Download or read book Birds of the Kingdom My Journey with God and Birds written by Mary Lou Hall and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get excited about God as you read Mary Lou's sometimes witty, and other times soul-searching devotions. In her daily writings, Mary Lou intertwines her love of God with her love for birds. Connecting the two are personal stories by herself and others. Be lifted up through God's Word to you. Find strength and comfort as you go through life's struggles--journey with those who have had their share. Let your heart laugh as Mary Lou shares silliness in her life. You're not a birder? That's okay. Feast your eyes on the birds. You will see the many colors and designs of the birds as created by the master artist. Your eyes will take you from the tiny hummingbird to the majestic eagle, and even to a bird with a bill that looks like a spoon. Let the Holy Spirit speak to your heart as you read.

Download or read book Birds of the Kingdom written by Mary Lou Hall and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get excited about God as you read Mary Lous sometimes witty, and other times soul-searching devotions. In her daily writings, Mary Lou intertwines her love of God with her love for birds. Connecting the two are personal stories by herself and others. Be lifted up through Gods Word to you. Find strength and comfort as you go through lifes strugglesjourney with those who have had their share. Let your heart laugh as Mary Lou shares silliness in her life. Youre not a birder? Thats okay. Feast your eyes on the birds. You will see the many colors and designs of the birds as created by the master artist. Your eyes will take you from the tiny hummingbird to the majestic eagle, and even to a bird with a bill that looks like a spoon. Let the Holy Spirit speak to your heart as you read.

Download or read book The Race to Save the Lord God Bird written by Phillip Hoose and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragedy of extinction is explained through the dramatic story of a legendary bird, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and of those who tried to possess it, paint it, shoot it, sell it, and, in a last-ditch effort, save it. A powerful saga that sweeps through two hundred years of history, it introduces artists like John James Audubon, bird collectors like William Brewster, and finally a new breed of scientist in Cornell's Arthur A. "Doc" Allen and his young ornithology student, James Tanner, whose quest to save the Ivory-bill culminates in one of the first great conservation showdowns in U.S. history, an early round in what is now a worldwide effort to save species. As hope for the Ivory-bill fades in the United States, the bird is last spotted in Cuba in 1987, and Cuban scientists join in the race to save it. All this, plus Mr. Hoose's wonderful story-telling skills, comes together to give us what David Allen Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds calls "the most thorough and readable account to date of the personalities, fashions, economics, and politics that combined to bring about the demise of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker." The Race to Save the Lord God Bird is the winner of the 2005 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2005 Bank Street - Flora Stieglitz Award.

Download or read book The Birds of Bethlehem written by Tomie dePaola and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perfect first Christmas book This inventive and fresh Nativity story is told from a bird's-eye view. On the morning of the first Christmas, the birds of Bethlehem gather in the fields--not only to eat but to share the exciting news. People from all over have descended on Bethlehem and an angel has appeared in the night sky. Something extraordinary is coming! The birds agree that they must find this wondrous thing, and off they fly to the stable where a child has been born. In simple language and dazzling pictures, beloved author-illustrator Tomie dePaola shares the awe and anticipation of the first Christmas. His cast of brightly colored, curious birds will appeal to young children, making this a perfect introduction to the story of Christmas.

Download or read book The Song of the Bird written by Anthony De Mello and published by Image. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every one of these stories is about YOU." --Anthony de Mello Everyone loves stories; and in this book the bestselling author of Sadhana: A Way to God shares 124 stories and parables from a variety of traditions both ancient and modern. Each story resonates with life lessons that can teach us inescapable truths about ourselves and our world. De Mello's international acclaim rests on his unique approach to contemplation and ability to heighten self-awareness and self-discovery. His is a holistic approach, and in the words of one reviewer: "his mysticism cuts across all times and peoples and is truly a universal invitation." The Song of the Bird uses the familiar yet enduring medium of the story to illustrate profound realities that bring us in touch with the problems and concerns of daily life, as well as with our common spiritual quest. The aim is to develop the art of tasting and feeling the message of each story to the point that we are transformed. "Let the story speak to your heart, not to your brain," the author directs. "This may make something of a mystic out of you." Enhanced by lovely ink drawings, this is indeed a volume to treasure, to share, and to read many times over, for it is everyone's best companion on the road to spiritual growth.

Download or read book Atlas of Bird Migration written by Jonathan Elphick and published by Firefly Books Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how birds migrate and provides information on migrations in each region of the world and on the migrating habits of hundreds of species of birds.

Download or read book Night Driving written by Chad Bird and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journeys that begin in brokenness rarely follow a straight road to healing. There are twists and turns--and setbacks--on the path of repentance. Night Driving tells the story of a pastor and seminary professor whose moral failures destroyed his marriage and career, left his life in ruins, and sent him spiraling into a decade-long struggle against God. Forced to fight the demons of his past in the cab of the semi-truck he drove at night through the Texas oil fields, Chad Bird slowly began to limp toward grace and healing. Drawing on his expertise as an Old Testament scholar, Bird weaves together his own story, the biblical story, and the stories of fellow prodigals as he peels back the layers of denial, anger, addiction, and grief to help readers come face-to-face both with their own identities and with the God who alone can heal them.

Download or read book Layli and Majnun written by Nezami Ganjavi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song "Layla" and that Lord Byron called "the Romeo and Juliet of the East," in a masterly new translation A Penguin Classic The iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his subtlety, inventiveness, and dramatic force, Layli and Majnun tells of star-crossed lovers whose union is tragically thwarted by their families and whose passion continues to ripple out across the centuries. Theirs is a love that lasts a lifetime, and in Nezami's immortal telling, erotic longing blends with spiritual self-denial in an allegory of Sufi aspiration, as the amenities of civilization give way to the elemental wilderness, desire is sublimated into a mystical renunciation of the physical world, and the soul confronts its essence. This is a tour de force of Persian literature, in a translation that captures the extraordinary power and virtuosity of the original.

Download or read book The Epic of Kings Hero Tales of Ancient Persia written by Firdausi and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia Firdausi - The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia (The Shahnameh) is an epic poem by the Persian poet Firdausi, written between 966 and 1010 AD. Telling the past of the Persian empire, using a mix of the mythical and historical, it is regarded as a literary masterpiece. Not only important to the Persian culture, it is also important to modern day followers of the Zoroastrianism religion. It is said that the poem was Firdausi's efforts to preserve the memory of Persia's golden days, following the fall of the Sassanid empire. The poem contains, among others, mentions of the romance of Zal and Rudba, Alexander the Great, the wars with Afrsyb, and the romance of Bijan and Manijeh.

Download or read book Kingbird Highway written by Kenn Kaufman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 16, Kaufman dropped out of high school and started hitching across America in an effort to see the most birds in a year. "Kingbird Highway" is a unique coming-of-age story, combining a lyrical celebration of nature with wild adventures and some unbelievable characters.

Download or read book The Bird King written by G. Willow Wilson and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of NPR’s 50 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Decade: A fifteenth-century palace mapmaker must hide his powers in the time of the Inquisition . . . Award-winning author G. Willow Wilson’s debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post Best Book of the Year and established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. Now she delivers The Bird King, an epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. Fatima is a concubine in the royal court of Granada, the last emirate of Muslim Spain. Her dearest friend, Hassan, the palace mapmaker and the one man who doesn’t leer at her with desire, has a secret—he can draw maps of places he’s never seen and bend the shape of reality. When representatives of the newly formed Spanish monarchy arrive to negotiate the sultan’s surrender, Fatima befriends one of the women, not realizing that she will see Hassan’s gift as sorcery and a threat to Christian Spanish rule. With their freedoms at stake, what will Fatima risk to save Hassan and escape the palace walls? As the two traverse Spain with the help of a clever jinn to find safety, The Bird King asks us to consider what love is and the price of freedom at a time when the West and the Muslim world were not yet separate. “Wilson has a deft hand with myth and with magic, and the kind of smart, honest writing mind that knits together and bridges cultures and people.” —Neil Gaiman, author of Norse Mythology “A triumph . . . one of the best fantasy writers working today.” —BookPage “A treasure-house of a novel, thrilling, tender, funny, and achingly gorgeous. I loved it.” —Lev Grossman, author of the Magicians trilogy

Download or read book A Most Remarkable Creature written by Jonathan Meiburg and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Utterly captivating and beautifully written, this book is a hugely entertaining and enlightening exploration of a bird so wickedly smart, curious, and social, it boggles the mind.”—Jennifer Ackerman, author of The Bird Way “A fascinating, entertaining, and totally engrossing story.”—David Sibley, author of What It's Like to Be a Bird An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey called caracaras, which puzzled Darwin, fascinate modern-day falconers, and carry secrets of our planet's deep past in their family history. “As curious, wide-ranging, gregarious, and intelligent as its subject.”—Charles C. Mann, author of 1491 In 1833, Charles Darwin was astonished by an animal he met in the Falkland Islands: handsome, social, and oddly crow-like falcons that were "tame and inquisitive . . . quarrelsome and passionate," and so insatiably curious that they stole hats, compasses, and other valuables from the crew of the Beagle. Darwin wondered why these birds were confined to remote islands at the tip of South America, sensing a larger story, but he set this mystery aside and never returned to it. Almost two hundred years later, Jonathan Meiburg takes up this chase. He takes us through South America, from the fog-bound coasts of Tierra del Fuego to the tropical forests of Guyana, in search of these birds: striated caracaras, which still exist, though they're very rare. He reveals the wild, fascinating story of their history, origins, and possible futures. And along the way, he draws us into the life and work of William Henry Hudson, the Victorian writer and naturalist who championed caracaras as an unsung wonder of the natural world, and to falconry parks in the English countryside, where captive caracaras perform incredible feats of memory and problem-solving. A Most Remarkable Creature is a hybrid of science writing, travelogue, and biography, as generous and accessible as it is sophisticated, and absolutely riveting.

Download or read book The Myles Munroe s Kingdom Series written by Dr. Myles Munroe and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 1905 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingdom of God is here! The defining message of Dr. Myles Munroes life and worknow available for the first time as a packaged collection. While many remember Dr. Munroe for delivering exceptional teaching on topics such as purpose, potential, vision, praise and worship, leadership, and even relationships, perhaps no revelation has been more important for the individual believer as his message on the Kingdom of God. Dr. Munroe served as a pioneer and prophetic voice, summoning people to experience and enjoy the fullness of their salvation in Christ. This came through discovering their purpose, unlocking their potential, and walking the earth as Kingdom citizens, fueled by Heavens vision. Dr. Munroe now stands among the great cloud of witnesses in Heaven, still beckoning us onward to become representatives and ambassadors of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. His voice continues to challenge Christ-followers around the world to fulfill their destinies. Today, Dr. Munroes Kingdom message is more crucial than ever. In this hour of turmoil and upheaval, embrace your Kingdom purpose!

Download or read book Discovering Many of Life s Mysteries and Secret s on My Own Life s Journey so Far written by Philip John Nicholls and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What lies before you on the following pages of this book, is my personal interpretation of events, that have change my life forever, and has also given my life, a new sense of true meaning in every way. On my Lifes Journey So Far, i have been shown my true purpose for being here on this planet today, and within the last few years of my own Lifes Journey, i have been shown the true wonders of how magical life can really be, here on our planet. I now feel that i have fully awakened from a long deep sleep, that Ive been fighting to awaken from, for such a long time. I also feel that i have come to a point in my own Lifes Journey, where i must begin to share these truly enlightening secrets, with everyone here on this planet today. My only hope is that the information contained within the pages of this book, will begin to give you the same inspirations, and courage that i have found on my own Lifes Journey So Far. Hoping that these inspirations, will encourage you, to embark on your own Lifes Journey of new discovery, beginning to open you up, to the true wonders that life holds for us all, here on this planet today, if we are only willing to seek them out.

Download or read book I Rise to Defend written by Archbishop Bassey Effiong Orok and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Rise to Defend: HIS HOLINESS OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU is THE CHRIST This unprecedented book is written by a renowned and reputable Prophet of THE ALMIGHTY GOD and seasoned Spiritual Scientist and Consultant on Issues Related to Nature and the Universe, His Grace Archbishop Bassey Effiong Orok, who has authored several first-time Books that attract global attention. This Book begins its journey with in-depth explanation about the existence of THE ALMIGHTY GOD and CREATOR of the Universe as the No-Beginning Being; to the origin of the Universe, with the creations of other worlds and their various contents and different roles, their various orientations, as well as their different climates. The reason the Earth was created is also given attention in this first-time Book. The Potential blessings of the Earth, its Compress Region, Primary, Secondary and Joint Positions of ALMIGHTY GOD, along with His Universal Symbol are among the contents of this All Important Book. The Heavenly and Earthly Arrangements, which affects every creations; and went ahead to unveil the First and Ever Physical Manifestation of THE ALMIGHTY GOD in human form in The Person of LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU, together with His Heavenly Kingdom on Earth. The Book explains the Secret Meaning, Origin of The word "CHRIST", His Seven Cardinal Meanings, His 34 Life Evidence, as well as His Universal Existence; on how CHRIST was first introduced in Heaven to the hosts of Heaven and its subsequence opposition by former Archangel Lucifer and their immediate extradition to the Earth. One of the most important and shocking unveilings in this Holy Book, but profitable to humankind, is the Authentic Date LORD JESUS was born and not the much cerebrated yearly 25 December. The Holy Book, which is packed with first-time unveiling mysteries on CHRIST, gives detailed information about His First, Second and Third (Final) Physical Manifestations in Human Form respectively as ADAM, LORD JESUS and now; HIS HOLINESS OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. Beginning from His Heavenly Existence as THE WORD OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD to His Three Times Physical Manifestations; it explained broadly the events that took place before, during and after the fall, death and burial of ADAM. Also, during and after the death of LORD JESUS, as well as the key events that took place subsequently before, during and after His Ascension into Heaven. The different attempts made by Satan the Devil in all His manifestations to discredit and stop CHRIST from obtaining the glory that was kept for Him by Our FATHER GOD before the foundation of this world was laid, are not left out of these unveiling mysteries. Different warnings to the entire humanity as recorded herein show that unless we do away completely with all sinfulness and wicked ways of life, man was heading towards more dangerous and devastating hard times. What every human should expect in no distant time is unveiled, including in-depth information regarding the unavoidable 72 hours of global darkness is herein exposed, as it deepened in revealing how THE CHRIST will be seen in the sky across the Earth, which will be the nal signal to His pending Judgment over the entire creations, including humans and angels. More than 4,000 mysteries about CHRIST are unveiled in a comprehensive manner; and as such, this Book is not limited to any religion, nation, organization, government, group, tribe or tongue; as such, all should avail themselves the opportunity of having this Holy Book. Other Books written by the same Author includes: Holy Book of Revelations; Everlasting Arts and Sciences volumes 1 and 2; Salt of the Earth; Eternal Mysteries of Nations volumes 1,2 and 3; The Final World Government among others.

Download or read book History of the Waldenses written by J. A. Wylie and published by TEACH Services, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Waldenes were among the first of the people of Europe to obtain a translation of the Holy Scriptures. Hundreds of years before the Reformation they possessed the Bible in manuscript in their native tongue. Here the light of truth was kept burning amid the darkness of the Middle Ages. Here, for a thousand years, witnesses for the truth maintained the ancient faith.

Download or read book Southern Literary Messenger written by and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: