Download or read book The Secrets of Hartwood Hall written by Katie Lumsden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping and atmospheric debut that is at once a chilling gothic mystery and a love letter to Victorian fiction. Nobody ever goes to Hartwood Hall. Folks say it’s cursed… It’s 1852 and Margaret Lennox, a young widow, attempts to escape the shadows of her past by taking a position as governess to an only child, Louis, at an isolated country house in the west of England. But Margaret soon starts to feel that something isn’t quite right. There are strange figures in the dark, tensions between servants, and an abandoned east wing. Even stranger is the local gossip surrounding Mrs. Eversham, Louis’s widowed mother, who is deeply distrusted in the village. Lonely and unsure whom to trust, Margaret finds distraction in a forbidden relationship with the gardener, Paul. But as Margaret’s history threatens to catch up with her, it isn’t long before she learns the truth behind the secrets of Hartwood Hall.

Download or read book Everything Happens for a Reason written by Kate Bowler and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A meditation on sense-making when there’s no sense to be made, on letting go when we can’t hold on, and on being unafraid even when we’re terrified.”—Lucy Kalanithi “Belongs on the shelf alongside other terrific books about this difficult subject, like Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air and Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal.”—Bill Gates NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a creed that sees fortune as a blessing from God and misfortune as a mark of God’s disapproval. At thirty-five, everything in her life seems to point toward “blessing.” She is thriving in her job, married to her high school sweetheart, and loves life with her newborn son. Then she is diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. The prospect of her own mortality forces Kate to realize that she has been tacitly subscribing to the prosperity gospel, living with the conviction that she can control the shape of her life with “a surge of determination.” Even as this type of Christianity celebrates the American can-do spirit, it implies that if you “can’t do” and succumb to illness or misfortune, you are a failure. Kate is very sick, and no amount of positive thinking will shrink her tumors. What does it mean to die, she wonders, in a society that insists everything happens for a reason? Kate is stripped of this certainty only to discover that without it, life is hard but beautiful in a way it never has been before. Frank and funny, dark and wise, Kate Bowler pulls the reader deeply into her life in an account she populates affectionately with a colorful, often hilarious retinue of friends, mega-church preachers, relatives, and doctors. Everything Happens for a Reason tells her story, offering up her irreverent, hard-won observations on dying and the ways it has taught her to live. Praise for Everything Happens for a Reason “I fell hard and fast for Kate Bowler. Her writing is naked, elegant, and gripping—she’s like a Christian Joan Didion. I left Kate’s story feeling more present, more grateful, and a hell of a lot less alone. And what else is art for?”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior and president of Together Rising

Download or read book I m Kaitlyn written by Crystal Bowman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big sister Kaitlyn teaches the importance of helping at home in this newly formatted Little Blessings title.

Download or read book Wisdom 2 0 written by Soren Gordhamer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology is not the answer. It is also not the problem. What matters instead? Awareness, Engagement, and Wisdom. Wisdom 2.0 addresses the challenge of our age:to not only live connected to one another through technology,but to do so in ways that are beneficial, effective, and useful.

Download or read book I m Katie s Mom written by Barbara B. Holdcroft and published by Vantage Press, Inc. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A truly valuable book that provides advice and encouragement to anyone-family, professional, or friend- who assists the disabled while offering help toward becoming a knowledgeable and balanced individual.

Download or read book The Frituals written by Katelyn Costello and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of Shauna's life has been spent reading books and learning about the world around her, but now it's time for her to take part in the annual Fritual testing. For years all Shauna has wanted was to meet a Fritual from Cabineral Lake, but the test hasn't been able to find one of the powerful magick users in decades. Her older sister, Taytra, already knows there isn't much one can trust in fairy tales and the life of an adult can be a cruel. Neither is prepared for destiny to weave them into a tapestry of secrets. Thrown into events the likes of which the sisters would expect in the bedtime stories, they watch their lives crumble around them. Shauna embarks on a treacherous quest for survival, unity, and self-discovery. Meanwhile, Taytra strikes out against their enemy, sparking hope in the hearts of prisoners. Will they rise above the challenges and unite against the dark, or will newfound power destroy them?

Download or read book I Choose Brave written by Katie Westenberg and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if fear is the new brave? That's the question that you need answered if you are living afraid. Finding courage begins with fear itself--fear of the Lord. I Choose Brave reveals a countercultural plan to help you where you are--knee-deep in fears of parenting, the future, your marriage, and a world that feels unstable. When you're feeling fearful, the last thing you need is a social-media meme telling you to simply "power through" your fears. In I Choose Brave, Katie Westenberg digs deep into Scripture and shows that finding the courage to overcome our fears must start with fear of the Lord. Hundreds of passages speak to this foundational truth, yet we have somehow relegated them to antiquity. In sharing her own compelling story of facing her worst fear, Katie serves up theological truth with relatable application. In this book, you will · discover a fresh take on an old truth that displaces fear once and for all · understand why the culture's idea of "fearlessness" is a farce · access the holy courage you were made for With this new knowledge comes tremendous freedom. Hidden in the cleft of the Rock, the One truly worthy of our fear, you will begin to understand the only path to real courage.

Download or read book A Woman s Place written by Katelyn Beaty and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Woman's Place, Katelyn Beaty, insists it's time to reconsider women's work. She challenges us to explore new ways to live out the scriptural call to rule over creation - in the office, the home, in ministry, and beyond.

Download or read book Peyton s Web written by Loretta Bowens and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hoagie Katie written by Rio Koviak and published by Lumadix Press. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hoagie finds himself in a strange world after his hamster ball rolls a bit too far from home. Adventure ensues as Hoagie makes an unlikely friendship with Katie, the capybara, who has also wandered away from her family. The two embark on a journey that leads them through wonder, danger, and surprise as they meet a memorable roster of characters as they search for home.

Download or read book Song Of The Cimarron written by Kelly R. Stevens and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cimarron, Texas, is in the grips of a smallpox epidemic that has killed the town's only doctor. Everyone now depends on Katelyn McKnight's untested nursing skills for their survival. James Conner never before noticed the beautiful young woman from the edge of town, or he would not have pledged himself to another. Working alongside Katelyn is causing him daily heartache. In their darkest hour, Katelyn, James, and the people of Cimarron desperately need a song of hope. Facing her own losses and the realization that the man she loves is committed to another, can Katelyn find the strenght to lead the community through this ordeal?

Download or read book Katelyn s Three Wishes written by H. David Campbell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Katelyn visited her grandmothers house, as she often did, she always loved seeing a brass bottle that was kept on top of a very tall bookcase in her grandmothers living room. Katelyn first thought it was just a brass bottle. Once she asked her grandmother why it was always so shiny. Her grandmother told her that maybe it was magic. Katelyn just had to see the brass bottle up close, so she persuaded her best friend, Skyla, to help her. Was there something magic about this bottle? Would Katelyns life change dramatically because of it? Katelyn and Skyla also found something shocking in her grandmothers attic. What was it? I know youll love reading the exciting things that happen in this book.

Download or read book Katelyn s Choice written by Ilene J. Dirks and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Katelyn ever find the love she desires? She breaks her engagement to John Pierre when his mother threatens to disown him if he marries outside of his denomination. She experiences a job change that places her with other Christians. As Katelyn begins her new job at Designs by De, she finds herself continually in meetings with one of the designers, Patrick O'Kelly. She has never met anyone quite like him. Where does he fit into the picture? Or does he? At Mardi Gras with her friend, Jessica, Katelyn meets Beau. He is tall, dark, handsome, and has a smile others swoon over. Is it possible that she could find Mr. Right immediately? Jessica doesn't think so. What will she discover when she returns to her Midwest roots? Will God ever bring her face-to-face with Mr. Right?

Download or read book Mistaken Identity written by Sherry Derr-Wille and published by Rogue Phoenix Press. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katelyn Devereau has just found out she was adopted at birth and now her birth family wants to contact her. In an attempt to get away from this new stress, she goes to Wisconsin with her friend, Suzie. Seth Miller can’t believe he mistook Katelyn for Genean, the wife of his best friend. He chalks it up to his friends trying to find Genean’s twin sister. In no way does he want the two of them to be related. At one time, he was in love with Genean and lost her to his best friend, Brad.

Download or read book Smoke Gets in Your Eyes And Other Lessons from the Crematory written by Caitlin Doughty and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly)—a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession. Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life’s work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, and became an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. In this best-selling memoir, brimming with gallows humor and vivid characters, she marvels at the gruesome history of undertaking and relates her unique coming-of-age story with bold curiosity and mordant wit. By turns hilarious, dark, and uplifting, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes reveals how the fear of dying warps our society and "will make you reconsider how our culture treats the dead" (San Francisco Chronicle).

Download or read book No Cure for Being Human written by Kate Bowler and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I’ve Loved) asks, how do you move forward with a life you didn’t choose? “Kate Bowler is the only one we can trust to tell us the truth.”—Glennon Doyle, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Untamed It’s hard to give up on the feeling that the life you really want is just out of reach. A beach body by summer. A trip to Disneyland around the corner. A promotion on the horizon. Everyone wants to believe that they are headed toward good, better, best. But what happens when the life you hoped for is put on hold indefinitely? Kate Bowler believed that life was a series of unlimited choices, until she discovered, at age thirty-five, that her body was wracked with cancer. In No Cure for Being Human, she searches for a way forward as she mines the wisdom (and absurdity) of today’s “best life now” advice industry, which insists on exhausting positivity and on trying to convince us that we can out-eat, out-learn, and out-perform our humanness. We are, she finds, as fragile as the day we were born. With dry wit and unflinching honesty, Kate Bowler grapples with her diagnosis, her ambition, and her faith as she tries to come to terms with her limitations in a culture that says anything is possible. She finds that we need one another if we’re going to tell the truth: Life is beautiful and terrible, full of hope and despair and everything in between—and there’s no cure for being human.

Download or read book Creating the Innovation Culture written by Frances Horibe and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating the Innovation Culture gives managers practical strategies and hands-on advice for encouraging and managing innovation. This may mean actually encouraging dissent, which is the source of innovation, while avoiding too much conflict, which can paralyze a workplace. Identifies how to encourage dissent and innovation Illustrates how managers can inadvertently stifle dissent Explains how to recognize when healthy dissent crosses into conflict Outlines the role of the manager as a broker of innovation and collaboration Shows managers how to act as "e;political handlers"e; in getting dissenters' ideas accepted Includes sample dialogues and an Underground Dissent QuizCreating the Innovation Culture is not about suppressing conflict, but about how to surface, increase, and manage a level of healthy dissent. It's about fostering an environment where innovation occurs because of the culture, not in spite of it."e;Frances Horibe's insightful narrative is both thought-provoking and entertaining. Creating the Innovation Culture is a vital part of any library-especially for those of us who toil daily to harness and encourage creativity. In business today, innovation is everything. This book is an exploration of the delicate balance between innovation and dissidence."e;Derek BurneyPresident and CEOCorel Corporation"e;In this lively, well written book, Horibe helps us realize that we need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. She wisely points out that great leaders seek out and encourage people who will challenge them and their rules. This book is full of great tips on how to be this type of leader so you, too, can help innovation flourish in your organization."e;Susan RobinsonSenior Vice PresidentHuman ResourcesManulife Financial"e;It was George Bernard Shaw who once remarked with undeniable logic that all progress has to depend on the 'unreasonable man' because they are the ones who don't adapt to the world as it is. This, of course, makes perfect sense, but only up to the point where one is faced with having to deal with the reality of it in an organization."e;Whether you're one of the dissenters, someone managing dissent, or merely an observer, there's something in Creating the Innovation Culture for everyone-an understanding of dissent and innovation, advice, new ideas, and a hint of the consequences if we don't learn to deal with those 'unreasonable men.'"e;David CarlsonVice President, Americas, Quality & Customer RelationsAlcatel"e;Creating the Innovation Culture shows us how to manage the most creative behaviour in an organization-dissent. It accurately and effectively describes why the need for dissent is so important to stimulate innovation that we must promote, support, and manage dissent if our businesses today are going to survive and flourish."e;Geoff Smith Vice President, Business DevelopmentMitel"e;Frances Horibe illustrates her very astute understanding of the forces at play inside organizations. By challenging our zealous devotion to vision, quality, teams and alignment, she points out how our best intentions conspire to stomp out the very innovation that we are all dependent upon. She offers pragmatic solutions for how to continue to hear dissent, how to keep it in the open, get it out of the underground, and prepare the ground for innovation. This is a must-read for leaders serious about creating the conditions for innovation."e;Rod BrandvoldVice President, Organizational DevelopmentCognos Inc."e;Frances Horibe has made a compelling case for leaders to encourage diversity of ideas and to embrace 'dissenters' for their organizations to be innovative and successful."e;Sol KasimerChief Executive OfficerYMCA"e;We are on the edge of awareness that organizations have to learn how to really think, not just 'manage knowledge.' This book builds this awareness in plain, simple, and hard-hitting language."e;Dr. Min BasadurMichael G. DeGroote School of Busines