W księgach świętych Ojciec, który jest w niebie, spotyka się miłościwie ze swymi dziećmi i prowadzi z nimi rozmowę. Ta rozmowa zawsze dokonuje się w określonych ramach czasu i przestrzeni, w losach poszczególnych osób. Biblia, prezentując nam całą galerię konkretnych ludzkich postaci, jest najpiękniejszym świadectwem owego miłosnego spotkania Boga z człowiekiem.Niniejsza publikacja stanowi jasne i atrakcyjne przybliżenie losów niektórych spośród bohaterów, jakich spotykamy na kartach Starego Testamentu. Szczególnie wartościową czynią tę książkę determinacja i dbałość, z jaką Autor ukazuje uniwersalne przesłanie religijne, a więc to, co współczesny czytelnik może wyczytać dla siebie z losów danych postaci.Ksiądz Tomasz Jelonek, krakowianin urodzony w 1937 roku, teolog z tytułem profesora w dziedzinie biblistyki, profesor zwyczajny Nauk Społecznych PAT (obecnie UPJP II), wykładowca matematyki na UJ.Kierownik Katedry Teologii Małżeństwa i Rodziny, dyrektor Instytutu Nauk o Rodzinie. Prezes Polskiego Towarzystwa Teologicznego, należy do Stowarzyszenia Biblistów Polskich oraz Polskiego Stowarzyszenia Matematycznego, zaangażowany w odtwarzanie biblistyki słowackiej.Wykładowca w seminariach duchownych na Ukrainie, kanonik honorowy Kapituły Metropolitarnej Lwowskiej.
Modlnicki kościół wzniesiony w 1553 r. doczekał się pierwszego, obszernego, albumowego opracowania, które daje gruntowny obraz jego dziejów wraz z obszernym opisem wyposażenia, przywołując również historię związanych z nim osób. Silna więź autora Stanisława Nowina Konopki z tym miejscem wynika z ponad 200-letniej obecności rodziny Konopków w Modlnicy, gdzie dwór i kościół były zawsze ze sobą nieomal organicznie związane. Ta trwająca do dzisiaj więź zainspirowała młodego autora do napisania książki, w której historia drewnianej świątyni wzbogacona jest o niepublikowane dotąd prastare wspomnienia rodzinne. Tekstowi towarzyszą liczne zdjęcia Rafała Monity uzupełnione ciekawymi zdjęciami archiwalnymi.Ten przebogaty w treści album, który jest kolejnym tomem wydawnictwa Astraia z serii o kościołach zabytkowych, skłoni czytelnika, by zachwycić się pięknem tego drewnianego kościoła położonego w najbliższym sąsiedztwie Krakowa.
Wyjątkowa pozycja na temat procesów czarownic w Polsce!Profesor Jacek Wijaczka, autorytet w dziedzinie historii polowań na czarownice, ukazuje osiem przypadków poświęconych procesom o czary w XVI-XVIII wieku. Zrelacjonowane na podstawie źródeł archiwalnych, dostarczają nowych informacji o prześladowaniach czarownic w naszym kraju.W książce poznajemy dosyć burzliwe, a dotychczas nieznane, koleje życia Doroty Paluszki, mieszkanki Gniezna, oskarżonej o czary i spalonej na stosie w 1619 roku. Dowiadujemy się także, jakie lęki i obawy związane z wiarą w diabła i czarownice dręczyły mieszkańców Kaszub w końcu XVIII wieku. Co ciekawe, autor obala również rozpowszechniony mit, że ostatni stos w Europie, na którym spłonęła rzekoma czarownica, został rozpalony w Reszlu na początku XIX wieku.Wydarzenia bardziej i mniej znane. Niekiedy przyjmujące zaskakujący obrót, zawsze kontrowersyjne. Czarownicom żyć nie dopuścisz to książka, która w pasjonujący sposób przybliża procesy o czary w Polsce w czasach, gdy były najbardziej powszechne.
Throughout our lives, we are always looking for ways to keep our mind sharp and effortlessly productive. In this book, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr Sanjay Gupta offers insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutting edge research can help you heighten and protect brain function and maintain cognitive health at any age.
Keep Sharp debunks common myths about ageing and cognitive decline, explores whether there’s a ‘best’ diet or exercise regimen for the brain, and explains whether it’s healthier to play video games that test memory and processing speed, or to engage in more social interaction.
Discover what we can learn from ‘super-brained’ people who are in their eighties and nineties but showing no signs of slowing down – and whether there are truly any benefits to drugs, supplements and vitamins. Dr Gupta also addresses brain disease, particularly Alzheimer’s, answers all your questions about signs and symptoms, and shows you both how to ward against it and how to care for a partner in cognitive decline.
The book also provides readers with a personalized twelve-week programme featuring practical strategies to strengthen your brain every day.
Keep Sharp is the only owner’s manual you’ll need to keep your brain young and healthy at any age!
'Boldly ambitious, deeply affecting, and magisterial in scope' Steve Silberman, author of Neurotribes
'Expansive and thoughtful, it illuminates the complexity and elusiveness of his subject' New Statesman
Depression is a leading cause of disability around the world today, a growing health crisis that affects us all. It is a complex and diverse condition. But it is also highly treatable.
In this profound and sweeping history, Alex Riley charts the macabre, ingenious, and often surprising developments in the science of mental healthcare over the last 2000 years. In the pursuit to understand his own experiences with mental illness, Riley interweaves his own family history with fascinating stories of biological and psychological treatments which illuminate the past, question the current state of diagnosis, and investigate the hype and hopes for future treatments.
From the re-emergence of long-forgotten therapies to a group of grandmothers who stand at the forefront of a revolution in mental healthcare, A Cure for Darkness is an essential exploration of one of the most pressing problems of our time.
What does it mean to be a good man? To be a good father, or a good partner? A good brother, or a good friend?
In this clear-sighted analysis, social historian Ivan Jablonka offers a re-examination of the patriarchy and its impact on men. Ranging widely across cultures, from Mesopotamia to Confucianism to Christianity to the revolutions of the eighteenth century, Jablonka uncovers the origins of our patriarchal societies. He then offers an updated model of masculinity based on a theory of gender justice which aims for a redistribution of gender, just as social justice demands the redistribution of wealth.
Arguing that it is high time for men to be as involved in gender justice as women, Jablonka shows that in order to build a more equal and respectful society, we must gain a deeper understanding of the structure of patriarchy - and reframe the conversation so that men define themselves by the rights of women. Widely acclaimed in France, this is an important work from a major thinker.
Get what you want without compromising who you are: the new rules of persuasion to influence others for good
We’re all nice. In fact, we’re told we’re too nice and we have to change to succeed: ‘Play the game!’; ‘Beat them down!’; ‘Toughen up!’. Do we have to choose between betraying our own values and being left behind without a voice? Absolutely not. We can naturally be persuasive and successful every day without making enemies of ourselves or other people.
Influence is a science and renowned Yale professor Zoe Chance will help you master it in this fascinating book. Drawing on the latest behavioural research, entertaining real-life stories and the skills she teaches on her sell-out Yale University MBA course, Zoe Chance unpacks what influence is and how we are persuaded before setting out a series of powerful skills you can adopt to master the art of persuasion and influence. Her techniques include the Magic Question, Powerful Listening, the What Would It Take Question and Building Support. She also looks at how to use influence for maximum positive impact in the world – and how to defend yourself against the ‘dark arts’ of persuasion by other less scrupulous individuals or institutions.
Bold, entertaining and efficacious, this indispensable book is a call to action for all the nice people in the world wanting to practice influence without resorting to manipulation, bullying or corruption to create a brighter more positive future.
Other species adapt to their environments; we alone create ours. Over generations, we have remade the world to suit ourselves - using improved knowledge and technology to confront the traditional scourges - and for the most part we enjoy prosperity beyond the dreams of our ancestors. What's more, in changing our world, we have also reshaped the human phenotype - the interaction between genes and environment that moulds our bodies and minds.
The results can be seen in the streets of our post-industrial cities. We are taller and heavier, and live longer. We think and behave differently, and die from once-rare diseases. Our experiences of life have been transformed, and in turn so have our societies.
Weaving together biology, social anthropology, epidemiology and history, Edwin Gale examines the shifting physical and mental dimensions of our lives, from ageing to illness, food production to reproduction, designer bodies to IQ tests, and asks: are we a self-domesticated species?
Want to get those difficult colleagues off your back and restore your sanity? NYU psychology professor Tessa West shows you how.
Have you ever watched a colleague charm the pants off management while showing a competitive, Machiavellian side to the lower ranks? They don't hesitate to throw peers under the bus, but their boss is oblivious to their bad behaviour. What about a constantly interrupting colleague? Or an over-bearing manager? While these jerks stress us out in small ways throughout the day, they aren't technically breaking any rules, so we're expected just to put up with them.
...Until now. Tessa West has already helped thousands of people resolve their most pressing workplace issues. And here she draws on a decade of original research to profile classic workplace archetypes, including the Gaslighter, the Bulldozer, the Credit-Stealer, the Neglecter, and the Micromanager, giving advice to anyone who's ever hidden in the bathroom to cry at work. She digs deep into the inner workings of each bad apple, exploring their motivations and insecurities, and offers clever strategies for stopping each type of jerk in their tracks.
Know a Jerk at Work? This proactive approach reveals the single, most effective way to achieve emotional wellbeing at work.
Life is full of the unexpected: chance encounters, changing plans, delayed journeys and other mishaps. But what if we could use unpredictability to our advantage?
Dr Christian Busch has spent a decade exploring how, if acted upon, unexpected encounters can enhance our worldview, expand our social circles and create new professional opportunities. In this book, Christian reveals the secrets behind the hidden force that rules our lives: serendipity. With a new chapter detailing the author's experience of Covid and a chance meeting that subsequently changed his life forever, Dr Busch shows how his own experience reflects the full potential of what can happen if you are open to coincidence.
Connect the Dots is a revolutionary, well-researched exploration of an essential life skill that we can develop. By learning to see opportunities in the unexpected, we can start to make our own luck and use it as a pathway to more joyful and successful lives.
Are you at a standstill in your career? Do you feel like you aren't where you thought you'd be by this point, or have you already got to where you wanted and realised it isn't bringing you joy?
The most successful people have always benefitted from professional coaching and now, in You Coach You, the UK's leading career experts Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper will give you the knowledge and tools to coach yourself. Inside you'll learn how to get unstuck and rediscover your love of work, build boundaries and productive relationships, cultivate resilience and identify and achieve your career goals. Packed with practical exercises, tools and advice from inspiring people, this book will help you find motivation and achieve everything you've ever wanted in your career.
'A habit-forming work of genius' STYLIST
'Adrienne is here to motivate and encourage us all' FEARNE COTTON
The Power Hour message is simple: taking an hour for yourselves and your aspirations isn't selfish or impossible, it's essential. This book will show you how to harness the first hour of your day in order to achieve your goals - whether those are starting a business, getting fit or pursuing your passion - before the rest of the world wakes up and starts competing for your attention. Most importantly, it will make you realise that it is always possible to make a change and create a life you love.
Stop waiting for the right time, or for more time. Start with just one hour today.
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'A bible' EVENING STANDARD
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