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This book provides a modern commentary on the classic Christian devotional work The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis. It includes chapters by James Jones and Richard Challoner, providing insights into the historical significance of the work and its enduring relevance to Christian spirituality. The book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of Christian spirituality and the ongoing relevance of this classic text. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

There is a rich history of achievements by Chartered Surveyors in Singapore going back as far as the 1880s. Their stories have largely gone untold. This book tells the stories of individual Chartered Surveyors in Singapore over the first hundred years since the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors was founded (1868 to 1968) and explains the role they played in the development of Singapore. The book also includes the stories of the pioneer Singaporean Chartered Surveyors from the 1940s onwards, many of whom studied overseas but returned to Singapore where they would play important roles in the real estate industry over future decades.Related Link(s)

A White Shirt on Sunday is about the life and trials of James Jones and includes events from his early childhood and into later life. It includes the times that he was carried by God through perilous events that occurred throughout his life. God took care of him and his family because God has a purpose for James''s life, but he had to be in the will of God to receive the blessings God intended. God has a purpose for every person''s life, but we must be willing to submit to him through his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, in order to realize that purpose. Only then can we have peace in our life. This book will help readers by demonstrating God''s grace and mercy, whether you are on the mountains of life or living in the valleys. When it seems the darkest, God is always present. Those who call upon God for help are never disappointed.

Do you struggle with procrastination? Do you find yourself flailing behind, your dreams always out of reach? The Secrets of Self-Discipline: Here’s The Perfect Solution If You Want to Succeed in Every Aspect of Life and Master Willpower and Mental Toughness. You may be the most talented person ever, but if you don’t have the self-discipline to work hard for your goals, you’ll hardly get anywhere in life. Anything that’s worth having, any accomplishment worth achieving, they all require that we put time and effort. Success only comes to those who preserve, day in and day out. You are probably already aware of all that, but what does that mean in practical terms? Successful people, global CEOs, and high-level professionals and athletes, all had to master self-discipline. This is not something that comes naturally to most people. In fact, we have to understand that self-discipline is a habit that we must choose to practice every day. It’s the only way we can achieve our goals. Most books focus on either men or women, and they offer a lot of theories and opinions. In this book, you will find clear explanations of some key concepts related to self-discipline. But more importantly, you will find practical tips and useful information that you can apply to your own life right away. Not only will you learn how to develop self-discipline, but this book will also give you a lot of inspiration and motivation to stay on the path of success! Here’s what you’ll find inside this book: A simple guide on how to increase your self-discipline in 11 easily applicable points The 3 most important aspects of self-discipline explained with tips on developing perseverance and willpower How to exercise your mind to develop a successful mentality and increase your concentration Blueprint on using self-discipline to lose weight, increase physical fitness and energy level How to leverage self-discipline as the key factor in business success and increased productivity 30-day self-discipline technique to develop awareness, decrease errors and unlock personal freedom How to eliminate bad habits, start taking responsibility for your life, and eliminate negative thinking Best ways to identify your purpose and stop self-sabotaging yourself with anxiety and insecurity A guide on using cognitive behavioral therapy and Stoicism to become a better person for yourself and others How to leverage the power of technology to develop self-discipline with a list of apps to help you get there AND SO MUCH MORE! You may think it’s too late to change. Maybe you think you’re just a lazy person, and that’s the way it is. Maybe success seems like a dream available only to those who are extremely lucky. None of these thoughts are true. We are who we are because of our habits, the things we do and say every day. That famous CEO or supermodel has the same abilities you do, but they choose to develop self-discipline, work hard on their personal development, and never give up on their dreams. Even if you think the success you dream about is unreachable, you need to know that it’s all a matter of self-discipline and habits. This book will help you understand what self-discipline is and how to develop the mindset of mental toughness. It will also give you very practical exercises and advice on how to apply principles of self-discipline in your life. If you’ve been self-sabotaging and waiting for better opportunities to just fall into your lap, you’ve been wasting time. Self-discipline is the key to freedom, and it’s time for you to take responsibility for who you are. You and only you are in charge of your life. With this book, you will finally learn how to take control and become the person you always wanted to be! Get Your Copy!

Are You Tired of Driving People You Love Away & Never Achieving the Professional Success You Deserve? This Guide is for You! Do you feel like no matter how smart you are, your efforts are still not enough to get you that promotion? Have you been constantly told by your partner that you’re inconsiderate and selfish? Are you having a hard time relating to others? There’s a question we’ve been constantly asked: Are book smart or street smart? As children, we were taught to value our IQs more than our EQs. In fact, we never really paid too much attention to our EQs before new research came to light. Experts believe that IQ may not be a great determinant of how well people fare in life. They stand to argue that standard measures of intelligence, such as IQ scores, do not embrace the full range of human intelligence. Human intelligence cannot be generalized into just one single ability. In fact, people have different degrees of intelligence. Our ability to grasp and communicate our emotions plays a more important role in how successful we are. Factors like emotion regulation, self-awareness, empathy, motivation, and social skills all play a role in our ability to thrive. These are key to achieve goals and realize our full potential, both professionally and personally. So, if you find that you’re great at crunching numbers and memorizing information but fail in relating to and empathizing with others… it’s not your fault! And you can do something about it! In “Emotional Intelligence,” you will get easy-to-follow steps to becoming a high-EQ person. Using this guide, beginners like you will be able to develop better people skills, improve empathy, and strengthen relationships. Over the course of this life-changing guide, you will: · Understand how the emotional and social problems you face are not your fault and that you can do something about it · Enlighten yourself further using a practical guide that gives proactive solutions to real-life questions and issues · Significantly increase your emotional intelligence and relate better to people at work and at home in just 5 easy steps · Get easy-to-understand insights into your psyche and how you can use them to cultivate a better, more empathetic, and more confident you · Effectively acknowledge and manage negative emotions so you can avoid blowing up on your loved ones and strengthen your relationships · Elevate your career to greater heights as you learn all the easy, evidence-based tips on how you can be more emotionally intelligent at work · Squash stress before it overwhelms you and stops you from forming strong intimate relationships with your loved ones · And so much more! “Emotional Intelligence,” while dealing with technical topics, is made with beginners like you in mind. The practical tools and tips you will learn here are made simple and gradual, so even if you don''t know where to start, this book will do wonders for you! Life-long success and better self-esteem is just a click away! Buy Now, and Improve Your Emotional Intelligence Today!

Want to Finally Have the Courage to Break Free of Other People’s Negative Influence over You While Using the Same Manipulation Techniques to Get the Life You Deserve? Every single day, most of your life choices are being covertly manipulated and influenced by someone in one way or another. While manipulation is not necessarily a bad thing, people can use it either offensively or defensively to get what they want. If you’re on the receiving end of manipulation, you may benefit from knowing all the cues to watch out for. This way, you will be able to protect yourself whenever you’re being manipulated in a damaging, limiting way. In the same vein, if you’re looking for ways to open up multiple opportunities that will change your life for the better, manipulation comes in handy as well. Successful people from all over the world have benefitted from using proven manipulation techniques to flip the odds in their favor… and this book will help you achieve the same results! In “NLP and Manipulation” by expert behavioralist James Jones, empaths like you will discover all the field-tested methods that successful people use to make things go the way they want them to. With the help of the Dark Psychology secrets found in this book, you will be able to unlock the secrets of the mind, effectively read body language, and influence people using hypnosis, covert mind games, and other forms of persuasion. Over the course of this life-changing guide, you will: Free yourself from the manipulation of others, both present and past, using proven data Swiftly use unconscious manipulation and turn your bad karma into good luck Quickly learn how to spot manipulation before you become entangled in its web Efficiently use reverse psychology using the 5 most important tips Easily cure your phobia by applying simple, step-by-step NLP mind control techniques Implement the 10 most effective methods that successful people use to get their way And so much more! “NLP and Manipulation” is one of the most practical guides on how to manipulate people in the market! We don’t want to lie to you — this book does not come with a personal teacher. However, while this practical guide deals with technical topics, it is made extremely simple so that beginners like you will be able to effortlessly learn and apply all the crucial tips and tricks gradually. “NLP and Manipulation” is written in a way that gives beginners like you as much theoretical knowledge and practical tools on how to read people and direct everyone and the environment around you in any way you want. We suggest reading it several times, if necessary, and practice each chapter individually, instead of reading it all in one go without elaborating on the crucial concepts. Even if you are a complete beginner or have absolutely no idea how to influence others to your advantage, “NLP and Manipulation” will make it exceptionally easy for you to learn and apply all the manipulation techniques that will help you analyze people and give you the life you’ve always wanted! Buy Now and Start Living the Life of Your Dreams Today!

How the current religious beliefs of the United States formed over time. An over view of US religious History.

A story of diamond smuggling, pink argyle diamonds from Australia and fine, A-grade quality blue and white diamonds from South Africa. The smugglers network is worldwide and run by a group of ex-commandos and retired soldiers. Deadly competition occurs when other gangs and the Mafia as well try to muscle their way in on the smuggling operation. There are many surprising twists and turns in the fast moving action. The reader will be kept on the edge of his seat, not knowing what will happen next.

James Jones''s saga of life in the American Midwest, newly revised five decades after it was first published and including a new foreword by his daughter, Kaylie Jones After the blockbuster international success of From Here to Eternity, James Jones retreated from public life, making his home at the Handy Writers'' Colony in Illinois. His goal was to write something larger than a war novel, and the result, six years in the making, was Some Came Running, a stirring portrait of small-town life in the American Midwest at a time when our country and its people were striving to find their place in the new postwar world. Five decades later, it has been revised and reedited under the direction of the Jones estate to allow for a leaner, tighter read. The result is the masterpiece Jones intended: a tale whose brutal honesty is as shocking now as on the day it was first published. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author''s estate.

James Jones, the novelist best known for his WWII trilogy "From Here to Eternity" (Nat l Book Award, 1952) "The Thin Red Line," and "Whistle," was chosen to write the text accompanying a coffee-table book of art from WWII edited by Art Weithas in 1975. That book was a best-seller and used copies are still available on line, but the images make it impossible to reprint. We are bringing back James Jones s extraordinary text, which stands well on its own as his only non-fiction account of his experiences as a soldier in WWII. The book is also a compact, unflinching history of the war told from the point of view of the men who fought it."

Ewan James Jones argues that Coleridge engaged most significantly with philosophy not through systematic argument, but in verse. Jones carries this argument through a series of sustained close readings, both of canonical texts such as Christabel and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and also of less familiar verse, such as Limbo. Such work shows that the essential elements of poetic expression - a poem''s metre, rhythm, rhyme and other such formal features - enabled Coleridge to think in an original and distinctive manner, which his systematic philosophy impeded. Attentiveness to such formal features, which has for some time been overlooked in Coleridge scholarship, permits a rethinking of the relationship between eighteenth-century verse and philosophy more broadly, as it engages with issues including affect, materiality and self-identity. Coleridge''s poetic thinking, Jones argues, both consolidates and radicalises the current literary critical rediscovery of form.

This heartbreaking story starts in a place called the criminal circle where you will meet those who will capture you, judge you and then sentence you under the laws of Street Justice. It follows Taylor and Dogg two young handsome men on a perilous journey from Texas to New York meeting many characters such as Elephant Man, Sugar Daddy and Reverend Omar among many others. It is not an easy story to tell because of the pain, suffering and bloodshed that remind us of the terrifying events that are happening in our neighborhoods every day.

This is one many to come I love when people read my writing because one of my poems could save or change somebodies life.

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time THE COMPLETE UNCENSORED EDITION • THE WORLD WAR II MASTERPIECE AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE READ • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company’s boxing team, he gets “the treatment” that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he’s risking his career to have an affair with his commanding officer’s wife. Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond: The Army is their heart and blood—and, possibly, their death. This new edition features an Afterword by George Hendrick, a James Jones scholar, who discusses the novel’s origin and eventual censorship at the hands of its first publisher. Now the original language has at last been restored to the most important American novel to come out of World War II. From Here to Eternity re-creates the authentic soldier experience and captures, like nothing else, the honor and savagery of man. Foreword by William Styron “A work of genius.”—Saturday Review “Extraordinary and utterly irresistible . . . a compelling and compassionate story.”—Los Angeles Times “A blockbuster of a book . . . raw and brutal and angry.”—The New York Times “Ferocious . . . the most realistic and forceful novel I’ve read about life in the army.”—The New Yorker

Three classic World War II novels in one collection, including the National Book Award winner From Here to Eternity. An army base at Pearl Harbor. The jungles of Guadalcanal. A veterans hospital on the home front. Inspired by his own experiences in the US Army, author James Jones''s World War II Trilogy stands as one of the most significant achievements in war literature. This compilation includes: From Here to Eternity Pearl Harbor, 1941. A challenging young private is transferred to a unit where the commander is determined to make his life hell. This edition includes scenes and dialogue censored for the novel''s original publication. A true classic, From Here to Eternity was made into an Academy Award–winning film and a television mini-series, as well as adapted for the stage. The Thin Red Line The invasion of Guadalcanal ignites a six-month battle for two thousand square miles of jungle and sand. But the soldiers of Charlie Company are not of the heroic mold. The unit''s captain is too intelligent and sensitive for the job, his first sergeant is half mad, and the enlisted men begin the campaign gripped by cowardice. This searing portrait of jungle combat has been adapted twice for feature films. Whistle After a long journey across the Pacific, a ship finally lands on American soil. For the soldiers'' loved ones, it''s a celebration. But on board, hundreds of men are broken and haunted, survivors of the battle to wrest the South Seas from the Japanese Empire. Though on their way to heal in a Tennessee hospital, their road to recovery will take far more than mending physical wounds. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author''s estate.

Four World War II infantrymen recover at an army hospital, and struggle to readjust to the home front, in this New York Times–bestselling novel. At the end of a long journey across the Pacific, a ship catches sight of California. On board are hundreds of injured soldiers, survivors of the American infantry''s battle to wrest the South Seas from the Japanese Empire. As the men on deck cheer their imminent return to their families, wives, and favorite girls, four stay below, unable to join in the celebration. These men are broken by war and haunted by what they learned there of the savagery of mankind. As they convalesce in a hospital in Memphis, the pain of that knowledge will torment them far worse than any wound. The third of James Jones''s epics based on his life in the army, this posthumously published novel draws on his own experiences to depict the horrors of war and their persistence even after the jungle is left behind. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author''s estate.

A playwright vacationing in Jamaica becomes dangerously obsessed with deep-sea diving Ron Grant is one of the finest playwrights of his generation, second only to Tennessee Williams in pure genius. But success does not mean he feels like a man. On vacation in Jamaica with his mistress, an ice queen who considers him her personal trophy, his thoughts are back in New York City, with a beautiful young girl he met a few days before he left town. As the stress bears down on him, the brilliant playwright goes nearly to pieces before he finds his salvation under water. On his first deep-sea dive, Grant falls in love with the haunting beauty of the reef. He returns as soon as he can, staying longer and swimming deeper until all his problems seep away. But a man can''t breathe underwater forever—and his obsession will drive him to take increasing risks that will change his life forever. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author''s estate.

A family of intellectuals comes apart at the seams during the 1968 student revolts in Paris The Parisian student revolts of May 1968 shook the country—and the European continent—to its foundations. In a tradition-obsessed nation where the old-guard bourgeoisie had spent decades oppressing youthful unrest, every flavor of rage suddenly had a voice. Hill Gallagher is there—a brash young intellectual grown tired of pretending that the world doesn''t make him angry. Despite the protests of his screenwriter father, he becomes involved in the movement, joining in on protests with the fervor of a man who isn''t afraid to destroy his country—or his family. In The Merry Month of May, James Jones draws on his own experiences living in Paris and witnessing the 1968 revolts firsthand to create an unforgettable portrait of a society at war with itself—and torn apart by change. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author''s estate.

A vacation in the Greek islands becomes complicated when a private eye is drawn into the murky waters of international hashish smuggling His name is Frank Davies, but friends and clients call him Lobo. A private eye with a law degree, Lobo doesn''t like to get rough but he''ll do it for a friend. When a rich friend sends him to Paris to retrieve some stolen money, he earns himself a trip to Greece as a reward. It''s supposed to be a vacation, but as soon as he arrives he''s working again. First his landlady, an English woman married to a Greek, asks his help bringing her cheating husband to heel. Though he doesn''t like her, he finds himself morbidly fascinated by her train wreck of a marriage. Then he meets a countess with a blackmail problem, and offers her a little pro-bono work. As he digs beneath the island''s sunny surface, Lobo learns that no matter how beautiful the scenery, secrets are always ugly. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author''s estate.

Short stories by the award-winning author of From Here to Eternity: "One of the significant writers of his generation" ( The New York Times Book Review). In his introduction to this collection of sharply crafted short stories, James Jones compares novel writing to a long-term, chronic illness. Writing short stories, he says, is like a brief, intense fever: the kind that can kill or disappear in a matter of days. Although best known for epic war novels such as From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line, Jones also wrote short stories, and the ones in this volume burn with deadly intensity. Besides the expected stories of the soldier''s life, Jones gives us something surprising: five stories of childhood, tender and horrifying at the same time, inspired by his early life in the Depression-stricken Midwest. They and the other shorts in this volume are accompanied by author''s notes, which supplement Jones''s introduction, and a preface by his daughter, Kaylie Jones. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author''s estate.

As Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor, an army private commits a simple crime that will change his life forever Richard Mast is a misfit in the infantry unit at Pearl Harbor. A bright mind in a sea of grunts, his only joy on the morning of December 7, 1941, is that today he has guard duty, which means he gets to carry a pistol. Usually reserved only for officers, the close-quarters weapon is coveted by every man in the infantry for its beauty and the sense of strength it gives the wearer. Mast intends to return the gun at the end of his shift—until the Japanese Navy intervenes. Turmoil erupts when the first bombs fall, and as the Army scrambles to organize its response to the swarm of enemy aircraft, Mast decides to hang on to the weapon, becoming a criminal on the day his country most needs heroes. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author''s estate.

To let the reader know that what ever may happen in their life, Pray and have Faith in Jesus Christ, He has the healing touch that can transform your body, mind and Spirit. Jesus Christ can and will take you to places, and show you things you never saw or heard of when you open your mind to Him. With Faith anything is possible,when you read this book you will find it was with Faith that made it possible for me.

Integrated philosophy book with poems and stories.

They are the men of C-for-Charlie company—“Mad” 1st Sgt. Eddie Welsh, Pvt. 1st Class Don Doll, Pvt. John Bell, Capt. James Stein, Cpl. Fife, and dozens more just like them—infantrymen who are about to land, grim and white-faced, on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back. In the days ahead, some will earn medals, others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad—and the living from the dead—in this unforgettable portrait that captures for all time the total experience of men at war. Foreword by Francine Prose “Brutal, direct, and powerful . . . The men are real, the words are real, death is real, imminent and immediate.”—Los Angeles Times “A rare and splendid accomplishment . . . strong and ambitious, spacious, and as honest as any novel ever written.”— Newsweek “[A] major novel of combat in World War II . . . reminiscent of Stephen Crane in The Red Badge of Courage.”—The Christian Science Monitor “The Thin Red Line moves so intensely and inexorably that it almost seems like the war it is describing.”—The New York Times Book Review

Italy in the Middle Ages was unique among the countries of Europe in recreating, in a changed environment, the urban civilization of antiquity - the society, culture, and political formations of city-states. This book examines the origins and nature of this phenomenon from the fall of Rome to the eve of its consummation, the Italian Renaissance. The explanation is sought in Italy''s singular `double existence'' between two contrasted worlds - ancient and medieval. The ancient was characterised by the total predominance of the landed aristocracy in economy and society, enforced through a peculiar system of city states embracing town and country. The new medieval influences were marked by the separation of town, country and aristocracy, by the identification of towns with trade and a mercantile bourgeoisie, and by commercial and proto-industrial revolution. Italy shared in both worlds. It remained a land of cities and of an urbanized ruling class (except in the Norman South)and re-established territorial city states; but the staes were very different from those of antiquity, the city leaders in the commercial revolution, and Italy itself seen as a nation of shopkeepers, birthplace of capitalism. In this fascinating and ground-breaking study, Philip Jones traces in detail the tension and interaction between the two traditions, civic and patrician, mercantile and bourgeois, through all phases of Italian life to their culmination in two rival regimes of communesand despots.

History based on the ICI Australia collection of artwork. Describes and discusses the works in relation to the artists and their times. Includes famous artists such as Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton as well as those less well-known. Provides 120 colour plates and 50 black and white illustrations, as well as photographs of artists. Includes an index. Eagle is the senior curator of Australian art at the National Gallery of Australia. Her other books include ''The George Bell School'' and ''Australian Modern Painting Between the Wars''. Jones is a former curator of Australian Paintings and Sculptures at the Australian National Gallery, and is now a freelance curator and historian.