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Letters From The Porch

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Author : Clay Ollam
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1641918470
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Letters From The Porch written by Clay Ollam and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author begins with the statement 'Christianity and Capitalism both seem to be going through a bit of a rough patch at the time of writing.' Each of these concerns is enough to motivate a book, but Robert N. McGrath, PhD, is concerned about the nexus of the two. He begins with the observation that many people cannot articulate a clear understanding of either capitalism or natural law. First, capitalism means more than 'free enterprise.' Capitalism is first a theory of economics where capital is accumulated, allocated, and managed productively in order to increase the economic welfare of society. Such a theory is an outgrowth of centuries of philosophy. Second, natural law theology goes back to ancient Greek and Roman philosophers, but evolved with Christian doctrine to become central to that faith's present theology. In the meantime, people such as Thomas Aquinas, John Locke, and Thomas Jefferson ensconced it deeply into the very psyche of Western civilization and its philosophy, including economic thought. After explaining this, the author examines original words of eminent 'modern' economists since Adam Smith, into the twentieth century with Joseph Schumpeter, the very champion of entrepreneurship as being the 'essence of capitalism.' Several interim-period economists also implied that economic 'laws' are 'natural,' while others have been adamantly and even violently opposed to any such view. However, the author continuously insists that his purpose is to be provocative, not definitive, and leaves final interpretations largely to each reader.

The Porch and the Cross

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Author : Kevin Vost
Publisher : Angelico Press
ISBN 13 : 1621381714
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book The Porch and the Cross written by Kevin Vost and published by Angelico Press. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regardless of their sometimes ambiguous concepts of God, the Roman Stoic philosophers did acknowledge Him, but on the basis of reason alone, because they had not met Christ. Nonetheless, they did deduce from God's existence our need to live lives of virtue, honor, tranquility, and self-control--and they developed effective techniques to help us achieve this. Musonius Rufus the teacher, Epictetus the slave, Seneca the adviser to emperors, and Marcus Aurelius, the emperor himself, produced a practical technology we can use to integrate Christian ethics into our own daily practice. As Kevin Vost so wonderfully illustrates in his new book, The Porch and the Cross, the Stoics can help us learn--and remember--what is up to us, and what is up to God alone.

Seneca

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Author : Lucius Annaeus Senenca
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022678309X
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Seneca written by Lucius Annaeus Senenca and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of Seneca’s most significant letters that illuminate his philosophical and personal life. “There is only one course of action that can make you happy. . . . rejoice in what is yours. What is it that is yours? Yourself; the best part of you.” In the year 62, citing health issues, the Roman philosopher Seneca withdrew from public service and devoted his time to writing. His letters from this period offer a window onto his experience as a landowner, a traveler, and a man coping with the onset of old age. They share his ideas on everything from the treatment of enslaved people to the perils of seafaring, and they provide lucid explanations for many key points of Stoic philosophy. This selection of fifty letters brings out the essentials of Seneca’s thought, with much that speaks directly to the modern reader. Above all, they explore the inner life of the individual who proceeds through philosophical inquiry from a state of emotional turmoil to true friendship, self-determination, and personal excellence.

Letters from Eden

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Author : Julie Zickefoose
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618573080
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Letters from Eden written by Julie Zickefoose and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frequent commentator for NPR's "All Things Considered," Zickefoose now presents paintings of scenes from her beloved southern Ohio home, illuminated in well-crafted essays based on her daily walks and observations.

Why Haven't You Left?

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Author : Marc Nikkel
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0898697743
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (986 download)

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Download or read book Why Haven't You Left? written by Marc Nikkel and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a missionary in the Sudan, amid unrest and war following Sudanese independence, Nikkel wrote these quasi-public letters -- missionary epistles --to his friends and supporters back home in the USA. These letters present a vivid picture of daily struggle in an impoverished, war-torn, but lavishly beautiful country.

Letters to Kevin

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Author : Stephen Dixon
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1606999176
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Letters to Kevin written by Stephen Dixon and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fictional prose novel, reminiscent of Scorsese's After Hours, a New York man goes on a nightmare-logic adventure when he tries place a phone call. Rudy, a goodhearted fellow in New York, has been trying to phone Kevin Wafer, a kid he knows in Palo Alto, California. Only trouble is, one thing or another keeps getting in the way. For starters, Rudy doesn’t have a phone in his apartment, and he can’t manage to get a dial tone on his pillow or his alarm clock. When he tries to use a pay phone, the phone booth gets carried off by a crane, deposited in a warehouse, and left with Rudy trapped inside. What’s worse, the only repairman who shows up can’t help because he’s due to leave on his vacation and won’t be back for a month. Rudy tries to call for help, but all he can get on the line are other people locked inside other phone booths located other in warehouses all over the world. The only sensible thing for Rudy to do is to sit down with his trusty portable typewriter and write Kevin a letter, telling him what’s happened. Like Bob Dylan’s “115th Dream,” Letters to Kevin obeys a certain logic, but it’s a shifty, nighttime logic that’s full of surprises.Letters to Kevin is an absurdist, screwball farce, and certainly Stephen Dixon’s wildest and weirdest book ever. It’s also, sneakily, one of his most affecting.

The Boy on the Porch

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Author : Sharon Creech
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448187257
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Boy on the Porch written by Sharon Creech and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young couple wakes up to find a strange boy asleep on their porch. At first they don't expect him to stay, but stay he does, and as the couple's connection to him grows, the three of them blossom into an unlikely family. But where has he come from and to whom does he belong? 'A page-turner for a reader of any age.' Publisher's Weekly

Letters Across the Sea

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Author : Genevieve Graham
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982156635
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Letters Across the Sea written by Genevieve Graham and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a little-known chapter of World War II history, a young Protestant girl and her Jewish neighbour are caught up in the terrible wave of hate sweeping the globe on the eve of war in this powerful love story that’s perfect for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. If you’re reading this letter, that means I’m dead. I had obviously hoped to see you again, to explain in person, but fate had other plans. 1933 At eighteen years old, Molly Ryan dreams of becoming a journalist, but instead she spends her days working any job she can to help her family through the Depression crippling her city. The one bright spot in her life is watching baseball with her best friend, Hannah Dreyfus, and sneaking glances at Hannah’s handsome older brother, Max. But as the summer unfolds, more and more of Hitler’s hateful ideas cross the sea and “Swastika Clubs” and “No Jews Allowed” signs spring up around Toronto, a city already simmering with mass unemployment, protests, and unrest. When tensions between the Irish and Jewish communities erupt in a riot one smouldering day in August, Molly and Max are caught in the middle, with devastating consequences for both their families. 1939 Six years later, the Depression has eased and Molly is a reporter at her local paper. But a new war is on the horizon, putting everyone she cares about most in peril. As letters trickle in from overseas, Molly is forced to confront what happened all those years ago, but is it too late to make things right? From the desperate streets of Toronto to the embattled shores of Hong Kong, Letters Across the Sea is a poignant novel about the enduring power of love to cross dangerous divides even in the darkest of times—from the #1 bestselling author of The Forgotten Home Child.

On the Golden Porch

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Author : Tatyana Tolstaya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140122756
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book On the Golden Porch written by Tatyana Tolstaya and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Something Better Coming

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Author : Megan Saben
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736455005
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Something Better Coming written by Megan Saben and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture book illustrating various scenes from the life of Christ, pointing to his resurrection and the ultimate glorification of believers in heaven.

The Porch

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Author : Charlie Hailey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022677001X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Porch written by Charlie Hailey and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come with us for a moment out onto the porch. Just like that, we’ve entered another world without leaving home. In this liminal space, an endless array of absorbing philosophical questions arises: What does it mean to be in a place? How does one place teach us about the world and ourselves? What do we—and the things we’ve built—mean in this world? In a time when reflections on the nature of society and individual endurance are so paramount, Charlie Hailey’s latest book is both a mental tonic and a welcome provocation. Solidly grounded in ideas, ecology, and architecture, The Porch takes us on a journey along the edges of nature where the outside comes in, hosts meet guests, and imagination runs wild. Hailey writes from a modest porch on the Homosassa River in Florida. He sleeps there, studies the tides, listens for osprey and manatee, welcomes shipwrecked visitors, watches shadows on its screens, reckons with climate change, and reflects on his own acclimation to his environment. The profound connections he unearths anchor an armchair exploration of past porches and those of the future, moving from ancient Greece to contemporary Sweden, from the White House roof to the Anthropocene home. In his ruminations, he links up with other porch dwellers including environmentalist Rachel Carson, poet Wendell Berry, writers Eudora Welty and Zora Neale Hurston, philosopher John Dewey, architect Louis Kahn, and photographer Paul Strand. As close as architecture can bring us to nature, the porch is where we can learn to contemplate anew our evolving place in a changing world—a space we need now more than ever. Timeless and timely, Hailey’s book is a dreamy yet deeply passionate meditation on the joy and gravity of sitting on the porch.

The Front Porch Prophet

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Author : Raymond L. Atkins
Publisher : Medallion Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781933836386
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book The Front Porch Prophet written by Raymond L. Atkins and published by Medallion Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do a trigger-happy bootlegger with pancreatic cancer, an alcoholic helicopter pilot who is afraid to fly, and a dead guy with his feet in a camp stove have in common? What are the similarities between a fire department that cannot put out fires, a policeman who has a historic cabin fall on him from out of the sky, and an entire family dedicated to a variety of deceased authors? Where can you find a war hero named Termite with a long knife stuck in his liver, a cook named Hoghead who makes the world's worst coffee, and a supervisor named Pillsbury who nearly gets hung by his employees? Sequoyah, Georgia is the answer to all three questions. They arise from the relationship between A. J. Longstreet and his best friend since childhood, Eugene Purdue. After a parting of ways due to Eugene's inability to accept the constraints of adulthood, he reenters A.J.'s life with terminal cancer and the dilemma of executing a mercy killing when the time arrives. Take this gripping journey to Sequoyah, Georgia and witness A.J.'s battle with mortality, euthanasia, and his adventure back to the past and people who made him what he is - and helps him make the decision that will alter his life forever.

Letters LXXIII-XCVI

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Author : John Ruskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Letters LXXIII-XCVI written by John Ruskin and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Book of Letters

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Author : Mary Owens Crowther
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Letters written by Mary Owens Crowther and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fear and Loathing in America

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Author : Hunter S. Thompson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439126364
Total Pages : 1116 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Fear and Loathing in America written by Hunter S. Thompson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the king of “Gonzo” journalism and bestselling author who brought you Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas comes another astonishing volume of letters by Hunter S. Thompson. Brazen, incisive, and outrageous as ever, this second volume of Thompson’s private correspondence is the highly anticipated follow-up to The Proud Highway. When that first book of letters appeared in 1997, Time pronounced it "deliriously entertaining"; Rolling Stone called it "brilliant beyond description"; and The New York Times celebrated its "wicked humor and bracing political conviction." Spanning the years between 1968 and 1976, these never-before-published letters show Thompson building his legend: running for sheriff in Aspen, Colorado; creating the seminal road book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; twisting political reporting to new heights for Rolling Stone; and making sense of it all in the landmark Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. To read Thompson's dispatches from these years—addressed to the author's friends, enemies, editors, and creditors, and such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, and Kurt Vonnegut—is to read a raw, revolutionary eyewitness account of one of the most exciting and pivotal eras in American history.

Letters from Lee's Army Or Memoirs of Life in and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Between the States

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Author : Susan Leigh Blackford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781494084394
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Letters from Lee's Army Or Memoirs of Life in and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Between the States written by Susan Leigh Blackford and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.

Letters from War

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Author : Mark Schultz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439197318
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Letters from War written by Mark Schultz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Inspired by the original hit song"--Dust jacket cover.