Author: Stan Parsons
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359837867
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Shocked and utterly distraught by news of his cousin's suicide, Grove Mathews leaves his Georgetown apartment in the middle of a 1972 summer night to drive to the family homestead in Orange, VA. Throughout the trip he is haunted with memories evoked by road signs. By the time he arrives, he has learned things about himself and his family that disgust him. And he has discovered that he always knew these things, but he hid and ran from them, resulting in a withdrawn and non-committal man that he is no longer willing to tolerate. When he arrives at the homestead he is ready to deal with it. And he does.
What Happened, Randi?
Author: Stan Parsons
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359837867
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Shocked and utterly distraught by news of his cousin's suicide, Grove Mathews leaves his Georgetown apartment in the middle of a 1972 summer night to drive to the family homestead in Orange, VA. Throughout the trip he is haunted with memories evoked by road signs. By the time he arrives, he has learned things about himself and his family that disgust him. And he has discovered that he always knew these things, but he hid and ran from them, resulting in a withdrawn and non-committal man that he is no longer willing to tolerate. When he arrives at the homestead he is ready to deal with it. And he does.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359837867
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Shocked and utterly distraught by news of his cousin's suicide, Grove Mathews leaves his Georgetown apartment in the middle of a 1972 summer night to drive to the family homestead in Orange, VA. Throughout the trip he is haunted with memories evoked by road signs. By the time he arrives, he has learned things about himself and his family that disgust him. And he has discovered that he always knew these things, but he hid and ran from them, resulting in a withdrawn and non-committal man that he is no longer willing to tolerate. When he arrives at the homestead he is ready to deal with it. And he does.
Dying to Meet Jesus
Author: Randy Kay
Publisher: Chosen Books
ISBN: 1493422901
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Where is God when my suffering seems never-ending? Can I really find joy in this fallen world? This powerful book confronts these questions with stories of the author's near-death experience, a daughter's suicide attempt, mental illness, and numerous other gripping stories that demonstrate not only that God is present when we need him, but that through our trials we can find true intimacy with him. Author Randy Kay recounts how, as a former devout agnostic, he survived a near-fatal accident while searching for the truth--and when he met the One he sought to disprove, his journey changed from a life of extreme trials into one of genuine joy. In these pages, Kay offers his testimony to show readers how God uses suffering and brokenness to build an intimate and indestructible relationship with him, while breaking down barriers and ushering the reader into an authentic relationship with the Author of love.
Publisher: Chosen Books
ISBN: 1493422901
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Where is God when my suffering seems never-ending? Can I really find joy in this fallen world? This powerful book confronts these questions with stories of the author's near-death experience, a daughter's suicide attempt, mental illness, and numerous other gripping stories that demonstrate not only that God is present when we need him, but that through our trials we can find true intimacy with him. Author Randy Kay recounts how, as a former devout agnostic, he survived a near-fatal accident while searching for the truth--and when he met the One he sought to disprove, his journey changed from a life of extreme trials into one of genuine joy. In these pages, Kay offers his testimony to show readers how God uses suffering and brokenness to build an intimate and indestructible relationship with him, while breaking down barriers and ushering the reader into an authentic relationship with the Author of love.
Revelations from Heaven
Author: Randy Kay
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN: 0768459389
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
What was it like to be face to face with Jesus? What does Heaven look like? And what did Randy Kay learn from his afterlife encounter? As a human development researcher, medical advisor, and director of clinical support, Randy Kay was not given to fantastical ideas about the spirit realm or embellished divine encounters. But after clinically dying in the hospital, Randy Kay had a life-changing afterlife experience with Jesus in Heaven. In his first book, Dying to Meet Jesus, Randy shared this experience, but not the supernatural insights and profound discoveries he received. Now, Randy senses a timely assignment from the Holy Spirit to answer the question so many readers have asked: what did you learn while you were in Heaven? In Revelations from Heaven, Randy leads you into a heavenly encounter of your own, revealing 31 revelations that God is unveiling to you. These insights include Emboldened Prayer: A biblical perspective on encounters in Heaven and how they embolden our prayer lives. Conversations with Jesus: Insights that were exchanged while Randy communicated with Jesus in Heaven. Angelic and Demonic Activity: How there is a very real, invisible realm battling over the souls of humanity. Race and Ethnicity in Heaven: In eternity, how do people see one another and how does God see them? The Sights, Sounds, and Senses of Heaven: In Heaven, the five senses are enhanced and there are new senses that earthly language cannot explain. Heavens Perspective on Sadness and Grief: How tears are kept and collected in bottles. The Difference Between Paradise and Heaven: When a believer dies, where do they really go? Take hold of the amazing truths that Heaven has released through Randys incredible experience, and see for yourself the powerful life-change that can accompany Revelations from Heaven.
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN: 0768459389
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
What was it like to be face to face with Jesus? What does Heaven look like? And what did Randy Kay learn from his afterlife encounter? As a human development researcher, medical advisor, and director of clinical support, Randy Kay was not given to fantastical ideas about the spirit realm or embellished divine encounters. But after clinically dying in the hospital, Randy Kay had a life-changing afterlife experience with Jesus in Heaven. In his first book, Dying to Meet Jesus, Randy shared this experience, but not the supernatural insights and profound discoveries he received. Now, Randy senses a timely assignment from the Holy Spirit to answer the question so many readers have asked: what did you learn while you were in Heaven? In Revelations from Heaven, Randy leads you into a heavenly encounter of your own, revealing 31 revelations that God is unveiling to you. These insights include Emboldened Prayer: A biblical perspective on encounters in Heaven and how they embolden our prayer lives. Conversations with Jesus: Insights that were exchanged while Randy communicated with Jesus in Heaven. Angelic and Demonic Activity: How there is a very real, invisible realm battling over the souls of humanity. Race and Ethnicity in Heaven: In eternity, how do people see one another and how does God see them? The Sights, Sounds, and Senses of Heaven: In Heaven, the five senses are enhanced and there are new senses that earthly language cannot explain. Heavens Perspective on Sadness and Grief: How tears are kept and collected in bottles. The Difference Between Paradise and Heaven: When a believer dies, where do they really go? Take hold of the amazing truths that Heaven has released through Randys incredible experience, and see for yourself the powerful life-change that can accompany Revelations from Heaven.
Angel of Greenwood
Author: Randi Pink
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250768489
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
A piercing, unforgettable love story set in Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as the “Black Wall Street,” and against the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family’s financial situation is in turmoil. Though they’ve attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can’t turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon. But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the Black community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then, Isaiah, Angel, and their peers realize who their real enemies are.
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250768489
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
A piercing, unforgettable love story set in Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as the “Black Wall Street,” and against the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family’s financial situation is in turmoil. Though they’ve attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can’t turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon. But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the Black community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then, Isaiah, Angel, and their peers realize who their real enemies are.
The Last Lecture
Author: Randy Pausch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340978504
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340978504
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit
Author: Octavia Spencer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442476834
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Meet Randi Rhodes, the world’s first ninja detective! Mystery abounds in this “assured, entertaining whodunit” (Publishers Weekly), a 2014 IndieNext pick and the first in a new middle grade series from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer. Deer Creek is a small town whose only hope for survival is the success of their Founder’s Day Festival. But the festival’s main attraction, a time capsule that many people believe hold the town’s treasure, has gone missing. Twelve-year-old Randi Rhodes and her best friend, D.C., are Bruce Lee–inspired ninjas and local detectives determined to solve the case. Even if it means investigating a haunted cabin and facing mean old Angus McCarthy, prime suspect. They have three days to find the treasure…the future of their whole town is at stake! Will these kids be able to save the day?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442476834
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Meet Randi Rhodes, the world’s first ninja detective! Mystery abounds in this “assured, entertaining whodunit” (Publishers Weekly), a 2014 IndieNext pick and the first in a new middle grade series from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer. Deer Creek is a small town whose only hope for survival is the success of their Founder’s Day Festival. But the festival’s main attraction, a time capsule that many people believe hold the town’s treasure, has gone missing. Twelve-year-old Randi Rhodes and her best friend, D.C., are Bruce Lee–inspired ninjas and local detectives determined to solve the case. Even if it means investigating a haunted cabin and facing mean old Angus McCarthy, prime suspect. They have three days to find the treasure…the future of their whole town is at stake! Will these kids be able to save the day?
The Truth about Uri Geller
Author: James Randi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879751999
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
There is more to Uri Geller than his countless "miracles" - and James (The Amazing) Randi tells all in this fascinating examination of the Geller myth. - What really makes Geller run? - Why have scientists reported on all Geller's "successful" psychic tests and ignored his many failures? - Why will Uri perform almost anywhere, anytime, except in front of professional magicians? - Can Geller actually bend spoons, keys and nails with his "psychic" powers? - Why do people around the world continue to believe Geller has magic powers, when his tricks have been exposed many times? In an eye-opening expos�, Randi provides a devastating blow to Geller and the pseudoscience of parapsychology.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879751999
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
There is more to Uri Geller than his countless "miracles" - and James (The Amazing) Randi tells all in this fascinating examination of the Geller myth. - What really makes Geller run? - Why have scientists reported on all Geller's "successful" psychic tests and ignored his many failures? - Why will Uri perform almost anywhere, anytime, except in front of professional magicians? - Can Geller actually bend spoons, keys and nails with his "psychic" powers? - Why do people around the world continue to believe Geller has magic powers, when his tricks have been exposed many times? In an eye-opening expos�, Randi provides a devastating blow to Geller and the pseudoscience of parapsychology.
Randi's Candy Caper
Author: Dorsey Hall
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1641387262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Randi McCall is at it again! Barely settled back into normal office hours after their last adventure, an urgent phone call changes her day. She is determined and headstrong, as she is flung into the middle of a murder case involving an old friend and sorority sister, Candyce Trenna, nicknamed Candy. Oblivious to the possibility Candy is guilty, Randi strategizes to clear her friend. The case becomes widely challenging when multiple suspects and events appear relevant, causing her to reach out for help from her cousin Russell Taul, the investigator, and her skeptical law partner, her dad. Based in the southern charm of the bluegrass and heart of horse country, they travel from Lexington, Kentucky, to New York City and beautiful Boca Grande, uncovering the most critical evidence in search of answers. Encounters, with old friends and places, give an ongoing uncertainty and widening suspicion. Every clue, every person reveals information, and more questions, as Randi hurries to solve the case before Candy's murder trial begins with an outcome most certainly a conviction.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1641387262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Randi McCall is at it again! Barely settled back into normal office hours after their last adventure, an urgent phone call changes her day. She is determined and headstrong, as she is flung into the middle of a murder case involving an old friend and sorority sister, Candyce Trenna, nicknamed Candy. Oblivious to the possibility Candy is guilty, Randi strategizes to clear her friend. The case becomes widely challenging when multiple suspects and events appear relevant, causing her to reach out for help from her cousin Russell Taul, the investigator, and her skeptical law partner, her dad. Based in the southern charm of the bluegrass and heart of horse country, they travel from Lexington, Kentucky, to New York City and beautiful Boca Grande, uncovering the most critical evidence in search of answers. Encounters, with old friends and places, give an ongoing uncertainty and widening suspicion. Every clue, every person reveals information, and more questions, as Randi hurries to solve the case before Candy's murder trial begins with an outcome most certainly a conviction.
The Pink Sneakers Club
Author: Christian Bertoni
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1456610694
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
40 years ago Samantha Hays was murdered. Now, she wants revenge!
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1456610694
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
40 years ago Samantha Hays was murdered. Now, she wants revenge!
THE MCCAFFERTYS: SLADE
Author: Lisa Jackson
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460363450
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Slade McCafferty had thus far avoided being lassoed by a member of the opposite sex—the confirmed bachelor was too busy raising hell to settle down. Fifteen years ago daredevil Slade had taken wild child Jamie Parsons's innocence—and then broken her heart. But now Jamie was back in town, a lawyer, all confidence and polished professionalism. And seeing her again set off a tidal wave of emotions Slade thought he'd dammed up ages ago. What had happened between them was ancient history. Still, there was something about Jamie that made Slade ache for more. A hell of a lot more…
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460363450
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Slade McCafferty had thus far avoided being lassoed by a member of the opposite sex—the confirmed bachelor was too busy raising hell to settle down. Fifteen years ago daredevil Slade had taken wild child Jamie Parsons's innocence—and then broken her heart. But now Jamie was back in town, a lawyer, all confidence and polished professionalism. And seeing her again set off a tidal wave of emotions Slade thought he'd dammed up ages ago. What had happened between them was ancient history. Still, there was something about Jamie that made Slade ache for more. A hell of a lot more…