A Joy-Filled Amazement

A Joy-Filled Amazement
Author: Tony Anthony
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2022-02-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781792385810

The story of personal transformation that proves anything is possible, and anything means anything!

7 Lessons from Heaven

7 Lessons from Heaven
Author: Mary C. Neal, M.D.
Publisher: Convergent Books
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0451495438

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this inspired follow-up to the million-copy bestseller To Heaven and Back, Dr. Mary Neal (featured in the Netflix original series Surviving Death) shares untold stories about her encounters with Jesus and powerful insights about how the reality of heaven can make each day magnificent. “If you want practical ways to bring more of Heaven into your life today, Dr. Neal shows how.”—John Burke, pastor and author of New York Times bestseller Imagine Heaven Dr. Mary Neal’s unforgettable account of the Chilean kayaking accident that took her life and sent her on a journey to heaven and back riveted millions of readers. But as she shared her story with audiences throughout the world, Dr. Neal realized she had more to tell, especially on the biggest questions, such as how does her story help others? And how does knowing that heaven is real change our lives here on Earth? In 7 Lessons from Heaven, Dr. Neal takes readers deeper into her experience, which included meeting Jesus face-to-face, encounters with angels, and a journey to a “city of light.” She digs into important findings about the physiology of drowning, and shares why—from the perspective of heaven—we can know that beauty blossoms from even our greatest losses. Then she shows how each of us can personally experience God’s presence, develop an absolute trust in the truth of God’s promises, and learn how to live joyfully every day.

Luke: The Gospel of Amazement

Luke: The Gospel of Amazement
Author: Michael Card
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2010-12-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830868356

Michael Card embarks on an imaginative journey through the Gospel of Luke. Picturing Luke as historian, Gentile, doctor and slave, Card approaches Luke?s written account with questions that engage the imagination. Join him in the work of opening heart and mind to the "Gospel of Amazement."

Nurture the Wow

Nurture the Wow
Author: Danya Ruttenberg
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1250064953

A deeply affecting, funny, insightful meditation that challenges readers to find the spiritual meaning of parenting. Every day, parents are bombarded by demands. The pressures of work and life are relentless; our children’s needs are often impossible to meet; and we rarely, if ever, allow ourselves the time and attention necessary to satisfy our own inner longings. Parenthood is difficult, demanding, and draining. And yet, argues Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, if we can approach it from a different mindset, perhaps the work of parenting itself can offer the solace we seek. Rooted in Judaism but incorporating a wide-range of religious and literary traditions, Nurture the Wow asks, Can ancient ideas about relationships, drudgery, pain, devotion, and purpose help make the hard parts of a parent’s job easier and the magical stuff even more so? Ruttenberg shows how parenting can be considered a spiritual practice—and how seeing it that way can lead to transformation. This is a parenthood book, not a parenting book; it shows how the experiences we have as parents can change us for the better. Enlightening, uplifting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Nurture the Wow reveals how parenthood—in all its crazy-making, rage-inducing, awe and joy-filled moments—can actually be the path to living fully, authentically, and soulfully.

Three Stages of Amazement

Three Stages of Amazement
Author: Carol Edgarian
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2011-03-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1439199205

A sweeping, richly compassionate novel about marriage, ambition, and the reclaiming of love—by the bestselling novelist and co-founder of Narrative magazine. Many love stories end in marriage; rare is the love story that begins with one— already promised, already worn. Set in San Francisco during the first year of Obama’s presidency, Three Stages of Amazement deftly charts the struggles and triumphs of Lena Rusch and her husband Charlie Pepper, who still believe they can have it all—sex, love, marriage, children, career, brilliance. But life delivers surprises and tests—a stillborn child, an economic crash, a ruthless business rival, and the attentions of an old lover. Touched by tragedy and by ordinary hopes unmet, Lena and Charlie must face, for the first time in their lives, real limitation. Fifteen years after her stunning debut, Rise the Euphrates, Carol Edgarian has created a panoramic and deeply moving story about business and family and the demands of love in our time. Three Stages of Amazement takes readers on a spellbinding journey inside America today, with an unforgettable cast of characters including Cal Rusch, Lena’s uncle, a Silicon Valley titan, and Ivy, his socialite wife, who engender complication in the lives of all the people they touch: their grown children, business partners, friends, the servants and workers upon whom their glamorous life depends—and Lena, whose quest for grace is the pulse of this gorgeous novel. As Lena and Charlie, Ivy and Cal face the temptations of their youth and the fantasy of starting over, they discover that real life is the ultimate challenge. Told with eloquence, wit, and compassion, Three Stages of Amazement is a true thriller of the heart, a riveting story about confronting adversity, gaining wisdom, and finding great love.

The Valley of Amazement

The Valley of Amazement
Author: Amy Tan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 006210733X

Amy Tan’s The Valley of Amazement is a sweeping, evocative epic of two women’s intertwined fates and their search for identity, that moves from the lavish parlors of Shanghai courtesans to the fog-shrouded mountains of a remote Chinese village. Spanning more than forty years and two continents, The Valley of Amazement resurrects pivotal episodes in history: from the collapse of China’s last imperial dynasty, to the rise of the Republic, the explosive growth of lucrative foreign trade and anti-foreign sentiment, to the inner workings of courtesan houses and the lives of the foreign “Shanghailanders” living in the International Settlement, both erased by World War II. A deeply evocative narrative about the profound connections between mothers and daughters, The Valley of Amazement returns readers to the compelling territory of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club. With her characteristic insight and humor, she conjures a story of inherited trauma, desire and deception, and the power and stubbornness of love.

Radioactive Painting

Radioactive Painting
Author: Bronwen Mayer Henry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2020-02-25
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781951651114

A story about finding a way through fear and hopelessness by tapping into the energy of one's creative spirit.

The Blessing of Maharishi

The Blessing of Maharishi
Author: Lothar Pirc
Publisher:
Total Pages: 714
Release: 2021-08-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781421836812

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917-2008) has had a far greater influence on the destiny of humanity than has been known to the public. He revived the ancient, Vedic knowledge of mankind in its entirety and linked the wisdom of the East with the science of the West. The groundbreaking scientific research he initiated shows that humanity is at the beginning of a new, peaceful age. Maharishi spread worldwide the simple, natural technique of Transcendental Meditation. He thus enriched the lives of millions of people while shaking up entrenched, outdated concepts. Lothar Pirc, CEO and owner of one of the most successful Ayurveda clinics in the Western world, shares with the reader the impressive experiences and accomplishments in his life. Deep meditation, miraculous encounters with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and Lothar's wish to contribute to a better life situation for mankind. A mixture of deep insights, exciting adventures, and ever-new experiences of an eventful life, this book presents the author's joyful moments, as well as his doubts and conflicts. In addition, he reveals the explosive political and ecclesiastical machinations against the TM organization over the last decades. In an unprecedented way, the reader gains an insight into the wisdom and activities of Maharishi, a great saint of modern times. A courageous, honest book, full of surprising twists and turns.

Visible Amazement

Visible Amazement
Author: Gale Zoe Garnett
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2001-04-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0743214714

Meet Roanne Chappell -- definitely not your ordinary teenage girl. A product of the loving but decidedly unorthodox guardianship of her mother, Del, Roanne is a fascinating study in contrasts. Equal parts bold seductress and wide-eyed innocent, smart-ass teenager and wizened sage, she is an outlandish, charismatic, and wholly inspired creation. Unabashedly outspoken (and an increasingly accomplished flirt), Roanne quietly longs for escape -- particularly from her mother's overwhelming and over-powering shadow. Her chance comes after she discovers, much to her horror, that the professor she had slept with is also bedding her mother. "I just can't seem to stop feeling like one of those air-sucking dogs people leave in cars with the windows open just a tiny bit. I need to put my whole face, my whole self, in the air for a while to try and figure out who I am when I'm not standing next to my amazing mum." To clear her head, Roanne begins a journey and goes from feeling like an outsider to being embraced by a very special group of people -- people whom most others have found strange or different but with whom Roanne feels right at home. From a marriage proposal by the teenage son of the founders of the Christian Rebirth Center, to her relationship with new best friend Gilbey Tarr -- the sixteen-year-old "Teenage Goddess from Outer Space" -- to a reunion with Dickie Siggins -- international pop star and her mother's life-long friend -- to a bittersweet reconciliation with Del, Roanne soars headfirst into a world of tragedy and comedy, and in the process learns about life, love, and death -- and everything in between. With this richly satisfying debut novel, Gale Zoë Garnett has channeled Roanne's outsized passions into a tightly crafted and powerfully moving narrative, charting a journey to lands unknown, emotions untapped, and experience unforeseen. Visible Amazement injects contemporary fiction with welcome jolts of crackling humor and unexpected drama. Written in a totally original and unique voice, the novel, like its heroine, is delightful, disturbing, and utterly unforgettable.

Taming the Tiger

Taming the Tiger
Author: Anthony Tony
Publisher: Authentic Media Inc
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1850789045

From the depths of hell in Cyprus's notorious Nicosia Central Prison, all might have been lost but for the visits of a stranger... Tony Anthony knew no fear. Three times World Kung Fu Champion, he was self-assured, powerful and at the pinnacle of his art. An extraordinary career awaited him. Working in the higher echelons of close protection security, he travelled the globe, guarding some of the world's wealthiest, most powerful and influential people. This fast paced, compelling and at times, chilling account, is Tony's deeply moving true story. More extraordinary than fantasy, more remarkable than fiction, this blockbusting read almost defies belief. With fascinating insight into China's martial arts, and the knife-edge adrenaline highs of the bodyguard lifestyle, it documents the personal tragedy that turned a 'disciple of enlightenment' into a bloodthirsty, violent man.