A Compensatory Gift Of Unyielding Sturdiness

Author : Michael A. Connelly
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491755730

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A Compensatory Gift of Unyielding Sturdiness by Michael A. Connelly Pdf

Ronnie Leigh is born with a disfigured face and a questionable gift of unusual intuition inherited from his mother. He gets off to a rocky start in life, with behavioral and personality problems compounded in that he knows, from an early age, that most people are immediately put off by his appearanceand that some even dislike him on sight. With the help of his understanding and loving parents and a caring child psychologist, Ronnie learns to appreciate what he does have, and not dwell on what he does not. What he has innately are intelligence and athletic ability, and what he learns through early adversity are persistence, perspective, the value of hard work in the classroom and on the baseball fieldand, for him especially, the healing, calming, and strengthening power of vigorous exercise, beyond what most people are capable of. Ronnie struggles to make close friends, even as strives to advance as a pitcher in the Boston Red Sox minor-league system. Meanwhile, he has a good heart, extraordinary fighting skills, and that gift/curse of special intuitionthe combination of which forces him to make some difficult decisions, and eventually to undertake some dangerous and extreme but ultimately necessary actions.

Author : Richard Tarnas
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780307804525

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Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas Pdf

"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.

Author : Fred Kofman
Publisher : Currency
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781524760731

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The Meaning Revolution by Fred Kofman Pdf

Advisor of Leadership at Google and former vice president of leadership at LinkedIn claims that the biggest driver of motivation is the chance to serve a larger purpose beyond our careers and ourselves, rather than salary, benefits, bonuses, or other material incentives; companies that are able to successfully focus their people, their teams, and their culture around meaning outperform their competition. Fred Kofman's approach to leadership has little to do with the standard practices taught in business school and traditional books. Bringing together economics and business theory, communications and conflict resolution, family counseling and mindfulness mediation, Kofman argues in The Meaning Revolution that our most deep-seated, unspoken, and universal anxiety stems from our fear that our life is being wasted--that the end of life will overtake us when our song is still unsung. Material incentives--salary and benefits--account for perhaps 15 percent of employees' motivation at work. The other 85 percent is driven by a need to belong, a feeling that what we do day in and day out makes a difference, that how we spend our time on earth serves a larger purpose beyond just ourselves. Kofman claims that transcendental leaders, wherever they are in the hierarchy, are able to put aside their self-interests and help others to feel connected with others on a team or in an organization on a great mission and part of an ennobling purpose. He argues that every organization involved in work that is nonviolent and non addictive has what he calls an "immortality project" at its core. And the challenge for leaders is to identify and expand on that core, to inspire all stakeholders to take part.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : RMS:RMS1LVS$000005950$$$W

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An Arabic-English Lexicon by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edward William Lane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Arabic language
ISBN : UOM:39015024471974

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An Arabic-English Lexicon: ā-th by Edward William Lane Pdf

Author : Jordan B. Peterson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135961756

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Maps of Meaning by Jordan B. Peterson Pdf

Why have people from different cultures and eras formulated myths and stories with similar structures? What does this similarity tell us about the mind, morality, and structure of the world itself? From the author of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos comes a provocative hypothesis that explores the connection between what modern neuropsychology tells us about the brain and what rituals, myths, and religious stories have long narrated. A cutting-edge work that brings together neuropsychology, cognitive science, and Freudian and Jungian approaches to mythology and narrative, Maps of Meaning presents a rich theory that makes the wisdom and meaning of myth accessible to the critical modern mind.

Author : Edward William Lane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Arabic language
ISBN : UIUC:30112031759845

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An Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNF:CF005685393

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An Arabic-English Lexicon Derived from the Best and the Most Copious Eastern Sources Composed by Means of the Munificence of the Most Noble Algernon and the Bounty of the British Government by Edward William Lane by Anonim Pdf

Author : Harold Joseph Laski
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Authority
ISBN : 9781584772750

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Authority in the Modern State by Harold Joseph Laski Pdf

Laski [1893-1950] intended this work to be a sequel to Studies in the Problem of Sovereignty (1917). He argues that sovereignty is best understood as a type of authority, and he supports his case with examples drawn principally from modern French history. After tracing the origins of his subject, Laski considers the significance of Bonald, Lamennais, Royer-Collard and the Syndicalist movement.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Society of Friends
ISBN : MINN:31951000733187P

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The Friend by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Gilmore Simms
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Southern States
ISBN : NYPL:33433075888200

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Southern Passages and Pictures by William Gilmore Simms Pdf

Author : Florence Hartley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : History
ISBN : HARVARD:32044009635152

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Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politéness by Florence Hartley Pdf

Do unto others as you would others should do to you. You can never be rude if you bear the rule always in mind, for what lady likes to be treated rudely? True Christian politeness will always be the result of an unselfish regard for the feelings of others, and though you may err in the ceremonious points of etiquette, you will never be im polite. Politeness, founded upon such a rule, becomes the expression, in graceful manner, of social virtues. The spirit of politeness consists in a certain attention to forms and ceremonies, which are meant both to please others and ourselves, and to make others pleased with us ;a still clearer definition may be given by saying that politeness is goodness of heart put into daily practice; the.re can be no true, politeness without kindness, purity, singleness of heart, and sensibility. Many believe that politeness is but a mask worn in the world to conceal bad passions and impulses, and to make a show of possessing virtues not really existing in the heart; thus, that politeness is merely hypocrisy and dissimulation. Do not believe this; be certain that those who profess such a doctrine are practising themselves the deceit they condemn so much.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UIUC:30112123321926

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The Lancet by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924069724908

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The Pall Mall Budget by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jason Bulmahn,Rich Burlew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
ISBN : 0786941189

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Dungeonscape by Jason Bulmahn,Rich Burlew Pdf

Explore and build fantastic dungeons with this latest in the Environment series of player- and Dungeon Master-friendly supplements. "Dungeonscape" presents new character options as well as tools for Dungeon Masters to create exciting and memorable dungeon environments.