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The Amish $7.99 "John A. Hostetler explains the views and lifestyles of the Amish under such headings as preaching services, family and community, Amish economy, language, folk art and beauty, courting, becoming adults, weddings, leisure, medieval music, bonnets and broad-brims, horse and buggy travel, farm and kitchen, stress and change, Amish knowledge, and hope for the future.>Over 705,000 copies of earlier editions of this booklet have been sold. Now this completely revised edition maintains the qualities which have made The Amish popular for a generation while updating the text and photos for the 1990s." |
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Plain and Simple: A Journey to the Amish $15.99 "" "I had an obsession with the Amish. Plan and simple. Objectively it made no sense. I, who worked hard at being special, fell in love with a people who valued being ordinary." "> So begins Sue Bender's story, the captivating and inspiring true story of a harried urban Californian moved by the beauty of a display of quilts to seek out and live with the Amish. Discovering lives shaped by unfamiliar yet comforting ideas about time, work, and community, Bender is gently coaxed to consider, "Is there another way to lead a good life?" > Her journey begins in a New York men's clothing store. There she is spellbound by the vibrant colors and stunning geometric simplicity of the Amish quilts "spoke directly to me," writes Bender. Somehow, "they went straight to my heart." > Heeding a persistent inner voice, Bender searches for Amish families willing to allow her to visit and share in there daily lives. "Plain and Simple" vividly recounts sojourns with two Amish families, visits during which Bender enters a world without television, telephone, electric light, or refrigerators; a world where clutter and hurry are replaced with inner quiet and calm ritual; a world where a sunny kitchen "glows" and "no distinction was made between the sacred and the everyday." > In nine interrelated chapters--as simple and elegant as a classic nine-patch Amish quilt--Bender shares the quiet power she found reflected in lives of joyful simplicity, humanity, and clarity. The fast-paced, opinionated, often frazzled Bender returns home and reworks her "crazy-quilt" life, integrating the soul-soothing qualities she has observed in the Amish, and celebrating the patterns in the Amish, and celebrating the patterns formed by the distinctive "patches" of her own life. > Charmingly illustrated and refreshingly spare, "Plain and Simple" speaks to the seeker in each of us." |
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Plain And Simple: A Journey To The Amish $10.09 "I had an obsession with the Amish. Plan and simple. Objectively it made no sense. I who worked hard at being special fell in love with a people who valued being ordinary." So begins Sue Bender's story the captivating and inspiring true story of a harried urban Californian moved by the beauty of a display of quilts to seek out and live with the Amish. Discovering lives shaped by unfamiliar yet comforting ideas about time work and community Bender is gently coaxed to consider "Is there another way to lead a good life?" Her journey begins in a New York men's clothing store. There she is spellbound by the vibrant colors and stunning geometric simplicity of the Amish quilts "spoke directly to me " writes Bender. Somehow "they went straight to my heart." Heeding a persistent inner voice Bender searches for Amish families willing to allow her to visit and share in there daily lives. Plain and Simple vividly recounts sojourns with two Amish families visits during which Bender enters a world without television telephone electric light or refrigerators; a world where clutter and hurry are replaced with inner quiet and calm ritual; a world where a sunny kitchen "glows" and "no distinction was made between the sacred and the everyday." In nine interrelated chapters--as simple and elegant as a classic nine-patch Amish quilt--Bender shares the quiet power she found reflected in lives of joyful simplicity humanity and clarity. The fast-paced opinionated often frazzled Bender returns home and reworks her "crazy-quilt" life integrating the soul-soothing qualities she has observed in the Amish and celebrating the patterns in the Amish and celebrating the patterns formed by the distinctive "patches" of her own life. Charmingly illustrated and refreshingly spare Plain and Simple speaks to the seeker in each of us. |
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Success Made Simple: An Inside Look At Why Amish Businesses Thrive $16.09 The keys to better business from a thriving group of business owners-the Amish Business can be discouraging. According to US Department of Labor figures, only 44 percent of newly-opened firms will last four years. Amish firms, on the other hand, have registered a 95% survival rate over a five-year period. And in many cases, those businesses do remarkably well-as Donald Kraybill writes: "the phrase 'Amish millionaire' is no longer an oxymoron." Success Made Simple is the first practical book of Amish business success principles for the non-Amish reader. The work provides a platform of transferable principles--simple and universal enough to be applied in the non-Amish world, in a wide variety of business and management settings. Learn how to develop profitable and fulfilling enterprises as Amish explain how to build fruitful relationships with customers and employees, prosper by playing to strengths, and create an effective marketing story Includes interviews with over 50 Amish business owners outline the role of relationships in business and the importance of the big picture-taking in long-term goals, the welfare of others, and personal integrity Offers ideas on practical application of Amish business practices to non-Amish businesses, with bullet summaries at the end of each chapter reviewing the most important take-away points With a focus on relationship-building and the big picture, Success Made Simple offers business owners everywhere the tools for better, smarter, more successful enterprises. |
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Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive $19.99 The keys to better business from a thriving group of business owners-the Amish Business can be discouraging. According to US Department of Labor figures, only 44 percent of newly-opened firms will last four years. Amish firms, on the other hand, have registered a 95% survival rate over a five-year period. And in many cases, those businesses do remarkably well-as Donald Kraybill writes: "the phrase 'Amish millionaire' is no longer an oxymoron." Success Made Simple is the first practical book of Amish business success principles for the non-Amish reader. The work provides a platform of transferable principles--simple and universal enough to be applied in the non-Amish world, in a wide variety of business and management settings. Learn how to develop profitable and fulfilling enterprises as Amish explain how to build fruitful relationships with customers and employees, prosper by playing to strengths, and create an effective marketing story Includes interviews with over 50 Amish business owners outline the role of relationships in business and the importance of the big picture-taking in long-term goals, the welfare of others, and personal integrity Offers ideas on practical application of Amish business practices to non-Amish businesses, with bullet summaries at the end of each chapter reviewing the most important take-away points With a focus on relationship-building and the big picture, Success Made Simple offers business owners everywhere the tools for better, smarter, more successful enterprises. |
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The Amish by Hostetler, John Andrew Edition REV, 2 $16.99 John A. Hostetler explains the views and lifestyles of the Amish under such headings as preaching services, family and community, Amish economy, language, folk art and beauty, courting, becoming adults, weddings, leisure, medieval music, bonnets and broad-brims, horse and buggy travel, farm and kitchen, stress and change, Amish knowledge, and hope for the future.Over 705,000 copies of earlier editions of this booklet have been sold. Now this completely revised edition maintains the qualities which have made The Amish popular for a generation while updating the text and photos for the 1990s. |
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An Amish Table $7.96 An Amish Table |
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The Amish Cook: $18.44 The Amish Cook |
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A History of the Amish $8.95 A History of the Amish |
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Amish Peace $9.86 Amish Peace |
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Amish Quilts $10.47 Amish Quilts |
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Amish Proverbs $10.62 Amish Proverbs |
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