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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 315 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A new essay collection assesses today's political climate and the mysteries of faith, from the influence of intellectual minds on society's political consciousness to the way that beauty informs and disciplines daily life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Many people search for spiritual meaning, hope, comfort, and inner peace in their personal lives. The most common path to spirituality around the world is through religion. Although the variety of religions may seem endless, many similarities exist among the major religions of the world, including the belief in one or more gods and the honoring of rituals, stories, ceremonies, codes of conduct, and doctrines, or sets of teachings. In this well-balanced...
Author
Language
English
Description
"'I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen,' Anne Lamott admits at the beginning of Almost Everything. Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest--when we are, as she puts it, 'doomed, stunned, exhausted, and over-caffeinated'--the seeds of rejuvenation are at hand. 'All truth is paradox,'...
6) From strength to strength: finding success, happiness, and deep purpose in the second half of life
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Language
English
Description
"The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks. Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice our decline, and the more painful...
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Language
English
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Description
An award-winning best-seller from the UK recounts how the author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father, endeavored to train for the first time a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.
"As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle...
Author
Publisher
W Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xv, 208 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kathie Lee Gifford has for decades had deep conversations about her faith with anyone who is interested in talking about it. What she discovered early on is most people want to talk about Jesus: atheists, agnostics, Scientologists, broken-hearted Catholics, confused Baptists, Pentecostals, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Hindus alike. While some do not share her belief that Jesus is the Messiah, they nonetheless have a universal fascination with Him. This...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Language
English
Description
It's no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. In the first chapter, Tolle introduces readers to enlightenment and its natural...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Con texto organizado cuidadosamente en niveles y fotografias frescas y vibrantes captamos la atención de los jóvenes lectores para que aprendan sobre las tradiciones y celebraciones de Navidad. Además de contar con un glosario de imágenes, ayudamos a desarrollar habilidades de lectura informativa con preguntas de pensamiento crítico apropiadas para esta edad. Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before the sacred Scriptures were ever written, there was a much earlier text: The Book of Nature. Barbara Mahany invites us to discover an ancient theology that focuses on the text of God first revealed through creation--nature in all its kaleidoscopic turnings." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
¿Cuál es la celebración más importante en la India? ¡El Diwali! A esta celebración también se le conoce como el festival de luces. Aprende sobre lo que hace la gente para festejar esta festividad especial. Fotografias llenas de color ilustran la belleza del evento. El texto cuidadosamente organizado en niveles provee información clave. Las preguntas de pensamiento crítico a nivel apropiado ayudan a los lectores a profundizar en la información...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
¡La Pascua ha llegado! Aprende sobre los símbolos de Pascua como los huevos, los conejos y las flores. También, aprende sobre las diferentes maneras en que la gente festeja esta celebración primaveral. Las fotografías llamativas y el texto cuidadosamente organizado en niveles invitan a los lectores a ser parte de esta divertida celebración. Además de tener un glosario con imágenes, ayudamos a desarrollar habilidades de lectura informativa...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Con texto cuidadosamente organizado en niveles y fotografias frescas y vibrantes capturamos la atención de los jóvenes lectores para que aprendan sobre las tradiciones y celebraciones de Ramadán y Eid al-Fitr. Además de tener un glosario con imágenes, ayudamos a desarrollar habilidades de lectura informativa con preguntas de pensamiento crítico apropiadas para esta edad. Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
¡Feliz Día de San Patricio! En los Estados Unidos la gente se viste de verde y organiza desfiles para celebrar todo lo que sea irlandés. Los lectores aprenderán acerca de las tradiciones del Día de San Patricio y las razones por las cuales se festeja esta celebración. Las fotografias llenas de color y el texto cuidadosamente organizado en niveles proveen información a los lectores y los ayudarán a entender cómo celebrar esta festividad. Las...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Con texto cuidadosamente organizado en niveles y fotografias frescas y vibrantes capturamos la atención de los jóvenes lectores para que aprendan sobre las tradiciones y celebraciones de Hanukkah. Además de tener un glosario con imágenes, ayudamos a desarrollar habilidades de lectura informativa con preguntas de pensamiento crítico apropiadas para esta edad. Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercises as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness-being awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within it an opportunity to work toward greater self-understanding and peacefulness.
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Language
English
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Description
"For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. Waking Up is for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Throughout the book, Harris argues...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Who better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith?
As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle the Third Reich from the inside. One of these was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor and author.
In this New York Times bestselling biography, Eric Metaxas takes
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