![]() Never before have Marcus's insights been so directly and powerfully presented. ![]() ![]() In fresh and unencumbered English, Hays vividly conveys the spareness and compression of the original Greek text. In Gregory Hays's new translation-the first in thirty-five years-Marcus's thoughts speak with a new immediacy. For anyone who struggles to reconcile the demands of leadership with a concern for personal integrity and spiritual well-being, the Meditations remains as relevant now as it was two thousand years ago. Marcus's insights and advice-on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others-have made the Meditations required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, it remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. ![]() Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.įew ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. ![]()
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![]() ![]() EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. ![]() Lang: - eng, Vol: - Volume NBS special publication 749, Pages 110, Print on Demand. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. Reprinted in 2023 with the help of original edition published long back. ![]() 110 Unique Leather Bound Edition having Spine and corners bind with leather with Golden Leaf Printing on round spine. ![]() ![]() ![]() I am the NYRB book club, because I love clutter and hate order, and I actually picked up this month’s selection: Good Behavior has a classic domestic novel premise–the failing fortunes of a family of minor gentry (in this case, part of the Anglo-Irish gentry in Ireland around WWI). ![]() ![]() It’s just a kind of reading ennui: I’m bored with simple / formulaic / comfort reading, but don’t have the concentration to read books that are more complex. Not sure what’s up with that! It’s not the pandemic or having a baby, because I’ve done a fair amount of reading over the past year, and as recently as a month or two I was tearing through books. I have no reason for complaining, but I will anyway: I’ve found it a little difficult lately to concentrate on my reading. Hello friends! Writing is going extremely well. ![]() ![]() Luckily chickens are as low-maintenance a pet as you'll ever find. Amaze your visitors with fun facts like: "Did you know that chickens are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs?"Ĥ.Teaching kids about pet care - like feeding and watering hens - can be a way to model responsibility. ![]() Chickens are cool! Your kids' friends - and most of the neighborhood - will want to see your pet chickens. ![]() Obviously, helping you cook up some eggs is a great way for kids to gain an appreciation for where food comes from.ģ. We keep dedicated "chicken shoes" by the back door, since coops equal poops, and you don't want your wee ones to track that stuff into the house.Ģ. And, if you have too many eggs for your family to consume, they will share with pride any extras with friends and neighbors. Kids have a ton of fun collecting eggs each day. If your family's just getting started raising city chickens, check out our full guide for beginners!ġ. ![]() Listed below are some of our favorite ways to involve kids with your new brood members. Thinking about keeping chickens in the city? So are many other families! Raising urban chickens will not only provide your family with nutritious farm-fresh eggs on a regular basis, but it can also be a great hands-on learning experience for your little farmers. ![]() ![]() ![]() A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources. ![]() The protagonist, a wiener dog wears a hilarious hot dog costume for halloween, resulting in other dogs making fun of him.
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How the Germans Defined Auftragstaktik : What Mission Command is - AND - is Not ![]() ![]() ![]() She calls herself Selah Voyager, and she is looking for Curiosity Freeman-a former slave herself, one of the village’s wisest women and Elizabeth’s closest friend. Hannah is descended from healers on both sides-one Scots grandmother and one Mohawk-and her reputation as a skilled healer in her own right is growing.Īfter a long night spent attending to a birth, Elizabeth and Hannah encounter an escaped slave hiding on the mountain. ![]() Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner have lost their two-year-old son, Hannah’s half brother Robbie, but they struggle on as always: the men in the forests, the twins Lily and Daniel in Elizabeth’s school, and Hannah as a doctor in training, apprenticed to Richard Todd. It is the spring of 1802, and the village of Paradise is still reeling from the typhoid epidemic of the previous summer. Masterfully told, this passionate story is a moving tribute to a resilient, adventurous family and a people poised at the brink of a new century. Now Donati takes on a new and often overlooked chapter in our nation’s past-and in the life of the spirited Bonners-as their oldest daughter, the brave and beautiful Hannah, comes of age with a challenge that will change her forever. In her extraordinary novels Into the Wilderness and Dawn on a Distant Shore, award-winning writer Sara Donati deftly captured the vast, untamed wilderness of late-eighteenth-century New York and the trials and triumphs of the Bonner family. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That bomb of ridiculous was followed by this little tidbit: "My brother Tanner usually opens up the shop and I close, because he's a morning person and I'm usually up late at night, saving lost pets and stalking bad guys." We're all being torn apart, and I don't know how to make everyone see that the wrongs are actually right.īut anyblatantlie, I knew the writing was on the wall for me and this book when I read this: And he's the one person neither one of us can stand to betray or hurt. The heart wants what the heart wants, and it doesn't care about age or how we met. With a last name of Valentine, I've got cupid in my veins. ![]() I know he's struggling, but I'm determined. Nothing will ever be the same between us.īut I'm not a little girl anymore, and he's everything I want. Now, we can't forget how that kiss felt, and what it changed. One unexpected kiss between us rocked him clear off his axis. He's loving and devoted with a strong moral compass. He's always been my rock-the one I should never, ever want. ![]() The problem? He's fifteen years older than me, and he's my father's best friend. When I turned eighteen, I made it clear I still felt the same. When I was five years old, I told Toren Grace I was going to marry him when I grew up. ![]() ![]() ![]() Russ Tunney’s magical adaptation was originally performed by a cast of ?ve, but it has also been staged by and is suitable for much larger casts. The opening of the Channel Tunnel has led to dangerous wolves roaming Britain, but this is not the only danger that cousins Bonnie and Sylvia, and their friend Simon the Goose-boy, must face as they encounter unforgettable characters and mysterious scheming. A thrilling, funny and spectacular adaptation of Joan Aiken's classic children's novel, perfectly suited to performance by theatre companies and drama groups of any size.Ī thrilling adventure set in an alternative history of England, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase tells the story of two brave and determined girls as they fight against ferocious wolves, snowy wastelands and their very evil guardian, Miss Slighcarp. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A Vogon ship bribed by Gag Halfrunt and a group of psychiatrists, fearful that the discovery of the Ultimate Question will end their profession, intercepts and fires at them. Elements of it are adapted from the radio series, primarily the Secondary Phase, although Milliways itself, Arthur and Ford's final fate come from Fits the Fifth and Sixth of the Primary Phase.Īrthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian, and Zaphod Beeblebrox leave the planet Magrathea on the Heart of Gold. The book title refers to Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, one of the settings of the book. The book was inspired by the song " Grand Hotel" by British rock band Procol Harum. It was originally published by Pan Books as a paperback in 1980. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction " trilogy" by Douglas Adams, and is a sequel. ![]() |