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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - My son Jeff was looking for anything pertaining to my ship, USS Polaris, on the Internet. He came across Korean War Veterans. Then, he picked out 'Navy', and then 'Ship reunions.' I didn't know until 1999 that the Polaris held a reunion each year. It's not a large group, but we've bonded like family…. We look forward to meeting for the reunion held each year in a different U.S. city. In this group, I want to give special thanks to 'Bill' Scott and Lee Nunez for the hours they put into keeping these reunions running smoothly. Anyone who served aboard the Polaris, World War II through its 1957 when it was decommissioned, is welcomed to our reunion. usspolarisaf11.us Sayonara to all the little farms with their neat, little vegetable gardens and rice patties, the familiar 'chug-chug' of the fishing boats, the tunes of 'China Night' and 'Kum-Kum Monsume,' and the shy, little children who don't know what to make of Americans. Sayonara to the beautiful scenery created by trees with their lacy leaves in different shades of green, and the light, drifting snow flurries in winter.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - These journal entries comprise two volumes of selections (1973-1982, 1983-2003). Volume I includes an Introduction and some biographical memories. As Stephane Mallarme considered literature the antithesis of journalism, a journal is often the antithesis of a diary. It is of less interest to record m…oods and events, or barriers to self-realization, than to have ideas and insights about these. As a journal-keeper, I am generally disinterested in diurnal details, unless these form the compost of deeper exploration or revelation, seeking insight into my condition, not simply its description. A journal, therefore, is often more complex and difficult than a diary, far less personal in depictions of daily fortune, using everyday experiences as a stepstool (at the least) to peer beyond the walls of psychological enclosure. I did not choose the journal form to mask the personal, to belittle or avoid it, but to reflect my most intimate assessment of the personal as contributing to something greater: comprehension. It is not enough merely to record the frustrations, joys or barriers of living, without appraising these for what they represent and suggest, where we learn not merely reiterate. The ideal criteria of selection and discrimination apply not only to one¿s journal, but to life as well, adding a mythological drama and perspective that immersion alone does not permit. In some ways, journalizing is similar in impulse to the pastoral ethos or motif familiar in contemplative writing from Virgil to Thoreau: one withdraws from active society, toward natural or rural settings, in search of some form of respite, then returns to tell of their discoveries. Some critics have seen this as the organizing design of most North American fables--in fact, as the American mythology, seeking to heal the serious schism between our natural psyche and its more devastated environment; that is, a search for a middle ground (or via media) between the primitive and the technologically complex. This volume of journal selections resembles that motif, focusing on the withdrawal phase of a generally recuperative metaphysical cycle. Such solitude is intentional, a critical phase in the live/withdraw/live-again cycle of spiritual refreshment. A recuperative isolation can be experienced daily, if one is discriminating in how their time is spent, but is usually gained more intensely over long, purposefully reclusive periods. The motivations for my withdrawal were several, perhaps the strongest a propensity (as described of another Irish writer) for being nearly overcome by the variety of life. If not overcome, certainly fatigued by events in and of themselves. A reflective silence seemed essential to examine the roots of this propensity. An ideal of pure time, free of most distractions (human or otherwise), was also necessary for writing of the sort that interested me, the personally contemplative or mystical. Only through such reflection could I ever achieve a meaningful connection with the more active life that surrounded me. The predominant experience of solitude--especially in a society where the value of withdrawal is suspect or sporadic--is the figurative isolation one experiences throughout the entire cycle of withdrawal and re-emergence. It is generally difficult for lovers of action to comprehend this attraction to non-doing. One of the aims of solitude is to reunite philosophy and religion, or rather philosophy and awe, to not accept the social impoverishment of these universal needs for knowledge and worship. The asceticism of retreat was not solely the traditional and philosophical appeal of simplicity, but the freedom from income-producing and time-consuming work it permitted. For the solitary, however, an ideal of pure time must be united with an ideal of intimate association, if the mystical quest is to be emotionally as well as spiritually and intellectua.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Summary somehow denotes that there is an end. This should only be the beginning. Depth Without Water should stimulate thought and cause the reader to produce positive thoughts and/or add on to their already-positive thoughts, that will in turn become positive actions. Depth Without Water is about th…e substance in the little things that we all have a tendency of taking for granted. The intensity of expression is a testament to how serious the so-called small things end up being. Of course this is only my take on the issues. If you disagree, please let me know. If you agree, then show the world your appreciation.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Heat is a form of energy. From a gentle breeze to a powerful explosion, it makes things move, and it travels from place to place. Water--a precious resource--exists as solid, liquid, and gas. It moves continuously through the water cycle, evaporating into the air from the oceans, condensing into clo…uds, and returning to earth through precipitation. Air--although invisible, it is real and all around us. Air pressure helps us breathe and to lift an airplane. Light is energy that travels from the sun. Because there is light we can see; and plants, which are at the bottom of the food chain, can live and grow. Sound is also a form of energy. It allows us to produce and have music, communicate with each other, and measure the depth of oceans. In I HAVE A QUESTION, veteran science educator Caryl Lieberman gives readers 72 science experiments you can do at home using everyday materials. If you've ever wondered: . Why does the wind blow . How does a thermometer work . Why does ice melt . What is the domino effect . What makes a boat float . How does soap work . Why does it rain . Why do astronauts wear spacesuits . Is air strong enough to stop a spill . How can we empty an aquarium without lifting it . How can a fly walk on the ceiling . What do you really see in a mirror . What do bears know that we don't know . Is black ink really black . Where do the colors in the rainbow come from . What makes sound . What is volume . Can we make music when air vibrates . How can you make your own musical instrument . And much more. Then this is the book for you.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work is simply the crazy thinks of one man's life starting at age eight in 1948 and continuing to retirement in 2004. Probably not much different that many of you readers. The thoughts start in a small Midwestern town where growing up was strictly biological and without direction or purpose. A…place where things were done because that was what you did. A time when everything seemed predestined. The stories were gathered by traveling on the roots of lightning strikes as they formed spider webs across the sky: by flowing with Kandinsky strokes down his canvas; from trekking the aortas to their essence; floating along with receding notes of warbling song birds; drifting with the lazy smoke from Colorado log cabins; and discovering where giggles of glee from children at first discovery call home. Come along with me and share in the Crazy Thinks.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In 1913 the southern Colorado coal fields exploded into a war between the newly organized United Mine Workers of America and the Rockefeller owned Colorado Fuel and Iron. The company's history had been marked by violent deaths in mine explosions and infant mortalities from disease caused by squalid…conditions in the company owned camps. The Death of Spring tells the story of Vincenzo, an Italian immigrant, who searched for the American dream only to find the harsh realities of life in the coal camps. 1900: America, the land of opportunity. For many immigrants it meant death in the struggle between workers and the company. The dreams of Vicenzo, an Italian immigrant, began dying with the death of his older brother and blended into the nightmares that were the mining camps of Southern Colorado.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Abandoned by her father and rejected by her mother, 4 year-old Jennie is taken without explanation from her kindergarten class and driven through the night to live with her grandparents. They live on a farm where gophers pop out of the ground, turkey gobblers give chase, the bathroom is in a little…house near the woods, and which is austere and culturally limited. Almost from the beginning she tries to run away back to live with her mother in Minneapolis. But her grandparents, although undemonstrative, steadfastly support her. Grandpa helps her with her homework at night sitting around the kitchen table lit by a kerosene lamp, she sits on his lap, while riding the binder, and curls up with him on the sofa at nap time. She helps her Grandmother with the chickens, picking eggs and feeding the pigs. But conflicts arise. Especially with her aunt , Hilda who is spiteful and humiliating. Jennie wants to run away and find her father in Canada but all her attempts fail. As far back as in kindergarten, Jennie liked to draw. So in first grade when she was asked to draw the picture placed on the blackboard in front of the class, she worked hard to copy the exact likeness. The picture was The Last Supper. After that, she became known as the class artist. Hilda felt Jennie was wasting her time drawing and discouraged her. Reading, another of Jennie's interests, was also considered wasteful. All through high school Jennie continued to be the school artist. During this time she became attached to Frank, a future farmer with a kind, uncomplicated view of life. He loved her but knew her dream was to leave the farm and go to study art. After graduating from high school Jennie is offered a job in Washington, D. C. Her grandmother slips her thirty dollars and urges her to leave at once, before Aunt Hilda can interfere. Her new life in the city is a shock and a revelation. Jennie discovers art galleries, takes her first real art lesson using pastels, and begins to acquire a new set of goals and values. Two years later, she returns to Minneapolis and enrolls at the University of Minnesota in art. Life is a struggle as she has to work to support herself and pay for her education. While working at one of the her jobs, she meets Jim, a young psychology student who is using the G.I. Bill to attend university. Soon they marry, unknown to either Jennies' mother or her aunt Hilda. Jim is very supportive of Jennie's interest in art. Between leaving the farm and starting university a series of tragedies occurred. Her grandparents died-first her grandfather, then her grandmother. Earlier a favorite uncle shot himself. Another uncle died under questionable circumstances and her mother becomes committed to a mental hospital while her father remained a mystery in spite of efforts to locate him. After graduating from university, she paints and exhibits her work, exploring new directions of expression. It is not easy to find success. When galleries are either hanging her work upside down or failing to pay her, they disappear from sight. Her first real success comes from entering a painting in an exhibition in New York. Titled Subjective-Objective, the painting and received first prize. From then on Jennie's goal to become an accomplished artist plays an important part in her life. Still, she couldn't forget the farm where her uncle now lives. One day, she decided to go back to the place she'd grown up and had wanted to escape. Seeing the faded wallpaper on the upstairs hall the stippled paint walls, the empty bookcase, Jennie becomes aware she has slowly moved from the austere and culturally limited setting of the farm to a new world, one of painting, art, and intellectual interactions. She'd left the farm and could not return. Back in Toront.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this intriguing sequel to The Security of Silence, meet again the fascinating members of the Malin family and their dramatic lives as they struggle for survival in a new country. A Conspiracy of Silence follows the Malin family as they emigrate from Germany to the United States. The family's head… thinks that moving to America presents far greater opportunities for economic success. However, they struggle to survive the hardships of learning a new language, extreme working conditions, and troubled personal relationships. This novel is a richly dramatic tale that vividly portrays one family's experiences, hardships, and personal tragedies. But there is a conspiracy of silence among its members -- though the shocking truth, sooner or later, will come out.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Prayer is a constant mental input into our world. Do we pray for what we need or what we want Do we pray to heal or to hurt Healers pray. Terrorists pray. Motivations for prayer are investigated by the Spindrift researchers. One discovery was that non goal-directed prayer--'Thy will be done'--produc…ed different test results than goal-directed prayer. A Journey Into Prayer explores the struggles, triumphs, and persecutions of two spiritual healers, Bruce and John Klingbeil, who developed scientific laboratory tests to validate the effectiveness of prayer. This father and son team added to the centuries old anecdotal evidence the modern day standard of proof demanded by science and medicine. Spindrift translated some spiritual experiences and religious language into the scientific language and experiments of our times. Spindrift ignited spiritual dynamite. Author Bill Sweet weaves with a rare sense of humor this Spindrift adventure and the outrage it sparked. 'The name Spindrift is synonymous with what at first seems an oxymoron--the scientific study of prayer. This group's ground-breaking work, which has been part of an enormous shift in consciousness, was brought forth at great personal cost--the apparent suicides of the father-son research team. Bill Sweet's meticulous account reads like a mystery--one that may never be solved. But regardless of the tragedy, the Spindrift research is an important part of the bridge between science and Spirit. May all the good these researchers have done return to them as an enduring blessing of peace.'.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Angelo's Guest is John E. Mann's third mystery novel. It reaches back as far as the Korean War and winds its way into the modern day world of Detective Joe Kepper, a top investigator on the Marlboro County Maryland police force. Most of the action takes place in and around Washing DC where high leve…l officials with connections to the DEA decide on new and more lucrative approaches to operate the drug trade. Like all major cities, a drug culture already exists and has no intentions of bowing out and giving in to these new intruders who seek to share what has been their territory for quite some time. There are shootouts between the two factions, attempted murders, entrapment and a bit of romance. Jose Kepper and his assistant, Sam Stevens are pushed to the limit and Joe's dad old friend, Angelo comes to the rescue by insuring the safety of a mysterious witness.
