From Where I Sit

Author : Eva Fischer-Dixon
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984518965

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From Where I Sit . . . by Eva Fischer-Dixon Pdf

Charlotte (Lotte) Coleman never thinks much about religion or faith in God, yet she hopes for a great future. She believes that she does not need to pray for things that she can accomplish herself. Her outlook dramatically changes when a car accident sends her and her fianc, Craig, to the hospital. While Craig quickly recovers, Lottes injuries are devastating and leave her unable to see. Craig does the unthinkable and leaves Lotte to face her future without him. During Lottes second hospitalization, she receives a visit from a priest, Father Gabriel, who tells her that she must regain hope and faith in God to succeed in life. Upon his suggestion, Lotte and her family depart on a pilgrimage to Ftima, Portugal. There, while Lotte crawls toward the shrine on her elbows and hands, a man talks to her about his own pilgrimage and prays with her for miracles that he believes could happen. Lotte becomes a believer in God and resigns to her faith, but miracles begin to happen when they land in Geneva to wait for a transfer flight. A doctor from the Geneva Casablanca Institute approaches Lotte with an offer that was too hard to refuse. Lotte believes that it is the beginning of what the strange man and what Father Gabriel were talking about, so she agrees. In Gstaad, Switzerland, she falls in love with two men, Roman, a man in his early sixties, and his right-hand man, Carlos, about Lottes age. Once again, Lotte arrives at a crossroad in her life and she must choose carefully and wisely. Lotte is only certain of one thing, her unshakeable faith in God, and she hopes that she has chosen the right man to live with for the rest of her life.

Author : Mark L. Winston
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781501711565

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From Where I Sit by Mark L. Winston Pdf

A scientist before he was a beekeeper, Mark L. Winston found in his new hobby a paradigm for understanding the role science should play in society. In essays originally appearing as columns in Bee Culture, the leading professional journal, Winston uses beekeeping as a starting point to discuss broader issues, such as how agriculture functions under increasingly complex social and environmental restraints, how scientists grapple with issues of accountability, and how people struggle to maintain contact with the natural world. Winston's reflections on bees, beekeeping, and science cover a period of tumultuous change in North America, a time when new parasites, reduced research funding, and changing economic conditions have disrupted the livelihoods of bee farmers."Managed honeybees in the city provide a major public service by pollinating gardens, fruit trees, and berry bushes, and should be encouraged rather than legislated out of existence. Our cities, groomed and cosmopolitan as they appear, still obey the basic rules of nature, and our gardens and yards are no exception. Homegrown squashes, apple trees, raspberries, peas, beans, and other garden crops require bees to move the pollen from one flower to another, no matter how urbanized or sophisticated the neighborhood."

Author : Kenneth E. Grant
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781728326306

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From Where I Sit by Kenneth E. Grant Pdf

The author has described the poems in this book as the “songs in my heart” since they reflect the many varied experiences life has offered and the colorful variety of people he has been privileged to know. They also reflect the profound impression the natural world has left upon him. Through his poetry he seeks to share these experiences with others. Through his sketches he shares his keen observation of people and nature as seen through the eyes of a mature and sensitive soul.

Author : Bob Rockwell
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-05
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781365005497

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From Where I Sit by Bob Rockwell Pdf

From Where I Sit is a collection of the inane thoughts (those are the polite words) rumbling around in the tequila-soaked brain cells of Bob Rockwell, an old curmudgeon fighting a losing battle with the absurdity and the ridiculousness of everyday life. He rants about the stuff that pisses him off (and that's a lot of stuff), he teases society's morons especially what he calls pretentious assholes (his word, not mine), he maligns those that annoy him, but he is quick to pay tribute to his heroes. He says he writes to consume space on his hard drive but his clever wit is sure to make you chuckle (maybe even giggle) and experience a number of profound ah-ha moments.

Author : Marshall Wall
Publisher : Author House
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781452034300

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From Where I Sit, From Where You Stand by Marshall Wall Pdf

As Marshall, with his wife and family, rolls through life, accompany him. Enjoy the witty and often whimsical episodes that occur. In work, play, travel, community, and worship, ponder the dialogues of opinions, perceptions, events, and realities of being physically challenged. The journey, which includes more than fifty years in a wheelchair, is presented in a topical display in chapters on different arenas of life: The Paradox - Diversities of perceptions and realties. The Good Old Days - Early life on a one-horse farm. Fate Knocked at My Door - The accident. Angels of Mercy - Hospitalization. Letters of Cheer - Student nurses’ letters. Give Me Elbow Grease - Rehabilitation You Can Go Home Again - Summer at home. The Halls of Ivy - Education. Keeping the Faith – Job searching. The Birds and the Bees – Love and passion. Dreams Come True - Marriage and family. Toiling in the Vineyards - Work experiences. No Man is an Island - Community life. On the Road - Travel. God Bless You – God, others, and I. Keeping the Juices Flowing - Adapting Can’t See the Forest for the Trees – Perceptions. Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk – Realities. The Golden Years - The senior years. The Journey has been one of challenges, physical, mental, and spiritual. It included two years of hospitalization and rehabilitation to prepare him to enter a world not yet ready for the physically challenged. He found himself looking inside with no way in. He boarded airplanes by hand-walking the support rails. He dealt with perceptions: “What can you do? You are handicapped!” His faith and hope were tested: Why me, God? Should I marry? Will any company hire me? Successes came: A lovely wife, two beautiful adopted babies, enjoyable work, friendships, health, and joy.

Author : Gladys Bendure Pfeiffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:13529822

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From where I Sit by Gladys Bendure Pfeiffer Pdf

Author : Stephen Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1078150087

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From Where I Sit by Stephen Brown Pdf

From drought to flood, from frost to flame, a plethora of emotions and events spanning over 50 years are recalled from a down home, porch swing perspective. These real-life short stories are derived from fond childhood memories from Wewahitchka, a small rural town in northern Florida. From this quaint village nestled between the Dead Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico, the author strolls the reader through the sidewalks, past the storefronts and dips into the lakes and woods of this sleepy one-red-light town. The follies and fears of he and his family and friends are shared here and provide a long, but not so gentle segue to the laughter and tears of marriage and raising aging parents AND children alike. For your enjoyment, a few pictures have been dispersed among these 40 stories. The author's desire is that you laugh, savor and hopefully relate these events to your own life experiences.

Author : Delores Friesen
Publisher : Kindred Productions
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0921788266

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All are Witnesses by Delores Friesen Pdf

Author : Viola Mock
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781480994188

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Tranquil This by Viola Mock Pdf

Tranquil This By: Viola Mock As a loving mom, author Viola Mock writes this book describing a parent relationship as father and son. It is a story of sharing a life with family members and helping others in need. Mock grew up in a loving family, which is why she spends time teaching about Christ.

Author : Natasha Smith
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781514006221

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Can You Just Sit with Me? by Natasha Smith Pdf

"Why are you still sad about that?" It takes time and space to grieve well, but often our culture doesn't afford us these things. Drawing from her own experience with grief, Natasha Smith invites us into a reflection on what it means to grieve and how to cling to hope even in our darkest moments. Instead of providing quick-fix solutions, this book creates space for us to take time to just sit and grieve, learn, and heal in healthy ways. In Can You Just Sit with Me? Smith provides personal stories, biblical reflections, relevant research, practical tools, and prayers that point us to God, who always sits with us in our grief. Whether we are grieving a loss or supporting a friend who is grieving, this book reminds us that every loss is worthy of the space and grace to grieve.

Author : Witold Rybczynski
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780374713355

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Now I Sit Me Down by Witold Rybczynski Pdf

Have you ever wondered where rocking chairs came from, or why cheap plastic chairs are suddenly everywhere? In Now I Sit Me Down, the distinguished architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the history of the chair from the folding stools of pharaonic Egypt to the ubiquitous stackable monobloc chairs of today. He tells the stories of the inventor of the bentwood chair, Michael Thonet, and of the creators of the first molded-plywood chair, Charles and Ray Eames. He reveals the history of chairs to be a social history--of different ways of sitting, of changing manners and attitudes, and of varying tastes. The history of chairs is the history of who we are. We learn how the ancient Chinese switched from sitting on the floor to sitting in a chair, and how the iconic chair of Middle America--the Barcalounger--traces its roots back to the Bauhaus. Rybczynski weaves a rich tapestry that draws on art and design history, personal experience, and historical accounts. And he pairs these stories with his own delightful hand-drawn illustrations: colonial rockers and English cabrioles, languorous chaise longues, and no-nonsense ergonomic task chairs--they're all here. The famous Danish furniture designer Hans Wegner once remarked, "A chair is only finished when someone sits in it." As Rybczynski tells it, the way we choose to sit and what we choose to sit on speak volumes about our values, our tastes, and the things we hold dear.

Author : Rod Michalko,Dan Goodley
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772840353

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Letters with Smokie by Rod Michalko,Dan Goodley Pdf

Leave it to a dog to put the “human” back in “humanities” In September 2020, Rod Michalko wrote to friend and colleague Dan Goodley, congratulating him on the release of his latest book, Disability and Other Human Questions. Joking that his late guide dog, Smokie, had taken offense to the suggestion that disability was purely a human question, Michalko shared a few thoughts on behalf of his dog. When Goodley wrote back—to Smokie—so began an epistolic exchange that would continue for the next seven months. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world and the realities of lockdown-imposed isolation set in, the Smokie letters provided the friends a space in which to come together in a lively exploration of human-animal relationships and to interrogate disability as disruption, disturbance, and art. Just as he did in life, Smokie guides. In these pages, he offers wisdom about the world, love, friendship, and even The Beatles. His canine observations of human experience provide an avenue into some of the ways blindness might be reconceptualized and “befriended.” Uninhibited by the trappings of traditional academic inquiry, Michalko and Goodley are unleashed, free to wander, to wonder, and to provoke within the bonds of trust and respect. Funny and thoughtful, the result is a refreshing exploration and re-evaluation of learned cultural misunderstandings of disability.

Author : Kenneth Grant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1728326311

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From Where I Sit by Kenneth Grant Pdf

The author has described the poems in this book as the "songs in my heart" since they reflect the many varied experiences life has offered and the colorful variety of people he has been privileged to know. They also reflect the profound impression the natural world has left upon him. Through his poetry he seeks to share these experiences with others. Through his sketches he shares his keen observation of people and nature as seen through the eyes of a mature and sensitive soul.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045435604

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ConRail Authorization--fiscal Year 1979 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2108 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015035788879

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services Pdf