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Book The Bayfield Miracle

Download or read book The Bayfield Miracle written by E. William Fruge and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bayfield Miracle invites you to share the journey of B.T. Montgomery, a man for whom the fantasy of instant, breath-taking wealth has unexpectedly come true - just in time! The local college where he works as a gift officer is going under, and if the college closes, the impact upon tiny Bayfield will be disasterous. Furthermore, his new wife is threatening divorce if he doesn't provide her a better life. Simple problems big money can handle, right? Not so fast! Sinister, greedy eyes are peering over his shoulder, determined his millions of dollars will never resolve those issues. It's a heartbreaking crisis begging for a miracle!

Book America s Miracle Man in Vietnam

Download or read book America s Miracle Man in Vietnam written by Seth Jacobs and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-27 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s Miracle Man in Vietnam rethinks the motivations behind one of the most ruinous foreign-policy decisions of the postwar era: America’s commitment to preserve an independent South Vietnam under the premiership of Ngo Dinh Diem. The so-called Diem experiment is usually ascribed to U.S. anticommunism and an absence of other candidates for South Vietnam’s highest office. Challenging those explanations, Seth Jacobs utilizes religion and race as categories of analysis to argue that the alliance with Diem cannot be understood apart from America’s mid-century religious revival and policymakers’ perceptions of Asians. Jacobs contends that Diem’s Catholicism and the extent to which he violated American notions of “Oriental” passivity and moral laxity made him a more attractive ally to Washington than many non-Christian South Vietnamese with greater administrative experience and popular support. A diplomatic and cultural history, America’s Miracle Man in Vietnam draws on government archives, presidential libraries, private papers, novels, newspapers, magazines, movies, and television and radio broadcasts. Jacobs shows in detail how, in the 1950s, U.S. policymakers conceived of Cold War anticommunism as a crusade in which Americans needed to combine with fellow Judeo-Christians against an adversary dangerous as much for its atheism as for its military might. He describes how racist assumptions that Asians were culturally unready for democratic self-government predisposed Americans to excuse Diem’s dictatorship as necessary in “the Orient.” By focusing attention on the role of American religious and racial ideologies, Jacobs makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the disastrous commitment of the United States to “sink or swim with Ngo Dinh Diem.”

Book Miracles of the Spirit

    Book Details:
  • Author : Don Krug
  • Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9781578067534
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book Miracles of the Spirit written by Don Krug and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Featuring 30 color and 188 black-and-white photographs, the book is organized geographically into eastern, central, western, and northern regions of the state. Each regional division begins with a descriptive tour of the land, the life, and the art that characterize the richness of Wisconsin's cultural landscape. Each section also includes artists' narratives, twenty-six in all, transcribed from interviews Krug and Parker conducted in their travels. Here the artists speak for themselves, relating how they began making art, and how, through art, their interests, values, and personal fulfillment are all interwoven."--BOOK JACKET.

Book The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B

Download or read book The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B written by Teresa Toten and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with moments of deep emotion and unexpected humor, this understated and wise novel explores the complexities of living with OCD and offers the prospect of hope, happiness and healing. Perfect for readers who love Eleanor & Park and All the Bright Places. ADAM’S GOALS: Grow immediately. Find courage. Keep courage. Get normal. Marry Robyn Plummer. The instant Adam Spencer Ross meets Robyn Plummer in his Young Adult OCD Support Group, he is hopelessly, desperately drawn to her. Robyn has an hypnotic voice, blue eyes the shade of an angry sky, and ravishing beauty that makes Adam’s insides ache. She’s also just been released from a residential psychiatric program—the kind for the worst, most difficult-to-cure cases; the kind that Adam and his fellow support group members will do anything to avoid joining. Adam immediately knows that he has to save Robyn, must save Robyn, or die trying. But is it really Robyn who needs rescuing? And is it possible to have a normal relationship when your life is anything but? Select praise for The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B: “. . . achingly authentic. Like Augustus Waters before him, Adam Spencer Ross will renew your faith in real-life superheroes and shatter your heart in equal measures.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred “This book made me laugh, cry, think, and kept me coming back for more.” —The Guardian “Adam is a protagonist that readers will root for.” —VOYA “Honest, fresh, and funny . . . Toten employs information about OCD like grace notes in this deft and compelling narrative.” —Booklist “Adam is a fresh and complex character, and far more than the sum of his symptoms.” —Publishers Weekly

Book Enduring Vietnam

Download or read book Enduring Vietnam written by James Wright and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: a generation goes to war -- Memorial days -- Dong Ap Bia: becoming Hamburger Hill -- Passing the torch to a new generation -- Receiving the torch -- Not their father's way of war -- The American war in Vietnam -- Getting out of this place -- Duck and cover -- Enduring Vietnam: a story that has no end

Book Three Faces of a Miracle

Download or read book Three Faces of a Miracle written by Jeanne Zeman and published by Inspiring Voices. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The doctors said, There is no hope. Then God spoke. An incurable disease strikes a mother and her twin daughters which places them beyond the reach of medical help. Fortunately, they were not beyond the grasp of God. Praise for Three Faces of a Miracle: A magnificent story of the goodness of God. Michael Taylor, Encounters of Grace Ministries, Bayfield, Colorado I am not a reader, but I could not put the book down. A must read. Gloria Malinsky, Grove, Oklahoma This little book is a reminder, in spite of what we hear from secularists, that God still intervenes in the lives of his people. Rev. Bob Bogue, Kansas City Gods power to heal is still real today, and the inspiring healing account in this book shows the truth of that statement. Rev. Wanda Cundiff, Deacon, Christ Episcopal Church, Nacogdoches, Texas A powerful testimony of Gods healing... three lives changed forever.. . a must-read to stir up your faith to believe. My faith was stirred to believe for the miraculous. Senior Pastor Rennae MacFarlane, New Day Ministries, Grand Junction, Colorado

Book More Than Miracles

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ben Volman
  • Publisher : Castle Quay Books
  • Release : 2015-09-01
  • ISBN : 1927355753
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book More Than Miracles written by Ben Volman and published by Castle Quay Books. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Holy chutzpah and a bold trust in miracles led Morris and Annie Zeidman to found The Scott Mission in 1941. With the help of their children, they built one of Toronto’s best-loved inner city ministries: “the Miracle on Spadina.” Through the eyes of their daughter Elaine Zeidman Markovic, a remarkable story unfolds of blessings, heartbreak and personal triumph—and the presence of God who never failed, even in the darkest hours, to renew hope and restore their faith.

Book The Miraculous Conformist

Download or read book The Miraculous Conformist written by Peter Elmer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the compelling story of Irish healer Valentine Greatrakes and outlines his place in the history of seventeenth-century Britain. Reveals a fascinating account of his engagement with important events of the period, including the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the English civil wars, the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland, and the Restoration of 1660.

Book TPA

    TPA

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 878 pages

Download or read book TPA written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Firebird s Vengeance

Download or read book The Firebird s Vengeance written by Sarah Zettel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-07-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy-roman.

Book Being Jewish Today

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tony Bayfield
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2019-09-05
  • ISBN : 1472962060
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book Being Jewish Today written by Tony Bayfield and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A deeply humane, learned and personal reflection on Jewish identity' Rowan Williams 'This inspiring book has made me a better Jew, one who understands more, who knows more' Daniel Finkelstein 'This remarkable book takes us on a journey: geographic, historical, cultural, philosophical, political, autobiographical and, yes, religious' Michael Marmot Being Jewish Today gives an account of both the journey of a particular British Jew and the journey of millions of women and men through today's perplexing and difficult world. With honesty and integrity Rabbi Tony Bayfield breaks new ground in exploring the meaning of Jewish identity and its relationship to Jewish tradition and belief. He does so from the perspective of a person fully integrated into the modern Western world. The rigorous questions he asks of his Jewishness, Judaism and the Jewish God are therefore substantially the same as those asked by individuals of all faiths and none. Beginning with an account of the journey of Jewish people and thought from ancient times to the present day, Bayfield goes on to consider Jewish identity, Israel as land and the scourge of anti-Semitism. He then turns to the twin concerns of Torah: Halakhah – practice, and Aggadah – ethics, along with the matter of belief in a world faced with global extinction. Finally, in addressing the manifest injustice of life, Rabbi Bayfield confronts the widely evaded questions of universal suffering and divine inaction. Drawing on key religious and secular thinkers who contribute to the force of his argument, Bayfield's masterful, challenging and urgent book will appeal to all Jews, whether religious or cultural, and to anyone curious about the nature of Judaism and religion today.

Book Creation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Katherine Govier
  • Publisher : Abrams
  • Release : 2003-06-09
  • ISBN : 1468303937
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Creation written by Katherine Govier and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2003-06-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable book about Audubon’s voyage to capture Birds of America is a “brilliantly insightful and ravishingly sensuous tale of adventure.” (Booklist) In this atmospheric and enthralling novel, Katherine Govier tells the story of the world's greatest living bird artist as he finally understands the paradox embedded in his art: that the act of creation is also an act of destruction. Running two steps ahead of the bailiff, alternately praised and reviled, John James Audubon set himself the audacious task of drawing, from nature, every bird in North America. The result was his masterpiece, The Birds of America. In June 1833, partway through his mission, he enlisted his son, Captain Bayfield of the Royal Navy, and a party of young gentlemen to set sail for nesting grounds no ornithologist had ever seen, in the treacherous passage between Newfoundland and Labrador. Creation explores the short, stormy summer throughout which the captain became the artist's foil, measuring stick, and the recipient of his long-held secrets. It is an exploration of that fateful expedition, a probing and imaginative narrative that fills in a gap in the visionary naturalist's well-documented life. “Carefully crafted and deeply thoughtful.” —Kirkus Reviews

Book The Trickster Figure in American Literature

Download or read book The Trickster Figure in American Literature written by Winifred Morgan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes and offers fresh insights into the trickster tradition including African American, American Indian, Euro-American, Asian American, and Latino/a stories, Morgan examines the oral roots of each racial/ethnic group to reveal how each group's history, frustrations, and aspirations have molded the tradition in contemporary literature.

Book God s Internationalists

    Book Details:
  • Author : David P. King
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2019-06-11
  • ISBN : 0812250966
  • Pages : 360 pages

Download or read book God s Internationalists written by David P. King and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past seventy years, World Vision has grown from a small missionary agency to the largest Christian humanitarian organization in the world, with 40,000 employees, offices in nearly one hundred countries, and an annual budget of over $2 billion. While founder Bob Pierce was an evangelist with street smarts, the most recent World Vision U.S. presidents move with ease between megachurches, the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies, and the corridors of Capitol Hill. Though the organization has remained decidedly Christian, it has earned the reputation as an elite international nongovernmental organization managed efficiently by professional experts fluent in the language of both marketing and development. God's Internationalists is the first comprehensive study of World Vision—or any such religious humanitarian agency. In chronicling the organization's transformation from 1950 to the present, David P. King approaches World Vision as a lens through which to explore shifts within post-World War II American evangelicalism as well as the complexities of faith-based humanitarianism. Chronicling the evolution of World Vision's practices, theology, rhetoric, and organizational structure, King demonstrates how the organization rearticulated and retained its Christian identity even as it expanded beyond a narrow American evangelical subculture. King's pairing of American evangelicals' interactions abroad with their own evolving identity at home reframes the traditional narrative of modern American evangelicalism while also providing the historical context for the current explosion of evangelical interest in global social engagement. By examining these patterns of change, God's Internationalists offers a distinctive angle on the history of religious humanitarianism.

Book American Militarism on the Small Screen

Download or read book American Militarism on the Small Screen written by Anna Froula and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Froula is Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Department of English at East Carolina University, USA Stacy Takacs is Associate Professor and Director of American Studies at Oklahoma State University, USA

Book The Miracle of Fasting

Download or read book The Miracle of Fasting written by Paul Chappuis Bragg and published by Health Science Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: