Esmeralda, a high-spirited widow in her sixties in the small South Carolina town of Live Oaks, leaves an unforgettable impression on readers with her unpretentious, down-to-earth manner. Her unabashed faith shines through as she shares details of her life as an adviser to her best friend, Beatrice, and as a voice of reason to her women's Sunday school class, the Willing Workers. The pettiness of the women at the Apostolic Bible Church gets under Esmeralda's skin, but when she rallies them to the side of an impoverished mother with AIDS, the very best of human love and compassion is portrayed. Told in delightfully eccentric first-person narration, this story will inspire, uplift, amuse, and move readers to tears. Despite Esmeralda's lack of education and sophistication-or perhaps because of it-she is used mightily by God and meets everyday challenges with gumption, humor, and grace. Her struggle to maintain her faith in the midst of pain and suffering is a timeless and universal theme with which many will identify, and the love and mercy the story unfolds will delight both young and old.
Australia 1950s, young Italian migrant boy, Anthony Fabrizi, growing up in Cronulla, a southern beach suburb of Sydney is bruised by his first love. Innocently, he turns to the Catholic Church, but the deception that occurs at the hands of the Brothers and Priests he has admired and trusted reveals the pure evil that can exist in a humans heart. Determined to keep his pledge to God he retreats to Rome headlong into the underbelly of the worlds holiest institution The Vatican. Here he discovers a Church with an unspeakable past. Worse still, he has evidence of murder in the highest order. Now he has to run, not only to save himself but the life of the only woman he has ever loved
I was born Frieda Ella van Hessen on April 24, 1915, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. My mother had a beautiful soprano voice, which she inherited from her father. I adored her and my father too. Before the war, we loved to sing and my brothers and I gave many live home concerts together. These were "cool" events in those days; they were called "home concerts." I also made many live broadcasts. My own career started with singing the role of Mimi in the opera La boheme for Avro, Radio Holland and with concert performances. The Nazi disaster ended it. My last performance was as soloist at concert with the Apollo Choir in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. This was the Dutch equivalent of Carnegie Hall in New York. The next day the review consisted of only one sentence, "Because the soloist is a Jew, and after all the suffering we have done already because of the Jews, I feel not called to review her performance." That became my last official concert performance in Holland. The Nazis now occupied The Netherlands and registered all the Jews. It became mandatory to wear a piece of cloth printed with the Star of David on all of our clothes. The colors were the same as those used during the Middle Ages to warn people of The Plague-a yellow background with a black Star of David. In bold, black letters was the word Jood [YOT], meaning Jew. Choices were limited for Jewish families-either be taken away to concentration camps or try to hide. My friend Mieka and I escaped to a house where we hid. My parents were hiding in an adjacent house. One day a car stopped in front of that house. When I peeked out from behind the curtain, I saw a gigantic black limousine and German soldiers with the bayonets standing next to it. I said to Mieka, "Oh, my God ... my parents are in big trouble!" The Nazis captured my parents that day, but they did not find me and my friend, we escaped. I didn't know it at the time, but my parents were taken to Auschwitz, the most notorious death camp where over a million Jews were murdered at the hands of the Nazis. The last time I saw them was with bayonets to their backs passing by my window. They never looked up. They were terrified to betray us, I'm sure. They looked straight forward. Then, of course, I collapsed. I screamed. I lost it, totally. My friend Mieka and I lived in fear hiding in eight different locations provided by non-Jews for four years. Whenever we suspected discovery or betrayal, we ran to another hiding place. The war was over and my life started to become normal. In the beginning it felt very strange even going outside. I remember even the sky seemed so high it scared me, and I hardly dared to look up at first. Though I rejoiced over being liberated by the Allied Forces, the pain of losing my entire family (except my older brother Bernard and his wife Daisy) never left me. God did spare my life, and at the age of 100, He still opens up doors so I can tell others about His great love and protection.
All About Me is a book where Jenny explains some similarities and differences between many of her friends and that, just like all her friends, they are all capable and smart in their own way! Many of the kids love making friends and just want the world to know that although they learn differently, it does not mean they are not able to be friends!
The Holocaust Series started in the Quad Cities in 2003 with three women named Esther: Esther Avruch, Esther Katz, and Esther Schiff. Without them, there wouldn't be a book series inspiring young readers and young authors. This series includes stories of Holocaust survivors, soldiers who were eye-witnesses to the concentration camps, and Righteous Gentiles, non-Jews who risked their lives to help others"--
A collection of poetry which shares in every day experiences, as well as seeking to understand and deal with catastrophic experiences; namely loving and living with someone who has been diagnosed with Young Onset Alzheimer's Disease. Easy to read, understand, and feel. Reading this book is like sharing a cup of coffee with a good friend.
Established for more than thirty years as one of the world's most widely read gynecology texts, Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility is now in its Eighth Edition. In a clear, user-friendly style enhanced by abundant illustrations, algorithms, and tables, the book provides a complete explanation of the female endocrine system and its disorders and offers practical guidance on evaluation and treatment of female endocrine problems and infertility. Major sections cover reproductive physiology, clinical endocrinology, contraception and infertility. This edition has a modern full-color design. A companion website includes the fully searchable text, image bank and links to PubMed references.
Show Me QuickBooks helps readers learn visually how to perform tasks using the leading accounting software for small businesses. They are able to find answers to their questions quickly and visually with this user-friendly method of training. Each task includes a screen-by-screen visual accompanied by a concise text description that makes performing everyday tasks quick and simple.
This book is celebrating the simple pleasures, joys and adventures growing up in The Blue Ridge Mountains of rural North Carolina. It is about the author/illustrators' childhood and the outdoor adventures with her cousin. The setting of the story is on a small farm or "playground" with lots of animals and fun around every corner. The characters go on bike rides, swings on tire swings, chasing chickens for fun, finding shapes in the clouds and ends their day with catching lightning bugs in the cool night air. It is a glimpse into what a child's imagination can create and all the fun that awaits. The author/illustrator reflects on the adventures and simple fun that she enjoyed before the Internet and gaming systems became entertainment for children. Fun and treasured memories were created with her imagination. Your imagination can take you anywhere you desire!
normal'>Let Me Be Myself is a unique book that empowers children to be themselves, even when a society has preconceived expectations for them. This story, although fictional, is based on events of the lives of many, including the author's. It is a book with which children can relate, and each child can take away some message. Each aspect of the story is thought through meticulously, from the colors of Maggie's clothes and choice of activities and toys, to the structure of Maggie's family and the gender and race of her teacher and friends. This story addresses much more than simply issues of gender and gender roles, but unravels the assumptions about race, class, age and gender that are so powerfully interwoven in American society. This book depicts a young woman named Maggie who is actively engaging in her education, life and future. She is strong-spirited and does not succumb to the expectations of others, as many young men and women do. Maggie is an inspiration to young boys and girls, and shows them that that they can help change the world in which they are living by simply being themselves.
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