Download or read book The Organ Thieves written by Chip Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this “startling…powerful” (Kirkus Reviews) investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race. In 1968, Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia’s top research hospital with a head injury, only to have his heart taken out of his body and put into the chest of a white businessman. Now, in The Organ Thieves, Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist Chip Jones exposes the horrifying inequality surrounding Tucker’s death and how he was used as a human guinea pig without his family’s permission or knowledge. The circumstances surrounding his death reflect the long legacy of mistreating African Americans that began more than a century before with cadaver harvesting and worse. It culminated in efforts to win the heart transplant race in the late 1960s. Featuring years of research and fresh reporting, along with a foreword from social justice activist Ben Jealous, “this powerful book weaves together a medical mystery, a legal drama, and a sweeping history, its characters confronting unprecedented issues of life and death under the shadows of centuries of racial injustice” (Edward L. Ayers, author of The Promise of the New South).

Download or read book Heart Thief written by Ker Dukey and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-06-08 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monsters come in many forms.Some want shiny new toys to play with-others want blood.Mona Walters dreams of adventure, of a world beyond the shoreline she's confined to. She yearns for vibrancy in her dull, mundane existence, but succumbs to the bleakness.Until the necklace her sister wore the night she was brutally murdered shows up on her door wrapped in a neat bow, fueling her to run away and seek out the person responsible for stealing her sister's life.Mona wished for more-for color in her gray world.What she didn't realize was just how much more she would get.And that the world outside her own was soaked in red-blood red.The world she dreamed of is made of nightmares.A rich, influential world of two brothers-and once they have her in their sights, they plan to keep her there.Her father kept her secluded for a reason.Be careful what you wish for.There's a thief out there, and he's coming for Mona's heart.

Download or read book Heart of the Steal written by Avon Gale and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responsible, disciplined William Fox channeled his love for art and his faith in the rules into being an FBI Art Crimes agent. Right and wrong, justice and injustice-the differences are clear, and Will has spent his career drawing a line between them. Maybe his convictions have cost him relationships, but he's not willing to compromise what he knows is right. Until the night he meets Amory Vaughn. As the head of his family's philanthropic foundation, Vaughn knows very well that being rich and powerful can get him almost anything he wants. And when he meets endearingly grumpy and slightly awkward William Fox, he wants him more than he's wanted anything. Vaughn is used to being desired for his name and his money, but Will doesn't care about either. When Vaughn falls back on old habits and attempts to impress Will by stealing a painting Will admires, their nascent bond blows up in his face. But Vaughn isn't willing to give up on the glimpse of passion he saw the night he took Will apart. Before Will knows it, he's falling for the man he should have arrested, and Vaughn has to realize that some things can't be bought or stolen. Love has to be given freely. But can a man who lives by the rules, and a man who thinks the rules don't apply to him, ever see eye to eye?

Download or read book Heart s Agony written by Chi-ha Kim and published by White Pine Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First imprisoned in 1964, Korea's Chiha Kim was sentenced to death in 1974. His crime: writing poetry that provoked the military government of Chunghee Park. His sentence was commuted in 1980 following the assassination of Park. HEART'S AGONY gathers poetry from all phases of Kim's career, including poems that led to his imprisonment and torture and those written from prison.

Download or read book The Dream Thieves written by AQEEL AHMED and published by AQEEL AHMED. This book was released on 2024-04-07 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dream Thieves Dream thieves steal people's aspirations until they encounter a dream so powerful, it threatens the fabric of their reality. In Summary: In "The Dream Thieves," the beautiful town of Aspira is shown to be a place where dreams are more than just scary images. This delicate balance is threatened by the Dream Thieves, mysterious beings from another world who eat dreams and disappear where happiness and creativity used to grow. In this case, Eli, a young resident of Aspira, is in the middle of a trip that will change his life. The Dream Thieves are interested in his visions because they are bright and full of healing and inspiration. This starts an epic story that will ultimately decide everyone's fate. As the story goes on, Eli's run-in with the Dream Thieves sets him on a mission to find out what dreams are really about and get back his stolen dreams. His journey shows how the dream and real worlds are complicatedly connected, and he has to find his way through a road full of danger, new discoveries, and the chance to meet new people. The Dream Thieves change from enemies to friends in the end because Eli keeps believing in the power of dreams and wants to make things right for everyone. Because they had hurt the Heart of Dreams, which is where all dream power in Aspira comes from, they set out to fix it. The most important part of the story is Eli's huge sacrifice: he gives up part of his own dream to save the dying Heart of Dreams. In both areas, it shows how powerfully personal dreams can affect the well-being of everyone. The Dream Thieves' future is changed by this brave and selfless act. Not only does it restore the flow of dreams, but it also forces them to become Protectors of Dreams, watching over the dream realm in case it is threatened again. The sad ending of "The Dream Thieves" is a bittersweet reminder of how dreams can bring about change, heal wounds, and bring people together. By following Eli's journey, readers are encouraged to think about how their own goals relate to reality and how they can work together to change it. Aspira wakes to a new era of peace and creativity. The story has a timeless lesson about how important it is to love and protect our dreams because they are the seeds from which amazing things can grow. Chapter 1: The Amazing Dream of Eli. This was the first dream of its kind that Eli had ever had. Not only was he drawn to the city's beautiful textures and bright colors, but he was also drawn to the never-ending thrill and freedom he felt as he explored this amazing world. If you remember Eli's dream, he was on top of a cloud and looked down at a city that seemed to defy gravity. They were connected by bridges that looked like they were made of light and hung loosely in the air. They were made of bright materials that he wasn't sure what they were. There were buses and flying cars buzzing around him in the sky. They darted between buildings like fish in a river. The animals that roamed the city streets and sky, on the other hand, were what made this dream unique. These animals weren't like other animals; they talked to people like people, telling stories about their adventures and meeting people who came by. Eli remembers seeing a dog that could run faster than the flying cars and a cat whose wings sounded like old stories and whose laughter could be heard in the wind. When Eli woke up, his heart was still racing from an exciting dream. He lay in bed for a while, holding on to the dim memories of the city in the sky and the people who lived there. When Eli opened his eyes, he thought he might be back in the dream because it felt so real and solid. Eli felt he had to talk about what he had seen, even though the dream details were blurring and scenes from his own room were taking their place. He wasn't sure if his friends would believe him when he told them about the flying city and the talking animals, or if they would just think it was another dream. However, Eli knew that this dream was different. It didn't seem like something out of his mind; it was like a doorway into a world that was linked to his own in some way. The town of Aspira, where Eli lived, needed some magic. It had slowly lost its shine and life, and now there was a pall of darkness around it. It was hard for the people of Aspira to live happy lives because their daily lives were so boring and hard. The streets of town were not as busy as they used to be, and kids laughing wasn't heard very often. Eli had always thought that Aspira was missing something, something that could bring back the wonder and joy that had faded over time. While Eli thought about his dream, he began to wonder if Aspira needed a reminder of the magic in the world, the magic that could make the town happy again. Eli hurried to meet his friends because he was excited and wanted to tell them about his idea. His passionate story about his dream, which included detailed accounts of floating buildings, flying cars, and animals that talked, wowed his coworkers. They paid close attention as Eli told them about a world full of magic and excitement. Aspira seemed to suddenly feel better as they sat together. The sadness that had been there seemed to lift, and a glimpse of hope and promise took its place. What Eli dreamed brought back the wonder and joy that his friends had lost for too long. They talked about their own dreams and told each other about strange animals and places they had seen in their sleep. They could believe in the impossible again after Eli's dream seemed to have opened a door. They thought that Eli's dream might not have been a dream at all as they talked. It could have been a challenge to them to find the magic in their own lives and bring it back to Aspira. In response to Eli's idea, they came up with a plan. Instead of in the sky, they were going to build their own flying city on Aspira. They would start with small projects like making models of flying structures and their own talking animals to bring some of Eli's ideas to life. Each project was meant to bring the wonder and happiness that Eli's dream had given them to as many people in the town as possible. It was their time to work when something amazing happened. Aspira's population grew because Eli and his friends were happy and interested. By stating their own goals and ideas, they added their knowledge and creativity to the movement that was already strong. The town slowly changed from being dead and boring to busy and creative. Paintings on the walls showed scenes from Eli's dream, and the talking animal statues in the town square made everyone happy. Eli's wonderful dream had started a movement in Aspira and given him a short break from real life. People in the town were told that magic isn't just in dreams, but also in the strength of groups and creativity. Aspira's streets went from being sad to being full of hope because of them. They brought Eli's skyscraper city to life. Eli realized that remembering what a place used to be is sometimes better than trying to change it. As the town began to come to life with the spirit of the dream, he realized this. Chapter 2: The Burglars in the Venereal Area It was dark and strange in the peaceful town of Aspira, and something bad was going on. The Dream Thieves, a name for a group of mysterious and interesting people, walked quietly through the streets. They moved through the darkness with a grace that was both beautiful and scary. Their presence was almost ghostly, and you could feel it more than see it. These were not your average thieves; instead, they were looking for the most valuable and mysterious things in people. What they hoped for. They used ethereal nets and gadgets from an unknown world to record the dreams of the people who slept in Aspira. They were driven by need, not greed or spite. Dreams were more than just mental illusions for them; they were an important part of their world, like how air and water are for us. In the Dream Thieves' country, people's dreams became real. Over time, this fabric had started to fray and fall apart, which put their world's future at risk. To fix it, they needed dreams from people, full of color and feeling. The Dream Thieves waited for the Aspira people to go to sleep every night so they could steal their dreams, which rose up like smoke. These dreams ranged from normal to strange, from vivid memories of the previous day to trips into the future to places no one had been before. For the Dream Thieves, every dream was an important resource because it gave them energy to keep their world going for a little while longer. As they moved around Aspira, the Dream Thieves worked quickly but with respect for the dreams they stole. They knew how much the things they stole were worth and how their acts had hurt the people they borrowed from. But they were in great need, and the survival of their country was in danger. Aspira started to change a little with each dream that was written down. People in town felt like their mornings were missing something, but they couldn't put their finger on it. The intense dreams they had seemed to fade, leaving them with an unsettling feeling of emptiness and pain. They felt like something had cast a shadow over who they were, making them less inspired, happy, and living. Even though there was ethereal silence after the Dream Thieves' visits, people in Aspira were getting restless. They talked in whispers about their dying dreams, telling stories of lost adventures at night and strangely sad mornings. Some people started to wonder if the Dream Thieves stories, which had been written off as lies before, might actually be true. Could there really be beings that only lived in people's dreams, wiping out wonder and imagination in the process? The thought scared and interested the people in the town, who were all interested in the mysterious people who walked the streets at night. The bad guys in this story, though, were not the Dream Thieves. In their society, taking dreams was not a crime, that was okay. It was a heavy duty that was taken on in the hopes that one day there would be no need to take from people, that their reality could be fixed, and that their worlds would be balanced again. They wished there was a way for everyone to live together and enjoy the beauty of dreams without putting anyone in danger or using up all their resources. During their nighttime walks, each dream they gathered had a whispered plea for peace, understanding, and a time when dreams can freely move between their world and the human world.

Download or read book Cultural Anatomies of the Heart in Aristotle Augustine Aquinas Calvin and Harvey written by Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book probes beneath modern scientific and sentimental concepts of the heart to discover its past mysteries. Historical hearts evidenced essential aspects of human existence that still endure in modern thought and experience of political community, psychological mentality, and physical vitality. Marjorie O’Rourke Boyle revises ordinary assumptions about the heart with original interdisciplinary research on religious beliefs and theological and philosophical ideas. Her book uncovers the thought of Aristotle, William Harvey, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and John Calvinas it relates to the heart. It analyzes Augustine’s outlaw heart in cultural deviance from biblical law; Aquinas’s problematic argument for the permanence of the natural law in the heart; and Calvin’s advocacy for an affective heart re-created by the Spirit from its fallen nature. This book of cultural anatomies is the climax of her dozen years of publications on the heart.

Download or read book Instructions about Heart work To which is added The Companion for Prayer by the same author Second edition written by Richard Alleine and published by . This book was released on 1684 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Heart Almanac Expository and Curriculum written by Donald R. Downing and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human life is governed by the heart. The physical heart sustains the body by pumping life-giving blood to every organ and cell. The spiritual heart, on the other hand, is God's dwelling place on earth. Our success or failure in life depends not upon material wealth or social status but upon the condition of our spiritual heart. Everyone without exception needs a new heart from God, clean and right before Him, because without a new heart there cannot be a new life. The heart holds the keys of life. Downing's Heart Manual is biblically and scripturally based to help students know their own hearts and enable them to meet the challenges of life from a heart perspective. This 2-year study guide is designed to help students and teachers broaden their knowledge of the heart and of how to love the Lord with all of their heart, which is the first and greatest commandment (Matthew 22:37-38). Knowledge of our heart is very important because out of the heart flow the issues of life (Proverbs 4:23). In Hosea 4:6 God says, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." Spiritual heart knowledge-God's heart as well as our own-is essential for eternal life. This one-of-a-kind heart manual will guide students on an intimate journey into the very heart of God. Dr. Donald R Downing, a heart physician and specialist for God, has been writing and teaching on the heart for over 21 years. The author of over seven books on the heart, he believes that the greatest need of the church today is for leaders who are also spiritual heart specialists and physicians, and who have pure and clean hearts before God.

Download or read book The Heart of the Gospel written by Francis Patrick Donnelly and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Remarkable Answers to Prayer written by John Richardson Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book While We Are Waiting written by Faith Christian and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waiting requires time, and sometimes we don't know just how much time we'll have. Sometimes the time needed does not correspond with the time given. In our waiting for the Lord, time may exceed the endurance of our existence, but when we as humans exit this earth, our time stops only in the natural realm. Our spiritual time is eternal, and it keeps going! What we do with our wait time, determines where we will spend our eternal time. The eternal time is eternal life with God, which is the gift of God through Jesus Christ. On the contrary side of eternal life, is eternal damnation in the Lake of Fire, with Satan. "While We Are Waiting," is a passionate witness for some and a reminder for others that we are quickly approaching judgment day, when we all will be judged. Who will judge us? Jesus Christ, Himself. Who can avoid this process? Not one human being. We will all be held accountable for what we have done during this period of waiting. Knowing this, can we say we know how to wait? The most important part of waiting for the Lord is not the waiting itself, but how we wait will be the key factor in our eternal fate. Today, We have God's mercy (another chance to get it right)- but on that final day, we will be judged on the basis of our lives, and on the content of our characters and our works. So, I ask, how will you wait? Faith Christian enjoys sharing revelations from Christ. She is inspired by the Holy Sprit, and writes boldly about Christian issues. She desires to encourage the saved, and to enlighten the unsaved about salvation through Jesus Christ, on life's journey.

Download or read book Krishna The Butter Thief written by John Stratton Hawley and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author traces the development of the theme of Krishna as butter thief from its earliest appearance in literature and art until the present. He focuses on the dramas (ras lilas) of Krishna's native Braj and on the Sur Sagar, a collection of verse attributed to the sixteenth-century poet Sur Das that is as familiar to Hindi speakers as Mother Goose is to us. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Download or read book My Heart s Cry and Heaven My Father s House written by Anne Graham Lotz and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Heart's Cry and My Father's House is authored by Anne Graham Lotz and bundled into a 2-in-1 collection.

Download or read book While We Are Waiting written by Faith Christian and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waiting requires time, and sometimes we don't know just how much time we'll have. Sometimes the time needed does not correspond with the time given. In our waiting for the Lord, time may exceed the endurance of our existence, but when we as humans exit this earth, our time stops only in the natural realm. Our spiritual time is eternal, and it keeps going! What we do with our wait time, determines where we will spend our eternal time. The eternal time is eternal life with God, which is the gift of God through Jesus Christ. On the contrary side of eternal life, is eternal damnation in the Lake of Fire, with Satan. "While We Are Waiting," is a passionate witness for some and a reminder for others that we are quickly approaching judgment day, when we all will be judged. Who will judge us? Jesus Christ, Himself. Who can avoid this process? Not one human being. We will all be held accountable for what we have done during this period of waiting. Knowing this, can we say we know how to wait? The most important part of waiting for the Lord is not the waiting itself, but how we wait will be the key factor in our eternal fate. Today, We have God's mercy (another chance to get it right)- but on that final day, we will be judged on the basis of our lives, and on the content of our characters and our works. So, I ask, how will you wait?

Download or read book Book of Hearts written by Running Press and published by . This book was released on 1986-11 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Robber Bride written by Margaret Atwood and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments—one of Margaret Atwood’s most unforgettable characters lurks at the center of this intricate novel like a spider in a web. The glamorous, irresistible, unscrupulous Zenia is nothing less than a fairy-tale villain in the memories of her former friends. Roz, Charis, and Tony—university classmates decades ago—were reunited at Zenia’s funeral and have met monthly for lunch ever since, obsessively retracing the destructive swath she once cut through their lives. A brilliantly inventive fabulist, Zenia had a talent for exploiting her friends’ weaknesses, wielding intimacy as a weapon and cheating them of money, time, sympathy, and men. But one day, five years after her funeral, they are shocked to catch sight of Zenia: even her death appears to have been yet another fiction. As the three women plot to confront their larger-than-life nemesis, Atwood proves herself a gleefully acute observer of the treacherous shoals of friendship, trust, desire, and power.

Download or read book Miscellaneous Records of the Kuling Training 2 written by Watchman Nee and published by Living Stream Ministry. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watchman Nee's writings have become well known for their deep spiritual insight among Christians in many nations for many years. Through these volumes a full understanding of his balanced and proper view concerning the Bible and the spiritual life can be accurately appreciated. This new compilation and retranslation of Watchman Nee's writings present the reader a fresh and unedited version of his ministry and promises to shed new light on the reader's understanding of Watchman Nee's ministry.