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Author |
: A a |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2017-07-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1684113717 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781684113712 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Daily Reflections by : A a
This is a book of reflections by A.A. members for A.A. members. It was first published in 1990 to fulfill a long-felt need within the Fellowship for a collection of reflections that moves through the calendar year--one day at a time. Each page contains a reflection on a quotation from A.A. Conference-approved literature, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, As Bill Sees It and other books. These reflections were submitted by members of the A.A. Fellowship who were not professional writers, nor did they speak for A.A. but only for themselves, from their own experiences in sobriety. Thus the book offers sharing, day by day, from a broad cross section of members, which focuses on the Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous: Recovery, Unity and Service. Daily Reflections has proved to be a popular book that aids individuals in their practice of daily meditation and provides inspiration to group discussions even as it presents an introduction for some to A.A. literature as a whole.
Author |
: C. S. Lewis |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 116 |
Release |
: 2017-02-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062565464 |
ISBN-13 |
: 006256546X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reflections on the Psalms by : C. S. Lewis
A repackaged edition of the revered author’s moving theological work in which he considers the most poetic portions from Scripture and what they tell us about God, the Bible, and faith. In this wise and enlightening book, C. S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics—examines the Psalms. As Lewis divines the meaning behind these timeless poetic verses, he makes clear their significance in our daily lives, and reminds us of their power to illuminate moments of grace.
Author |
: Therese-Adèle Husson |
Publisher |
: NYU Press |
Total Pages |
: 174 |
Release |
: 2002-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780814795385 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0814795382 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reflections by : Therese-Adèle Husson
In the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial France, wrote an audacious manifesto about her life, French society, and her hopes for the future. Through extensive research and scholarly detective work, authors Catherine Kudlick and Zina Weygand have rescued this intriguing woman and the remarkable story of her life and tragic death from obscurity, giving readers a rare look into a world recorded by an unlikely historical figure. Reflections is one of the earliest recorded manifestations of group solidarity among people with the same disability, advocating self-sufficiency and independence on the part of blind people, encouraging education for all blind children, and exploring gender roles for both men and women. Resolutely defying the sense of "otherness" which pervades discourse about the disabled, Husson instead convinces us that that blindness offers a fresh and important perspective on both history and ourselves. In rescuing this important historical account and recreating the life of an obscure but potent figure, Weygand and Kudlick have awakened a perspective that transcends time and which, ultimately, remaps our inherent ideas of physical sensibility
Author |
: Richard A. Posner |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 423 |
Release |
: 2013-10-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674184657 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674184653 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reflections on Judging by : Richard A. Posner
In Reflections on Judging, Richard Posner distills the experience of his thirty-one years as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Surveying how the judiciary has changed since his 1981 appointment, he engages the issues at stake today, suggesting how lawyers should argue cases and judges decide them, how trials can be improved, and, most urgently, how to cope with the dizzying pace of technological advance that makes litigation ever more challenging to judges and lawyers. For Posner, legal formalism presents one of the main obstacles to tackling these problems. Formalist judges--most notably Justice Antonin Scalia--needlessly complicate the legal process by advocating "canons of constructions" (principles for interpreting statutes and the Constitution) that are confusing and self-contradictory. Posner calls instead for a renewed commitment to legal realism, whereby a good judge gathers facts, carefully considers context, and comes to a sensible conclusion that avoids inflicting collateral damage on other areas of the law. This, Posner believes, was the approach of the jurists he most admires and seeks to emulate: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, Learned Hand, Robert Jackson, and Henry Friendly, and it is an approach that can best resolve our twenty-first-century legal disputes.
Author |
: Benjamin Bergery |
Publisher |
: Ingram |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105122964062 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reflections by : Benjamin Bergery
Case studies of film lighting by some of the world's leading cinematographers addressing key topics such as: basic techniques, light sources, portraits, day and night interiors, postproduction techniques and the design of sequences.
Author |
: Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg |
Publisher |
: Schocken |
Total Pages |
: 401 |
Release |
: 2017-09-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780805212518 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0805212515 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bewilderments by : Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Through the magnificent literary, scholarly, and psychological analysis of the text that is her trademark, Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg tackles the enduring puzzlement of the book of Numbers. What should have been for the Israelites a brief journey from Mount Sinai to the Holy Land becomes a forty-year death march. Both before and after the devastating report of the Spies, the narrative centers on the people's desire to return to slavery in Egypt. At its heart are speeches of complaint and lament. But in the narrative of the book of Numbers that is found in mystical and Hasidic sources, the generation of the wilderness emerges as one of extraordinary spiritual experience, fed on miracles and nurtured directly by God: a generation of ecstatic faith, human partners in an unprecedented conversation with the Deity. Drawing on kabbalistic sources, the Hasidic commentators depict a people who transcend prudent considerations in order to follow God into the wilderness, where their spiritual yearning comes to full expression. Is there a way to integrate this narrative of dark murmurings, of obsessive fantasies of a return to Egypt, with the celebration of a love-intoxicated wilderness discourse? What effect does the cumulative trauma of slavery, the miracles of Exodus, and the revelation at Sinai have on a nation that is beginning to speak? In Bewilderments, one of our most admired biblical commentators suggests fascinating answers to these questions.
Author |
: Winston E. Scott |
Publisher |
: Apogee Books |
Total Pages |
: 132 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X004903364 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reflections from Earth Orbit by : Winston E. Scott
In spite of the recent loss of the space shuttle Columbia, there are those who believe in the seemingly routine nature of space flight. The author's experiences however confirm the tremendous curiosity and overall fascination the world maintains for flying in space. As a public speaker, he talks regularly to thousands of people of all ages and from every walk of life. These audience members universally are inquisitive about life in space and the makeup of the individuals who form the corps of con-temporary space explorers. Reflections From Earth Orbit is not your typical 'how do you go to the bathroom in space' book. It is a book about life as told through the memories, or reflections, of the author navy Captain Winston Scott. These reflections were prompted by events that occurred during two space shuttle missions as a NASA astronaut aboard the space shuttles Endeavour and Columbia. It has been written that Captain Scott's journey to the stars is a testament to perseverance and vision. Reflections is his attempt to share some of the experiences that drove him to overcome his life's obstacles and become one of a select few who journeyed beyond the bonds of earth into outer space. Through Reflections the author takes the reader into space. He gives vivid descriptions of life in space emphasising the everyday aspects of living with which the average, everyday person is curious and to which he or she can relate. As his memory is jogged by an event in space, Captain Scott relates a fascinating story with lessons learned from his past. He has succeeded in capturing the essence of life in space and sharing the space flight experience with the reader. Although not every chapter follows this exact format, e.g. Where Have You Gone Sky King, Reflections will entertain, educate, and inspire a general audience. In other words, one does not have to be a space enthusiast to enjoy 'Reflections'.
Author |
: Shauntee Burns-Simpson |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2022-02-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781538152683 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1538152681 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Black Librarian in America by : Shauntee Burns-Simpson
The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance, and Reawakening is the latest in the powerful line of The Black Librarian in America volumes. While previous editions we organized around library types, this edition is organized in four thematic sections”: A Rich Heritage: Black Librarian History Celebrating Collective and Individual Identity Black Librarians across Settings Moving Forward: Activism, Anti-Racism, and Allyship” Issues pertaining to Black librarians’ intersectional identities, capacities, and contributions take center stage. The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance, and Reawakening is not only the first edition to be edited entirely by Black women, but it is officially produced by BCALA members in commemoration of the organization’s 50th anniversary. Dr. Carla Hayden (14th Librarian of Congress) and Julius Jefferson, Jr. (president of the American Library Association for the 2020-2021 term) contribute moving foreword and afterword segments.
Author |
: Tor Kenward |
Publisher |
: Abrams |
Total Pages |
: 309 |
Release |
: 2022-04-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781647007164 |
ISBN-13 |
: 164700716X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reflections of a Vintner by : Tor Kenward
A compendium for wine lovers: a prominent vintner shares a lifetime of great wines, famous friends, deep knowledge, and insider insights Reflections of a Vintner recounts the lessons learned, relationships forged, and observations made from an insider’s nearly fifty-year journey through the burgeoning wine industry in Napa Valley. From the mid-seventies, when there were less than fifty wineries, to the present, with over eight hundred, Tor Kenward shares his recollections as the region became a world-class wine destination. Following the calendar year, each chapter opens with the challenges and opportunities a winemaker faces that month—in the vineyard, winery, tasting room, and out on the road. In addition to the wine knowledge Kenward imparts, the vintner shares stories of his friendships with legends of the modern American food and wine scene, including Julia Child, André Tchelistcheff, Andy Beckstoffer, and Robert Mondavi, among others. Kenward’s hard work as a vintner was recently acknowledged and celebrated. In the October 2021 Judgment of Napa, held forty-five years after the historic Judgement of Paris, TOR Cabernet was judged to be #1, outscoring legendary Bordeaux châteaux, Napa Valley, and international peers by leading critics and sommeliers. TOR wines, coveted by connoisseurs worldwide, received seven perfect 100-point ratings from leading critics for their 2018 Napa Valley wines. An iconic winemaker, Kenward has written, taught, and lectured on wine most of his adult life. What he is most often asked about are not facts or numbers about his wines, but the stories behind them. These are stories of inspiration and wisdom that shaped his journey. With Kenward’s impressive connection to Napa Valley and his legacy of creating inimitable wines, Reflections of a Vintner offers entertaining insights into an often intimidating and complex but highly enjoyable world.
Author |
: Karen Altpeter |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 157861659X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781578616596 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Synopsis Connections and Reflections by : Karen Altpeter
When author Karen Altpeter was in school, she constantly felt like she was missing the big picture. Her studying seemed too narrow, like examining the veins on a leaf without ever imagining a tree"much less the forest. Her intention in writing this book is to help kids learn how connections are made to a bigger picture. Connections and Reflections presents twelve thematic photographs and personal essays linked to history, philosophy, art, literature, and poetry. These short, nonfiction stories lead students to discuss and research a wide range of topics and resources.