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The Narrow Corridor
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Author : Daron Acemoglu
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2019-09-26
The Narrow Corridor written by Daron Acemoglu and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-26 with Political Science categories.
'As enjoyable as it is thought-provoking' Jared Diamond By the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail, based on decades of research, this powerful new big-picture framework explains how some countries develop towards and provide liberty while others fall to despotism, anarchy or asphyxiating norms - and explains how liberty can thrive despite new threats. Liberty is hardly the 'natural' order of things; usually states have been either too weak to protect individuals or too strong for people to protect themselves from despotism. There is also a happy Western myth that where liberty exists, it's a steady state, arrived at by 'enlightenment'. But liberty emerges only when a delicate and incessant balance is struck between state and society - between elites and citizens. This struggle becomes self-reinforcing, inducing both state and society to develop a richer array of capacities, thus affecting the peacefulness of societies, the success of economies and how people experience their daily lives. Explaining this new framework through compelling stories from around the world, in history and from today - and through a single diagram on which the development of any state can be plotted - this masterpiece helps us understand the past and present, and analyse the future. 'In this highly original and gratifying fresco, Daron Acemoglu and Jim Robinson take us on a journey through civilizations, time and locations. Their narrow corridor depicts the constant and often unstable struggle of society to keep the Leviathan in check and of the Leviathan to weaken the cage of norms. A remarkable achievement that only they could pull off and that seems destined to repeat the stellar performance of Why Nations Fail' Jean Tirole, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2014 'Another outstanding, insightful book by Acemoglu and Robinson on the importance and difficulty of getting and maintaining a successful democratic state. Packed with examples and analysis, it is a pleasure to read' Peter Diamond, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2010 'The Narrow Corridor takes us on a fascinating journey, across continents and through human history, to discover the critical ingredient of liberty. It finds that it's up to each of us: that ingredient is our own commitments, as citizens, to support democratic values. In these times, there can be no more important message - nor any more important book' George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2001 'How should we view the current challenges facing our democracies? This brilliant, timely book offers a simple, powerful framework for assessing alternative forms of social governance. The analysis is a reminder that it takes vigilance to maintain a proper balance between the state and society - to stay in the 'narrow corridor' - and avoid falling either into statelessness or dictatorship' Bengt Holmstrom, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2016
Dirt Greed And Sex
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Author : William Countryman
language : en
Publisher: SCM Press
Release Date : 2013-01-25
Dirt Greed And Sex written by William Countryman and has been published by SCM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-25 with Religion categories.
Conducting a thorough examination of sexual ethics in the New Testament, this work argues that the New Testament writers did not construct a new sexual ethic from the ground up, but took over existing cultural patterns and refocused them, pushing some elements from the centre to the periphery. This suggests a pattern of ethics for contemporary life. Discussing biblical notions of purity and property, which dominate ethical ideas in the New Testament, the author characterizes sex as one of the rich blessings of creation, "to be received with delight and thanksgiving". Countryman's generous and eirenic views on sexual matters, based as they are on solid biblical research, are a welcome intervention in an area which unfortunately, in Christian circles, tends still to be dominated by conservatism and misinformation, rather than by liberal principle.
The Narrow Door
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Author : Paul Lisicky
language : en
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Release Date : 2016-01-19
The Narrow Door written by Paul Lisicky and has been published by Graywolf Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In The Narrow Door, Paul Lisicky creates a compelling collage of scenes and images drawn from two long-term relationships, one with a woman novelist and the other with his ex-husband, a poet. The contours of these relationships shift constantly. Denise and Paul, stretched by the demands of their writing lives, drift apart, and Paul's romance begins to falter. And the world around them is frail: environmental catastrophes like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, natural disasters like the earthquake in Haiti, and local disturbances make an unsettling backdrop to the pressing concerns of Denise's cancer diagnosis and Paul's impending breakup. Lisicky's compassionate heart and resilience seem all the stronger in the face of such searing losses. His survival--hard-won, unsentimental, authentic--proves that in turning toward loss, we embrace life.
The Narrow House
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Author : Evelyn Scott
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2021-07-29
The Narrow House written by Evelyn Scott and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-29 with Fiction categories.
Evelyn Scott’s first novel, The Narrow House, depicts a family stricken by dysfunctional domesticity. Revolving around troubled members of the Farley family, Scott exposes notions of romantic love, longing, and the image of the Southern belle as damaging, unrealistic constructs, all against the backdrop of a seemingly normal middle-class existence that in previous decades had been idealized in Southern writing. Published to high praise when it appeared in 1921, The Narrow House vaulted Scott to literary celebrity in her day. In this new critical edition, Mary E. Papke contextualizes Scott’s first and possibly best writing effort with an astute introduction that discusses Scott and her contemporaries, the work’s importance to the genre of the novel, and the small but ongoing reclamation of Scott’s place in literary history. Completely updated and formatted for a modern readership, this critical edition of The Narrow House is sure to find its way into classrooms and onto bookshelves.
The Narrow Way
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Author : Vivienne E. Perkins Ph.D.
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2013-06-13
The Narrow Way written by Vivienne E. Perkins Ph.D. and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Narrow Way is an honest account of a life, fully lived, under Gods all-seeing eye. Although a memoir, it is not a conventional one. No reader will like everything in this book, but every reader struggling with some aspect of lifesexual abuse, marriage, militarism, prison, the loneliness of the American experience, the failure of democratic institutions, the quest for self-knowledge, the search for Godcan find something interesting and useful in it. Opening with an examination of the long-term damage done to sexually abused children, Part One covers the problems of marriage, the significance of dreams, art, and literature, an insight into suffering, an approach to understanding Scripture, and the social impact Jesus had on His society via teachings that we are still refusing to take seriously. In Part Two, the author gives an overview of the impact of the so-called Enlightenment, a period that promised a better human type living in an improved world, but that brought the human family instead to non-stop, high-tech war-making, rampant resource consumption, and an on-coming social, environmental, and economic catastropheprecisely because Christians, seduced by the products of the machine, have steadily diluted their commitment to Christ, who showed us the narrow way that leads to life. The Narrow Waythe result of fifty years of hard study of the intellectual and social trends of the past 250 yearsis a challenging book. Starting where theologian Reinhold Niebuhr left off, it critiques the so-called American way of life and calls for change.
The Narrow Lumbar Canal
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Author : A. Wackenheim
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Narrow Lumbar Canal written by A. Wackenheim and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Medical categories.
It is amazing to discover how little importance has been attached to narrow lumbar canal syndromes up to now. Though H. VERBIEST gave a very accurate description in 1949, the neurologist's and neurosurgeon's preoccupations were mainly focused on discal pathology, disregarding the problem of an exclusively bony origin in canalar stenosis. A. WACKENHEIM and E. BABIN have the merit of becoming aware of the impor tance and originality of this problem; they organized in the beautiful surround ings of the Bischenberg near Strasbourg, a postgraduate course, in which the most eminent European specialists in this field participated. I am very honored to have been asked to write the introduction to this mono graphy, which contains all the studies reported and commented on during this meeting. Before considering the problem from the various radiologic points of view, it is in my opinion indispensable to define the term "stenosis." We could not do so more accurately than by assuming the definition proposed by A. WACKENHEIM and E. BABIN and unanimously confirmed by all those who attented the session.
Illuminating The Narrow Gate
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Author : Karl R. Luther
language : en
Publisher: Peerseen Truth Publishing
Release Date : 2022-01-17
Illuminating The Narrow Gate written by Karl R. Luther and has been published by Peerseen Truth Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-17 with Religion categories.
The apocalyptic end times have finally arrived. What is coming to an end, though, is not what you have been led to believe. Do you desire the truth about God, our foremost religions, the purpose of life and the future of our planet? Are you ready to challenge the religious powers that be to learn what most would rather not know? If so, this revolutionary book will help you transcend the darkness on your eternal journey home to a God of pure, unconditional love (a God who has no cause or need to ever judge or condemn anybody). Illuminating the Narrow Gate reveals the flaws of the mainstream Western religions as it guides and empowers its readers to embrace an enlightened spirituality. Brimming with astonishing insights and revelations, it will shock the world by debunking the “fire and brimstone” theology of mainstream Christianity. It primarily accomplishes this by unraveling the apocalyptic prophecies of Daniel, the gospels and Revelation in their entirety. In fact, they contain hidden spiritual messages that contradict what has been confidently preached for all these centuries. Like a challenging riddle that cannot be solved, the answer is obvious in hindsight. Only the blinding power of a paradigm can explain how we missed it for so long. The revelations will strike with devastating force because the book first arrives at the same conclusion through more traditional means. It convincingly describes how Jesus had come to uproot Judaism, but the version of Christianity that developed in his wake failed to make the paradigm shift. Erroneous tenets that should have been discarded were instead institutionalized in both theology and authority. The book also blazes a third independent trail to the same destination by showing how this ancient religious tree bore its poisonous fruit in both the Holocaust and the abomination of slavery that fathered the Civil War. Furthermore, the book illuminates the nature of evil and its well-cloaked ways, which is essential for unraveling the prophecies. This wisdom yields a new and astonishing interpretation of the Book of Job that delivers a quantum leap in insight over the prevailing understanding. As the first devout Christian to read this interpretation commented, “It rocked my apple cart to the core.” In addition, it presents an array of scientific evidence for the spiritual realm’s existence that complements its amazing demonstration that long-range prophecy is truly possible. It thus shows the atheistic religion of scientism is also doomed. Meanwhile, the book proves Jesus was the “Anointed One” (Messiah) with a telescoping trio of prophecies (from Daniel) that foretold the onset of his ministry to the reign of the Roman Empire, to its first ten emperors in the 1st century CE and to 27–34 CE. Most Christians will thus either fearfully denounce the book as a satanic assault upon their religion or courageously embrace it as the inevitable completion of the Reformation. The great spiritual awakening will soon be kicking into high gear, which is exactly what the apocalyptic prophecies long ago foretold and the spiritual realm has long been awaiting. As Jesus and a group of angels informed an atheist during his near-death experience in 1985, “The world is at the beginning of a major transformation. It will be a spiritual revolution that will affect every person in the world.” Can you handle the truth? Are you ready to awaken? If so, this world-changing book is at your service. * You only have to purchase Vol. I to get the book’s core insights and revelations. A PDF document of the Endnotes, Bibliography, Index, et al. (published in Vol. II) can be downloaded for free from the book’s website to make Vol. I a self-standing book.
The Narrow Path To Enlightenment
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Author : Rev. Anna Grace
language : en
Publisher: Balboa Press
Release Date : 2018-04-11
The Narrow Path To Enlightenment written by Rev. Anna Grace and has been published by Balboa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-11 with Religion categories.
Throughout the ages, the hidden wisdom of Jesus has been whispered about in secret circles and societies. Though many believe they have discovered the truth of the mysterious teachings of Christ, this is simply not true. Jesus himself declared that few would be able to find the path that he was paving. These novel and yet undisclosed ideas will help mankind to transition far beyond the realm of religion and into the new paradigm of enlightenment. Be prepared to be astounded and transformed by the veiled and esoteric knowledge of Jesus as it comes to light through the chapters of this book. Things are simply not as we have been taught in religion! Become one of the few to decode the parables and deepest philosophies of Jesus. Jesuss unique and widely unknown ideas on truth and spirituality can help us uncover the meaning of life and answer the most profound questions of existence. The truth will also aid one in discovering an unwavering hope and peace.
Confessions For The Narrow Road
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Author : Loretta Fralin-Rapp
language : en
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2020-06-25
Confessions For The Narrow Road written by Loretta Fralin-Rapp and has been published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-25 with Religion categories.
It's Within You! It's within you to choose life, it's within you to choose good, it's within you to focus on the light. Are you ready for it? Take the 40 day challenge and develop your ability to make choices that will change the course of your life forever. Confessions for the Narrow Road is a 40 day devotional focusing on the power of the choices we make, set against the backdrop of nature photography taken by the author, Loretta Fralin-Rapp. The book includes a study guide to give you a deeper look at yourself and your choices. This 3D devotional includes a link to video journals recorded by the author where she talks about how these confessions have impacted her own life. You can find the videos on YouTube under Loretta Fralin-Rapp. Confessions for the Narrow Road was birthed out of a very challenging and dark time in Loretta's life. Suffering from bipolar disorder, she had a manic episode while she was with her daughter and put her in danger. It was at that point that she lost custody of her daughter. While she entered an empty place, she met God through reading the Bible and learned how to make confessions based on what she was reading. It is from this place that she wrote Confessions for the Narrow Road. It is her hope that it challenges how you approach the Bible and think about your own choices. You can learn more about offerings by Loretta Fralin-Rapp at https://www.confessionsandbeyond.com/ including a free, live, online book study, which will start on August 8th at 9 am
The Broad Way And The Narrow Way 2 Sermons
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Author : Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1863
The Broad Way And The Narrow Way 2 Sermons written by Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1863 with categories.