Author: Nick Benton Publisher: Lethe Press ISBN: 1590213920 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 344
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This book is a compilation of 100 columns published under the title, "Nick Benton's Gay Science" on consecutive weeks from October 2010 through September 2012 on the website of the Falls Church News-Press and in print in the Metro Weekly, one of two prominent newspapers for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area LGBT community. That period covered the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the Broadway revival of Larry Kramer's powerful play The Normal Heart, the President of the United States proclaiming himself in favor of gay marriage as well as the ongoing positive progression of gay rights. Benton's columns contributed to the dialogue shaping LGBT identity and self-esteem going forward into a new world of equality.
Author: John A. Elefteriades Publisher: Berkley ISBN: 0425271528 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 289
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A well-known cardiac surgeon shares his experiences in treating some of his most memorable patients and describes the courage and resiliency that they displayed in facing health challenges and sometimes overwhelming odds.
Author: Tommy Spaulding Publisher: Crown Currency ISBN: 055341903X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 257
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Tommy Spaulding shows you how looking inwards--and leading with your heart--can transform your life. In his New York Times bestseller, It’s Not Just Who You Know, world renowned leadership speaker and former CEO of Up with People Tommy Spaulding talked about the power of building genuine and lasting relationships both personally and professionally. In The Heart-Led Leader, Spaulding turns his focus to ourselves--to who we are. Authentic leaders, Spaulding says, live and lead from the heart. The values and principles that guide our lives and shape our ability to lead others is far more important than our title, or our ability to crunch numbers, or the impressive degrees we display on our walls. To effect true transformational change, heart-led leaders draw on the qualities of humility, vulnerability, transparency, empathy and love. Illustrated with stories from his own life, and from some of the exceptional leaders he has met and worked with over the years, Spaulding unpacks what those qualities mean, talks about the 18-inch journey from the head to the heart--from our intellect to our emotions--and shows us how to incorporate them into our careers, into how we manage and lead others, and into how we live our lives. It is a vision of leadership that has the power to transform everything we do, and the lives of everyone we touch.
Author: Arun K Singh Publisher: Center Street ISBN: 1546082972 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 281
Book Description
An encouraging, inspiring, and "absorbing" (Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize winner) true story of how a boy from India overcame a difficult childhood and devastating hand injuries and became one of the most prolific cardiac surgeons in U.S. history. An encouraging and inspiring true story on how a boy from India overcame a difficult childhood and devastating hand injuries and became one of the most prolific cardiac surgeons in U.S. history. Leaving a life marked by crippling setbacks and his father's doubt, in 1967 a twenty-something doctor from India arrived in America with only five dollars and the desire to claim his American dream. The journey still awaiting Dr. Arun K. Singh would be unparalleled. Faced with an entirely new culture, racism, and the lasting effects of disabling childhood injuries, through hard work and perseverance he overcame all odds. Now having performed over 15,000 open heart surgeries, more than nearly every surgeon in history, Dr. Singh reflects on his most memorable patients and his incredible personal life. Shared for the first time, these intimate and uplifting accounts, along with photos, will have you cheering for the underdog and appreciating the enduring determination of the human spirit.
Author: Senait Mehari Publisher: Profile Books(GB) ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
An unwanted baby, her mother packs her inside a suitcase, closes the lid, puts the suitcase in a cupboard and goes away. Despite all the tortures and cruelties, this is a moving testimony of a woman who started from the very bottom of society but who is aiming for the very top.
Author: Jenni Catron Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM ISBN: 1400205719 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 226
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You have the capacity to become an extraordinary leader—if you are willing to embrace a deeper definition of leadership and take action to apply it. In The 4 Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership, Jenni Catron, executive church leader and author of Clout, reveals the secrets to standout leadership found in the Great Commandment: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Weaving a winsome narrative filled with inspiring real-life stories, hard-won wisdom, and practical applications, Catron unpacks four essential aspects of growing more influential: your heart for relational leadership, your soul for spiritual leadership, your mind for managerial leadership, and your strength for visionary leadership. Leadership isn’t easy, but it is possible to move from ordinary to extraordinary. Jenni Catron shows the way.
Author: Buzz Bissinger Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0547816561 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 283
Book Description
The author recounts a father-son road trip during which he gained insight into the worldviews, challenges, and talents of his socially challenged savant son, Zach.
Author: Charles Eisenstein Publisher: North Atlantic Books ISBN: 1583947248 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 289
Book Description
As seen on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday A beacon of hope in the face of our current world crises, this uplifting book demonstrates how embracing our interconnectedness is key to world transformation In a time of social and ecological crisis, what can we as individuals do to make the world a better place? This inspirational and thought-provoking book serves as an empowering antidote to the cynicism, frustration, paralysis, and overwhelm so many of us are feeling, replacing it with a grounding reminder of what’s true: we are all connected, and our small, personal choices bear unsuspected transformational power. By fully embracing and practicing this principle of interconnectedness—called interbeing—we become more effective agents of change and have a stronger positive influence on the world. Throughout the book, Eisenstein relates real-life stories showing how small, individual acts of courage, kindness, and self-trust can change our culture’s guiding narrative of separation, which, he shows, has generated the present planetary crisis. He brings to conscious awareness a deep wisdom we all innately know: until we get ourselves in order, any action we take—no matter how good our intentions—will ultimately be wrong-headed and wrong-hearted. Above all, Eisenstein invites us to embrace a radically different understanding of cause and effect, sounding a clarion call to surrender our old worldview of separation, so that we can finally create the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. With chapters covering separation, interbeing, despair, hope, pain, pleasure, consciousness, and many more, the book invites us to let the old Story of Separation fall away so that we can stand firmly in a Story of Interbeing.
Author: Derrick Miles Publisher: Charisma Media ISBN: 0982839383 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 110
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DIVWith compelling insights and practical applications from some of the world’s top entrepreneurs, you will gain a fresh understanding of what it means to live within a cone of excitement, anticipation and purpose./div
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