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Albert Schweitzer and Alice Ehlers: A Friendship in Letters

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bergel, Kurt / Bergel, Alice R. / Schweitzer, Albert, PUBLISHER: University Press of America, Albert Schweitzer, ong>theong> philosopher, ong>theong>ologian, physician, biographer of J. S. Bach and musician, and Alice Ehlers, ong>theong> harpsichordist and great Bach interpreter, met as musicians. This book makes available for ong>theong> first time a selection of ong>lettersong> ong>theong>se two great personalities exchanged between ong>theong> years of and . Although music is ong>theong> main subject of ong>theong>se ong>lettersong> during ong>theong> early period of ong>theong>ir relationship, ong>theong> ong>lettersong> increasingly deal ong>withong> ong>theong>ir personal and professional lives. Later ong>lettersong> reveal ong>theong> help Ehlers rendered Schweitzer's hospital through benefit concerts, Schweitzer's concern for ong>theong> future of his hospital, and his happiness ong>withong> ong>theong> growing world-wide acceptance of his ethical ideas. Schweitzer's last letter was written only months before his death.

No Place Like Home

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clark, Mary Higgins, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, In a riveting thriller from ong>theong> #1 bestselling Queen of Suspense, a young woman is ensnared into returning to ong>theong> childhood home she wanted to leave behind forever -- and where her hidden past emerges ong>withong> a new and deadly twist. Ten-year-old Liza Barton shoots her moong>theong>r while trying to protect her from her violent husband -- Liza's stepfaong>theong>r. While ong>theong> death is ruled accidental, ong>theong> tabloids still compare Liza to ong>theong> child murderess Lizzie Borden. Liza's adoptive parents change her name to Celia and try to erase all traces of her past. Widowed after a brief marriage in which she had a son, Jack, she remarries a young lawyer. Celia is happy until, on her birthday, he presents her ong>withong> a gift -- ong>theong> house where she killed her moong>theong>r. On moving in, ong>theong>y find ong>theong> words LITTLE LIZZIE'S PLACE - BEWARE painted in red ong>lettersong> on ong>theong> lawn. When ong>theong> real estate agent who sold ong>theong> house to her husband is murdered, she becomes a suspect. As she struggles to prove her innocence, Celia and her little son are being stalked by ong>theong> killer.

The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift,

ong>Theong> Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, D. D.: Volume V: ong>Theong> Index - Compiled by Hermann J. Real and Dirk F. Passmann ong>Theong> collected ong>lettersong> of Jonathan Swift D.D., Irish dean and celebrated author of Gulliver's Travels, have long been esteemed ong>withong> ong>theong> best to have emerged from eighteenth century England, an age distinguished for ong>theong> excellence of its ong>lettersong>. nuovo

Midterm Disappearance: A Seeton Hall Mystery

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Irving, Laurelyn, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, Jumping from crises to cookouts, Laura Jordan, moong>theong>r of Seeton Hall, has her hands full ong>withong> 104 college students under one roof. Kegs fly, ong>theong> toilet paper war commences and students are out on ong>theong> ledge, literally, when Laura discovers one of her charges, Chris, is missing. As amateur sleuth, she learns some important medical information that turns up ong>theong> heat on her investigation. ong>Theong> more she looks, ong>theong> more shady characters arise from ong>theong> past. Chrisa moong>theong>r appears to be a loser magnet, ong>withong> a list of boyfriends who could form Whoas Who in ong>theong> local prison system. Soon, ong>theong> students, a campus detective and Lauraas professor boyfriend join in ong>theong> search. An unexpected betrayal leaves Laura locked up and in ong>theong> dark. In ong>theong> face of death, she thinks she knows who is responsible for Chrisa disappearance. Can she escape and is it already too late for Chris?

The Jesus Year

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Krulc, Jani, PUBLISHER: Insomniac Press, ong>Theong> Jesus Year explores ong>theong> space between joy and tragedy, happiness and despair, sincerity and absurdity. A man falls into ong>theong> foundation of ong>theong> city's tallest building, and his sister must reinvent herself before her 33rd birthday; a woman kills her dying moong>theong>r for ong>theong> sake of redecorating; a writer seeks out a distance healer for her mysterious illness; a bride witnesses a violent altercation and reconsiders her wedding; a groom dies on his honeymoon; a daughter abandons her moong>theong>r post-face lift to vacation in Greece; a lawyer confronts her sterility; a moong>theong>r rejects her husband's gift; and a couple find ong>theong>mselves in an apocalyptic flood while planning ong>theong>ir country wedding.In ong>theong>se stories, ong>theong> banal details of life crash against momentous occasions, revealing what is hidden, and recasting what is already in plain sight.

A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume V: Supplement -- Articles

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hastings, James, PUBLISHER: University Press of ong>theong> Pacific, For over a century ong>theong> ten-volume Dictionary of ong>theong> Bible has been ong>theong> definitive reference. "It is a Dictionary of ong>theong> Old and New Testaments, togeong>theong>r ong>withong> ong>theong> Old Testament Apocrypha, according to ong>theong> Authorized and Revised English Versions, and ong>withong> constant reference to ong>theong> original tongues.... Articles have been written on ong>theong> names of all Persons and Places, on ong>theong> Antiquities and Archaeology of ong>theong> Bible, on its Ethnology, Geology, and Natural History, on Biblical ong>Theong>ology and Ethic, and even on ong>theong> obsolete or archaic words occurring in ong>theong> English Versions." James Hastings () was a distinguished scholar and pastor. He was founder and editor of ong>theong> Expository Times and is also well known for editing ong>theong> Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, ong>theong> Dictionary of Christ and ong>theong> Gospels, and ong>theong> Dictionary of ong>theong> Apostolic Church.

The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barnett, Kristine, PUBLISHER: Random House Canada, ong>Theong> extraordinary memoir of a moong>theong>r's love, commitment and nurturing, which allowed her son, originally diagnosed ong>withong> severe autism, to flourish into a universally recognized genius--and how any parent can help ong>theong>ir child find ong>theong>ir spark. Today, at 13, Jacob is a paid researcher in quantum physics, working on extending Einstein's ong>theong>ory of relativity. Diagnosed at 1 ong>withong> severe autism, at 3 he was assigned to life-skills classes and his parents were told to adjust ong>theong>ir expectations. ong>Theong> goal: tying his own shoes at 16. Kristine's belief in ong>theong> power of hope and ong>theong> dazzling possibilities that can occur when we keep our minds open and learn to fuel a child's true potential changed everything.

Shadow

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morpurgo, Michael, PUBLISHER: Feiwel & Friends, Author of "War Horse," ""and bestselling storyteller Michael Morpurgo touched our hearts ong>withong> this beautiful story of a boy, his lost dog, and ong>theong> lengths he would go to be reunited. This timely story of battle-scarred Afghanistan delivers a masterful portrait of war, love, and friendship. ong>Withong> ong>theong> horrors of war bearing down on ong>theong>m, Aman and his moong>theong>r are barely surviving in an Afghan cave, and staying ong>theong>re any longer will end horribly. ong>Theong> only comfort Aman has is Shadow, ong>theong> loyal spaniel that shows up from places unknown, it seems, just when Aman needs him most. Aman, his moong>theong>r, and Shadow finally leave ong>theong> destroyed cave in hopes of escaping to England, but are held at a checkpoint, and Shadow runs away after being shot at by ong>theong> police. Aman and his moong>theong>r escape--ong>withong>out Shadow. Aman is heart-broken. Just as ong>theong>y are getting settled as free citizens in England, ong>theong>y are imprisoned in a camp ong>withong> locked doors and a barbed wire fence. ong>Theong>ir only hope is Aman's classmate Matt, his grandpa, and ong>theong> dream of finding his lost dog. After all, you never lose your shadow.

Things Your Mother Told You: And You Should Have

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pentz, Croft M., PUBLISHER: Tyndale House Publishers, This collection of homespun wisdom offers moong>theong>r-approved proverbial sayings on over 180 topics covering body, mind, and soul. Marriage, parenting, driving, faith, character... Pentz has collected maternal advice on a wide range of topics, both lighong>theong>arted and serious. A great gift for graduates After all, "an ounce of moong>theong>r is worth a pound of clergy."

Living in Ordinary Time: The Letters of Agatha Rosetti

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Brein, Maryellen, PUBLISHER: ACTA Publications, Most spiritual memoirs are written by religious professionals. ong>Theong> American Catholic Experience series is an innovative new collection of books exploring ong>theong> stories of individual Catholics in ong>theong> United States as ong>theong>y reflect on what it has meant as Catholic laity to live out ong>theong>ir faith amidst ong>theong> joys and challenges of ong>theong>ir daily lives?on ong>theong>ir jobs, ong>withong> ong>theong>ir families and friends, and in ong>theong>ir communities and churches. In Living in Ordinary Time, a historically significant reflection on ong>theong> ong>lettersong> of Agatha Rosetti Hessley, an ordinary Catholic laywoman who wrote about her experiences ong>withong> ong>theong> post-Vatican II church faithfully each week, MaryEllen O?Brien uncovers ong>theong> lived experience of laypeople in ong>theong> U.S. from to and its relevance to our lives today.

Night of the Bedbugs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fricke, Paul / Simon, Kristen, PUBLISHER: Image Comics, "Good night And don't let ong>theong> bedbugs bite " are ong>theong> last words a moong>theong>r says to her daughter before turning out ong>theong> light. BEDBUGS Her bedtime fears are calmed when a friendly bedbug and his pals join her for a pajama party, singing her to sleep ong>withong> a soft lullaby. ong>Withong> images lively and colorful mixed ong>withong> rhythmic, rhyming text, Night of ong>theong> Bedbugs is engaging fun for insomniacs of all ages.

Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fiadjoe, Albert, PUBLISHER: Routledge Cavendish, Taking a critical look at ong>theong> major areas of constitutional and administrative law, Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law places a firm emphasis on ong>theong> protection of citizens' rights and good governance. ong>Theong> third edition of this book builds on ong>theong> success of ong>theong> previous two editions, setting-out ong>theong> established legal principles through Caribbean cases, along ong>withong> critique and commentary of ong>theong> law where appropriate. Contemporary issues and changes in Caribbean public law are addressed including: ong>theong> refining of ong>theong> rules governing judicial review; recent cases dealing ong>withong> ong>theong> death penalty; and ong>theong> likely impact on CARICOM initiatives on ong>theong> rights of citizens.

The Birth of the Earth

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bailey, Jacqui / Lilly, Matong>theong>w, PUBLISHER: Kids Can Press, ong>Theong> Birth of ong>theong> Earth begins ong>withong> ong>theong> Big Bang (which was actually silent), goes on to examine ong>theong> origins of planets, moons, asteroids and comets and ends ong>withong> ong>theong> creation of ong>theong> Earth itself. ong>Theong> Birth of ong>theong> Earth is part of A Cartoon History of ong>theong> Earth. Each book closes ong>withong> a timeline, a comprehensive glossary and an index. Scientific consultants, chosen for ong>theong>ir particular areas of expertise, have verified all ong>theong> factual information. Combined ong>withong> humorous dialogue and comic-strip illustrations, each book in ong>theong> series is at once entertaining, engaging and -- educational

Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul More Stories to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Canfield, Jack / Hansen, Mark Victor / Shimoff, Marci, PUBLISHER: Health Communications, She nurtured you from a helpless infant to a successful adult. She calmed your fears and dried your tears. She praised you when you needed encouragement and pushed you when you needed motivation. She was your nurse, your maid, your coach, your chauffeur, your teacher and your friend. She was ong>theong>re for you and loved you no matter what. She has ong>theong> most rewarding, yet most difficult job in ong>theong> world. She is your moong>theong>r. This poignant collection of stories for and about ong>theong> most important woman in our lives features chapters on Love, Becoming a Moong>theong>r, Moong>theong>rs and daughters, Miracles, Special Moments, Letting Go and more. It is a delightful anthology that will touch and warm ong>theong> hearts of readers of all ages and from all walks of life.

Multilingualism and Mother Tongue in Medieval French,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lglu, Caong>theong>rine / Leglu, Caong>theong>rine, PUBLISHER: Penn State University Press, ong>Theong> Occitan literary tradition of ong>theong> later Middle Ages is a marginal and hybrid phenomenon, caught between ong>theong> preeminence of French courtly romance and ong>theong> emergence of Catalan literary prose. In this book, Caong>theong>rine Leglu brings togeong>theong>r, for ong>theong> first time in English, prose and verse texts that are composed in Occitan, French, and Catalan-sometimes in a mixture of two of ong>theong>se languages. This book challenges ong>theong> centrality of "canonical" texts and draws attention to ong>theong> marginal, ong>theong> complex, and ong>theong> hybrid. It explores ong>theong> varied ways in which literary works in ong>theong> vernacular composed between ong>theong> twelfth and fifteenth centuries narrate multilingualism and its apparent opponent, ong>theong> moong>theong>r tongue. Leglu argues that ong>theong> moong>theong>r tongue remains a fantasy, condemned to alienation from linguistic practices that were, by definition, multilingual. As most of ong>theong> texts studied in this book are works of courtly literature, ong>theong>se linguistic encounters are often narrated indirectly, through literary motifs of love, rape, incest, disguise, and travel.

Deep Down

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harper, Karen, PUBLISHER: Mira Books, As a child, Jessie Lockwood spent many hours helping her moong>theong>r, Mariah, count ong>theong> endangered ginseng plants hidden in ong>theong> local woods of Deep Down, Kentucky. ong>Theong>re she learned to appreciate ong>theong> tiny Appalachian town--and ginseng's healing powers. Now a PhD, she's made her home in Lexington, even though that meant leaving Deep Down and her beloved moong>theong>r--and Sheriff Drew Webb, ong>theong> man she secretly loved. When Jessie is notified that her moong>theong>r never returned from her last walk in ong>theong> woods, she comes home to Deep Down--and to Drew. As Jessie and Drew race to find her moong>theong>r, several suspects emerge: an agent for those who market ong>theong> herb for its life-giving properties; Mariah's disgruntled suitor; and an old Cherokee desperate to protect ong>theong> sacred tribal herb. In ong>theong> mist of legend and fear, only two things make sense to Jessie. At any cost, she is desperate to find her moong>theong>r. And she can't help falling desperately in love ong>withong> Drew all over again.

The Printed Media in Fin-de-Siecle Italy: Publishers,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Caesar, Ann Hallimore / Romani, Gabrielle / Burns, Jennifer, PUBLISHER: Legenda, ong>Theong> Unification of Italy in heralded a period of unprecedented change. While successive Liberal governments pursued imperial ventures and took Italy into World War One on ong>theong> Allied side, on ong>theong> domestic front technological advance, ong>theong> creation of a national transport network, ong>theong> expansion of state education, internal migration to cities and ong>theong> rise of political associations all contributed to ong>theong> rapid expansion of ong>theong> print industry and ong>theong> development of new and highly diversified reading publics. Drawing on publishers' archives, ong>lettersong>, diaries, and printed material, this book provide ong>theong> most up-to-date research into ong>theong> printed media - books, magazines and journals - in Italy between and . ong>Withong> essays on publishers and reading communities, ong>theong> professionalization of ong>theong> role of journalist and writer, children's literature, book illustrations, and printed media in colonial territories among oong>theong>rs, this book is intended for those ong>withong> interests in cultural production and consumption and questions of nation-formation and nationhood in and outside Italy.

Only Don't Know: Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sahn, Seung / Seung / Sungsan, PUBLISHER: Shambhala Publications, Here is ong>theong> inimitable Zen Master Seung Sahn up close and personal--in selections from ong>theong> correspondence that was one of his primary modes of teaching. Seung Sahn received hundreds of ong>lettersong> per month, each of which he answered personally, and some of ong>theong> best of which are included here. His frank and funny style, familiar to readers of "Dropping Ashes on ong>theong> Buddha, " is seen here in a most intimate form. ong>Theong> beloved Zen master not only answers questions on Zen teaching and practice, but applies an enlightened approach to problems ong>withong> work, relationships, suffering, and ong>theong> teacher-student relationship.

Alice all'inferno

Jane Elliott For little Dani Sinclair life is never easy. Her teenage moong>theong>r, ong>withong> a painful past, has disappeared ong>withong>out even boong>theong>ring to leave a name ong>theong> child. She is institutionalised and tormented by ong>theong> oong>theong>r children, and decides to flee. On ong>theong>

Stories with a Moral

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Price, Michael E., PUBLISHER: University of Georgia Press, Stories ong>withong> a Moral is ong>theong> first comprehensive study of ong>theong> effects of plantation society on literature and ong>theong> influences of literature on social practices in nineteenth-century Georgia. During ong>theong> years of frontier settlement, ong>theong> Civil War, and Reconstruction, Georgia authors voiced ong>theong>ir support for ong>theong> slave system, ong>theong> planter class, and ong>theong> ideals of ong>theong> Confederacy, presenting a humorous, passionate, and at times tragic view of a rapidly changing world. Michael E. Price examines works of fiction, travel accounts, diaries, and personal ong>lettersong> in this thorough survey of King Cotton's literary influence, showing how Georgia authors romanticized agrarian ong>theong>mes to present an appealing image of plantation economy and social structure. Stories ong>withong> a Moral focuses on ong>theong> importance of literature as a mode of ideological communication. Even more significant, ong>theong> book shows how ong>theong> writing of one century shaped ong>theong> development of social practices and beliefs that persist, in legend and memory, to this day.

So B. It

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Weeks, Sarah, PUBLISHER: Laura Geringer Book, You couldn't really tell about Mama's brain just from looking at her, but it was obvious as soon as she spoke. She had a high voice, like a little girl's, and she only knew twenty-three words. I know this for a fact, because we kept a list of ong>theong> things Mama said tacked to ong>theong> inside of ong>theong> kitchen cabinet. Most of ong>theong> words were common ones, like good and more and hot, but ong>theong>re was one word only my moong>theong>r said, soof. Although she lives an unconventional lifestyle ong>withong> her mentally disabled moong>theong>r and ong>theong>ir doting neighbor, Bernadette, Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in ong>theong> right direction. When a mysterious word in her moong>theong>r's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi's thirst for ong>theong> truth leads her on a cross-country journey in search of ong>theong> secrets of her past. A dramatic tour de force by ong>theong> best-selling author of "Regular Guy."

Ma Jiang & the Orange Ants

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Porte, Barbara Ann / Cannon, Annie, PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Capturing and selling orange ants (thus named because ong>theong>y prey on insects that eat oranges) to ong>theong> owners of orange groves has been ong>theong> livelihood of ong>theong> Ma family for many years. One day, though, ong>theong> men in ong>theong> family are taken away to serve in ong>theong> emperor's army and no one is left to search for ong>theong> ants in ong>theong> high trees and wild bamboo; neiong>theong>r Jiang nor her moong>theong>r knows how. Jiang's moong>theong>r weaves to support ong>theong>m, but her meager earnings aren't enough to feed ong>theong>m or Bao, ong>theong> baby of ong>theong> family. When all seems lost, it is clever Jiang who finds ong>theong> answer to ong>theong>ir dilemma in Bao's sticky little fingers -- and gets ong>theong> Mas back into ong>theong> orange ant business.

Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rylant, Cynthia / Stevenson, Sucie, PUBLISHER: Aladdin Paperbacks, In this seventeenth book of ong>theong>ir adventures, Henry and Mudge go camping ong>withong> Henry's parents. ong>Theong>y'll go on hikes and smell good smells. ong>Theong>y'll see deer and raccoons and waterfalls and rainbows. Henry's moong>theong>r will cook camp foodand Henry's faong>theong>r will sing sappy old songs, and ong>theong>y'll all lie on ong>theong>ir backs and look at ong>theong> stars (except for Mudge -- he'll chew on a log, instead). And at ong>theong> end of a perfect day, Henry and Mudge will snuggle in ong>theong>ir tent and dream wonderful green dreams.

The Stonekeeper's Curse

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kibuishi, Kazu, PUBLISHER: Graphix, Graphic novel star Kazu Kibuishi returns ong>withong> his mysterious world full of new allies... and old enemies Emily and Navin's moong>theong>r is still in a coma from ong>theong> arachnopod's poison, and ong>theong>re's only one place to find help: Kanalis, ong>theong> bustling, beautiful city of waterfalls. But when Em, her broong>theong>r, and Miskit and ong>theong> rest of ong>theong> robotic crew aboard ong>theong> walking house reach ong>theong> city, ong>theong>y quickly realize that seeking help is looking for trouble, dangerous trouble.

The Edge of Marriage: Stories

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kaplan, Hester, PUBLISHER: University of Georgia Press, In nine stories of tension-filled choices, difficult awakenings, and ironic twists, characters in ong>Theong> Edge of Marriage ride ong>theong> wavering line between commitments and promises. Full of conflict, betrayal, illness, manipulation, and indecision, ong>theong>se stories portray men and women on ong>theong> brink of defeat and drastic change. In "Claude Comes and Goes" a husband confesses his sympathy and affection for his wife's dying former lover. "ong>Theong> Spiral" captures ong>theong> crippling effects of miscommunication and unresolved grief. In "Dyaesong>theong>sia" a wife and moong>theong>r grapples ong>withong> her feelings about her marriage and her husband after he is maimed in an accident. Characters trapped in troubled relationships and on ong>theong> edge of society walk along Hester Kaplan's "edge": an out-of-wedlock child, a grown victim of child abuse, ong>theong> male lover of a married man ong>withong> AIDS. ong>Theong> title stoW confronts ong>theong> complexity of friendship, love, and marriage, as a husband faces his wife's emotional breakdown and his own surfacing resentments. This sometimes startling, frequently poignant collection is illuminated by keen insight and tempered ong>withong> somber hope.

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