Author: Ernest Kiss
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781645314394
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 610

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This memoir covers seventy years of some of the most turbulent events in history: fascist and communist dictatorships, revolutions and wars, and how the author became a man during it while balancing studies, sport carriers, family and work.

Author: John Macnamara
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262263672
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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In this lively book, John Macnamara shows how a number of important thinkers through the ages have approached problems of mental representation and the acquisition of knowledge. He discusses the relevance of these approaches to modern cognitive psychology, focusing on central themes that he believes have strongly influenced modern psychology. This is not a neutral historical survey, but a vehicle for Macnamara's compelling and provocative arguments on the relevance and worth of certain aspects of psychological and philosophical thought. The historical figures discussed are quite varied—from Plato to Thomas Jefferson to Sigmund Freud—and include numerous Christian philosophers such as Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. The book assumes no previous background in the subject matter; Macnamara often simplifies abstract concepts via homespun examples (many using his beloved dog, Freddie). This is a quirky, engaging book, as well as the last work by a highly influential figure in cognitive psychology.

Author: Donal Ruane
Publisher: Gill
ISBN: 9780717135967
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Tales in a Rearview Mirror is a collection of true stories as told from the driver's seat of a Dublin taxi. Some are funny, some are sad, some are foolish and some are bittersweet. Pretty much like the people Donal Ruane observes as he reluctantly drives around the city. All human life is here. There's the criminal's girlfriend who's just bought a house for cash in "Fox-bleedin'-rock". The eccentric American looking for a hooker. The drunken northsider chancing his arm to share a taxi home with a south county darling. The mother and father of all family rows in Ballyfermot. And lots more besides. Tales in a Rearview Mirror is the real deal. It's a hugely entertaining, brilliantly written slice of real Dublin life that you won't get anywhere else. "An irresistable read." Gerry Ryan

Author: Dave Goldberg
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142181048
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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“A great read… Goldberg is an excellent guide.”—Mario Livio, bestselling author of The Golden Ratio Physicist Dave Goldberg speeds across space, time and everything in between showing that our elegant universe—from the Higgs boson to antimatter to the most massive group of galaxies—is shaped by hidden symmetries that have driven all our recent discoveries about the universe and all the ones to come. Why is the sky dark at night? If there is anti-matter, can there be anti-people? Why are past, present, and future our only options? Saluting the brilliant but unsung female mathematician Emmy Noether as well as other giants of physics, Goldberg answers these questions and more, exuberantly demonstrating that symmetry is the big idea—and the key to what lies ahead.

Author: Ed Lincoln
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935359548
Category : Businessmen
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In this charming and refreshingly frank memoir, the creator of Seattle's Pink Toe Truck shares heartwarming and rollicking tales that illustrate his passion for family, hard work and hilarity. Ed Lincoln invites you to jump in the passenger's seat and take a peek though the rearview mirror as he reveals surprising life lessons that have spanned the decades. This true story once again proves that fact is often more compelling than fiction. You will burst out laughing, hold back tears and maybe even dust off a few nuggets of wisdom to put in your own back pocket.

Author: Bill Milliken
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401937918
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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“Bill Milliken is a rare human being who possesses heart, wisdom, and compassion. Read From the Rearview Mirror and relish the goodness of this man.” — Goldie Hawn, entertainer and philanthropist From the Rearview Mirror is the story of Bill Milliken’s journey from an affluent Pittsburgh suburb to the streets of Harlem and the Lower East Side of New York City in the 1960s, on to communal living in Georgia in the 1970s, to working with multiple presidential administrations in Washington, D.C. He struggled with an undiagnosed learning disability in school, believing he was dumb and had nowhere to go. After connecting with the Young Life outreach program at the age of 17, however, he found his calling doing street work with homeless, addicted, and other at-risk teens in the turbulent ’60s. Bill and his colleagues founded what grew into Communities in Schools, a highly effective organization working to bring services to young people and prevent them from dropping out of school. Along the way, Bill struggled with bringing his personal life into alignment with his ideals, coming to terms with organized religion and his own spiritual path, and creating the family and community he’d always longed for.

Author: William W. Turner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781883955212
Category : Espionage, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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From the Warren Commission Report to Operation Chaos to the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, many major events of the last half of the 20th century are encompassed in the explosive memoirs of Turner, a bestselling investigative journalist and a former ten-year agent of the FBI.

Author: Behavioral
Publisher: Forward Reflections
ISBN: 9780999901403
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Adoption is a tangible way for families to live out their faith in God and fight social injustice. But is a heart to serve enough to help these families overcome the challenges they will face? After more than fourteen years of working in the orphan care and adoption advocacy world, author Karen Springs set out on a road trip across the US to explore what happens after adoptive families bring their children home and real life begins. Using her own experiences and those of the 63 adoptive families she interviewed, Karen unpacks the lessons we all can learn through the brokenness and beauty of adoption. You'll discover: -Your family is not alone in the challenges of the adoption journey-Surprising treasures can be found in the harder aspects of adoptive parenting-Gaining a rearview mirror perspective of the lesser discussed aspects of adoption can better prepare you for the road ahead.This is a road trip you won't want to miss!

Author: Jeff Wickwire
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780800794040
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A scriptural, common-sense approach that encourages Christians to let go of their hurts and regrets and move forward into the life God intended them to have.

Author: Louise Parsley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933979328
Category : Motherhood
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A collection of essays that pulls the facade off family life, revealing the true and unvarnished journey of coming to grips with motherhood. Showing that not all mother's instincts kick in automatically, it includes narratives that create camaraderie among fellow moms who fear they have been endowed with the maternal warmth of Leona Helmsley.