gentleman-amateur tinkering away on his farm in the English countryside. On the other Louis Daguerre, a flamboyant, charismatic French showman in search of fame and fortune. Only one question remains: who will get there first?
The Sons of Light
Author: Isaac Washington, Jr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The days of old have passed away and things have forever changed. Darkness now sits in every corner looking to destroy the light from the world. Where are the Sons of Light? The Great King has awoken and He and his Son Yuni are set to find a way to restore the Sons of Light and save the Kingdom. They embark on a mission to save all of the world. The fate of all of the creatures rest in their hands.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The days of old have passed away and things have forever changed. Darkness now sits in every corner looking to destroy the light from the world. Where are the Sons of Light? The Great King has awoken and He and his Son Yuni are set to find a way to restore the Sons of Light and save the Kingdom. They embark on a mission to save all of the world. The fate of all of the creatures rest in their hands.
A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse
Author: Theresa Levitt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039306879X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Describes the life of the man who invented a new lighthouse lens, capable of shining brighter, farther, and more efficiently than existing light sources, and his fight against the scientific elite, his poor health, and the limits of his era's technology.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039306879X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Describes the life of the man who invented a new lighthouse lens, capable of shining brighter, farther, and more efficiently than existing light sources, and his fight against the scientific elite, his poor health, and the limits of his era's technology.
The Birth of a Celestial Light
Author: Tina Eftekhar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781443870481
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It is interesting that women who campaign for womenâ (TM)s rights and interests in Iran have not considered engaging with women who are neither conventional Muslims nor strongly secular, but instead explore other aspects of religion and spirituality. The women examined in this study identify themselves as believers in God, but have different views of religion; some wish to be called religious but do not follow the official Islamic Shia and have their own interpretation of what it means to be a good Muslim, while some think of spirituality as their religion and refer to themselves as â oespiritualâ . Scholarship on women in Iran has not yet taken such an approach, and has not considered womenâ (TM)s interests in spirituality with regard to religion. As such, this book differs greatly from existing work on Iranian womenâ (TM)s lives after the Islamic revolution. It examines the potential feminist implications of womenâ (TM)s involvement in one of the most popular spiritual movements, â oeInter-universal Mysticismâ and its emancipatory potential for women. The central argument here is that feminist spirituality is an expression of womenâ (TM)s power to identify, explore, and assess their own spiritual experiences in order to construct their own sense of self and transform their lives. As such, this book broadens discourses about women in Iran by examining the link between spirituality, coping, and meaning-making in the lives of women involved with Inter-universal Mysticism. The studyâ (TM)s unique contribution is not simply that it extends the range of contexts in which gender can be analysed, but rather that it, through the lens of feminism, demonstrates the significance of womenâ (TM)s choice of spirituality as an investigative issue which can elucidate womenâ (TM)s wider social, cultural and political processes in contemporary Iran.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781443870481
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It is interesting that women who campaign for womenâ (TM)s rights and interests in Iran have not considered engaging with women who are neither conventional Muslims nor strongly secular, but instead explore other aspects of religion and spirituality. The women examined in this study identify themselves as believers in God, but have different views of religion; some wish to be called religious but do not follow the official Islamic Shia and have their own interpretation of what it means to be a good Muslim, while some think of spirituality as their religion and refer to themselves as â oespiritualâ . Scholarship on women in Iran has not yet taken such an approach, and has not considered womenâ (TM)s interests in spirituality with regard to religion. As such, this book differs greatly from existing work on Iranian womenâ (TM)s lives after the Islamic revolution. It examines the potential feminist implications of womenâ (TM)s involvement in one of the most popular spiritual movements, â oeInter-universal Mysticismâ and its emancipatory potential for women. The central argument here is that feminist spirituality is an expression of womenâ (TM)s power to identify, explore, and assess their own spiritual experiences in order to construct their own sense of self and transform their lives. As such, this book broadens discourses about women in Iran by examining the link between spirituality, coping, and meaning-making in the lives of women involved with Inter-universal Mysticism. The studyâ (TM)s unique contribution is not simply that it extends the range of contexts in which gender can be analysed, but rather that it, through the lens of feminism, demonstrates the significance of womenâ (TM)s choice of spirituality as an investigative issue which can elucidate womenâ (TM)s wider social, cultural and political processes in contemporary Iran.
On a Beam of Light
Author: Jennifer Berne
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452113092
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
A boy rides a bicycle down a dusty road. But in his mind, he envisions himself traveling at a speed beyond imagining, on a beam of light. This brilliant mind will one day offer up some of the most revolutionary ideas ever conceived. From a boy endlessly fascinated by the wonders around him, Albert Einstein ultimately grows into a man of genius recognized the world over for profoundly illuminating our understanding of the universe. Jennifer Berne and Vladimir Radunsky invite the reader to travel along with Einstein on a journey full of curiosity, laughter, and scientific discovery. Parents and children alike will appreciate this moving story of the powerful difference imagination can make in any life.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452113092
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
A boy rides a bicycle down a dusty road. But in his mind, he envisions himself traveling at a speed beyond imagining, on a beam of light. This brilliant mind will one day offer up some of the most revolutionary ideas ever conceived. From a boy endlessly fascinated by the wonders around him, Albert Einstein ultimately grows into a man of genius recognized the world over for profoundly illuminating our understanding of the universe. Jennifer Berne and Vladimir Radunsky invite the reader to travel along with Einstein on a journey full of curiosity, laughter, and scientific discovery. Parents and children alike will appreciate this moving story of the powerful difference imagination can make in any life.
A Spark of Light
Author: Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345544994
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. “Picoult at her fearless best . . . Timely, balanced and certain to inspire debate.”—The Washington Post The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center—a women’s reproductive health services clinic—its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic. But Wren is not alone. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order to save the life of a wounded woman. A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. A pro-life protester, disguised as a patient, who now stands in the crosshairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day. One of the most fearless writers of our time, Jodi Picoult tackles a complicated issue in this gripping and nuanced novel. How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? A Spark of Light will inspire debate, conversation . . . and, hopefully, understanding. Praise for A Spark of Light “This is Jodi Picoult at her best: tackling an emotional hot-button issue and putting a human face on it.”—People “Told backward and hour by hour, Jodi Picoult’s compelling narrative deftly explores controversial social issues.”—Us Weekly
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345544994
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. “Picoult at her fearless best . . . Timely, balanced and certain to inspire debate.”—The Washington Post The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center—a women’s reproductive health services clinic—its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic. But Wren is not alone. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order to save the life of a wounded woman. A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. A pro-life protester, disguised as a patient, who now stands in the crosshairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day. One of the most fearless writers of our time, Jodi Picoult tackles a complicated issue in this gripping and nuanced novel. How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? A Spark of Light will inspire debate, conversation . . . and, hopefully, understanding. Praise for A Spark of Light “This is Jodi Picoult at her best: tackling an emotional hot-button issue and putting a human face on it.”—People “Told backward and hour by hour, Jodi Picoult’s compelling narrative deftly explores controversial social issues.”—Us Weekly
The Light of the Moon
Author: Randy Styner
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300889969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
One night in early 1976, the world of trauma medicine changed forever in a frozen Nebraska field where Dr. James Styner crashed his small airplane with his wife and four children aboard. The experience of the eight hours he spent isolated and awaiting rescue that never came, his journey to the local hospital where he found inadequate care, and his family's evacuation and arrival at the sanctity of Lincoln General Hospital compelled him to develop a revolutionary new concept of emergency medical care. That night Advanced Trauma Life Support was born, and grew to become the standard of emergency trauma care throughout the world. Today it continues to save countless lives and it continues to grow. This is the story of ATLS and that tragic night for the Styner family, but it is also the story of the author's personal journey to find the truth about the accident that not only took the life of his mother, but nearly took his - and how doing so was one of the most important things he ever did.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300889969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
One night in early 1976, the world of trauma medicine changed forever in a frozen Nebraska field where Dr. James Styner crashed his small airplane with his wife and four children aboard. The experience of the eight hours he spent isolated and awaiting rescue that never came, his journey to the local hospital where he found inadequate care, and his family's evacuation and arrival at the sanctity of Lincoln General Hospital compelled him to develop a revolutionary new concept of emergency medical care. That night Advanced Trauma Life Support was born, and grew to become the standard of emergency trauma care throughout the world. Today it continues to save countless lives and it continues to grow. This is the story of ATLS and that tragic night for the Styner family, but it is also the story of the author's personal journey to find the truth about the accident that not only took the life of his mother, but nearly took his - and how doing so was one of the most important things he ever did.
One Day as a Tiger
Author: John Porter
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN: 1910240095
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
'The wall was the ambition, the style became the obsession.' In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head, killing him instantly and robbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents. Although only twenty-eight years old, Alex was already one of the leading figures of British mountaineering's most successful era. His ascents included hard new routes on Himalayan giants like Dhaulagiri and Changabang and a glittering record of firsts in the Alps and Andes. Yet how Alex climbed was as important as what he climbed. He was a mountaineering prophet, sharing with a handful of contemporaries - including his climbing partner Voytek Kurtyka - the vision of a purer form of alpinism on the world's highest peaks. One Day As A Tiger, John Porter's revelatory and poignant memoir of his friend Alex MacIntyre, shows mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst - and draws an unforgettable picture of a dazzling, argumentative and exuberant legend.
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN: 1910240095
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
'The wall was the ambition, the style became the obsession.' In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head, killing him instantly and robbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents. Although only twenty-eight years old, Alex was already one of the leading figures of British mountaineering's most successful era. His ascents included hard new routes on Himalayan giants like Dhaulagiri and Changabang and a glittering record of firsts in the Alps and Andes. Yet how Alex climbed was as important as what he climbed. He was a mountaineering prophet, sharing with a handful of contemporaries - including his climbing partner Voytek Kurtyka - the vision of a purer form of alpinism on the world's highest peaks. One Day As A Tiger, John Porter's revelatory and poignant memoir of his friend Alex MacIntyre, shows mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst - and draws an unforgettable picture of a dazzling, argumentative and exuberant legend.