Download or read book A Dedicated Friend written by Shirley Longford and published by Eden Book Society. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organ donation is in its infancy and Daisy Howard, who is giving a kidney to her aunt, is in the hands of a pioneering surgeon. After the operation, Daisy is desperate to get back to her family, yet the days go by and she remains in the hospital; meanwhile, an old friend keeps visiting with news of home, and Daisy becomes increasingly uneasy.

Download or read book How to Be a Friend written by Marcus Tullius Cicero and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever written In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is more important than ever. In this short book, which is one of the greatest ever written on the subject, the famous Roman politician and philosopher Cicero offers a compelling guide to finding, keeping, and appreciating friends. With wit and wisdom, Cicero shows us not only how to build friendships but also why they must be a key part of our lives. For, as Cicero says, life without friends is not worth living. Filled with timeless advice and insights, Cicero’s heartfelt and moving classic—written in 44 BC and originally titled De Amicitia—has inspired readers for more than two thousand years, from St. Augustine and Dante to Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Presented here in a lively new translation with the original Latin on facing pages and an inviting introduction, How to Be a Friend explores how to choose the right friends, how to avoid the pitfalls of friendship, and how to live with friends in good times and bad. Cicero also praises what he sees as the deepest kind of friendship—one in which two people find in each other “another self” or a kindred soul. An honest and eloquent guide to finding and treasuring true friends, How to Be a Friend speaks as powerfully today as when it was first written.

Download or read book The Dedication of Books to Patron and Friend written by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and published by London : E. Stock. This book was released on 1887 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Friend National Book Award Winner written by Sigrid Nunez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NAOMI WATTS “A beautiful book . . . a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love.” —Wall Street Journal “A penetrating, moving meditation on loss, comfort, memory . . . Nunez has a wry, withering wit.” —NPR “Dry, allusive and charming . . . the comedy here writes itself.” —The New York Times The New York Times bestselling story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog's care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unraveling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them. Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion.

Download or read book Big Friendship written by Aminatou Sow and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain. Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship, most people don’t talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul. Now two friends, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, tell the story of their equally messy and life-affirming Big Friendship in this honest and hilarious book that chronicles their first decade in one another’s lives. As the hosts of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend, they’ve become known for frank and intimate conversations. In this book, they bring that energy to their own friendship—its joys and its pitfalls. Aminatou and Ann define Big Friendship as a strong, significant bond that transcends life phases, geographical locations, and emotional shifts. And they should know: the two have had moments of charmed bliss and deep frustration, of profound connection and gut-wrenching alienation. They have weathered life-threatening health scares, getting fired from their dream jobs, and one unfortunate Thanksgiving dinner eaten in a car in a parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga. Through interviews with friends and experts, they have come to understand that their struggles are not unique. And that the most important part of a Big Friendship is making the decision to invest in one another again and again. An inspiring and entertaining testament to the power of society’s most underappreciated relationship, Big Friendship will invite you to think about how your own bonds are formed, challenged, and preserved. It is a call to value your friendships in all of their complexity. Actively choose them. And, sometimes, fight for them.

Download or read book Your Ever Grateful Devoted Friend Sigfrid Karg Elert s letters to Godfrey Sceats written by Harold Fabrikant and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2000 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Godfrey Sceats, 1888-1966, was an amateur musician (organist, composer) and by profession a linguist proficient in German, French and Spanish. He first heard Karg-Elert's music around 1910 when several accomplished Englishmen were starting to take note of it with enthusiasm. Many of the letters are published side by side, in German and English, and a comprehensive appendix completes the volume.

Download or read book The Do it yourself handbook for keyboard playing written by Edward J. Shanaphy and published by Shacor, Inc.. This book was released on 1983-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Ultimate Hero of the Dark written by Pankaj Kumar Chaurasia and published by Blue Hill Publications. This book was released on with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An Ultimate Hero of the Dark" is a highly poignant tale about a socially marginalised slum boy Chandu, his spiny struggles, heart touching family love and sacrifices, beautiful but sketchy love story, exemplary friendship, heart-melting talks while dying and mind squeezing great immolation. This tale is full of emotions, sacred romance, thrills, suspense, betrayals, avenge, sacrifices and all the materials able to strongly hold the fiction lovers. This tale also shows the dark side of socially neglected people and the rough mentalities of a few affluent people about them. In order to curiously know how much was the mournful life of Chandu during birth; how his life becomes changed when came in the friendship of Shiwa; how he fell in the deep love of his fast friend Shiwa's sister, Shaumya; how he saves the life of his fast friends and others from the hands of scoundrels and gangsters; how the friendship of Chandu, Krishna, Sapna and Shiwa comes at their peaks following several critical and dangerous turns and twists of life; how he saves two families from the crocodile's mouth of Singhush, his scoundrel son, a cheater family friend; how chapters of innocent loves of Shaumya and Sapna for both friends cruelly remain unaccomplished and many more joyful and mournful twists; the reader must go till the end of the story. Readers will find all spices at one place in the form of highly interesting and thrilling story.

Download or read book Shock and Awe written by Thomas Bayuk and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-05-13 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brief, readable time, Bayuk (Coping and Prevailing, 1986, etc.) recounts a lifetime of pulling away from and moving closer to God, before finally setting out to motivate others to do His will. In the prologue, the author tackles America's current ambivalence about the church's role in society. This section contains provocative statements and stories that take aim at the current trend toward political correctness, with its strict separation of God from government. In his 'points to ponder,' Bayuk notes meaningfully that a statue of Moses holding the Ten Commandments stares down from the top of the Supreme Court building. On the whole, however, the author focuses on his vacillating relationship with God. Bayuk, who has written two books about coping with his multiple sclerosis, turns his struggles into warmhearted stories. He recalls in detail his long and happy relationship with his wife, his glory days of welling commercial real state, the ups and downs of owning a deli and a diner and of having learned to live with his disease. Throughout, the author recounts being torn between following his free will and following what he perceived as God's instructions. However, his major defiance of God's will seems to have been his reluctance to attend church. Bayuk recalls that he refused to go to mass for years, feeling frustrated when he spent hours at Pentecostal services and guilty when he did not. Readers may not view these moments as the powerful conflicts of God that Bayuk presents them as. The author later describes miracles that have occurred since he has become more spiritually involved. Here again, the reader may see his helpful daughter, a reconciliation between parents and children and the brother who raises some cash in a time of need, not as miracles but simply as blessings. Also, while the author is an engaging storyteller, he's also a bit repetitious. Nevertheless, Bayuk writes convincingly about the satisfactions of a faith-based life. A handy night stand book for those seeking spiritual affirmation.

Download or read book Doubting Thomas Doubting America written by Thomas Bayuk and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-02-06 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doubting Thomas...Doubting America" is an enlightening and uplifting narrative regarding the declining and doubtful existence of God for both the author and America. It takes you on a journey with candor, humor, humility and joy. Everyone who has seriously sought to know God personally will immediately identify with Toms struggle to find the answer to this question, could it be that God desires to have an intimate relationship with me? Tom takes us along on his journey of struggle and doubt and describes the many amazing and serendipitous experiences that regularly occurred which erased his doubt and convinced him that the God he was seeking was indeed in hot pursuit of him all the while. You will hear of the countless episodes and events that Tom encountered which revealed to him the presence and provision of God in extraordinary ways. Whether it came as a lone tomato and onion sitting on the vine in the dead of winter or thousands of dollars arriving in the nick of time, it became evident that the God he was pursuing was quite amazing. Toms spiritual quest brought him to this truth. To believe is to become convinced that God will reveal Himself to those who earnestly seek Him and that it is His joy to provide for His children, often in remarkable ways. Toms eyes were opened to the wonder of Gods love and to the creative ways His love was continually expressed in their lives. This knowledge has inspired and motivated him through his experience with multiple sclerosis and has been the passion that propelled him to write this book. It will also delve into the mystery and causes of our societies declining and sadly misguided path. An eye-opening and awakening chronicle of where we have come from and where we could go...if we choose.

Download or read book How to Be Nice to Yourself The Everyday Guide to Self Compassion written by Laura Silberstein-Tirch and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practice deep self compassion with a wide range of strategies. Today's the day to start loving yourself. How to Be Nice to Yourself makes it simple to start practicing self compassion with a wide variety of techniques and strategies that anyone can learn. Filled with easy-to-use advice drawn from a variety of sources—including meditation, mindfulness, and acceptance and commitment therapy—this book will help you find the right way to start feeling good about yourself. How to Be Nice to Yourself: The Everyday Guide to Self Compassion includes: Proven Strategies—Learn a variety of ways to practice self compassion daily—with meditations, writing exercises, and more. Practical Advice—Bring self compassion to your thoughts, emotions, and actions with exercises that can easily be applied to your daily life. Personalized Approach—Customize your self compassion practice with a personalized plan based on what matters to you and the kind of changes you want to see. Start loving yourself with the techniques that work best for you. You'll discover them in How to be Nice to Yourself: The Everyday Guide to Self Compassion.

Download or read book The Pull written by Summer Robidoux and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brittany Scott coasts through the life her parents always wanted for her. That is, until the clinic's new doctor walks in, forcing Brit to look into a mirror reflecting her short comings. Luring out her competitive side, Brit decides it's time for a change, starting with her superficial relationships. After recruiting her favorite work acquaintances, Brit embarks on a road trip of self-discovery. While exploring in Boulder, the three friends are approached by a stranger. Speaking in riddles, he discloses directions leading directly to an Arapahoe legend, the Cleansing Pool, located deep within the Rocky Mountains. With the help of her friends, she discovers that the pool is not a pool, but rather a pull a portal that pulls you throughout the universe. Only the universe's protectors, known as travelers, can pass through a pull travelers like Brit. With the discovery of Brit's rare destiny, the universe is at her fingertips, and she holds one of the master keys to pass through any door. She must now save our world and her love from a tyrant plotting to avenge his father's death. It's a race to the finish line with our existence at stake.

Download or read book James S Coleman written by Dr Jon Clark and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-10 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James S. Coleman was one of a distinguished generation of sociology students who passed through the Columbia Sociology Department in the 1940s and `50s. This book critically debates his work and his contribution to society and the social sciences more generally. It consists of 18 major papers by 20 authors from six countries on a range of themes. The volume is framed by an extended editorial introduction reflecting on the five- year exchange of correspondence between James Coleman and the editor, together with two of Coleman's own works.

Download or read book Sabbath written by Wayne Muller and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2000-09-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's world, with its relentless emphasis on success and productivity, we have lost the necessary rhythm of life, the balance between work and rest. Constantly striving, we feel exhausted and deprived in the midst of great abundance. We long for time with friends and family, we long for a moment to ourselves. Millennia ago, the tradition of Sabbath created an oasis of sacred time within a life of unceasing labor. Now, in a book that can heal our harried lives, Wayne Muller, author of the spiritual classic How, Then, Shall We Live?, shows us how to create a special time of rest, delight, and renewal--a refuge for our souls. We need not even schedule an entire day each week. Sabbath time can be a Sabbath afternoon, a Sabbath hour, a Sabbath walk. With wonderful stories, poems, and suggestions for practice, Muller teaches us how we can use this time of sacred rest to refresh our bodies and minds, restore our creativity, and regain our birthright of inner happiness. Praise for Sabbath “Muller's insights are applicable within a broad spectrum of faiths and will appeal to a wide range of readers.”—Publishers Weekly “One of the best spiritual books of the year.”—Spirituality and Health “Wayne Muller's call to remember the Sabbath is not only rich, wise and poetic, it may well be the only salvation for body and soul in a world gone crazy with busyness and stress.”—Joan Borysenko, author ofMinding the Body, Mending the Mind and A Woman's Book of Life “This is a book that may save your life. Sabbath offers a surprising direction for healing to anyone who has ever glimpsed emptiness at the heart of a busy and productive life.”—Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of Kitchen Table Wisdom

Download or read book Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States written by United States. 89th Cong., 1st sess., 1965 and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)