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Book Living on the Surface

    Book Details:
  • Author : Miller Williams
  • Publisher : LSU Press
  • Release : 1989-12-01
  • ISBN : 9780807115749
  • Pages : 150 pages

Download or read book Living on the Surface written by Miller Williams and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1989-12-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federico García Lorca did not know Miller Williams, of course, but he was describing him when he told us that a poet is “professor of the five senses.” The poems in this collection cover thirty years of loving contact with the endlessly varied surfaces of the world. They are poems in which the common furniture of our lives is always present, in which the universal resides in the local, in which elegance is born of clarity. We have enough to fret about. Almost all of us concur, we’ll live with the holidays we have and the grace of God as if it were. (“He Speaks to His Arguing Friends and to Himself”) The poems are moments from human lives turned into art, but never removed from where they were found. Grass grows out of every sidewalk crack. Briars have taken the garden. The arteries of the old dog harden almost audibly. The basement door is broken and the mice are back. (“A Summer Afternoon An Old Man Gives Some Thought to the Central Questions”) As John Ciardi wrote of Williams and his work, “Taken beginning to end, as both the word and the fact go, these are remarkable poems for—among other things—the deceptively plain straightforwardness of them. Miller Williams writes about ordinary people in the extraordinary moments of their lives. Even more remarkable, doing this, is how perilously close he plays to plain talk without ever falling into it; how close he comes to naked sentiment without yielding to it; how close he moves to being very sure without ever losing the grace of uncertainty. Add to this something altogether apart, that what a good reader can expect to sense, coming to these poems, is a terrible honesty, and we have among us a voice that makes a difference.”

Book Living Beneath the Surface  My Journey Through Love  Loss  and Forgiveness

Download or read book Living Beneath the Surface My Journey Through Love Loss and Forgiveness written by Krista Bennett-Bruns and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why God? Why does a child have to die when murderers and rapists and terrorists get to live? Why take a four-year-old who was innocent and full of pure love?" These are the questions that haunted author Krista Bennett-Bruns after the heartbreaking loss of her young son, Sutton. After Sutton's death, Krista encountered a barrage of agonizing emotions: Intense grief and pain over being separated from her son too soon. Rage and disgust toward the first responders who had jeopardized Sutton's chances of survival by refusing the help of doctors on the scene. Anger toward the hospital staff who had kept her from holding her son after his death. Disgust and hate toward herself for not being able to save Sutton. In Living Beneath the Surface: My Journey through Love, Loss, and Forgiveness, Krista shares her story of walking down the path of these ugly emotions for days, weeks, and years after her son's death, unafraid to reveal the darkness of the journey. But as Krista shows in her heart-touching memoir, sharing everything from Sutton's death to her exhausting battle with a serious medical illness, darkness cannot overcome the light of Christ, who shines brightly even in the darkest of moments through the power of forgiveness and renewed purpose. Join Krista on the journey as she peels back the layers of her life and pours out her heart through her story, a story that shows that God has a full-circle purpose for your life regardless of the trials you go through along the way.

Book Veneer

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  • Author : Timothy D. Willard
  • Publisher : Zondervan
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 0310325633
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book Veneer written by Timothy D. Willard and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the endless facades that are widespread in our culture and the dangerous powers of consumption and technology that fuels these facades. Learn the threat they pose to the church, and how they can be overcome to embrace your true worth and beauty through your relationship with Christ.

Book Surface and Living Anatomy

Download or read book Surface and Living Anatomy written by Gordon Joslin and published by Mosby Incorporated. This book was released on 2002 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interactive, skills-oriented guide explains not just what surface and living anatomy is, but how to apply concepts in therapeutic practice. A compilation of 230 behavioral objectives, step-by-step enabling criteria, and photographs helps readers achieve standards of competence in key skill areas. It covers questions commonly asked by examiners at diploma and degree course levels. Skills oriented approach features a hands-on explanation of what students need to know for clinical practice. Interactive CD-ROM provides an added level of practice and involved learning. 230 behavioral objectives are included for real-world application of concepts. Objectives and enabling criteria are outlined, based on practical standards of achievement upon completion of the BSc Surface and Living Anatomy module. Objectives and enabling criteria are designed to serve as the basis for examination questions and answers.

Book Waiting to Surface

    Book Details:
  • Author : Emily Listfield
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2008-08-05
  • ISBN : 1416537856
  • Pages : 339 pages

Download or read book Waiting to Surface written by Emily Listfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notified by police that her sculptor husband of ten years has vanished while swimming off the coast of Florida, magazine editor Sarah is aided by a team of investigators to discern the truth about her husband's fate. By the author of It Was Gonna Be Like Paris. Reprint.

Book Make Some Noise

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  • Author : Andrea Owen
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2021-08-31
  • ISBN : 0593328744
  • Pages : 321 pages

Download or read book Make Some Noise written by Andrea Owen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold and unabashed guide to finding your voice, harnessing your true desires, and leading the life you really want. Women are tired of worrying that they are being "too loud" if they speak up and say what they believe, want, or need, and are ready to feel their power and make themselves heard. A certified life coach and author of the bestseller How to Stop Feeling Like Shit, Andrea Owen knows that this is absolutely attainable if women can channel their righteous anger and desire. But she also knows that they'll need to disrupt a status quo in which women have been conditioned and socialized to remain on the sidelines and to put others before themselves. With all of the expertise of a veteran feminist and hell-raiser, and the relatability of a dear friend, Make Some Noise will push women to step outside of rigid societal expectations and show them how to take back control of their lives, and make them all their own. In Make Some Noise, Owen deconstructs common behavior patterns that sabotage our power as women, and instead suggests new behaviors for creating a life that truly serves our desires and needs. From unlearning the notion that women should stay quiet and take up little space to trusting your inner wisdom, Make Some Noise is a raw and honest guidebook, and, ultimately, a call to arms.

Book Surface of Earth

    Book Details:
  • Author : Reynolds Price
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 1995-05
  • ISBN : 0684813394
  • Pages : 516 pages

Download or read book Surface of Earth written by Reynolds Price and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995-05 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infused with the hungers and aspirations of three generations of Southerners, this breathtaking story of two families bound, then embittered, by the immoderate passions of a young woman and her older lover, is the first book in Price's masterful trilogy.

Book The Surface Breaks  a reimagining of The Little Mermaid

Download or read book The Surface Breaks a reimagining of The Little Mermaid written by Louise O'Neill and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep beneath the sea off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of being human... but at what terrible price? Hans Christian Andersen's dark original fairy tale is reimagined through a searing feminist lens, with the stunning, scalpel-sharp writing and world building that has won Louise her legions of devoted fans.

Book Living the Simply Luxurious Life

Download or read book Living the Simply Luxurious Life written by Shannon Ables and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can you uniquely give the world? We often sell ourselves short with self-limiting beliefs, but most of us would be amazed and delighted to know that we do have something special - our distinctive passions and talents - to offer. And what if I told you that what you have to give will also enable you to live a life of true contentment? How is that possible? It happens when you embrace and curate your own simply luxurious life. We tend to not realize the capacity of our full potential and settle for what society has deemed acceptable. However, each of us has a unique journey to travel if only we would find the courage, paired with key skills we can develop, to step forward. This book will help you along the deeper journey to discovering your best self as you begin to trust your intuition and listen to your curiosity. You will learn how to: - Recognize your innate strengths - Acquire the skills needed to nurture your best self - Identify and navigate past societal limitations often placed upon women - Strengthen your brand both personally and professionally - Build a supportive and healthy community - Cultivate effortless style - Enhance your everyday meals with seasonal fare - Live with less, so that you can live more fully - Understand how to make a successful fresh start - Establish and mastermind your financial security - Experience great pleasure and joy in relationships - Always strive for quality over quantity in every arena of your life Living simply luxuriously is a choice: to think critically, to live courageously, and to savor the everydays as much as the grand occasions. As you learn to live well in your everydays, you will elevate your experience and recognize what is working for you and what is not. With this knowledge, you let go of the unnecessary, thus simplifying your life and removing the complexity. Choices become easier, life has more flavor, and you begin to feel deeply satisfying true contentment. The cultivation of a unique simply luxurious life is an extraordinary daily journey that each of us can master, leading us to our fullest potential.

Book Under the Surface

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tom Wilber
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2015-09-22
  • ISBN : 0801456371
  • Pages : 351 pages

Download or read book Under the Surface written by Tom Wilber and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the updated paperback edition of Under the Surface, Tom Wilber has written a new chapter and epilogue covering developments since the book's initial publication. Chief among these are the home rule movement and accompanying social and legal events leading up to an unprecedented ban of fracking in New York state, and the outcome of the federal EPA's investigation of water pollution just across the state border in Dimock, Pennsylvania. The industry, with powerful political allies, effectively challenged the federal government’s attempts to intervene in drilling communities in Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and Texas with water problems. But it met its match in a grassroots movement—known as "fractivism"—that sprouted from seeds sown in upstate New York community halls and grew into one of the state’s most influential environmental movements since Love Canal.Wilber weaves a narrative tracing the consequences of shale gas development in northeast Pennsylvania and central New York through the perspective of various stakeholders. Wilber's evenhanded treatment explains how the revolutionary process of fracking has changed both access to our domestic energy reserves and the lives of people living over them.He gives a voice to all constituencies, including farmers and landowners tempted by the prospects of wealth but wary of the consequences; policymakers struggling with divisive issues concerning free enterprise, ecology, and public health; and activists coordinating campaigns based on their respective visions of economic salvation and environmental ruin. Throughout the book, Wilber illustrates otherwise dense policy and legal issues in human terms and shows how ordinary people can affect extraordinary events.

Book Rock Formations and Unusual Geologic Structures

Download or read book Rock Formations and Unusual Geologic Structures written by Jon Erickson and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines geologic rocks and rocks structures, such as natural bridges, stone pillars, mountains and volcanoes, and their origins.

Book Atlas of Living and Surface Anatomy for Sports Medicine

Download or read book Atlas of Living and Surface Anatomy for Sports Medicine written by Philip F. Harris and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2008 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This a comprehensive, highly illustrated atlas of human living and surface anatomy for effective physical examination of sports injuries. An accompanying DVD includes illustrations of the various maneouvres and tests used in demonstrating instability of structures.

Book Below the Surface

Download or read book Below the Surface written by Tim Shoemaker and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something is wrong with Cooper. He’s plagued by a fear he doesn’t understand and can’t control. Cooper just wants to escape, and a summer vacation aboard the restored cabin cruiser, The Getaway, with best friends Gordy, Hiro, and Lunk seems like the perfect way to do it. Two weeks of fun—with no mysteries or life-and-death danger. That’s the plan. But their plans are shattered the very first night when they witness a murder. Or did they? Despite their intentions of leaving the investigation to the police, narrow misses and creepy encounters lure them in. Is there really a body floating in the underwater currents of the lake? The closer they get to the truth, the deeper into danger they get. Too late they see the trap. Now each of them must face their own buried fears . . . just below the surface.

Book Chasing at the Surface

Download or read book Chasing at the Surface written by Sharon Mentyka and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes finding your way home takes more than courage. It takes a leap of faith. Winner, National Outdoor Book Award Winner for Children's Literature Winner, Children's Book Council Outstanding Science Trade Books YA Honorable Mention, Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award "As the orcas' lives become increasingly imperiled, Marisa unleashes her imagination, her compassion, and her courage. . . Moments close to the orcas are breathtakingly described, accentuating the thrill as the whales breach, sound, and vocalize. Basing her story on actual events, the author has created a poignant novel that vividly celebrates the interconnected nature of all living creatures. Like the eerily beautiful voices of the orcas in the ocean, this book will haunt readers." —Kirkus Reviews "Mentyka artfully weaves whale facts through this moving drama about family relationships and the natural world. Though what's outstanding is Mentyka's skill at immersing readers in Marisa's wonderful sensory scenes with the whales that could only come from her own first-hand experience. The parallels between the plight of the whales and Marisa's confusion and anger at her mom reinforce that the answers to all of life's questions can be found in nature. Chasing at the Surface is an unforgettable adventure that takes readers along on a heart-pounding, up-close-and-personal encounter with a pod of powerful orcas." —Midwest Book Review Chasing at the Surface tells the story of a young girl's courage and the healing power of nature. After her mother unexpectedly leaves home, twelve-year old Marisa struggles with her feelings of loss and abandonment just as a pod of nineteen orca whales—mothers with their new calves following a run of chum salmon—become trapped in the enclosed inlet near her Northwest home. Marisa’s journey to help the whales find their way home brings her to a new understanding of the assaults humans have had on nature, and the complicated meaning of family and home.

Book Drawing the Living Figure

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Sheppard
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 2013-01-16
  • ISBN : 0486129896
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Drawing the Living Figure written by Joseph Sheppard and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative approach to artistic anatomy focuses on specifics of surface anatomy, rather than muscles and bones. 177 drawings of live models in front, back, and side views, and in widely varying poses.

Book Beneath the Surface

    Book Details:
  • Author : Melanie Phillips
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-07-24
  • ISBN : 9781732564541
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Beneath the Surface written by Melanie Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book There s More to Life Than Surface

Download or read book There s More to Life Than Surface written by Kate Turkington and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We must always acknowledge the interconnectedness of all things. These words of the Dalai Lama have an undeniable resonance in the experiences of the people we encounter in this book. What, for instance, connects a Native American Shaman in Arizona with an Aboriginal elder in Australia's Northern Territory? What links them to a blind African prophet and artist? Or a Jewish woman who gave up a home and family in California to build a retreat in the sacred valley of the Incas? And what does meeting a golden lioness on the banks of the Amazon river have to do with a murdered lioness in Southern Africa? How did the Dalai Lama's words impact on a well-educated cynic and non-believer who unexpectedly found herself undergoing a mindshift on a magical journey to the ancient sacred places of Peru? Kate Thurkington was that cynic and non-believer and she shares the the experience of the spiritual journey that she had, unknowingly been travelling all her life - experiences that have changed her life.