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- Condition
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- “wonderful book - guaranteed complete and readable.”
- Subject
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
0805090894
ISBN-13
9780805090895
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71822292
Product Key Features
Book Title
This I Believe II : more Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Rich & Famous, Epistemology, Inspiration & Personal Growth, General, Essays
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Book Series
This I Believe Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
This I Believe II features 75 pithy essays by authors young and old, famous and unknown, and engaged in every walk of life. In 'The Right to Be Fully American,' Pakistani-American Muslim attorney Yasir Billoo describes the anguish of being made to feel like a foreigner in your homeland, while virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma expounds the benefits of cross-fertilizing cultures, both in life and in music. In 'The Faith That Brings Me Peace,' Betsy Chalmers describes how the implicit belief in marital faithfulness has enabled her to remain committed to her 30-year marriage to a convicted criminal; in 'God is God Because He Remembers,' Elie Wiesel puts the value of shared history into stark perspective. In the foreword, co-producer Jay Allison describes This I Believe as 'a snapshot of the convictions of our age.' Even a preliminary reading of the book will reveal that these varied convictions arise from a diverse range and depth of experiences., This book opens with a formidable challenge: 'What would you say in five hundred words to capture a core principle that guides your life?' Before you try to answer that question, you might want to read some of the 75 essays collected in This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women . Many will leave you breathless. And those that don't astonish may simply humble you . . . Many of these speakers articulate beliefs 'forged in hardship'-sometimes horrific experiences of tragedy, illness, or loss. Yet over and again they affirm the good to be gleaned-by those willing to recognize it-from the largest and the smallest lessons of human experience . . . The book's purpose, says Allison, is to 'counter . . . divisiveness' and 'raise a flag for thoughtfulness.' These essays do that but they also do something more: They speak to the best in all of us and leave us in awe of the unheralded virtue that surrounds us every day., "In the second collection derived from the extraordinarily popular and influential National Public Radio program This I Believe, pithy, personal, and stealthily affecting essays grapple with life's big questions from myriad perspectives and with refreshingly positive energy....Infused with gratitude and hope, these declarations are at once grounding and uplifting." -- Booklist "By turns moving, thoughtful, cheering and heartbreaking, in an age of irony these essays offer a little something to believe in." -- St. Petersburg Times "This book opens with a formidable challenge: 'What would you say in five hundred words to capture a core principle that guides your life?' Before you try to answer that question, you might want to read some of the 75 essays collected in This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women . Many will leave you breathless. And those that don't astonish may simply humble you . . . Many of these speakers articulate beliefs 'forged in hardship'-sometimes horrific experiences of tragedy, illness, or loss. Yet over and again they affirm the good to be gleaned-by those willing to recognize it-from the largest and the smallest lessons of human experience . . . The book's purpose, says Allison, is to 'counter . . . divisiveness' and 'raise a flag for thoughtfulness.' These essays do that but they also do something more: They speak to the best in all of us and leave us in awe of the unheralded virtue that surrounds us every day." --Marjorie Kehe, The Christian Science Monitor " This I Believe II features 75 pithy essays by authors young and old, famous and unknown, and engaged in every walk of life. In 'The Right to Be Fully American,' Pakistani-American Muslim attorney Yasir Billoo describes the anguish of being made to feel like a foreigner in your homeland, while virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma expounds the benefits of cross-fertilizing cultures, both in life and in music. In 'The Faith That Brings Me Peace,' Betsy Chalmers describes how the implicit belief in marital faithfulness has enabled her to remain committed to her 30-year marriage to a convicted criminal; in 'God is God Because He Remembers,' Elie Wiesel puts the value of shared history into stark perspective. In the foreword, co-producer Jay Allison describes This I Believe as 'a snapshot of the convictions of our age.' Even a preliminary reading of the book will reveal that these varied convictions arise from a diverse range and depth of experiences." --Aisha Motlani, Shepherd Express (Milwaukee), In the second collection derived from the extraordinarily popular and influential National Public Radio program This I Believe, pithy, personal, and stealthily affecting essays grapple with life's big questions from myriad perspectives and with refreshingly positive energy....Infused with gratitude and hope, these declarations are at once grounding and uplifting.
Series Volume Number
2
Dewey Decimal
170/.44
Table Of Content
I Am Not My Body LISA SANDIN Resilience Is a Gift JOEL SCHMIDT The Designated Celebrator MELINDA SHOAF Baking by Senses and Memories EMILY SMITH Learning to Trust My Intuition CYNTHIA SOMMER An Optimistic View of the World DAN TANI Community in Action STUDS TERKEL Music Makes Me Come Alive JOAN TOWER God Is God Because He Remembers ELIE WIESEL The Guts to Keep Going AMY LYLES WILSON Freeing Myself Through Forgiveness YOLANDA YOUNG A Potential for Brutality YINONG YOUNG-XU A Duty to Family, Heritage, and Country YING YING YU We're All Different in Our Own Ways JOSHUA YUCHASZ Afterword DAN GEDIMAN APPENDIX A: How to Write Your Own This I Believe Essay APPENDIX B: How to Use This I Believe in Your Community Acknowledgments
Synopsis
The new paperback in the bestselling series of inspiring personal philosophies This collection of This I Believe essays gathers seventy-five essayists--ranging from famous to previously unknown--completing the thought that begins the book's title. With contributors who run the gamut from cellist Yo-Yo Ma, to professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, to ordinary folks like a diner waitress, an Iraq War veteran, a farmer, a new husband, and many others, This I Believe II , like the first New York Times bestselling collection, showcases moving and irresistible essays. Included are Sister Helen Prejean writing about learning what she truly believes through watching her own actions, singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore writing about a hard-won wisdom based on being generous to others, and Robert Fulghum writing about dancing all the dances for as long as he can. Readers will also find wonderful and surprising essays about forgiveness, personal integrity, and honoring life and change. Here is a welcome, stirring, and provocative communion with the minds and hearts of a diverse, new group of people--whose beliefs and the remarkably varied ways in which they choose to express them reveal the American spirit at its best.
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