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Wise up : irreverent enlightenment from a mother who's been through it / by Duffy, Karen,1961-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-269).Why I write you letters -- Get a life philosophy -- Interlude: Meet the Stoics -- Say no to the pigdog -- Low-level happiness -- That's amore -- Invictus -- Interlude: William Ernest Henley -- Donkeys and weasels -- Uncle Golden toe -- Small carrots -- Homo stupidus to Homo sapiens -- Interlude: The four cardinal virtues -- Read yourself a new brain -- Parenting : to bring forth -- The imp of the perverse -- My name is Karen and I do not want to speak to your manager -- Decline of the sacred -- The strangest of places -- Memento mori -- Interlude: Things to do when you're dead -- The fourth trimester -- A letter from Jack."Filled with dry humor, sharp wit, and motherly care, Karen Duffy offers timeless pearls of wisdom. When she was diagnosed with a life-threatening neurological disease, she decided that to survive, she had to learn to laugh. In adulthood and motherhood, she has found that she has earned more than her fair share of wisdom and wisecracks to offer her teenage son. These are her stories, advice, and insights that have helped her embrace all that her whirlwind life has thrown her way"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Duffy, Karen, 1961-; Duffy, Karen, 1961-; Motherhood; Mothers and sons; Mothers; Actresses; Wisdom; Conduct of life; Motherhood.; Mothers.;
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Mere Christianity. by Lewis, C. S.(Clive Staples),1898-1963.(CARDINAL)138066; Lewis, C. S.;
Book 1. Right and wrong as a clue to the meaning of the universe. The law of human nature ; Some objections ; The reality of the law ; What lies behind the law ; We have cause to be uneasy -- Book 2. What Christians believe. The rival conceptions of God ; The invasion ; The shocking alternative ; The perfect penitent ; The practical conclusion -- Book 3. Christian behaviour. The three parts of morality ; The "cardinal virtues" ; Social morality ; Morality and psychoanalysis ; Sexual morality ; Christian marriage ; Forgiveness ; The great sin ; Charity ; Hope ; Faith ; Faith (cont.) -- Book 4. Beyond personality: or first steps in the doctrine of the trinity. Making and begetting ; The three-personal God ; Time and beyond time ; Good infection ; The obstinate toy soldiers ; Two notes ; Let's pretend ; Is Christianity hard or easy? ; Counting the cost ; Nice people or new men ; The new men.
Subjects: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.; Christianity.; Theology, Doctrinal; Apologetics.; Christian ethics;
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On reading well : finding the good life through great books / by Prior, Karen Swallow,author.(CARDINAL)459488; Bustard, Ned,illustrator.(CARDINAL)464643; Ryken, Leland,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)510090;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267).Foreword / by Leland Ryken -- Introduction: Read well, live well -- Part one. The cardinal virtues -- Prudence: The history of Tom Jones, a foundling, by Henry Fielding -- Temperance: The great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Justice: A tale of two cities, by Charles Dickens -- Courage: the adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain -- Part two. The theological virtues -- Faith: Silence, by Shusaku Endo -- Hope: The road, by Cormac McCarthy -- Love: The death of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy -- Part three. The heavenly virtues -- Chastity: Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton -- Diligence: Pilgrim's progress, by John Bunyan -- Patience: Persuasion, by Jane Austen -- Kindness: "Tenth of December," by George Saunders -- Humility: "Revelation" and "Everything that rises must converge," by Flannery O'Connor."Acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior takes readers on a guided tour through works of great literature both ancient and modern, exploring twelve virtues that philosophers and theologians throughout history have identified as most essential for good character and the good life. In reintroducing ancient virtues that are as relevant and essential today as ever, Prior draws on the best classical and Christian thinkers, including Aristotle, Aquinas, and Augustine. Covering authors from Henry Fielding to Cormac McCarthy, Jane Austen to George Saunders, and Flannery O'Connor to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Prior explores some of the most compelling universal themes found in the pages of classic books, helping readers learn to love life, literature, and God through their encounters with great writing. In examining works by these authors and more, Prior shows why virtues such as prudence, temperance, humility, and patience are still necessary for human flourishing and civil society. The book includes reflection questions geared toward book club discussions"--Amazon.
Subjects: Virtues in literature.; Christians; Books and reading; Christianity and literature.;
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Mere Christianity : a revised and amplified edition, with a new introduction, of the three books, Broadcast talks, Christian behaviour, and Beyond personality / by Lewis, C. S.(Clive Staples),1898-1963.(CARDINAL)138066;
Includes bibliographical references.[Book I.] Right and wrong as a clue to the meaning of the universe -- The law of human nature -- Some objections -- The reality of the law -- What lies behind the law -- We have cause to be uneasy -- [Book II.] What Christians believe -- The rival conceptions of God -- The invasion -- The shocking alternative -- The perfect penitent -- The practical conclusion -- [Book III.]Christian behaviour -- The three parts of morality -- The "cardinal virtues" -- Social morality -- Morality and psychoanalysis -- Sexual morality -- Christian marriage -- Forgiveness -- The great sin -- Charity -- Hope -- Faith -- Faith (cont.) -- [Book IV.] Beyond personality: or first steps in the doctrine of the trinity -- Making and begetting -- The three-personal God -- Time and beyond time -- Good infection -- The obstinate toy soldiers -- Two notes -- Let's pretend -- Is Christianity hard or easy? -- Counting the cost -- Nice people or new men -- The new men."Mere Christianity" is the most popular of C. S. This book brings together Lewis's legendary radio broadcast talks in which he set out simply "to explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times". Rejecting the boundaries that divide Christianity's many denominations, "Mere Christianity" is Lewis's term for the essential Christian message--the theological core on which diverse Christian traditions can stand together.
Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal; Apologetics.; Christian ethics;
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Memorize the faith! (and most anything else) : using the methods of the great Catholic medieval memory masters / by Vost, Kevin.(CARDINAL)477623;
Includes bibliographical references.Part I: The stone rejected by the builders -- Introduction -- The memory system of St. Thomas Aquinas -- Part II: As for me and my house -- 10 commandments -- 7 capital sins -- 7 virtues -- 9 beatitudes -- 7 sacraments -- 20 mysteries of the rosary -- Part III: In my father's house are many mansions -- 4 marks of the church -- 4 last things -- 5 precepts of the church -- 6 sins against the Holy Spirit -- 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit -- 7 spiritual works of mercy -- 7 corporal works of mercy -- 10 holy days of obligation in the Roman Church -- 12 apostles -- 12 fruits of the Holy Spirit -- 14 stations of the cross -- Part IV: Grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord -- 5 proofs of the existence of God -- 46 books of the Old Testament -- 27 books of the New testament -- 21 centuries of church history -- 25 parts of the cardinal virtues -- 44 daughters of the capital sins -- 3 more mnemonic systems -- 12 red-letter sayings of Jesus Christ -- Part V: Remember what I preach -- Applications for all ages -- How to teach this system to your children -- Conclusion -- Afterward: An ode to memorization.
Subjects: Textbooks.; Catholic Church; Christian education; Mnemonics.;
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Empire without end : antiquities collections in Renaissance Rome, c. 1350-1527 / by Christian, Kathleen(Kathleen Wren),1971-(CARDINAL)298523;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-423) and index.Introduction -- Antiquity as example: Rome in the era of Petrarch and Cola di Rienzo -- The poetics of the collection: Cardinal Prospero Colonna's "Gardens of Maecenas" -- Fictive genealogies and ancestral collections in fifteenth-century Rome -- The virtues of the papal collector: Paul II and Sixtus IV -- Pomponio Leto and the academic garden -- The era of collecting, 1480-1527 -- Epilogue: the Sack of Rome and the Hanging Garden of Cardinal Andrea della Valle -- Catalogue: collections in Roman houses and vigne before 1527.In the early fifteenth century, when Romans discovered ancient marble sculptures and inscriptions in the ruins, they often melted them into mortar. A hundred years later, however, antique marbles had assumed their familiar role as works of art displayed in private collections. Many of these collections, especially the Vatican Belvedere, are well known to art historians and archaeologists. Yet discussions of antiquities collecting in Rome too often begin with the Belvedere, that is, only after it was a widespread practice. In this important book, the author steps back to examine the "long" fifteenth century, a critical period in the history of antiquities collecting that has received scant attention. Kathleen Wren Christian examines shifts in the response of artists and writers to spectacular archaeological discoveries and the new role of collecting antiquities in the public life of Roman elites.
Subjects: Art, Roman; Classical antiquities;
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The devil's broker : seeking gold, God, and glory in fourteenth-century Italy / by Saunders, Frances Stonor.(CARDINAL)659722; Rogers D. Spotswood Collection.TxSaTAM.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-381) and index.The fourteenth century: ways to die -- Ways to live -- Bad company -- Avignon, whore of France -- Sons of Belial -- Italia mia -- Betrayal -- Naked force -- Vipers of Milan -- State of decline -- The road to Rome -- The first estate -- Overeating -- Undereating -- Virtue's shame -- How to get to heaven -- Florence -- Bloody saints -- Freedom fighters -- Anathema -- Cardinal vices -- From massacre to marriage -- The other woman -- Schism -- Stories from Troy -- Neapolitan question -- Viper swallows viper -- The wheel of fortune -- The last campaign -- Final audit -- The greatest glory -- What remains -- Pale hore, pale rider.
Subjects: Biographies.; Hawkwood, John, Sir, -1394.; Mercenary troops;
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The professor of secrets : mystery, medicine, and alchemy in Renaissance Italy / by Eamon, William.(CARDINAL)726574;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-359) and index.Prologue: Experience and memory -- Mia dolce patria -- The empire of disease -- Medical Bologna -- Leonardo and the anatomists -- The education of a surgeon -- The road of experience -- The carnival doctor -- The new Asclepius -- The marvelous virtues of Precipitato -- Charlatan or wonder worker? -- An ingenious surgery -- The marvels of Naples -- An academy of magi -- The university of war -- The cardinal's house -- A surgeon in Rome -- A road not taken -- Venetian curiosities -- The lure of the charlatan -- A writer for the age -- Venice's scientific underworld -- Mathematical magic -- The search for the philosopher's stone -- A star is born -- The medical entrepreneur -- Ambition and glory -- A conspiracy of doctors -- Leonardo the chameleon -- Life and art -- In the court of the Catholic king -- Masters of fire -- The charlatan's trial -- "Il mio sacco è vuoto" -- The judgment of history -- Epilogue: Traces.
Subjects: Biographies.; Fioravanti, Leonardo, 1517-; Alchemy; Medicine; Physicians; Renaissance;
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The day is now far spent / by Sarah, Robert,author.(CARDINAL)813819; Diat, Nicolas,author.(CARDINAL)814113; Miller, Michael J.(Translator),translator.(CARDINAL)814924;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-349)Alas, Judas Iscariot -- Part I: Spiritual and religious collapse -- Part II: Man belittled -- Part III: The fall of truth, moral decadence, and bad political habits -- Part IV: Rediscovering hope : the practice of the Christian virtues -- Postscript: Let nothing trouble me."Robert Cardinal Sarah calls The Day Is Now Far Spent his most important book. He analyzes the spiritual, moral and political collapse of the Western world and concludes that "the decadence of our time has all the faces of mortal peril." A cultural identity crisis, he writes, is at the root of the problems facing Western society. "The West no longer knows who it is, because it no longer knows and does not want to know who made it, who established it, as it was and as it is. Many countries today ignore their own history. This self-suffocation naturally leads to a decadence that opens the path to new, barbaric civilizations." While making clear the gravity of the present situation, the cardinal demonstrates that it is possible to avoid the hell of a world without God, a world without hope. He calls for a renewal of devotion to Christ through prayer and the practice of virtue." --
Subjects: Interviews.; Sarah, Robert; Cardinals; Group identity; Civilization, Western;
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The complete dictionary of symbols / by Tresidder, Jack.(CARDINAL)644259;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-535) and indexes.The A-Z dictionary -- Adam and Eve -- Afterlife -- Ages of Man, The -- Ancestors -- Angels -- Animals -- Architecture -- Argonauts, The Voyage of the -- Beasts of Fable -- Birds -- Buddha, The -- Cardinal Points, The -- Chastity -- Colours -- Cosmology -- Creation -- Cross -- Culture hero -- Dance -- Death -- Dragon -- Elements, The -- Fish -- Flood Myths -- Flowers -- Greek and Roman Deities -- Hares and Rabbits -- Herakles, The Labours of -- Humanity, The Origin of -- Impresa -- Izanagi and Izanami -- Jaguar -- Jewels -- Landscape -- Liberty -- Light -- Lion -- Longevity -- Muses, The -- Music, Musical Instruments -- Nude -- Numbers -- Olympians, The -- Pelops, The Curse of the House of -- Planets, The -- Religious Orders -- Rome, The Kings of -- Seasons, The -- Seven Deadly Sins, The -- Snake -- Sun, Moon and Stars in Myth -- Titan -- Trickster -- Trojan War, The Heroes of the -- Underworlds -- Vanity -- Vices -- Virtues -- Vishnu, The Avatars of -- Wisdom -- Zeus, The Consorts of.
Subjects: Dictionaries.; Signs and symbols; Symbolism;
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