These Truths: A History of the United States

These Truths: A History of the United States
Author: Jill Lepore
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 773
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0393635252

“Nothing short of a masterpiece.” —NPR Books A New York Times Bestseller and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. Widely hailed for its “sweeping, sobering account of the American past” (New York Times Book Review), Jill Lepore’s one-volume history of America places truth itself—a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence—at the center of the nation’s history. The American experiment rests on three ideas—“these truths,” Jefferson called them—political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. But has the nation, and democracy itself, delivered on that promise? These Truths tells this uniquely American story, beginning in 1492, asking whether the course of events over more than five centuries has proven the nation’s truths, or belied them. To answer that question, Lepore wrestles with the state of American politics, the legacy of slavery, the persistence of inequality, and the nature of technological change. “A nation born in contradiction… will fight, forever, over the meaning of its history,” Lepore writes, but engaging in that struggle by studying the past is part of the work of citizenship. With These Truths, Lepore has produced a book that will shape our view of American history for decades to come.

Half Truths

Half Truths
Author: Adam Hamilton
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2016-04-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1501813889

They are simple phrases. They sound Christian—like something you might find in the Bible. We’ve all heard these words. Maybe we’ve said them. They capture some element of truth, yet they miss the point in important ways. Join Adam Hamilton in this 5-week Bible study to search for the whole truth by comparing common Christian clichés with the wisdom found in Scripture. The clichés include: Everything happens for a reason. God helps those who help themselves. God won’t give you more than you can handle. God said it, I believe it, that settles it. Love the sinner, hate the sin.

25 Truths

25 Truths
Author: Ed Douglas
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1680314084

25 Truths is a motivational and inspirational guide built around Christian principles about living life to its fullest potential. This book is about what is important in life, such as character and values, dealing with others, faith, family, mental and physical health, happiness, making a difference in the world and other practical life...

Simple Truths

Simple Truths
Author: Kent Nerburn
Publisher: New World Library
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608686175

Seldom does a book come along that speaks to the core issues of life with such clarity and wisdom. This profound book is deeply informed by the spiritual traditions of the West, the Far East, and the Native Americans, with whom the author has worked. It is a small treasure of wisdom about life's deepest issues. From the Book . . . ON EDUCATION & LEARNING The true measure of your education is not what you know, but how you share what you know with others. ON MONEY People who measure their money against their desires will never be happy, because there will always be another desire waiting to lure them. People who measure their money against their needs can gain control over their lives by gaining control over their needs. ON LOVE Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons for coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. If it chooses to leave your heart or the heart of your lover, there is nothing you can do and nothing you should do. Be glad that it came to live for a moment in your life. If you keep your heart open, it will surely come again.

Book of Psychological Truths

Book of Psychological Truths
Author: R. Duncan Wallace, M.d.
Publisher: Psychological Truth Llc
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2014-01-02
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780991253906

Are you overwhelmed with mental pressure? Daily personal stress? Tired of mental and emotional pains? Give yourself relief from the pains below through the powers of the PSYCHOLOGICAL TRUTHS. Anger, Fear, Frustration, Guilt, Shame, Frightening uncertainty, Overwhelmed, Panic, Anxiety, Depression, Down on yourself WOULD YOU LIKE MORE OF THESE VALUABLE CHARACTERISTICS? Greater self power. More psychological strength. More accomplishing ability. Better discovery ability. Ever increasing wisdom. Communicating clearly and effectively. Gracing your relationships. Being a valuable influence. Enduring good quality of life. THEN GET THIS: THE BOOK OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRUTHS, OUR LIFE TRUTHS. By R. Duncan Wallace, MD "A Psychiatrist's Guide to Really Good Thinking for Really Great Living." A FIRST IN HUMAN HISTORY, THESE ARE THE NEVER BEFORE SEEN, NEWLY DISCOVERED LIFE TRUTHS OF THE MIND AND SELF OUR MINDS AND OUR SELVES. THESE SPECIAL THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS CAUSE BEST FUNCTIONING IN ALL OUR AREAS OF LIVING. AVAILABLE NOW IN THIS, THE ONE AND ONLY "BOOK OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRUTHS, OUR LIFE TRUTHS,"THESE TRUTHS ARE FOR YOU AND YOURS. THESE ARE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS.THEY ARE INHERENT, NATURAL, BEDROCK, EVOLVED TRUTHS, THE MOST POWERFUL AND PRODUCTIVE PATTERNS WE CAN USE FOR OUR BEST LIVING. THESE TRUTHS WORK AT THE LEVEL WE LIVE LIFE, THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUS AWARENESS AND CHOICE. These are TRUTHS you haven't known before even if you used them haphazardly at times. Many are inborn, natural, deep inside us. Others have come through discovery. Wise sages of history have imparted some of them for the people of their times, but never before now has such a full collection been made available to the human family. These truths are the supreme patterns of thought and action that work best with actual reality. Each works in its area of influence to produce best functioning. Anytime one of these truths is violated, fought against, or not known, it produces its own characteristic pain. When the thinking is corrected and the right truth is used, the pain disappears! THIS IS HOW THESE SUPREME BEDROCK TRUTHS OF THE MIND AND SELF WORK.THEY CAN DO MARVELOUS THINGS FOR YOU. THEY CAN ADD IMMENSELY TO WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO DO, AS YOU GO FORWARD IN LIFE. BRING THEIR VALUE INTO YOUR LIFE AND INTO THE LIFE OF YOUR FAMILY. TEACH YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY CAN TEACH THEIR CHILDREN. A medical doctor of the mind and self for 50 years, working with thousands of people in all walks of life both clinically, and in seminars, with family and friends too Dr. Wallace brings these truths to all of us. Gain all of the value above, and more, with these truths. Because they are truths, they are instantly recognizable, then realizable. Best of all these truths work both immediately and life long. A treasure of capability, they are destined to enter our common consciousness and influence our lives for the better. They will give us a wiser common sense for the 21st century.

The Book of Ultimate Truths

The Book of Ultimate Truths
Author: ROBERT. RANKIN
Publisher: Corgi
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2017-06-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9780552173575

He had walked the earth as Nostradamus, Uther Pendragon, Count Cagliostro and Rodrigo Borgia. He could open a tin of sardines with his teeth, strike a Swan Vesta on his chin, rope steers, drive a steam locomotive and hum all the works of Gilbert & Sullivan without becoming confused or breaking down in tears. He died, penniless, at a Hastings boarding house, in his ninetieth year. His name was Hugo Artemis Solon Saturnicus Reginald Arthur Rune, and he was never bored. Hailed as the 'guru's guru', Rune penned more than eight million words of genius including his greatest work, The Book of Ultimate Truths. But vital chapters of The Book were suppressed, chapters which could have changed the whole course of human history. Now, seventeen-year-old Cornelius Murphy, together with his best friend Tuppe, sets out on an epic quest. Their mission - recover the missing chapters. Re-publish The Book of Ultimate Truths. And save the world.

Gandhi's Truths in an Age of Fundamentalism and Nationalism

Gandhi's Truths in an Age of Fundamentalism and Nationalism
Author: Sathianathan Clarke
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2022-03-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 150646999X

The twenty-first century has seen violence thunder back onto the stage of history. Religious, political, social, cultural, and economic constituents and interests thus contribute to the local and global manifestations of violence in our interconnected and contracting global world. Firmly embedded within the field of religion, the authors of this volume concede that religious motifs and impulses are alive and well in this unfolding of bloodshed. It is no wonder then that in our volatile historical age, religious fundamentalism and illiberal nationalism have emerged as dominant contemporary movements. Against this backdrop, the contributors to this edited book look back in order to move forward by reflecting upon the truth-force (Satyagraha) that grounded and guided Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948). On the heels of several commemorations in 2019 of the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birth, we reexamine the truths of his philosophy and nonviolent strategy to resist religious and political fundamentalisms. Embracing truth was, for Gandhi, the only way to achieve complete freedom (poorna Swaraj). The goal of freedom, which Gandhi conceptualized as profoundly personal, expansively communitarian, and organically ecological, emanates from a firm grasp of truth.

A Short History of Truth

A Short History of Truth
Author: Julian Baggini
Publisher: Quercus
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1786488906

How did we find ourselves in a "post-truth" world of "alternative facts"? And can we get out of it? A Short History of Truth sets out to answer these questions by looking at the complex history of truth and falsehood. It identifies ten types of supposed truth and explains how easily each can become the midwife of falsehood. There is no species of truth that we can rely on unquestioningly, but that does not mean the truth can never be established. Attaining truth is an achievement we need to work for, and each chapter will end up with a truth we can have some confidence in. This history builds into a comprehensive and clear explanation of why truth is now so disputed by exploring 10 kinds of truth: 1. Eternal truths. 2. Authoritative truths. 3. Esoteric truths. 4. Reasoned truths. 5. Evidence-based truths. 6. Creative truths. 7. Relative truths. 8. Powerful truths 9. Moral truths. 10. Holistic truths. Baggini provides us with all we need to restore faith in the value and possibility of truth as a social enterprise. Truth-seekers need to be sceptical not cynical, autonomous not atomistic, provisional not dogmatic, open not empty, demanding not unreasonable.