Letters From The Land Of Cancer 16pt Large Print Edition

Author : Walter Wangerin Jr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0369321251

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Letters from the Land of Cancer (16pt Large Print Edition) by Walter Wangerin Jr Pdf

In Letters from the Land of Cancer, award-winning writer Walter Wangerin Jr. offers his profound insights into the greatest challenge we face: confronting our own mortality. ''Shortly after the cancer had been diagnosed I began writing letters to the members of my immediate family, to relatives and to lifelong friends. The following book will consist mostly of those letters. They will invite you into my most intimate dancing with the cancer, even as that partner and I have over the last two years swung each other around the tiled floors of ballrooms and bathrooms. Dizzy still, and day by day, I sat and wrote: This is what I'm feeling right now. This is what I think.'' From afternoon to afternoon of radiation, Wangerin wrote about confronting his mortality, about living with the messiness of undone tasks and bodily weakness. He wrote about the medical procedures he endured, the wild mood swings that unbalanced his days, and the fragilities and strengths of the relationships that surrounded him. Letters from the Land of Cancer is made up of these writings. Cadenced within the letters are Wangerin's eloquent meditations derived from his pastoral experiences with the faithful passage of death to life. Seldom has the great adventure of life and death been as beautifully presented as it is in this testimony to faith, love, and the shocking reality of hope.

Author : Giles Macdonogh
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781458759818

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1938 (Large Print 16pt) by Giles Macdonogh Pdf

In this masterful narrative, acclaimed historian Giles MacDonogh chronicles Adolf Hitler's consolidation of power over the course of one year. Until 1938, Hitler could be dismissed as a ruthless but efficient dictator, a problem to Germany alone; after 1938 he was clearly a threat to the entire world. It was in 1938 that Third Reich came of age. The Fuhrer brought Germany into line with Nazi ideology and revealed his plans to take back those parts of Europe lost to ''Greater Germany'' after the First World War. From the purging of the army in January through the Anschluss in March, from the Munich Conference in September to the ravages of Kristallnacht in November, MacDonogh offers a gripping account of the year Adolf Hitler came into his own and set the world inexorably on track to a cataclysmic war.

Author : T. C. Ryan
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830866786

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Ashamed No More by T. C. Ryan Pdf

There are some things we just don't talk about. Things like sex, particularly when our sexuality is a matter of personal struggle. Things like the vulnerabilities of our pastors, who must maintain a façade not merely of respectability but of moral and psychological superiority. We don't talk about things that make us feel insecure, that make us feel unsettled. But the nature of spiritual growth, even the story of Christian faith, is a matter of being unsettled from the comfortable compromises we've made and set on a course together toward wholeness and mutually supportive community. Pastor T. C. Ryan takes us on an unsettling journey through his lifelong struggle with sexual addiction, one that predated and pervaded his pastoral ministry—one which for far too long he faced in secrecy and isolation, separated from the brothers and sisters in Christ who were called to bear one another's burdens. Ashamed No More doesn't cast blame or argue for looser moral standards. It does, however, call us to the unsettling ministry that a God who is love calls us to—the unsettling grace that is the audacious gospel of Christ.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCSD:31822037817723

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How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease by Anonim Pdf

This report considers the biological and behavioral mechanisms that may underlie the pathogenicity of tobacco smoke. Many Surgeon General's reports have considered research findings on mechanisms in assessing the biological plausibility of associations observed in epidemiologic studies. Mechanisms of disease are important because they may provide plausibility, which is one of the guideline criteria for assessing evidence on causation. This report specifically reviews the evidence on the potential mechanisms by which smoking causes diseases and considers whether a mechanism is likely to be operative in the production of human disease by tobacco smoke. This evidence is relevant to understanding how smoking causes disease, to identifying those who may be particularly susceptible, and to assessing the potential risks of tobacco products.

Author : Leslie Feinberg
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459608450

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Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg Pdf

Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence. Woman or man? Thats the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950s, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist 60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early 70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence.

Author : Stockholm International Peace Research Institute,Arthur H. Westing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081124104

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Warfare in a Fragile World by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute,Arthur H. Westing Pdf

"Among the crucial problems that confront mankind today are those associated with a degraded environment. This book examines the extent to which warfare and other military activities contribute to such degradation. The military capability to damage the environment and to cause ecological disruption has escalated, and there is no sign that the level of conflict in the world is decreasing. The military use and abuse of each of the several major global habitats -- temperate, tropical, desert, arctic, insular, and oceanic -- are evalusated separately in the light of the civil use and abuse of that habitat"--Dust jacket.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2520 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Medicine
ISBN : MINN:31951P00992562I

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Index Medicus by Anonim Pdf

Vols. for 1963- include as pt. 2 of the Jan. issue: Medical subject headings.

Author : Oscar Krisen Buros
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1172 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Educational tests and measurements
ISBN : STANFORD:36105116571683

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Tests in Print by Oscar Krisen Buros Pdf

Author : Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Publisher : Zondervan Publishing Company
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0310227461

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Mary's First Christmas by Walter Wangerin, Jr. Pdf

Author : Oscar Krisen Buros
Publisher : Highland Park, N.J. : Gryphon Press
Page : 1172 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Educational tests and measurements
ISBN : UOM:49015003120558

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Tests in Print II by Oscar Krisen Buros Pdf

Author : Wael Al-Delaimy,Veerabhadran Ramanathan,Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030311254

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Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility by Wael Al-Delaimy,Veerabhadran Ramanathan,Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo Pdf

This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related health impacts that range from heat stress, vector-borne diseases, food and water insecurity and chronic diseases to malnutrition and mental well-being. The influence of humans on climate change has been established through extensive published evidence and reports. However, the connections between climate change, the health of the planet and the impact on human health have not received the same level of attention. Therefore, the global focus on the public health impacts of climate change is a relatively recent area of interest. This focus is timely since scientists have concluded that changes in climate have led to new weather extremes such as floods, storms, heat waves, droughts and fires, in turn leading to more than 600,000 deaths and the displacement of nearly 4 billion people in the last 20 years. Previous work on the health impacts of climate change was limited mostly to epidemiologic approaches and outcomes and focused less on multidisciplinary, multi-faceted collaborations between physical scientists, public health researchers and policy makers. Further, there was little attention paid to faith-based and ethical approaches to the problem. The solutions and actions we explore in this book engage diverse sectors of civil society, faith leadership, and political leadership, all oriented by ethics, advocacy, and policy with a special focus on poor and vulnerable populations. The book highlights areas we think will resonate broadly with the public, faith leaders, researchers and students across disciplines including the humanities, and policy makers.

Author : Rexford G. Brown,Rexford Brown
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993-08-10
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39076001505150

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Schools of Thought by Rexford G. Brown,Rexford Brown Pdf

As a result of his visits to classrooms across the nation, Brown has compiled an engaging, thought-provoking collection of classroom vignettes which show the ways in which national, state, and local school politics translate into changed classroom practices. "Captures the breadth, depth, and urgency of education reform".--Bill Clinton.

Author : Stanley Rosenberg
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781623170257

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Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve by Stanley Rosenberg Pdf

This practical guide to understanding the cranial nerves as the key to our psychological and physical well-being builds on Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory—one of the most important recent developments in human neurobiology. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience as a craniosacral therapist and Rolfer, Stanley Rosenberg explores the crucial role that the vagus nerve plays in determining our psychological and emotional states and explains that a myriad of common psychological and physical symptoms—from anxiety and depression to migraines and back pain—indicates a lack of proper functioning in the vagus nerve. Through a series of easy self-help exercises, the book illustrates the simple ways we can regulate the vagus nerve in order to initiate deep relaxation, improve sleep, and recover from injury and trauma. Additionally, by exploring the link between a well-regulated vagus nerve and social functioning, Rosenberg’s findings and methods offer new hope that by improving social behavior it is possible to alleviate some of the symptoms at the core of many cases of autism spectrum disorders. Useful for psychotherapists, doctors, bodyworkers, and caregivers, as well as anyone who experiences the symptoms of chronic stress and depression, this book shows how we can optimize autonomic functioning in ourselves and others, and bring the body into the state of safety that activates its innate capacity to heal.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1974-07
Category : Cancer
ISBN : PSU:000055355131

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Cancer Chemotherapy Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Walter Wangerin
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Storytelling
ISBN : 0060692294

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Ragman by Walter Wangerin Pdf

Now in paperback, a treasure trove of 26 eloquent and deeply moving stories by the American Book Award-winning author of The Book of the Dun Cow and The Book of Sorrows. "These are stories of human lives, of grit, of determination, of righteousness and self-righteousness, of peace, joy and love".--Provident Book Finder.