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![]() ![]() When Jim comes home from work that evening, Della admits to him that she sold her hair to buy him the chain. ![]() Della then uses the money to buy a platinum pocket watch chain for Jim. She visits the nearby shop of a hairdresser, Madame Sofronie, who buys Della's long hair for $20 (about $600 in 2021). On Christmas Eve, Della Young discovers that she has only $1.87 (equivalent to about $62 in 2022) to buy a present for her husband Jim. The story was allegedly written at Pete's Tavern on Irving Place in New York City. The plot and its twist ending are well known the ending is generally considered an example of comic irony. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. ![]() ![]() She also starred in a number of independent films and had a leading role in the ABC comedy series Cupid (2009). Paulson appeared on Broadway in the plays The Glass Menagerie (2005) and Collected Stories (2010). In 2008, she starred as Ellen Dolan in the superhero noir film The Spirit. From 2006 to 2007, she starred as Harriet Hayes in the NBC comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. She later appeared in comedy films such as What Women Want (2000) and Down with Love (2003), and drama films such as Path to War (2002) and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). Paulson began her acting career in New York City stage productions before starring in the short-lived television series American Gothic (1995–1996) and Jack & Jill (1999–2001). ![]() In 2017, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. ![]() ![]() She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. ![]() Sarah Catharine Paulson (born December 17, 1974) is an American actress. ![]() ![]() A Chuang Tzu disciple loses his self-conscious "knowledge" and gains an inner "unknowing" by which he lives through Tao. Merton believes that Chuang Tzu's gift of "unknowing" is similar to Christian contemplation. Merton points out that Chuang Tzu's Taoism is not "the popular, degenerate amalgam of superstition, alchemy, magic, and health-culture which Taoism later became." Instead, Chuang Tzu's Taoism values an inner unity, a hiddenness of the true man, and a practical asceticism that Merton also finds in Christian mysticism. Merton assures us that his book "is not a new apologetic subtlety (or indeed a work of jesuitical sleight of hand) in which Christian rabbits will suddenly appear by magic out of a Taoist hat." Yet Merton's paraphrase demonstrates how Chuang Tzu's writings closely resemble the apophatic thought of some Christian theologians and mystics that Merton writes about elsewhere. The content of their philosophies is similar, too. Merton and Chuang Tzu both were hermits to some extent, and both spiritual philosophers of sorts, perhaps with Merton heavier on the spiritual side and Chuang Tzu more the philosopher. Merton sees Chuang Tzu as his kindred spirit. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 'A good case for the enduring relevance of 2,000-year-old precepts' - TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT 'Pigliucci makes a good case for Stoicism and living stoically' - Daily Telegraph With practical tips and exercises, meditations and mindfulness, this is perfect for fans of Jules Evans' Philosophy of Life - or anyone wanting to imbue their life with new meaning. A philosophy still relevant in the modern world, Pigliucci shows how you can apply stoicism to your everyday life and make it more meaningful.Ī philosophy still relevant in the modern world, Pigliucci, one of the top philosophers on Twitter and a regular contributor to the New York Times, Newsweek, Washington and Huffington Posts, shows how you can apply stoicism to your everyday life and make it more meaningful. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One Hundred Poems of Tukaram is a first book-length attempt at reproducing the original form of Tukaram's poems viz. So far this is only the second book-length translation of Tukaram's poems in English, the other being Dilip Chitre's Says Tuka (1991). Selection of poems is such that the book gives a comprehensive picture of the various phases of Sant Tukaram's life which can be generally divided into that of a family man, a recluse and the man of the masses. The book covers a wide range of poems depicting the spiritual as well as worldly journey of the saint-poet who is widely hailed as one of the greatest poets from India by critics like Ramchandra Ranade and Dr. ![]() It aims at historicising Tukaram's poetry while upholding its timeless appeal. The book also consists of an introduction by the translator, which explores aspects like relevance of Tukaram's poetry in twenty-first century, Tukaram's life and times, Varkari movement of which Tukaram was a part and the form of Tukaram's poems amongst other things. One Hundred Poems of Tukaram is a 2015 book consisting of selected poems of Sant Tukaram, a prominent Varkari Sant and spiritual poet of the Bhakti, translated into English by Chandrakant Kaluram Mhatre. ![]() ![]() ![]() I held my hands out for him to see how badly they were shaking. In this case, I’d take his nipple piercings. I had my entire life ahead of me, and I needed to quit being a wuss and grab life by the balls. For so long I’d been happy to just be alive but now.now I had Dex. What kind of life was I living if I let my fears steer me? This was a gift I’d forgotten to appreciate lately. I loved him and sometimes there were consequences of it that were scary, but it-the emotion itself-wasn't. My bones and heart knew that there was nothing for me to fear. That didn't mean that he was the only one who knew how to give. ![]() Well, there were three other words I'd like to hear but I'd take these from him. "That's my girl."Īfter all the crap that I'd gone through today, there couldn't have been three better words to hear. It was everything I’d wanted.Įach of his thumbs curved over the shells of my ears. I don't know how to explain it-it was like Christmas morning when you were a kid. It pulsed, full of life and warmth and gummy bears and glitter. “My rib cage clenched all of the organs and muscles within it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Until fried clam dinners and carousel rides beckon a lost love. Her design career had become a shell, curving around her like the intricate whorls of a conch, shielding her until now. One of uncovering family secrets while settling her father's estate, one of inheriting a forlorn German shepherd, one of reconnecting with old friends on a weathered boardwalk, beneath starlit skies on a beach nestled in a crook of the Connecticut coast. ![]() ![]() But a forgotten home movie tucked inside a dusty attic box leads to an unexpected summer. After years of pursuing a denim design career, Maris Carrington never imagined trading her Chicago studio for a New England shingled cottage. "item_description" : "New York Times Bestseller Escape to Stony Point, cuff your jeans and walk along the water's edge in this nostalgic story bringing old friends, and their lives, back to the sea. "item_title" : "Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans", ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() brings us inside the disease and helps us understand manic depression. Watson, Nobel laureate and author of The Double Helix "In a most intimate and powerful telling, Jamison weaves the personal and professional threads of her life together. Jamison's literary coming-out is a mark of courage." - People "Brave, insightful, richly textured and chillingly authentic." - Boston Globe "A riveting portrayal of a courageous brain alternating between exhilarating highs and numbing lows." -James D. eloquent and profound." - San Francisco Chronicle "Piercingly honest. a rare and insightful view of mental illness from inside the mind of a trained specialist." - Time "Enlighting. Extraordinary." - Washington Post Book World "The most emotionally moving book I've ever read about the emotions." -William Safire, The New York Times Magazine "Written with poetic and moving sensitivity. at times poetic, at times straightforward, always unashamedly honest." - The New York Times Book Review "Stands alone in the literature of manic-depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty." -Oliver Sacks "Jamison's is in the gutsy way she has made her disease her life's work and in her brilliant ability to convey its joys and its anguish. "An invaluable memoir of manic depression, at once medically knowledgeable, deeply human and beautifully written. ![]() ![]() ![]() One author included on this month’s list has appeared previously on So What Faith: Karen Gonzalez – The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong ( 2019). (4.0) I Wish My Dad: The Power of Vulnerable Conversations Between Fathers and Sons by Romal Tune with Jordan Tune (Broadleaf Books, 2022).(4.0) Mission and the Cultural Other: A Closer Look by Randy S.(4.0) To Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice by Wendell Berry (Shoemaker & Company, 2022).(4.0) You Owe You: Ignite Your Power, Your Purpose & Your Way by Eric Thomas (Rodale Books, 2022).From author, speaker, and social entrepreneur Romal Tune and his son, Jordan, comes this tour de force for fathers and sons about healing the unfinished business between them. But those four words hold the power to heal wounds men may not even know they carry. (4.5) Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration by Karen Gonzalez (Brazos Press, 2022) ': what a simple way to start to a sentence.(4.5) When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe (Doubleday, 2022).(4.5) The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope by Kelley Nikondeha (Broadleaf Books, 2022).Hollinger (Princeton University Press, 2022) (4.5) Christianity’s American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular by David A. ![]() |