Author : Shridath Ramphal
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 22,77 MB
Release : 2014-11-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 145973128X
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.
Author : Jawaharlal Nehru
Publisher :
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 12,42 MB
Release : 1949
Category : Civilization
ISBN :
Author : Steven Vogel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,10 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biology
ISBN : 0691138060
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.
Author : Trudy RN Harris
Publisher : Revell
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 15,8 MB
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1493406299
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.
Author : Robert Craft
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,49 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Composers
ISBN : 9780826512857
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.
Author : George Hillier
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 18,23 MB
Release : 2011-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1770673903
"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.
Author : Judith Shulevitz
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,36 MB
Release : 2011-04-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0812971736
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.
Author : Lewis Shiner
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 2001-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312267438
Living in the ruins of the idealistic 1960s, Ray Shackleford, a veteran of failed garage bands, works as a repairman and tends to his dying marriage. When he finds the music of his dreams has been mysteriously recorded, Ray is drawn to the past to revisit the histories of Hendrix, Morrison, the Beatles--along with his own history.
Author : Jess Scully
Publisher : Pantera Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 49,91 MB
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1925700771
It's hard to be excited about the future right now. Climate change is accelerating; inequality is growing; politics is polarised; institutions designed to protect us are strained; technology is disrupting the world of work. We need to upgrade the operating systems of our society. Jess Scully asks, What can we do? The answer is: plenty! All over the world, people are refusing the business-as-usual mindset and putting humans back into the civic equation, reimagining work and care, finance and government, urban planning and communication, to make them better and fairer for all. Meet the care workers reclaiming control in India and Lebanon, the people turning slums into safe havens in Kenya and Bangladesh, and champions of people-powered digital democracy in Iceland and Taiwan. There are radical bankers funding renewable energy in the USA and architects redesigning real estate in Australia, new payment systems in Italy and the Philippines that keep money in local communities, and innovators redesigning taxation to cut pollution and incentivise creative solutions. Glimpses of Utopia is a call for optimism. Humans everywhere are rising up to confront our challenges with creativity, resilience and compassion. Harnessing technology and imagination, we can reshape our world to be fair and sustainable. This book shows us how.
Author : Raymond a Moody MD
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,28 MB
Release : 2016-02-22
Category :
ISBN : 9780692655573
In this ground-breaking book, Raymond Moody, Jr., M.D. PhD, named the "father of near-death experiences" by The New York Times, explores the provocative subject of "shared death experiences," the compelling evidence that many people share their loved ones journey from this life to the next. Dr Moody's seminal work, Life After Life, completely changed the way in which we view death and dying. This new work continues his research into the afterlife by exploring in detail a wide-range of case studies, including his own personal experience during the passing of his mother. Glimpses of Eternity offers comfort and hope, and sheds new light on the mysterious adventure we take at the end of life.
