The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus - Religion Book
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In this fresh and masterful translation, Marvin Meyer presents one of the world's best-loved sacred texts. Honed over the last twenty years through a dozen versions, Meyer's Thomas promises to remain the definitive translation for decades to come. Widely regarded by scholars as containing many of the original sayings of Jesus, The Gospel of Thomas was discovered in 1945 among the gnostic texts at Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt. Reportedly dictated by Jesus to his brother, Judas Thomas the Twin, founder of the churches of the East, Thomas reveals a Jesus who merges with the wisdom of the sophists, with Diogenes, Plato, and Socrates. In his interpretation, Harold Bloom writes about the Jesus who touches him, the uncanny voice he hears in the Gospel of Thomas, free of the dogmatic cast that has held Jesus in ecclesiastical captivity since the canonical Gospels were written. 'Seeing what is before you is the whole art of vision for Thomas's Jesus', he writes. 'Nothing mediates the self for the Jesus of the Gospel of Thomas. Everything we seek is already in our presence, and not outside our self. What is most remarkable in these sayings is the repeated insistence that everything is already open to you. You need but knock and enter'. Through Marvin Meyer's lucid rendering of Christ's Zen master-like sayings we witness a gospel that, as Bloom puts it, 'spares us the crucifixion, makes the resurrection unnecessary, and does not present us with a God named Jesus. No dogmas could be founded upon this sequence (if it is a sequence) of apothegms. If you turn to the Gospel of Thomas, you encounter a Jesus who is unsponsored and free'. This book is located in the Bible sub-category of the Religion category.
The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus
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Save Karyn: One Shopaholic's Journey to Debt and Back - Biography and Autobiography Book
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Drowning in $20,000 of credit card debt, shopaholic Karyn Bosnak asked strangers for money online -- and it worked! What would you do if you owed $20,000? Would you: A) not tell your parents? B) start your own website that asked for money without apology? or C) stop coloring your hair, getting pedicures, and buying Gucci? If you were Karyn Bosnak, you'd do all three. Karyn started a funny yet honest website, www.savekaryn.com, on which she asked for donations to help her get out of debt. Karyn received e-mails from people all over the world, either confessing their own debt-ridden lives, or criticizing hers. But after four months of Internet panhandling and selling her prized possessions on eBay, her debt was gone! In 'Save Karyn: One Shopaholic's Journey to Debt and Back, Karyn details the bumpy road her financial -- and personal -- life has traveled to get her where she is today: happy, grateful, and completely debt-free. In this charming cautionary tale, Karyn chronicles her glamorous rise, her embarrassing fall, and how the kindness of strangers in cy This book is located in the Women sub-category of the Biography and Autobiography category.
Save Karyn: One Shopaholic's Journey to Debt and Back
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The Kill Clause - Fiction Book
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Tim Rackley, a deputy U.S. marshal, watches helplessly as his daughter's killer walks free on a legal technicality. He is suddenly forced to explore his own deadly options -- a quest that leads him into the welcoming fold of 'the Commission.' A vigilante group made up of people like himself -- relentless streetwise operators who have each lost a loved one to violent crime -- the Commission confronts the failings of a system that sets predators loose to hunt again, cleaning up society's 'mistakes' covertly, efficiently, and permanently. But Rackley soon discovers that playing God is a fearsome task. When his new secret life starts coming unwound at an alarming speed, he is suddenly caught in the most terrifying struggle he has ever faced -- a desperate battle to save everything left that's worth fighting for. This book is located in the Thrillers sub-category of the Fiction category.
The Kill Clause
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Forensic Engineering - Science Book
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This book explores these and many other related subjects. This book will be of great value to expert witnesses in liability suits resulting from flood, erosion, landslide, mudslide, or other types of natural hazard-related damage. It clearly explains the needs of an expert, the relationship of the expert to the client and the attorney, the challenges to face, and the proper orientation as an expert. Through a variety of case studies, the book illustrates investigative techniques, case and data presentation to prove 'reasonableness' or 'unreasonableness' of conduct and 'causation.' Key Features * Adequacy of emergency procedures for evacuation and street closures in an area designed for and designated as a retention basin * Necessity of the purchase or condemnation of flood-threatened properties due to partial blockage of a canyon by a previous landslide * Widsom of providing qualified and objective engineering and geologic input to the land use planning in environmentally hazardous areas This book is located in the Reference sub-category of the Science category.
Forensic Engineering
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Tracks in the Sea - Science Book
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Navigation at sea was a matter of guesswork until well into the 19th century. Changing that became the obsession of Matthew Fontaine Maury. While others built railroads, Maury mapped highways of wind and current over the seas. Hearn uses Maury's career as a window on America's maritime development in the 19th century, including the clipper-ship era of the 1850s, the rise of steam and steel, and the Civil War. This book is located in the Essays sub-category of the Science category.
Tracks in the Sea
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Wren to the Rescue - Children's Book
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With the help of a prince and an apprentice wizard, Wren strives to rescue her best friend, a princess named Tess, from the fortress of a wicked king. Reissue. This book is located in the General sub-category of the Children's category.
Wren to the Rescue
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How Many Fish? - Children's Book
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In the bay... There are six little fish.Along come six little feet. What will happen when they meet? This book is located in the Readers sub-category of the Children's category.
How Many Fish?
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An Innocent, A Broad - Biography and Autobiography Book
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The wife of actor and comedian Denis Leary recounts her family's five-month stay in England due to the premature birth of their son, a period during which they gratefully received the services of Britain's National Health Service and her husband experienced a huge career break with the BBC. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. This book is located in the Women sub-category of the Biography and Autobiography category.
An Innocent, A Broad
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The Unofficial Guide TM to Living with Diabetes - Health and Fitness Book
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Persons suffering from diabetes can use this guide to explore the various treatment options available today, including blood sugar monitoring, diet therapy, insulin use, and oral medication. This book is located in the Diseases sub-category of the Health and Fitness category.
The Unofficial Guide TM to Living with Diabetes
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Super Service: Seven Keys to Delivering Great Customer Service...Even When You Don't Feel Like It!...Even When They Don' - Business and Economics Book
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In this concise, motivational book, Jeff and Valerie Gee share their straightforward, proven techniques and guidelines for coping with angry customers, minimizing stress, and making customer service providers feel great about doing their jobs. 20 illustrations. This book is located in the Human Resources and Personnel Management sub-category of the Business and Economics category.
Super Service: Seven Keys to Delivering Great Customer Service...Even When You Don't Feel Like It!...Even When They Don'
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