Letters From The Head And Heart

Author : Andrew Burstein
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters from the Head and Heart written by Andrew Burstein and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters of a person . . . form the only full and genuine journal of his life, noted Thomas Jefferson, who wrote nearly 20,000 letters in his own lifetime. Andrew Burstein invites readers to rediscover Jefferson through an exploration of his most enduring public and private writings. Among the public documents examined are two of Jefferson's best-known contributions to American history, the Declaration of Independence and his first inaugural address. On a more personal level, we read the written dialogue between Jefferson and his dying wife, Martha, as well as tender letters written to his daughters and grandson. Also included are thought-provoking letters written to friends and fellow thinkers, highlighted by extracts from the famous correspondence between the aging Jefferson and John Adams. Burstein's lively analysis confirms Jefferson as a writer of both style and substance. In his letters, we see a writer whose words at once convey the eighteenth-century world in which he lived and yet still speak to the modern world with powerful relevance and wisdom.

Author : Fawn M. Brodie
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393317527
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Jefferson written by Fawn M. Brodie and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1974 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ambitious, perceptive portrayal of a complex man, this bestselling biography breaks new ground in its exploration of Jefferson's inner life. "Brodie has humanized Jefferson without in the least diminishing him".--Wallace Stegner. Photos.

Author : Howard Thurman
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547546785
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book With Head and Heart written by Howard Thurman and published by HMH. This book was released on 1981-10-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the great religious leaders of [the twentieth] century” tells his story of growing up under segregation and finding his calling as a minister (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Howard Thurman was a singular man—a minister, philosopher, and educator whose vitality and vision touched the lives of countless people of all races, faiths, and cultures. In his moving autobiography, Dr. Thurman tells of his lonely years growing up in a segregated town, where the nurturing black community and a profound interest in nature provided his deepest solace. That same young man would go on to become one of the great spiritual leaders of our time. Over the course of his extraordinary career, Thurman served as a dean of Rankin Chapel and professor of theology at Howard University; minister of the interdenominational Fellowship Church in San Francisco, of which he was a cofounder; dean of Marsh Chapel of Boston University; and honorary canon of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York. He was deeply engaged in work with the Howard Thurman Educational Trust until his death in 1981. This is Thurman’s story in his own inspiring words. “Inspiring . . . a tale of trial and triumph. It should be read by everyone.” —Vernon Jordan, president of the National Urban League “Now we can peer with delight into the soul of this master and grasp some of the sense of religious genius which has been the source of all that blessed teaching.” —Rabbi Joseph B. Glaser, former executive vice president, Central Conference of American Rabbis “The reader’s admiration for this educator and spiritual healer grows naturally as the story unfolds.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Thurman leads his readers . . . with an air of gracious ease and imperturbable dignity.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author : Thomas Jefferson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780945612568
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jefferson in Love written by Thomas Jefferson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents over 40 letters that reveal Thomas Jefferson during his role as America's new minister to France when he wrote these letters to his lover, an obscure Anglo-Italian artist, Maria Cosway, in the midst of pre-Revolutionary France. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : James R. Doty, MD
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698404025
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Into the Magic Shop written by James R. Doty, MD and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. But back then his life was at a dead end until at twelve he wandered into a magic shop looking for a plastic thumb. Instead he met Ruth, a woman who taught him a series of exercises to ease his own suffering and manifest his greatest desires. Her final mandate was that he keep his heart open and teach these techniques to others. She gave him his first glimpse of the unique relationship between the brain and the heart. Doty would go on to put Ruth’s practices to work with extraordinary results—power and wealth that he could only imagine as a twelve-year-old, riding his orange Sting-Ray bike. But he neglects Ruth’s most important lesson, to keep his heart open, with disastrous results—until he has the opportunity to make a spectacular charitable contribution that will virtually ruin him. Part memoir, part science, part inspiration, and part practical instruction, Into the Magic Shop shows us how we can fundamentally change our lives by first changing our brains and our hearts.

Author : Jo Witek
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 164700828X
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In My Heart written by Jo Witek and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate feelings in all their shapes and sizes in this New York Times bestselling picture book from the Growing Hearts series! Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness . . . our hearts can feel so many feelings! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. In My Heart explores a full range of emotions, describing how they feel physically, inside, with language that is lyrical but also direct to empower readers to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. With whimsical illustrations and an irresistible die-cut heart that extends through each spread, this gorgeously packaged and unique feelings book is sure to become a storytime favorite.

Author : M. Andrew Holowchak
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527543145
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thirty-Six Short Essays on the Probing Mind of Thomas Jefferson written by M. Andrew Holowchak and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Jefferson wrote to his personal physician, Dr. Vine Utley (21 Mar. 1819) that he was wont to read something inspirational “whereupon to ruminate in the intervals of sleep.” His aim was to retire from the night with healthy thoughts to ready him for a peaceful sleep and an eventful next day. Authored by one of the world’s foremost authorities on the mind of Jefferson, this book—comprising 36 short essays on his thoughts on politics, religion and morality, and the arts and sciences, as well as perspectives on today’s Jeffersonian historiography—is to be read in a similar manner. These short essays—light, fresh, and lively, but erudite and provocative—are to be read thus by mavens of Jefferson: one or a few chapters at a time, “whereupon to ruminate.” As such, they are to be savored in the manner of the Fables of Aesop or of Seneca’s Epistles to his disciple Lucilius, although their engaging nature means the reader may find it difficult to put the book down.

Author : Wayne E. Nance
Publisher : eChristian
ISBN 13 : 1618431196
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 3-Minute Difference written by Wayne E. Nance and published by eChristian. This book was released on 2012 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years ago, Wayne Nance's life was out of control. An incessant smoker, he weighed 315 pounds. His marriage was disintegrating and his finances were bottoming out. He finally realized that his obesity, debt and relationship meltdown were surface problems resulting from his core attitudes and beliefs. Then he began to bring his life back into balance. Today, Wayne is the "Real Life Attitude Guy". His true success story includes losing more than 100 pounds, staying married and paying off his financial debt that was ruining his life. The Real Life Management system, outlined in this book, centers on the 3-Minute Survey. It will help you identify your core attitudes and then identify weaknesses, avoid faulty decisions and stay focused on your self-improvement goals.

Author : Solomon Caesar Malan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters to a Young Missionary written by Solomon Caesar Malan and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kay Bea
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781951033057
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters from the Heart written by Kay Bea and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of one's spirit should come with a great deal of noise: weeping and wailing, if not thunder or the roar of a fire. Elizabeth could not have imagined a spirit forced into darkness by something so mundane as the scratch of pen on paper. Elizabeth Bennet has been certain of many things in her life; her place in society, the love of her family, her ability to choose her own future, and her ability to accurately judge the character of those she meets. Three days after the Netherfield Ball, a near tragedy shakes that foundation and in the weeks that follow, Elizabeth learns that nothing is certain. Compelled by circumstance and her mother's will, Elizabeth is condemned to marry her father's heir, Mr William Collins. Isolated from everyone she knows and loves, Elizabeth is faced with a dark and difficult future. Unaware of the changes that have occurred in his absence, Fitzwilliam Darcy returns to Hertfordshire determined to right his wrongs and prove himself worthy of Elizabeth's love. When he learns he is too late to secure his happiness, Darcy determines he will express his love for Elizabeth the only way he can - by protecting her younger sisters as well as he would his own. Old bonds are strengthened, family ties are severed, and unlikely allies emerge as each of them struggles to make sense of the changes they face. Can happiness be found when it seems all hope is lost?