Precious Time

Author : Ann Patchett
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063092808
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book These Precious Days written by Ann Patchett and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "The elegance of Patchett’s prose is seductive and inviting: with Patchett as a guide, readers will really get to grips with the power of struggles, failures, and triumphs alike." —Publisher's Weekly “Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart. At the center of These Precious Days is the title essay, a surprising and moving meditation on an unexpected friendship that explores “what it means to be seen, to find someone with whom you can be your best and most complete self.” When Patchett chose an early galley of actor and producer Tom Hanks’ short story collection to read one night before bed, she had no idea that this single choice would be life changing. It would introduce her to a remarkable woman—Tom’s brilliant assistant Sooki—with whom she would form a profound bond that held monumental consequences for them both. A literary alchemist, Patchett plumbs the depths of her experiences to create gold: engaging and moving pieces that are both self-portrait and landscape, each vibrant with emotion and rich in insight. Turning her writer’s eye on her own experiences, she transforms the private into the universal, providing us all a way to look at our own worlds anew, and reminds how fleeting and enigmatic life can be. From the enchantments of Kate DiCamillo’s children’s books (author of The Beatryce Prophecy) to youthful memories of Paris; the cherished life gifts given by her three fathers to the unexpected influence of Charles Schultz’s Snoopy; the expansive vision of Eudora Welty to the importance of knitting, Patchett connects life and art as she illuminates what matters most. Infused with the author’s grace, wit, and warmth, the pieces in These Precious Days resonate deep in the soul, leaving an indelible mark—and demonstrate why Ann Patchett is one of the most celebrated writers of our time.

Author : A. Dawson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477210644
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Relaxed written by A. Dawson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Relaxed: Precious Time in Montserrat captures vacationing in Montserrat in over 200 island photographs and descriptions. This natural, un-commercialized tropical island is quietly inspiring as you learn about the effects of the famous and still active, Soufriere Hills Volcano, and the power of nature that caused the unstoppable destruction of Plymouth, the Capital City. Be surprised by the island's connection to Sir George Martin, Producer of the Beatles. Learn about Montserrat's important place in music history and see the list of some of the more popular artists and albums documented in the recording history of AIR Studios Montserrat including: Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Duran Duran, The Police, Simply Red, Boy George, Dire Straits and the Rolling Stones. For those who like to fully relax on vacation and decompress from the pressure of living in a fast-paced consumer culture, Montserrat is a peaceful, safe, luring Caribbean island of interesting people, history and places.

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Publisher : Baker Publishing Group (MI)
ISBN 13 : 9780801042478
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Precious Moments Sleepy Time Storybook written by and published by Baker Publishing Group (MI). This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents twenty-three stories with a Christian emphasis, dealing with family, identity, and God.

Author : Thomas Brooks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crown&Glory of Christianity: Or Holiness, the Only Way to Happiness, Etc written by Thomas Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1662 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Erica James
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 1409107507
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Precious Time written by Erica James and published by Orion. This book was released on 2009-12-23 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A genuinely heartwarming yet unsentimental tale - a perfect recipe for restoring, if only briefly, our damaged trust in humanity' SUNDAY EXPRESS In order to spend more time with her four-year-old son Ned, Clara Costello trades in her secure, well-paid job and two-seater sports car for a camper van called Winnie, and the three of them set off on a mystery tour of England. Of course, her friends and family think she's gone mad. But when they arrive in Deaconsbridge, a small market town on the edge of the Peak District, Clara and Ned become drawn into the lives of the locals. Two in particular seem destined to get under Clara's skin: Gabriel Liberty, a cranky widower who terrifies his family; and Archie Merryman, a local dealer in second-hand furniture who possesses a heart of gold. Then Clara finds herself having to confront a problem much closer to home, and one she had hoped she would never have to face...

Author : James Comper Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Biblical Museum: a collection of notes, explanatory, homiletic, and illustrative, on the Holy Scriptures ... Old Testament written by James Comper Gray and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonie Scruggs
Publisher : Worldwide Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scandalous Grace written by Jonie Scruggs and published by Worldwide Publishing Group. This book was released on 2022-08-11 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Isn't Finished When We Are Forgiven, Grace Carries Us to Completion! In our current culture, people are riddled with pressures to perform and ashamed when they do not measure up. We often view our relationship with God through the same lens of performance pressure, trying to merit God's favor. This is a dangerous way to walk with God and a miserable way to live life's journey! "Scandalous Grace" gives a fresh and insightful perspective from Paul's letter to the Ephesian Church. As you journey, through these pages, you will discover God isn't finished with you once He has forgiven you. He cleanses you, and then He carries you to completion. Grace grants the true disciple of Christ endless freedom! Freedom is not the lack of challenge or even chains in your life. You may still be in some chains yet experiencing the liberating power of God's grace. Journey slowly through this book and bask in the scandalous grace of God. Your enemy can't steal your freedom because your freedom doesn't come from your enemy, your freedom comes froth Christ! This is "Scandalous Grace." Through these pages you will discover: - God's plan is more powerful than your prison. - Nothing goes to waste in God's plan. - True unity doesn't require uniformity; it unleashes diversity. - Grace assures that no matter what comes against us when the-battle ends and the dust settles, we will still be standing.

Author : Wendy Austin
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554588898
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow written by Wendy Austin and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name—along with burnout, vicarious traumatization, compassion stress, and secondary traumatic stress—the condition of caregivers who become “too tired to care.” Compassion, long seen as the foundation of ethical caring, is increasingly understood as a threat to the well-being of those who offer it. Through the lens of hermeneutic phenomenology, the authors present an insider’s perspective on compassion fatigue, its effects on the body, on the experience of time and space, and on personal and professional relationships. Accounts of health professionals, alongside examinations of poetry, images, movies, and literature, are used to explore the notions of compassion, hope, and hopelessness as they inform the meaning of caring work. The authors frame their exposé of compassion fatigue with the very Canadian metaphor of “lying down in the snow.” If suffering is imagined as ever-falling snow, then the need for training and resources for safe journeying in “winter country” becomes apparent. Recognizing the phenomenon of compassion fatigue reveals the role that health services education and the moral habitability of our healthcare environments play in supporting professionals’ ability to act compassionately and to endure.

Author : Ann Patchett
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547548796
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Magician's Assistant written by Ann Patchett and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2004-09-17 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Dutch House, a secretive magician’s death becomes the catalyst for his partner’s journey of self-discovery in this “enchanting” book (San Francisco Chronicle) “that is something of a magic trick in itself.” (Newsweek) When Parsifal, a handsome and charming magician, dies suddenly, his widow Sabine—who was also his faithful assistant for twenty years—learns that the family he claimed to have lost in a tragic accident is very much alive and well. Sabine is left to unravel his secrets, and the journey she takes, from sunny Los Angeles to the bitter windswept plains of Nebraska, will work its own magic on her. Sabine's extraordinary tale, “with its big dreams, vast spaces, and disparate realities lying side by side” captures the hearts of its readers and “proves to be the perfect place for miraculous transformations.” (The New Yorker)

Author : William I Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Women from the Earliest Antiquity to the Present Time. The Third Edition, with Many Alterations and Corrections written by William I Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1782 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: