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Will the United Nations Fail in Its Role as Protector of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heffelfinger, Ed, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, The League of Nations failed because member states were unable to set aside their own self- interests. Following World War II, the victorious allies were determined to build an organization that would serve as a protector of world peace. The United Nations was born in San Francisco in , and for fifty years successfully faced the threat of nuclear devastation, the Cold War, the end of colonialism and the emerging power of the developing countries. The end of the Cold War brought about renewed optimism for the future of the United Nations. However, with the dawn of the new century the future of the United Nations remained uncertain. The future of the UN appeared to rest in the organizationas ability to address the threat of terrorism, world hunger and the need to restructure the United Nations to overcome the image of an organization that can accomplish little but talk.

Wind Child

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murphy, Shirley Rousseau / Dillon, Diane / Dillon, Leo, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, Born to a human mother and the East Wind, Resshie grows up wild and dreaming. She wants to know the wind's secrets and yearns to fly as the wind does. But she is only a human girl and cannot. She tries to capture the movement of the winds in her weavings, which bring her fame among the villagers, but still, Resshie is lonely. The lives of the village girls not for her. Resshie is meant for something special, but how will she ever capture her elusive dreams?

The Rest of Grace

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barber, Wayne, PUBLISHER: Harvest House Publishers, We can't live the Christian life...but Christ can live it in us For those who have sat through countless sermons but are still searching for the fulfilled life described in Scripture, Wayne Barber's warm and insightful book shows how to discover a new, deeper walk with God.

New Dreams Before Tommorow

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sanders, Susan Marie, PUBLISHER: Vantage Press, Making the most out of God's most precious gift to us--life is what "New Dreams before Tomorrow" is all about. From the bottom of a well of loneliness, to surviving family alcoholism and despair, God's love and comfort and peace can inspire and motivate all of us to begin our journey toward the light, no matter what our circumstances. The brighter God shines in one's heart, the more others can see it, bringing into our lives the people who become our greatest blessing.

Bible Stories from the Old Testament: Stories That Uplift,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Whaley, Katherine L. / Taylor, Lincoln A., PUBLISHER: Prep Publishing, Engaging storyteller Katherine Whaley tells familiar and not-so-familiar Bible stories in a style guaranteed to delight and inform. Most of the stories are brief -- less than three pages. The book begins with the Creation and continues through the reign of Solomon. Even the most informed readers will enjoy the stories of Abraham, Cain and Abel, Jacob and David, Moses and the Exodus, Judges, Saul, and others. As the author tells us in her preface, "the villains have good in them, and the virtuous are imperfect." The author tells us entertaining stories, in plain language, with an enjoyable lack of moralizing.

Zia mame

Patrick Dennis, Matteo Codignola Chronicles the madcap adventures of a boy, Patrick, growing up as the ward of the sister of his dead father. The book is inspired by the author's real life eccentric aunt, Marion Tanner, whose life and outlook mirrored tho (cod. I_)

Finding the Dream: The Dream Trilogy #3

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roberts, Nora, PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group, Laura Templeton found out the hard way that nothing in life is guaranteed. The daughter of a wealthy hotelier, she had always known comfort, privilege, and security. But by the age of thirty, her storybook marriage had been destroyed by her husband's infidelity. Laura's divorce left her both emotionally and financially devastated--but determined to rebuild her life "without "the Templeton fortune. Laura had always defined herself as a wife, a daughter, or a mother. Now, she must finally discover Laura the "woman."..

The Forest People

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Turnbull, Collin / Turnbull, Colin M., PUBLISHER: Touchstone Books, "The Forest People" -- Colin M. Turnbull's best-selling, classic work -- describes the author's experiences while living with the BaMbuti Pygmies, not as a clinical observer, but as their friend learning their customs and sharing their daily life. Turnbull conveys the lives and feelings of the BaMbuti whose existence centers on their intense love for their forest world, which, in return for their affection and trust, provides their every need. We witness their hunting parties and nomadic camps; their love affairs and ancient ceremonies -- the "molimo, " in which they praise the forest as provider, protector, and deity; the "elima, " in which the young girls come of age; and the "nkumbi" circumcision rites, in which the villagers of the surrounding non-Pygmy tribes attempt to impose their culture on the Pygmies, whose forest home they dare not enter. "The Forest People" eloquently shows us a people who have found in the forest something that makes their life more than just living -- a life that, with all its hardships and problems and tragedies, is a wonderful thing of happiness and joy.

Gunsmith #374: Deadly Election

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roberts, J. R., PUBLISHER: Jove Books, RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE Someone's been using a gun to cast his vote, killing eleven candidates for the United States congress over eight years. Exhausted in their search for the culprit, the Secret Service has decided to use someone on the inside to end the bloodshed--the Gunsmith, Clint Adams. Clint soon finds himself in Austin, living in a fancy house with a butler and a cook who makes the best peach pie he's ever tasted. His gorgeous secretary Carla styles him into a distinguished candidate, dressing him in the finest clothes and taking him to parties to meet campaign donors. But the Gunsmith better not get too comfortable. Even though he's been asked to run as a democrat, the streets will soon be running red...

Sangre y Oro

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rice, Anne / Batlles Winn, Camila, PUBLISHER: Ediciones B, Through the eyes of Marius, once a proud Senator in Imperial Rome, this sweeping historical fantasy watches the fall of pagan Rome to the Emperor Constantine, the horrific sack of the Eternal City at the hands of the Visigoths, the vile aftermath of the Black Death, and the restorative beauty of the Renaissance. But it is in the present day, deep in the jungle, that Marius will meet his fate seeking justice from the oldest vampires in the world.

Leatherface

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dudley, Ernest, PUBLISHER: Ulverscroft Large Print, Leatherface is the sobriquet earned by John Neville, the highwayman who haunted the Dover Road. Swashbuckling action is set against city taverns and roadside inns, and played out amongst rogues, the Bow Street Runners, cheats and gamblers - not forgetting the Drury Lane actress, Royall Demarest, and the notorious pickpocket, George Barrington, both of whom come under Leatherface's strange spell.

The House of Mirth

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wharton, Edith, PUBLISHER: Createspace, Set among the glittering salons of Gilded Age New York, Edith Wharton's most popular novel is a moving indictment of a society whose soul-crushing limitations destroy a woman too spirited to be contained by them. The beautiful, much-desired Lily Bart has been raised to be one of the perfect wives of the wealthy upper class, but her drive and her spark of independent character prevent her from conforming sucessfully. Her desire for a comfortable life means that she will not marry for love without money, but her resistance to the rules of the social elite endangers her many marriage proposals and leads to a dramatic downward spiral into debt and dishonor. One of Edith Wharton's most bracing and nuanced portraits of the life of women in a hostile, highly ordered world, "The House of Mirth" unfolds with the force of classical tragedy.

Flight Simulator - Collective Helicopter

Flight Simulator Command Collective for flight by helicopter. It connects to the PC via USB plug and lets you control the pitch of the rotor by raising or lowering the command, adjust the power of the engine by turning the knob, and 7 programmable functions control the simulator with six switches inserted into the end of the command (made fiberglass) Adjusting the clutch side and Easy fixing with 8mm bolt on the underside. Built entirely of iron. Resist all your landings... rough Support not included For more info please write to or call microfly

Black and Mormon

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bringhurst, Newell G. / Smith, Darron T., PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press, The year marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the lifting of the ban excluding black members from the priesthood of the Mormon church. The articles collected in Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith's Black and Mormon look at the mechanisms used to keep blacks from full participation, the motives behind the ban, and the kind of changes that have--and have not--taken place within the church since the revelation responsible for its end. This challenging collection is required reading for anyone concerned with the history of racism, discrimination, and the Latter-day Saints.

The Shattered Lantern: Rediscovering the Felt Presence of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rolheiser, Ronald / Rohleiser, Ronald, PUBLISHER: Crossroad Publishing Company, Nietzsche had his mystical madman smash a lantern in the marketplace and announce that "God is dead " Rolheiser suggests that "the way back to a lively faith is not a question of finding the right answers, but of living in a certain way. The existence of God, like the air we breathe, need not be proven. It is a question of developing good lungs to meet it correctly."

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Answers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fitzgerald, Brenna, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, ANSWERS was written in hopes of causing reactions. And once beyond the reaction, I hope, if youare a Christian, you will pause to reflect, then read and study your Bible and pray, and that will start a journey that will lead you closer to God and His answers. I hope that it will give you an awareness that your Christian walk may not be going anywhere because youare not walking but merely sitting. And if youare a non-believer, I hope the answers you find will lead you to the Lord Jesus Christ. Donat read this book if you donat want your life changed. Pick it up expecting changes in your life.

City of a Thousand Dolls

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Forster, Miriam, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, The girl with no past, and no future, may be the only one who can save their lives. Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a little girl. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. She makes her way as Matron's errand girl, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city's handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life outside the walls. Until one by one, girls around her start to die. Before she becomes the next victim, Nisha decides to uncover the secrets that surround the girls' deaths. But by getting involved, Nisha jeopardizes not only her own future in the City of a Thousand Dolls--but also her life.

Traveling Together: A Guide for Disciple-Forming

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jones, Jeffrey D., PUBLISHER: Alban Institute, Anyone concerned for the life and ministry of the church, who has a sense that things are not what they might be, and who is seeking a new understanding of congregational life and mission will find hope and help in the pages of this book. Jeff Jones takes his readers on a journey, providing a guidebook that maps out the factors facing congregations in this postmodern, post-Christendom world. With the heart of a pastor, Jones shows congregational leaders how to embrace the best parts of their church's rich heritage and reclaim it for a new day.

The Weapons of Your Warfare

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clark, Jonas, PUBLISHER: Spirit of Life Ministries, The weapons of your warfare are not carnal but mighty through Him to pull down those corrupted thoughts that would rise against His Word, will and ways in your life. In this Pocket book discover: * How to Discern Rogue Imaginations. * Using Christ's Fighting Instruments * Overcome Imagery Conversations in Your Mind * Stop the Emotions Imagination Produces * And Much More...

A Week in the Woods

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clements, Andrew, PUBLISHER: Aladdin Paperbacks, Collision course The fifth-grade Week in the Woods is a beloved tradition of Hardy Elementary, where Mark Chelmsley (the Fourth) is pretty much killing time before his parents send him off to an exclusive prep school. But then Mark realizes the Week might be a chance to prove to Mr. Maxwell that he's not just another of the slacker rich kids the teacher can't stand. But it may be too late for Mark to change Mr. Maxwell's opinion of him. On the first day of the Week, the tension between teacher and student explodes, and in a reckless moment, Mark puts not only himself, but also Mr. Maxwell, in grave danger. Can two such strong adversaries work together to save their lives?

A Little History of the World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gombrich, E. H. / Mustill, Caroline, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, In , with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and "Eine kurze Weltgeschichte fur junge Leser "was published in Vienna to immediate success, and is now available in seventeen languages across the world.Toward the end of his long life, Gombrich embarked upon a revision and, at last, an English translation. "A Little History of the World "presents his lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time. Superbly designed and freshly illustrated, this is a book to be savored and collected.In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind's experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties.The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history.

Papa Tembo

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Campbell, Eric, PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books, For half a lifetime the poacher and the elephant have been enemies--since the shattering day when the man massacred the young animal's herd, and paid for his crime with his own blood. Now the poacher is about to wreak his revenge at last; he'll slaughter the mighty elephant that maimed him. As man and beast move toward a final, terrible encounter, only one person can prevent a tragedy: the young girl who loves the elephant more than her own life.

Stone Tables

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Card, Orson Scott, PUBLISHER: Shadow Mountain, The law said he was supposed to die at birth, but he lived. Pharaoh's daughter declared him to be her son, but he chose to be a son of Israel. He tried to lead the quiet life of a shepherd, but the Lord sent him to tell Pharaoh: Let my people go. As his life was changed again and again, how did Moses make the choices that prepared him to be the prophet of God? How did life look through his own eyes? We cannot know, but we can try to imagine, and in Stone Tables, noted author Orson Scott Card explores what it might have been like to be Moses. He also explores the lives of Moses' brother Aaron, his sister Miriam, the two women he called "mother", and the woman he married. Who knew him better than these fellow travelers on the long journey from the despair of slavery to the joy of liberation, from reliance on their own wit and strength to putting themselves in the hands of God? All their lives were remarkable, and in these pages you will come to know them all.

The Deeper Christian Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murray, Andrew, PUBLISHER: Whitaker House, God intends you to have all the blessings of His storehouse, including His free favor, peace in the storms of life, and the power of the Holy Spirit. As your Christian walk is transformed into the happy way of life that God intends for you, you will have the desires of your heart and come to know the joy of God's presence.

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