A Life Unimagined

Author : Williams S Aaron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1737404605

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A Life Unimagined by Williams S Aaron Pdf

Author : Jennifer Eikenhorst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Adjustment (Psychology)
ISBN : 9798449750440

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Left Turn : Life Unimagined by Jennifer Eikenhorst Pdf

Jenna Anderson, a small town middle school teacher, at thirty-six years old, she felt confident in her personhood, motherhood, purpose-hood, and all the other “hoods.” On an ordinary fall Tuesday Jenna and her daughters made a left turn home and the unimaginable happened; an accident. Life took a tragic turn for many people when Jenna collided with a motorcyclist. Everything began to unravel and life as she knew it was falling apart, her identity, faith and mental health. She battles the voices of guilt and whispers of shame and countless questions without hope of answers on this side of heaven. Specifically questions like, why did David have to die? Will she be sentenced to prison? Can her marriage survive? How can she forgive herself? This is the raw and transparent journey to find her faith, restore hope, and accept forgiveness."--

Author : Damien Stankiewicz
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442628793

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Europe Un-Imagined by Damien Stankiewicz Pdf

Damien Stankiewicz's ground-breaking ethnographic study of the various contexts of media production work at ARTE (the newsroom, the editing studio, the screening room), reveals how ideas about French, German, and European culture coalesce and circulate at the channel.

Author : Robert Thornton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520942653

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Unimagined Community by Robert Thornton Pdf

This groundbreaking work, with its unique anthropological approach, sheds new light on a central conundrum surrounding AIDS in Africa. Robert J. Thornton explores why HIV prevalence fell during the 1990s in Uganda despite that country's having one of Africa's highest fertility rates, while during the same period HIV prevalence rose in South Africa, the country with Africa's lowest fertility rate. Thornton finds that culturally and socially determined differences in the structure of sexual networks—rather than changes in individual behavior—were responsible for these radical differences in HIV prevalence. Incorporating such factors as property, mobility, social status, and political authority into our understanding of AIDS transmission, Thornton's analysis also suggests new avenues for fighting the disease worldwide.

Author : Imran Ahmad
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000109983761

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Unimagined by Imran Ahmad Pdf

Part "White Teeth", part "Adrian Mole", "Unimagined" is the captivatingemoir of a Muslim boy born in Pakistan, who moves to London aged one androws up torn between his Islamic identity and his desire to embrace the West.he endearing narrator recalls his childhood in a series of vivid snapshots:utrage as deserved victory is snatched away from him in the Karachi Bonnieaby contest; bitterness as he is tricked out of his collection of Tarzanubble-gum cards by junior con artists; the heady taste of success in theetropolitan Police schools quiz; joy at passing the entrance exam to theocal grammar school; uncertainty as he seeks to become a doctor (like allood Asian boys); and shock at experiencing racist abuse from pupils,eighbours and strangers. Imran's response is a determined quest to becomehe quintessential English gentleman: tie perfectly knotted, shirt pristinelyroned, hair neatly combed.;Like most boys, he has a parallel obsession withars and girls: he yearns to emulate his hero, Simon Templar in The Saint, byriving off into the distance in a Jaguar XJS and encountering danger,

Author : Tom Koch
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780262304603

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Thieves of Virtue by Tom Koch Pdf

An argument against the “lifeboat ethic” of contemporary bioethics that views medicine as a commodity rather than a tradition of care and caring. Bioethics emerged in the 1960s from a conviction that physicians and researchers needed the guidance of philosophers in handling the issues raised by technological advances in medicine. It blossomed as a response to the perceived doctor-knows-best paternalism of the traditional medical ethic and today plays a critical role in health policies and treatment decisions. Bioethics claimed to offer a set of generally applicable, universally accepted guidelines that would simplify complex situations. In Thieves of Virtue, Tom Koch contends that bioethics has failed to deliver on its promises. Instead, he argues, bioethics has promoted a view of medicine as a commodity whose delivery is predicated not on care but on economic efficiency. At the heart of bioethics, Koch writes, is a “lifeboat ethic” that assumes “scarcity” of medical resources is a natural condition rather than the result of prior economic, political, and social choices. The idea of natural scarcity requiring ethical triage signaled a shift in ethical emphasis from patient care and the physician's responsibility for it to neoliberal accountancies and the promotion of research as the preeminent good. The solution to the failure of bioethics is not a new set of simplistic principles. Koch points the way to a transformed medical ethics that is humanist, responsible, and defensible.

Author : Imran Ahmad
Publisher : Paperbooks
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1907756337

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Unimagined by Imran Ahmad Pdf

Imran Ahmad remembers his childhood in a series of vivid snapshots: outrage as deserved victory is snatched away from him in the Karachi Bonnie Baby contest; being tricked out of his collection of Tarzan bubblegum cards by a junior con artist; the heady taste of success in the Metropolitan Police schools quiz; joy at passing the entrance exam to the local grammar school; and shock at experiencing racist abuse from pupils, neighbors, and strangers. After moving to London from Karachi at age two, Imran's response to his strange new surroundings is to engage in an eternal quest to become the quintessential English gentleman: tie perfectly knotted, shirt pristinely ironed, hair neatly combed. Like most boys, he also has a parallel obsession with cars and girls: he yearns to go driving off into the distance in a Jaguar XJS and encountering danger, adventure, and a vivacious brunette. This is a lighthearted and amusing look at the results of East meeting West inside the head of a precocious and headstrong boy.

Author : Dean Gualco
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780595359059

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The Meaning of Life by Dean Gualco Pdf

This leads to my definition of life. In many ways, it is quite simple: It is using your talents to, in some small way, make a difference in this world. Whether it's working with the environment, or our educational system, or those with physical or mental challenges, or those in the dawn or twilight of their lives, meaning is achieved by working towards and leaving behind something of value to the next generation. It matters little whether your aspiration or dream was realized: we'll never have world peace, or feed the hungry, or avoid catastrophic diseases or illnesses. What matters is that you tried, that you worked to make the world a better place. What matters is that, when you look back over your life, you can say that you fought the good fight, that you did what was right, and that you made a difference in this world. In The Meaning of Life, author Dean Gualco tackles an assortment of questions that many of us have asked at one point or other: Why are we here? What is our purpose? How does one lead a decent and honorable life? Divided into five sections, The Meaning of Life seeks to provide the answers. With discussions that include determining what you stand for, doing the best with what you have, and living life with the knowledge that it goes by in a blink, Gualco provides a thought-provoking study of an issue that has perplexed man for centuries.

Author : Carolyn G. Heilbrun
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307802149

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The Last Gift of Time by Carolyn G. Heilbrun Pdf

From the author of Writing a Woman's Life comes an inspirational reflection on aging and the gift of life in your 70s and beyond. When she was young, distinguished author and critic Carolyn Heilbrun solemnly vowed to end her life when she turned seventy. But on the advent of that fateful birthday, she realized that her golden years had been full of unforeseen pleasures. Now, the astute and ever-insightful Heilbrun muses on the emotional and intellectual insights that brought her "to choose each day for now, to live." There are reflections on her new house and her sturdy, comfortable marriage; sweet solitude and the pleasures of sex at an advanced age; the fascination with e-mail and the joy of discovering unexpected friends. Even the encroachments of loss, pain, and sadness that come with age cannot spoil Heilbrun's moveable feast. They are merely the price of bountiful living.

Author : Dimitria Christakis
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781973630456

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Connecting the Dots . . . by Dimitria Christakis Pdf

For those individuals who are educated and/or more rational-minded, for those who have a passion for looking at the world and its various cultures and perspectives, for those who love literature and logic, or for those who may be searching and yearning, but not yet finding, this book is for you. Quite simply, it will take you by storm. If you are already a Christian, you will find the testimony here edifying and enriching. This book is one-of-a-kind in that it records the state of mind and heart of one journeying into the world of faith and love for Jesus Christ as it is transpiring.

Author : Aaron T. Brownell
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1475936133

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The Long Path by Aaron T. Brownell Pdf

There are times when you get more than you expect. Chris Anderson is having one of those times. After receiving an intriguing email, the unassuming college professor jets off to Europe to inspect a French manuscript reported to reference the Knights Templar. Quickly drawn into the research, the obsessive Templar scholar realizes that the enigma before him is actually the start of a quest. Unwilling to let go, he heads out across Europe chasing one clue after another, and slowly puzzling out the path that leads to the hiding place of the lost Templar treasure. Shadowed at every step by a ruthless assassin; Anderson follows the twisting path that somehow bring him back to North America. With a small group of good friends in support, Professor Anderson follows the path to its end, and the most unlikely of hiding places. The assassin, seeing the group has located the treasure, confronts Anderson and his friends in a bid to seize it for himself. The small town treasure hunters must outwit their adversary or end up casualties of the chase. But, if they do survive, what will they do with the treasure. Starting in the restrained world of academia and moving out into the hurried locals of Europe and America, The Long Path follows a puzzle built by generations of loyal Guardians. Anderson stands and protects the past in a climax fitting of any Knights Templar battle.

Author : Fiona MacCarthy
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780571265831

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William Morris: A Life for Our Time by Fiona MacCarthy Pdf

Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, and described by A.S.Byatt as 'one of the finest biographies ever published', this is Fiona MacCarthy's magisterial biography of William Morris, legendary designer and father of the Victorian Arts and Crafts movement. 'Thrilling, absorbing and majestic.' Independent 'Wonderfully ambitious ... The definitive Morris biography.' Sunday Times 'Delicious and intelligent, full of shining detail and mysteries respected.' Daily Telegraph ' Oh, the careful detail of this marvellous book! . . . A model of scholarly biography'. New Statesman Since his death in 1896, William Morris has been celebrated as a giant of the Victorian era. But his genius was so multifaceted and so profound that its full extent has rarely been grasped. Many people may find it hard to believe that the greatest English designer of his time - possibly of all time - could also be internationally renowned as a founder of the socialist movement, and ranked as a poet with Tennyson and Browning. In her definitive biography - insightful, comprehensive, addictively readable - the award-winning Fiona MacCarthy gives us a richly detailed portrait of Morris's complex character for the first time, shedding light on his immense creative powers as artist and designer of furniture, fabrics, wallpaper, stained glass, tapestry, and books; his role as a poet, novelist and translator; on his psychology and his emotional life; his frenetic activities as polemicist and reformer; and his remarkable circle of friends, literary, artistic and political, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones. It is a masterpiece of biographical art.

Author : Matthew Kelly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780743273510

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The Rhythm of Life by Matthew Kelly Pdf

In this classic bestseller, acclaimed author and speaker Matthew Kelly offers inspiring, take-charge strategies to help you discover your deepest desires, identify your unique talents, and lead a life filled with passion and purpose. Do you ever feel that if you weren’t so busy you would be happier, healthier, more effective, more fulfilled...and maybe even a better person? The Rhythm of Life will help you to bring into focus who you are and why you are here. Through this book Matthew Kelly will help you discover your legitimate needs, deepest desires, and unique talents—and become the-best-version-of-yourself. He helps you bring into focus who you are, why you are here, and what possibilities stand before you... Everything is a choice. This is life’s greatest truth and its hardest lesson. It is a great truth because it reminds us of our power to live the life of our dreams. It is a hard lesson because it causes us to realize that we have chosen the life we are living right now. The measure of your life will be the measure of your courage. Fear stops more people from doing something with their lives than lack of ability, contacts, resources, or any other single variable. Fear paralyzes the human spirit. Life takes courage. With this groundbreaking guide, Kelly cuts through the stifling clutter of our everyday lives and delivers a clarity that is both refreshing and liberating.

Author : Sara Shipman
Publisher : Sara Shipman
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Real Life Astrology: The Planets in Signs by Sara Shipman Pdf

Real Life Astrology: the Planets in Signs, is a comprehensive guide to the planets in your birth chart. In this book, Sara Shipman provides you with complete delineations of each planet in each zodiac sign, making this an essential resource for the reader who wants to take their knowledge of astrology up to the next level. With her characteristically down to earth approach, Sara’s delineations are both insightful and relatable. If you want to learn more about the planetary placements in your birth chart - and learn more about yourself - this book will provide you with everything you need to know about interpreting your natal chart planets in their signs. This is the third book in the Real Life Astrology series.

Author : Tremaine Du Preez
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9789814771429

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Raising Thinkers: Preparing Your Child for the Journey of Life by Tremaine Du Preez Pdf

The skills in shortest supply for the future workplace are not technical, but behavioural – creativity, problem-solving and critical thinking. Raising Thinkers begins with an exploration of this skills gap in developed countries across the East and West from a national, corporate and educational perspective. In Asia there is growing unhappiness with a school system that is too narrowly focused on rote learning and teaching to test. In the West there is much debate about the efficacy of school systems that either cater largely to the lowest levels of ability or that too blindly strive to top global education rankings. Raising Thinkers provides insight into the future that today’s children will inhabit as adults and what public school systems are currently serving up. It covers the mechanics of high-level, critical and creative thinking, problem solving and decision making and proposes a curiosity-based approach to problems that should be taught right from school-going years. School reform will always lag behind the ever evolving needs of the corporate world. For current scholars and parents, change will come too late – therefore Raising Thinkers is also a guide aimed at helping parents and caregivers bridge the skills gap in fun, useful and practical ways.