Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
The Last Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes
Author: Cecil Rhodes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capitalists and financiers
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capitalists and financiers
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
How to Change Your Mind
Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735224153
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Now on Netflix as a 4-part documentary series! “Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists inadvertently catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research. A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, How to Change Your Mind is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue" is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both suffering and joy, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735224153
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Now on Netflix as a 4-part documentary series! “Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists inadvertently catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research. A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, How to Change Your Mind is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue" is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both suffering and joy, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives.
Prayer Journal
Author: Amy Little
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Prayer Journal: Prompts Book, Write Daily Bible Scripture, Prayer Requests Pages, Personal Relationship With The Lord Journey, Prayers, Thankful To God List, Every Day Life Devotional This guided Prayer Journal is a perfect way to guide you through your spiritual walk with God, strengthen & grow your faith as a Christian, and can also help build your relationship with Christ. The interior pages of this notebook includes space for journaling the following prompts: Date - Record the date and time. Today's Bible Verse - Write your scriptures for the day. Today I Am Thankful For - Log what your gratitude for the day and the things you are thankful & grateful for today. Teach Me To - Reflect on what you want the Lord to teach you, your favorite quotes, or any notes from the sermon. Prayer Requests - Write notes on your prayer requests. People I'm Praying For Today - Record the people you need and like to pray for. My Answered Prayers - Log all the prayers that God has answered for you and remind yourself of the power of prayer. Will make great gifts for women, men, and kids as well. Simple and easy to use. Journals keep all your important information all in one place. Size is 6x9 inches, 102 pages, soft matte finish cover, high-quality white paper, black ink, paperback.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Prayer Journal: Prompts Book, Write Daily Bible Scripture, Prayer Requests Pages, Personal Relationship With The Lord Journey, Prayers, Thankful To God List, Every Day Life Devotional This guided Prayer Journal is a perfect way to guide you through your spiritual walk with God, strengthen & grow your faith as a Christian, and can also help build your relationship with Christ. The interior pages of this notebook includes space for journaling the following prompts: Date - Record the date and time. Today's Bible Verse - Write your scriptures for the day. Today I Am Thankful For - Log what your gratitude for the day and the things you are thankful & grateful for today. Teach Me To - Reflect on what you want the Lord to teach you, your favorite quotes, or any notes from the sermon. Prayer Requests - Write notes on your prayer requests. People I'm Praying For Today - Record the people you need and like to pray for. My Answered Prayers - Log all the prayers that God has answered for you and remind yourself of the power of prayer. Will make great gifts for women, men, and kids as well. Simple and easy to use. Journals keep all your important information all in one place. Size is 6x9 inches, 102 pages, soft matte finish cover, high-quality white paper, black ink, paperback.
Prayer Journal
Author: Amy Little
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Prayer Journal: Prompts Book, Write Daily Bible Scripture, Prayer Requests Pages, Personal Relationship With The Lord Journey, Prayers, Thankful To God List, Every Day Life Devotional This guided Prayer Journal is a perfect way to guide you through your spiritual walk with God, strengthen & grow your faith as a Christian, and can also help build your relationship with Christ. The interior pages of this notebook includes space for journaling the following prompts: Date - Record the date and time. Today's Bible Verse - Write your scriptures for the day. Today I Am Thankful For - Log what your gratitude for the day and the things you are thankful & grateful for today. Teach Me To - Reflect on what you want the Lord to teach you, your favorite quotes, or any notes from the sermon. Prayer Requests - Write notes on your prayer requests. People I'm Praying For Today - Record the people you need and like to pray for. My Answered Prayers - Log all the prayers that God has answered for you and remind yourself of the power of prayer. Will make great gifts for women, men, and kids as well. Simple and easy to use. Journals keep all your important information all in one place. Size is 6x9 inches, 102 pages, soft matte finish cover, high-quality white paper, black ink, paperback.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Prayer Journal: Prompts Book, Write Daily Bible Scripture, Prayer Requests Pages, Personal Relationship With The Lord Journey, Prayers, Thankful To God List, Every Day Life Devotional This guided Prayer Journal is a perfect way to guide you through your spiritual walk with God, strengthen & grow your faith as a Christian, and can also help build your relationship with Christ. The interior pages of this notebook includes space for journaling the following prompts: Date - Record the date and time. Today's Bible Verse - Write your scriptures for the day. Today I Am Thankful For - Log what your gratitude for the day and the things you are thankful & grateful for today. Teach Me To - Reflect on what you want the Lord to teach you, your favorite quotes, or any notes from the sermon. Prayer Requests - Write notes on your prayer requests. People I'm Praying For Today - Record the people you need and like to pray for. My Answered Prayers - Log all the prayers that God has answered for you and remind yourself of the power of prayer. Will make great gifts for women, men, and kids as well. Simple and easy to use. Journals keep all your important information all in one place. Size is 6x9 inches, 102 pages, soft matte finish cover, high-quality white paper, black ink, paperback.
Prayer Journal
Author: Amy Newton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649441836
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649441836
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
My Child, My Gift
Author: Madeline Pecora Nugent
Publisher: New City Press
ISBN: 1565482913
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A comprehensive guide for parents who are unfortunately given the bad news regarding their preborn child with either an ultrasound or laboratory diagnosis of a potential or real congenital problem. It explains to them both secular and religious faithbased strategies on how to emotionally, psychologically and spiritually prepare for and assimilate the multiple and various emotions they will have to reconcile, as well as how to deal with the mixed messages they will be receiving from family members, friends, physicians, and their own inner conflicting feelings. My prayers have been answered in Madeline Pecora Nugents My Child, My Gift. From the Foreword by MARK X. LOWNEY "This volume is a must read for each parent, grandparent and friend. Nugent has answered every question asked regarding the pains and joys of motherhood. Madeline's words are written to mothers who crave honest counsel and anticipate earnest guidance. To call this book "Every Mother's Bible" would sound irreverent. But sincerely this is undoubtedly the most profound and complete guide to understanding what love means at the heart of becoming a mother. This treasure piece is essential to occupy every woman's library. TERRI GREEN Author of Simple Acts of Kindness Includes many insights and experiences of parents, along with bw photos of their children.
Publisher: New City Press
ISBN: 1565482913
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A comprehensive guide for parents who are unfortunately given the bad news regarding their preborn child with either an ultrasound or laboratory diagnosis of a potential or real congenital problem. It explains to them both secular and religious faithbased strategies on how to emotionally, psychologically and spiritually prepare for and assimilate the multiple and various emotions they will have to reconcile, as well as how to deal with the mixed messages they will be receiving from family members, friends, physicians, and their own inner conflicting feelings. My prayers have been answered in Madeline Pecora Nugents My Child, My Gift. From the Foreword by MARK X. LOWNEY "This volume is a must read for each parent, grandparent and friend. Nugent has answered every question asked regarding the pains and joys of motherhood. Madeline's words are written to mothers who crave honest counsel and anticipate earnest guidance. To call this book "Every Mother's Bible" would sound irreverent. But sincerely this is undoubtedly the most profound and complete guide to understanding what love means at the heart of becoming a mother. This treasure piece is essential to occupy every woman's library. TERRI GREEN Author of Simple Acts of Kindness Includes many insights and experiences of parents, along with bw photos of their children.
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Revised Edition)
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433573482
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
A Guide to Navigate Evangelical Feminism In a society where gender roles are a hot-button topic, the church is not immune to the controversy. In fact, the church has wrestled with varying degrees of evangelical feminism for decades. As evangelical feminism has crept into the church, time-trusted resources like Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood help remind Christians of what the Bible has to say. In this edition of the award-winning best seller, more than 20 influential men and women such as John Piper, Wayne Grudem, D. A. Carson, and Elisabeth Elliot offer thought-provoking essays responding to the challenge egalitarianism poses to life in the church and in the home. Covering topics like role distinctions in the church, how biblical manhood and womanhood should work out in practice, and women in the history of the church, this helpful resource will help readers learn to orient their beliefs with God's unchanging word in an ever-changing culture.
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433573482
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
A Guide to Navigate Evangelical Feminism In a society where gender roles are a hot-button topic, the church is not immune to the controversy. In fact, the church has wrestled with varying degrees of evangelical feminism for decades. As evangelical feminism has crept into the church, time-trusted resources like Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood help remind Christians of what the Bible has to say. In this edition of the award-winning best seller, more than 20 influential men and women such as John Piper, Wayne Grudem, D. A. Carson, and Elisabeth Elliot offer thought-provoking essays responding to the challenge egalitarianism poses to life in the church and in the home. Covering topics like role distinctions in the church, how biblical manhood and womanhood should work out in practice, and women in the history of the church, this helpful resource will help readers learn to orient their beliefs with God's unchanging word in an ever-changing culture.
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art
Publisher: Lucia Marquand
ISBN: 9781555953614
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.
Publisher: Lucia Marquand
ISBN: 9781555953614
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.
Road to Revolution
Author: Avrahm Yarmolinsky
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400858402
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This book traces the history of revolutionary movements in nineteenth- century Russia, ending with the great famine of 1891-92, by which time Marxism was already in the ascendant. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400858402
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This book traces the history of revolutionary movements in nineteenth- century Russia, ending with the great famine of 1891-92, by which time Marxism was already in the ascendant. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.