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Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life 239 reviews Henry Cloud, John Townsend
Zondervan, 2002
book is perfect for anyone with boundry issues and even not
+ Clearly Defined + Must Read- Boundries + Excellent Book + Boundaries is the icing on the cake of healing!
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Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry 17 reviews Jane Hirshfield
Harper Perennial, 1998
One of the kindest books to reread...
+ Luminous and inspirational + The best book on poetry that I own + A Book Which Takes Some Work + Understanding the Heart of Poetry
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The Four Loves 72 reviews C.S. Lewis
Harvest Books, 1971
A Wonderful Overview
+ Keen Observations + Would definitely buy from this seller again + Ever wondered why your mother acts like that???
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales 111 reviews Oliver Sacks
Touchstone, 1998
What the maladaptive can teach us
+ At times dry, but very interesting overall + What the maladaptive can teach us + A Captivating, yet Redundant, Dive into the World of Disorders
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Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality 459 reviews Donald Miller
Thomas Nelson, 2003
Jazz like me...
Have you ever encountered someone who seems to be on the same wave-length... the second pea in your pod... ? This book was that very experience for me.
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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance 70 reviews W. Timothy Gallwey
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 1997
This book is a must read for every amateur and professional tennis player and tennis teacher
+ My Tennis Bible + The Inner Game + Good for all athletes
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down 216 reviews Anne Fadiman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998
Eye Opening
+ Fascinating study of the important role cultural competency plays in Western medicine + thought provoking + The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
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Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things 2 reviews Elizabeth Hutton Turner
Yale University Press, 1999
Outstanding book from an outstanding exhibition
+ wonderful gift
This is the companion catalog to the O'Keeffe exhibition at the Phillips gallery in Washington, DC, and is a wonderful volume on O'Keeffe whether or not you were fortunate enough to see this exhibition. What impressed me most about the exhibition (and the book) is how intelligently it was put ...
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The Problem of Pain 94 reviews C. S. Lewis
HarperOne, 2001
c.s. lewis is a classic
+ The Probelm of Pain + Problem Addressed Amiably - But Solved? + Of Human Suffering + Pain: A Spiritual Journey
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Introduction to Psalms: The Genres of the Religious Lyric of Israel (Mercer Library of Biblical Studies) Hermann Gunkel, Joachim Begrich
Mercer University Press, 1998
Hermann Gunkel's commentary on Psalms (Die Psalmen, HKAT) - by many considered to be his magnum opus - was published in 1926. But he was unable to complete his final work on the Psalms. The severe suffering of his final months of life forced him to hand over his incomplete manuscript, at Christmastime 1931-1932, to his pupil Joachim Begrich. Gunkel died on 11 March 1932. Begrich put the final ...
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Letters to a Young Poet 2 reviews Rainer Maria Rilke
W W Norton & Co Ltd, 1963
The Reflection Of Ourselves
+ A glimpse into the mind of an optimistic writer at the turn of the 20th century
"If your everyday life appears to be unworthy subject matter, do not complain to life.
Complain to yourself. Lament that you are not poet enough to call up its wealth."
-Rainer Maria Rilke, on themes for writing poetry.
Anyone who writes poetry, and perhaps even those involved in other ...
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The Poetics of Space 16 reviews Gaston Bachelard
Beacon Press, 1994
A book to savor .......
+ very pleased + An inspirational analysis
........ this book is about house and its space and remembrance and meaning. House as protector, memory store, place in the world, construct. This is a philosophy book about house written by a poet, reflecting his views, and other's, on the importance and vital organism that is shelter. If ...
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Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within 48 reviews Kenny Werner
Jamey Aebersold, 1996
great book
+ really good book + Must have! + A life-changing experience + Excellent thoughts on practicing
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Searching for God Knows What 107 reviews Donald Miller
Thomas Nelson, 2004
Eye opening!
+ Ridiculously Relevant + Compassionate Truth + Faith and You to Know and Understnd
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The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative 10 reviews Vivian Gornick
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
Made me want to get back to writing
+ Excavating a Life + Now THIS is a classroom in the BEST sense of the word + write it right- the Gornick way
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down 216 reviews Anne Fadiman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998
Eye Opening
+ Fascinating study of the important role cultural competency plays in Western medicine + thought provoking + The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
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The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative 10 reviews Vivian Gornick
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
Made me want to get back to writing
+ Excavating a Life + Now THIS is a classroom in the BEST sense of the word + write it right- the Gornick way
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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance 70 reviews W. Timothy Gallwey
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 1997
This book is a must read for every amateur and professional tennis player and tennis teacher
+ My Tennis Bible + The Inner Game + Good for all athletes
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Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things 2 reviews Elizabeth Hutton Turner
Yale University Press, 1999
Outstanding book from an outstanding exhibition
+ wonderful gift
This is the companion catalog to the O'Keeffe exhibition at the Phillips gallery in Washington, DC, and is a wonderful volume on O'Keeffe whether or not you were fortunate enough to see this exhibition. What impressed me most about the exhibition (and the book) is how intelligently it was put ...
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Letters to a Young Poet 2 reviews Rainer Maria Rilke
W W Norton & Co Ltd, 1963
The Reflection Of Ourselves
+ A glimpse into the mind of an optimistic writer at the turn of the 20th century
"If your everyday life appears to be unworthy subject matter, do not complain to life.
Complain to yourself. Lament that you are not poet enough to call up its wealth."
-Rainer Maria Rilke, on themes for writing poetry.
Anyone who writes poetry, and perhaps even those involved in other ...
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