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Healing Through Meditation and Prayer: Based on the Edgar

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Puryear, Meredith Ann, PUBLISHER: A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlig, A guide for anyone who wants to be healed or would like to serve as a healing channel for others. It teaches how energy flows through the body, techniques for laying on of hands, the benefits of working with prayer groups, and more.

Trancing the Witch's Wheel Trancing the Witch's Wheel: A

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Galenorn, Yasmine, PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications, This book guides you through the cycles of the Pagan year. Twenty intricate and beautiful guided meditations lead you into the very heart of the seasons, the elements and the nature of the Divine. Meet the Wind and the Queen of Air; stand watch as the Sun King is reborn on Yuletide day; cross the barren lava fields with Pele, and learn to shapeshift like Gwion in his flight from Cerridwen.

The Absence of Gray: A Book of Poetry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Daniels, Amy, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, The thought behind the book THE ABSENCE OF GRAY is to dissuade the concepts of gray or of uncertainty. The poems persuade you to think a different way or expound on ideas that you already believe to be true. This poetry represents feelings of happiness, sadness, peace, rage, unrest, and victory. I hope the journey through this book is one of benefit and consciousness.

Key to My Neighbors Hous

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Neuffer, Elizabeth, PUBLISHER: Picador USA, Interviewing war criminals and their victims, Neuffer explains, through the voices of people she follows over the course of a decade, how genocide erodes a nation's social and political environment.Her characters' stories and their competing notions of justice-from searching for the bodies of loved ones, to demanding war crime trials, to seeking bloody revenge-convinces readers that crimes against humanity cannot be resolved by simple talk of forgiveness, or through the more common recourse to forgetfulness.

Selected Poems of C.N. Bialik

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bialik, Hayyim Nahman / Bialik, C. N. / Aberbach, David, PUBLISHER: Overlook Press, More than 60 years after his death, Chaim Nachman Bialik is inevitably called the finest and most influential modern Hebrew poet. Hailed as the poet laureate of Jewish nationalism, he was seen as the poet of hope and revival in an age that witnessed the Russian Pale of Settlement, pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and the rise of Zionism. Bialik's legacy is poetry that inspires, astonishes, and delights, and David Aberbach, the distinguished Hebrew scholar, has produced translations of a high order to stand beside the author's original Hebrew. Edited and translated by David Aberbach.

The Defense of Western Europe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Unknown / Gann, L. H., PUBLISHER: Auburn House Pub. Co., After World War II, Western Europe became closely linked to the United States--economically through a variety of associations within the Atlantic Community, and militarily through NATO. This volume stresses the strategic importance of Western Europe for the United States. It provides detailed surveys of the background and preparedness of the NATO defense forces and the forces of Austria, Switzerland, and other countries of strategic importance. Each chapter provides a general outline of military developments since , including such topics as: the relationship between armed forces and society; recruitment practices; armaments; organization; relations with NATO; and future projections. The authoritative series of descriptive, historical, and analytical essays in this volume makes it an essential resource for defense specialists, policymakers, and scholars of Western Europe.

Power of the Blood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Baxter, Mary K., PUBLISHER: Whitaker House, Through her own and others' personal experiences, best-selling author Mary Baxter shows how many lives have been forever transformed by the power of Jesus' blood. Some of the life-changing results that you, too, can experience include overcoming the power of sin, walking in divine health and wholeness, living in peace and divine protection, and bringing loved ones to God. Whatever your situation, you can have new intimacy with your heavenly Father and receive miraculous answers to your prayers--through The Power of the Blood.

The Science of UFOs: An Astronomer Examines the Technology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Alschuler, William R., PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, What if UFOs are real? Where could they be from, and how could they have traveled here? What advanced technology must they possess to execute the fantastic maneuvers they are routinely reported to make? Astronomer William R. Alshuler takes a fascinating look at the reported attributes of UFOs through the lens of known science and explains how they might be doing the weird and incredible things they are known to do. Along the way, he examines the possibilities and problems of traveling faster than light, interdimensionally, and via teleportation, as well as the veracity of UFO reports, insights into potential alien motives, and alien biochemistry.

Geronimo Stilton and the Kingdom of Fantasy #2: The Quest

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stilton, Geronimo, PUBLISHER: Scholastic, In this 320-page, full-color hardcover adventure, the Queen of the Fairies invites Geronimo back to her fantastical world to help in the quest for the true heart of happiness. This time Geronimo rides on the wings of a rainbow-colored dragon as he makes his way through seven fantastic lands. From the land of sweets to the land of fairy tales, it's an incredible journey he'll never forget

Politics and Film: The Political Culture of Film in the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Franklin, Daniel P., PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Politics and Film explores the meaning of film within a societal context. In examining the political role of films we become real time cultural anthropologists, sifting through the artifacts of modern society to determine what our culture really is

Bible Country: A Journey Through the Holy Land

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kroll, Woodrow Michael, PUBLISHER: Back to the Bible Publishing, Bible Country is a travel guide, gift book and Bible study help in one volume. It is written in a vivid you-are-there style by a man who has led more than 20 tours through the Holy Land, and includes 200 color photographs. Bible Country will bring readers to a greater appreciation of the land of the Lord but, more important, to the Lord of the land as well.

Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity Within Unity

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bodman, Herbert L., PUBLISHER: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Authors from a variety of disciplines assess the issues facing women in Muslim societies not only in the Middle East but also in Africa and Asia. They stress the importance of historical context, local customs and policies in defining the status of Muslim women, and examine how women are coping with challenges such as modernity and conservative reaction.

Society in Space: Colonialism, Nationalism and Post-Colonial

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Perera, Nihal, PUBLISHER: Westview Press, "Society and Space" traces the historical construction of social space in Sri Lanka. Utilizing a world-systems perspective, landscape interpretation, and theories of colonial architecture and urbanism, Nihal Perera looks at colonized, decolonized, and postcolonial Sri Lanka through the lens of successive spatial transformations. The author skillfully reveals the importance of construction, occupation, and the fashioning of territories, urban landscapes, and built forms, pointing out the interconnections and meanings of these spatial aspects as part of changing political, economic, and cultural systems.This book treats space and the built environment of Sri Lanka's place in the world system at different points in history. Yet, it also maintains an awareness of specific issues of local politics and culture. Writing from a position in the "postcolonial periphery," Perera argues that the politics governing the construction of space and spatial structures is of primary importance for those seeking to understand a particular society and culture.

French Philosophy in the Twentieth Century

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gutting, Gary, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In this book Gary Gutting tells, clearly and comprehensively, the story of French philosophy from to . He examines the often neglected background of spiritualism, university idealism, and early philosophy of science, and also discusses the privileged role of philosophy in the French education system. Taking account of this background, together with the influences of avant-garde literature and German philosophy, he develops a rich account of existential phenomenology, which he argues is the central achievement of French thought during the century, and of subsequent structuralist and poststructuralist developments. Gary Gutting is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and a leading authority on the work of Michel Foucault. In addition to continental philosophy, he has done important work in philosophy of science and philosophy of religion. Gutting is the author of several books, including Michel Foucault's Archaeology of Scientific Knowledge (Cambridge, ), Pragmatic Liberalism and the Critique of Modernity (Cambridge, ), and the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Foucault (Cambridge, ).

Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sophocles / Hall, Edith / Kitto, H. D. F., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This volume contains three masterpieces by the Greek playwright Sophocles, widely regarded since antiquity as the greatest of all the tragic poets. The vivid translations, which combine elegance and modernity, are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy, and are equally suitable for reading for pleasure, study, or theatrical performance. The selection of Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Electra not only offers the reader the most influential and famous of Sophocles' works, it also presents in one volume the two plays dominated by a female heroic figure, and the experience of the two great dynasties featured in Greek tragedy--the houses of Oedipus and Agamemnon.

Love, Debra

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hamilton, Fritz, PUBLISHER: Open Hand Pub., 15 year old Debra takes the family Cadillac and runs away from home leaving her sexually abusive father, his mistress, and the grave of her alcoholic mother. Lonely, Debra begins a series of letters to her dead mother revealing her odyssey through the underworld of the streets. Debra then explores alcohol, drugs, and prostitution and meets Richard, the kind, middle-aged night clerk. They head for San Francisco, hoping for a new life. When the letters end, we too have lived through her experiences of addiction, abortion, welfare, and AIDS.

Conflicts and Conspiracies: Brazil and Portugal

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Maxwell, Kenneth, PUBLISHER: Routledge, A study of Brazil during a critical formative period which illuminates the causes of her special historical development within Latin America. Professor Maxwell analyzes the shifting relationships between Portugal, England and Brazil during the second half of the 18th Century. Through his study, Professor Maxwell is concerned with the social, economic and political significance of the events he describes. An important part of this work is a study of the Minas Conspiracy of .

The Rhine

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lucent Books / Eboch, Chris / Kallen, Stuart A., PUBLISHER: Lucent Books, Fifty million people live along the Rhine River as it flows through Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands and other nations. "The Rhine" examines the history, economic importance, and ecology of the river, one of the most important waterways in the world.

Young Runaways

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: West, Keith / Andrews, Gary, PUBLISHER: Evans Brothers, The Star Plays series is designed to build the confidence through performance of young readers at the crucial age range. This is the story of Stuart, who runs away from home with a friend to escape his evil stepfather, only to face the prospect of life on the street. Acquista Ora

Through the Burning Steppe: A Memoir of Wartime Russia,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kozhina, Elena, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, A dramatic, compelling chronicle of a young Russian woman's exile and survival during World War II, and the story of her mother's indomitable strength in the face of life's greatest adversity.

Rhinecliff: The Tangled Tale of Rhinebeck's Waterfront: A

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Philip, Cynthia Owen, PUBLISHER: Black Dome Press, Author Philip in her copiously illustrated (130 photographs, drawings, and maps) book untangles the tale of Rhinecliff/Kipsbergen's long history from early Native Americans and the land deal that paved the way for settlement, to colonial Kingston burning on the horizon and British warships anchored off its docks, through the heydays of steam navigation on the Hudson and the coming of the railroads, the slow collapse of the great estates and the 20th-century decline of riverfront communities all along the Hudson, right up to the 21st-century rebirth of the Hudson River towns and the land-use battles that rage as fiercely today as any other conflict in the long history of the Hudson Valley. Through it all Philip paints a vivid portrait, filled with fascinating detail and extraordinary characters, of a proud, independent community with a sense of place like no other.

Shining at the Bottom of the Sea

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marche, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, aMay be the most exciting mash-up of literary genres since David Mitchellas Cloud Atlas.a("The New York Times Book Review") "Shining at the Bottom of the Sea" is a vibrant evocation of a fictional country, Sanjaniaafrom the birth pangs of its first settlers and their hardy vernacular, to its revolutionary years, and all the way to the present diasporaaall told through Stephen Marcheas innovative and accomplished writing style.

Transformation of My Soul Through My Mother's Prayers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gause, Retta Jay, PUBLISHER: iUniverse, After reading this book, you will be convinced that there is a God or power that can change or shape your destiny. From childhood through the adolescent ages, the author describes the challenges of growing up in the inner city neighborhood. You will be amazed with her encounter with powerful forces.

Healing Through Haiku: Poetography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hodge, Curt, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, Share in this healing and transitional journey of emotions and grief through Haiku poetry and photography. POETOGRAPHY combines these powerfully emotional and concise poems with visual connections helping the reader experience the essence of this period in the author's life. "WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LAVA.......FLOW."

Living in the Grip of Relentless Grace: The Gospel in the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Duguid, Iain M. / Longman, Tremper, III / Groves, J. Alan, PUBLISHER: P & R Publishing, "Our God delights in writing straight with a crooked pencil, " says Iain Duguid. The lives of Isaac and Jacob are vivid examples of that principle. Time and again God displays his grace and glory by overcoming their weakness and sinfulness. In this latest addition to the Gospel According to the Old Testament series, we see once more how the message of Scripture converges on Jesus. Readers can take encouragement in the midst of their own shortcomings that the gospel triumphs not through human might or goodness but through God's relentless grace.

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