Winqvist, Agneta Nyholm.
Summary: In an age when most people spend more time looking at a computer screen than out a window, and when human interaction flies by at the speed of an email, it's no wonder we're a society searching for a sense of meaning and purpose. Now Swedish expert Agneta Nyholm Winqvist offers a ray of hope in her succinct and unadorned introduction to wabi sabi. Applicable to almost every stressful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2012
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Summary: Savons-nous encore d'où nous venons et quel avenir proposer à nos enfants? Les textes ici réunis posent ces questions en s'appuyant sur la lecture de la Bible et de la littérature talmudique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Éditions du Seuil 2001
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Summary: "The Declaration of Independence identified "the pursuit of happiness" as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. Jeffrey Rosen, the president of the National Constitution Center, profiles six of the most influential founders--Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton--to show what pursuing happiness meant in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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Summary: "In The Road to Wisdom, Francis Collins reminds us of the four core sources of judgment and clear thinking: truth, science, faith, and trust. Drawing on his work from the Human Genome Project and heading the National Institutes of Health, as well as on ethics, philosophy, and Christian theology, Collins makes a robust, thoughtful case for each of these sources -- their reliability, and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company
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Summary: A selection of sixty powerfully seductive women, from Biblical times to the present day, featuring mythical and real heroines. The most memorable stories throughout history feature a powerful, seductive woman who has an irresistible hold over the man in her life. The alluring Cleopatra, like Helen of Troy, inspired lovers to the battlefield in a brave display of loyalty. Eve and Pandora...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704 ADLKimmerer, Robin Wall
Summary: "Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 2022