The Heart Of Things

Author : A.C. Grayling
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780297865643

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The Heart of Things by A.C. Grayling Pdf

The new bestseller from one of Britain's most pre-eminent philosophers and arguably the best known, A.C. Grayling Everyone wishes to live a life that is satisfying and fulfilling, in which there is achievement and pleasure, and which has the respect of people one, in turn, respects. And one of the fundamentals to living such a life is to reflect on the choices we make. In this new collection, A.C. Grayling invites the reader into a conversation with ideas. From personal questions about happiness and quality of life to wider public concerns such as war and democracy, these essays provide a springboard to thought and to exploring what is best about the human heart and mind.

Author : Richard Holloway
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781838854966

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The Heart of Things by Richard Holloway Pdf

Richard Holloway is one of our most beloved public thinkers. Throughout his life he has turned to poets and writers to help answer the big questions, and for solace and guidance in the face of life’s challenges. Now he shares those poems and words which have been his own guide, offered in the hope they will help us too. This is a book to turn to for inspiration, guidance and comfort. It offers lessons from those who, in Richard’s words, ‘know best how to listen and teach us to listen’, all united by ‘the sensual appeal of words, the pain and pleasure they impart’. It is a book to treasure.

Author : John Hildebrand
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780870206726

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The Heart of Things by John Hildebrand Pdf

A remarkable book of days that charts the overlapping rings--home, town, countryside--of life in the Midwest.

Author : Jessi Kirby
Publisher : HarperTeen
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0062299441

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Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby Pdf

In this unforgettable novel, Quinn Sullivan falls for the recipient of her boyfriend’s donated heart. Printz Award winner John Corey Whaley calls it “not just a love story, but one with a ferocious pulse.” After Quinn’s boyfriend, Trent, dies in an accident their junior year, she reaches out to the recipients of his donated organs in hopes of picking up the fragments of her now-unrecognizable life. But whoever received Trent’s heart has chosen to remain silent. The essence of a person, Quinn has always believed, is in the heart. If she finds Trent’s, then in a way, she will still have a piece of him. Risking everything to get closure once and for all, Quinn goes outside the system to track down nineteen-year-old Colton Thomas, whose life has been forever changed by this priceless gift. But what starts as an accidental run-in quickly develops into something more, sparking an undeniable attraction. She doesn’t want to give in to it—especially since he has no idea how they’re connected—but the time Quinn spends with Colton makes her feel alive again. No matter how hard she’s falling for Colton, though, each beat of his heart reminds her of all she’s lost . . . and all that remains at stake. Perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen, this unique and emotional story about an unexpected bond between two strangers will leave no heart untouched.

Author : Julian Hoffman
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780820346359

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The Small Heart of Things by Julian Hoffman Pdf

In The Small Heart of Things, Julian Hoffman intimately examines the myriad ways in which connections to the natural world can be deepened through an equality of perception, whether it’s a caterpillar carrying its house of leaves, transhumant shepherds ranging high mountain pastures, a quail taking cover on an empty steppe, or a Turkmen family emigrating from Afghanistan to Istanbul. The narrative spans the common—and often contested—ground that supports human and natural communities alike, seeking the unsung stories that sustain us. Guided by the belief of Rainer Maria Rilke that “everything beckons us to perceive it,” Hoffman explores the area around the Prespa Lakes, the first transboundary park in the Balkans, shared by Greece, Albania, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. From there he travels widely to regions rarely written about, exploring the idea that home is wherever we happen to be if we accord that place our close and patient attention. The Small Heart of Things is a book about looking and listening. It incorporates travel and natural history writing that interweaves human stories with those of wild creatures. Distinguished by Hoffman’s belief that through awareness, curiosity, and openness we have the potential to forge abiding relationships with a range of places, it illuminates how these many connections can teach us to be at home in the world.

Author : John Eldredge
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780718038007

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All Things New by John Eldredge Pdf

New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge offers readers a breathtaking look into God’s promise for a new heaven and a new earth. This revolutionary book about our future is based on the simple idea that, according to the Bible, heaven is not our eternal home--the New Earth is. As Jesus says in the gospel of Matthew, the next chapter of our story begins with "the renewal of all things," by which he means the earth we love in all its beauty, our own selves, and the things that make for a rich life: music, art, food, laughter and all that we hold dear. Everything shall be renewed "when the world is made new." More than anything else, how you envision your future shapes your current experience. If you knew that God was going to restore your life and everything you love any day; if you believed a great and glorious goodness was coming to you--not in a vague heaven but right here on this earth--you would have a hope to see you through anything, an anchor for your soul, "an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God" (Hebrews 6:19). Most Christians (most people for that matter) fail to look forward to their future because their view of heaven is vague, religious, and frankly boring. Hope begins when we understand that for the believer nothing is lost. Heaven is not a life in the clouds; it is not endless harp-strumming or worship-singing. Rather, the life we long for, the paradise Adam and Eve knew, is precisely the life that is coming to us. And that life is coming soon.

Author : Ashley Warlick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0395860318

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The Distance from the Heart of Things by Ashley Warlick Pdf

Coming home from college to her grandfather's prosperous North Carolina vineyard, Mavis Black takes the measure of the emotional distance she has traveled from the people closest to her heart--the members of her eccentric Southern family. "A marvelous first novel".--"Washington Post".

Author : A.C. Grayling
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780297865643

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The Heart of Things by A.C. Grayling Pdf

The new bestseller from one of Britain's most pre-eminent philosophers and arguably the best known, A.C. Grayling Everyone wishes to live a life that is satisfying and fulfilling, in which there is achievement and pleasure, and which has the respect of people one, in turn, respects. And one of the fundamentals to living such a life is to reflect on the choices we make. In this new collection, A.C. Grayling invites the reader into a conversation with ideas. From personal questions about happiness and quality of life to wider public concerns such as war and democracy, these essays provide a springboard to thought and to exploring what is best about the human heart and mind.

Author : Giles Cole
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781783198672

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The Heart of Things by Giles Cole Pdf

Over a weekend in May 2010, in the aftermath of the general election, the political parties are wrangling over who will form the government. Meanwhile, in a village near the Norfolk coast,a disillusioned English teacher and part-time election volunteer comes home for a rare visit and tries to put his life in order.However, the politics of family life can be every bit as vindictive and unpredictable as the Whitehall variety, and alliances can be made or broken without warning.The Heart of Things examines the conundrum that exists in sexual identity and the ‘minor disturbances’ that have far-reaching effects in people’s private lives.

Author : John Hildebrand
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780870206733

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The Heart of Things by John Hildebrand Pdf

“I’ve never believed that living in one place means being one thing all the time, condemned like Minnie Pearl to wear the same hat for every performance. Life is more complicated than that.” In this remarkable book of days, John Hildebrand charts the overlapping rings—home, town, countryside—of life in the Midwest. Like E. B. White, Hildebrand locates the humor and drama in ordinary life: church suppers, Friday night football, outdoor weddings, garden compost, family reunions, roadside memorials, camouflage clothing. In these wry, sharply observed essays, the Midwest isn’t The Land Time Forgot but a more complicated (and vastly more interesting) place where the good life awaits once we figure exactly out what it means. From his home range in northwestern Wisconsin, Hildebrand attempts to do just that by boiling down a calendar year to its rich marrow of weather, animals, family, home—in other words, all the things that matter.

Author : Richard P. Blackmur
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0252015797

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Outsider at the Heart of Things by Richard P. Blackmur Pdf

Author : Phillip S. Washburn
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781598587784

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The Mystery at the Heart of Things by Phillip S. Washburn Pdf

Author : Michael Cassidy
Publisher : Christian Art Publishers
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781770369252

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Getting to the Heart of Things (eBook) by Michael Cassidy Pdf

In this tumultuous age of moral confusion, conflicting religious claims and convulsive world events, Michael Cassidy penetrates to the heart of the Christian message, enabling thinking believers to hold fast to “the faith once for all delivered to the saints.” In his distinctly engaging and accessible style, Michael Cassidy grapples with such pressing issues as the work of the Holy Spirit, tolerance, religious pluralism, biblical truth, and Postmodernism to give Christians an unshakable footing from which to live and walk confidently in a world of uncertainty, doubt and even hostility to the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Author : John Ensor
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433519598

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Doing Things Right in Matters of the Heart by John Ensor Pdf

There is a radical, biblical alternative to much of what is taught and practiced today regarding relationships. Doing Things Right in Matters of the Heart presents a bold plan for escaping the swift currents of contemporary patterns of hooking up, shacking up, and breaking up. It draws a compelling vision of complementarity between the sexes. It instructs men on what to do and informs women on what to look for in their mutual pursuit of a healthy, tender, long-term relationship.

Author : Kit Whitfield
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529414899

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In the Heart of Hidden Things by Kit Whitfield Pdf

Everyone knows that if you fall afoul of the People, you must travel the miles to Gyrford, where uncounted generations of fairy-smiths have protected the county with cold iron, good counsel and unvarnished opinions about your common sense. But shielding the weak from the strong can make enemies. Ephraim Brady has money and power, and the bitter will to hurt those who cross him. And if he can't touch elder farrier Jedediah Smith, he can harm those the Smiths care about. The Smiths care about Tobias Ware, born on a night when the blazing fey dog Black Hal roared past the Wares' gate. Tobias doesn't understand the language or laws of men, and he can't keep away from the Bellame woods, where trespass is a hanging offence. If Toby is to survive, he needs protection. It should be a manageable job. Jedediah Smith has a head on his shoulders, and so too (mostly) does his son Matthew. Only Matthew's son John has turned out a little . . . uncommon. But he means well. It wasn't his fault the bramble bush put on a berry-head and started taking offence. Or that Tobias upset it. But John's not yet learned that if you follow the things other folk don't see, they might drag those you love into the path of ruin.