Author : Serge Gruzinski
Publisher : Polity
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 10,67 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0745647529
Gruzinski's sensitive analysis brings out the singularities of the two visions, that of Islam and that of America, each already keeping a watchful eye on the other and yet irreducibly different, with this question always in the background: what did it mean to 'think the world' at the dawn of modern times?
Author : Marco Antonio Caio
Publisher : Youcanprint
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8892609033
Caio Marco Antonio was born in Benghazi, Libya. He has spent 20 years of his life in North Africa and in the Sahara Desert, working for an oil company. He lives in Berlin, Germany, and Rome, Italy. This book is a collection of many e-mails, received from different parts of the world. Most of them deal with muslims and their own way of looking at things.
Author : David Janzen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,82 MB
Release : 2024-07-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
This eccentric title recalls a collection of tales first told to grandchildren at bedtime. Each chapter begins with a fun-to-read farmer-boy story from the 1940s, an era before industrial farming when horses, cows, and chickens were still members of the family. These anecdotes each launch a theme that splashes down with further development in later decades of life. Diverse topics include imaginative play, construction crew humor, animal intelligence, contemplative prayer and journal writing, rural and urban farming, communal wisdom, and affordable housing, along with a few serious pranks and the prophetic mischief that follows. This memoir is also a confession in the pattern of Augustine, reflecting on God's in-breaking initiatives and the writer's emerging sense of calling in lifelong conversation with Jesus. Its stories offer a series of curiosity-driven on-ramps into eight decades of transformative experiences for curious souls to ponder an open-eyed faith and a communal way of life for the long haul.
Author : Jo Gabriel
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 25,41 MB
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1514427400
Jos mission is to connect with any who can relate to or care about abuse on any and all levels. Jos vision is to see gaps of misunderstanding bridged between all who come in touch with victimizationwhether between victims, survivors, first responders, aggressors, perpetrators, or mere bystanders. Without those bridges, there will never be growth. Jos mission and vision continue to keep her focused on her work. It is clear to her that those bridges between peoples will only be as strong as those who are working together to build them.
Author : Lathan Hudson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1304122336
This is the memoir of Lathan Hudson's successful 18 years as a Nashville country music songwriter. He tells it like it was with the stars and the movers and shakers, recalling the hilarious, as well as bittersweet, details of his experience. If you're a country music fan, if you've ever wondered what it's like behind the scenes with the best known celebrities in country music, this is a book you won't want to miss.
Author : Elizabeth Berg
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345517326
Even on their wedding day, John and Irene sensed that they were about to make a mistake. Years later, divorced, dating other people, and living in different parts of the country, they seem to have nothing in common—nothing except the most important person in each of their lives: Sadie, their spirited eighteen-year-old daughter. Feeling smothered by Irene and distanced from John, Sadie is growing more and more attached to her new boyfriend, Ron. When tragedy strikes, Irene and John come together to support the daughter they love so dearly. What takes longer is to remember how they really feel about each other. Elizabeth Berg’s immense talent shines in this unforgettable novel about the power of love, the unshakeable bonds of family, and the beauty of second chances.
Author : Michael S Foster
Publisher : Dragonfall Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 32,14 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
A novella about a girl living in a remote mountain village who finds out there is more to the world than she imagines.
Author : Les Kaluza
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1678174130
Merriam Press Memoir. Once Upon a Time There Was a War is a kaleidoscope of events. It starts with World War II seen through the eyes of a child. The author was only nine years old when the war started and he writes about his memories of horrible events like hangings and executions of innocent people; senseless killings that brought misery to so many lives. But, being only a child, he also had times of fun and play. The reality of war, however, was ever-present. Despite those dark times, Les remained an optimist; he had his dreams of becoming an animator and of going to Hollywood. He didn't know how, but he was sure that someday he would reach his goal. Les reached his goal and had a long career working for studios in Poland, as well as Disney and Hanna-Barbera in the U.S., and others. Those fascinating stories, and many more, are also in this memoir.
Author : Various
Publisher : Virago
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 33,18 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0748119477
Virago Press and the Asham Award, the foremost prize for stories by women, present a collection of tales to send you to places you've never been before . . . Here are tales of people who travel far and those who stay at home and dream; of strange things in suitcases; of roads that should not have been taken; of exotic cities and shabby towns. Some are running away, and some are travelling to come home. With new stories from well-known writers, including Helen Dunmore, and an Angela Carter fable, this is a book to tuck in your backpack, your valise or to enjoy, deep in your armchair, for no one can fail to be hooked by those beguiling words: once upon a time there was a traveller . . .
Author : Marcella Hannon Shields Ph. D.
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 24,42 MB
Release : 2008-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0595461069
Once Upon a Time There Was a Little Girl shares the moving stories of seven women who as young girls experienced the early loss of their mothers through death or physical or emotional abandonment. The women explore their personal traumas through their responses to seven fairy tales in which there was no nurturing maternal presence. Dr. Marcella Shields is a psychologist with over thirty years of experience who reveals the inspiring journeys of these women who eventually triumph over suffering and learn to rely on the bond they have formed with each other to help reclaim their passion for life. By exploring seven timeless fairy tales in which the heroine finds her way through the grief of abandonment, the women offer a deeper understanding of the significance of the mother-daughter bond and the devastating consequences for the daughter if this bond is ruptured early. The poignant life stories and dreams courageously offered by these women show how fairy tales allowed them to understand and refashion themselves, and provide a source of encouragement and hope for other women who have experienced early maternal loss. Fathers raising daughters without a consistent maternal presence will also find the reflections valuable.
