You have been given a tremendous gift, rooted in God's desire to know you personally. It is called prayer. Prayer is God's invitation for you to enter into his presence with confidence, to hand Him all your hurts, needs, and worries. Pray is God's antidote to the toxins of fear, cynicism, skepticism, and self-centeredness that swirl around us.
An extravagant but cleverly planned burlesque that works as a condemnation of Chivalry, one of Twain's chief aversions.
This book is about storytellers and their oral performances of folktales in Mayotte, an island lying in the Indian Ocean about 1,000 miles east of the African coast. The book is built on a constraint: I have not witnessed the performances I discuss; in fact I have never been to Mayotte. Within that constraint, I indulge a whim. I use books by three French ethnographers …
For many centuries humanity had dreamt of flight, of the wonders of a speedy and expansive mobility above land and sea. This feat was finally accomplished during the early years of the twentieth century, when the Wright brothers and Louis Bleriot took to the air in powered flight. But celebration was soon tarnished by the onset of aerial warfare and its frightening…
On a mild summer day in 2005, Aku Wuwu and I traveled by jeep into a narrow valley in Xide County, in the Liangshan Mountains of southern Sichuan.1 Our mission was to find a folk version of The Book of Origins, which relates the origins of the life-forms of earth and sky, including the early human lineages. The epic is key to the ritual life of…
From as early as 2003 consideration was being given to the development of a transboundary nomination for the Silk Roads (Jing & van Oers 2004). A series of sub-regional workshops were then developed, in Almaty in November 2005, Turfan in August 2006, Samarkand in October 2006 (UNESCO 2006), Dushanbe in April 2007, Xi’an in June 2008, and Almaty in May 2009 (UNESCO 2009a), all of which culmina…
In it’s broadest possible sense, music is defined as “organized sound.” This openended and safe definition is coherent regardless of era, style, culture, or the mechanics of musical organization. Each successive historical era produces musically artistic expressions of its own time, its own musical aura. The study of Music Theory is the means by which we investigate this. Among the commu…
Astronomer and Marxist Anton Pannekoek was a remarkable f igure. As an astronomer, he pioneered quantitative astrophysics and founded the renowned Astronomical Institute in Amsterdam that now carries his name. Before World War I, however, he was employed as a Marxist theorist by the Social Democratic Party of Germany, making him one of the leading intel-lectuals of international socialism. Beca…
Understanding the embedded and disembedded, material and immaterial, territorialized and deterritorialized natures of digital work. Many jobs today can be done from anywhere. Digital technology and widespread internet connectivity allow almost anyone, anywhere, to connect to anyone else to communicate and exchange files, data, video, and audio. In other words, work can be deterritorialized at a…
The mandate for this chapter is to review the anatomy and histology of the pancreas. The pancreas (meaning all flesh) lies in the upper abdomen behind the stomach. The pancreas is a part of the gastrointestinal system that makes and secretes digestive enzymes into the intestine and also an endocrine organ that makes and secretes hormones into the blood to control energy metabolism and storage t…
High-quality work is central for a productive and thriving society. Ensuring a sufficient quality of work – as a policy issue – as opposed the government’s conventional responsibility of ensuring a sufficient quantity of work – reached its zenith in the UK in July 2017 when the government published a review to scope out a new national job quality strategy. The public…
The global Living Planet Index continues to decline. It shows anaverage 68% decrease in population sizes of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016. A 94% decline in the LPI for the tropical subregions of the Americas is the largest fall observed in any part of the world. Why does this matter? It matters because biodiversity is fundamental to human life on Earth, and…
I recently saw a debate about whether the opening day of hunting season was more exciting than Christmas morning. If you’re anything like me — it’s not just the first day that is enthralling. It’s every stalk, every bugle, everytime my finger inches toward the trigger. The passion never quits, and I’m looking forward to a great 2022 season. As the director of the Wyoming Game and Fish…
Good thing the plane had seat belts and we’d been strapped in tight before takeoff. Without them, that last jolt would have been enough to throw Vonetta into orbit and Fern across the aisle. Still, I anchored myself and my sisters best as I could to brace us for whatever came next. Those clouds weren’t through with us yet and dealt another Cassius Clay–left–and–a–right jab to the bo…
This book presents an argument for the importance of circulation in the study of museum collections, past and present. Bringing together international researchers from a wide variety of disciplines (including the history of science, museum anthropology, archaeology, geography and postcolonial history) to consider the mobility of collections, we aim to provi…
In-chapter Examples walk students through problems by posing a question, stepping out a solution, and then asking students to practice the skill with a “Check Your Learning” component. The book also includes assessments at the end of each chapter so students can apply what they’ve learned through practice problems. Chemistry was conceived and written to fit a particular topical sequence, …
On behalf of vehicle and engine manufacturers from around the world, the Worldwide Fuel Charter (WWFC) Committee is pleased to present the Sixth Edition of the Worldwide Fuel Charter for Gasoline and Diesel Fuel, 21 years after publishing the First Edition. In addition to this Charter, the Committee recently published the First Edition of the WWFC for Methane-Based Transportation Fuels and prev…
Unlike the items in Neil MacGregor’s bestselling A History of the World in 100 Objects, our small cabinet’s curious objects cannot be found in a single museum.1 The reasons for this are several. First, from the late 15th century down to our own day, the New World, and in particular that part of it now called Latin America, has been plundered and pilfered fo…
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked THROUGH them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service--she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and the…
In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him. On the same day another English child was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor, who did want him. All England wanted him too. England had so longed for him, and hoped for him, and prayed God for him, that, n…
You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Pol…
Buku Sebuah Seni Untuk Bersikap Bodo Amat merupakan sebuah buku tentang menemukan apa yang benar-benar penting bagi kita dan melepaskan segala hal lainnya. Saat ini masyarakat menjadikan media sosial sebagai ajang pamer. Kemudian dari hal tersebut lahirlah generasi manusia yang percaya bahwa memiliki pengalaman negatif (rasa cemas, takut, bersalah) adalah sesuatu yang sangat tidak baik. Ketika …
Chicken Soup For The Soul: Doa-doa Yang Terkabul 101 Kisah Inspiratif tentang Keajaiban dan Kekuatan Doa Para penulis buku ini membuktikan bahwa Tuhan mendengarkan dan mengabulkan harapan dan kebutuhan mereka. Kisah-kisah mereka yang inspiratif dan menghangatkan hati ini akan menunjukkan keajaiban dan kekuatan doa. Kita akan takjub oleh kisah-kisah, antara lain, tentang: - Bryan yang sembuh …
101 Kisah Inspiratif tentang Keajaiban dan Kekuatan Doa Para penulis buku ini membuktikan bahwa Tuhan mendengarkan dan mengabulkan harapan dan kebutuhan mereka. Kisah-kisah mereka yang inspiratif dan menghangatkan hati ini akan menunjukkan keajaiban dan kekuatan doa. Kita akan takjub oleh kisah-kisah, antara lain, tentang: - Bryan yang sembuh dari kanker tingkat lanjutnya setelah menerima b…
Dari Musibah Menjadi Berkah Ini kisah-kisah inspiratif tentang kelenturan semangat manusia ketika mereka sedang memperjuangkan kesehatan, keuangan, karier, atau relasi. Mereka tidak mengeluhkan situasinya. Mereka hanya bangun dari kerapuhan dan dengan tegar menghadapinya. Mereka mengubah semua musibah yang dihadapinya menjadi berkah untuk menjalani hidup selanjutnya, seperti kisah: - Alicia Ber…
Buku ini berisi 101 kisah indah yang sangat menginspirasi tentang menemukan kekuatan untuk mengatasi tantangan-tantangan atau cara untuk menjadikan hidup yang lebih bermakna. Dengan bersyukur dan selalu berfikir positif. kita akn memiliki hidup yang lebih baik dan kenangan yang lebih indah. Kisah-kisahnya di dalam. antara lain. mengenai: ' Membuat setiap hari menjadi hari yang spesia. ' M…
Buku ini mengajak pembaca untuk memandang kehidupan dan semua permasalahannya dengan sudut pandang positif. Ketika kita bersikap dan berpikir secara positif, semua permasalahan akan tampak lebih mudah dihadapi. Bahkan, itu akan membuat semangat hidup kita semakin kuat, dan kita dipenuhi rasa syukur dan bahagia karena telah berhasil melaluinya.
Buktikan semua kehebatan bersikap dan berpikir p…
Kisah-kisah cinta yang memberi inspirasi, benar-benar terjadi dan sangat akrab dengan kehidupan kita ini merupakan bukti atas kemampuan cinta untuk bertahan melewati waktu, jarak, masa-masa sulit, bahkan maut. Hati Anda akan tersentuh dan tergugah bila membaca tentang pasangan-pasangan ini serta rahasia bagaimana mereka menemukan cinta dan mempertahankannya. Setiap cerita yang menyentuh hati me…
101 kisah luar biasa ini membuktikan bahwa mukjizat itu bisa terjadi, setiap saat, bagi semua orang dari semua lapisan kehidupan. Kita akan menemukan harapan, keyakinan, inspirasi, dan kebahagiaan di sini melalui doa-doa yang terjawab, campur tangan Ilahi, penyembuhan ajaib, perolongan malaikat, dan pesan dari surga. Kisah-kisahnya antara lain tenang: 1. Seorang ibu yang buta bertemu kembali d…
Doa Seorang Ibu Terima kasih, Tuhan, Untuk hal-hal yang harus kukerjakan; Untuk tugas yang harus kutunaikan, Yang tak pernah benar-benar selesai. Terima kasih untuk pakaian dan piring kotor, Yang menggunung dengan cepat; Terima kasih untuk semua mainan, Yang berserakan di depan pintu. Terima kasih untuk bekas jari-jari kotor, Di meja dan dinding yang tadinya bersih; Terima kasih unt…