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Bowie's Bookshelf

The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life

by John O'Connell ...

**“The only art I’ll ever study is stuff that I can steal from.” —David BowieThree years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities. Discover them all in this “unconventional biography of an artist who helped define modern music ... Read more

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**“The only art I’ll ever study is stuff that I can steal from.” —David BowieThree years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities. Discover them all in this “unconventional biography of an artist who helped define modern music
... Read more

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The Farmer's Son

Calving Season on a Family Farm

by John Connell ...

A poignant memoir—and #1 Irish bestseller—about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world.Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a decade away, he finds himself back on the farm.Connell records the hypnotic rhythm of the ... Read more

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A poignant memoir—and #1 Irish bestseller—about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world.Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a decade away, he finds himself back on the farm.Connell records the hypnotic rhythm of the
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The Wisdom of Farmers

What We Can Learn from the Land

by John Connell ...

Narrated by Eoin Lynch ...

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4 hours 39 min

A thoughtful, illuminating rumination on the life lessons we can take from those who work the land and the millennia of wisdom they draw upon when they go about their day, 'making a living by turning light and time into money'.As with his previous bestsellers, John Connell skilfully synthesises philosophy, art, literature and spirituality to bolster his thoughts on such topics as stoicism, the ... Read more

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A thoughtful, illuminating rumination on the life lessons we can take from those who work the land and the millennia of wisdom they draw upon when they go about their day, 'making a living by turning light and time into money'.As with his previous bestsellers, John Connell skilfully synthesises philosophy, art, literature and spirituality to bolster his thoughts on such topics as stoicism, the
... Read more
The Tulip in the Garden

Pruning the Petals of Calvinism

by John S. Connell ...

Does God want everyone to be saved? Does man really have a choice regarding salvation? These significant questions are among the many John S. Connell, doctor of theology, educator, and Southern Baptist pastor, answers in his new book,The TULIP in the Garden: Pruning the Petals of Calvinism.Dr. Connell presents his ideas and resolutions regarding the growing popularity of Calvinism in seminary ... Read more

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Does God want everyone to be saved? Does man really have a choice regarding salvation? These significant questions are among the many John S. Connell, doctor of theology, educator, and Southern Baptist pastor, answers in his new book,The TULIP in the Garden: Pruning the Petals of Calvinism.Dr. Connell presents his ideas and resolutions regarding the growing popularity of Calvinism in seminary
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Kitchen Table Psychology

Dating and Compatibility, Part I

by John M. Connell ...

Matchmaking gets help from social psychology and evolutionary biology as new secrets are revealed to help guide the search for life-long partners. Through conversations you might have at a kitchen table over coffee, you are taken on a journey into the psychological decision-making we use when choosing a mate. Several, never seen before, patterns that are critical to our selection process are ... Read more

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Matchmaking gets help from social psychology and evolutionary biology as new secrets are revealed to help guide the search for life-long partners. Through conversations you might have at a kitchen table over coffee, you are taken on a journey into the psychological decision-making we use when choosing a mate. Several, never seen before, patterns that are critical to our selection process are
... Read more
The Lambing Season

Stories of Life on an Irish Family Farm

by John Connell ...

A hymn to the rituals of farming life from the bestselling Irish author of The Farmer's Son.For John Connell, the lambing season on his County Longford farm begins in the autumn. In the sheep shed, he surveys the dozen females in his care and contemplates the work ahead as the season slowly turns to winter, then spring.The twelve sheep have come into his life at just the right moment. After years ... Read more

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A hymn to the rituals of farming life from the bestselling Irish author of The Farmer's Son.For John Connell, the lambing season on his County Longford farm begins in the autumn. In the sheep shed, he surveys the dozen females in his care and contemplates the work ahead as the season slowly turns to winter, then spring.The twelve sheep have come into his life at just the right moment. After years
... Read more
Papua New Guinea

The Struggle for Development

by John Connell ...

Series series Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:* rapid economic growth and political conflict* civil war on the island of Bougainville* population growth and urbanisation* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts* uneven development and social divisions. ... Read more

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Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:* rapid economic growth and political conflict* civil war on the island of Bougainville* population growth and urbanisation* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts* uneven development and social divisions.
... Read more
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Bowie's Bookshelf

The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life

by John O'Connell ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

6 hours 44 min

Three years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities.In 100 short essays, music journalist John O'Connell studies each book on Bowie's list and contextualizes it in the artist's life and work. How did the power imbued in a single ... Read more

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Three years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities.In 100 short essays, music journalist John O'Connell studies each book on Bowie's list and contextualizes it in the artist's life and work. How did the power imbued in a single
... Read more

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The Running Book

A Journey through Memory, Landscape and History

by John Connell ...

‘Sensational! John Connell has done it again’ – Dean KarnazesFrom the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author of The Cow BookIn The Running Book, John Connell vividly describes a marathon through County Longford, Ireland, where he lives and farms. Because running is as much about the mind as the body, the book is about more than the physical experience. What John sees on his journey prompts him to ... Read more

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‘Sensational! John Connell has done it again’ – Dean KarnazesFrom the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author of The Cow BookIn The Running Book, John Connell vividly describes a marathon through County Longford, Ireland, where he lives and farms. Because running is as much about the mind as the body, the book is about more than the physical experience. What John sees on his journey prompts him to
... Read more

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Island Challenges

Caribbean and Pacific Futures

by John Connell, Yonique Campbell ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book examines the key development challenges facing the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Caribbean and the Pacific, focusing on livelihoods and state security and stability in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides a comprehensive overview by exploring six broad and interrelated themes: state capacity to provide basic services (such as health, water, ... Read more

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This book examines the key development challenges facing the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Caribbean and the Pacific, focusing on livelihoods and state security and stability in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides a comprehensive overview by exploring six broad and interrelated themes: state capacity to provide basic services (such as health, water,
... Read more
Kitchen Table Psychology

by John M. Connell ...

Kitchen Table PsychologyBy: John M. ConnellSomeday, someway, somewhere, someone …What if you could tell right away if someone might be compatible enough to be a long-term partner? Or, what if you could tell right away if a person might not be?What if there were clues, or even rules, that could help determine who you would have compatibility with in the long run? Would you be interested in knowing ... Read more

$30.23 CAD

Kitchen Table PsychologyBy: John M. ConnellSomeday, someway, somewhere, someone …What if you could tell right away if someone might be compatible enough to be a long-term partner? Or, what if you could tell right away if a person might not be?What if there were clues, or even rules, that could help determine who you would have compatibility with in the long run? Would you be interested in knowing
... Read more
Rural Revival?

Place Marketing, Tree Change and Regional Migration in Australia

by John Connell, Phil McManus ...

How, if possible, to re-populate declining rural and regional areas? Examining this crucial and complex issue in relation to Australia, this book explores how a particular organization, 'Country Week', has emerged and developed as one means of stimulating the repopulation of declining or stagnating areas. While this is a problem shared by many other developed countries in Europe and North America, ... Read more

$105.80 CAD

How, if possible, to re-populate declining rural and regional areas? Examining this crucial and complex issue in relation to Australia, this book explores how a particular organization, 'Country Week', has emerged and developed as one means of stimulating the repopulation of declining or stagnating areas. While this is a problem shared by many other developed countries in Europe and North America,
... Read more

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