Author: Cindy Woodsmall
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0307459462
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Love alone isn’t enough to overcome some obstacles. Lena Kauffman is a young Old Order Amish schoolteacher who has dealt all her life with attention raised by a noticeable birthmark on her cheek. Having learned to move past the stares and whispers, Lena channels her zest for living into her love of teaching. But tensions mount as she is challenged to work with a rebellious young man and deal with several crises at the schoolhouse that threaten her other students. Her lack of submission and use of ideas that don’t line up with the Old Ways strengthen the school board’s case as they begin to believe that Lena is behind all the trouble. One member of the school board, Grey Graber, feels trapped by his own stifling circumstances. His wife, Elsie, has shut him out of her life, and he doesn’t know how long he can continue to live as if nothing is wrong. As the two finally come to a place of working toward a better marriage, tragedy befalls their family. Lena and Grey have been life-long friends, but their relationship begins to crumble amidst unsettling deceptions, propelling each of them to finally face their own secrets. Can they both find a way past their losses and discover the strength to build a new bridge?
The Bridge of Peace
Author: Cindy Woodsmall
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0307459462
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Love alone isn’t enough to overcome some obstacles. Lena Kauffman is a young Old Order Amish schoolteacher who has dealt all her life with attention raised by a noticeable birthmark on her cheek. Having learned to move past the stares and whispers, Lena channels her zest for living into her love of teaching. But tensions mount as she is challenged to work with a rebellious young man and deal with several crises at the schoolhouse that threaten her other students. Her lack of submission and use of ideas that don’t line up with the Old Ways strengthen the school board’s case as they begin to believe that Lena is behind all the trouble. One member of the school board, Grey Graber, feels trapped by his own stifling circumstances. His wife, Elsie, has shut him out of her life, and he doesn’t know how long he can continue to live as if nothing is wrong. As the two finally come to a place of working toward a better marriage, tragedy befalls their family. Lena and Grey have been life-long friends, but their relationship begins to crumble amidst unsettling deceptions, propelling each of them to finally face their own secrets. Can they both find a way past their losses and discover the strength to build a new bridge?
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0307459462
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Love alone isn’t enough to overcome some obstacles. Lena Kauffman is a young Old Order Amish schoolteacher who has dealt all her life with attention raised by a noticeable birthmark on her cheek. Having learned to move past the stares and whispers, Lena channels her zest for living into her love of teaching. But tensions mount as she is challenged to work with a rebellious young man and deal with several crises at the schoolhouse that threaten her other students. Her lack of submission and use of ideas that don’t line up with the Old Ways strengthen the school board’s case as they begin to believe that Lena is behind all the trouble. One member of the school board, Grey Graber, feels trapped by his own stifling circumstances. His wife, Elsie, has shut him out of her life, and he doesn’t know how long he can continue to live as if nothing is wrong. As the two finally come to a place of working toward a better marriage, tragedy befalls their family. Lena and Grey have been life-long friends, but their relationship begins to crumble amidst unsettling deceptions, propelling each of them to finally face their own secrets. Can they both find a way past their losses and discover the strength to build a new bridge?
The Fifth Book of Peace
Author: Maxine Hong Kingston
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679760636
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
A long time ago in China, there existed three Books of Peace that proved so threatening to the reigning powers that they had them burned. Many years later Maxine Hong Kingston wrote a Fourth Book of Peace, but it too was burned--in the catastrophic Berkeley-Oakland Hills fire of 1991, a fire that coincided with the death of her father. Now in this visionary and redemptive work, Kingston completes her interrupted labor, weaving fiction and memoir into a luminous meditation on war and peace, devastation and renewal.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679760636
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
A long time ago in China, there existed three Books of Peace that proved so threatening to the reigning powers that they had them burned. Many years later Maxine Hong Kingston wrote a Fourth Book of Peace, but it too was burned--in the catastrophic Berkeley-Oakland Hills fire of 1991, a fire that coincided with the death of her father. Now in this visionary and redemptive work, Kingston completes her interrupted labor, weaving fiction and memoir into a luminous meditation on war and peace, devastation and renewal.
Dragon’s Teeth
Author: Ian Bancroft
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3838213645
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Twenty years on from the end of war, the status of the north of Kosovo remains disputed. Ten years on from Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia, the north’s predominantly Serb population continues to resist integration. Education, health, and other vital services continue to be provided by Serbia. These latent tensions regularly surface through various forms of resistance, including protests and barricades (most notably those of 2011); resistance which has many historical precedents. Ian Bancroft provides an original ethnographic account of the reality in north Kosovo, mixing first-hand interviews and anecdotes with historical background and academic insight. He explores a diverse array of themes, including the Trepča mines, religious and cultural life, and the Main Bridge over the river Ibar, which has become a symbol of the divided town of Mitrovica. Bancroft examines memories of the war and 2004 riots, and the daily realities of local governance and politics in a post-war environment. The book also goes to the heart of the border/boundary regions, the multi-ethnic Bošnjačka Mahala, and mixed areas on the periphery to tell the stories of those caught-up on the front-lines of conflict. As such, it offers valuable insights for aspiring peacebuilders into the challenges of working in a context of considerable complexity.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3838213645
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Twenty years on from the end of war, the status of the north of Kosovo remains disputed. Ten years on from Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia, the north’s predominantly Serb population continues to resist integration. Education, health, and other vital services continue to be provided by Serbia. These latent tensions regularly surface through various forms of resistance, including protests and barricades (most notably those of 2011); resistance which has many historical precedents. Ian Bancroft provides an original ethnographic account of the reality in north Kosovo, mixing first-hand interviews and anecdotes with historical background and academic insight. He explores a diverse array of themes, including the Trepča mines, religious and cultural life, and the Main Bridge over the river Ibar, which has become a symbol of the divided town of Mitrovica. Bancroft examines memories of the war and 2004 riots, and the daily realities of local governance and politics in a post-war environment. The book also goes to the heart of the border/boundary regions, the multi-ethnic Bošnjačka Mahala, and mixed areas on the periphery to tell the stories of those caught-up on the front-lines of conflict. As such, it offers valuable insights for aspiring peacebuilders into the challenges of working in a context of considerable complexity.
Peace Bridge Plaza and Connecting Roadway System
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Languages : en
Pages : 780
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Pages : 780
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Justice of the Peace
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Category : Justices of the peace
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
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Category : Justices of the peace
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Author: Thornton Wilder
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593470958
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This Pulitzer Prize-winning, fable-like short novel—by the author of Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth—has been beloved around the world for nearly a century. This splendid and profoundly moving novel begins with a simple and seemingly senseless tragedy. "On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." A traveling monk, Brother Juniper, witnesses the catastrophe and becomes obsessed with investigating the lives of the five victims in order to prove that their deaths had meaning. His mission is doomed to fail, but over the course of the story, the five unlucky individuals—a noblewoman, a maid, an orphan, an old man, and a child—come to life for the reader in all of their glorious complexity. Their intertwined lives—snuffed out in one shattering moment—illuminate the biggest questions that we can ask ourselves about the nature of love and meaning of the human condition.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593470958
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This Pulitzer Prize-winning, fable-like short novel—by the author of Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth—has been beloved around the world for nearly a century. This splendid and profoundly moving novel begins with a simple and seemingly senseless tragedy. "On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." A traveling monk, Brother Juniper, witnesses the catastrophe and becomes obsessed with investigating the lives of the five victims in order to prove that their deaths had meaning. His mission is doomed to fail, but over the course of the story, the five unlucky individuals—a noblewoman, a maid, an orphan, an old man, and a child—come to life for the reader in all of their glorious complexity. Their intertwined lives—snuffed out in one shattering moment—illuminate the biggest questions that we can ask ourselves about the nature of love and meaning of the human condition.
Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review
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Category : Justices of the peace
Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Captain's on the Bridge
Author: Roger Vanderwerken
Publisher: Selah Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781589301788
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Book of Revelation, or the Apocalypse, describes a military campaign, but it is one that is far different from any armed conflict this world has ever seen. The book speaks of war, but it is God who wages it, and the enemies are not human. There is a peace that results, but it is one that is eternal, never again to be shattered . Those who choose to follow the great General revealed in this book are promised peace - a peace that is first of all internal, one that calms our souls in the midst of a chaotic world, but it is also one that comes at the end of days, ridding our world of evil and chaos forever. The purpose of Revelation is neither to polarize the human community nor to paint a gloomy picture of despair. Despite all of the warlike images, the Great King revealed in the Book of Revelation offers hope to all who follow. In joining His Army, we become courageous peacemakers, extending that hope to others.
Publisher: Selah Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781589301788
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Book of Revelation, or the Apocalypse, describes a military campaign, but it is one that is far different from any armed conflict this world has ever seen. The book speaks of war, but it is God who wages it, and the enemies are not human. There is a peace that results, but it is one that is eternal, never again to be shattered . Those who choose to follow the great General revealed in this book are promised peace - a peace that is first of all internal, one that calms our souls in the midst of a chaotic world, but it is also one that comes at the end of days, ridding our world of evil and chaos forever. The purpose of Revelation is neither to polarize the human community nor to paint a gloomy picture of despair. Despite all of the warlike images, the Great King revealed in the Book of Revelation offers hope to all who follow. In joining His Army, we become courageous peacemakers, extending that hope to others.
The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer ... The Twenty-second Edition: with Many Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, by John King, Etc
Author: Richard BURN (LL.D.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 1588
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Pages : 1588
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Emmanuel: Leaves from the Life and Notes on the Work of Jesus Christ
Author: John Benjamin Figgis
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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