A Sensible Life

A Sensible Life
Title A Sensible Life PDF eBook
Author Mary Wesley
Publisher Open Road Media
Total Pages 440
Release 2013-11-12
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1480449946

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This “engaging and memorable novel,” set in post-WWI England and France, takes a wise, witty look at love, growing up, and class differences (Publishers Weekly). For the British families who vacation there, the shore town of Dinard, France, is a getaway from the ills of modern life. But when Flora Trevelyan visits with her self-absorbed parents in 1926, it’s not an escape she finds—instead, it’s a doorway into a different world, a different life, that she never knew existed. As the years pass, Flora embarks on a journey of discovery, from falling for three very different young men to understanding the follies of an upper class society of which she will never quite be a part to uncovering the difference between true friends and fair-weather companions. Along the way, her own life and those of her new acquaintances will be upended, and as the shadows of World War II fall over Europe, Flora will have to decide what kind of person she wants to be—and whether being sensible makes sense. Praised by the Daily Telegraph as “delicious,” Mary Wesley’s sharply humorous coming-of-age story weaves a tale of an unloved, neglected child who turns into a fiercely independent woman, both an entertaining romp and an astute glimpse into British society between the two World Wars.

Sensible Life

Sensible Life
Title Sensible Life PDF eBook
Author Emanuele Coccia
Publisher Fordham Univ Press
Total Pages 126
Release 2016-02-29
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0823267431

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We like to imagine ourselves as rational beings who think and speak, yet to live means first and foremost to look, taste, feel, or smell the world around us. But sensibility is not just a faculty: We are sensible objects both to ourselves and to others, and our life is through and through a sensible life. This book, now translated into five languages, rehabilitates sensible existence from its marginalization at the hands of modern philosophy, theology, and politics. Coccia begins by defining the ontological status of images. Not just an internal modification of our consciousness, an image has an intermediate ontological status that differs from that of objects or subjects. The book’s second part explores our interactions with images in dream, fashion, and biological facts like growth and generation. Our life, Coccia argues, is the life of images.

Sensible Shoes

Sensible Shoes
Title Sensible Shoes PDF eBook
Author Sharon Garlough Brown
Publisher InterVarsity Press
Total Pages 353
Release 2013-02-27
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0830843051

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Sharon Garlough Brown tells the moving story of four strangers as they reluctantly arrive at a retreat center and find themselves drawn out of their separate stories of isolation and struggle and into a collective journey of spiritual practice, mutual support and personal revelation.

Even the Odds

Even the Odds
Title Even the Odds PDF eBook
Author Karen Firestone
Publisher Routledge
Total Pages 198
Release 2016-10-14
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1351861867

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In Even the Odds, Karen Firestone explains how risk assessment plays a prominent role in all aspects of life. We may all define risk, and our tolerance for it, somewhat differently, but we might all agree it plays a pivotal role in guiding us toward an optimal outcome. As a long-time investment advisor, Firestone has grown accustomed to interpreting risk on a daily basis. She has developed four core tenets of risk-taking we can all apply to anticipating, evaluating, and responding to the risks we face in our business, investing, and personal lives. These tenets are right-sizing; right-timing; relying on skill, knowledge, and experience; and staying skeptical about numbers, promises, and forecasts. Firestone's approach is both practical and accessible to individuals who are making important decisions, such as embarking on new career or life changes, starting or running an enterprise, making a sizable investment, or deciding how to balance across a full portfolio of assets. The book is rich with anecdotes and examples of how many prominent leaders in their fields encountered and dealt with risk along the way. Firestone also shares her own successes and failures, in particular when she decided to risk it all--a fabulous career managing billions of dollars at a premium investment company, her reputation, and the security at home that comes with a strong and stable job--to go out on her own. Even the Odds helps us understand the broader implications of risk--and how it guides our decision-making--so that we can improve outcomes across multiple facets of our lives, from our businesses and investments, to the personal choices we make.

A Sensible God

A Sensible God
Title A Sensible God PDF eBook
Author Seán ÓLaoire
Publisher Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages 273
Release 2008-10-03
Genre Religion
ISBN 146911948X

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A SENSIBLE GOD This, the third volume in the series, comes from a Celtic soul, a scientific mind and a poetic heart. It is a book of stories and scriptures, of science and psychology, of theology and wisdom, of poetry and passion. The Big Bang was the sound of God laughing uproariously at the wonder of His latest creation. And since the main difference between fanaticism and passion is a sense of humor, this volume has plenty to make the reader laugh. It comes from the tongue of a story-teller priest who spent his childhood steeped in the mythology of Ireland and another 14 years immersed in the folklore of East Africa.

The Full Cupboard of Life

The Full Cupboard of Life
Title The Full Cupboard of Life PDF eBook
Author Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher Anchor
Total Pages 236
Release 2004-04-20
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0375423249

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THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 5 Fans around the world adore the best-selling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea. Still engaged to the estimable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe understands that she should not put too much pressure on him, as he has other concerns, especially a hair-raising request from the ever persuasive Mma Potokwane, matron of the orphan farm. Besides Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind. She has been approached by a wealthy lady to check up on several suitors. Are these men interested in the lady or just her money? This may be a difficult case, but it's just the kind of problem Mma Ramotswe likes and she is, as we know, a very intuitive lady.

Sensible Aunt Martha at the Circus

Sensible Aunt Martha at the Circus
Title Sensible Aunt Martha at the Circus PDF eBook
Author Susan L. Hustwick
Publisher Covenant Books, Inc.
Total Pages 39
Release 2023-07-31
Genre Juvenile Fiction
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Aunt Martha, once again, finds herself in the very unsensible position of vacationing with Teensy and Elmo at the circus. Everything is so different from her sensible, well-laid-out daily plans. Not only is her daily routine disrupted, but the circus folks are unlike anyone she has ever come into contact with. The Sassy family, aerial acrobats, have decided that Aunt Martha is an outsider who cannot possibly be considered circus-worthy and do everything in their power to send her home. In all the upheaval, will Aunt Martha be sent home in disgrace, or will the Sassy family learn a very valuable life lesson?