Memories Of The Light

Author : Toni Maguire
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1462060714

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Memories of the Light by Toni Maguire Pdf

Even as a young child, Toni Maguire had the ability to remember the unique moments of planning and discussions about a future physical lifebefore she was born. In her autobiography, Maguire not only shares her recollections of an existence as a spirit before birth, but also her memories of her childhood and how it led her to learn diverse lessons, experience a variety of mistakes, and ultimately discover her true destiny. In a simple and honest style, Maguire reveals how the effects of her unique memories moved her life in an unexpected direction and motivated her to separate from her husband when she was in her twenties and move to Nashville, Tennessee, where she would try to achieve musical success in what is often times an unforgiving and difficult industry. Always believing she was born to serve a special purpose, Maguire offers an introspective glimpse into her lifes journey as she recognizes her imperfections, learns to forgive herself for her mistakes, and grows within in order to find her purpose in life. Memories of the Light shares a universal message coupled with the true story of one womans spiritual pilgrimage that allows others to imagine life in a new and different way.

Author : Francisco X. Stork
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545634021

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The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork Pdf

This beautiful novel from the author of Marcelo in the Real World about life after a suicide attempt is perfect for fans of It's Kind of a Funny Story and Thirteen Reasons Why. When Vicky Cruz wakes up in the Lakeview Hospital Mental Disorders ward, she knows one thing: After her suicide attempt, she shouldn't be alive. But then she meets Mona, the live wire; Gabriel, the saint; E.M., always angry; and Dr. Desai, a quiet force. With stories and honesty, kindness and hard work, they push her to reconsider her life before Lakeview, and offer her an acceptance she's never had.But Vicky's newfound peace is as fragile as the roses that grow around the hospital. And when a crisis forces the group to split up, sending Vicky back to the life that drove her to suicide, she must try to find her own courage and strength. She may not have them. She doesn't know.Inspired in part by the author's own experience with depression, The Memory of Light is the rare young adult novel that focuses not on the events leading up to a suicide attempt, but the recovery from one -- about living when life doesn't seem worth it, and how we go on anyway.

Author : Robert Jordan,Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 1005 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429997171

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A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan,Brandon Sanderson Pdf

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! With Robert Jordan’s untimely passing in 2007, Brandon Sanderson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn novels and the Stormlight Archive, was chosen by Jordan’s editor—his wife, Harriet McDougal—to complete the final volume in The Wheel of Time®, later expanded to three books. In A Memory of Light, the fourteenth and concluding novel in Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, the armies of Light gather to fight in Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle, to save the Westland nations from the shadow forces of the Dark One. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, is ready to fulfill his destiny. To defeat the enemy that threatens them all, he must convince his reluctant allies that his plan—as foolhardy and dangerous as it appears—is their only chance to stop the Dark One’s ascension and secure a lasting peace. But if Rand’s course of action fails, the world will be engulfed in shadow. Across the land, Mat, Perrin, and Egwene engage in battle with Shadowspawn, Trollocs, Darkfriends, and other creatures of the Blight. Sacrifices are made, lives are lost, but victory is unassured. For when Rand confronts the Dark One in Shayol Ghul, he is bombarded with conflicting visions of the future that reveal there is more at stake for humanity than winning the war. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Anthony Doerr
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439182857

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Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr Pdf

In the wise and beautiful second collection from the acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Light We Cannot See, and Cloud Cuckoo Land, "Doerr writes about the big questions, the imponderables, the major metaphysical dreads, and he does it fearlessly" (The New York Times Book Review). Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's new stories are about memory, the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. Every hour, says Doerr, all over the globe, an infinite number of memories disappear. Yet at the same time children, surveying territory that is entirely new to them, push back the darkness, form fresh memories, and remake the world. In the luminous and beautiful title story, a young boy in South Africa comes to possess an old woman's secret, a piece of the past with the power to redeem a life. In "The River Nemunas," a teenage orphan moves from Kansas to Lithuania to live with her grandfather, and discovers a world in which myth becomes real. "Village 113," winner of an O'Henry Prize, is about the building of the Three Gorges Dam and the seed keeper who guards the history of a village soon to be submerged. And in "Afterworld," the radiant, cathartic final story, a woman who escaped the Holocaust is haunted by visions of her childhood friends in Germany, yet finds solace in the tender ministrations of her grandson. Every story in Memory Wall is a reminder of the grandeur of life--of the mysterious beauty of seeds, of fossils, of sturgeon, of clouds, of radios, of leaves, of the breathtaking fortune of living in this universe. Doerr's language, his witness, his imagination, and his humanity are unparalleled in fiction today.

Author : Roy Henry Vickers,Robert Budd
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781550176612

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Raven Brings the Light by Roy Henry Vickers,Robert Budd Pdf

In a time when darkness covered the land, a boy named Weget is born who is destined to bring the light. With the gift of a raven's skin that allows him to fly as well as transform, Weget turns into a bird and journeys from Haida Gwaii into the sky. There he finds the Chief of the Heavens who keeps the light in a box. By transforming himself into a pine needle, clever Weget tricks the Chief and escapes with the daylight back down to Earth. Vividly portrayed through the art of Roy Henry Vickers, Weget's story has been passed down for generations. The tale has been traced back at least 3,000 years by archeologists who have found images of Weget's journey in petroglyphs on the Nass and Skeena rivers. This version of the story originates from one told to the author by Chester Bolton, Chief of the Ravens, from the village of Kitkatla around 1975.

Author : Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781644451540

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Names for Light by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint Pdf

Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a lyrical meditation on family, place, and inheritance Names for Light traverses time and memory to weigh three generations of a family’s history against a painful inheritance of postcolonial violence and racism. In spare, lyric paragraphs framed by white space, Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint explores home, belonging, and identity by revisiting the cities in which her parents and grandparents lived. As she makes inquiries into their stories, she intertwines oral narratives with the official and mythic histories of Myanmar. But while her family’s stories move into the present, her own story—that of a writer seeking to understand who she is—moves into the past, until both converge at the end of the book. Born in Myanmar and raised in Bangkok and San Jose, Myint finds that she does not have typical memories of arriving in the United States; instead, she is haunted by what she cannot remember. By the silences lingering around what is spoken. By a chain of deaths in her family line, especially that of her older brother as a child. For Myint, absence is felt as strongly as presence. And, as she comes to understand, naming those absences, finding words for the unsaid, means discovering how those who have come before have shaped her life. Names for Light is a moving chronicle of the passage of time, of the long shadow of colonialism, and of a writer coming into her own as she reckons with her family’s legacy.

Author : Shreevatsa Nevatia
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789386815880

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How to Travel Light by Shreevatsa Nevatia Pdf

Diagnosed as bipolar at twenty-three, a young journalist struggles for a decade, fighting a cycle of depression and euphoria. In this unique journey, we visit former loves and eccentric fellow sufferers, mental health institutions and Benares. We relive his moments with Diana Eck and Deepika Padukone-and his reckonings with past wounds. Part confession, part joyride and wholly enjoyable, this riveting debut announces a formidable new talent. Nevatia is a master storyteller, empathetic, intelligent and witty. Here is the story of owning your narrative, no matter how difficult and complicated it is. Here is How to Travel Light.

Author : Kazim Ali
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781571317124

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Northern Light by Kazim Ali Pdf

An examination of the lingering effects of a hydroelectric power station on Pimicikamak sovereign territory in Manitoba, Canada. The child of South Asian migrants, Kazim Ali was born in London, lived as a child in the cities and small towns of Manitoba, and made a life in the United States. As a man passing through disparate homes, he has never felt he belonged to a place. And yet, one day, the celebrated poet and essayist finds himself thinking of the boreal forests and lush waterways of Jenpeg, a community thrown up around the building of a hydroelectric dam on the Nelson River, where he once lived for several years as a child. Does the town still exist, he wonders? Is the dam still operational? When Ali goes searching, however, he finds not news of Jenpeg, but of the local Pimicikamak community. Facing environmental destruction and broken promises from the Canadian government, they have evicted Manitoba’s electric utility from the dam on Cross Lake. In a place where water is an integral part of social and cultural life, the community demands accountability for the harm that the utility has caused. Troubled, Ali returns north, looking to understand his place in this story and eager to listen. Over the course of a week, he participates in community life, speaks with Elders and community members, and learns about the politics of the dam from Chief Cathy Merrick. He drinks tea with activists, eats corned beef hash with the Chief, and learns about the history of the dam, built on land that was never ceded, and Jenpeg, a town that now exists mostly in his memory. In building relationships with his former neighbors, Ali explores questions of land and power?and in remembering a lost connection to this place, finally finds a home he might belong to. Praise for Northern Light An Outside Magazine Favorite Book of 2021 A Book Riot Best Book of 2021 A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2021 “Ali’s gift as a writer is the way he is able to present his story in a way that brings attention to the myriad issues facing Indigenous communities, from oil pipelines in the Dakotas to border walls running through Kumeyaay land.” —San Diego Union-Tribune “A world traveler, not always by choice, ponders the meaning and location of home. . . . A graceful, elegant account even when reporting on the hard truths of a little-known corner of the world.” —Kirkus Reviews “[Ali’s] experiences are relayed in sensitive, crystalline prose, documenting how Cross Lake residents are working to reinvent their town and rebuild their traditional beliefs, language, and relationships with the natural world. . . . Though these topics are complex, they are untangled in an elegant manner.” —Foreword Reviews (starred review)

Author : John Ross Macduff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Bible
ISBN : OXFORD:600091146

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Memories of Olivet by John Ross Macduff Pdf

Author : Lucy Cavendish
Publisher : Simon Pulse/Beyond Words
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781582703053

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Oracle of Shadows and Light by Lucy Cavendish Pdf

This charismatic set of forty-five oracle cards and an in-depth guidebook provides teens with the power to change their lives. Seeking both to empower and entertain, bestselling Australian author Lucy Cavendish joins forces with world-renowned fantasy artist Jasmine Becket-Griffith to craft popular oracle cards that specifically address today’s independent teens. Misfits, mystics, seekers, and wanderers alike will delve into the forty-five beautifully illustrated cards, each with its own guiding message, from developing your inner strength, intuition, or simply finding happiness with oneself. Within the wide-eyed wonder of Oracle of Shadows and Light, readers will encounter grumpy fairies, sassy witches, cheeky ghosts, and brazen beings, all acting as the magickal messengers of mysterious dreams. Honest, quirky, and haunting, these shadowy-sweet strangelings appear within the in-depth guidebook, offering with step-by-step instructions for powerful, accurate, healing readings that can shape the seeker’s day, year, and future.

Author : Charles Fernyhough
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781847658234

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Pieces of Light by Charles Fernyhough Pdf

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize 2013 and the 2013 Best Book of Ideas Prize. Memory is an essential part of who we are. But what are memories, and how are they created? A new consensus is emerging among cognitive scientists: rather than possessing a particular memory from our past, like a snapshot, we construct it anew each time we are called upon to remember. Remembering is an act of narrative as much as it is the product of a neurological process. Pieces of Light illuminates this theory through a collection of human stories, each illustrating a facet of memory's complex synergy of cognitive and neurological functions. Drawing on case studies, personal experience and the latest research, Charles Fernyhough delves into the memories of the very young and very old, and explores how amnesia and trauma can affect how we view the past. Exquisitely written and meticulously researched, Pieces of Light blends science and literature, the ordinary and the extraordinary, to illuminate the way we remember and forget.

Author : Caroline Woodward
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781550177282

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Light Years by Caroline Woodward Pdf

In 2007, Caroline Woodward was itching for a change. With an established career in book-selling and promotion, four books of her own and having raised a son with her husband, Jeff, she yearned for adventure and to re-ignite her passion for writing. Jeff was tired of piecing together low-paying part-time jobs and, with Caroline’s encouragement, applied for a position as a relief lightkeeper on a remote North Pacific island. They endured lonely months of living apart, but the way of life rejuvenated Jeff and inspired Caroline to contemplate serious shifts in order to accompany him. When a permanent position for a lighthouse keeper became available, Caroline quit her job and joined Jeff on the lights. Caroline soon learned that the lighthouse-keeping life does not consist of long, empty hours in which to write. The reality is hard physical labour, long stretches of isolation and the constant threat of de-staffing. Beginning with a 3:30 a.m. weather report, the days are filled with maintaining the light station buildings, sea sampling, radio communication, beach cleanup, wildlife encounters and everything in between. As for dangerous rescue missions or dramatic shipwrecks—that kind of excitement is rare. “So far the only life I know I’ve saved is my own,” she says, with her trademark dry wit. Yet Caroline is exhilarated by the scenic coastline with its drizzle and fog, seabirds and whales, and finds time to grow a garden and, as anticipated, write. Told with eloquent introspection and an eye for detail, Light Years is the personal account of a lighthouse keeper in twenty-first century British Columbia—an account that details Caroline’s endurance of extreme climatic, interpersonal and medical challenges, as well as the practical and psychological aspects of living a happy, healthy, useful and creative life in isolation.

Author : Norman E. Spear
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317743842

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The Processing of Memories (PLE: Memory) by Norman E. Spear Pdf

Originally published in 1978, this volume contains the evidence that is most crucial for our understanding the processes of forgetting and retention. Organized in terms of problem areas and issues that are particularly pertinent to understanding these processes, the book deals with both animal and human studies. The author begins by defining the topic and reviewing its historical development. A theoretical orientation follows, and then the author begins to address the major factors that determine what is, and what is not, remembered. Although we cannot yet specify the principles from which we can predict when an episode, once learned, will be remembered well or forgotten entirely, the author demonstrates that such principles are not that far away. He considers the issues that must be resolved before such principles are established, and in the course of doing so covers the major research on why we remember events and why they are forgotten.

Author : Odette C. Bell
Publisher : Odette C. Bell
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Light's Keeper: The Complete Series by Odette C. Bell Pdf

The complete four-book series of Light's Keeper in one volume. Jane has been running from one thing her whole life. Magic. She’s just had no clue it exists. On a dream holiday to Nice, France, she finds out. To do that, she must meet him. Her guard. The Hell-Hexed vampire who’s watched over and protected her through multiple lifetimes. Julian Deveraux is trapped, always has been, always will be. The self-avowed guard of a creature born from the heart of dimensional fire, he can only watch her from afar. He can’t pull her into this magical realm again. All he wants is for her to lead a peaceful life, but when she comes to Nice, his desires unravel. He finds himself squeezed between Jane’s growing power and the dark Council of Nix. A dangerous group of magicians, they control his every move. But they can’t control Jane, no matter how hard they hunt her. Nothing can stop her now she’s chosen to rise. She will find a way to stop the Council and fold herself back into Julian’s arms, no matter what it takes.

Author : Jack Bybee
Publisher : Jack Bybee Art Studio,l.l.c.
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781088007020

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Memories of Eternity by Jack Bybee Pdf

· “What place is this? Where am I now?” “This is what, in your world, you call Heaven, it is another Realm” The Voice is calm, loving, authoritative. · At age 26, the author, Jack Bybee, was completely unprepared for death - or rather - a transition to death consciousness. It had never occurred to him that at such an early age he might die. Having been raised in a Protestant Church, there was nothing that prepared the author for what he found in what is now termed in "death consciousness". · This text has been written over years with the aim of helping the Baby Boomer or the spirit which will soon transmute to the Other Side of Earth-plane consciousness. Though every life is different and every transition to the Other Side is probably different, the text highlights the issues that were encountered so unexpectedly on transition to death consciousness. · From the time that the author's body in the hospital ward is left behind and in spirit, he transitions through the hospital, eventually looking down on the City of Cape Town, nearby in the middle of what seemed like a beautiful night, came the transition through The Tunnel, a vortex of energy, to be met by loved ones on the Other Side. · The text highlights what Bybee regards as the most important questions any spirit will need to answer. These are detailed and expanded upon in Memories of Eternity. They are: “What have you done with the life just passed?” “Whom have you loved and been loved by?” “What have you learned?” The author is convinced that these Three Questions need to be understood and answered. They were posed to him as he transitioned through The Tunnel to the Other Side by the Voice of God. · The text details the confusion of being ‘dead’, but not being dead. “What have you done with the life just passed?” As Bybee expresses, he wasn't dead. How could that be? The life just passed? How could the life be passed? He could hear, feel, see, think, move. How could he be... dead? · All this will be explored and is revealed to help the spirit understand the transition from the Earth plane to the Other Side. · Then comes what some could call judgment. A judgment of the Self? In NDE research it is called the Life Review which is dealt with extensively in Memories of Eternity. Detailing how the life just passed is presented almost as a video scenario, and the video seems to pause where the spirit needs to learn lessons and to answer the question of “Was that a loving thing to do?” · While there are numerous other titles dealing with the near-death experience, this is one of few that is written primarily to help anyone understand what happens when the spirit transitions to the Other Side.