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- Autorius: Parker J Palmer
- Leidėjas: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- Metai: 2026
- Puslapiai: 224
- ISBN: 9798890572004
- Formatas: x x cm, kieti viršeliai
- Kalba: Anglų
On the Brink of Everything, Revised and Updated (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt
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The bestselling guide to aging with purpose is now updated with urgent wisdom on staying engaged, countering tyranny, and making peace with mortality.
Getting older isn't about withdrawal—it's about diving deeper into life, work, relationships, and meaning. But how do you stay engaged when facing loss, political chaos, and mortality?
In this revised and expanded edition, beloved teacher and bestselling author Parker J. Palmer returns with eight more years of hard-won wisdom. Drawing on eight decades of life, Palmer explores the urgent questions aging raises:
- How do we counter authoritarianism when democracy itself is threatened?
- How do we stay connected across generational divides?
- How do we make peace with endings while staying meaningfully engaged until the last breath?
Through meditations blending prose and poetry, Palmer shows that old is just another word for nothing left to lose—a time to speak truth, reach out, reach in, and fully inhabit the life you have. Laced with humor and gravitas, this book does not tell you how to age. It invites you to turn the prism on your own unfolding life, refracting new light at every turn.
- Autorius: Parker J Palmer
- Leidėjas: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- Metai: 2026
- Puslapiai: 224
- ISBN: 9798890572004
- Formatas: x x cm, kieti viršeliai
- Kalba: Anglų
The bestselling guide to aging with purpose is now updated with urgent wisdom on staying engaged, countering tyranny, and making peace with mortality.
Getting older isn't about withdrawal—it's about diving deeper into life, work, relationships, and meaning. But how do you stay engaged when facing loss, political chaos, and mortality?
In this revised and expanded edition, beloved teacher and bestselling author Parker J. Palmer returns with eight more years of hard-won wisdom. Drawing on eight decades of life, Palmer explores the urgent questions aging raises:
- How do we counter authoritarianism when democracy itself is threatened?
- How do we stay connected across generational divides?
- How do we make peace with endings while staying meaningfully engaged until the last breath?
Through meditations blending prose and poetry, Palmer shows that old is just another word for nothing left to lose—a time to speak truth, reach out, reach in, and fully inhabit the life you have. Laced with humor and gravitas, this book does not tell you how to age. It invites you to turn the prism on your own unfolding life, refracting new light at every turn.
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