Truth Is Beauty That Hurts

Author : Elizabeth M. Come,Arnold B. Come,Anne Lamott
Publisher : Pelican Pond
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1577331095

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Truth Is Beauty That Hurts by Elizabeth M. Come,Arnold B. Come,Anne Lamott Pdf

Truth Is Beauty That Hurts The Collected Poems of Elizabeth M. Come There is much to love and enjoy in the poetry of Elizabeth M. Come, as you are about to discover. She was a woman who paid attention to the world, both outside her windows, and within. Her poems are filled with inner visions, of peace and aliveness and God, as well as a sense of the mystical wonders of nature, big as the sky, tiny as "the lace-making spider." She often reminds me of Emily Dickinson, and yet has a very specific charm all her own. These poems are filled with a sense of love and hurt, sensuality, creation, God and romantic love, animals and the soul, sweetness and anger, and a fierce social conscience.... Wise, and spiritual, and down to earth, she can be funny, and then she can break your heart; so there is joy in this poetry, and healing, sharp insight, truth, and pleasure. - from the Foreword by Anne Lamott, author of Crooked Little Heart

Author : W. George Lovell
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0292773250

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A Beauty That Hurts by W. George Lovell Pdf

Though a 1996 peace accord brought a formal end to a conflict that had lasted for thirty-six years, Guatemala's violent past continues to scar its troubled present and seems destined to haunt its uncertain future. George Lovell brings to this revised and expanded edition of A Beauty That Hurts decades of fieldwork throughout Guatemala, as well as archival research. He locates the roots of conflict in geographies of inequality that arose during colonial times and were exacerbated by the drive to develop Guatemala's resources in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The lines of confrontation were entrenched after a decade of socioeconomic reform between 1944 and 1954 saw modernizing initiatives undone by a military coup backed by U.S. interests and the CIA. A United Nations Truth Commission has established that civil war in Guatemala claimed the lives of more that 200,000 people, the vast majority of them indigenous Mayas. Lovell weaves documentation about what happened to Mayas in particular during the war years with accounts of their difficult personal situations. Meanwhile, an intransigent elite and a powerful military continue to benefit from the inequalities that triggered armed insurrection in the first place. Weak and corrupt civilian governments fail to impose the rule of law, thus ensuring that Guatemala remains an embattled country where postwar violence and drug-related crime undermine any semblance of orderly, peaceful life.

Author : Ikenna Onuoha
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-26
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9798885053006

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Troubled Yet Uplifted by Ikenna Onuoha Pdf

The author shares his experience, travail, betrayal, legal battle, and custody in a false accusation. He describes how perception, emotion, and power undermined his battle for survival. He suggests that one needs goodwill, good conscience, and right attitude to survive the unknown. The author, advises readers to be careful in all situations. He reminds them that their greatest strength could easily be their greatest weakness. Therefore, there is a need to always engage the mind before taking any decision to avoid mistakes. A little distraction brought his life to a standstill. This resulted in a fight for life, truth, and vindication.

Author : Gregory Titelman
Publisher : Random House Reference
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:49015003015659

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Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs & Sayings by Gregory Titelman Pdf

An annotated reference of more than 1,500 proverbs and sayings of the American language.

Author : Cheryl Strayed
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307949332

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Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a Hulu Original series • The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this "wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review) book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.

Author : Sina Queyras
Publisher : Coach House Books
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781770565326

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My Ariel by Sina Queyras Pdf

Where were you when you first read Ariel? Who were you? What has changed in your life? In the lives of women? In My Ariel, Sina Queyras barges into one of the iconic texts of the twentieth century, with her own family baggage in tow, exploring and exploding the cultural norms, forms, and procedures that frame and contain the lives of women.

Author : Megan Frazer
Publisher : Hyperion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1423117115

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Secrets of Truth and Beauty by Megan Frazer Pdf

And the first runner up is.../DIV DIVWhen Dara Cohen was little, she was a bright, shiny star. She was the cutest seven-year-old who ever sang Ella Fitzgerald, and it was no wonder she was crowned Little Miss Maine. That was then. Now Dara's seventeen and she's not so little anymore. So not little, that when her classmates find out about her illustrious resume, their jaws drop. That's just one of her many problems. Another is that her control-freak mom won’t get off her case about anything. Yet the one that hurts the most is the family secret: Dara has an older sister her parents tried to erase from their lives. When a disastrously misinterpreted English project lands her in the counselor’s office--and her parents pull her out of school to save face--Dara realizes she has a decision to make. She can keep following the rules and being misunderstood, or she can finally reach out to the sister she’s never met--a sister who lives on a collective goat farm in Massachusetts. Dara chooses B. What follows is a summer of revelations, some heartbreaking, some joyous; of friendship, romance, a local beauty pageant; and choices. And as autumn approaches, Dara finds she may have to let go of everything she's taken for granted in order to figure out who she really is, and what family really means.

Author : Rebecca Reid
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062997593

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The Truth Hurts by Rebecca Reid Pdf

"This gripping page-turner asks the reader: What is more dangerous—a secret or a lie? This propulsive read had me at chapter one and kept me turning the pages long after lights out.” —Lisa Barr, award-winning author of The Unbreakables In this twisty, compelling thriller, perfect for fans of A Simple Favor and The Kiss Quotient, a young woman quickly embarks on what she thinks is the relationship and love of a lifetime, when her new husband insists they follow one rule: they don’t talk about the past. But it’s a rule that has dangerous consequences. Is her new husband hiding. something? Caught up in a whirlwind romance that starts in sunny Ibiza and leads to the cool corridors of a luxurious English country estate, Poppy barely has time to catch her breath, let alone seriously question if all this is too good to be true. Drew is enamored, devoted, and, okay, a little mysterious—but that's part of the thrill. What's the harm in letting his past remain private? Maybe he's not the only one… Fortunately, Drew never seems to wonder why his young wife has so readily agreed to their unusual pact to live only in the here and now and not probe their personal histories. Perhaps he assumes, as others do, that she is simply swept up in the intoxication of infatuation and sudden wealth. What's the harm in letting them believe that? How far will they go to keep the past buried? Isolated in Drew's sprawling mansion, Poppy starts to have time to doubt the man she's married, to wonder what in his past might be so terrible that it can't be spoken of, to imagine what harm he might be capable of. She doesn't want this dream to shatter. But Poppy may soon be forced to confront the dark truth that there are sins far more dangerous than the sin of omission…

Author : Simrin Jasmin Kaur Sangha
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781525549571

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The Beauty in the Pain by Simrin Jasmin Kaur Sangha Pdf

This book is a compilation of poems about grief, mental health and growth. The purpose of the book is to help others who might have similar feelings that are portrayed through the poems. Writing helped Simrin come to terms with events that happened in her life and allowed her to heal. Simrin hopes her poetry can touch others and help them heal as well.

Author : James C. Griffith,Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118930342

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Revisiting Truth, Beauty,and Justice: Evaluating With Validity in the 21st Century by James C. Griffith,Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead Pdf

This issue discusses ways of constructing, organizing, and managing arguments for evaluation. Not focued solely on the logic of evaluation or predictive validity, it discusses the various elements needed to construct evaluation arguments that are compelling and influential by virtue of the truth, beauty, and justice they express. Through exposition, original research, critical reflection, and application to case examples, the authors present tools, perspectives, and guides to help evaluators navigate the complex contexts of evaluation in the 21st century. This is the 142nd issue in the New Directions for Evaluation series from Jossey-Bass. It is an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.

Author : Vasile Munteanu
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02
Category : Emotions
ISBN : 9781457500954

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The Book of Aloneness by Vasile Munteanu Pdf

The Book of Aloneness is a collection of poems that spans over thirty years and revolves around the theme of the 'Unrequited." The book deals with various intensive and adverse emotions and states of mind that express both restraint and excessiveness and at times, excessive restraint. The overarching, unifying idea that brings all these poems together is the quietly disturbing realization of intentional and unintentional loss. Vasile Munteanu was born in Romania and moved to the United States as a teenager. He holds advanced degrees in both Literature and Philosophy form Oakland University in Michigan and State University of New York at Binghamton respectively. He teaches Literature and Philosophy at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. The Book Of Aloneness is his /rst poetry collection.

Author : Rhonda Byrne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780731815296

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The Secret by Rhonda Byrne Pdf

The tenth-anniversary edition of the book that changed lives in profound ways, now with a new foreword and afterword. In 2006, a groundbreaking feature-length film revealed the great mystery of the universe—The Secret—and, later that year, Rhonda Byrne followed with a book that became a worldwide bestseller. Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it. In this book, you’ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life—money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You’ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that’s within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life. The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers—men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.

Author : Deb Bright
Publisher : AMACOM
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814434826

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The Truth Doesn't Have to Hurt by Deb Bright Pdf

Nobody likes criticism. Handled poorly, it too often stings and breeds resentment-and most of us try to avoid it at all costs. But criticism-crafted carefully and communicated skillfully-promotes trust and respect, motivates individuals, and serves as a catalyst for change. It has the ability to turbocharge workplaces and careers. If that sounds far-fetched, it's because few understand how to properly give and receive the kind of critical feedback that brings positive results. The Truth Doesn't Have to Hurt rejuvenates this powerful but neglected art form. Executives, managers, team leaders-anyone who needs to temper praise with a dose of reality-will learn to: Deliver the truth and have it taken as helpful * Create an atmosphere of acceptance * Avoid mistakes that sabotage an exchange * Control how they receive criticism so they benefit-even if it's badly presented Ignoring problems or always saying nice things will only maintain the status quo. This research-backed book delivers proven techniques and tools for motivating people and triggering improvement-swiftly and painlessly.

Author : Stephanie Wrobel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982135072

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This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel Pdf

From the national and USA TODAY bestselling author of Darling Rose Gold comes a dark, thrilling novel about two sisters—one trapped in the clutches of a cult, the other in a web of her own lies. Welcome to Wisewood. We’ll keep your secrets if you keep ours. Natalie Collins hasn’t heard from her sister in more than half a year. The last time they spoke, Kit was slogging from mundane workdays to obligatory happy hours to crying in the shower about their dead mother. She told Natalie she was sure there was something more out there. And then she found Wisewood. On a private island off the coast of Maine, Wisewood’s guests commit to six-month stays. During this time, they’re prohibited from contact with the rest of the world—no Internet, no phones, no exceptions. But the rules are for a good reason: to keep guests focused on achieving true fearlessness so they can become their Maximized Selves. Natalie thinks it’s a bad idea, but Kit has had enough of her sister’s cynicism and voluntarily disappears off the grid. Six months later, Natalie receives a menacing email from a Wisewood account threatening to reveal the secret she’s been keeping from Kit. Panicked, Natalie hurries north to come clean to her sister and bring her home. But she’s about to learn that Wisewood won’t let either of them go without a fight.

Author : Whitwer, Glynnis
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780736934442

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When Your Child Is Hurting by Whitwer, Glynnis Pdf