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Walter, who has recently experienced the loss of his wife, is having trouble adjusting to his new role as a single father. Feeling particularly down one Saturday morning. Walter is caught off guard by a question from his young daughter, Karen: What happens if you hold a mirror up to another mirror? Her curiosity leads the two on a mission to answer the question. What results is a thrilling discovery for Karen, and confirmation for Walter that he will continue to create happy memories with his daughter despite the loss felt by them both. With beautiful illustration depicting the love between father and his daughter, To Touch the Hand of God is a powerful lesson for parents and kids alike: We are stronger than we think.

This is the story of a little girl, Lexie, whose best friend's father is in the Army and is so called to active duty. Susan, the friend, is so sad that her dad will miss her birthday and Christmas and won't be there to hug, kiss and tuck her in at bedtime. Lexie wishes she could do something to comfort Susan while her father is away. With a little help, Lexie makes the perfect present for Susan: a pillow with her father's picture printed on it. Susan is thrilled, and the girls decided to make more picture pillows for others like her and in doing so discover it is more fun to give than to receive.This story is based on a project started in 2008 by the author and his wife. In all, they and their volunteers made and shipped free what they called "Sweet Dreams Pillows" to over 13,000 children of deployed members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

THE QUANTICS is about a 17-year old boy, Liam, and his friends who develop powers after discovering a meteor at summer camp. When Liam is wrongly arrested for shooting twelve campers, he can't protect his friends from the real murderer, a shape-shifting alien whose ability is to steal other people's "quantic" powers. To make matters worse, Liam's future self has come back in time to kill Liam.

Two friends have a conversation at the outset of an epic war. One of them, Arjuna, is sad and confused in the face of imminent doom; the other, Krsna, decides to cheer him up and clear his doubts. Through the course of their battlefield dialogue Krsna assumes the role of a mentor and inspires Arjuna, teaching him the timeless wisdom of the Bhagavad-gitä. If one wants to know about India's grand heritage, religious traditions, ancient philosophy, and spirituality, the Bhagavad-gītā is a good place to start.

Revelation, the last book of the New Testament, describes the struggle between good and evil and the triumph of Christ and his church. It is sometimes called the Apocalypse from its first work in the Gk. Original; it is the chief of all Apocalyptic books. The New Testament contains Apocalyptic passages (e.g., Mark 13, 2 Thessalonians 2), but Revelation, like Daniel in the Old Testament, is given entirely to this type of writing.W. S. Thompson once stated: "The Revelation, the day John wrote it, was all that it is today. It revealed identically the same principles as it does today. Nothing has been added through historical events and incidents which help us to understand it. Nothing has been lost. If we were compelled to look to profane history for records of persons and events which would help us to understand the Revelation, then profane history would be the basis for our understanding, and not the Revelation.The Scriptures are the greatest and best source for an explanation of the Revelation. There is hardly any symbol, admonition, or principle stated in the Revelation that has not been well presented in all the previous ages. The primary purpose of this publication is to promote studies in the book of Revelation.

Listening to an old, familiar song can bring us right back to memorable moments of our history, whether it was graduation from school, getting a job, raising our children, or serving our country. Music is the soundtrack of our lives.In just a few generations, we have witnessed so many changes in technology, attitudes, and styles in the world around us. We've heard stories of the first flight around the world and even watched the first person walk on the moon.This book is an attempt to capture the essence of the music and the historical icons who have shaped our lives over the years: our very own Musical Memory Lane.

When we think of ourselves as children of God, we tend to imagine ourselves as small children, dependent and trusting. A better analogy would be to think of ourselves as adolescents. Anyone who has raised a child to adulthood can understand the dilemma of wanting our children to become independent, successful members of society, but realizing as they make their way in the world they will make mistakes. They will get hurt. God did not create us as robots programmed for total obedience. He knows that we will make poor choices as we grow. We will face trials and we will, at times, question His love for us. Just as the parent of an adolescent, God wants us to come to Him for advice, consolation and love. He wants us to remember all He has taught us, all He has done for us, and how much He loves us. He wants our love and devotion in spite of the hardships we face or successes we achieve. When I think about those who don't believe they need God in their lives, it brings to mind the lonely widow who sits in her home day after day, hoping for the moment when her child will call or come to see her. Some never will. How sad is that!

This book explores how people view cyberbullying, how to prevent it, and how to develop effective coping strategies for dealing with it.Teenagers and young people are more affected than ever by cyberbullying, which is on the rise. Bullying also reached new heights with the quick development of computers and technological devices. Teenagers spend a significant amount of time each day on social media, which is full of various forms of bullying. Being a victim of cyberbullying can have catastrophic effects on students, who may develop anger, depression, fear, low self-esteem, and suicidal thoughts. The severity of cyberbullying is significantly underreported, and little is known about the coping strategies that work best for students.

IN HYBRID, a sequel to BLUE FIRE, R.J. Mikelionis M.D. offers a riveting and even surpassing tale, in his unique, spare, hard-hitting style.Dr. J. Cameron returns from his Blue Fire journeys to the Medical Wards, a superb clinician now adding research to his hectic schedule. Enormous implications of the research for patient care and longevity collide with cold, bureaucratic politico-economic realities, threatening to destroy him.In one of many parallel battles, Max-Cameron's buddy and Intern-becomes embroiled in a war reminiscent of the backstreets he'd left behind, in a quest to free his girlfriend from the mob.The odds are stacked against the doctors, their friends, patients.But in times of need, their ordinary lives accept extraordinary choices. Their lives lock into wars between life and death, and quests for the just vs. the shadow dragons of evil.

During the final years of the Japanese Occupation, when most Korean brides and grooms were married sight unseen, Gui-yong and Eum-chun strike gold by -finding a love as sweet as sticky rice. But their love for each other and for their secretly adopted daughter is not enough, as they must soon accept the impossible-a mistress moving in to bear Gui-yong the male child deemed necessary in a society still smoldering in Confucianism. After the Korean War drives the family apart, it falls on the shoulders of their adopted daughter, Mi-Na, to figure out how to keep her parents' love burning through this life and into the next-and ultimately make sense of the past.Flowing from her firsthand experience of growing up in Seoul during the Korean War, Maija Rhee Devine's novel reveals uniquely Korean colors and sounds as she leads readers through an extraordinary love story that parallels the tragedies of the war.

Is this just another devotional?Well, it can be... Or it can be so much more.In volume 1 of Fifty Words of Encouragement Just for You, Pastor Ken says, "These words are to be considered by the reader as 'so much more.'"From the inception of this first volume, each of the words presented arewith the conviction that some aspect of each word was tailor-made foryou, the reader.Hence, the phrase "just for you" is so much more than a generalization.Please allow yourself to embrace the notion that our loving, heavenlyFather is pointedly speaking to encourage you or someone close to you.Psalm 107:20 says, "He sent his word to heal us and rescue us from ourdestruction."So, beloved, be encouraged in your heart and carefully ponder the variouslayers of thought and the potential impact of each word in your life.As always, in His love, Pastor Ken Reed

Mr. Currie discusses how it can be difficult to share the reasons he believes in God, which is what motivated him to write this book. The main thesis is that it makes as much sense scientifically and logically to believe in God as to not believe. He accepts that you may disagree with his choice, but hopes you will consider that belief is not necessarily a delusion or something that ruins everything. With some discussion about what we mean by belief and God, he presents the reasons and evidence that support his belief. Some reasons to believe are based on things he doesn't believe. He doesn't believe that nothing produces something, that matter has always existed, or that intelligence, consciousness, emotions and a sense of morality arose from inanimate matter. He believes that there is evidence of design in creation and life that points to God. These things require an autonomous, intelligent, external to our time and space entity, God. He also believes that the arguments against God are not adequate to negate the plausibility of sensible belief. He believes in free will. A person can choose to believe or not. Either choice is based on a person's understanding of the evidence along with faith.

As an academic project, the author extensively researched the day and era of the cataclysmic financial event, the Stock Market Crash of October 29, 1929; its roots and causes he labeled The Gathering Storm; The Day Itself; The Deluge; and its Aftermath. Concurrent with the history unfolding is the capture of the flavor of the early third of the Twentieth Century, especially of New York City where the event transpired, and the lives and loves of a host of characters assembled by Hanrahan to show that the financial tragedy had its share of victims, participants and affected onlookers.

I remember how I used to play as a child. Imagination is a beautiful thing and helps reasoning skills. Too many children today are attached to phones, tablets, computers, and video games. Franklin the Fearless is the name of the pirate from the book and his treasure inspires a hunt in two little boys' world that will spark their imaginations and help them to learn what is truly important in their young lives.

I was a successful businessman who was always looking for a new adventure to invest in to make my legacy greater. I should have known my next adventure was going beyond anything previously encountered. Despite my disturbing dream, I was not aware of what was to ensue.At the onset, this adventure appeared to be quite lucrative. However, as the adventure progresses, in its unfoldment, it led me to some other unsettling paradigms. I found myself in other time zones and even on other planets.Initially, the pattern of these events seemed obscure. After a few shocking revelations, I realized that there was a purpose to the pattern. The purpose was that of the Ancient Future.

Be Set FreeFor there's a love, a Father's loveFor there's a hope for all mankindFor there's a grace, a Gift of graceFor there's a Friend, He's yours and mineSo reach out and take His handSo lift up your eyes to seeSo lay down all of your sinsAt His cross and be set free"Canuel's call as a writer is on full display in this work. He is careful to credit several companions with contributing special impetus and inspiration for composing this year-long trek down the eponymous "Soul Road." His skill as a spiritual wordsmith is apparent in every entry, and readers will sense through these rhythmic ruminations the writer's struggles and triumphs as each new day dawns. His book could easily enhearten and encourage others to begin their own journey, with this volume as a daily guide."-The US Review of Books

With climate change alone now actually threatening life as we know it on this wonderful but so badly abused planet, and with multiple additional crises adding to the rapidly increasing chaos it is essential that we come to understand what is really happening, why, and what to do about it. This book is an attempt to aid in that understanding. It recognizes the peril of this moment in our history but far more importantly, it shows what an extraordinary opportunity that peril affords us, can we but see it.

My cookbook will teach you how to cook many of your favorite foods, such as chicken, pork chops, catfish, onion rings, steak, tilapia, etc., easier with the use of canisters. All you have to do is follow the easy instructions written in my cookbook.

PROGNOSIS: DISASTER SECOND EDITION is a book about human induced environmental change and disease. Climate change, global warming and deforestation threaten human, animal, and plant populations with diseases more virulent than previously known. Most of this book deals with diseases influenced by climate change and how humans influence their creation and spread. This book will be useful as a reference on disease and environmental science, and as a call to action. Unless we take active measures now to stop pollution and greed, all life on the planet is doomed.

Kendrick is a little boy who has a dog name Cocogrismo. Cocogrismo is a very special little Shihtzu dog that loves to run and play in the rain. Cocogrismo was caught up in a big rainbow and an amazing thing happened to Cocogrismo after that--- he became the Rainbow Dog. This coloring and reading book is full of excitement and fun that the whole family will enjoy. Make it your own.

At the present time I live in British Columbia, Canada, but was raised in Alberta, Canada. I grew up on a farm in a family of seven with loving hard-working parents. I am married and have three grown children and one grandchild. I have been a Christian for about thirty-five years and am thankful for the friends who brought that about. I am so thankful to God for all He has done for me and the things He has brought me through. I look forward to serving Him always.

The Legendary Aubrey Durrell is a book about a young man who grew up in Empire, Georgia, a small community in central Georgia. While Empire is a real place, it is vastly different from the place described in this book. It is a very small community with no more than 400 residents and one lonely caution light that lets you know you are there. At one time many years ago, Empire had its own school as did other communities such as Union Hill, Roddy, Chester, Chauncey, and other communities about the same size as Empire and it was this thought that what if those communities had developed differently and still had their schools today. This story tells how life would have been through the eyes of Aubrey Durrell, a talented young athlete and musician who loves his hometown and takes the values of hard work, faith, and loyalty to family and friends with him wherever he goes in his life. The story follows the life of Aubrey and his teammates who fight for athletic supremacy with other small communities especially Union Hill, their biggest rival. We follow him through his college career and his marriage to a girl he met in college. Along the way he fell in love with his high school sweetheart who ends up breaking his heart and deals with life's struggles and temptations all while staying true to the values taught by his parents in Empire, Georgia.

The Echoesof theTimber WolfIf you are looking to learn about one of the most intriguing characters of the Bible, mentioned over 1,000 times and brought to light as both a legendary and larger than life story of divine selection, struggle, and accomplishment, then this book and study of the life of King David is for you. As you turn these pages, you will find that "The echoes of the Timber wolf " are in you as they were in the shepherd boy king. You will find the inspiration to walk deeper in your journey with God and discover the God of David as your very own source of power!

Dr. Dresden leaves no stone unturned as he navigates through the exciting world of the development and practice of an obstetrician and gynecologist. From start to finish, his story is wrought with startling revelations and shocking exposes. His journey uncovers the needs, hopes, anticipations and expectations of men who choose to become physicians and, later on, obstetricians and gynecologists. He deals, without evasion, with the compromises that must be made in a physician's personal life in order to first learn and then practice his chosen profession. He explores, in stark detail, the life experiences that motivate men to strive to serve women's medical needs. He uncovers the self-serving and abusive nature of medical training and the resultant waste, inefficiency and danger. He confronts the flaws and dangers in the medical delivery system that threaten our expectation of quality medical care. He exposes the rot, self-interest and hypocrisy that pervade the political power structure of hospitals and medical societies. Lastly, he uncovers the power that drug companies can exert to control the pricing and delivery of pharmaceuticals and concomitantly keep physicians in line. The task is monumental and the author has met the challenge.

Love, Faith, & BulletsThis is a beautiful collection of poems written over the span of a decade. It is a timeless tale of love & heartache while Nate was discovering his faith and what it meant to be in the 21st Century America military. He masterfully colors the emotional toils of his heart onto every page.

Living Loved: Recognizing and Responding to God lets the reader into the private and intimate areas of the author's heart and mind. Many writers, pastors, or spiritual leaders encourage others to let God into their lives by telling Bible stories, giving snippets of generalized accounts about their own or others' experiences, and by sharing philosophical viewpoints. Although not a "how-to" book, Living Loved details one person's coming to live in close, personal friendship with God. Author Laurice Shafer writes for the person who has wondered about someone else's spiritual life, hoping to find encouragement for their own experience of God. She tells of God's efforts to bring her into friendship with Him, describing it as it was...defects of character are acknowledged, God's specific interventions described heart to heart communication between a woman and her God detailed, and healing and growth in human relationships explored. The hope that comes with experiencing God and His power to restore resounds in this book.

DEATH OF THE NEGRO volume 1"The ancestors of the Negro in America brought their songs with them into slavery"[Negro Music in New York - a chronological survey". Federal Writers Project, 1936-38.]During the period of the antebellum south, "Sorrow-songs" or "Escapist songs" were placed in a similar category to the unpardonable songs because they were freedom songs that applied the same minor traditional tones from Africa as the songs already hated by the master. Later, at the beginning of the 20th Century, Spirituals and Sorrow songs were confused as coming out of the same whishes by collectors and religious apologists.Please remember that many to the communities forcibly migrated from Africa were familiar with Hymns because of their immigration from Egypt thousands of years before. What we hear today is, all of the song were performed in what are referred to as "the blues". As stated by Gellert, this music was brought from Africa with the, . This music was adapted to the current circumstances and has continued until the present.The intellectual nature of these Escapists compositions was never promoted. Thus, because of how the actual songs were sung, the intent of the lyrics was not understood. Only Gellert understood the use of the word Escapist as a metaphor of "Sorrow Songs" urging the populous to take the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom. Freedom represented the name avoided.The idea in giving this lecture as a narration/dialogue play short story is to create a setting in which the scholar learners may visualize the conditions people lived. The point is to use a lyric poet to speak about the feeling the oppressed poor felt during the time these songs were composed and delivered. The accompanying lyric post is an African American blues singer. This lyric poet comes from particular reference points because his lyrics are universal to all poor people of the world.

Who is Betty?Betty Marie Stone is an enthusiastic overweight young singer with the desire to one day - see her name in lights. Although she was always complimented as a child because her voice was strong and adult like in church, No one ever said anything to her regarding her looks, smarts, or personality. For some reason, they only focused on her voice. The elder women would say, "Chile you got a gift from God just like your mother," or they would say, "If you don't do anything else, you ought to sing." Raised by a strong, Southern Baptist Grandmother in the middleof one of the largest Northern Cities was a struggle all in itself. The city lights called to her in a way much different than her counterparts because they had never experienced the darkness of the south. Betty remembered seeing miles and miles of darkness when she was a child. Although they moved to Michigan when she was twelve, she still remembered the dark roads and fields. For some reason, she always felt that the lights made her feel safe and looked after. She thought as long as there were lights, she would never feel the sadness of darkness, nor would she feel alone. Those long dark southern roads seem to escalate the long suffering she endured being alone and forced to care for her mother when she needed care and attention herself.After years had passed and the city started to quiet down a bit, Betty really started to focus on her future. She was sure that singing would make her happy, but unsure if her desired path was even possible. The pains she endured while trying to pursue her dream as a NON-Gospel singer begins almost immediately. Southern gospel was the ONLY music permitted in Grandma's house. Grandma seemed to only care about her church and her relationship with her Bible. After the death of her Mother; Betty thought she'd never sing again. Somehow, after those feelings died a bit, the fire and desire to perform still burned brightly in her soul.Now that she is in her early twenties, she reflects on her feelings as a child, and it still saddens her to admit that she really did feel alone even in the lights. Betty now feels that God's love is enough to help her through any rough patch. After all the ups and downs she endured, Betty finally found someone worth singing for, herself. NOW nothing can stop her, not even fear or loneliness. Now it's time to get the game face on. Betty, It's Showtime.

The Bible is considered the most profound collection of documents in all of history, and its messages and stories are still referenced today in the secular world. But it's long, complicated, hard to understand, and is not organized in chronological order.After author Dr. Peter Bylsma published The Short Bible, it became clear that a shorter version was needed that used simple language. This shorter Simplified version was written for those who are at least 10 years old and those with limited time. It summarizes all 66 books of the Old and New Testament in 24 short, easy-to-read chapters and captures the Bible's epic stories, characters, and main ideas. Structured like a modern book, it also includes a pronunciation guide as well as historical and geographical facts to help clarify the context of the events.The Simplified Short Bible is appropriate for those who are already familiar with the Bible but want a fresh look at its messages. Busy people who want to understand the stories and messages of the most read book of all time will also find it to be a thought-provoking read.

Angels of the Seven Churches- Revelation 2-3The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands.The Seven Stars: Are the angels of the seven churches, and The Seven Lampstands which you saw are the seven churches (Rev. 1:20).Revelation 2: To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, The Loveless Church: Nevertheless, I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place -unless you repentRevelation 3: And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, The Dead Church: Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent, therefore, if you do not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. He who comes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.