This is an account of episodes in the life of an Army officer who joined a Highland regiment in 1936 and served until 1970 all over the world in very different places and conditions.
In The Sum of Small Things, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett dubs this segment of society “the aspirational class” and discusses how, through deft decisions about education, health, parenting, and retirement, the aspirational class reproduces ...
He was greeted by God and a host of spiritual guides more than happy to provide answers. In this book, he acts as a messenger of God, sharing what he learned over the course of two years.
This is the story of how public goods in this country—from parks and pools to functioning schools—have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among ...
Along the way, she turns to literature that illuminates how her inheritance shaped her notions of identity and purpose. The Sum of Trifles offers up dark humor and raw feeling, mixed with an erudite streak.
Then you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll realize this book is better than a Broadway production of Cats when you read scenes that include: twenty-something Lindsey Owyang mastering the intricacies of office voicemail and fax dialing an ...
Paul Martyn-Smith presents a study of mathematics and psychology, centred on an investigation of ancient texts.
This book in the centrality of Jesus Christ in life and history is a compilation of messages given at mid-week meetings in Shanghai, China during the period of 1939-40 by the great Chinese pastor-teacher, Watchman Nee.
In the sequel to A Story of Now, Claire Pearson has already learned a few things this summer.
he himself witnessed a fella unpacking one of those brand new portable versions and hefting the whole damned thing right up there to his good ear only weeks ago? But then, as if sensing this strange new device hadn't served to reassure ...
At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives—each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now.