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In the first half of life, we are naturally preoccupied with establishing ourselves; climbing, achieving, and performing. But as we grow older and encounter challenges and mistakes, we need to see ourselves in a different and more life-giving way. This message of falling down - that is in fact moving upward - is the most resisted and counterintuitive of messages in the world's religions.
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"A fresh way of thinking about spirituality that grows throughout life. In Falling Upward, Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have fallen, failed, or "gone down" are the only ones who understand "up." Most of us tend to think of the second half of life as largely about getting old, dealing with health issues, and letting go of life, but the whole thesis of this book...
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Follows the pioneer generation of balloon aeronauts, the daring and enigmatic men and women who risked their lives to take to the air (or fall into the sky). The author includes accounts of the early Anglo-French balloon rivalries, the crazy firework flights of the beautiful Sophie Blanchard, the long-distance voyages of the American entrepreneur John Wise and French photographer Felix Nadar. The author documents as well the balloons used to observe...
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NEVA JONES IS ON A QUEST
But she's not quite sure what she's questing for. A crow told her to take off all the iron she was wearing, a stag told her to get a lock of pale hair and a lock of dark, and an owl told her to jump into a lake.
Neva is a businesswoman in the New South, not a character in some fairy tale - but she'll take on this quest if it means no longer feeling like she's going insane. So she dives right into the lake and into a crazy...
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2023
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An update to the bestselling Falling Upward from Franciscan Father Richard Rohr
In the revised and updated edition of Falling Upward, Richard Rohr seeks to help readers come to terms with the two halves of life. In this book, Rohr teaches us that we can't understand the meaning of "up" until we have fallen "down." More importantly, Rohr describes what "up" can look like in the second half of life.
Most of us tend
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 Treat yourself to a slow walk through your neighborhood. Notice the gift of life that your breath is, and take time to think about your breathing as you walk. Notice things of beauty that might have never appeared beautiful to you in the past.
#2 Pay attention to the world around you and observe the people around you. When you are waiting in a line, watch for the...
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"At 16, Jeremy was hosting club nights at Hollywood's famed Avalon nightclub; that same year, he gatecrashed the Grammys. At 25, Jeremy opened Nighthawk in LA, where he debuted Spiked Cereal Milk, a cocktail that combined cereal milk and alcohol and went instantly viral. But dig deep enough beneath Jeremy's king-of-LA swagger, and you'll find the curious little kid who grew up blocks away from LA's infamous Skid Row with a mom who was busy managing...
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Popular culture biographer Eliot offers a new look at Ronald Reagan's neglected and misunderstood career in Hollywood, spotlighting how it took him from leading man to president of the Screen Actors Guild, and ultimately to world leader.--Adapted from publisher description.
10) Into Oblivion
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This is a falling upward.
An understanding that we carry infinities.
A poetic journey into that oblivion.
'Into Oblivion' is a collection of poetry based on that feeling you get when you stand at the edge of the ocean, or look at the sky, or when, someone you love smiles at you. It is the idea that each of us carries an infinity an oblivion, and love, of any kind, is a falling upward; a falling in. Each chapter explores a different stage of that journey....
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Lee Siegel, author of Falling Upwards, Not Remotely Controlled, and Against the Machine delivers a provocative critique of modern lightness and frivolity, and a timely guide to being serious in an unserious age. In the vein of The Culture of Narcissism, Shop Class as Soulcraft, and How Proust Can Change Your Life, Siegel offers a revelatory look at how a serious bearing is vital to accomplishing any worthwhile goal in an era increasingly defined by...
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In Falling Upward (and in many of his other teachings), Richard Rohr talked at length about ego (or the False Self) and how it gets in the way of spiritual maturity, especially if its preoccupations continue into the second half of life. But if there's a False Self, is there also a True Self? What is it? How is it found? Why does it matter? And what does it have to do with the spiritual journey? In this new book, he likens True Self to a diamond,...
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A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the 18th century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science, "The Age of Wonder" explores the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science": an infinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered. Three lives dominate the book: William Herschel, his sister Caroline, and Humphry Davy.
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He is an American treasure; a clear-eyed fantasist without peer; a literary icon who has created wonder for the better part of seven decades. He has a moon crater named after him and a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame. He has been showered with accolades and honored with prizes galore, everything from an Emmy Award to the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has inspired generations of readers...
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It all started with visiting a city where falling was "up"
And brought John, Sal, and Jude into a situation they'd never seen before.
Ghosts are a problem of when the soul is left over after the body dies. Solving those scenes are simple for the Ghost Hunters.
But what happens when the soul disappears and the body remains? How do you solve that?
It takes all the resources of their team to solve this mystery. Plenty of clues laying around....
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Explores the life-risking rivalry between the Wright Brothers and machinist Glenn Hammond Curtiss, assessing how their patent war shaped early aviation and ultimately cost one of the men his life.
"The feud between this nation's great air pioneers, the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss, was a collision of unyielding and profoundly American personalities. On one side, a pair of tenacious siblings who together had solved the centuries-old riddle of...
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"In this long-awaited collection, Hopkinson continues to expand the boundaries of culture and imagination. Whether she is retelling The Tempest as a new Caribbean myth, filling a shopping mall with unfulfilled ghosts, or herding chickens that occasionally breathe fire, Hopkinson continues to create bold fiction that transcends boundaries and borders."--Back cover.
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Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data. In seventy-five graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force....
20) City of glass
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Mortal instruments volume 3
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To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters -- never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight. As Clary uncovers more about her family's...
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