Cartesian Reflections


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One of the world's leading Descartes scholars explores central areas of his philosophy, including his views on the nature of thought, the relationship between mind and body, his scientific worldview and its influence on modern thinking, the place of God in his philosophical system, and his account of the emotions and the good life.




Good Call


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The iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser returns in an outstanding new addition to the New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins.




Daily Reflections for Lent


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Not by Bread Alone offers daily reflections and meditations that focus on the Lenten themes of repentance and redemption, sacrifice and salvationas well as the Easter message of resurrection and new life.










Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man


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A classic, controversial book exploring German culture and identity by the author of Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain, now back in print. When the Great War broke out in August 1914, Thomas Mann, like so many people on both sides of the conflict, was exhilarated. Finally, the era of decadence that he had anatomized in Death in Venice had come to an end; finally, there was a cause worth fighting and even dying for, or, at least when it came to Mann himself, writing about. Mann immediately picked up his pen to compose a paean to the German cause. Soon after, his elder brother and lifelong rival, the novelist Heinrich Mann, responded with a no less determined denunciation. Thomas took it as an unforgivable stab in the back. The bitter dispute between the brothers would swell into the strange, tortured, brilliant, sometimes perverse literary performance that is Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man, a book that Mann worked on and added to throughout the war and that bears an intimate relation to his postwar masterpiece The Magic Mountain. Wild and ungainly though Mann’s reflections can be, they nonetheless constitute, as Mark Lilla demonstrates in a new introduction, a key meditation on the freedom of the artist and the distance between literature and politics. The NYRB Classics edition includes two additional essays by Mann: “Thoughts in Wartime” (1914), translated by Mark Lilla and Cosima Mattner; and “On the German Republic” (1922), translated by Lawrence Rainey.




Reflections


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The book chronicles James Jeffers' life from about age two but it purposefully falls short of being either memoirs or autobiography. With this work he has attempted to simply record for his children, grandchildren, and others the wonderful events of his life as he experienced them. The book covers thousands of miles of travel along with living and working with peoples of differing cultures on three continents and in the Caribbean, five foreign countries, and fifteen different states spanning the nation from coast to coast to coast.







A Reflection of Hope


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A Reflection of Hope By: Kathy Adams Holt I want to dedicate this book to my husband Jonathan E. Holt A reflection is a subject of thoughts and consideration for hope A look into the now with visions, dreams and aspirations for things yet to come As you reflect, your mind lets you wander to yesterday, today, tomorrow and beyond. Sometimes we reflect on troubled times. Yet trouble we haven’t even asked for We often get discouraged and give up easily. As you reflect, remember what Jesus said, “Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Don’t be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me.’” Reflect on God’s words and the promises He made us




From the Heart of a Gentle Brother


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Bartholomew will inspire you to love to the best of your heart's ability, to be accepting of all parts of your life, and to remember that there is a Power that exists, without question, and it helps to guide your life.