Author: Jonathan S. Addleton
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820327131
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Born in Pakistan to Baptist missionaries from rural Georgia, Jonathan S. Addleton crossed the borders of race, culture, class, and religion from an early age. Some Far and Distant Place combines family history, social observation, current events, and deeply personal commentary to tell an unusual coming-of-age story that has as much to do with the intersection of cultures as it does with one man's life. Whether sharing ice cream with a young Benazir Bhutto or selling gospel tracts at the tomb of a Sufi saint, Addleton provides insightful and sometimes hilarious glimpses into the Muslim-Christian encounter through the eyes of a young child. His narrative is rooted in many unlikely sources, including a southern storytelling tradition, Urdu ghazal, revivalist hymnology, and the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. The natural beauty of the Himalayas also leaves a strong and lasting mark, providing solidity in a confusing world that on occasion seems about to tilt out of control. This clear-eyed, insightful memoir describes an experience that will become increasingly more common as cultures that once seemed remote and distant are no longer confined within the bounds of a single nation-state.
Some Far and Distant Place
Author: Jonathan S. Addleton
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820327131
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Born in Pakistan to Baptist missionaries from rural Georgia, Jonathan S. Addleton crossed the borders of race, culture, class, and religion from an early age. Some Far and Distant Place combines family history, social observation, current events, and deeply personal commentary to tell an unusual coming-of-age story that has as much to do with the intersection of cultures as it does with one man's life. Whether sharing ice cream with a young Benazir Bhutto or selling gospel tracts at the tomb of a Sufi saint, Addleton provides insightful and sometimes hilarious glimpses into the Muslim-Christian encounter through the eyes of a young child. His narrative is rooted in many unlikely sources, including a southern storytelling tradition, Urdu ghazal, revivalist hymnology, and the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. The natural beauty of the Himalayas also leaves a strong and lasting mark, providing solidity in a confusing world that on occasion seems about to tilt out of control. This clear-eyed, insightful memoir describes an experience that will become increasingly more common as cultures that once seemed remote and distant are no longer confined within the bounds of a single nation-state.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820327131
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Born in Pakistan to Baptist missionaries from rural Georgia, Jonathan S. Addleton crossed the borders of race, culture, class, and religion from an early age. Some Far and Distant Place combines family history, social observation, current events, and deeply personal commentary to tell an unusual coming-of-age story that has as much to do with the intersection of cultures as it does with one man's life. Whether sharing ice cream with a young Benazir Bhutto or selling gospel tracts at the tomb of a Sufi saint, Addleton provides insightful and sometimes hilarious glimpses into the Muslim-Christian encounter through the eyes of a young child. His narrative is rooted in many unlikely sources, including a southern storytelling tradition, Urdu ghazal, revivalist hymnology, and the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. The natural beauty of the Himalayas also leaves a strong and lasting mark, providing solidity in a confusing world that on occasion seems about to tilt out of control. This clear-eyed, insightful memoir describes an experience that will become increasingly more common as cultures that once seemed remote and distant are no longer confined within the bounds of a single nation-state.
The Far Distant Oxus
Author: Katharine Hull
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906123147
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906123147
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, So Far as Regards the Execution of Laws, and the Safety of the Lives and Property of the Citizens of the United States and Testimony Taken: Testimony taken by the committee [July 7-Nov. 8, 1871] Georgia
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Understanding the Book of Revelation for This Generation
Author: Earl B. Schrock
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669852725
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
Attempting to understand and interpret Bible prophecy has been the goal of Bible students from every generation since the prophecies were first written, read, and made public. Each succeeding generation interpreted Bible prophecy with the knowledge and mindset they possessed. Each generation, from the time the book of Revelation became available to the public, attempted to make each prophecy personal, applying it to themselves for the day in which they lived and experienced, believing it applied to them “living in the last days”. We all have absorbed, accepted, and have believed what we have been taught from those living in the generation before us. Many people today are satisfied with the past interpretations and understandings of Bible prophecy which they learned from others and have no interest in seeking a possible better conclusion or prophetic interpretation. But what about this generation? Should we be content abiding beneath the understanding of the people which lived generations before us? Unless a person sets aside preconceived ideas of Bible prophecy, then what they have been taught, by those who were taught by others, will continue to believe and teach the same truth and errors to future generations. We need to study the Bible for ourselves to be sure what we believe is the truth as per the Bible, as it applies to our generation. The timely day in which we live does not allow us to just accept the past opinion of others. “Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.” Psalm 24:3-6 KJV BIBLE PROPHECY: IT’S ALL ABOUT WORSHIP Earl B. Schrock
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669852725
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
Attempting to understand and interpret Bible prophecy has been the goal of Bible students from every generation since the prophecies were first written, read, and made public. Each succeeding generation interpreted Bible prophecy with the knowledge and mindset they possessed. Each generation, from the time the book of Revelation became available to the public, attempted to make each prophecy personal, applying it to themselves for the day in which they lived and experienced, believing it applied to them “living in the last days”. We all have absorbed, accepted, and have believed what we have been taught from those living in the generation before us. Many people today are satisfied with the past interpretations and understandings of Bible prophecy which they learned from others and have no interest in seeking a possible better conclusion or prophetic interpretation. But what about this generation? Should we be content abiding beneath the understanding of the people which lived generations before us? Unless a person sets aside preconceived ideas of Bible prophecy, then what they have been taught, by those who were taught by others, will continue to believe and teach the same truth and errors to future generations. We need to study the Bible for ourselves to be sure what we believe is the truth as per the Bible, as it applies to our generation. The timely day in which we live does not allow us to just accept the past opinion of others. “Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.” Psalm 24:3-6 KJV BIBLE PROPHECY: IT’S ALL ABOUT WORSHIP Earl B. Schrock
The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine
Gateway to the Dao-field
Author: Avraham Cohen
Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1604975539
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This book evolved from Avraham Cohen's doctoral dissertation, for which he received the 2006-2007 Ted Aoki Prize for the Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies from the University of British Columbia. Cohen, who has an extensive background as a humanistic-existential therapist and as a mindfulness meditator, believes that these two fields have much to offer in the field of education. His work in this book supplies a rich resource and shows that indeed the practice and philosophy of mindfulness and humanistic-existential practices is a gold mine waiting to be fully mined and applied in education. These ideas and practices come alive in his writings. This collection of provocative and evocative essays written for both educational theorists and classroom practitioners addresses very directly the much neglected human dimension and community development potential within classrooms. His groundbreaking work describes what most of us know intuitively to be important in classrooms, and which is rarely adequately addressed-how to be authentically and fully human, and how this pedagogy of being human is central to becoming a great educator. He points towards the practical implementation of pedagogic practices that integrate the personal inner work of the educator, classroom practice, and curriculum learning.
Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1604975539
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This book evolved from Avraham Cohen's doctoral dissertation, for which he received the 2006-2007 Ted Aoki Prize for the Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies from the University of British Columbia. Cohen, who has an extensive background as a humanistic-existential therapist and as a mindfulness meditator, believes that these two fields have much to offer in the field of education. His work in this book supplies a rich resource and shows that indeed the practice and philosophy of mindfulness and humanistic-existential practices is a gold mine waiting to be fully mined and applied in education. These ideas and practices come alive in his writings. This collection of provocative and evocative essays written for both educational theorists and classroom practitioners addresses very directly the much neglected human dimension and community development potential within classrooms. His groundbreaking work describes what most of us know intuitively to be important in classrooms, and which is rarely adequately addressed-how to be authentically and fully human, and how this pedagogy of being human is central to becoming a great educator. He points towards the practical implementation of pedagogic practices that integrate the personal inner work of the educator, classroom practice, and curriculum learning.
Feathers and Fire
Author: Pakhi Dixit
Publisher: StoryMirror Infotech Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 9386305402
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
An epic tale of sorrow, love, death and inevitable fate. The novel gives you a taste of tragic teen romance at the same time deals with the inevitability that every relationship in the post global world of fast tacked love today's teen face. The tale is a tragic story about a fated meeting of a boy and a cancer patient. Each waiting for someone to solve their dilemmas.
Publisher: StoryMirror Infotech Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 9386305402
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
An epic tale of sorrow, love, death and inevitable fate. The novel gives you a taste of tragic teen romance at the same time deals with the inevitability that every relationship in the post global world of fast tacked love today's teen face. The tale is a tragic story about a fated meeting of a boy and a cancer patient. Each waiting for someone to solve their dilemmas.
The Bottomless Well of Time
Author: C. R. Searle
Publisher: TopM.Publishing
ISBN: 1481919547
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
.....'Yes, Billy, the password, Lieutenant Galbraith gave to you before you left England?''Yes … of course,' he stammered, 'the password … the password is ….. Who can tell the hiding place of the nine? Yes, that is it, Marie Ange. Who can tell the hiding place of the nine?'Four can tell the hiding place of the nine,' she answered.'Who can tell the hiding place of the nine?' repeated Billy, without hesitation.'Three can tell the hiding place of the nine,' came her quick reply.'Who can tell the hiding place of the nine?' asked Billy, a third time.'Two can tell the hiding place of the nine,' she replied, her two spread hands pressed flat across her chest, as if to stop her heart exploding with excitement.'Who can tell the hiding place of the nine?' asked Billy, a fourth and last time, as the mysterious Lieutenant Galbraith had insisted he must.'One and only one can tell the hiding place of the nine,' answered Marie-Ange and with such a thrill of pleasure, it brought squeals of delight and great hugs and kisses of congratulations from Tom and Polly, as if she had won a contest, which in an odd way she had.And so begins an adventure in the vastness of space and time which leads Lieutenant William 'Billy' Kepple, Tom (not her real name), Polly, Marie-Ange and the crew of HMS Parrot in search of the Rebus of Akhenaten, a picture puzzle inscribed on a gold plate. A plate made of nine separate pieces which show where the Pharaoh Akhenaten hid the great horde of treasure he took from the Priest of Amun-Ra in 1336BC. A treasure the secret society of Templar Knights who found it on Jerusalem's Temple Mount in 11128AD say is an engine, machine or device so powerful whosoever possesses it will rule the world.The Bottomless Well of Time is the first book in a series of six books called The Rebus and the Parrot. Book Two, The Secret of the Chateau Tollendal will be published in April 2013.C R Searle, 2013 Further information about this fascinating series can be found on: www.TheSwordAndShieldOfAten.com
Publisher: TopM.Publishing
ISBN: 1481919547
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
.....'Yes, Billy, the password, Lieutenant Galbraith gave to you before you left England?''Yes … of course,' he stammered, 'the password … the password is ….. Who can tell the hiding place of the nine? Yes, that is it, Marie Ange. Who can tell the hiding place of the nine?'Four can tell the hiding place of the nine,' she answered.'Who can tell the hiding place of the nine?' repeated Billy, without hesitation.'Three can tell the hiding place of the nine,' came her quick reply.'Who can tell the hiding place of the nine?' asked Billy, a third time.'Two can tell the hiding place of the nine,' she replied, her two spread hands pressed flat across her chest, as if to stop her heart exploding with excitement.'Who can tell the hiding place of the nine?' asked Billy, a fourth and last time, as the mysterious Lieutenant Galbraith had insisted he must.'One and only one can tell the hiding place of the nine,' answered Marie-Ange and with such a thrill of pleasure, it brought squeals of delight and great hugs and kisses of congratulations from Tom and Polly, as if she had won a contest, which in an odd way she had.And so begins an adventure in the vastness of space and time which leads Lieutenant William 'Billy' Kepple, Tom (not her real name), Polly, Marie-Ange and the crew of HMS Parrot in search of the Rebus of Akhenaten, a picture puzzle inscribed on a gold plate. A plate made of nine separate pieces which show where the Pharaoh Akhenaten hid the great horde of treasure he took from the Priest of Amun-Ra in 1336BC. A treasure the secret society of Templar Knights who found it on Jerusalem's Temple Mount in 11128AD say is an engine, machine or device so powerful whosoever possesses it will rule the world.The Bottomless Well of Time is the first book in a series of six books called The Rebus and the Parrot. Book Two, The Secret of the Chateau Tollendal will be published in April 2013.C R Searle, 2013 Further information about this fascinating series can be found on: www.TheSwordAndShieldOfAten.com
When The Gods Came
Author: John Glasby
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473210410
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Men had fought wars throughout history, but never such a war as the one which destroyed the cities of earth and turned vast areas into badlands, stretches of intense radioactivity where nothing could grow and no one could live. It also produced the deviates, mutants who had warped bodies and strange talents. But there were others who had still stranger talents, mental powers exceeding those of the mutants, and whose bodies did not bear the sign of the deviate. Their origin could not be traced to an atomic war; even they themselves had no idea whence they came. Forced to take part in the abortive war between the Eastern and Western Federations, one man and one man eventually escaped and discovered creatures similar to themselves. But to discover their origin they had to go back five thousand years; and the answer lay not on earth, but somewhere in the stars.
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473210410
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Men had fought wars throughout history, but never such a war as the one which destroyed the cities of earth and turned vast areas into badlands, stretches of intense radioactivity where nothing could grow and no one could live. It also produced the deviates, mutants who had warped bodies and strange talents. But there were others who had still stranger talents, mental powers exceeding those of the mutants, and whose bodies did not bear the sign of the deviate. Their origin could not be traced to an atomic war; even they themselves had no idea whence they came. Forced to take part in the abortive war between the Eastern and Western Federations, one man and one man eventually escaped and discovered creatures similar to themselves. But to discover their origin they had to go back five thousand years; and the answer lay not on earth, but somewhere in the stars.