Download or read book Pursuit of Passion written by Douglas C Myers, PhD and published by Insightful Gains Unlimited. This book was released on with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanded Edition The medley of 44 lyric poems is dedicated to all who cherish sensitive emotions elicited through poetic expression. They were written for the searching romantic, culturally curious, and outdoor devotee. Formed with rhythm's pattern in verse all promote an increased understanding of love's contribution to relationships of various types. Persons desiring greater self-awareness will gain insight and emotional encouragement from the readings. The lyric styled poems were spawned by inspiration's accomplishment. Every verse in rhyme was conceived of understanding coupled with the rhythmic pulse of feeling. Each poem displays qualities that include profound and stimulating without being provocative. All are sympathetic to the notion that what is personally felt while reading the narratives in cadence matters more than the discovery of intended purpose or meaning given by the author. Challenges in seeking love's desirable best are disclosed in personal account snippets, including revelations regarding 'Character', 'Family', 'Lifestyle', 'Love', and 'Nature'. All were crafted with a sensitive pen in the pursuit of emotionally insightful discovery. Many are based on real occurrences of the author/poet. When applicable venues include Alaska, California, Washington, and Mexico, but universally applied. Inspiration for each poem is credited individually following its ending.. Graphics are included of the author's personal drawings and sketches. Each one serves as an auxiliary illustration at the conclusion of every thematic grouping of lyric poems. (Screen Reader Supported with Enhanced Typesetting) _______________ Recommendation: Your poetry is deeply touching to me. I especially honed in on your thoughts in 'To Be, Or Not!', 'Timeless Treasure!', and 'Awakening!' - Judy Wilde, M.A., Clinical Psychology I am so impressed with your poetry book! I can't pick out which is my favorite poem. I read it again putting more emphasis on the cadence of the words, which was like a dance. Each time I read it it meant more. You have an extraordinary way of writing that gives the reader wonderful visual imagery! - Kay in Arizona

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Download or read book The Pursuit of a Dream written by Janet Sharp Hermann and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-03-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating history set in the Reconstruction South is a testament to African-American resilience, fortitude, and independence. It tells of three attempts to create an ideal community on the river bottom lands at Davis Bend south of Vicksburg. There Joseph Davis's effort to establish a cooperative community among the slaves on his plantation was doomed to fail as long as they remained in bondage. During the Civil War the Yankees tried with limited success to organize the freedmen into a model community without trusting them to manage their own affairs. After the war the intrepid Benjamin Montgomery and his family bought the land from Davis and established a very prosperous colony of their fellow freedmen. Their success at Davis Bend occurred when blacks were accorded the opportunity to pursue the American dream relatively free from the discrimination that prevailed in most of society. It is a story worthy of celebration. Janet Hermann writes here of two men--Joseph Davis, the slaveholder and brother of the president of the Confederacy, and Benjamin Montgomery, an educated freedman. In 1866 Montgomery began the experiment at Davis Bend. The Pursuit of a Dream, published in 1981, received the Robert F. Kennedy Award, the McLemore Prize of the Mississippi Historical Society, and the Silver Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California. Historical writing at its best . . . her research is impressive and is presented in balanced, ironic prose. --David Bradley, New York Times Book Review. A marvelous story for all readers with a taste for the ironies, the ambiguities, and the surprises of history. --C. Vann Woodward. Janet Sharp Hermann, a freelance writer and historian, is the author of Joseph E. Davis: Pioneer Patriarch (University Press of Mississippi).

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Download or read book Consecrating Science written by Lisa H. Sideris and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Consecrating Science, Lisa Sideris offers a searing critique of 'The New Cosmology,' a complex network of overlapping movements that claim to bring together science and spirituality, all in the name of saving our planet from impending ecological collapse. Highly regarded in many academic circles, these movements have been endorsed by numerous prominent scholars, scientists, historians, and educators. Their express goal--popularized in numerous books, films, TED talks, YouTube videos, podcasts, and even introductory courses at places like Harvard or Washington University--is to instill in readers and audiences a profound sense of being at home in the universe, thereby fostering environmentally responsible behavior. Whether promoted as 'The New Story,' 'The Universe Story,' or 'The Epic of Evolution,' they all offer humanity a new sacred story, a common creation myth for modern times and for all people: the evolutionary unfolding of the universe from the Big Bang to the present. Evolutionary science and religious cosmology--together at last! But as Sideris shows, however, the New Cosmology actually underwrites a staggeringly anthropocentric vision of the world. Instead of cultivating an ethic of respect for nature, the project of 'consecrating science' only increases human arrogance and indifference to nonhuman life. Going back to the work of Rachel Carson and other naturalists, the author shows how a sense of wonder, rooted in the natural world and our own ethical impulses, helps foster environmental attitudes and policies that protect our planet"--Provided by publishe

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