Download or read book Giving Up is No Alternative written by A. David Brown and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quite often A. David Brown had intended to finally consult a doctor. The professional stress on an English teacher at a private language school threatened to get out of hand. However, the first stroke beat him to it. After that nothing was the same as it was before. A long period of suffering began with many unreasonable demands. However, Brown did not resign, he became creative. He took part in and, also, directed plays. He wrote poetry and short stories. He did not even let himself be stopped from traveling, he visited fascinating Cornwall and flew twice to his homeland, the USA. At times factual, at times anecdotal, A. David Brown tells about his tribulations and his difficulties of rehabilitation, but also about his many supporters, above all, his wife and all the lovely things which he could enjoy despite his misery. Sentimentality is just as strange to him as grim heroic behaviour. A. David Brown's story gives evidence of his sincere gratitude, love of life and the love between him and his wife. Eighteen wonderfully touching poems written by him accompany his story. This book encourages many not to let things get one down, neither illness nor handicaps.
Download or read book There Was No Alternative written by Jeff Gomez and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grunge. Flannel. Generation X. In 1993, Seattle was the capital of the world, Nirvana was king, and slackers were everywhere. When the Red Hot organization, a group of activists dedicated to raising money and awareness of AIDS, released their third compilation CD featuring the biggest bands of the era--Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, The Breeders, Nirvana and more it quickly became the touchstone of a generation. Rolling Stone called No Alternative a "jaw-dropping compilation of musical gems." This book takes a look back at what happened to the bands involved with No Alternative. It includes new interviews with the musicians and others behind the record, and chronicles the downfall of an industry, the taming of a devastating illness, and the arrival of another global pandemic. It's about growing up, saying goodbye, and proving once more that you can't go home again (even if that's where you left all of your CDs).
Download or read book Explaining the Normative written by Stephen P. Turner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Normativity is what gives reasons their force, makes words meaningful, and makes rules and laws binding. It is present whenever we use such terms as ‘correct,' ‘ought,' ‘must,' and the language of obligation, responsibility, and logical compulsion. Yet normativists, the philosophers committed to this idea, admit that the idea of a non-causal normative realm and a body of normative objects is spooky. Explaining the Normative is the first systematic, historically grounded critique of normativism. It identifies the standard normativist pattern of argument, and shows how this pattern depends on circularities, assumptions about the unique correctness of preferred descriptions, problematic transcendental arguments, and regress arguments that end in mysteries. The book considers in detail a paradigm case: legal normativity as constructed by Hans Kelsen. This case exemplifies the problems with normativist arguments. But it also shows how normativism was constructed as an alternative to ordinary social science explanation. The normativist argument is that social science explanations themselves are forced to rely on normative conceptsÑminimally, on normative rationality and on a normative view of ‘concepts' themselves. Empathic understanding of the reasoning and meanings of others, however, can solve the regress problems about meaning and rationality that are central to the appeal of normativism. This account has no need for a parallel normative world, and has a surprising and revealing lineage in the history of philosophy, as well as a basis in neuroscience.
Download or read book 365 Revelatory Words for Any Given Day written by Dr. Jennifer Gilbert and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her unique work 365 Revelatory Words for Any Given Day, Dr. Jennifer Gilbert offers insights gleaned from life lessons she has learned over the years. Challenging events in the authors life led her to spend three years creating this special volume to encourage her readers to seek reflection, application, and revelation in their daily spiritual walk. Dr. Gilbert believes there is power in perseverance through painful persecution. She coined this phrase during the painful pursuit of deliverance from years of abusive relationships and other challenges that were overcome by the grace of God and radical perseverance against all odds. The author knows we all have those days where we just need a pick-me-up, days when it seems like just a simple word could offer a getaway, a reprieve from the day-to-day struggles we call life. That is what this book is meant to be: an easy, revelatory way of connecting with God and hearing what he has to say rather than being preached at with the usual scripture, three points, and a poem. Following on her previous books Churchin Aint Easy, . . . And Deliver Us from People, and For the Perfecting of the Saints: The Five Biblical Ministry Gifts and What They Mean to You, this work is certain to touch the hearts, minds, and souls of her readers.
Download or read book Mind Language and Reality written by Hilary Putnam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Hilary Putnam's most important published work is collected here in two volumes.
Download or read book The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents for the first time the complete textual history of one of the most famous love letters ever written. Addressed to Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and composed in Reading Gaol, it was later given the title 'De Profundis' by Wilde's friend and literary executor, RobertRoss. It was Ross's severely abridged and sanitized version, published in 1905 and again 1908, which inaugurated the tradition of seeing De Profundis as the apologia pro sua vita of a broken man. This edition takes account of this complex heritage by arguing that Wilde's prison document may be seennot just as the basis of a letter (a typed copy of which may have been sent to Douglas) but also as an unfinished literary work which he intended for public consumption at some future date. Such a case is made by placing in the public domain, often for the first time, a number of different works,derived from different texts, each of which bears witness to Wilde's multiple intentions for his prison document. These texts comprise: the manuscript held in the British Library; the version of Wilde's letter published by his son, Vyvyan Holland, from a typescript bequeathed to him by Robert Ross;hitherto unpublished witnesses to that typescript; and Ross's editions, collated with each other. The commentary to this edition - again for the first time - sets Wilde's story of his own life in 'De Profundis' against the testimony of other players in his drama, including, most importantly, that ofDouglas. In so doing it exposes the partial nature of Wilde's narrative, as well as the personal obsessions which animated it. The commentary also demonstrates a hitherto unnoticed element of Wilde's work, the extent and nature of its richly layered intertextuality and its similarity, in itscompositional practices, to many of his earlier works.
Download or read book The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann Three Volume Set written by Walter Brueggemann and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 1037 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These sermons are themselves versions of that dangerous but longed-for doxology, and they move from ruthlessly honest cultural analysis to confident praise with such linguistic power that one can easily overlook the superb detail, the impressive craft, and the fine tooling employed by Brueggemann, the master preacher. The impact of these sermons comes not simply from the finished artwork but also from the artist's technique—the preparation of the homiletic canvas, the mix of pigment, and the brush strokes." —from the foreword by Thomas G. Long Volume One: In addition to being one of the world's leading interpreters of the Old Testament, Walter Brueggemann is a skilled and beloved preacher. This collection of sermons demonstrates Brueggemann's fidelity to biblical texts, which come alive with meaning in our contemporary world. Throughout, Brueggemann also reflects on his preaching. Volume One features a biblical index as well as a foreword by Samuel Wells of Duke University who writes: "Enjoy this volume from a master exegete, a master theologian, and a master preacher. They really are neat sermons. And they're for you." Volume Two: This collection presents over fifty masterful sermons from one of the most trusted preachers today, Walter Brueggemann. Brueggemann continues his task of making the biblical text available to the church. He sees preaching as a performance of God's good rule that, in an act of utterance and receptive listening, mediates the truthful, joyous reality of that rule. The sermons are organized according to the church year, starting with sermons for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany and followed by sermons for Lent and Easter and then Pentecost and Ordinary Time. Sermons for other occasions, such as ordinations, weddings, and graduations, are also included, along with a Scripture index. Whether a pastor or a person in the pew, the reader will find inspiration, reflection, and wisdom in Brueggemann's powerful words. Volume Three: This collection features sixty sermons by Walter Brueggemann, preached mostly in the last five years. For his final public appearances, he preached at various churches and the Festival of Homiletics, including his last address there in 2018. Most of these are based on lectionary texts, with numerous sermons on Advent-Christmas and Lent-Easter texts. Preachers will find inspiration in the handful of sermons covering special occasions or themes, including confirmation, evangelism, and funerals."
Download or read book Doc Humanity written by Maurizio Ferraris and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2022-09-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: However you view the present time, it is a new century, a new world, and also a new humanity - in fact, humanity is not something that was ever defined once and for all, but remains an open project. For several decades we have been witnessing a revolution. However, unlike the political and ideological revolutions that took place around the First World War, this is a technological and much more radical one that does not depend on people's beliefs, but rather on the tireless labour of machines. The rise of automation has brought about a revelation of something that had hitherto remained hidden in the workshops of homo faber. That is, there are very few functions, apart from consumption, where a machine cannot replace a human being, be these material or spiritual - machines need energy, but they can also do without it, whereas humans die if deprived of it, or one can imagine a machine producing symphonies, but not enjoying them. So while human beings are still needed, their roles and scopes have to be reconsidered. Workers may be superfluous, but humans are still needed, including those who until recently only recognised themselves as producers. The exclusion of workers from production does not discount humans being able to produce value in the form of consumption. Recognising this will enable us to conceive the "Webfare" - a new digital system that will teach us to find new names and new forms, more tolerance and room for traditional human needs. Above all, it will teach us how to transform the time given to us by automation into an opportunity for progress.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society written by Science Society Cognitive, Con and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features the complete text of all regular papers, posters, and summaries of symposia presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Download or read book Hedonistic Utilitarianism written by Tannsjo Torbjorn Tannsjo and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a comprehensive statement in defense of the doctrine known as classical, hedonistic utilitarianism. It is presented as a viable alternative in the search for a moral theory and the claim is defended that we need such a theory. The book offers a distinctive approach and some quite controversial conclusions. Torbjorn Tannsjo challenges the assumption that hedonistic utilitarianism is at variance with common sense morality particularly as viewed through the perspective of the modern feminist moral critique.
Download or read book Department of Defense appropriations for 1980 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Meaning Understanding and Practice written by Barry Stroud and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains thirteen essays published by Barry Stroud between 1965 and 2000 on central topics in the philosophy of language and epistemology.
Download or read book Alternative Medical Liability Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hearings on Military Posture and H R 1872 H R 4040 Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1980 and H R 2575 S 429 Department of Defense Supplemental Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1979 Before the Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Ninety sixth Congress First Session written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Electrodynamics Wave theory of Physical Forces written by Thomas Jefferson Jackson See and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hudson River Expressway written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 91-10. Examines anticipated impact of Hudson River Expressway on fish and wildlife resources of the Hudson River and Atlantic coastal fisheries.
