Henry Carter Hull

What is it like to be a student nurse? What are the joys, the stresses, the transcendent moments, the fall-off-your-bed- laughing moments, and the terrors that have to be faced and stared down? And how might nurses, looking back, relate these experiences in ways that bring these memories to life again and provide historical context for how nursing education has changed and yet remained the same? In brave, revealing, and often humorous poetry and prose,...

Roland Greene is the Mark Pigott KBE Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University and the founder and director of Arcade, a digital salon for literary studies and the humanities. He is the editor in chief of The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Stephen Cushman is the Robert C. Taylor Professor of English at the University of Virginia and the general editor of The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics....

Theology is, for many, far more than a profession. It is an identity, a passion, a way of life. While books on the topics of theology--theology as a discipline--are countless, books on the identity of the theologian are all too rare. How does someone reflect on the life and work of the theologian as a person? Hearing the wisdom of others who also walk the path is an excellent start. In this helpful volume, Van der Westhuizen has assembled an outstanding...

Algunas personas tienen un concepto abstracto u oscuro en lo relacionado con la palabra Armagedón. El objetivo de este libro es: Explicar lo que verdaderamente es Armagedón, su significado, describir lo que es y también muestra que habrá sobrevivientes a esa gran venidera e inminente catástrofe mundial. El propósito de este libro es: Mostrar con pruebas bíblicas cómo será la vida en el futuro para toda la humanidad y también como usted...

Enrich Your Understanding of the Beloved Book of Psalms This Psalms Bible study covers the basics everyone should know in order to fully unlock, appreciate, and learn from these heart-filled cries. Learn the who, what, when and where about these favorite Bible passages. Discover the 10 different types of Psalms-from Psalms of Lament to Psalms of Thanksgiving-and learn how to effectively read these beautiful scriptures. • Includes a great background...

C. S. Lewis embodied the Christian mind because he saw the world as a coherent unity. His writing consistently pursued the good, the true, and the beautiful. He used nonfiction to point out the reasonableness of Christianity and used his fiction to create compelling illustrations that make faith in Christ an obvious and attractive conclusion. This book explores the Christian mind of C. S. Lewis across the spectrum of the genres he worked in. With...

Prayer, although an essential ingredient of the Christian experience, remains mysterious and foreign to many Christians. Realizing this, a well-known, but anonymous, Christian wrote this volume to teach Christians about the power available to them through prayer. According to The Kneeling Christian, all real growth in the spiritual life-all victory over temptation, all confidence and peace in the presence of difficulties and dangers, all repose of...

If you are a student wondering what to study in college, this book is for you. It invites you to seek out the practical benefits of studying literature, language, the arts, history, religion, and philosophy. These disciplines, known collectively as the humanities, will teach you to analyze complex social dynamics, articulate good arguments, and apply the hard-won wisdom of the past to new and challenging situations.

Ranging from fifth-century north Africa to twelfth-century Latin Europe, the three texts translated in this book reveal the religious and social importance of beards and baldness in the Middle Ages, as well as the personal anxieties associated with them-but always with a healthy dose of humor. These playful and learned works-In Praise of Baldness, On Bald Men, and A Defense of Beards-enrich our understanding of the history and culture of the Middle...

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