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WISEgenerosity

A Guide for Purposeful and Practical Living and Giving

By: Christopher Gabriel

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WISEgenerosity

A Guide for Purposeful and Practical Living and Giving

By: Christopher Gabriel

The question was, “What am I supposed to do in life?” The answer: “Be generous.” Think about the most successful people you know—those with wealth, power, and status. Are they happy? Are they enlightened? Are they fulfilled? Maybe . . . and maybe not. Sometimes, the glitz of a social media façade hides a lonely, unfilled, and unrewarding life. Chances are, the happiest, most grateful, and most graceful people you know are the ones who have prioritized more than simple “success.” Instead, these are the women and men who have chosen a different path—an others-first perspective that prioritizes giving over self-gratification and self-promotion. And not just generosity—WISEgenerosity. In this landmark work, Chris Gabriel presents the guidebook on generosity for the modern age. Forgoing outdated and superficial assumptions about vague, undirected, merely “feel-good” giving, Chris brings laser focus to generosity that is W.I.S.E.: Well-grounded Inspired Satisfying Effective Filled with practical instruction, uplifting stories, challenging self-examination exercises, and detailed models, WISEgenerosity cuts through the confusion surrounding why to give, how to give, what to give, when to give, and where to give. Then, it takes you by the hand and walks you down a thoughtful, proven path to a purposeful and productive life—your best life—with generosity that is meaningful and effective for both the giver and the receiver. This is WISEgenerosity.

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Simon and Schuster

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1637631944

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Proverbs

A Discourse Analysis of the Hebrew Bible 16

By: Christopher B Ansberry

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Proverbs

A Discourse Analysis of the Hebrew Bible 16

By: Christopher B Ansberry

Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament features today's top Old Testament scholars and brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. With careful discourse analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, the authors trace the flow of argument in each Old Testament book, showing that how a biblical author says something is just as important as what they say. Commentary on each passage follows a clear structure to help readers grasp the flow and meaning of the text: The Main Idea of the Passage: A one- or two-sentence summary of the key ideas the biblical author seeks to communicate. Literary Context: A brief discussion of the relationship of the specific text to the book as a whole and to its place within the broader argument. Translation and Exegetical Outline: Commentators provide their own translations of each text, formatted to highlight its discourse structure and accompanied by a coherent outline that reflects the flow and argument of the text. Structure and Literary Form: An overview of the literary structure and rhetorical style adopted by the biblical author, highlighting how these features contribute to the communication of the main idea of the passage. Explanation of the Text: A detailed commentary on the passage, paying particular attention to how the biblical authors select and arrange their materials and how they work with words, phrases, and syntax to communicate their messages. Canonical and Practical Significance: The commentary on each unit will conclude by building bridges between the world of the biblical author and other biblical authors and with reflections on the contribution made by this unit to the development of broader issues in biblical theology--particularly on how later Old Testament and New Testament authors have adapted and reused the motifs in question. The discussion also includes brief reflections on the significance of the message of the passage for readers today. The Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament series is the go-to resource for pastors and Bible teachers looking for deep but accessible study that equips them to connect the needs of Christians today with the biblical text.

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0310942306

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The Workbench Design Book

The Art & Philosophy of Building Better Benches

By: Christopher Schwarz

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The Workbench Design Book

The Art & Philosophy of Building Better Benches

By: Christopher Schwarz

The follow-up book to Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use Complete plans, expert instruction and rationale for building nine workbench formsInstruction on improving existing workbenches for better workholding and an improved woodworking shop. The Workbench Design Book not only shows how to design a workbenchâ€"it also discusses and presents nine specific designs plus critiques of 10 additional workbenches, with suggestions for making any bench work most effectively for the kind of work the user does. The 9 workbench plans have a range suitable for all workshop needs, from handwork to power tools. A discussion of workbench design rules teach what's effective and why in a multitude of workshop situations. Additional workholding optionsâ€"from shop-made jigs and commercial bench dogs to vise hardwareâ€"are also provided.

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Penguin

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1440311323

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Ascension Magick

Ritual, Myth & Healing for the New Aeon

By: Christopher Penczak

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Ascension Magick

Ritual, Myth & Healing for the New Aeon

By: Christopher Penczak

This practical how-to guide brings a new level of clarity and synthesis to the often misunderstood path of ascension, the spiritual practice of integrating higher consciousness into everyday life. This comprehensive reference work explores ascension theology and techniques from a magickal perspective, providing a solid foundation for beginners and greater depth and context for those already on the ascension path. Powerful meditations, rituals, and spells for personal and planetary healing are included along with more fascinating information.

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Llewellyn Worldwide

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0738710474

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President without a Party

The Life of John Tyler

By: Christopher J. Leahy

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President without a Party

The Life of John Tyler

By: Christopher J. Leahy

Historians have long viewed President John Tyler as one of the nation’s least effective heads of state. In President without a Party—the first full-scale biography of Tyler in more than fifty years and the first new academic study of him in eight decades—Christopher J. Leahy explores the life of the tenth chief executive of the United States. Born in the Virginia Tidewater into an elite family sympathetic to the ideals of the American Revolution, Tyler, like his father, worked as an attorney before entering politics. Leahy uses a wealth of primary source materials to chart Tyler’s early political path, from his election to the Virginia legislature in 1811, through his stints as a congressman and senator, to his vice-presidential nomination on the Whig ticket for the campaign of 1840. When William Henry Harrison died unexpectedly a mere month after assuming the presidency, Tyler became the first vice president to become president because of the death of the incumbent. Leahy traces Tyler’s ascent to the highest office in the land and unpacks the fraught dynamics between Tyler and his fellow Whigs, who ultimately banished the beleaguered president from their ranks and stymied his election bid three years later. Leahy also examines the president’s personal life, especially his relationships with his wives and children. In the end, Leahy suggests, politics fulfilled Tyler the most, often to the detriment of his family. Such was true even after his presidency, when Virginians elected him to the Confederate Congress in 1861, and northerners and Unionists branded him a “traitor president.” The most complete accounting of Tyler’s life and career, Leahy’s biography makes an original contribution to the fields of politics, family life, and slavery in the antebellum South. Moving beyond the standard, often shortsighted studies that describe Tyler as simply a defender of the Old South’s dominant ideology of states’ rights and strict construction of the Constitution, Leahy offers a nuanced portrayal of a president who favored a middle-of-the-road, bipartisan approach to the nation’s problems. This strategy did not make Tyler popular with either the Whigs or the opposition Democrats while he was in office, or with historians and biographers ever since. Moreover, his most significant achievement as president—the annexation of Texas—exacerbated sectional tensions and put the United States on the road to civil war.

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LSU Press

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080717355X

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Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy

By: Christopher Phillips

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Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy

By: Christopher Phillips

A bracing, rollicking read about the spark that ignites when people start asking meaningful questions." —O Magazine Christopher Phillips is a man on a mission: to revive the love of questions that Socrates inspired long ago in ancient Athens. "Like a Johnny Appleseed with a master's degree, Phillips has gallivanted back and forth across America, to cafés and coffee shops, senior centers, assisted-living complexes, prisons, libraries, day-care centers, elementary and high schools, and churches, forming lasting communities of inquiry" (Utne Reader). Phillips not only presents the fundamentals of philosophical thought in this "charming, Philosophy for Dummies-type guide" (USA Today); he also recalls what led him to start his itinerant program and re-creates some of the most invigorating sessions, which come to reveal sometimes surprising, often profound reflections on the meaning of love, friendship, work, growing old, and others among Life's Big Questions. "How to Start Your Own Socrates Café" guide included.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393078825

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Government Funding and You

The Workbook

By: Christopher Dixon

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Government Funding and You

The Workbook

By: Christopher Dixon

This book helps you put it all together. The workbook is designed to help you build a proposal on your own. This product dissects the grant-writing process and breaks it down into its component parts. When you finish this book, you should have a new grant proposal. The sections are designed using a professor's guide for grant-writing and the sample proposals are designed to be easy to read and understand. Once you finish with your proposal, a website is provided where a professional grant-writer can review your work's content. This tool is designed to dramatically increase your chances getting the grant you want. This book is ideal for a classroom situation and discounts are available for orders of 20 or more. Please contact the seller for large purchase discounts.

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0979379644

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The Splendid Blond Beast

Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century

By: Christopher Simpson

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The Splendid Blond Beast

Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century

By: Christopher Simpson

From a National Jewish Book Award–winning author: The “revelatory and shocking” investigation into the CIA’s liberation of Nazi war criminals (Kirkus Reviews). How did Gen, Karl Wolff, one of the highest-ranking members of the Nazi Party’s Waffen-SS, who personally oversaw the deportation of three hundred thousand Jews to the Treblinka extermination camps, escape prosecution at the Nuremberg trials? As revealed in this groundbreaking investigation—culled from recently uncovered archival documents—the answer lies within the US government, which buried reports on the Final Solution and was complicit in the recruitment of Nazi war criminals, all to protect the world economy. Among the key players was CIA director Allen Dulles, who was not only instrumental in Wolff’s exoneration but also responsible for installing former slave-labor specialists into positions of power in postwar Germany. In this damning exposé of American government malfeasance, author Christopher Simpson traces the roots of mass murder as an instrument of financial gain and state power, from the Armenian genocide during World War I to Hitler’s Holocaust through the practice of genocide today. Detailing how the existing structures of international law and commerce have encouraged mass killings, corporate looting, and profiteering at the expense of innocent victims, The Splendid Blond Beast is a disturbing and profound book about the success of evil in our time. The award-winning author of Blowback and Science of Coercion, Simpson also served as research director for Marcel Ophüls’s Oscar-winning documentary, Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie.

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Open Road Media

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1504043499

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From Literacy to Literature

England, 1300-1400

By: Christopher Cannon

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From Literacy to Literature

England, 1300-1400

By: Christopher Cannon

From Literacy to Literature' is a cultural history that draws a line between canonical ricardian writers and the school-books of their time.

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Oxford University Press

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0198779437

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Philosophy of the Buddha

An Introduction

By: Christopher Gowans

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Philosophy of the Buddha

An Introduction

By: Christopher Gowans

Philosophy of the Buddha is a philosophical introduction to the teaching of the Buddha. It carefully guides readers through the basic ideas and practices of the Buddha, including kamma (karma), rebirth, the not-self doctrine, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, ethics, meditation, non-attachment, and Nibbâna (Nirvana). The book includes an account of the life of the Buddha as well as comparisons of his teaching with practical and theoretical aspects of some Western philosophical outlooks, both ancient and modern. Most distinctively, Philosophy of the Buddha explores how Buddhist enlightenment could enable us to overcome suffering in our lives and reach our full potential for compassion and tranquillity. This is one of the first books to introduce the philosophy of the Buddha to students of Western philosophy. Christopher W. Gowans' style is exceptionally clear and appropriate for anyone looking for a comprehensive introduction to this growing area of interest.

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Routledge

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113446973X

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Towards a Poetics of Music and the Arts

Selected Thoughts and Aphorisms

By: Christopher Wintle

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Towards a Poetics of Music and the Arts

Selected Thoughts and Aphorisms

By: Christopher Wintle

Our specialist times, with everyone confined to their own discipline, have left little room for the age-old view that, however transmuted, the issues of art and life belong together, or that, for all their differences, the arts have shared concerns: yet realism demands just such an outlook. This book offers an informal attempt to re-open closed borders by the established writer on music, Christopher Wintle. Through a host of aphorisms and thoughts it first probes people, politics, learning and the Gods. It then sketches out a Poetics in terms of style and idea, artists, critics, theory, performers, ethics, opera, sculpture, cinema and sport, before ending with a pair of Urban Fables. The volume includes a collection of Works with Music by the well-known Brazilian artist Ana Maria Pacheco.

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Plumbago Books and Arts

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0954012399

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Kant and the Creation of Freedom

A Theological Problem

By: Christopher J. Insole

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Kant and the Creation of Freedom

A Theological Problem

By: Christopher J. Insole

Kant actively struggles with the problem of how to conceive of God's creative action in relation to human freedom. He comes to the view that human freedom can only be protected if God withdraws in certain ways from the created world. The two pillars of Kant's mature philosophy - transcendental idealism and freedom - are in part shaped and motivated by Kant's need to provide a solution to his theological problem. The medieval and early modern theological tradition conceives of divine action as unlike the action of any created being. When the creature acts, God directly causes this action, but without reducing the creature's freedom. Kant explicitly discusses and rejects this account of divine and human concursus. This rejection has significant and surprising ramifications for Kant's wider philosophy, explaining otherwise incomprehensible claims in his critical philosophy. Christopher J. Insole presents a definitive study in the history of ideas, engaging with a wide range of Kant's texts from 1749 until the early 1800s. Many of these texts have received little or no attention in Kant studies to date. Insole places Kant's thought in relation to numerous historical and traditional positions and illuminates these positions by a close engagement with recent debates in analytical philosophy and systematic theology. Kant is unrelentingly honest when grappling with the difficulty of relating divine and human freedom. This study, of Kant's theological struggle and legacy, goes to the heart of the problem in the modern reception of what the Christian tradition has affirmed about human freedom. As such, the book throws light on one of the defining fault-lines in modern theology and philosophy.

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OUP Oxford

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0191665339

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Rousseau as Author

Consecrating One's Life to the Truth

By: Christopher Kelly

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Rousseau as Author

Consecrating One's Life to the Truth

By: Christopher Kelly

For Rousseau, "consecrating one's life to the truth" (his personal credo) meant publicly taking responsibility for what one publishes and only publishing what would be of public benefit. Christopher Kelly argues that this commitment is central to understanding the relationship between Rousseau's writings and his political philosophy. Unlike many other writers of his day, Rousseau refused to publish anonymously, even though he risked persecution for his writings. But Rousseau felt that authors must be self-restrained, as well as bold, and must carefully consider the potential political effects of what they might publish: sometimes seeking the good conflicts with writing the truth. Kelly shows how this understanding of public authorship played a crucial role in Rousseau's conception—and practice—of citizenship and political action. Rousseau as Author will be a groundbreaking book not just for Rousseau scholars, but for anyone studying Enlightenment ideas about authorship and responsibility.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226430235

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NIV, College Devotional Bible

By: Christopher D. Hudson

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NIV, College Devotional Bible

By: Christopher D. Hudson

Strengthen your walk with God as you find your own way in life Your college years are different from any other time in your life. You get a demanding new schedule – and it’s yours to manage 100% on your own. You make new, lifelong friendships as you spend time with other people on a similar path in the journey. You face unique challenges as you begin to see the world differently, including what your impact on the world might be. This special time in your life is also an opportunity for you to deepen your relationship with Jesus. The NIV College Devotional Bible will help you strengthen your walk with God as you find your own way in life. It’s filled with stories that connect Scripture with the struggles, questions, and decisions every college student faces. In fact, it’s the same approach that Jesus used in his parables—taking stories from everyday life to illustrate eternal truths. Features: Complete text of the accurate, readable, and clear New International Version (NIV) 222 school-year devotions with daily insights and applications on relevant topics Devotions use a unique storytelling approach to connect God’s Word with your real-life questions, struggles, and decisions as a student A practical reading plan that helps you stay connected to God during the 9 months of school each year Quick-start guide shows you how to get the most out of reading the Bible Subject index for looking up topics of interest

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Zondervan

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0310421039

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Path of Life

The Way of Wisdom for Christ Followers

By: George Christopher Scruggs

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Path of Life

The Way of Wisdom for Christ Followers

By: George Christopher Scruggs

Path of Life: The Way of Wisdom for Christ Followers looks at wisdom literature from the perspective of a pastor deeply concerned about the condition of contemporary society. Western culture in general and American culture in particular has unwisely cut itself off from its deepest spiritual, moral, and practical roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Overcoming the deep-seated incoherence of our society will involve a recovery of sources of moral and practical wisdom that lie at the very roots of human society. This book is an attempt to take a look at these roots in a way that is accessible not just to experts but also to laypersons who are willing to work a bit to understand the sources of our current condition and the way forward.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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162564437X

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9781625644374

The Social Gospel in American Religion

A History

By: Christopher H Evans

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The Social Gospel in American Religion

A History

By: Christopher H Evans

A remarkable history of the powerful and influential social gospel movement. The global crises of child labor, alcoholism and poverty were all brought to our attention through the social gospel movement. Its impact on American society makes it one of the most influential developments in American religious history. Christopher H. Evans traces the development of the social gospel in American Protestantism, and illustrates how the religious idealism of the movement also rose up within Judaism and Catholicism. Contrary to the works of previous historians, Evans demonstrates how the presence of the social gospel continued in American culture long after its alleged demise following World War I. Evans reveals the many aspects of the social gospel and their influence on a range of social movements during the twentieth century, culminating with the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. It also explores the relationship between the liberal social gospel of the early twentieth century and later iterations of social reform in late twentieth century evangelicalism. The Social Gospel in American Religion considers an impressive array of historical figures including Washington Gladden, Emil Hirsch, Frances Willard, Reverdy Ransom, Walter Rauschenbusch, Stephen Wise, John Ryan, Harry Emerson Fosdick, A.J. Muste, Georgia Harkness, and Benjamin Mays. It demonstrates how these figures contributed to the shape of the social gospel in America, while arguing that the movement’s legacy lies in its profound influence on broader traditions of liberal-progressive political reform in American history.

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NYU Press

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1479884499

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Exploring Inner Experience

The descriptive experience sampling method

By: Russell T. Hurlburt,Christopher L. Heavey

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Exploring Inner Experience

The descriptive experience sampling method

By: Russell T. Hurlburt,Christopher L. Heavey

Written for the psychologist, philosopher, and layperson interested in consciousness, Exploring Inner Experience provides a comprehensive introduction to the Descriptive Experience Sampling (DES) method for obtaining accurate reports of inner experience. DES uses a beeper to cue participants to pay attention to their experience at precisely defined moments; participants are then interviewed to obtain high-fidelity accounts of their experience at those moments. Exploring Inner Experience shows (a) how DES uncovers previously unknown details of inner experience; (b) how the implications of this method affect our understanding of inner experience and the human condition more generally; (c) how DES avoids the traps that destroyed the introspections of the previous century; (d) why DES reports of inner experience should be considered reliable and valid; and (e) how to use the DES method. This book will be basic reading for all psychologists, philosophers, and students interested in consciousness, as well as anyone who is seriously concerned with understanding the human condition.(Series B)

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027293872

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William Cecil, Ireland, and the Tudor State

By: Christopher Maginn

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William Cecil, Ireland, and the Tudor State

By: Christopher Maginn

Explores the relationship between England and Ireland in the Tudor period using William Cecil as a vehicle for historical enquiry. Argues that Cecil shaped the course and character of Tudor rule in Ireland in Elizabeth's reign more than any other figure, and offers a major reappraisal of this crucial period in the histories of England and Ireland.

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Oxford University Press

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0199697159

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The Mayaguez Crisis, Mission Command, and Civil-military Relations

By: Christopher Jon Lamb

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The Mayaguez Crisis, Mission Command, and Civil-military Relations

By: Christopher Jon Lamb

Preface -- Abbreviations -- Key figures in the Mayaguez Crisis -- Introduction -- Day one: Monday, May 12 -- Day two: Tuesday, May 13 -- Day three: Wednesday, May 14 -- Day four: Thursday, May 15 -- Critical crisis decisions -- Explaining decisions, behaviors and outcomes -- Refining the explanation: rationality, bureaucracy and beliefs -- Findings, issues, prescriptions -- Conclusion.

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Office of Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

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0160945038

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Plato's Lysis

By: Terry Penner,Christopher Rowe

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Plato's Lysis

By: Terry Penner,Christopher Rowe

The Lysis is one of Plato's most engaging but also puzzling dialogues; it has often been regarded, in the modern period, as a philosophical failure. The full philosophical and literary exploration of the dialogue illustrates how it in fact provides a systematic and coherent, if incomplete, account of a special theory about, and special explanation of, human desire and action. Furthermore, it shows how that theory and explanation are fundamental to a whole range of other Platonic dialogues and indeed to the understanding of the corpus as a whole. Part One offers an analysis of, or running commentary on, the dialogue. In Part Two Professors Penner and Rowe examine the philosophical and methodological implications of the argument uncovered by the analysis. The whole is rounded off by an epilogue of the relation between the Lysis and some other Platonic (and Aristotelian) texts.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139445324

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Leading Educational Change Wisely

Examining Diverse Approaches to Increasing Educational Access

By: Christopher M. Branson

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Leading Educational Change Wisely

Examining Diverse Approaches to Increasing Educational Access

By: Christopher M. Branson

Despite over 40 years of research and writing about how to lead educational change, we still can’t get it right. Although we keep fine tuning our present ways, we are yet to come up with an approach that enables educational change to happen successfully and sustainably. Although this book acknowledges the importance of learning from our past, it also highlights a key deficiency that has consistently compromised these efforts.

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BRILL

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9460912567

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The Structured Self in Hellenistic and Roman Thought

By: Christopher Gill

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The Structured Self in Hellenistic and Roman Thought

By: Christopher Gill

Christopher Gill offers a new analysis of what is innovative in Hellenistic - especially Stoic and Epicurean - philosophical thinking about selfhood and personality. His wide-ranging discussion of Stoic and Epicurean ideas is illustrated by a more detailed examination of the Stoic theory of the passions and a new account of the history of this theory. His study also tackles issues about the historical study of selfhood and the relationship between philosophy and literature, especially the presentation of the collapse of character in Plutarch's Lives, Senecan tragedy, and Virgil's Aeneid. As all Greek and Latin is translated, this book presents original ideas about ancient concepts of personality to a wide range of readers.

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OUP Oxford

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0191518409

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Understanding Philosophy for AS Level

By: Christopher Hamilton

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Understanding Philosophy for AS Level

By: Christopher Hamilton

This text offers a step-by-step approach through all the requirements of the AQA AS level specification. Using examples taken from history, literature and everyday life, the author links philosophical theories and debates with issues that are both relevant and familiar to students.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748765603

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9780748765607

A Portrait of Christ

By: Christopher Cleveland

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A Portrait of Christ

By: Christopher Cleveland

The Christian is called to know and love the Lord Jesus Christ. But how do we know Him better? How do we see Him? In this book, Christopher Cleveland explains that God has given us a portrait of Christ in the pages of Holy Scripture. There we behold His glory, as we see His divinity, His humanity, His mediatorial office, and His threefold role as Prophet, Priest, and King of the Church. In each of these things we see the majesty and beauty of the Savior Jesus. As we behold this portrait of Christ in the Bible, we are drawn to greater love for Him. This is the heart of the Christian faith, and the goal of our lives.

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Viator Christian Ministries

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On a Complex Theory of a Simple God

An Investigation in Aquinas' Philosophical Theology

By: Christopher Hughes

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On a Complex Theory of a Simple God

An Investigation in Aquinas' Philosophical Theology

By: Christopher Hughes

Hughes discusses Aquinus' work regarding the apparently irreconcilable theses of natural and revealed theology, and he argues that Aquinas fails in his attempt to reconcile absolute simplicity with the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation. Hughes also offers a provocative account of divine simplicity and explores its implications for the Thomistic doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation.

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Cornell University Press

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0801417597

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100 Names of God Daily Devotional

By: Christopher D Hudson

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100 Names of God Daily Devotional

By: Christopher D Hudson

Experience the peace, joy, and hope that come from deepening your understanding of who God is with Rose’s 100 Names of God Christian devotional. From Adonai to Yahweh, each daily devotion ushers you into the very presence of God by having you reflect on who he is. Based on Rose’s #1 selling pamphlet, Names of God, this Christian devotional covers five times as many names as the original pamphlet and features daily reflections, thought-provoking questions, powerful prayers, and stunning graphics not offered anywhere else! Enjoy not only covering 100 names of God, but worshiping him one name at a time with this easy-to-use daily names of God Bible study! The chapters are short enough to read in just 5 minutes and deep enough to enrich your quiet times with the Lord as you discover the promise and hope of each name. Each of the 100 daily devotions covers the following:One specific name of God (such as Elohim)The name’s meaningEncouraging explanation and inspirational reflectionOther related Scripture and cross referencesPersonal question, prayer, and practical applicationThis 100 Names of God Daily Devotional is full color with a simple daily format and easy-to-use index for quick reference. It comes with an instant, ready-to-use 6-week Bible study and makes for an excellent repeatable study. Also makes an attractive gift for someone you love! In the 100 Names of God devotional, readers will be renewed with a deeper sense of hope as they are lead to the very heart of God and the good news of who he is.

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Rose Publishing

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162862292X

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Character Strengths and Virtues

A Handbook and Classification

By: Christopher Peterson,Martin E. P. Seligman

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Character Strengths and Virtues

A Handbook and Classification

By: Christopher Peterson,Martin E. P. Seligman

Character" has become a front-and-center topic in contemporary discourse, but this term does not have a fixed meaning. Character may be simply defined by what someone does not do, but a more active and thorough definition is necessary, one that addresses certain vital questions. Is character a singular characteristic of an individual, or is it composed of different aspects? Does character--however we define it--exist in degrees, or is it simply something one happens to have? How can character be developed? Can it be learned? Relatedly, can it be taught, and who might be the most effective teacher? What roles are played by family, schools, the media, religion, and the larger culture? This groundbreaking handbook of character strengths and virtues is the first progress report from a prestigious group of researchers who have undertaken the systematic classification and measurement of widely valued positive traits. They approach good character in terms of separate strengths-authenticity, persistence, kindness, gratitude, hope, humor, and so on-each of which exists in degrees. Character Strengths and Virtues classifies twenty-four specific strengths under six broad virtues that consistently emerge across history and culture: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence. Each strength is thoroughly examined in its own chapter, with special attention to its meaning, explanation, measurement, causes, correlates, consequences, and development across the life span, as well as to strategies for its deliberate cultivation. This book demands the attention of anyone interested in psychology and what it can teach about the good life.

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Oxford University Press

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0198037333

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9780198037330

The Trials of Nikki Hill

By: Christopher Darden,Dick Lochte

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The Trials of Nikki Hill

By: Christopher Darden,Dick Lochte

When TV presenter Maddie Gray's body is found dumped in gangland LA, the police arrest a young black man found at the scene with Maddie's ring in his pocket. For Nikki Hill, an ambitious Afro-American attorney, it is a make-or-break case.

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Grand Central Publishing

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0446556351

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9780446556354

Behave as a Church Member

By: Dr. Christopher Powers

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Behave as a Church Member

By: Dr. Christopher Powers

Behave as a Church Member takes a look at how church members can use their spiritual gifts, which are given by the Holy Spirit, to grow more mature in their walk with Christ, edify the church by helping others, and glorifying Jesus Christ.

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WestBow Press

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1664294678

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