His Last Words

Author : Kim Erickson
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802494641

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His Last Words by Kim Erickson Pdf

Imagine knowing you only have several more hours to live. Picture the faces of your loved ones gathered around you. Allow the emotions to rise up in your heart. What would you say? John 13–17 records Jesus’ last words to the disciples before His death, revealing what was most important to Him. When we study those words and prayers today, we enter deep into the heart of Jesus and come away changed: overwhelmed by the love of God, inspired to follow Him, and empowered to spread the gospel. His Last Words is an 7-week Bible study that plumbs the depths of Jesus’ final teachings to the disciples. It features: A verse-by-verse study of John 13–17 and portions of John 18–21 Five lessons each week, one set aside for reflection and prayer Discussion questions for small groups Two weeks for review, reflection, and application and more Jesus’ last words are words of eternal life—powerful and full of love. If you’ve been longing for more intimacy in your relationship with God, more meaning in your life, and more boldness in your witness, His Last Words will draw you into just what you need: the Word of God.

Author : Karl S. Guthke
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1992-10-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400820719

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Last Words by Karl S. Guthke Pdf

Whether Goethe actually cried "More light!" on his deathbed, or whether Conrad Hilton checked out of this world after uttering "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub," last words, regardless of authenticity, have long captured the imagination of Western society. In this playfully serious investigation based on factual accounts, anecdotes, literary works, and films, Karl Guthke explores the cultural importance of those words spoken at the border between this world and the next. The exit lines of both famous and ordinary people embody for us a sense of drama and truthfulness and reveal much about our thoughts on living and dying. Why this interest in last words? Presenting statements from such figures as Socrates, Nathan Hale, Marie Antoinette, and Oscar Wilde ("I am dying as I have lived, beyond my means"), Guthke examines our fascination in terms of our need for closure, our desire for immortality, and our attraction to the mystique of death scenes. The author considers both authentic and invented final statements as he looks at the formation of symbols and legends and their function in our culture. Last words, handed down from generation to generation like cultural heirlooms, have a good chance of surviving in our collective memory. They are shown to epitomize a life, convey a sense of irony, or play to an audience, as in the case of the assassinated Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, who is said to have died imploring journalists: "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Leah Scheier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534469402

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The Last Words We Said by Leah Scheier Pdf

Nine months after Danny disappeared, his closest friends, Ellie, Rae, and Deenie, deal with their loss very differently but will have to share secrets about the night he disappeared to uncover the truth. Chapters alternate between past and present.

Author : Lisa Smartt
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781608684601

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Words at the Threshold by Lisa Smartt Pdf

What Our Last Words Reveal About Life, Death, and the Afterlife A person’s end-of-life words often take on an eerie significance, giving tantalizing clues about the ultimate fate of the human soul. Until now, however, no author has systematically studied end-of-life communication by using examples from ordinary people. When her father became terminally ill with cancer, author Lisa Smartt began transcribing his conversations and noticed that his personality underwent inexplicable changes. Smartt’s father, once a skeptical man with a secular worldview, developed a deeply spiritual outlook in his final days — a change reflected in his language. Baffled and intrigued, Smartt began to investigate what other people have said while nearing death, collecting more than one hundred case studies through interviews and transcripts. In this groundbreaking and insightful book, Smartt shows how the language of the dying can point the way to a transcendent world beyond our own.

Author : Qiu Miaojin
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590177389

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Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin Pdf

An NYRB Classics Original When the pioneering Taiwanese novelist Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in 1995 at age twenty-six, she left behind her unpublished masterpiece, Last Words from Montmartre. Unfolding through a series of letters written by an unnamed narrator, Last Words tells the story of a passionate relationship between two young women—their sexual awakening, their gradual breakup, and the devastating aftermath of their broken love. In a style that veers between extremes, from self-deprecation to pathos, compulsive repetition to rhapsodic musings, reticence to vulnerability, Qiu’s genre-bending novel is at once a psychological thriller, a sublime romance, and the author’s own suicide note. The letters (which, Qiu tells us, can be read in any order) leap between Paris, Taipei, and Tokyo. They display wrenching insights into what it means to live between cultures, languages, and genders—until the genderless character Zoë appears, and the narrator’s spiritual and physical identity is transformed. As powerfully raw and transcendent as Mishima’s Confessions of a Mask, Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, and Theresa Cha’s Dictée, to name but a few, Last Words from Montmartre proves Qiu Miaojin to be one of the finest experimentalists and modernist Chinese-language writers of our generation.

Author : William S. Burroughs
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802197238

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Last Words by William S. Burroughs Pdf

Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs is the most intimate book ever written by William S. Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch and one of the most celebrated literary outlaws of our time. Laid out as diary entries of the last nine months of Burroughs's life, Last Words spans the realms of cultural criticism, personal memoir, and fiction. Classic Burroughs concerns -- literature, U.S. drug policy, the state of humanity, his love for his cats -- permeate the book. Most significantly, Last Words contains some of the most personal work Burroughs has ever written, a final reckoning with his life and regrets, and his reflections on the deaths of his friends Allen Ginsberg and Timothy Leary. It is a poignant portrait of the man, his life, and his creative process -- one that never quit, not even in the shadow of death.

Author : Joseph Hayden
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781633539914

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Any Last Words? by Joseph Hayden Pdf

A lighthearted look at the stories behind legendary last words—from heartwarming tales of final moments to hilarious last laughs. Last words are never easy—since, let’s face it, they’re mostly spoken by people in the worst health of their lives. But even if they aren’t eloquent, they can offer a glimpse into the speaker’s true self. Some are clever, others are loving, heartbreaking, or occasionally shocking. In Any Last Words?, Joseph Hayden explores the last words of more than two hundred actors, athletes, writers, musicians, politicians, intellectuals, criminals, and more. What was the last thing Bogart said to Bacall? What did Marie Antoinette say to her executioner? What were the final thoughts of great thinkers like Charles Darwin and Marie Curie? Or baseball legends like Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle? Joseph Hayden reveals all these stories and much more in a book that you’ll wish would never end.

Author : Grace Community Church
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781575673233

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Fundamentals of the Faith Teacher's Guide by Grace Community Church Pdf

This is the teachers guide edition to this great study of the fundamental beliefs of the Christian faith. With topics ranging from “God: His Character and Attributes” to “The Church: Fellowship and Worship,” this study is ideal to disciple new believers or to realize afresh what it means to believe in Jesus. The teachers guide contains all the answers to the 13 lessons taught in the accompanying students edition along with excellent teaching notes to prepare the leader to guide the group.

Author : John Barnett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1732804419

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Christ's Last Words to His Church by John Barnett Pdf

Author : Robert K. Elder
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780226202693

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Last Words of the Executed by Robert K. Elder Pdf

Some beg for forgiveness. Others claim innocence. At least three cheer for their favorite football teams. Death waits for us all, but only those sentenced to death know the day and the hour—and only they can be sure that their last words will be recorded for posterity. Last Words of the Executed presents an oral history of American capital punishment, as heard from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. The product of seven years of extensive research by journalist Robert K. Elder, the book explores the cultural value of these final statements and asks what we can learn from them. We hear from both the famous—such as Nathan Hale, Joe Hill, Ted Bundy, and John Brown—and the forgotten, and their words give us unprecedented glimpses into their lives, their crimes, and the world they inhabited. Organized by era and method of execution, these final statements range from heartfelt to horrific. Some are calls for peace or cries against injustice; others are accepting, confessional, or consoling; still others are venomous, rage-fueled diatribes. Even the chills evoked by some of these last words are brought on in part by the shared humanity we can’t ignore, their reminder that we all come to the same end, regardless of how we arrive there. Last Words of the Executed is not a political book. Rather, Elder simply asks readers to listen closely to these voices that echo history. The result is a riveting, moving testament from the darkest corners of society.

Author : Samantha Hastings
Publisher : Swoon Reads
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250301871

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The Last Word by Samantha Hastings Pdf

Set against the smoky, gaslit allure of Victorian London, this sweetly romantic historical debut is full of humor and stars a whip-smart female heroine ahead of her time. Where one story ends, another begins. 1861. Miss Lucinda Leavitt is shocked when she learns the author of her favorite serialized novel has died before completing the story. Determined to learn how it ends, Lucinda reluctantly enlists the help of her father’s young business partner, Mr. David Randall, to track down the reclusive author’s former whereabouts. David is a successful young businessman, but is overwhelmed by his workload. He wants to prove himself to his late father, as well as to himself. He doesn’t have the time, nor the interest, for this endeavor, but Lucinda is not the type to take no for an answer. Their search for the elusive Mrs. Smith and the rightful ending to her novel leads Lucinda and David around the country, but the truths they discover about themselves—and each other—are anything but fictional. Chosen by readers like you for Macmillan's young adult imprint Swoon Reads, The Last Word by debut author Samantha Hastings is a fun yet intellectual romp through Victorian London—the perfect book for book-lovers. Praise for The Last Word: A Junior Library Guild Selection "Witty, spirited, and utterly swoon-worthy. ... Filled with fierce feminism, impeccable period detail, and a charming romance that's sure to stay with readers long after the last word." —Addie Thorley, author of An Affair of Poisons “Great voice. Unique premise. ... And who can resist a plucky heroine who is determined to help write an unfinished romance novel by her favorite author!” —B.R. Myers, author of Rogue Princess

Author : Kushal Bohra
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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His Last Words by Kushal Bohra Pdf

His last words is a story about a girl who is not happy with her life, but to her rescue comes Jay. He make her realise the importance of life with a surprising plot. The main plot revolves around Steve Jobs last words which works as wonder to Riddhi.

Author : Souvik Roy
Publisher : Pencil
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789354588020

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His Last Words by Souvik Roy Pdf

About the book: Professor Amit Chowdhury, a Nobel Laureate is called upon by the SP of Soalbaga district to help investigate the sudden death of a paranormal researcher Dr Grey Hoffman. Amit is pleaded to help as he was once close to Hoffman and has knowledge about Hoffman’s research, which is being used by greedy muggers to commit animal trade and qualify it as paranormal work, using the codes discovered by Hoffman. Moreover, Hoffman was after a prehistoric treasure and the muggers having access to something like that is unbearable! Suspecting a link up, SP Raunak approaches Amit. Despite his early refusals, Amit ends up in the mess. However, there is a lot more to Amit’s past. His past is about to be his present and things are going to be a lot more complicated. Lets Feel The Thrill!

Author : Michael Koryta
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444742626

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Last Words by Michael Koryta Pdf

Private investigator Mark Novak is still mourning the death of his wife, and it's affecting his work. With his future on the line, Mark is sent to check out a case in the Midwest town of Garrison, home to a famous but perilous cave system. A girl has died in the caves, and the man who brought her out is still believed by many to be her killer. He begs Novak to uncover what really happened. But Garrison is the kind of place where cold cases stay cold. Mark tries to delve into the town's secrets, but in the end, he will have to match his wits against the man who knows the caverns better than anyone. A man who seems to have lost his mind. A man who seems to know Mark Novak all too well.

Author : Julia Cooper
Publisher : Coach House Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781770565012

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The Last Word by Julia Cooper Pdf

The Last Word investigates the debased art of eulogy. Through insightful, surprisingly playful readings of famous eulogies (from a scene in Love Actually to Jacques Derrida’s heart-rending essays on the deaths of his peers), Cooper argues against the socially sanctioned desire to avoid thinking about death that results in clichéd memorials, honoring neither the living nor the dead.