Author: Peter Kreeft
Publisher: Ignatius Pre
Keywords: life, song, songs, suffering, love, vanity, philosophies, ecclesiastes, three, job
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 1989-10-01
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0898702623
ISBN-13: 9780898702620
"I’ve been a philosopher for all my adult life and the three most profound books of philosophy that I have ever read are Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs." These are the opening lines of Kreeft’s Three Philosophies of Life. He reflects that there are ultimately only three philosophies of life and each one is represented by one of these books of the Bible-life is vanity; life is suffering; life is love. In these three books Kreeft shows how we have Dante’s great epic The Divine Comedy played out, from Hell to Purgatory to Heaven. But it is an epic played out in our hearts
Author: Editors of Life Magazine
Publisher: Life
Keywords: life, books, remembering, jackie
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2009-10-13
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1603200789
ISBN-13: 9781603200783
America has no royal family, but in the earliest 1960s, the White House was graced with the presence of a couple so attractive, so vibrant and so glamorous that the eminent historian Theodore H. White, writing in LIFE, likened the situation to Camelot. And if Jack Kennedy was our King Arthur, then Jackie was our queen. On these pages, that era comes alive again, as do the earlier and later chapters of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’s remarkable, captivating story. LIFE long enjoyed a special relationship with this woman--she first appeared on the magazine’s cover in 1953 as th
Author: Editors of Life Magazine
Publisher: Life
Keywords: life, books, remembering, marilyn
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2009-10-13
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1603200797
ISBN-13: 9781603200790
From a hard childhood lived largely in foster homes, she ascended to the highest of Hollywood heights-a screen icon beyond compare. And then she died young under mysterious circumstances, tragically cementing her legend. The life story of Norma Jeane Baker, the girl who would become Marilyn Monroe, is as thrilling, glamorous and dramatic as anything seen on the big screen, and the camera was there to capture every chapter. With intimate, rarely seen photographs of a pretty little child growing up in California during the 1930s right through to the classic imagery of the movie star in the 1950
Author: Editors of Life Magazine
Publisher: Life
Keywords: life, coast, books, journey, photographic, america, beautiful
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2007-10-09
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1933821159
ISBN-13: 9781933821153
We are living in a land that is everywhere rich with beauty and wonders. LIFE is fortunate that these stunning settings have attracted many of the country’s--indeed, the world’s--most talented scenic photographers. From the awe-inspiring work of Ansel Adams to the jaw-dropping photography of Galen Rowell to the serene pastorals of Joel Meyerowitz and Michael Melford, this is art of a high order. And their subjects are incomparable: The Grand Canyon, Big Sur. Yosemite, Yellowstone, sublime Nantucket island, the San Francisco skyline, the Amish country of Pennsylvania and Ohio--100 b
Author: Trunk/Wrobel
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Keywords: life, jewish, images, sketches, pol, polyn, poland
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2007-10-27
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 0802093302
ISBN-13: 9780802093301
Originally published between 1946 and 1953, Poyln (Poland) is one of the treasures of Yiddish literature. Despite its reputation, the book has not been fully translated into English until now. Written by Yehiel Yeshaia Trunk, a prominent Polish Jewish writer, Poyln is a colorful epic, a moving testimony, and an important primary historical source that presents a portrait of Polish Jewry against the backdrop of the Nazi genocide.The undisputed hero of the story is the national community of Polish Jews. To portray this community, Trunk creates a rich gallery of characters - Hassidic patricians,
Author: Checklist for Life
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Keywords: life, checklist, making, challenges, opportunities, series, strategies, amp, graduates, timeless, wisdom, foolproof
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2004-04-15
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0785261869
ISBN-13: 9780785261865
The fifth title in the Checklist for Life series is uniquely designed to equip graduates with tools for facing the challenges and opportunities of college and career. Using Scripture and timely, practical advice, this interactive handbook addresses sixty-six topics important to grads, such as how to live on your own, how to make good choices, and how to prepare for success. Each chapter covers the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the issue at hand and contains: An "I Will" checklist of heart and attitude reinforcements A "Things to Do" checklist of action points A "Things to
Author: Sally Longson
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: life, degree, university, guide, practical, languages, literature
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2006-11-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0415375932
ISBN-13: 9780415375931
Thousands of students graduate from university each year. The lucky few have the rest of their lives mapped out in perfect detail - but for most things are not nearly so simple. Armed with your hard-earned degree the possibilities and career paths lying before you are limitless, and the number of choices you suddenly have to make can seem bewildering. Life After a Languages and Literature Degree has been written specifically to help students currently studying, or who have recently graduated, make informed choices about their future. It will be source of invaluable advice and wisdom to gradu
