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At the heart of human experience lies an obsession with the nature of death. Religion, for most of history, has provided an explanation for human life and a vision of what comes after it. But in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such beliefs came under relentless pressure as new ideas-from psychiatry to evolution to communism-seemed to suggest that our fate was now in our own hands: humans could cease to be animals, defeat death,...
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One of Canada's most successful and enduring musical plays, Billy Bishop Goes to War was first published in 1982 and went on to win the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Award and the Governor General's Award for Drama. In 2010, the celebrated story of the World War I flying ace credited with seventy-two victories and billed as the top pilot in the British Empire was revised to frame the original play as a retrospective. It is the same play it always...
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For the decade that followed the end of the cold war, the world was lulled into a sense that a consumerist, globalized, peaceful future beckoned. The beginning of the twenty-first century has rudely disposed of such ideas-most obviously through 9/11and its aftermath. But, just as damaging has been the rise in the West of a belief that a single model of political behavior will become a worldwide norm and that, if necessary, it will be enforced at gunpoint.
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Mega-Pastor and media personality John Gray uses powerful Biblical principles to help you become your best self -- the person God created you to be. In WIN FROM WITHIN, John Gray helps readers identify how best to handle the most difficult, challenging and yet necessary battle that we all face-our inner struggle to overcome the worst versions of ourselves. He offers biblical lessons to aid in combatting bad habits and limiting patterns so that the...
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If God can take David--the invisible eighth son of a forgotten family--and turn him into a king, just imagine what magnificent plans He has for redeeming your life.David was born a number 8--a hidden gem, often overlooked and undervalued by everyone except for God. For David, being a number 8 seemed like a curse until the day God transformed him from the unknown eighth son of Jesse into the much-honored king of Israel. When God sends out an invitation...
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This is the first of three volumes of educational activities for use in First Nations and multicultural classrooms. The activities stress the importance of culture in students' lives, and teaches them basic personal and community-related skills so they may become more self-reliant and culturally responsible. The Native Education Services Associates are a group of teaching professionals with extensive experience in Native and multicultural education....
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John Gray is the acclaimed, bestselling author of many books, including Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism, Al Qaeda and What It Means To Be Modern, Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings, The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death, and The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths. He is professor emeritus of European thought at the London School of Economics...
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Why don't men ask for directions when they're lost? Why do women always want to talk about feelings? If you've ever wondered, then join the millions who have found the answers in this breakthrough book that has remained on best-seller lists for over a year. Based on over 20 years of successful counseling, John Gray's proven, practical advice on understanding the different needs and communication styles of men and women is a step-by-step manual for...
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En amour, il nous semble parfois que nos partenaires proviennent d'une planète opposée à la ntre. Sous la couette, c'est une évidence, mais nous ne réalisons pas toujours ce qui distingue précisément nos différences. Dans cet enregistrement audio, John Gray, l'auteur du best-seller Les hommes viennent de Mars, les femmes viennent de Vénus, applique ses connaissances profondes du cœur humain à l'intimité des relations amoureuses. Lorsqu'il...
11) A Summary of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus The Classic Guide to Understanding the Oppos
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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by relationship expert Dr. John Gray is a self-help guide to understanding the opposite sex so that romantic relationships can be more fulfilling, healthy, and loving. The key to lasting, successful partnerships is understanding and appreciating gender differences by recognizing that men and women operate so differently that they might as well be from different planets. Men and women think and communicate differently,...
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On dirait parfois que les hommes et les femmes sont des êtres venant de planètes différentes. C'est en partant de cette constatation que le Dr. John Gray a mis au point sa méthode. Dans ce livre audio, l'auteur nous rappelle les relations conflictuelles qui ne cessent de miner la vie des couples depuis des temps immémoriaux et nous dévoile les différences qui caractérisent les deux sexes. Il nous introduit dans les méandres et les arcanes...
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If you're reeling from the pain of a broken relationship, psychologist and popular author John Gray offers fresh hope and advice in this remarkable best-seller. Drawing on insight gained through 28 years of counseling thousands of men and women, he reveals how you can find a rich and fulfilling lifetime of love after all. Coping with those first weeks after a breakup can be unbelievably difficult. With his step-by-step process, the author helps you...
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From John Gray, bestselling author of Manchester Christmas and Chasing Manhattan, comes the third novel in a heartwarming trilogy full of charm, romance, and mystery.
Always blazing their own path, newly engaged couple Chase and Gavin decide to forego a typical American wedding, followed by a honeymoon in Italy. Instead, they' ll spend the month of December in Rome with a local Italian family, learning the customs and exploring every...
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A young writer is drawn to a small New England town in search of meaning for her life. Soon, she encounters kindness, romance, and is pulled into a mystery centered on an old, abandoned church and the death of a special girl. Are the images that only she can see in the church's stained-glass windows a warning, or is someone trying to reach her, to help heal this broken community? Manchester Christmas illustrates...
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From the bestselling author of Manchester Christmas comes a new adventure full of love, generosity, and heart-pounding intrigue.
Following the runaway success of her first novel, Chase Harrington is hiding in Manhattan. Assuming the visions from her past are behind her, Chase takes an assignment that lands her in the center of a new mystery surrounding a mansion known as Briarcliff Manor and deceased millionaire Sebastian Winthrop.
A letter, left...
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In today's culture, the stereotypical man is becoming a thing of the past as men consciously evolve into more balanced beings, leading to more fulfilling lasting relationships with their partners and a better expression of themselves. His "feminine side" is just the beginning of what today's conscious man explores. Gray and Ardagh offer examples and directions for staying conscious and balanced in this new age of masculinity. The reinvention of masculinity...
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"The President's Affair" is a dramatization of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. It can be dubbed a "historico-tragi-comedy" and contains elements of all three genres. It is written in Shakespearean metered verse and has many playful allusions to Shakespeare plays.
The play is mainly concerned with the human drama, which unfolded in the course of the scandal, with the backdrop of the White House frenzy and the wider acrimonious political context in Washington....
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New evidence explains Australia's most infamous day.
The Imperial Japanese Navy bombers that attacked Pearl Harbour on December 7th 1941 blitzed Darwin on February 19th 1942.
As Australia defended her mainland for the first time the only Ally standing with her was the United States of America. On that day, Americans and Australians were forged as Cousins-in-Arms.
Darwin's airfield, town and harbour were repeatedly bombed leaving a trail of human...
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John Thompson-Gray has been writing books on remarkable and untold stories of Australia's history. It is now time to tell his own story, commencing with this account of some Queenslanders who have made a lasting impression on him.
Pioneering, heroic, trailblazing, compassionate and philanthropic are descriptions that spring to mind of the characters in this eclectic collection of stories. But, above all, each reveals a largely unpublicized account...