Download or read book The Purple Curtain written by Brian S. Chan and published by Crosshouse Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's beautiful? Beauty sells. From today's vantage point beauty is defined by personal tastes and popular opinions. But in God's eyes, what is true beauty? If the Bible could define what beauty is, what would the outcome be? In The Purple Curtain, pastor Brian Chan examines beauty from a biblical perspective and how it affects our relationship with God. Chan contends that understanding true beauty can change broken people as they discover more of God's loveliness and-in turn-grow to love Him more. He explores cultural ideas about beauty from historical and contemporary philosophers, artists, writers, films, art, and stories. Readers will learn how they can recognize authentic beauty daily and will be challenged to make beauty out of brokenness as they grow in God's love and as witnesses of Christ.

Download or read book The Invention of Hugo Cabret written by Brian Selznick and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An orphan and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy train station. He desperately believes a broken automaton will make his dreams come true. But when his world collides with an eccentric girl and a bitter old man, Hugo's undercover life are put in jeopardy. Turn the pages, follow the illustrations and enter an unforgettable new world!

Download or read book I Didn t Choose This Job It Chose Me written by Brian J. Tally and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Brian Tally is one of sacrifice, failure of our system, gross neglect, selflessness, dishonesty, manipulation, and ultimately perseverance against all the odds. As you read the story about my brother's journey, I hope you can find inspiration that no matter how bad your situation is there is always hope, people who love you, and a chapter yet to be written. Brian and I started this journey when we were told by the head of the Veterans Affairs Legal Department that his case wasn't the first, won't be the last, and if you want to change it go ahead and contact your political representative. The arrogance, deflection, lack of sympathy, or desire to fix the problem spring boarded Brian and me into this eye-opening journey. I charged Brian with changing the law. I said, "We will change the law and call it the Tally Bill." Brian was completely set up by the VA to fail; there's no way he should have been able to do what he accomplished. My mission was to change the subject for him and keep him busy and focused on something that he could control. His new mission was to right the wrong, change the narrative, and forever change the way our veterans are provided for in our country. My mission was to keep him occupied; never did I imagine that he'd see it all the way through and what it would morph into. I couldn't be prouder of my brother, who he is, who he has become, and the relationship he's created with God. Enjoy the journey you're about to go upon, and watch how a gung-ho Marine veteran went from running a successful landscaping company to walking the halls of Congress. Brian never served in overseas combat; Brian's combat came in the tune of walking the halls of Congress, countless phone calls and emails, and years of pain that continues today, all while fighting to make sure this never happens again. His combat mission was fought on US soil against the tyranny of our government systems, and he succeeded. Sometimes you choose a calling in life, and sometimes a calling chooses you. I love you, brother, and I'm so proud of you and everything you have accomplished! Respectfully, Scott Tally / USAF Combat Veteran

Download or read book Girl With No Job written by Claudia Oshry and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A tongue-in-cheek advice book from one of the most famous funemployed millennials in Manhattan and founder of the Instagram account Girl With No Job"--

Download or read book Havoc Rising written by Brian S. Leon and published by Red Adept Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eternal life. Eternal battle. Steve—Diomedes Tydides to his Trojan War buddies—just had a bad day on his charter fishing boat in San Diego, but when the goddess Athena calls on her faithful warrior for another secret mission, he’s ready. The bomb that exploded inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art isn’t the crime American authorities think it is. Someone also stole the Cup of Jamshid, and Diomedes knows its fortune-telling abilities won’t be used for anything benign. Though Diomedes recovers the Cup from a determined shaman holed up beneath Central Park, when he finds his allies slain and the Cup taken once more, he knows he’s up against a truly powerful enemy. Over a millennium has passed since Diomedes last contended with Medea of Colchis, deranged wife of Jason the Argonaut, but neither her madness nor her devotion to Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, has waned, and she intends to use the Cup of Jamshid to release across the world a dark brand of chaos unseen in human history. Immortal since the Trojan War, Diomedes must once again fight for mortals he understands less and less, against a divine evil he may never truly defeat.

Download or read book The Book of Two Ways written by Jodi Picoult and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light comes a “powerful” (The Washington Post) novel about the choices that alter the course of our lives. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE Everything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. She’s on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: Prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband but of a man she last saw fifteen years ago: Wyatt Armstrong. Dawn, miraculously, survives the crash, but so do all the doubts that have suddenly been raised. She has led a good life. Back in Boston, there is her husband, Brian, their beloved daughter, and her work as a death doula, in which she helps ease the transition between life and death for her clients. But somewhere in Egypt is Wyatt Armstrong, who works as an archaeologist unearthing ancient burial sites, a career Dawn once studied for but was forced to abandon when life suddenly intervened. And now, when it seems that fate is offering her second chances, she is not as sure of the choice she once made. After the crash landing, the airline ensures that the survivors are seen by a doctor, then offers transportation to wherever they want to go. The obvious destination is to fly home, but she could take another path: return to the archaeological site she left years before, reconnect with Wyatt and their unresolved history, and maybe even complete her research on The Book of Two Ways—the first known map of the afterlife. As the story unfolds, Dawn’s two possible futures unspool side by side, as do the secrets and doubts long buried with them. Dawn must confront the questions she’s never truly asked: What does a life well lived look like? When we leave this earth, what do we leave behind? Do we make choices . . . or do our choices make us? And who would you be if you hadn’t turned out to be the person you are right now?

Download or read book Blood on the Tracks written by Willson, S. Brian and published by PM Press. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We are not worth more, they are not worth less.” This is the mantra of S. Brian Willson and the theme that runs throughout his compelling psycho-historical memoir. Willson’s story begins in small-town, rural America, where he grew up as a “Commie-hating, baseball-loving Baptist,” moves through life-changing experiences in Viet Nam, Nicaragua and elsewhere, and culminates with his commitment to a localized, sustainable lifestyle. In telling his story, Willson provides numerous examples of the types of personal, risk-taking, nonviolent actions he and others have taken in attempts to educate and effect political change: tax refusal—which requires simplification of one’s lifestyle; fasting—done publicly in strategic political and/or therapeutic spiritual contexts; and obstruction tactics—strategically placing one’s body in the way of “business as usual.” It was such actions that thrust Brian Willson into the public eye in the mid-’80s, first as a participant in a high-profile, water-only “Veterans Fast for Life” against the Contra war being waged by his government in Nicaragua. Then, on a fateful day in September 1987, the world watched in horror as Willson was run over by a U.S. government munitions train during a nonviolent blocking action in which he expected to be removed from the tracks and arrested. Losing his legs only strengthened Willson’s identity with millions of unnamed victims of U.S. policy around the world. He provides details of his travels to countries in Latin America and the Middle East and bears witness to the harm done to poor people as well as to the environment by the steamroller of U.S. imperialism. These heart-rending accounts are offered side by side with inspirational stories of nonviolent struggle and the survival of resilient communities Willson’s expanding consciousness also uncovers injustices within his own country, including insights gained through his study and service within the U.S. criminal justice system and personal experiences addressing racial injustices. He discusses coming to terms with his identity as a Viet Nam veteran and the subsequent service he provides to others as director of a veterans outreach center in New England. He draws much inspiration from friends he encounters along the way as he finds himself continually drawn to the path leading to a simpler life that seeks to “do no harm.&rdquo Throughout his personal journey Willson struggles with the question, “Why was it so easy for me, a ’good’ man, to follow orders to travel 9,000 miles from home to participate in killing people who clearly were not a threat to me or any of my fellow citizens?” He eventually comes to the realization that the “American Way of Life” is AWOL from humanity, and that the only way to recover our humanity is by changing our consciousness, one individual at a time, while striving for collective cultural changes toward “less and local.” Thus, Willson offers up his personal story as a metaphorical map for anyone who feels the need to be liberated from the American Way of Life—a guidebook for anyone called by conscience to question continued obedience to vertical power structures while longing to reconnect with the human archetypes of cooperation, equity, mutual respect and empathy.

Download or read book Choices written by Sarah James and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after moving in, her live in boyfriend moves out and goes to live with his over possessive mother after a seemingly small tiff about a cold cup of tea. Instead of a kss and reconciliation, Jacky receives a wedding invitation from him. She is not named as the bride at his wedding. Attending the wedding escorted by rich, handsome Declan Kavanagh as pretend lover's made a mockery of the ceremony but afterwards, the emotions and the charm of Declan vividly explodes in her mind when she wakes up the next day completely naked in bed with her wedding partner and discovers the ecstacy of their pretend love was real. "What have I done?" was her plaintive cry. The new client at her Advertising Firm was millionaire Sir Robert Ravenhead who seems to think money buys whatever he wants and he made it clear that he wanted her. She was his Project Accounts Manageress for his Book Promotion. The two men in her life were women magnets and Jacky's emotios were rocked with more questions than answers. She confides her confused romantic feelings with her best friend Jennifer who warns her to beware Jacky is determined to maintain a professional image with Robert and at the same time show her sexy friend Declan that loving is not just lust. Money cannot buy love. Jennifer tells her that Declan never did anything without a backup. He even used two fertility protection devices and that was significant. Did she make the right choice when she asked Declan to wash up the evening meal dishes? For more information, please visit http://www.novel4u.co.uk

Download or read book Choices written by Tom Huser and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have choices to make. Choices: The Beginning of the Sheridan Saga begins when Jackie Hardaway, a recent graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, marries Brian Sheridan, a Texas A&M Aggie, and joins him on his family's ranch in Concho County, Texas. Jackie is ready for the ranch, but the ranch is not ready for her. She runs into resentment and conflict at every turn with Brian's family. The tension becomes unbearable, and Brian must try to make his new bride happy, while keeping peace in his family. Brian's older brother, Harold, is the heir apparent. As ranch manager, Brian finds himself bearing the weight of leadership without the promise of ownership. The ranch is going broke, but Brian's father, Adam, won't accept any of Brian's suggestions for making the old-fashioned ranch profitable. Brian and Harold fight constantly, and Adam invariably sides with Harold. When Adam dies and Harold inherits the ranch, Brian and Jackie find themselves facing a hellish choice. They can remain on the ranch and submit to Harold's authority, or they can leave and make a new life away from the only home Brian has ever known. The time has come to make some life-altering Choices. Tom Huser is a retired Presbyterian minister who lives in Kerrville, Texas. He is now writing his next book. "I am inspired by people whose hearts are right and whose heads are bright. I am particularly drawn to people who cope with adversity in courageous and creative ways, and are able to escape the snare of bitterness." http: //SBPRA.com/TomHuser

Download or read book Here Bullet written by Brian Turner and published by Alice James Books. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-person account of the Iraq War by a solider-poet, winner of the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award. Adding his voice to the current debate about the US occupation of Iraq, in poems written in the tradition of such poets as Wilfred Owen, Yusef Komunyakaa (Dien Cai Dau), Bruce Weigl (Song of Napalm) and Alice James’ own Doug Anderson (The Moon Reflected Fire), Iraqi war veteran Brian Turner writes power-fully affecting poetry of witness, exceptional for its beauty, honesty, and skill. Based on Turner’s yearlong tour in Iraq as an infantry team leader, the poems offer gracefully rendered, unflinching description but, remarkably, leave the reader to draw conclusions or moral lessons. Here, Bullet is a must-read for anyone who cares about the war, regardless of political affiliation.

Download or read book The Nature of Moral Responsibility written by Randolph K. Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it to be morally responsible for something? Recent philosophical work reveals considerable disagreement on the question. This volume presents twelve original essays from participants in these debates. The contributors include prominent established figures as well as several outstanding younger philosophers.

Download or read book The Cabin at the End of the World written by Paul Tremblay and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Tremblay’s terrifying twist to the home invasion novel—inspiration for the upcoming major motion picture from Universal Pictures “Tremblay’s personal best. It’s that good.” — Stephen King Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road. One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen, but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over almost instantly. Leonard and Wen talk and play until Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen, “None of what’s going to happen is your fault.” Three more strangers then arrive at the cabin carrying unidentifiable, menacing objects. As Wen sprints inside to warn her parents, Leonard calls out: “Your dads won’t want to let us in, Wen. But they have to. We need your help to save the world.” Thus begins an unbearably tense, gripping tale of paranoia, sacrifice, apocalypse, and survival that escalates to a shattering conclusion, one in which the fate of a loving family and quite possibly all of humanity are entwined. The Cabin at the End of the World is a masterpiece of terror and suspense from the fantastically fertile imagination of Paul Tremblay.

Download or read book Ocean Soul written by Brian Skerry and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Brian Skerry's ocean photography, including sharks in the Bahamas, leatherback sea turtles in Trinidad, and right whales in the Auckland Islands.

Download or read book My Name Is Brain Brian written by Jeanne Betancourt and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although he is helped by his new sixth-grade teacher after being diagnosed as dyslexic, Brian still has some problems with school and with people he thought were his friends.

Download or read book Immobility written by Brian Evenson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically acclaimed and O. Henry prizeDwinning author Evenson turns his literary eye to a post-apocalyptic Earth in this dazzling science fiction novel.

Download or read book Brian s Bird written by Patricia Anne Davis and published by Prairie Paperbacks. This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight-year-old Brian, who is blind, learns how to take care of his new parakeet and comes to realize that his older brother, while sometimes careless, is not so bad after all. Full-color illustrations.

Download or read book Choices written by Abigail Reed and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For young Dierdre, pregnancy is the end of hope. Abandoned by her lover, she cannot imagine having a baby alone while in law school. For Treva, pregnancy is a miracle, but one that her high blood pressure makes extremely dangerous. For Pepper, it is a mistake--the man she loves is not the baby's father. The decision each ofr these women must make is one that confronts thousands of women every day. The choise is not simple or easy, and it affects not only the women but also their families and their men. And the repercussions from their decisions will echo throughout the rest of their lives. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.