[PDF] Graceful Passages eBook

Author : Michael Stillwater
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 43,95 MB
Release : 2006-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781577315612

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Messages and prayers for those facing life-threatening illness, preparing for dying, or meeting other transitions.

Author : Michael Stillwater
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 24,48 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781577314288

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Graceful Passages provides an atmosphere of relaxation, fresh insight, and a renewal of faith for anyone dealing with grief from the loss of a loved one.

Author : David Cowart
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,41 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0820340634

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For David Cowart, Thomas Pynchon's most profound teachings are about history- history as myth, as rhetorical construct, as false consciousness, as prologue, as mirror, and as seedbed of national and literary identities. In one encyclopedic novel after another, Pynchon has reconceptualized historical periods that he sees as culturally definitive. This book offers a deft analysis of the problems of history as engaged by our greatest living novelist and argues for the continuity of Pynchon's historical vision. -- from Back Cover

Author : Mona Hanford
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 43,93 MB
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Death
ISBN : 9781984333223

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This book by distinguished end-of-life care activist Mona Hanford prepares you and your family to ask the right questions, to face the reality that we all die, and to find real hope and faith in a loving God or within your spiritual beliefs. You will learn to consider outcomes, avoid the trap of false hope, and remain steadfast in your faith as you navigate the noisy machines and complex medical procedures that too often inflict pain and suffering and block the natural graceful exits given by God. You will discover the comforts and support of hospice care in your home, and learn to make wise choices that lead to a graceful exit for you or your loved one.

Author : Patricia Nelson Limerick
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 26,96 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826308085

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Traces the development of American attitudes toward the desert using case studies from many writers over the years.

Author : H. A. Dorfman
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 31,57 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1888698543

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In this book, authors H.A. Dorfman and Karl Kuehl present their practical and proven strategy for developing the mental skills needed to achieve peack performance at every level of the game.

Author : Robert A. Caro
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 17,98 MB
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307960463

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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK PRIZE Book Four of Robert A. Caro’s monumental The Years of Lyndon Johnson displays all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that led the Times of London to acclaim it as “one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age. A masterpiece.” The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career—1958 to1964. It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him. Yet it was, as well, the time in which the presidency, the goal he had always pursued, would be thrust upon him in the moment it took an assassin’s bullet to reach its mark. By 1958, as Johnson began to maneuver for the presidency, he was known as one of the most brilliant politicians of his time, the greatest Senate Leader in our history. But the 1960 nomination would go to the young senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy. Caro gives us an unparalleled account of the machinations behind both the nomination and Kennedy’s decision to offer Johnson the vice presidency, revealing the extent of Robert Kennedy’s efforts to force Johnson off the ticket. With the consummate skill of a master storyteller, he exposes the savage animosity between Johnson and Kennedy’s younger brother, portraying one of America’s great political feuds. Yet Robert Kennedy’s overt contempt for Johnson was only part of the burden of humiliation and isolation he bore as Vice President. With a singular understanding of Johnson’s heart and mind, Caro describes what it was like for this mighty politician to find himself altogether powerless in a world in which power is the crucial commodity. For the first time, in Caro’s breathtakingly vivid narrative, we see the Kennedy assassination through Lyndon Johnson’s eyes. We watch Johnson step into the presidency, inheriting a staff fiercely loyal to his slain predecessor; a Congress determined to retain its power over the executive branch; and a nation in shock and mourning. We see how within weeks—grasping the reins of the presidency with supreme mastery—he propels through Congress essential legislation that at the time of Kennedy’s death seemed hopelessly logjammed and seizes on a dormant Kennedy program to create the revolutionary War on Poverty. Caro makes clear how the political genius with which Johnson had ruled the Senate now enabled him to make the presidency wholly his own. This was without doubt Johnson’s finest hour, before his aspirations and accomplishments were overshadowed and eroded by the trap of Vietnam. In its exploration of this pivotal period in Johnson’s life—and in the life of the nation—The Passage of Power is not only the story of how he surmounted unprecedented obstacles in order to fulfill the highest purpose of the presidency but is, as well, a revelation of both the pragmatic potential in the presidency and what can be accomplished when the chief executive has the vision and determination to move beyond the pragmatic and initiate programs designed to transform a nation. It is an epic story told with a depth of detail possible only through the peerless research that forms the foundation of Robert Caro’s work, confirming Nicholas von Hoffman’s verdict that “Caro has changed the art of political biography.”

Author : Irving Penn
Publisher : Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 13,83 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Fashion photography.
ISBN : 9780679404910

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The definitive retrospective of America's preeminent photographer. This book reveals for the first time Penn's own view of his extraordinary and diverse career. Accompanied by his fascinating and insightful commentaries and examples of his portraits, still lifes, and fashion drawings. Printed in 11 colors with 468 black-and-white and color plates.