Author : B. Hallen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,17 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253338068
Hallen asks the Yoruba onisegun - the wisest and most accomplished herbalists or traditional healers - what it means to be good and beautiful. The onisegun explain the subtleties and intricacies of Yoruba language use and philosophy behind particular word choices. Their instructions reveal the depth of Yoruba aesthetics and ethics.
Author : Sam Kashner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,30 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780393324365
Looks at the scandals, morals and sleaze of 1950's Hollywood.
Author : Joseph Pearce
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 21,56 MB
Release : 2023-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1642292494
Christ is "the way, and the truth, and the life";, but fallen mankind, although made in Christ's image, is not so pure. Human history—including Church history—is a tapestry woven of three threads: the good, the bad, and the beautiful. This book tells the story of Christendom over two millennia, focusing on what was good, bad, and beautiful in each century. These three threads run through the heart of every person, revealing the pattern of our individual lives. These very same threads bind together the collective lives of men and make up the fabric of culture and civilization. No one saw this three-dimensional form more clearly than Benedict XVI. For him, the goodness of the saints and the beauty of art are the only antidote to the dark thread of evil that runs through history. Inspired by this insight, Joseph Pearce presents the past twenty centuries to show how goodness and beauty—stemming from God himself—work to conquer the bad.
Author : Amy Stewart
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 22,36 MB
Release : 2008-03-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1565126459
A globe-trotting, behind-the-scenes look at the dazzling world of flowers and the fascinating industry it has created. Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has sought—for better or worse—to achieve perfection. She tracks down the hybridizers, geneticists, farmers, and florists working to invent, manufacture, and sell flowers that are bigger, brighter, and sturdier than anything nature can provide. There's a scientist intent on developing the first genetically modified blue rose; an eccentric horticultural legend who created the most popular lily; a breeder of gerberas of every color imaginable; and an Ecuadorean farmer growing exquisite roses, the floral equivalent of a Tiffany diamond. And, at every turn she discovers the startling intersection of nature and technology, of sentiment and commerce.
Author : Annie Ward
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 23,7 MB
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1488099596
A perfect marriage reveals its dark secrets in this psychological thriller of a devoted wife, her veteran husband, and a shocking murder. Maddie and Ian’s love story began with a chance encounter at a party overseas; he was serving in the British Army and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian’s PTSD; her concerns for the safety of their young son; and the couple’s tangled and tumultuous past with Jo. From the Balkans to England, Iraq to Manhattan, and finally to an ordinary family home in Kansas, sixteen years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking crime.
Author : Wright Doyle
Publisher : Light Messages Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 26,99 MB
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1611532922
Obstacles and challenges are a normal part of married life. Here’s how you get through them. This book will lead you to understand what happens when two people tie the proverbial knot. The trials and obstacles that inevitably follow are nothing unusual—how they are handled is what helps distinguish a successful marriage from an unsuccessful one. Specific advice about handling finances, keeping house, sexual relations, bringing up children, and other very important matters will not be found here. Instead, The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful focuses on the relationship between husband and wife, for from this flows the motivation, energy, and wisdom to deal with the problems and challenges facing married couples. Unless you make this relationship your main concern, all your efforts in other areas of married life will be out of balance and ultimately unsuccessful. If you are seeking a successful and fulfilling marriage, or the restoration of a failing one, you will find meaning and hope in the joys of learning and practicing God's blessed plan for husband and wife.
Author : Chantelle Malone
Publisher : Chantelle M Malone
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 20,79 MB
Release : 2016-04-09
Category :
ISBN : 9780692652008
What does one get when four young women with different morals, personalities, and upbringings are thrown into a life or death situation? Jackie is a young, naive, depressed young lady. She comes from a home, and parents who never wanted or loved her. Peach is a middle aged Christian woman. Her parents were absent most of her life, so she was raised by her grandma. Jewel is a young women who was born to two very wealthy parents. Jewel has always been pampered with the finer things in life. She feels like if you have money you have everything. Giselle is a young talented women. Her mother discovers she has the voice of an angel at a very early age. All she wants is to fulfill her mother's promise of becoming a singer, but it's easier said than done. These four women board the Paradise cruise ship for what they thought would be the vacation of a lifetime. They had every intention of having a great time, when in the middle of the night tragedy strikes. They started out as strangers, but as there situation becomes tense and desperate, they find out a lot about each other. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, And The Beautiful....."
Author : Trudy M. Wassenaar
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1118107667
"This book introduces bacteria and basic microbiological concepts to readers without previous background in the subject. Each chapter concentrates on a particular topic and can be read in isolation or as part of the whole, and wherever possible points are illustrated through real-world examples and short stories. Although bacterial scientific names are used and translated when possible, in general scientific jargon is avoided in order to make the material as accessible as possible for the lay reader"--
Author : Fiona Richmond
Publisher : Black Lace
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 16,34 MB
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9780352305565
Author : Ron Lewis
Publisher : Beyond Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 33,96 MB
Release : 2021-09-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781637921197
Out of the ashes of September 11, 2001, unique miracles in the lives of New Yorkers began to unfold... People shocked by the terrorist attacks were now drawn to an "off-Broadway" theatre in Times Square, where fears and addictions were broken, and minds and hearts were put back together again. A church was started with just a handful of believers, resulting in one changed life after another, with stories growing into the hundreds, then thousands. Miracles in Manhattan shares the story of those who came through real-life desperation, despair, and hopelessness, to find transformed lives of meaning and purpose, with an impact felt around the world. "These stories must be told... I couldn't put it down!" Sue Kroll, Emmy-Award Winning TV News Producer
