Kushner, Harold S.

Overcoming life's disappointments by Harold S Kushner( Recording )

13 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in English and held by 510 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The author turns to the experience of Moses to find the requisite lessons of strength and faith. Through the example of Moses' remarkable resilience, we learn how to weather the disillusionment of dreams unfulfilled, the pain of a lost job or promotion, a child's failures, divorce or abandonment, and illness. We learn how to meet all disappointments with faith in ourselves and the future, and how to respond to heartbreak with understanding rather than bitterness and despair

The Lord is my shepherd : [the healing wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm] by Harold S Kushner( Recording )

11 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 431 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A gentle and practical interpretation of the power of the most familiar of biblical Psalms

Conquering fear : [living boldly in an uncertain world] by Harold S Kushner( Recording )

8 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 424 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Drawing on various religious texts as well as passages from classical literature, Harold S. Kushner presents an archetypal guide to overcoming fears. Here, listeners will discover how to overcome anything that may frighten them, including unemployment, aging, illness, and terrorism, through a variety of proven techniques

When bad things happen to good people by Harold S Kushner( Recording )

13 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in English and held by 406 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Offers an inspirational and compassionate approach to understanding the problems of life, and argues that we should continue to believe in God's fairness

Man's search for meaning by Viktor E Frankl( Book )

13 editions published between 2006 and 2015 in English and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this work, a Viennese psychiatrist tells his grim experiences in a German concentration camp which led him to logotherapy, an existential method of psychiatry. This work has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 the author, a psychiatrist labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the stories of his many patients, he argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. His theory, known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos (meaning), holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful

When bad things happen to good people by Harold S Kushner( Book )

43 editions published between 1981 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 304 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For anyone who has ever been hurt by life, the bestseller that has brought peace to millions

Living a life that matters : [resolving the conflict between conscience and success] by Harold S Kushner( Recording )

10 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Addresses our craving for significance, the need to know that our lives and our choices mean something. We sometimes do great things, and sometimes terrible things, to reassure ourselves that we matter in the world. We sometimes confuse fame, power, and wealth with true achievement. But finally we need to think of ourselves as good people, and we are troubled when we compromise our integrity in the pursuit of what we think of as success

The book of Job : [when bad things happened to a good person] by Harold S Kushner( Recording )

8 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From one of our most trusted spiritual advisers, a thoughtful, illuminating guide to that most fascinating of biblical texts, the book of Job, and what it can teach us about living in a troubled world--by far, Harold S. Kushner's most important and commercial book since When Bad Things Happen To Good People. The story of Job is one of unjust things happening to a good man

Nine essential things I've learned about life by Harold S Kushner( Recording )

6 editions published in 2015 in English and held by 163 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rabbi Harold S. Kushner relates how his time as a twenty-first-century rabbi has shaped his senses of religion and morality. He elicits nine essential lessons from the sum of his teaching, study, and experience, offering a lifetime's worth of spiritual food for thought, pragmatic advice, inspiration for a more fulfilling life, and strength for trying times. Distilling the wisdom of an extraordinary career, this profoundly inspiring yet practical guide to well-being is truly the capstone to Kushner's luminous oeuvre

When bad things happen to good people by Harold S Kushner( Visual )

10 editions published between 1985 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Expanding on the exciting ideas of the extraordinary book that sold over 5,000,000 copies, Dr. Harold Kushner's new video pursues the paths of six men and women who have overcome adversity