Love is a Fire

Author: Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Publisher: The Golden Sufi Center
ISBN: 1890350036
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
Based on live talks and meetings with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, this is an introduction to the passion and wisdom of the Sufi path of love. The call of the heart and how it draws us back to divine union is one of mankind's greatest secrets, and for the Sufi, this love is a fire that burns away all traces of separation. Vaughan-Lee teaches how to live this burning and describes stages of the path of love on the soul's journey home. Love Is a Fire includes descriptions of the "friends of God," early Sufi saints who burned with the fire of divine love, including Rumi, Ibn 'Arabi, and Rabi'a. It also introduces elements of the path and important tools that purify the wayfarer: tauba, the moment of the turning of the heart when the soul remembers its divine origin; dhikr, the central Sufi practice of remembrance of God through repetition of the name of God or a sacred phrase; meditation, a way of drowning thoughts in the fire of love; and dreamwork, a way of listening and attuning to the mystery of what is hidden within us—the stories of our deeper selves. This book is also available as an audio recording, Love is a Fire and I am Wood, published by Sounds True. “... forged in the fire of the heart, this is a book for all those who are looking for the direct way to connection with the Eternal Now. Simply to read this fine expression of a lifetime's longing is to feel aligned with the Divine Ground.” —Anne Baring, coauthor, The Divine Feminine “... a gift to all seekers, whatever path they are on.” —Andrew Harvey, author, Light Upon Light: A Celebration of Rumi

If My Love Were a Fire Truck

Author: Luke Reynolds
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1101937424
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18

Book Description
A father's love for his son goes zoom, swoosh, vroom, boom! This energetic, adventurous, action-packed lullaby about the bond between a father and his son is perfect for Valentine's Day, Father's Day, and any day! Together, a father and his son are as powerful as a rocket ship blasting into space, a giant whale splashing across the ocean, and booming, colorful fireworks lighting up the night sky. Celebrating the one-of-a-kind relationship between Dad and his favorite little guy, If My Love Were a Fire Truck is a rhyming love song from fathers to sons that will become a cherished part of their lives for many years to come. A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year "A lovely bedtime story offering reassurance in a fun way."—The Washington Post

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire

Author: Will Hermes
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374533547
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
This title provides a group portrait of some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, including Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Grandmaster Flash and Bob Dylan.

Love Like Water, Love Like Fire

Author: Mikhail Iossel
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
ISBN: 1942658575
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163

Book Description
Comedy and tragedy collide in stories of family life in Soviet Russia and the complexities of the immigrant experience “We can’t stop turning the pages of this book.” —Ilya Kaminsky, New York Times Book Review From the moment of its founding, the USSR was reviled and admired, demonized and idealized. Many Jews saw the new society ushered in by the Russian Revolution as their salvation from shtetl life with its deprivations and deadly pogroms. But Soviet Russia was rife with antisemitism, and a Jewish boy growing up in Leningrad learned early, harsh, and enduring lessons. Unsparing and poignant, Mikhail Iossel’s twenty stories of Soviet childhood and adulthood, dissidence and subsequent immigration, are filled with wit and humor even as they describe the daily absurdities of a fickle and often perilous reality.

American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

Author: Monica Hesse
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631490524
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year One of Amazon’s 20 Best Books of the Year Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Buzzfeed, Bustle, NPR, NYLON, and Thrillist Finalist for the Goodreads Book Award (Nonfiction) Finalist for the Edgar Award (Best Fact Crime) A Book of the Month Club Selection A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection “A brisk, captivating and expertly crafted reconstruction of a community living through a time of fear.... Masterful.” —Washington Post The arsons started on a cold November midnight and didn’t stop for months. Night after night, the people of Accomack County waited to see which building would burn down next, regarding each other at first with compassion, and later suspicion. Vigilante groups sprang up, patrolling the rural Virginia coast with cameras and camouflage. Volunteer firefighters slept at their stations. The arsonist seemed to target abandoned buildings, but local police were stretched too thin to surveil them all. Accomack was desolate—there were hundreds of abandoned buildings. And by the dozen they were burning. “One of the year’s best and most unusual true-crime books” (Christian Science Monitor), American Fire brings to vivid life the reeling county of Accomack. “Ace reporter” (Entertainment Weekly) Monica Hesse spent years investigating the story, emerging with breathtaking portraits of the arsonists—troubled addict Charlie Smith and his girlfriend, Tonya Bundick. Tracing the shift in their relationship from true love to crime spree, Hesse also conjures the once-thriving coastal community, decimated by a punishing economy and increasingly suspicious of their neighbors as the culprits remained at large. Weaving the story into the history of arson in the United States, the critically acclaimed American Fire re-creates the anguished nights this quiet county lit up in flames, evoking a microcosm of rural America—a land half-gutted before the fires began.

True Love Is Friendship Set on Fire

Author: Guy A. Zona
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684834928
Category : Love
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
Representing everything from the charming to the enlightening to the bittersweet, and drawn from a variety of cultures around the world, these reflections highlight the universality of love and the very human need to express it to others.

Love Like Fire

Author: Cassandra Soars
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 162998678X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 275

Book Description
Learning to love is a universal message.

Love Fire & Ice

Author: V MARIE
Publisher: V MARIE
ISBN: 0988944642
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
As Vanity, co-owner of a multi-million dollar marketing firm, approached “middle age” she was feeling the tension from all angles. Vanity viewed herself as an overweight woman with a marriage slowly...OK, let’s stops kidding, a marriage crumbling like a cookie under her feet and her nest was empty. Her life was again empty. These days, excitement came from signing new deals and living her fantasy relationship vicariously through her best friend Nicole. When a wealthy restaurateur (Dexter McKnight) came to Vegas, he not only brought a multi-million dollar deal with him, he also brought passion and purpose for life to Vanity. Dexter walked into her life and turned her world upside down, he gave to her soul feelings she thought she had lived lifetimes ago and at this stage, too old to explore. Vanity and Dexter connected in a timeless way, both seeming to be in search of each other without knowing the search was for each other. From Dexter’s first touch, came an awakening of Vanity’s mind, body and soul. There was no going back! Was this a deep need for lust or love, was it a desire that only Dexter could satisfy? The flame lit, Vanity intended for it to burn...and burn it did..

Pride & Ownership

Author: Rick Lasky
Publisher: PennWell Books
ISBN: 1593700784
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 319

Book Description
This book serves as a guide for the seasoned veteran, the new firefighter and everyone in between, bringing them together for what it all takes to have that love for the job. Each chapter addresses the next step in the leadership chain that is necessary for a fire service professional to succeed. The chapters are as follows: Our Mission; The Firefighter; The Company Officer; The Chief; Our Two Families; Sweating the Small Stuff; Changing Shirts-The Promotion; What September 11th Did For Us-The Good and the Bad; Ceremonies; Marketing Your Fire Department; Making It All Happen-Embracing Success; Have You Forgotten.

The Fire of God's Love

Author: Bob Sorge
Publisher: Bob Sorge
ISBN: 0962118540
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
This book explores how God is igniting His Bride in this hour with His firey love, awakening us to blazing passion for our Beloved Lord Jesus. Emerging from the crucible of the firey dealings of God is a Bride who has been purified of all other affections but one - her desire for her Beloved, the Lord Jesus. Look into this furnace of God's love at your own risk. It is a fire that consumes all but love. Take the time to come to the passion that blazes on the cross; let that love purge you of every defiling desire. He intends to capture and possess every part of your being by revealing to you the fire of His love.