Download or read book Angels and Other Strangers written by Katherine Paterson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-09-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of nine Christmas stories.

Download or read book Angels Other Strangers Family Christmas Stories written by Katerine Paterson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Power of Strangers written by Joe Keohane and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “meticulously researched and buoyantly written” (Esquire) look at what happens when we talk to strangers, and why it affects everything from our own health and well-being to the rise and fall of nations in the tradition of Susan Cain’s Quiet and Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens “This lively, searching work makes the case that welcoming ‘others’ isn’t just the bedrock of civilization, it’s the surest path to the best of what life has to offer.”—Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Homeland Elegies In our cities, we stand in silence at the pharmacy and in check-out lines at the grocery store, distracted by our phones, barely acknowledging one another, even as rates of loneliness skyrocket. Online, we retreat into ideological silos reinforced by algorithms designed to serve us only familiar ideas and like-minded users. In our politics, we are increasingly consumed by a fear of people we’ve never met. But what if strangers—so often blamed for our most pressing political, social, and personal problems—are actually the solution? In The Power of Strangers, Joe Keohane sets out on a journey to discover what happens when we bridge the distance between us and people we don’t know. He learns that while we’re wired to sometimes fear, distrust, and even hate strangers, people and societies that have learned to connect with strangers benefit immensely. Digging into a growing body of cutting-edge research on the surprising social and psychological benefits that come from talking to strangers, Keohane finds that even passing interactions can enhance empathy, happiness, and cognitive development, ease loneliness and isolation, and root us in the world, deepening our sense of belonging. And all the while, Keohane gathers practical tips from experts on how to talk to strangers, and tries them out himself in the wild, to awkward, entertaining, and frequently poignant effect. Warm, witty, erudite, and profound, equal parts sweeping history and self-help journey, this deeply researched book will inspire readers to see everything—from major geopolitical shifts to trips to the corner store—in an entirely new light, showing them that talking to strangers isn’t just a way to live; it’s a way to survive.

Download or read book Strangers Like Angels written by Alec Forman and published by Matador. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strangers Like Angels chronicles the journeys of Alec and Jan Forman to far and distant lands as they embrace their pioneering spirit. Following adventures in Canada, Antarctica and the Sultanate of Oman they set off on the original gap year in the seventies. Travelling in their Land Rover, they use only a map and compass to navigate through the Sahara Desert and tropical rainforests in Africa, back to Europe and out to Asia via the Hindu Kush, and on to the Himalayas. They grapple with the realities of poverty and yet experience surprising hospitality and welcome from unlikely sources. In the confined space of their vehicle, Alec and Jan learn what it takes to support and sustain themselves and their relationship on an exciting and often harrowing journey. Exchange of news through airmail letters to and from England keeps them in touch with family matters. Beautiful photographs and illustrations with maps complement the text, taking the reader along on the journey with Alec and Jan. A light, entertaining read of a true story of adventures, travel and divine encounter, blended with winsome tales to delight the heart, Strangers Like Angels will appeal to fans of memoirs and travel books.

Download or read book Angels Other Strangers written by Katherine Paterson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book ANGELS OTHER STRANGERS written by Paterson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1979-11-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine short stories by the award-winning author impart new meaning to the true spirit of Christmas and illuminate the familiar problems of modern-day life--fear, loneliness, personal loss, alienation

Download or read book Angels And Other Strangers written by Katherine Paterson and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1988-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine short stories by the award-winning author impart new meaning to the true spirit of Christmas and illuminate the familiar problems of modern-day life--fear, loneliness, personal loss, alienation

Download or read book Angels in My Hair written by Lorna Byrne and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTERNATIONAL BETSELLER • In this uplifting autobiography, a modern-day Irish mystic shares her vivid encounters and conversations with the angelsand spirits she has known her entire life. With an afterword on angels and America and a bonus chapter on how to connect with your angel Lorna Byrne physically sees and talks with angels every day and has done so ever since she was a baby. As a young child, she assumed everyone could see the angels who always accompanied her. Adults, however, were often skeptical, concerned that Lornadid not seem to be focusing on the world around her. Today, sick and troubled people from all around the world are drawn to her for comfort and healing, and theologians of different faiths seek her guidance. Angels in My Hair is a moving and deeply inspirational chronicle of Lorna’s remarkable life story. Invoking a wonderful sense of place, she describes growing up poor in Ireland and marrying the man of her dreams—only to have the marriage cut short by tragedy. Angels in My Hair has garnered overwhelming responses from readers from many walks of life, giving them hope and helping them to realize that no matter how alone they might feel they always have a guardian angel by their side.

Download or read book Lovers and Other Strangers written by Marvin Dozier and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marvin Dozier has an innate creative ability. He is quick to point out that "the male/female relationship is like a wheel in constant motion; always moving, but sometimes going nowhere". He has created personalized poems for the individual or couple; which truly reads as though they themselves have written it. He has a keen insight into the feelings within the many people for whom he created a poem. This experience, in combination with his two practiced Masters; one in Social Work; the other in Human Services; has provided him with a well-rounded understanding of people he engages. His book is a compilation of selected pieces of original work; spanning over four decades. He examines the Male/Female relationship through a series of poems, prose, and essays. He presents a unique understanding of the various stages and phases within the female/male relationship; writing from both perspectives of the correlation; exposes the ups, downs, love, joy, anger, hopes, dreams, fantasies, truth, lies, deceit, honesty, drama, stability; changes, bitter and sweet, failures and successes. It is experiential and imagination. His feelings are spilled upon the pages, for the most part, from an experiential nature. He carefully portrays the relationships, which - at times - make you look for the tear-stains upon the paper; or causing you to look to the sky for the rainbows he writes about; or the roses in the garden or vase. He takes you into yourself and allows you to clearly identify with that of which he writes . . .

Download or read book No 44 The Mysterious Stranger written by Mark Twain and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-02-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Berkeley, Calif; London: University of California Press, 1969.

Download or read book Strange Angels written by Lili St. Crow and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dru Anderson has what her grandmother called the touch. When her dad turns up dead--but still walking--Dru knows she's next. Will Dru discover just how special she really is before coming face-to-fang with whatever is hunting her?

Download or read book Angels on Earth written by Laura Schroff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the #1 New York Times and international bestselling authors of An Invisible Thread comes a heartwarming and inspiring book about the incredible impact that acts of kindness from strangers can have on the world around us. One day in 1986, Laura Schroff, a busy ad sales executive, passed an eleven-year-old boy panhandling on the street. She stopped and offered to take him to McDonald's for lunch. Twenty years later, at Laura's fiftieth birthday party, Maurice Mazyck gave a toast, thanking Laura for her act of kindness, which ended up changing the course of his life. In that toast, Maurice said that when Laura stopped on that busy street corner all those years ago, God had sent him an angel. Laura's invisible thread journey has deepened her belief that angels--divine and otherwise--are all around us. After An Invisible Thread was published in 2011, readers from around the country and world began sharing with Laura their own stories about how chance encounters with strangers have changed their lives.From a woman who saved a life simply by buying someone a book, to a financier who gave a stranger the greatest gift of all, to a teacher who chose a hug over discipline and changed a lost boy's future--Angels on Earth will introduce a series of remarkable people whose invisible thread stories will move, surprise, and inspire readers. Angels on Earth sheds light on how each of us can live happier, more purposeful lives through sharing acts of kindness"--

Download or read book Husbands and Other Strangers written by Marie Ferrarella and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-07-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DEAR DIARY: The first face I saw after hitting my head on my brother's boat was that of a gorgeous stranger...a stranger that everyone said was my husband. Taylor Conway is the type of man that no one forgets, so I thought it was my brothers' idea of a joke. How wrong I was! There's something about this gorgeous, determined man that's grown on me. And whether Taylor's really a stranger or the man I was head over heels in love with, I can't stop thinking about him. I just can't understand: Why would I erase my husband from my mind? I've got to find out for sure....

Download or read book Angelarium Book of Watchers written by Peter Mohrbacher and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book two in the Angelarium series.This artbook is a chronicle of Enoch, a living man wandering the world of Angels. Seeking a path home, Enoch witnesses a rogue order of Angels invading his home and threatening the existence of humanity. The book includes illustrations, poetry, and short stories centering around the fallen Angels known as the Watchers.

Download or read book The Angel Answer Book written by Robert J. Morgan and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncover the mystery of angels and their roles in our lives! Angels have been present since the beginning of time, yet we’re filled with more intrigue and myth than with facts about these heavenly creatures. In this practical Q&A format, bestselling author and pastor Robert J. Morgan uncovers the mystery of angels—in the teachings of the Bible, in their role in relation to Christ, how they impact Christian beliefs, and in personal accounts of our present-day lives. This is an up close and revealing look at what angels do for us as they carry out their purpose in God’s overall plan for His kingdom. Trim size: 4.5 x 6.5

Download or read book Stories of My Life written by Katherine Paterson and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved author of Bridge to Terabithia and other classics of children’s literature reveals the fascinating personal stories that have shaped her creative life. For nearly fifty years, Katherine Paterson’s stories have captured readers young and old. From Bridge to Terabithia’s Leslie Burke to the unforgettable Gilly Hopkins to countless others, her characters are woven into the memories of several generations. Paterson’s writing has always explored the rich emotional landscape of childhood, for she has never forgotten how she felt as a child herself. The writer she became grew from her own fascinating life, told here in a collection of stories that reach from earlier generations of her family to the present day. Born in China to Presbyterian missionary parents from the American South, her young adulthood led her to Japan and then back to the East Coast, where she began to raise her family and put stories on paper. Each of these experiences influenced the books that were to come. Through Paterson’s memories, we learn the origins of her characters and storylines and share in her unexpected literary acclaim. We see the intimate moments of family, creativity, and faith that come together for a life well lived. With snapshots from her family albums and introductory remarks from fellow writers Kate DiCamillo and Nancy Price Graff, this is more than a behind-the-scenes look at favorite children’s books. It’s the story of a life infused with humor, joy, and gratitude; inspiring new stories embraced by readers everywhere.

Download or read book Parable and Paradox written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the publication of the bestselling Sounding the Seasons, Malcolm Guite has repeatedly been asked for more sonnets. This new collection offers a sequence of 50 sonnets that focus on many passages in the Gospels: the Beatitudes, parables and miracles, teachings on the Kingdom, and the ‘hard sayings’ - Jesus’ challenging demands with which we wrestle. In addition this collection includes: •A sequence of seven sonnets on 'The Wilderness', exploring mysterious stories of divine encounter such as Jacob’s wrestling with the angel. •Poetic reflections on music, hospitality and ecology. •Seven short poems celebrating the days of creation. •A biblical index pairing the poems with scripture readings for use in worship.