The Chosen and the Beautiful

Author: Nghi Vo
Publisher: Tordotcom
ISBN: 1250784794
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
An Instant National Bestseller! An Indie Next Pick! A Most Anticipated in 2021 Pick for Oprah Magazine | USA Today | Buzzfeed | Greatist | BookPage | PopSugar | Bustle | The Nerd Daily | Goodreads | Literary Hub | Ms. Magazine | Library Journal | Culturess | Book Riot | Parade Magazine | Kirkus | The Week | Book Bub | OverDrive | The Portalist | Publishers Weekly A Best of Summer Pick for TIME Magazine | CNN | Book Riot | The Daily Beast | Lambda Literary | The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Goodreads | Bustle | Veranda Magazine | The Week | Bookish | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Den of Geek | LGBTQ Reads | Pittsburgh City Paper | Bookstr | Tatler HK A Best of 2021 Pick for NPR “A vibrant and queer reinvention of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz age classic. . . . I was captivated from the first sentence.”—NPR “A sumptuous, decadent read.”—The New York Times “Vo has crafted a retelling that, in many ways, surpasses the original.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how. Nghi Vo’s debut novel, The Chosen and the Beautiful, reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Chosen Path

Author: Karen Karnes
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807834270
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Presents the artistic accomplishments of the American potter Karen Karnes, discussing her early works produced during communial living in North Carolina and New York, her mature work produced in Vermont, and her status as an international artist.

What Does It Mean to Be Chosen?

Author: Amanda Jenkins
Publisher: David C Cook
ISBN: 0830782699
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 153

Book Description
The #1 bestseller in New Testament Commentaries. Over 200,000 copies sold! This is the official companion study to season 1 of The Chosen, the groundbreaking television series about the life of Jesus. What Does It Mean to Be Chosen? parallels each episode, connecting readers to the Bible in a brand-new way. It includes: A deeper look at Isaiah 43 and its fulfillment in Jesus and the lives of His followers (including us!) Script excerpts, quotes, and illustrations from the show Guiding questions for groups or individuals Being chosen by Jesus has beautiful and far-reaching implications—although it says even more about the Chooser than the choosees. We are loved because He is love. We are saved because He is merciful. We belong to the family of God because Jesus invites us, making the Bible and all its promises as true for us today as it was for God’s chosen people. What does it actually mean to be Chosen? To answer that question, we’re going Old school—Testament that is—which leads us back to the New. Which always leads us directly to Jesus.

The Art of Being Lewis

Author: Daniel Goodwin
Publisher: Cormorant Books
ISBN: 1770865306
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Between indecent exposure and intellectual property theft, it's tough being Lewis this year. East Coast architect Lewis Morton thought he had it all: loving wife and children, dream job, and a house that meets his exacting architectural standards. But after his beloved mentor dies unexpectedly and Lewis gets pulled into a lawsuit that threatens to destroy his career and possibly his life, the respectable identity he has carefully constructed for himself after fleeing his Jewish childhood in Montreal begins to disintegrate. In trying to build his new future he must first come to terms with his past. Who is Lewis Morton, and who will he choose to become?

The Art of Being

Author: Dennis Merritt Jones
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440635757
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
The Art of Being: 101 Ways to Practice Purpose in Your Life helps readers become inspired and stay inspired, with motivational and uplifting writings that can be read daily, supported by "Mindfulness Practices," or action steps to make it simple. Ultimately, the understanding at which the reader will arrive is that spirituality, the "art of being," is actually a lifestyle, a way of walking our sacred earth every day. The Art of Being is a user-friendly manual to guide you to become acutely aware of how to live more mindfully on a day-by-day, hour-by-hour, moment-by-moment basis and thus create more peace and happiness in your life-and in the lives of those around you.

The Chosen

Author: Chaim Potok
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501142461
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
The story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchange places, and find the peace that neither will ever retreat from again.

The Chosen Book Two

Author: Amanda Jenkins
Publisher: BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC
ISBN: 1424561647
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Pick up where the best-selling book one left off. The Chosen Book Two features forty brand-new devotions that contain a Scripture, a unique look into a Gospel story, suggestions for prayer, and questions that lead you further in your relationship with Christ. Foreword by Alex Kendrick.

The Art of Choosing

Author: Sheena Iyengar
Publisher: Twelve
ISBN: 0446558710
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
Every day we make choices. Coke or Pepsi? Save or spend? Stay or go? Whether mundane or life-altering, these choices define us and shape our lives. Sheena Iyengar asks the difficult questions about how and why we choose: Is the desire for choice innate or bound by culture? Why do we sometimes choose against our best interests? How much control do we really have over what we choose? Sheena Iyengar's award-winning research reveals that the answers are surprising and profound. In our world of shifting political and cultural forces, technological revolution, and interconnected commerce, our decisions have far-reaching consequences. Use The Art of Choosing as your companion and guide for the many challenges ahead.

Blessed Are the Chosen

Author: Amanda Jenkins
Publisher: David C Cook
ISBN: 0830782710
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Blessed Are the Chosen is an eight-lesson interactive Bible study for individuals or small groups based on season 2 of the groundbreaking television show, The Chosen. This study brings both the Old and New Testaments to life in an approachable and conversational way. This study guide works in tandem with each episode of the show and includes: A deeper look at God’s character, power, and promises using the framework of Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount Script excerpts, quotes, and illustrations from each episode Scripture to provide lesson context Pictures and bios of characters for increased connection Conversational features to invite Bible knowledge Guiding questions for group or individual discussion or reflection Once we belong to Him, we’re not only given a new identity; we’re ushered into a new reality—one that is sure, powerful, and life changing. And so— We have hope no matter our circumstances. We have assurances and resources, even in life’s trials. We are blessed in all things because we are chosen by Him.

THE ART OF BEING YOU

Author: Moe Dalz
Publisher: Moe Dalz
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 59

Book Description
It’s obvious that, sometimes the high rated percentages of happiness is brought to us by doing our own ways, that’s why we always need to breathe and figure out on how we can build a better version of our own selves. A lot of things in life have got so many sadness bonded in, more than happiness. That’s why it’s very easy to fake a smile but it’s comparatively hard to fake sorrow in reality, because everyone needs and deserves to be happy. Sometimes we may feel less, like we need someone or something to cover up what we have been passing through or the things we encounter here and there, but trust me … None of them things matters. We only need to be open in the eyes again and again every day when we see something is not right, because we are not the first ones to face challenges and we are not special, means anything can happen to us in any time and it can hurt us sometimes or make us happy. This is more often, depends on the personality and the attitude. Trust me you need no one to make things happen, I mean no one from inside but you. You can keep your friends and family and you can be so happy with them, but again when you think in a deep thoughts you will return to what I’m saying here. President Barrack Obama needed no one but himself on his ways of becoming the first black president of America originated from East Africa (Kenya). The same thing happened to all successful people who have made changes in some sort of fields like politics, football, basketball, music, mechanics, computing, etc. It is clearly open that, people who are surrounding you right now are nothings to you…. You give them respects and you are happy with them, but they are completely nothing when it comes to you, including your parents sometimes.