Author: Chris McMullan
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450245641
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
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Imagine being in love at 14. Conflict raises in your country. As war is declared you are faced with an ultimate choice. Put yourself in a battlefield facing a relative on the opposing side. Would you run or perhaps fight? Characters in the story have to cope with these issues. 14 yr. old Pete deals with a frightening dream of Robert's death in battle, whom is his older brother. Against his mother's decision, Pete run's away from home to join Robert's confederate regiment. Pete's love, Michelle, cuts her hair disguising herself as a man to follow him. He is unaware of her identity. Pete's dream becomes more frightful and haunting as they travel in search of his brother. Does he and his love make it? Will Pete find closure with his haunting dream? If they were to become soldiers, will they escape the dreadful fate Michelle foresees? Find out in this novel, A Family Embraced with Tragedy. Warning the book is tragic, suspenseful, and contains graphic content.
Author: Richard Agler
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532657943
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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When tragedy strikes we want to know: Why did this happen? How could it have happened? Where is life's justice and fairness? When tragedy strikes we need to know: What still makes sense. What paths lead to healing. How to deal with the timeless questions. When Rabbi Richard Agler's twenty-six-year-old daughter Talia was struck and killed by a motor vehicle, his understanding of tragedy failed him. This book is an account of a journey, one he had no choice but to take, leading from unimaginable grief to (at least partial) recovery. In clear and compelling language, with references to both ancient and modern sources of wisdom, Rabbi Agler offers insight for everyone who has, or who one day might, experience painful loss. The Tragedy Test may give you enhanced clarity on some of humanity's most profound questions. It may lead you to reimagine the nature of our universe. It may fundamentally challenge your understanding of the God you thought you knew. It will not leave you unmoved or unchanged.
Author: David Hermon Van Hoosear
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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A Mr. Van Hoosear was probably born in Holland before 1736, and immi- grated in the late 1750s or early 1760s to the south side of Long Island, New York. His only son, Rinear Van Hoosear (ca. 1756/1757- 1819), was born in Holland, served in the Revolutionary War, and married Mercy (Marcy?) Taylor in 1782. They lived in Connecticut, in New York, and finally in Wilton, Connecticut. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York and elsewhere. The introduction discusses and rejects the oft-stated belief that the Van Hoosear family are descendants of the Van Hoesen of The Netherlands.
Author: Anthony Santoro
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1555538185
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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With passion and precision, Exile and Embrace examines the key elements of the religious debates over capital punishment and shows how they reflect the values and self-understandings of contemporary Americans. Santoro demonstrates that capital punishment has relatively little to do with the perpetrators and much more to do with those who would impose the punishment. Because of this, he convincingly argues, we should focus our attention not on the perpetrators and victims, as is typically the case in debates pro and con about the death penalty, but on ourselves and on the mechanisms that we use to impose or oppose the death penalty. An important book that will appeal to those involved in the death penalty debate and to general religious studies and American studies scholars, as well.
Author: Bonnie Lee Mahler
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504325354
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 157
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Honor the Past, Release It, Live the Present, Embrace It Create the Future, Ignite It Bonnie Lee Mahler Author Bonnie Lee Mahler never imagined life would take her on such a journey. She has experienced the depths of sorrow and has known the essence of true joy. Her life has been an amazing ride, and it continues to unfold in a magical way. In Embrace the Moment, Mahler shares her life story and the lessons shes learned. In this memoir, she tells how, from the tragedy of losing her two sons, she believes in embracing the moment because that is all that is certain. She narrates how she survived by taking each moment as a gift from which to learn and gain insight. Mahler strives to have a positive attitude toward everything that comes into her life; she recognizes doors that are opening and walks through; and she chooses to be courageous, which has led to her healing through music. Through lifes twists and turns and the choices shes made, Embrace the Moment shares the story of finding the man of her dreams, a true love, and a paradise here on earth. It communicates the message that we all have the power to create amazing things if we have the desire and are willing to ignite our dreams and passions moving forward with gratitude.
Author: Daniel Mendelsohn
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307809870
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 221
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Hailed for its searing emotional insights, and for the astonishing originality with which it weaves together personal history, cultural essay, and readings of classical texts by Sophocles, Ovid, Euripides, and Sappho, The Elusive Embrace is a profound exploration of the mysteries of identity. It is also a meditation in which the author uses his own divided life to investigate the "rich conflictedness of things," the double lives all of us lead. Daniel Mendelsohn recalls the deceptively quiet suburb where he grew up, torn between his mathematician father's pursuit of scientific truth and the exquisite lies spun by his Orthodox Jewish grandfather; the streets of manhattan's newest "gay ghetto," where "desire for love" competes with "love of desire;" and the quiet moonlit house where a close friend's small son teaches him the meaning of fatherhood. And, finally, in a neglected Jewish cemetery, the author uncovers a family secret that reveals the universal need for storytelling, for inventing myths of the self. The book that Hilton Als calls "equal to Whitman's 'Song of Myself,'" The Elusive Embrace marks a dazzling literary debut.
Author: H. Norman Wright
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 0800734424
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Bestselling self-help author and counselor helps people be more successful and happy by empowering them to replace negative thoughts with healthy self-talk.
Author: Beth Forbus
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1600340997
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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When Love & Sorrow Embrace offers Biblical encouragement to parents grieving a miscarriage. Based on beloved Biblical encounters with God Himself, readers find hope, encouragement and healing.
Author: Kathy Jourdain
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452575738
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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This is an empoweringthough at times heartbreakingwork that seeks to encourage others to embrace their inner selves in the face of adversity. It illuminates how we make meaning of our experiences by the stories we tell and how stories of human tragedy can be transformed through the perspective of soul journey with the potential to shift the shape of your life.
Author: Karen S. Camara
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480866288
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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It was 1956 when Michael and Karen first met as teens in the streets of New York City. They were both determined to escape their dysfunctional families, buoyed up by dreams of success. Their four years as soulmates would have been forever except Michael was addicted to heroin. After walking away, Karen buried all her feelings from the pure joy of their love to her dismay of drugs as a third partner yet she still lived with the heartbreak of going separate ways. When Karen realized her history as a New York City street kid was atypical, she wrote a memoir, Songs from the Street: A Native New Yorker Comes of Age in the Fifties. She reveals how writing this memoir unleashed powerful memories of her teenage love as well as a curiosity about what happened to Michael after they parted. Karen sought closure and describes how she found Michael, now clean, sober, and professionally accomplished. Through this reconnection, their love was reborn and their life together as soulmates came full circle.
