Bøger af David Adam

A Sunday Times Bestseller Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building, or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. In this captivating fusion of science, history and personal memoir, writer David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind, and how they drive millions of us towards obsessions and compulsions. David has suffered from OCD for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn't Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. What might lead an Ethiopian schoolgirl to eat a wall of her house, piece by piece; or a pair of brothers to die beneath an avalanche of household junk that they had compulsively hoarded? At what point does a harmless idea, a snowflake in a clear summer sky, become a blinding blizzard of unwanted thoughts? Drawing on the latest research on the brain, as well as historical accounts of patients and their treatments, this is a book that will challenge the way you think about what is normal, and what is mental illness. Told with fierce clarity, humour and urgent lyricism, this extraordinary book is both the haunting story of a personal nightmare, and a fascinating doorway into the darkest corners of our minds.

Prayers for Occasions offers an abundant selection of over 250 prayers. Bringing together words of warmth and contemplation for a variety of different occasions, ranging from Advent and Christmas to weddings and funerals, this helpful collection provides a wealth of resources for both personal and group prayer.

Prayers for Families offers an abundant selection of over 200 prayers from some of our best-loved authors. Bringing together words of warmth for families dealing with everything from special occasions to those in need, including different sections for both parents and children, this helpful collection provides a wealth of resources.

Walking in the Light draws inspiration from Jesus' words: Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world (John 11:9). This beautiful and meditative book is an invitation to walk not only in the light of the world, but to be in the light of the world. Each of the 12 chapters focuses on an hour of the day and a different theme of discipleship, with prayers taking us from morning until night, reflecting on the long-held tradition of monastic communities meeting for prayer several times a day. Woven around themes such as praise, thanksgiving, confession, forgiveness, peace, and growing in grace, they can be used throughout the day, at a particular hour of each day, or as a guide to our own prayers.

This book brings together over 300 beautiful prayers for advent and the Season of Christmas, written by four of the best-loved and most distinguished Christian writers: David Adam, Nick Fawcett, Susan Sayers, and Ray Simpson. This book is an invaluable resource for all those who prepare public worship.

Prayers for Reflection offers an abundant selection of over 250 prayers from some of our best-loved authors. Bringing together words of warmth and contemplation across a variety of subjects and situations, this helpful collection provides a wealth of resources for both personal and group prayer.

Prayers for Joy and Thanksgiving brings together words of warmth across a range of subjects and situations. These timeless prayer collections can be used for both personal and group prayer and provide a wealth of resources.

Prayers for Healing offers an abundant selection of 300 prayers from some of our best-loved authors. Bringing together words of warmth across a range of subjects and situations, these timeless prayer collections can be used for both personal and group prayer and provide a wealth of resources.

A huge selection of prayers from some of our best-loved authors including Nick Fawcett, David Adam, Susan Sayers, and Ray Simpson. Bringing together words of warmth across a range of subjects and situations, these timeless prayer collections can be used for both personal and group prayer and provide a wealth of resources.

Many people look upon prayer as a long-distance call when in reality God is present and waiting to meet us. Our God comes today and comes to us. Advent celebrates this joy. Let the prayers in this book help you to celebrate who God is, who is with you, and who comes to you. A Prayer a Day from Advent to Epiphany by celebrated author David Adam features succinct prayers that are full of meaning and easy to read.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich BWL - Offline-Marketing und Online-Marketing, Note: 2,0, Brand Academy Hamburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die seit vielen Jahren anrollende digitale Revolution erfordert ein Umdenken und einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Weltwirtschaft, vor allem in der Konsumgüterindustrie. Obwohl man im ersten Augenblick die digitale Welt nicht unbedingt mit dem Golfsport verbindet, so ist es auch für Golfausrüster unerlässlich, sich den aufkommenden Herausforderungen zu stellen. Unternehmen müssen es schaffen, wieder zu einem Teil der Gesellschaft zu werden, indem sie sich der digitalen Welt annehmen und ihre Strategie und Maßnahmen darauf auslegen. Nur wenn es Titleist schafft, sich in der digitalen Welt mit seinen (potenziellen) Kunden zu vernetzen, kann nachhaltig Vertrauen aufgebaut und über eine die Produkte hinausgehende Relevanz geschaffen werden.Viele bereits aus diesem vernetzten Ansatz hervorgegangene Konzepte, Produkte und Services umgeben uns bereits. Gemeinsam haben alle, dass wir (Menschen) diese Form der neuen Kreativität nicht mehr unbedingt am Produktdesign oder an bestimmten Merkmalen erkennen. An diesem Ansatz, ein ganzheitliches digitales Ökosystem für eine Marke zu schaffen, soll auch die Brand Extension für die Marke Titleist ansetzen. Dabei soll versucht werden, den Golfsport anhand von digitalen Eigenschaften online zu bringen.

Winner of the Medical Journalists' Association's Tony Thistlethwaite AwardA Finalist for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science BooksRecipient of the International OCD Foundation's Illumination AwardAn intimate look at the power of intrusive thoughts, how our brains can turn against us, and living with obsessive compulsive disorderWhat might lead a schoolgirl to eat a wall of her house, piece by piece, or a man to die beneath an avalanche of household junk that he and his brother have compulsively hoarded? At what point does a harmless idea, a snowflake in a clear summer sky, become a blinding blizzard of unwanted thoughts?David Adam-an editor at Nature and an accomplished science writer-has suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn't Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. In this riveting and intimate blend of science, history, and memoir, Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind and explains how they drive millions of us toward obsession and compulsion. Told with fierce clarity, humor, and urgent lyricism, The Man Who Couldn't Stop is a haunting story of a personal nightmare that shines a light into the darkest corners of our minds.

In a series of forty meditations, one for each day of Lent David Adam reflects on the life of Moses in the book of Exodus. The story of this great leader provides inspiration for us to follow the Israelites' example - to launch out into new adventures, freeing others and ourselves from slavery and seeking God's Promised Land. We are encouraged to step out of the familiar and to risk the desert; to leave that which captivates us and to move forward. Containing a Scripture reading, a short meditation, and a prayer for each day of Lent, thisis a book to challenge our relationship to the world, to each other and to our God. It will stretch our vision and ourselves so that we may positively reach forward to freedom.

Lindisfarne is more than a history, its a book of stories about the Holy Island and its people: their trials and tribulations, as well as their celebrations and successes, revealing how Lindisfarne and its people have coped with and adapted to change. The new book gives readers a feeling for the tiny island, which played such a large role in the history of England, plus a sense of its sacred enchantment.

In his thirteen years as Vicar, popular author David Adam welcomed over 1 million pilgrims to the Holy Island of Lindesfarne in Northumberland. Each pilgrim had a story to tell and each came for a different reason. Some radiated a sense of God's presence, and others were simply too hurried to do anything but look around quickly and move on to the next site. Using the stories of pilgrims Adam encountered on Holy Island, he explores how we can approach our own lives as pilgrimage, without ever leaving the comfort of our homes. How can we move beyond what is safe in our world and encounter the Mystery? How can we learn to disconnect from all the technology that keeps us multi-tasking all day and all night? How can we rediscover awe in the world around us? In the wonderful prose and poetry for which he is so well-loved, David Adam helps us get on the road of life, even when we don't have time to travel to distant lands.

Clouds and Glory is the final volume in a three-volume collection of prayers and other resources based on the New Common Worship Lectionary used widely around the world. Written in the Celtic style for which David Adam is well-known, and linked to the Sunday readings, these prayers and intercessions may be used by congregations for the Prayers of the People, as well as by individuals seeking to supplement their personal devotions.

Glimpses of Glory is the second in a three-volume collection of prayers and other resources based on the new Common Worship Lectionary used widely around the world. Written in the Celtic style for which the author is well-known, and linked to the Sunday readings, these prayers and intercessions may be used by congregations for the Prayers of the People, as well as by individuals seeking to supplement their personal devotions.

Traces of Glory is the first in a three-volume collection of prayers and other resources based on the new Common Worship Lectionary used in many parts of the Anglican Communion, and very similar to lectionaries in use in the United States. Written in the Celtic style for which the author is known, and linked to the Sunday readings, these prayers and intercessions may be used by congregations for the Prayers of the People, as well as by individuals seeking to supplement their own devotions

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich BWL - Offline-Marketing und Online-Marketing, Note: 1,7, Brand Academy Hamburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Unsere heutige Wirtschaft ist geprägt von einem extrem hohen Wettbewerb in fast allen Branchen. Die Wettwerber kannibalisieren sich regelrecht unterei-nander durch Preisdumping, häufigere Innovationen in kürzeren Zeitspannen und durch immer ähnlicheren Produkten. Der Kunde geht dabei regelrecht unter, in einer Flut von Preisoffensiven, Produktneuheiten und einem übersät-tigtem Markt. Für ihn wird es immer schwieriger Marken und deren Produkte voneinander zu unterscheiden. Im Zweifel greift er daher tendenziell eher zum günstigeren Produkt, da er mittlerweile von einer annährend gleichen Qualität zwischen den unterschiedlichen Produkten von verschiedenen Herstellern ausgehen kann. Es ist eine sinkende Markenloyalität zu beobachten, was für die Unternehmen bedeutet, dass sie immer größere Teile ihre Stammkund-schaft verlieren. Besonders gravierend hat sich diese Entwicklung in der Au-tomobilbranche gezeigt, wo sich Kunden immer häufiger für Autos mit dem besten Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis entscheiden und die Kraft der Marken immer seltener zum Tragen kommt.Gerade in diesen Zeiten ist es entscheidend, dass große Automobilhersteller einen eindeutigen Mehrwert für ihre Kunden schaffen, um weiterhin gekauft zu werden. Dies ist in Zeiten der immer ähnlicher werdenden Produkte fast nur noch durch neuartige Innovationen oder durch die Kraft der eigenen Marke zu schaffen. Da es in der Regel einfacher ist, eine starke Marke eines Unterneh-mens aufzubauen, als in immer kürzeren Abständen immer innovativere Pro-dukteinführungen (Konkurrenzdruck) vorzustellen, wird die Marke als eines der wichtigsten Differenzierungsmerkmale gesehen.Der Kunde kann die Identität der Marke nur erfahren, wenn er im direkten Kontakt zu ihr steht. Es ist darüberhinaus ebenso wichtig für Unternehmen, eine wertorientierte Markenführung auch gegenüber den Mitarbeiter zu führen, welche nicht im direkten Kundenkontakt stehen.Dieser sensible und doch hochkomplexe Prozess des sogenannten Internal-Brandings , soll anhand des Beispiels von Mercedes-Benz dem Leser näher gebracht werden. Für diese Zwecke soll ein Behavioral-Branding-Konzept vorgestellt werden, um auch einen Überblick über die Anwendung/Resultat des Internal Brandings zu erhalten. Allgemein versteht man unter Behavioral-Branding-Konzept ¿einen grundlegenden Leitplan für das gesamte Unterneh-men, der dazu dient, alle Behavioral-Branding-Maßnahmen zu koordinieren und über alle hierarchischen Stufen hinweg durchzusetzen¿

Spiritual guidance through meditating on the wonders of the created world.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Man Who Couldn't Stop.

Offers intercessions, blessings and forms for the peace covering each Sunday and major festival of the Church's year. Can be used as a complement to the readings and collects for Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Drawing on a lifetime of Christian pilgrimage, David Adam reflects on biblical encounters with the divine and offers insights - on grief and glory, emptiness and fulfilment; repentance and forgiveness; loving and being loved - that will transform the way we live, and the way we relate to God, here and now.

David Adam believes that the way to get the most out of worship on Sundays is to pray regularly on weekdays. To help us in this duty and joy of preparation, he offers prayers that link with the readings for each Sunday and great festival of the Christian Year. The prayers employ a Celtic emphasis and style.

Based on 'the prayer of seven directions', Encompassing God seeks to increase our awareness of being held by God. We are nurtured at every moment of our existence in the encompassing love of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

David Adam aims to help us recognize that there are moments in each day of our lives that are cause for thanksgiving, and to stop and praise God. Contents: Unbending the bow; Resting in God; Opening our eyes; Seeing with the heart; Being aware of what is around us; Knowing God, loving the world, loving God; Enjoying life, and enjoying God.