Thinking beyond the absolutes Christians and other religious persons increasingly find "e;deabsolutized"e; in our modern thought world, Swidler reflects on the ways we humans think about the world and its meaning now that increasingly we notice that there are other ways of understanding the world than the way we grew up in.
The theme of Islam and Judeo-Christianity is the relationship between these three faiths under three headings that are often promoted as a basis for commonality between them (sons of Abraham, monotheism, and religions of the book).
In the Middle Ages, as Christian sources on the Islamic world show, Muslim culture was perceived as extremely threatening: there were many defenses of Christianity, like the treatise on the "e;mistakes"e; of the followers of Allah.
Collage of Seoul is a book of poetry tracing the spiritual journey of a man who, unnamed at birth, looks to both Eastern and Western cultures to form an identity through a love story that culminates with the decisive act of naming his two daughters.
This New York Times-bestselling author's memoir of her own heart attack is "e;a refresher course in handling life's meanest challenges with grace"e; (Library Journal).
This New York Times-bestselling author's memoir of her own heart attack is "e;a refresher course in handling life's meanest challenges with grace"e; (Library Journal).
A space enthusiast goes inside mission control with a motley crew of rocket scientists in this "e;fascinating journey of discovery peppered with humor"e; (Publishers Weekly).
A cardiac technician takes you to the front lines of emergency medicine-from tragic car accidents to gunshot wounds-in this "e;fast-moving"e; memoir (Booklist).
In a freshly revisited and important text, Stuart Fischer summarizes the golden age of Kids' TV with entries for every important children's television program which aired between 1947 and 1972.
"e;A bold memoir"e; of one young woman's courageous battle with breast cancer-the basis for the Emmy-nominated Lifetime movie starring Sarah Chalke (People).
Set in London between 1973 and 1983, Adrift is a compelling true story portraying the way a husband's mental illness tragically destroys a happy marriage.
Kimberly Beam was a middle school Language Arts teacher in Massachusetts and an English teacher in Maryland before being diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma.
A PATIENTS PERSPECTIVE: There have been an increasing number of articles and books by medical professionals warning us of the hospital dangers, but very few by patients based on their personal experience.
When Walt Larimore, MD, moved his young family to Kissimmee, Florida, to start a small-town medical practice in 1985, he had no idea he was embarking on an enterprise that would change his life in ways both large and small.
Aware that her youth is slipping by, Mary Beth Baptiste decides to escape her lackluster, suburban life in coastal Massachusetts to pursue her lifelong dream of being a Rocky Mountain woodswoman.
In turn heartbreaking, irreverent, movingand at times raucously humorousone of the nation's leading pediatric researchers recounts his first years as a newly minted, stuggling, and insecure doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
A heartwarming memoir of a family that refused to give upWhen twenty-two-year-old Susan Stachler was diagnosed with cancer, her mother, Laura, was struck by deja vu: the same illness that took her sister's life was threatening to take her daughter's too.
The book is a collection of stories: assignments from a long and enjoyable engineering career as well as anecdotes and experiences from summer jobs, vacations, and consulting.
Three Roses: Living with Muscular Dystrophy and Marrying the Ideal Woman introduces a man who knew from his early childhood that he would face life with the ever-present reality of muscular dystrophy.
I Am on My Way to Healing: Two Strokes and a Recovery shares an authors journey along the path from two strokes toward healing and recovery and a renewed sense of hope.
Stroke no joke is the autobiography of a middle aged African American man who navigates the process of reclaiming and re- finding his life it provides an insightful look into the mind of a once strong independent man after he suffered a serious stroke that changes his life forever.
