More Letters of Note
More Letters of Note

Author: Shaun Usher

Publisher:

Published: 2017-10-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781786891693

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FOLLOW-UP TO THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER INCLUDING LETTERS FROM: Jane Austen, Richard Burton, Helen Keller, Alan Turing, Albus Dumbledore, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry James, Sylvia Plath, John Lennon, Gerald Durrell, Janis Joplin, Mozart, Janis Joplin, Hunter S. Thompson, C. G. Jung, Katherine Mansfield, Marge Simpson, David Bowie, Dorothy Parker, Buckminster Fuller, Beatrix Potter, Che Guevara, Evelyn Waugh, Charlotte Bront� and many more. Discover Richard Burton's farewell note to Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Keller's letter to The New York Symphony Orchestra about 'hearing' their concert through her fingers, the final missives from a doomed Japan Airlines flight in 1985, David Bowie's response to his first piece of fan mail from America and even Albus Dumbledore writing to a reader applying for the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts. More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring collection, which reminds us that much of what matters in our lives finds its way into our letters.

The Apostle Paul and His Letters
The Apostle Paul and His Letters

Author: James B. Prothro

Publisher: CUA Press

Published: 2022-01-07

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 081323512X

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The letters of the Apostle Paul are central witnesses to the Christian faith and to the earliest history of Christianity. And yet, when students, preachers, and others turn to Paul, they find many things “hard to understand” (2 Peter 3:16) in these ancient writings. James Prothro’s new book aims to help readers see the Apostle’s faith and hope at work as he evangelized the nations. Steeped in up-to-date scholarship and a passion for the gospel Paul preached, Prothro draws readers into Paul’s life and letters in order to help them hear the Apostle’s voice. The book’s chapters offer introductions to Paul’s background, life, and legacy; an introduction to ancient letter writing; a guide to understanding Paul’s theology across the letters; a survey of the portrait of Paul in the Book of Acts; separate treatments of each letter’s background and purpose; treatments of key theological topics in each letter and a thorough outline of each letter showing its arguments and how they make sense. Prothro introduces complex matters with clarity, balance, and an inviting style. He not only offers answers but models how to ask questions, helping us reason through Paul’s letters as ancient documents and as Christian Scripture. This book will prove a valuable introduction for those who study, teach, and preach these biblical books.

Solger's Posthumous Writings and Correspondence
Solger's Posthumous Writings and Correspondence

Author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Publisher: Newcomb Livraria Press

Published:

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 3989888455

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A new translation directly from the original manuscript of Hegel's essay "Solger's Posthumous Writings and Correspondence". This edition contains an extensive afterword on Hegelian philosophy by the translator and a timeline of his life and works. Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Solger was a philosopher focusing on the nature of irony, and is considered to be broadly a part of the Romantic movement. Hegel argues that if knowledge derived from reason cannot gain general consensus and philosophers remain in constant disagreement, this suggests that the pursuit of such knowledge is an unattainable end goal based on a shared deception. He also doubts the abilities of philosophers to achieve such knowledge.

The Correspondence
The Correspondence

Author: J. D. Daniels

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2017-01-03

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0374535949

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"Can civilization save us from ourselves? That is the question J.D. Daniels asks in his first book, a series of six letters written during dark nights of the soul. Working from his own highly varied experience--as a janitor, a night watchman, an adjunct professor, a drunk, an exterminator, a dutiful son--he considers how far books and learning and psychoanalysis can get us, and how much we're stuck in the mud. In prose wound as tight as a copper spring, Daniels takes us from the highways of his native Kentucky to the Balearic Islands and from the Pampas of Brazil to the rarefied precincts of Cambridge, Massachusetts"--

Ozanam
Ozanam

Author: Monsignor Baunard

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-18

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 9781331660149

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Excerpt from Ozanam: In His Correspondence The priest spoke of him not only as a model to be imitated, and a patron to be honored, but already a protector to be invoked, if not in public, at least in the secret of one's heart, He honoured him as the principal founder of the Society, a fact which has been ac credited to him already by tradition, the universal voice which is not deceived. He expressed the general desire of Conferences for the day on which, with the sanction of the Church, it would be given to them to worship him solemnly in public.i Examining the condi -l tions required by the Church for such elevation, the venerable preacher gave it as his opinion that they were admirably fulfilled by the life and the doctrine and the good works of that just man by a life of piety and innocence, by a doctrine Of propaganda of faith by good works of corporal and spiritual amelioration, which have together made him an incomparable apostle of truth and charity in the world. The same address did not hesitate to describe the Society of St. Vincent de Paul as an Association of piety no less than a Congregation of Charity. Now, the preacher asks himself, when, within the Church, a Christian Society has sent its roots deep down into souls, and spread afar its branches laden with fruit when it draws its sap from a pure and intense religious life, is one not right in concluding that that Society is of God, that the heart from which it sprang was filled with God, and that the brow of the founder is worthy to bear the aureola The vitality and the efficacy of his action are the guarantee and the consecration of his virtues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Love, Henri
Love, Henri

Author: Henri J. M. Nouwen

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2016-10-20

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 1473632110

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'This invaluable collection of over 200 letters by the late Nouwen (The Wounded Healer), a beloved author, pastor, and priest, provides insight into his personal struggles, insecurities, and faith and offers the heartfelt guidance Nouwen shared so generously with individuals to a wide audience ... The courage and kindness with which Nouwen shares his vulnerabilities and honest feelings, combined with his willingness to provide direction, advice, companionship, and affection, ensure that Nouwen's legacy as inspired spiritual guide will continue, enhanced by this testimony to his sincere desire to live with gratitude, faith, and love.' - Publishers Weekly 'When I write I think deeply about my friends, I pray for them, I tell them my emotions and feelings. I reflect on our relationship and I dwell with them in a very personal way.' - Henri Nouwen Over the course of his life, priest, professor and writer Henri Nouwen wrote thousands of letters to friends, acquaintances, parishioners, students and readers of his work all around the world. He held a deep conviction about the value of reaching out to others through letters, believing that a thoughtful letter written in love could truly change someone's life. As a result, many people looked to Nouwen as a long-distance spiritual advisor. This collection of previously unpublished letters stretches from the earliest years of Henri's career through to his last ten years at L'Arche Daybreak. Rich in spiritual insights as well as touching details of Henri's daily life, the letters are organised around themes that emerge not just in his correspondence but in his writing, too: vocation and calling; solitude and prayer; suffering and perseverence; belovedness; and community. Across all these letters, what emerges most clearly is Henri's belief in the rich value of human relationships. As relevant today as they were forty years ago, and full of insight and encouragement, these letters offer a deeply personal look into the mind of a spiritual giant of the twentieth century, and are an ideal introduction to his life and thought.