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The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each—from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir—offers practical and spiritual lessons for today's unsettled times.
We turn to philosophy for the same reasons we travel: to see the world from a different perspective, to...
We turn to philosophy for the same reasons we travel: to see the world from a different perspective, to...
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
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208 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"Everyone has a purpose. And, according to Oprah Winfrey, 'Your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you are meant to be, and begin to honor your calling in the best way possible.' That journey starts right here. In her latest book...Oprah shares what she sees as a guide for activating your deepest vision of yourself, offering the framework for creating not just a life of success, but one of significance. The book|s...
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English
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer shares a purposeful approach to everyday living, helping readers claim the good things God has in store for them each day. Today is no ordinary day. You may perform simple routines, feel uninspired, or lack the excitement of hope. But today could be the most important one of your life -- depending on how you choose to spend it. Joyce Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author, encourages you not to...
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English
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Why do we make things by hand? And why do we make them beautiful? Led by the question of why working with our hands remains vital and valuable in the modern world, author and maker Melanie Falick went on a transformative, inspiring journey. Traveling across continents, she met quilters and potters, weavers and painters, metalsmiths, printmakers, woodworkers, and more, and uncovered truths that have been speaking to us for millennia yet feel urgently...
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National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
255 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
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English
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"This uplifting book inspires the next generation to step up and make the world a better place. In keeping with the Nat Geo Kids mission, it is full of practical, positive, and powerful ideas that every kid can consider, from simple acts of kindness to creative adventures to good-for-the-planet projects. Who says kids can't change the world? If they've got the will, Nat Geo Kids can guide the way, with doable activities, hands-on projects, advice...
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Lamott explores how we find meaning and peace when life lurches out of balance; where we start again after personal and public devastation; how we recapture wholeness after loss; and how we locate our true identities in this frazzled age. We begin, Lamott says, by collecting the ripped shreds of our emotional and spiritual fabric and sewing them back together, one stitch at a time.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 81 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Ten years after graduating with a degree in philosophy from UC Berkeley, filmmaker Tao Ruspoli returned to visit his one-time professor, world-renowned philosopher Hubert Dreyfus. That visit led to meetings with a whole generation of philosophers whom Dreyfus had taught, which subsequently sparked the inspiration for this film. Being in the World raises the question of whether we have forgotten what it means to be truly human in today's technological...
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
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xviii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"A contrarian scientist wrestles with the big questions that modern physics raises, and what physics says about the human condition Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a computer simulation. On the other hand, the idea that...
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English
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"Fans of Oprah Winfrey's TV show, or more recently her two podcasts, will have this title on their playlist for months." — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
Everyone has a purpose. And, according to Oprah Winfrey, "Your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you are meant to be, and begin to honor your calling in the best way possible."
That journey starts right here.
In her
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Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First Vintage International edition.
Physical Desc
143 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"A startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement where a life or death decision must be made." "In that small apartment, "Black" and "White," as the two men are known, begin a conversation that leads each back through his own history, mining the origins of two fundamentally opposing worldviews. White is a professor whose seemingly enviable existence of relative ease has left him nonetheless in despair....
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A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Celebrities are flocking to this ancient form of Jewish mysticism. See what the fascination is all about, and learn some of the original teachings as this coveted religion is stripped to find whats real and what's hype.
15) We all looked up
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The lives of four high school seniors intersect weeks before a meteor is set to pass through Earth's orbit, with a 66.6% chance of striking and destroying all life on the planet.
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
ix, 470 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"The award-winning Caltech physicist and author of The Particle at the End of the Universe shares sweeping perspectives into how human purpose and meaning naturally fit into a scientific worldview,"--Amazon.com.
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Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
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316 pages ; 22 cm
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English
Description
Four tales of speculative fiction includes the story of an engaged couple trying to fight time and space to get married and a story featuring godlike beings who created Earth and humanity and pass judgement on them.
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