More Than Serving Tea

More Than Serving Tea
Author: Kathy Khang
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2006-10-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830876383

Nikki A. Toyama-Szeto, Tracey Gee and Jeannette Yep bring together stories of Asian American women and how God has been at work in their lives. Family expectations and cultural stereotypes assume that these women can only act in certain roles. But with the help of Scripture and mentors, these women have experienced God's blessing and transforming power.

The Secret Love Letters

The Secret Love Letters
Author: Dolores San Miguel
Publisher: Melbourne Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2018-11-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 192212964X

In The Secret Love Letters: A Family History, the author delves into the history of her Spanish ancestors, the once-illustrious San Miguels, and uncovers the forbidden love affair that tore the family apart. Fay Johnston told her daughter of a collection of letters she had kept hidden away for over 60 years, promising to show them to her when the time was right. It was only after her mother died that Dolores found the letters, concealed beneath a large piece of wood deep within a storage cupboard. Through endless research and close analysis, Dolores pieced together nearly a hundred letters, newspaper ads, doctors' notes, and postcards to unravel the story of her parents' romance, kept secret for over two decades. Dolores San Miguel, acclaimed author of The Ballroom: The Melbourne Punk and Post-punk Scene delivers a luminous, tightly woven account that places her own family saga in the wider context of early European immigration to Australia, as well as offering a fascinating glimpse into Melbourne life in the lead-up to World War 2.

Transforming Digital Worlds

Transforming Digital Worlds
Author: Gobinda Chowdhury
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 738
Release: 2018-03-17
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319781057

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Transforming Digital Worlds, iConference 2018, held in Sheffield, UK, in March 2018. The 42 full papers and 40 short papers presented together with the abstracts of 3 invited talks in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 219 submissions. The papers address topics such as social media; communication studies and online communities; mobile information and cloud computing; data mining and data analytics; information retrieval; information behaviour and digital literacy; digital curation; and information education and libraries.

Nothing Is Everything

Nothing Is Everything
Author: Jack Thanki
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1947988816

Ramjibhai is a retired army officer who tries to protect not only his family but society as a whole. His wife, Shiva, follows the spiritual and traditional ways of our culture and strongly believes in giving back to the nation. Their daughter, Akshara, is a gorgeous girl though naughty at times. Sushant, seemingly a loser, is actually a smart young man with a handsome face. Vikrant, the right hand of Ramjibhai, has a fascinating personality; he looks simple but is highly intelligent and dangerous to have as an enemy. Together, these stars make a happy family. However, the introduction of one more person who storms in like a hurricane brings chaos into their lives. To know what happens and how it is resolved, go back to the front of the novel. Nothing is Everything is an interesting story about a family that contributes greatly to society, their worsening situation, and their fight against it. We may have heard stories of the victory of good over evil but this is actually a victory of good over good.

What is Metaphysics?

What is Metaphysics?
Author: John Heil
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2021-08-20
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1509546502

If we didn't possess certain beliefs about such things as time, appearance and reality, and how effect follows cause, we wouldn't be able to get out of bed in the morning, let alone read a book about metaphysics, which is the study of our experience and those ideas, or presuppositions, which allow us to make sense of it. Drawing on examples from art, science, and daily life, John Heil shows how metaphysics begins in questioning our everyday assumptions about how the world “works” and ends with speculation on the nature of the universe itself. In chapters that cover the major topics in the academic study of metaphysics, from free will and consciousness to time and objectivity, Heil explains how metaphysical questions underpin everything human beings do. This accessible book will show you how professional philosophers try to categorize and make sense of our world of perception and experience and explains why everyone should take metaphysics seriously.

Islands of Love

Islands of Love
Author: Christine Tan Seon Rhim
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2014-10-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1482827956

An unfortunate event took the life away of a sixteen-year-old girl. The girls boyfriend, the protagonist of the story, was devastated and led a guilt-ridden life. Even as he fulfilled his deceased girlfriends dream, he was unable to relinquish his sorrow and guilt for years. He kept himself busy with a full-time job, gave tuition, and painted landscapes to prevent himself from spiraling down the alley of depression. He achieved outstanding results in these activities but was yearning for the presence of his deceased girlfriend. Hence, he engaged in illicit affairs with several young girls, even though he had a steady relationship with the deceased girlfriends cousin.