Download or read book Mary Me written by Elizabeth B Bristol and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered if God has a destiny for you? He does. For the longest time, Elizabeth Bristol ran from God--until, out of desperation, she caved. She found out she not only needed God but wanted Him. In what came as a total shock, she found peace, purpose, and incredible healing. She can't not share because in this crazy world, who couldn't use a little more of all that? There are stories in this book she wasn't going to tell. Why did she? She had to share her indiscretions in order for people to see the power of redemption. But the coolest thing about this book isn't the miraculous story God made out of Elizabeth's life; it's that He wants to do the same for everyone else. When you walk in your destiny, nothing can stop you from influencing your world. How do you do that? Let this book show you. "Elizabeth Bristol uses candor, humor, and a conversational-style to tell her unconventional story: she was a young party girl addicted to travel, always seeking something bigger than herself until she realized the hole inside of her was God-sized. That's when the self-proclaimed agnostic's real struggles began." -- Holly Lorincz, bestselling author of Crown Heights "This entertaining pilgrimage is full of quirky stories. It's deeply personal, but resonates with familiar spiritual wonderings we can all identify with. The 'aha' moments are simple yet profound, dished out appropriately in a way that makes me shake my head and smile." -- Chip MacGregor, MacGregor Literary, Inc. ELIZABETH B. BRISTOL received a counseling degree from Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, then studied at Jerusalem University College. As a missionary, she served with Living Bread International Church in Jericho and with Iris Ministries in Mozambique. She's driven across the United States forty-eight times to work as a camp counselor, a keynote speaker, and to throw on a hoop skirt and dance the Virginia Reel at a Civil War reenactment. Today she lives on the Oregon Coast with her dog, Malachi. You can connect with her at www.elizabethbbristol.com.

Download or read book Running from a Crazy Man and Other Adventures Traveling with Jesus written by Lori Stanley Roeleveld and published by Lighthouse Publishing (). This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This isn't a book for the happily comfortable. This is a book for the restless Jesus lover, the longsuffering disciple, the openhearted believer. Be forewarned. The challenges inside are designed to unsettle you as well as provide practical suggestions for thriving on the narrow road even if trouble is your travel companion."--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book The Adventures of Clara and Anton written by Stefan Waidelich and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark days have fallen upon the once magnificent kingdom of Eden. In the midst of the chaos, a girl called Clara, abandoned by her family, grows up among wild robbers. When the little misfit meets a boy in the woods, she has no idea of the fabulous adventure she is about to embark on - an adventure that will transform not only her, but the entire kingdom. Are you ready to join Clara and Anton on their dangerous journey? "A world as exciting as Narnia or Middle Earth, full of wonders, evil robbers and dragons, into which one inevitably dives while reading."Luise Esau "Impressive, fascinating, captivating! A heartwarming fairy tale."Daniel Huber Stefan Waidelich unleashes heart-pounding literary pleasure with his debut children's fantasy book. From the musician of the European band Normal Generation, known from radio and television, comes a breathtaking, deeply moving story about the value of life, the joy of finding oneself, and the strength and magic with which love empowers us.For children five years and up. Click on "Buy now" and enter the wonderful world of Clara and Anton.

Download or read book My Craziest Adventures with God written by Praying Medic and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Greatest Fiction Volume 2 written by Sir John Alexander Hammerton and published by 谷月社. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GEORGE BORROW Lavengro I.--The Scholar, the Gipsy, the Priest II.--An Adventure with a Publisher III.--The Spirit of Stonehenge IV.--The Flaming Tinman The Romany Rye I.--The Roving Life II.--The Parting of the Ways III.--Horse-Keeping and Horse-Dealing IV.--A Recruiting Sergeant M. E. BRADDON Lady Audley's Secret I.--The Second Lady Audley II.--The Return of the Gold-Seeker III.--Robert Audley Comes on the Scene IV.--The Search and the Counter Check V.--My Lady Tells the Truth VI.--The Mystery Cleared Up EDWARD BRADLEY ("CUTHBERT BEDE") The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green I.--A Very Quiet Party II.--Mr. Verdant Green Does as He Has Been Done By III.--Town and Gown CHARLOTTE BRONTË Jane Eyre I.--The Master of Thornfield Hall II.--The Mystery of the Third Floor III.--The Shadowy Walk IV.--The Mystery Explained V.--Reunion Shirley I.--In the Dark Days of the War II.--The Master of Hollows Mill III.--Caroline Finds a Mother IV.--An Old Acquaintance V.--Love Scenes Villette I.--Little Miss Caprice II.--Madame Beck's School III.--Old Friends are Best IV.--A Cure for First Love V.--Reunion Completed VI.--A Professor's Love-Story EMILY BRONTË Wuthering Heights I.--A Surly Brood II.--The Story Runs Backward III.--The Story Runs Forward ROBERT BUCHANAN The Shadow of the Sword I.--The King of the Conscripts II.--In the Cathedral of the Sea III.--Rohan Meets Napoleon JOHN BUNYAN The Holy War I.--The Founding of Mansoul II.--The Plot and Capture III.--The Re-Taking of Mansoul IV.--The Downfall The Pilgrim's Progress I.--The Battle with Apollyon II.--Vanity Fair III.--The Celestial City FANNY BURNEY Evelina I.--Deserted LADY HOWARD TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS MR. VILLARS TO LADY HOWARD II.--A Visit to Town LADY HOWARD TO MR. VILLARS MR. VILLARS TO LADY HOWARD EVELINA ANVILLE TO MR. VILLARS III.--An Unlucky Meeting EVELINA TO MR. VILLARS MR. VILLARS TO EVELINA EVELINA TO MR. VILLARS IV.--A Compromising Situation EVELINA TO MR. VILLARS V.--A Growing Acquaintance EVELINA TO MISS MIRVAN EVELINA TO MR. VILLARS VI.--A Happy Ending EVELINA TO MR. VILLARS WILLIAM CARLETON The Black Prophet I.--The Murders in the Glen II.--The Prophet Schemes III.--The Shadow of Crime IV.--An Amazing Witness V.--Fate: the Discoverer LEWIS CARROLL Alice's Adventures in Wonderland I.--What Happened Down the Rabbit-Hole II.--The Pool of Tears and the Animals' Party III.--The Adventures in the Wood IV.--Alice at the Mad Tea Party V.--The Mock Turtle's Story and the Lobster Quadrille VI.--The Trial of the Knave of Hearts MIGUEL CERVANTES Life and Adventures of Don Quixote I.--The Knight-Errant of La Mancha II.--An Adventure in a Courtyard III.--The Immortal Partnership IV.--Sancho Governs His Island V.--The Death of Don Quixote ADALBERT VON CHAMISSO Peter Schlemihl, the Shadowless Man I.--The Grey Man II.--A Soul for a Shadow III.--The Wanderer CHATEAUBRIAND Atala I.--The Song of Death II.--The Magic of the Forest CHARLES VICTOR CHERBULIEZ Samuel Brohl & Co. I.--A Mountain Romance II.--A Conversation with a Dead Man III.--Samuel Brohl Comes to Life IV.--The Partnership is Dissolved WILKIE COLLINS No Name I.--Nobody's Children II.--Tricked into Marriage III.--The Darkest Hour The Woman in White I.--The Woman Appears II.--The Story Continued by Vincent Gilmore, of Chancery Lane, Solicitor to the Fairlies III.--The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe in a Series of Extracts from Her Diary IV.--The Story Completed by Walter Hartright on His Return, from Several Manuscripts HUGH CONWAY Called Back I.--A Blind Witness II.--Not for Love or Marriage III.--Calling Back the Past IV.--Seeking the Truth in Siberia FENIMORE COOPER The Last of the Mohicans I.--Betrayed by the Redskin II.--In the Nick of Time III.--"The Jubilee of Devils" IV.--Captives of the Hurons V.--Hawk-eye's Revenge The Spy I.--Uncomfortable Visitors II.--The Disguise That Failed III.--A Dangerous Situation IV.--Justice by Evasion V.--Unexpected Meetings VI.--Last Scenes MRS. CRAIK John Halifax, Gentleman I.--The Tanner's Apprentice II.--Ursula March III.--The Rise of John Halifax IV.--The Journey's End GEORGE CROLY Salathiel, or Tarry Thou Till I Come! I.--Immortality on Earth II.--The Son of Misfortune III.--The Abomination of Desolation IV.--The Hour of Doom V.--The Pilgrim of Time RICHARD HENRY DANA Two Years Before the Mast I.--Life on a Merchantman II.--At the Ends of the Earth III.--A Tyrannical Captain IV.--I Become a Hide-Curer V.--An Adventurous Voyage Home

Download or read book The Greatest Lives and Letters Volume 2 written by Sir John Alexander Hammerton and published by 谷月社. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VICTOR HUGO Deeds and Words I.--Right and Law II.--Days of Childhood III.--Before the Exile IV.--Republican Principles V.--In Exile VI.--After the Exile MARTIN HUME The Courtships of Elizabeth I.--Foreign Philandering II.--The Nine Years' Comedy III.--Catholics and Heretics IV.--The Lovelorn Alençon V.--The Battle of Wits The Love Affairs of Mary Queen of Scots I.--Betrothed in her Cradle II.--Intrigue, Plot, and Intrigue III.--Prudence Overcome by Passion IV.--Dire Infatuation V.--Langside and After WASHINGTON IRVING Life of Christopher Columbus The Years of Waiting The First Voyage (August, 1492--March, 1493) The Second Voyage (September, 1493--June, 1496) The Third Voyage (May, 1498--October, 1500) The Fourth Voyage (May, 1502--November, 1504) Life of George Washington Conflicts with the French The Dawn of Independence Declaration of Independence The Winning of Independence The Years of Peace JOSEPHUS Autobiography I.--Priest of the Blood-Royal II.--The Prelude to the Great Crisis III.--Governor of Galilee IV.--The Failure of His Foes JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART Life of Sir Walter Scott Early Years The Poet's Education Marriage Early Poems Scott's Chief Poems The Waverley Novels Abbotsford The End of All The Life of Robert Burns I.--The Poet in the Making II.--The Loves of a Peasant Poet III.--Burns at His Zenith IV.--The Clarinda Romance V.--Closing Years of the Poet's Life MARTIN LUTHER Table Talk God's Word and Book God's Dealing with Us Points from "Popedom" Patristic Literature Hints for Preachers Time's Forelock Modern Luxury Ministers and Matrimony Miscellaneous Topics Strong Opinions Outworn by Time Characteristic Sayings MIRABEAU Memoirs I.--"The Hurricane" II.--Into Political Life III.--For King and People IV.--President of the National Assembly THOMAS MOORE Life of Byron I.--Ancestors and Early Days II.--The Poet Finds Himself III.--Byron's Unfortunate Marriage IV.--Wanderings and Work V.--A Bewildering Personality JAMES COTTER MORISON Life and Times of St. Bernard I.--The Early Days of a Useful Life II.--A Great Preacher and Essayist III.--St. Bernard and the Second Crusade JOHN MORLEY Life of Richard Cobden I.--On the Road II.--The Corn Laws III.--Cobden and Bright IV.--In the Cause of Peace V.--Cobden as Treaty-Maker VI.--The Last Days of Cobden SAMUEL PEPYS Diary I.--"God Bless King Charles" II.--The Plague III.--The Great Fire IV.--Of the Badness of the Government V.--The End of the Diary PLINY THE YOUNGER Letters To Cornelius Tacitus To Minucius Fundanus To Septicius Clarus To Avitus To Baebius Macer To Cornelius Tacitus To Calpurnia, His Wife To Germinius To the Emperor Trajan CARDINAL RICHELIEU Political Testament Retrospect Of Education Of the Nobility Of the Disorders of Justice To the Officers of Finance Of the People Reason and Government Public Interests First The Power of Kingship The Whole Duty of Princes JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU Confessions Madame de Warens Three Years in Turin Seeking a Career Our Little Circle Les Charmettes The Gathering Gloom LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Memoirs Court Intrigues Richelieu's Death Under Mazarin's Rule Wars of the Fronde MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ Letters Love for her Daughter The Brinvilliers Affair Devotion Love of Life The Order of God The Prince of Orange and England Old Age ROBERT SOUTHEY The Life of Nelson I.--A Captain at Twenty II.--In the Mediterranean III.--St. Vincent and the Nile IV.--Lady Hamilton V.--Trafalgar MADAME DE STAAL Memoirs A Convent Child Thrown on the World Political Intrigues In the Bastille EARL STANHOPE Life of William Pitt I.--The Boy Statesman II.--The Regency Problem III.--The Struggle with France IV.--Resignation V.--The Last Ministry ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY The Life of Thomas Arnold, D.D. I.--Youth and Early Manhood II.--Headmaster of Rugby III.--As Teacher and Preacher IV.--Influence of the Great Teacher AGNES STRICKLAND Life of Queen Elizabeth I.--The Lady Elizabeth II.--Mary Stuart and Saint Bartholomew III.--The Hour of Mary's Doom IV.--Elizabeth's Closing Years JONATHAN SWIFT Journal to Stella LONDON, Sept. 9, 1710. LONDON, NOV. 11, 1710. CHELSEA, June, 1711. LONDON, July, 1711. LONDON, Dec. 1, 1711. LONDON, Dec. 20, 1711. LONDON, Feb. 26, 1712. LONDON, April 6, 1713 LYOF N. TOLSTOY Childhood, Boyhood, Youth I.--Childhood II.--Boyhood III.--Youth My Confession I.--Evil Early Years II.--Groping in Darkness III.--The Spirit of Despair IV.--Mistakes Apprehended V.--Feeling Versus Reason PASQUALE VILLARI The Life of Girolamo Savonarola I.--1452-1494 II.--1475-1481 III.--1481-1490 IV.--1491 V.--1492-1494 VI.--1495-1497 VII.--1497-1498 JOHN WESLEY Journal The Holy Club A Missioner to Georgia Warrant for Wesley's Arrest In London Again Beau Nash Argues with Wesley "All the World My Parish" The Colliers of Kingswood In Ireland Clothing French Prisoners Gwennap's Famous Amphitheatre The American War City Road Chapel Begun Attended by Felons Enters His 80th Year His 86th Christmas JOHN WOOLMAN Journal I.--The Curse of Slavery II--Among the Indians III.--Across the Atlantic IV.--Prices, Wages, and Religion

Download or read book Life s Unexpected Adventures Vol 2 written by Joanne Rawson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always Mr. WrongClare Darby is feeling restless, but can't quite put her finger on why. Her life is in order, so what is the problem? When her daughter asks what she really wants for Christmas how can Clare tell her all she wants is to get laid. All her life she has fallen for Mr. Wrong. Will she ever find Mr. Right?Zoe NorthThe church organist hit the first chord to the bridle march, whereupon the congregation instantly reared from their pews and turned around trying to catch their first glimpse of the leading person for todays' show. That would be me by the way, Zoe North, and giving the finest performance of my life. Walking down the aisle, aware that all eyes were on me, I knew I should be savouring this moment; the smiling faces of approval of my couture gown; tears of joy from my mother, who thought that this day would never arrive; laughing at my friends, acting like teenagers as they pulled silly faces and gave me the thumbs up sign, as if it were my first date. Yet all I could focus on was the man at the altar the man that, in a few minutes from now, would be promising to spend the rest of his life with me.Coming Home For ChristmasAfter her husband's death, Sophie and her young daughter return to her family in Derbyshire. The Ferguson's seem like a perfect family until you scratch the surface. With so many emotional baggage, and only nine weeks to Christmas, can Sophie bring them altogether for the perfect Christmas she dreams of?

Download or read book I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell written by Tucker Max and published by Citadel . This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “highly entertaining and thoroughly reprehensible” #1 New York Times bestseller—now with sixteen pages of photos and a new introduction (The New York Times). My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world. --from the Introduction Actual reader feedback: "I find it truly appalling that there are people in the world like you. You are a disgusting, vile, repulsive, repugnant, foul creature. Because of you, I don’t believe in God anymore. No just God would allow someone like you to exist." "I’ll stay with God as my lord, but you are my savior. I just finished reading your brilliant stories, and I laughed so hard I almost vomited. I want to bring that kind of joy to people. You’re an artist of the highest order and a true humanitarian to boot. I'm in both shock and awe at how much I want to be you."

Download or read book The Knick Knack Nightmare Perry Arvin Adventures Book 2 written by C.M. Bacon and published by CMB Fiction. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mystery to solve. A villain to defeat. The world to save. Perry and Arvin are back in a zany, new adventure! It’s been over a year since their last whirlwind adventure. Perry Dobbs is 15 already. He’s moved away from video games and shiny gewgaws, and he’s grown closer to his crush - but only enough to count her freckles. His mother, “The Dragon”, is dating again. Perry’s not happy about that, and he’s not going to budge. Arvin Pewter is turning 15 today. He’s still the same witty little person with wild, red hair, and loves science and girls – one in particular. No doubt, the boy’s got mojo. His mother has also met someone new, someone just like his father. As the new year is set to begin at Nelson High, Perry and Arvin have a lot on their plate. With both of their mothers occupied and a bully out to terrorize them, their friendship has become stronger than ever. When Perry is robbed of his magical gewgaw, the world's knick-knacks also come to life. And they’re not happy. Perry and Arvin must fight an onslaught of crazed garden gnomes, dive-bombing crystal birds and fire-breathing dragons, crazy nesting dolls, and armies of figurines marching toward world domination. Can the duo solve a giant mystery, defeat a tiny villain, and save the world at the same time? Or are they already too late? "...subversive and playful fun. ...with richly developed characters... " ~Amazon Reviewer Read The Knick Knack Nightmare today!

Download or read book Encountering Our Wild God written by Kim Meeder and published by Chosen Books. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey into the Mystery of God's Presence Who our God is and how he works cannot be captured or contained. Our God is extreme. Our God is unstoppable, unfathomable, and untamable. Our God is wild. And he is beckoning us to pursue him beyond our circumstances, beyond our emotions, and beyond our logic into the glorious mystery that is him. Offering miraculous, inspiring stories of lives and circumstances transformed by the Holy Spirit, author and speaker Kim Meeder shows that God isn't calling us to fully understand him; he's calling us to fully trust Him. Here she gives practical, everyday ways to pursue him more passionately and to trust him more fiercely. The wild beauty and glory of our God are calling. And in this hallowed, thrilling place, we will see his face reflected in the miraculous--and we will experience the limitless nature of our wild God.

Download or read book Crazy River written by Richard Grant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of Dispatches From Pluto and Deepest South of All comes a rollicking travelogue from East Africa. NO ONE TRAVELS QUITE LIKE RICHARD GRANT and, really, no one should. In his last book, the adventure classic God’s Middle Finger, he narrowly escaped death in Mexico’s lawless Sierra Madre. Now, Grant has plunged with his trademark recklessness, wit, and curiosity into East Africa. Setting out to make the first descent of an unexplored river in Tanzania, he gets waylaid in Zanzibar by thieves, whores, and a charismatic former golf pro before crossing the Indian Ocean in a rickety cargo boat. And then the real adventure begins. Known to local tribes as “the river of bad spirits,” the Malagarasi River is a daunting adversary even with a heavily armed Tanzanian crew as travel companions. Dodging bullets, hippos, and crocodiles, Grant finally emerges in war-torn Burundi, where he befriends some ethnic street gangsters and trails a notorious man-eating crocodile known as Gustave. He concludes his journey by interviewing the dictatorial president of Rwanda and visiting the true source of the Nile. Gripping, illuminating, sometimes harrowing, often hilarious, Crazy River is a brilliantly rendered account of a modern-day exploration of Africa, and the unraveling of Grant’s peeled, battered mind as he tries to take it all in.

Download or read book Crazy for God written by Frank Schaeffer and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time he was nineteen, Frank Schaeffer's parents, Francis and Edith Schaeffer, had achieved global fame as bestselling evangelical authors and speakers, and Frank had joined his father on the evangelical circuit. He would go on to speak before thousands in arenas around America, publish his own evangelical bestseller, and work with such figures as Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Dr. James Dobson. But all the while Schaeffer felt increasingly alienated, precipitating a crisis of faith that would ultimately lead to his departure—even if it meant losing everything. With honesty, empathy, and humor, Schaeffer delivers “a brave and important book” (Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog)—both a fascinating insider's look at the American evangelical movement and a deeply affecting personal odyssey of faith.

Download or read book Alanna written by Tamora Pierce and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-12-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl disguises herself as a boy to train as a knight in this first book in Tamora Pierce’s Margaret A. Edwards Award–winning young adult series—now with a new look! From now on, I’m Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I’ll be a knight. In a time when girls are forbidden to be warriors, Alanna of Trebond wants nothing more than to be a knight of the realm of Tortall. So she finds a way to switch places with her twin brother, Thom, and, disguised as a boy, begins her training as a page at the palace of King Roald. But the road to knighthood, as she discovers, is not an easy one. Alanna must master weapons, combat, and magic, as well as polite behavior, her temper, and even her own heart. So begin Alanna’s adventures—filled with swords and sorcery, adventure and intrigue, good and evil—that will lead to the fulfillment of her dreams and make her a legend in the land.

Download or read book Faith Is Not a Feeling written by Ney Bailey and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2009-05-20 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1976 the Big Thompson River flood in Colorado took 150 lives, including those of seven women on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ International. Deeply grieved by the loss, survivor Ney Bailey embraced a journey of faith that led her to a life-changing truth: No matter how things look and no matter how we feel, God is in control. In Faith is Not a Feeling, Ney reveals how life’s tragedies and challenges lead each of us to an important decision about how we will relate to God. Building on a foundation of experiences all believers can relate to, this well-loved speaker and teacher shows how you can take advantage of the endless opportunities life provided to deepen your trust in the Lord. Faith is Not a Feeling has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to choose to believe God’s promises over their own personal feelings. Now you, too, can discover the secrets that will allow you to face painful experiences with a measure of objectivity, use your feelings to take you to God, and experience true peace in the midst of failure and trials. Best of all, you will learn how to obediently and confidently take God at His word as you never have before.

Download or read book Blue Gold written by Clive Cussler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation into the sudden deaths of gray whales leads NUMA leader Kurt Austin to the Mexican coast, where someone tries to put him and his mini-sub out of commission permanently. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue.

Download or read book Wild Magic written by Tamora Pierce and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-12-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a land of enchantment, legend, and adventure in this first book of the Immortals series, featuring an updated cover for longtime fans and fresh converts alike, and including an all-new afterword from Tamora Pierce. Thirteen-year-old Daine has always had a special connection with animals, but only when she’s forced to leave home does she realize it’s more than a knack—it’s magic. With this wild magic, not only can Daine speak to animals, but she can also make them obey her. Daine takes a job handling horses for the Queen’s Riders, where she meets the master mage Numair and becomes his student. Under Numair’s guidance, Daine explores the scope of her magic. But she encounters other beings, too, who are not so gentle. These terrifying creatures, called Immortals, have been imprisoned in the Divine Realms for the past four hundred years—but now someone has broken the barrier. And it’s up to Daine and her friends to defend their world from an Immortal attack.

Download or read book A Year of Biblical Womanhood written by Rachel Held Evans and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2012 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller. With just the right mixture of humor and insight, compassion and incredulity, A Year of Biblical Womanhood is an exercise in scriptural exploration and spiritual contemplation. What does God truly expect of women, and is there really a prescription for biblical womanhood? Come along with Evans as she looks for answers in the rich heritage of biblical heroines, models of grace, and all-around women of valor. What is "biblical womanhood" . . . really? Strong-willed and independent, Rachel Held Evans couldn't sew a button on a blouse before she embarked on a radical life experiment--a year of biblical womanhood. Intrigued by the traditionalist resurgence that led many of her friends to abandon their careers to assume traditional gender roles in the home, Evans decides to try it for herself, vowing to take all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible for a year. Pursuing a different virtue each month, Evans learns the hard way that her quest for biblical womanhood requires more than a "gentle and quiet spirit" (1 Peter 3:4). It means growing out her hair, making her own clothes, covering her head, obeying her husband, rising before dawn, abstaining from gossip, remaining silent in church, and even camping out in the front yard during her period. See what happens when a thoroughly modern woman starts referring to her husband as "master" and "praises him at the city gate" with a homemade sign. Learn the insights she receives from an ongoing correspondence with an Orthodox Jewish woman, and find out what she discovers from her exchanges with a polygamist wife. Join her as she wrestles with difficult passages of scripture that portray misogyny and violence against women.