When the Spirit speaks to him in his daily prayers, Choctaw elder and spiritual explorer Steven Charleston takes a pen and writes down the messages. He then shares these thoughts with thousands on social media. In these musings, Charleston taps into the universal questions that draw us to prayer, no matter our spiritual background: Why am I here? Where do I belong? Where am I going?This stunning collection of more than two hundred meditations introduces us to the Spirit Wheel and t...

老年之路該怎麼走？誰都沒有標準答案。即便恐懼、迷茫，有「愛」作為指引，我們笑著走。本書作者史蒂芬・彼德洛是屢獲殊榮的記者與作家，五十歲生日剛過，他就開始記錄父母年老後犯下的「過錯」，為的是當自己也邁入銀髮階段，能用來提醒自己──做出不同的選擇。為人子女，他當然也躲不過歲月這把「殺豬刀」。作者以犀利又自嘲的筆觸，寫下年歲漸長帶來的種種考驗，幽默又寫實的文筆裡飽含著柔情，揚著嘴角讀完本書，你會在其中找到自己，也會對年老有更深的理解與慈悲！

For fans of David Sedaris and Nora Ephron, here is a humorous, irreverent, and poignant look at the gifts, stereotypes, and inevitable challenges of aging, based on the wildly popular New York Times essay from award-winning journalist Steven Petrow.Soon after his 50th birthday, Steven Petrow began assembling a list of “things I won’t do when I get old”—mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70-something year old parents were doing wrong. Th...

They were as troubled as we, our ancestors, those who came before us, and all for the very same reasons: fear of illness, a broken heart, fights in the family, the threat of another war. Corrupt politicians walked their stage, and natural disasters appeared without warning. And yet they came through, carrying us within them, through the grief and struggle, through the personal pain and the public chaos, finding their way with love and faith, not giving in to despair but walking upright...

This book is an extrapolation of the research I conducted for my doctoral thesis about my people’s struggle to come to terms with native title claim processes, in which we are required to prove our connection to land, culture and kin.This book offers a compelling and profound journey of Nanda people’s existence over time. It gives a robust understanding of the kinship and culture of my family group. It differs from others in the same field as it has been produced from an insider’s ...

It's time for a spiritual migration, says Choctaw elder Steven Charleston. Two million years ago, our earliest ancestors undertook the first migration. Now, in a time of upheaval and chaos and dread, we must move again.Around us, things are shutting down. We are moving backward in our evolution. Brutality and passivity, greed and xenophobia reign. Tools and technology will not save us. While our ancestors knew their survival depended on our relationship to Mother E...

Darkness will not last forever. Together we can climb toward the light.They were as troubled as we, our ancestors, those who came before us, and all for the very same reasons: fear of illness, a broken heart, fights in the family, the threat of another war. Corrupt politicians walked their stage, and natural disasters appeared without warning. And yet they came through, carrying us within them, through the grief and struggle, through the personal pain and the p...

Cucumber is an open-source tool that enables testers to write automated tests in plain language that can be executed to validate software behavior. With support across most major programming languages, Cucumber has become a popular tool for implementing behavior-driven development (BDD) and specification by example.This book is a hands-on technical guide that focuses on implementing automated tests with Cucumber. It provides ideas, recommendations, and expert advice on utilizing Cu...

Traces the rising emphasis on parenthood in contemporary American politics.Certain events in one's life, such as marriage, joining the workforce, and growing older, can become important determinants of political attitudes and voting choice. Each of these events has been the subject of considerable study, but in The Politics of Parenthood, Laurel Elder and Steven Greene look at the political impact of one of life's most challenging adult experiences-having ...

Something very bad happened to Dani Lancing.Twenty years later, her father is still trying to get her to talk.Her best-friend has become a detective, the last hope of all the lost girls.And her mother is about to become a killer…A hauntingly original debut that will stay with you long after the last page.

I stand in the midst of creation's wheelAnd watch in wonder the quiet majesty of its turning.We are in the care of a love without limit or definitionUnder the protection of a love that never looks away.When the Spirit speaks to him in his daily prayers, Choctaw elder and spiritual explorer Steven Charleston takes a pen and writes down the messages. He then...

Taking the lead from John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning Profiles in Courage, Steven McFadden presents the stories and thinking of 17 Native American spiritual elders. As our existing culture shifts, what do the ancient ones who have been trained in the sacred traditions of Turtle Island (America) have to say to us? With this question and others, journalist McFadden begins his quest to speak with contemporary Native American elders. The elders offer penetrating and poetic ins...