Desmond: 370 books

Anyone studying or teaching Irish history, or who likely to be involved in discussions on the subject, should first get the facts straight. It is my aim to provide, as far as possible, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, about one particular period. This book is a companion...

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Sit back and relax with a cup, a jug, or a glass of your favorite beverage while you enjoy reading each of these thirty sparkling short stories from some of the finest freshman English students around the country.

Theories of Democracy builds on Robert Dahl's observation that there is no single theory of democracy; only theories. Beyond the broad commitment to rule by the majority, democracy involves a set of contentious debates concerning the proper function and scope of power, equality, freedom, justice,...

Have you ever felt that you have not got any closer to your objective than you were when you started working for it? Do you often feel stressed out by the fact that life is unpredictably throwing things at you and you feel completely devastated? Why do we often lose control over the mind and digress...

Commonwealth of Australia: E.W. COLE. Book Arcade, Melbourne 46 George Street, Sydney 67 Rundle Street, Adelaide The Only Edition Printed in Australia E.W. COLE has been appointed Sole Distributor of A.H. Massina & Co.'s Complete Copyright Edition of Gordon's Poems THEY ARE NOW ISSUED IN TWO STYLES

This book represents a summary of my five previous books on Ireland within the Union with Great Britain. The traditional distortions of nationalist propaganda are weeded out; a complete re-examination was made of the original sources, and conclusions broadly in line with recent scholarship drawn from them.

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This book, aimed at the general reader and now available again, is the first full-length biography of George Boole (1815–1864) who has been variously described as the founder of pure mathematics, one of the fathers of computer science and discoverer of symbolic logic. Boole is mostly remembered...

"[ArchbishopDesmond Tutu’s] unofficial legacy will be his life and the story of how thistiny pastor with a huge laugh from South Africa became our globalguardian." —Time magazine Biographer John Allen collects the ArchbishopDesmond Tutu's most profound, controversial, and historic...

This book presents a picture of Ireland in Tudor times, between 1509 and 1603 It deals with Europe in the sixteenth century, England, Irish Society, and Irish history of that period. This enables the reader to place Tudor Ireland in it proper context. The traditional distortions of nationalist propaganda are weeded out.

This book, the first in the popular Watching series, explains everything from why cats purr to why we say it's raining cats and dogs. 26 black-and-white photographs.

Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book...

長踞《紐約時報》暢銷榜、亞馬遜五顆星評價 全球授權32國語言，全美熱銷逾40萬冊    兩位諾貝爾和平獎得主，五天相聚，解答一個永恆的問題   經歷痛苦與失去之後，仍能發自內心地快樂嗎？ 面對生命中各種無法避免的磨難，該如何超越痛苦，擁抱喜悅而活？ 心智與心靈上該要有怎樣的特質與觀點，才容易感受喜樂？ 如何讓喜悅從一種稍縱即逝的感受，化為恆久的存在？ 人生最終該靠什麼獲得滿足與意義？ ** ** 上千個來自全球的提問，最多人的問題並非如何找到喜悅， 而是在充滿各種苦難的世界，真的可能活在喜悅中嗎？ ** ** ▎如何穿越苦痛，重啟喜悅的智慧   兩位深受全球景仰的心靈導師，卻同樣經歷一生的苦難。達賴喇嘛二十四歲就被迫流亡，近六十年無法回家，卻仍擁有最有感染力的笑聲。屠圖大主教一生對抗種族隔離暴行，目睹人性的醜陋與絕望，卻堅定帶領南非走向寬恕的漫漫療傷之路。   籌劃一年，以慶生為由，他們兩人在印度達蘭薩拉相聚五天，這可能是一生最後一次相見，他們卻選擇毫無保留地回答來自全球上千個關於喜悅的問題。 年近九十，他們共同的體認，人生無法免除必然的苦痛與心碎，但是若能懷抱喜悅而活，即使困苦，也不會變得冷酷，雖然心碎，也不會因此崩潰。   ▎快樂無法外求，喜悅是一個面對世界存在的方式 ** ** 大主教從未自稱聖徒，達賴喇嘛也稱自己只是一介僧侶，他們的人生嚮往，與你我並無不同。兩人的人生看來充滿混亂與苦痛，卻能在其中尋得平靜、勇氣與喜悅。他們說，苦為人所不能免，但我們可以選擇如何面對苦痛，我們都能學會在充滿挫折與苦痛的環境，依然懷抱喜悅而活。   書中除了兩人時而幽默逗趣，時而深刻感動的對談，分享他們對人生的體悟與許多真實故事，也從探討喜悅的本質、結合科學實證分享跨越負面情緒的方法──嫉妒、恐懼、孤獨、焦慮、失去的苦痛等，到獲得喜悅的八大心靈支柱，分享他們穿越苦痛的智慧。同時列出他們日常安頓內心的功課，讓讀者也能練習感受喜悅。   這本書不屬於任何宗教、任何族群，這本書屬於你，你值得恆久的喜樂。   重量好評推薦！ ** ** 《紐約時報》、《時代雜誌》、《波士頓環球報》、《出版人週刊》、《赫芬頓郵報》、《QUARZ》、CBS、歐普拉、理查‧布蘭森、李偉文　邀你一起分享喜悅！   「來！我們一起找快樂！喜悅是我想送給每個人最棒的禮物。兩位大師在這本振奮人心的書中分享最深刻的智慧。保證值回票價。」──歐普拉(Oprah...