Shelly: 352 books

There is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this thought-provoking book, philosophy professor Shelly Kagan examines the myriad questions that arise when we confront the meaning of mortality. Do we have reason to believe in the...

In this provocative study, Shelly Brivic presents the history of the twentieth-century American novel as a continuous narrative dialogue between white and black voices. Exploring four of the most renowned and challenging works written between 1930 and 1990 -- William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!,...

Slice of life dramas are a tool to capture the imagination of viewers and communicate good news by telling stories that mirror real life. Slice of Life Worship Dramas (Volume 1) contains fifteen short, ready-to-use drama scripts that focus on moments in time and emotions to which people can relate....

Slice of life dramas are a tool to capture the imagination of viewers and communicate good news by telling stories that mirror real life. Slice of Life Worship Dramas (Volume 2) contains fifteen short, ready-to-use drama scripts that focus on moments in time and emotions to which people can relate....

Despite being born with cerebral palsy Bill Porter grew up to take the physically demanding job of a door to door salesman in the worst neighborhood in Portland Oregon earning no pay only commissions. Eventually he became the companys top salesman in the city the region and finally the country. Along...

Most motherhood books tell you how to be the perfect mom and how to raise the perfect kid. This is not one of those books. This is a collection of light-hearted, true stories about the bizarre experience of pregnancy, attempting to avoid public tantrums, making it through the terrible twos (and ones,...

The first state-of-the-art, comprehensive resource to encompass the wide breadth of the rapidly growing field of Judaism and health. "For Jews, religion and medicine (and science) are not inherently in conflict, even within the Torah-observant community, but rather can be friendly partners...

Recent studies have examined martyrdom as a means of constructing Christian identity, but until now none has focused on Stephen, the first Christian martyr. For the author of Luke-Acts, the stoning of Stephen-- even more than the death of Jesus-- underscores the perfidy of non-believing Jews, the...

A retired North American from Chicago, who spent a long career in multiple high technologies, moves to Ecuador to live on a farm in the sierras. He and his wife begin a journey of transforming the land from conventional to organic that also transforms them. They learned that organic food production...

Nursing keeps changing. The role of the nurse grew out of a Christian understanding of the human person as created in the image of God, and viewed the body as a living unity and the "temple of the Holy Spirit" (1 Cor 6:19). Contemporary nursing, however, is increasingly characterized by...

來自生命的最終邀請，上一堂人生最重要的必修課。 ◆ 長春藤名校最受歡迎的三大公開課程之一，全球上億人次點閱！ ◆ 最犀利風趣的生死學！顛覆你對於生命與死亡的想像與理解。   長春藤名校有三大最受歡迎的公開課程：哈佛桑德爾的《正義》、班夏哈的《更快樂》，以及耶魯雪萊‧卡根的《令人著迷的生與死》。猶如老頑童的卡根教授，留著落腮鬍，穿著牛仔褲與帆布鞋，盤腿坐在講台上，幽默熱情且手舞足蹈的與學生探討死亡的本質，讓哲學課一點也不枯燥，大師風采令人著迷。 卡根教授挑戰一般人對於死亡的普遍觀點，例如真的有靈魂嗎？死後還能繼續存在？永生是好事？自殺是不道德的？我們應該對死亡感到恐懼嗎？ 他在書中援引古今哲學，並以日常生活事件為例，透過反覆辯證，以清晰的脈絡探討死亡的意義，進而帶領我們探索生命的價值，該以何種態度面對人生這趟旅程：思考死亡，才能了解生命的美好；當我們正視生與死的本質，才能擁有好好活著的勇氣，並且懷抱感激。   【名人推薦】 臺大哲學系教授苑舉正、精神科醫師王浩威 ...

Maggie and Caleb must tie up all the loose ends of their lives and make a way to be together completely on their own. With everything that happened with Bish and Maggie's father, she's almost reluctant to move on and move out. And now she must figure out all of this...stuff...with Haddock. But of...

The New York Times Bestselling Wide Awake Series Boxset, Books One - Three. Wide Awake: (Can be read as a stand-alone) When Emma Walker wakes up in the hospital with no knowledge of how she got there, she learns that she's been in a coma for six months. Strangers show up and claim to be her...

Avon Impulse is delighted to present this free eBook sampler for fans of contemporary and historical romance! It includes excerpts from ten new or upcoming Avon Impulse e-original novels as well as a special introduction from USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan. You'll...