Life in the Garden
Title | Life in the Garden PDF eBook |
Author | Penelope Lively |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2018-06-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0525558381 |
From the Booker Prize winner and national bestselling author, reflections on gardening, art, literature, and life Penelope Lively takes up her key themes of time and memory, and her lifelong passions for art, literature, and gardening in this philosophical and poetic memoir. From the courtyards of her childhood home in Cairo to a family cottage in Somerset, to her own gardens in Oxford and London, Lively conducts an expert tour, taking us from Eden to Sissinghurst and into her own backyard, traversing the lives of writers like Virginia Woolf and Philip Larkin while imparting her own sly and spare wisdom. "Her body of work proves that certain themes never go out of fashion," writes the New York Times Book Review, as true of this beautiful volume as of the rest of the Lively canon. Now in her eighty-fourth year, Lively muses, "To garden is to elide past, present, and future; it is a defiance of time."
The Garden of Life
Title | The Garden of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Naveen Patnaik |
Publisher | Doubleday Books |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN |
Rumi's Little Book of Life
Title | Rumi's Little Book of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Rumi |
Publisher | Hampton Roads Publishing |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2012-09-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1612832210 |
From Madonna to Deepak Chopra, celebrities have been recording and embracing Rumi's poetry for the past two decades, creating a resurgence of interest in this 13th century Sufi mystic. Rumi's Little Book of Life is a beautiful collection of 196 poems by Rumi, previously unavailable in English. Translated by native Persian speakers, Maryam Mafi and Azima Melita Kolin, this collection will appeal to Rumi lovers everywhere. This collection of mystical poetry focuses on one of life's core issues: coming to grips with the inner life. During the course of life, each of us is engaged on an inner journey. Rumi's Little Book of Life is a guidebook for that journey. The poetry is a companion for those who consciously enter the inner world to explore the gardens within--out of the everyday "world of dust"--through an ascending hierarchy that restores one's soul to the heart; the heart of the spirit; and in finding spirit, transcending all.
In the Garden of Life
Title | In the Garden of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Phyllis L. Wernsing |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 117 |
Release | 2014-06-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1491736089 |
A selection of poems and short inspirational messages designed to encourage people to slow down and take the time to hear Gods voice in their own busy lives. The author shares thoughts that have come to her mostly during her morning quiet time but can come at any time when you are still and open to Gods presence.. IN THE GARDEN OF LIFE contains 12 new writings in addition to writings contained in two booklets WALK WITH ME and FLOWERS ON THE VINE which were self-published by the author for family and friends. It is written in a simple, down-to-earth style that anyone can understand. I never go anywhere without a pencil and something to write on writes the author. You never know when or where God could inspire a thought or idea.
In the Garden of Life
Title | In the Garden of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Emmanuel Goka |
Publisher | ShieldCrest |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 2016-06-08 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1910176567 |
Are humans, however powerful, all merely players on earth's stage? The Arianians and Pepperon trusted in technology and science and their products and put them above ghosts, haunted homes, haunted hotels, spirits and angels and gave thought to “what the eyes can see” world only but that changed when a series of events occurred for which they could not offer scientific, technological or any other rational human explanation. The Arianians therefore paid so much to seek explanation through a friend who lived on another continent where they believed in the spiritual as well as the physical and admitted that there was a world beyond earth's world of science, technology and physical objects. Both men from the two belief systems, despite their capacity, know-how and gadgets, also struggled to make success of their marital relationships but failed and decided to write down their thoughts per chance their children or grandchildren would make success in marriage when they read what has been written.
A Garden of Friends
Title | A Garden of Friends PDF eBook |
Author | Penny Pierce Rose |
Publisher | |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9780830737062 |
Rose offers advice on cultivating seasonal friendships, long-distance relationships, special needs friendships, and more.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Title | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil PDF eBook |
Author | John Berendt |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 1994-01-13 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 0679429220 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic of true crime, set in a most beguiling Southern city—now in a 30th anniversary edition with a new afterword by the author “Elegant and wicked . . . might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime.”—The New York Times Book Review Shots rang out in Savannah’s grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. In this sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative, John Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman’s Card Club; the turbulent young gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the “soul of pampered self-absorption”; the uproariously funny drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young people dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.