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Book Synopsis A Life Less Ordinary by : Zoe Ellison
Download or read book A Life Less Ordinary written by Zoe Ellison and published by CICO Books. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be inspired by i gigi’s unique textures and natural palette to create your own haven of calm. Zoe Ellison and Alex Legendre have created a beautiful shopping and interiors experience with their unique store i gigi—a haven of beautiful gifts and unique pieces for your home. The muted, earthy color palette is chic and modern and yet utterly timeless, allowing their pieces to fit seamlessly into any home. In this, their first book, they share their secrets and open their hearts as they describe the journey they have taken, what makes them tick, their philosophy, their friendship, their inspirations, ideas, and interiors. i gigi is a destination store, selling the idea of a beautiful yet practical and achievable lifestyle. Their interiors feature reclaimed and revamped pieces and rooms that have been created on a shoestring. With stunning photography throughout, this is a truly fascinating look into their world.
Book Synopsis A Life Less Ordinary by : John Hodge
Download or read book A Life Less Ordinary written by John Hodge and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the TRAINSPOTTING and SHALLOW GRAVE screenplays, a novel about the unpredictable course of fate. An aspiring novelist meets a rich woman with a slender grip on the real world. They are ill-matched but become lovers, with a little help from the archangel Gabriel. Tied to the release of a Hollywood feature film.
Book Synopsis A Life Less Ordinary by : Baby Halder
Download or read book A Life Less Ordinary written by Baby Halder and published by Zubaan. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is The Story Of Baby Halder, A Young Woman Working As A Domestic Help In A Home In Delhi. Hurriedly Married Off At The Age Of Twelve, A Mother By The Time She Was Fourteen, Baby Writes Movingly And Evocatively Of Her Life As A Young Girl, And Later As A Young Woman. The Long Absences Of Her Father, The Hardships Faced By Her Mother, And Her Decision To Walk Out Of Her Marriage, Leaving Baby And Her Sister To Manage The Household, Were The Realities That Shaped Baby S Early Life. When Marriage Came, Baby, Still A Child, Yearned To Play And Study, But Was Burdened With The Responsibility Of Being Wife And Mother While Facing Considerable Violence From Her Husband. Escape Finally Came Many Years Later, By Which Time The Still Young Baby Was A Mother Of Three, And She Fled To The City In The Hope Of Finding A Job. Working In Delhi As A Domestic Help, Baby Was Lucky Enough To Come Across An Employer Who Encouraged Her To Read Which She Did Voraciously And Then To Write. The Story Of Baby S Life Is A Lesson In Courage And Survival. Since It Was First Published In Hindi, This Book Has Become A Best-Seller, Receiving Accolades From Some Of The Best-Known Writers And Critics In India And Elsewhere. It Has Also Been Translated Into Other Indian Languages.
Book Synopsis A Call Less Ordinary by : Rich Wilson
Download or read book A Call Less Ordinary written by Rich Wilson and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is my calling? What is my purpose in life? And how do I pursue it once I know what it is? Rich Wilson, in A Call Less Ordinary, aims to help you answer those life changing questions. Embracing God's calling is not easy, but it is the most fulfilling thing you can do with your life. And yet, understanding God's call on our lives takes time. It can seem vague, often because we are looking in the wrong places. A Call Less Ordinary will give anyone wrestling with the question of whether or not God has a plan for them a deeper understanding of what it means to find your purpose in life. It will challenge and guide you to find new ways of using your passions for God, and give you encouragement and hope to embrace your calling and live a meaningful life. When Rich Wilson felt God calling him into student ministry, he had no idea what challenges, frustrations, hopes and aspirations would await him as he became movement leader of Fusion - a movement that equips students for Christian mission. In refusing to sugar coat some of life's darkest days, his storytelling and writing illuminates how the call and grace of God reaches deeper into our lives than we often dare to embrace. By drawing on both his story and the stories of other ordinary people following an extraordinary God, he offers guidance and advice for discovering our own calling, and finding ways to pursue it through adventure and adversity. A Call Less Ordinary is both practical and provocative, leaving you energised and expectant for how God is working now and for your future. Could it be that God is both calling and leading you into greater freedom and fulfilment today? "Raw, honest and compelling - a timely and necessary message well-lived and beautifully written for this generation." Pete Greig
Book Synopsis Lives Less Ordinary by : Andrew Hughes
Download or read book Lives Less Ordinary written by Andrew Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "So that's our setting. Sixty-nine houses, four corners of Georgian Dublin but just one address. Scope enough for some remarkable tales and extraordinary lives. Homes that ... provide a backdrop for drawing room intrigue, revelry and temperance, devilry and romance; the abandon of artistic expression and the restraint of social convention.... So follow me, dear reader, into Fitzwilliam Square." Fitzwilliam Square on the south side of Dublin provides the setting and a true-life cast of characters for Lives Less Ordinary, which examines how the people of this Georgian square impacted on the history of Dublin and the wider world. These disparate denizens from a small residential enclave permeated every walk of Irish life - political, legal and cultural - in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In this updated edition, we follow the inhabitants of Fitzwilliam Square into nineteenth century courtrooms; we witness their soldier sons on a succession of battlefields through personal reminiscences; we examine their remarkable artistic and literary output; we hear amusing anecdotes about the politicians, doctors and academics who lived there, including tales about duels, ghosts and political and personal scandals. On their own, the sketches offer an intriguing portrait of individual lives, but woven together they provide a fascinating overview of Irish life at a particular place and time. The stories are varied and wide-ranging, but they are anchored by the fact that they only involve those inhabitants of the sixty-nine houses of Dublin's Fitzwilliam Square.
Book Synopsis Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes by : Alastair Humphreys
Download or read book Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes written by Alastair Humphreys and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap’ Geographical Adventure – something that’s new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an open mind, bags of enthusiasm and boundless curiosity. Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.
Book Synopsis A Life Less Ordinary by : Christopher Nuttall
Download or read book A Life Less Ordinary written by Christopher Nuttall and published by Elsewhen Press. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is magic in the world, hiding in plain sight. If you search for it, you will find it, or it will find you. Welcome to the magical world. Having lived all her life in Edinburgh, the last thing 25-year old Dizzy expected was to see a man with a real (if tiny) dragon on his shoulder. Following him, she discovered that she had stumbled from her mundane world into a parallel magical world, an alternate reality where dragons flew through the sky and the Great Powers watched over the world. Convinced that she had nothing to lose, she became apprenticed to the man with the dragon. He turned out to be one of the most powerful magicians in all of reality. But powerful dark forces had their eye on this young and inexperienced magician, intending to use her for the ultimate act of evil – the apocalyptic destruction of all reality. If Dizzy does not realise what is happening to her and the worlds around her, she won’t be able to stop their plan. A plan that will ravage both the magical and mundane worlds, consuming everything and everyone in fire.
Download or read book Plunge written by Liesbet Collaert and published by Roaming about Press. This book was released on 2020-11-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical waters turn tumultuous in this travel memoir, as a free-spirited woman jumps headfirst into a sailing adventure with a new man and his two dogs. Join Liesbet as she faces a decision that sends her into a whirlwind of love, loss, and living in the moment. When she swaps life as she knows it for an uncertain future on a sailboat, she succumbs to seasickness and a growing desire to be alone. Guided by impulsiveness and the joys of an alternative lifestyle, she must navigate personal storms, trouble with US immigration, adverse weather conditions, and doubts about her newfound love. Does Liesbet find happiness? Will the dogs outlast the man? Or is this just another reality check on a dream to live at sea? ### Have you ever wondered how life could be if you had made different choices? If you didn't marry early, commit to a large loan for the house, focus on your career, start a family? Maybe you're just curious about how a person thinking outside the box manages? A person without boundaries, striving to be flexible, happy, and free. What you are about to read is how one such person follows her dreams, no, her intuition, and how she survives her naivety, life altering twists, and a relationship in close quarters. Plunge is a story of what happens when you go with the flow, when you have a bright idea - or thought you had one - and ride the waves of the unknown. Ready to hop aboard and delve in?
Download or read book Norman Foster written by Deyan Sudjic and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Language of Things “takes readers on an engrossing tour of Foster’s life” from childhood to the world-renowned buildings he designed (Publishers Weekly, starred review). A leading pioneer of high-tech architecture, Norman Foster has worked across the globe, collaborating with luminaries such as R. Buckminster Fuller to Steve Jobs. Born in Manchester, England, Foster grew up in poverty, the son of a machine painter. He served in the Royal Air Force and worked in a local architect’s office before returning to school for architecture. Foster went on to design the Reichstag, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks headquarters in London and China, the new Wembley stadium and the British Museum's new court. He is also responsible for the design of Beijing's new airport, the Rossiya tower in Moscow, one of the towers at Ground Zero in Manhattan, as well as numerous other buildings around the world. In this insightful biography, Deyan Sudjic charts Foster’s remarkable life and career.
Book Synopsis I Can Get Paid for That? by : Jo Stewart
Download or read book I Can Get Paid for That? written by Jo Stewart and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuck in a career rut—or finished studying and not sure which direction to take? This book will give you a path to a creative career. This book is both an inspirational and a practical guidebook, and it profiles 99 interesting, unusual, and relatively unexplored creative career options—from smoke jumpers to fortune-cookie writers, truffle hunters to food stylists, and golf-ball divers to perfumers. While some of the featured careers may not be for everyone (taxidermy, anyone?) others may be the perfect fit for someone’s skill set, interests, talents, and curiosities. This book is an uplifting, positive guide for those that like to think outside the box. Think of it as the alternative career guide your guidance counselor was too afraid to talk about.
Download or read book Life Less Ordinary written by S. C. Arora and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-08-07 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Less Ordinary chronicles the story of a boy born in a lower-middle-class family in the erstwhile undivided India. He, along with his family, not only witnesses the profound pain of the Partition, it also is a deeply-scarring and traumatic experience, changing their lives dramatically. On reaching India, the family settles down in a nondescript town in their desperate attempt for survival. In a harrowing environment, they start life afresh. The protagonist, Malhotra, grows up in an atmosphere of scarcity. He sets a goal for himself which he gets down to achieve. As he grows, he develops a fiery spirit to follow his dreams and live life on his own terms. During Malhotra’s journey the author vividly shows his internal conflicts and makes him invariably take the road less travelled. The leitmotif running across the book is principled living, even at the cost of putting one’s life at stake. Set mainly in the 1900s, the book captures the essence of Malhotra’s character as a restless soul always propelled by his desire to look for the deeper truth, greater meaning and more fulfilling connections. As a consequence, he devotes the rest of his life for altruistic purpose, where he finds fulfillment. The story is loosely knit around the experiences drawn from the author’s own life. It is a story well told and many readers will see their reflection in it.
Download or read book Love Does written by Bob Goff and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a New York Times Bestseller As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren't good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the Dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll. Bob Goff has become something of a legend, and his friends consider him the world's best-kept secret. Those same friends have long insisted he write a book. What follows are paradigm shifts, musings, and stories from one of the world's most delightfully engaging and winsome people. What fuels his impact? Love. But it's not the kind of love that stops at thoughts and feelings. Bob's love takes action. Bob believes Love Does. When Love Does, life gets interesting. Each day turns into a hilarious, whimsical, meaningful chance that makes faith simple and real. Each chapter is a story that forms a book, a life. And this is one life you don't want to miss. Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from Bob's life and attitude just might inspire you to be secretly incredible, too. Endorsements: "If this book does not make your heart beat faster, book the next flight to Mayo Clinic " --Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church, Chairman, Willow Creek Association "Bob Goff is a one-man tsunami of grace, a hurricane of love. He doesn't just talk about change, he really is change, as Love Does chronicles in such a vivid way. Yet, Love Does doesn't leave you feeling like you want to celebrate its author, it awakens a sense deep within that you, too, have an outrageous role to play in God's unfolding story or rescue and repair." --Louie Giglio, Passion Conferences/Passion City Church "An interesting and compelling story (with Young Life roots) that ends with a practical challenge and punch: 'love does' and God can use you to do it " --Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life "Every once in a while someone like Bob Goff shows up to remind us that some things matter a lot more than others. Love Does has a kind of 'north star' effect that will push you to refocus your life and energy on what is most significant. It doesn't just invite you to respond with your God-given potential, it invites you to become a part of what God can do beyond your potential." --Reggie Joiner, Founder and CEO of Orange "We liked the book a lot. Mostly, the balloons on the cover. The rest was pretty good too. Lots of stories about how God helps us." --Aedan, Asher and Skye Peterson ages 13, 12 and 9 "This may look like a book. It's not. It is an invitation to enter into the greatest adventure you have ever known--your life as it was meant to be lived. Hang on " --Michael Hyatt, Author, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World, MichaelHyatt.com "Bob's ability to love people brings contagious hope and inspiration wherever he goes. The power of love showcased in this book will surely touch the hearts and souls of many people. Read Love Does and find a friend in one the world's best hidden secrets, a person who shows how love can create connection and make a difference--even across oceans." --George Tsereteli, Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia (former Russian Republic)
Download or read book Danny Boyle written by Brent Dunham and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humble man from humble beginnings, Danny Boyle (b. 1956) became a popular cinema darling when Slumdog Millionaire won big at the 2009 Academy Awards. Prior to this achievement, this former theater and television director helped the British film industry pull itself out of a decades-long slump. With Trainspotting, he proved British films could be more than stuffy, period dramas; they could be vivacious and thrilling with dynamic characters and an infectious soundtrack. This collection of interviews traces Boyle's relatively short fifteen-year film career, from his outstanding low-budget debut Shallow Grave, to his Hollywood studio films, his brief return to television, and his decade-in-the-making renaissance. Taken from a variety of sources including academic journals, mainstream newspapers, and independent bloggers, Danny Boyle: Interviews is one of the first books available on this emerging director. As an interviewee, Boyle displays an engaging honesty and openness. He talks about his films 28 Days Later, Millions, and others. His success proves that classical storytelling artists still resonate with audiences.
Download or read book Ordinary written by Michael Horton and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radical. Crazy. Transformative and restless. Every word we read these days seems to suggest there’s a “next-best-thing,” if only we would change our comfortable, compromising lives. In fact, the greatest fear most Christians have is boredom—the sense that they are missing out on the radical life Jesus promised. One thing is certain. No one wants to be “ordinary.” Yet pastor and author Michael Horton believes that our attempts to measure our spiritual growth by our experiences, constantly seeking after the next big breakthrough, have left many Christians disillusioned and disappointed. There’s nothing wrong with an energetic faith; the danger is that we can burn ourselves out on restless anxieties and unrealistic expectations. What’s needed is not another program or a fresh approach to spiritual growth; it’s a renewed appreciation for the commonplace. Far from a call to low expectations and passivity, Horton invites readers to recover their sense of joy in the ordinary. He provides a guide to a sustainable discipleship that happens over the long haul—not a quick fix that leaves readers empty with unfulfilled promises. Convicting and ultimately empowering, Ordinary is not a call to do less; it’s an invitation to experience the elusive joy of the ordinary Christian life.
Book Synopsis The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary by : Ronald D. Siegel
Download or read book The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary written by Ronald D. Siegel and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Did I sound stupid?" "Should I have sent that email?" "How do I look?" Many of us spend a lot of time feeling self-conscious and comparing ourselves to others. Why do we judge ourselves so relentlessly? Why do we strive so hard to be special or successful, or to avoid feeling rejected? When psychologist and mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald Siegel realized that he, as well as most of his clients, was caught in a cycle of endless self-evaluation, he decided to do something about it. This engaging, empowering guide sheds light on this very human habit--and explains how to break it. Through illuminating stories and exercises, practical tools (which you can download and print for repeated use), and guided meditations with accompanying audio downloads, Dr. Siegel invites you to stop obsessing so much about how you measure up. Instead, by accepting the extraordinary gift of being ordinary, you can build stronger connections with others and get more joy out of life.
Download or read book Honky written by Dalton Conley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vivid memoir captures how race, class, and privilege shaped a white boy’s coming of age in 1970s New York—now with a new epilogue. “I am not your typical middle-class white male,” begins Dalton Conley’s Honky, an intensely engaging memoir of growing up amid predominantly African American and Latino housing projects on New York’s Lower East Side. In narrating these sharply observed memories, from his little sister’s burning desire for cornrows to the shooting of a close childhood friend, Conley shows how race and class inextricably shaped his life—as well as the lives of his schoolmates and neighbors. In a new afterword, Conley, now a well-established senior sociologist, provides an update on what his informants’ respective trajectories tell us about race and class in the city. He further reflects on how urban areas have (and haven’t) changed over the past few decades, including the stubborn resilience of poverty in New York. At once a gripping coming-of-age story and a brilliant case study illuminating broader inequalities in American society, Honky guides us to a deeper understanding of the cultural capital of whiteness, the social construction of race, and the intricacies of upward mobility.
Book Synopsis A Love Less Ordinary by : Laura Newman
Download or read book A Love Less Ordinary written by Laura Newman and published by . This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura Newman describes life with her transgender partner, Nicci.
