Desloge Chronicles, A Tale of Two Continents is a monograph of an amazing family's journey supported by genealogical summaries which provide solid provenance. Situated in France and America, this is an authentic historical narrative built around one family's 600 letters dating from 200 years, providing live-action reality present at France & the French Revolution and the American Frontier. Based upon one of the largest bodies of vibrant correspondence written from the turn of the 1800s, we are able to peer into the scene of teeming wildlife and Native American Indians in the young America expanding from this family's French nobility on the young American frontier and then blooming into titanic industrialists and caring naturalists and philanthropists. Within this monograph, historical fact, studied historical research, and expanded narrative craft a compelling legend of the prominent Desloge family. More than simply cold chronology of facts, these are "action figures".
The Desloge family in America is known as a great industrialist, philanthropic, religious and naturalist family spanning 200 years in America and is one of the oldest French families in Missouri and St. Louis. It has taken the vital force and verve of great families to build great business in America; and build a country of increasing middle-class consumers as well. Tycoons like Carnegie, Rockefeller, Guggenheim, Gould and Morgan - greats of the gilded age have made a real impression on industry and the increase in the human condition from those industries. Other families have made their mark in much the same way - such as Kellogg and Wrigley. Steel, railroads, finance, cereal, chewing gum. In lead, the name is Desloge. Starting with entrepreneurial zeal by wildcatting in mining in Missouri and also in the California Gold Rush, among these famous names, the Desloge family became - and today represents - industrial and social titans in Missouri and American history.
This Genealogy collection is associated as the second volume to The Desloge Chronicles - A Tale of Two Continents, a monograph of this family actually present at significant historical moments, unfolding on the new American Frontier and witnessing live events unfolding in Europe. This family legacy - as framed in this project - is one of the great pictures of American and European action figures. While many families have long and distinguished legacies, some known, some unknown or undiscovered, this Desloge family at this moment in time, this unique combination of strings of ancestry make for an amazing and compelling legend even for the most jaded historian. Christopher Davis Desloge is a fifth-generation of the Desloge Family in America. Long known as one of the family's historians, his general sense of curiosity has led him to investigate fascinating historical elements revealed in these letters and genealogy.
A spiritual guide, or lectio divina, of collected spiritual works from the scribbled notes of personal conversations, notes from mass and retreats, words of others, passages in old books, and attempted reconstructions from radio broadcasts, and many more witnesses. For personal discernment and spiritual aid. A strong and capable collection for everyone to use and enjoy.
This Genealogy collection is associated as the second volume to The Desloge Chronicles - A Tale of Two Continents, a monograph of this family actually present at significant historical moments, unfolding on the new American Frontier and witnessing live events unfolding in Europe. This family legacy - as framed in this project - is one of the great pictures of American and European action figures. While many families have long and distinguished legacies, some known, some unknown or undiscovered, this Desloge family at this moment in time, this unique combination of strings of ancestry make for an amazing and compelling legend even for the most jaded historian. Christopher Davis Desloge is a fifth-generation of the Desloge Family in America. Long known as one of the family's historians, his general sense of curiosity has led him to investigate fascinating historical elements revealed in these letters and genealogy.
Desloge Chronicles, A Tale of Two Continents is a monograph of an amazing family's journey supported by genealogical summaries which provide solid provenance. Situated in France and America, this is an authentic historical narrative built around one family's 600 letters dating from 200 years, providing live-action reality present at France & the French Revolution and the American Frontier. Based upon one of the largest bodies of vibrant correspondence written from the turn of the 1800s, we are able to peer into the scene of teeming wildlife and Native American Indians in the young America expanding from this family's French nobility on the young American frontier and then blooming into titanic industrialists and caring naturalists and philanthropists. Within this monograph, historical fact, studied historical research, and expanded narrative craft a compelling legend of the prominent Desloge family. More than simply cold chronology of facts, these are "action figures".
The book contains the correspondence between Christopher Desloge, whose ancestors in early Missouri had been slaveholders, and Theresa Delsoin, whose ancestor Malindy Wilson was a slave in Franklin County Missouri. Delsoin and her sister, Mildred Johnson, coauthored the 2005 book "Malindy's freedom" about their ancestor. The "etc." of the title refers to the use of that word in wills at the end of property lists that included slaves along with other household items. The year-long correspondence lasted from Oct. 2009-Sept. 2010.
In the real estate world, the landlord usually holds the cards. It is the landlord who builds or buys the building, arranges the financing, constructs the interiors, as well as hires the leasing agent and property management company. The landlord writes the leases, and pays for the attorney to avoid the leases being changed. The landlord knows exactly how much money he will spend on construction, leasing commissions and concessions; he knows exactly how much he will spend on operating expenses and exactly how much he will charge the tenants. Finally, in office leasing, there is a book designed specifically for the tenant a comprehensive weapon containing all the inside knowledge required to do more than just level the playing field with the landlord, but to actually grant the control to the tenant. The Tenant's Guerilla Guide to Office Leasing contains all the inside information to avoid landlord tricks, control many costly details and manage a lengthy process.
Asked of many business owners how they deal with financial stress, the answer mostly is "keep working". Asked how they deal with personal stress at the family level, the answer mostly is either "ignore the financial stress", "play hard", or "keep working". I have asked many owners if I understand this correctly: That the answer to business and stress improvement is to keep working, ignore the financial stress, play hard and keep working. To which I usually get either a laugh or a sigh in recognition of just how stupid that is. Once they realize that the root of the improvement opportunity is not to keep working and ignore the stress, but rather is in honestly isolating problems and actively searching for solutions that have a direct, meaningful, positive, immediate and certain outcome to improve the business. Entrepreneurial Spirit Corporate Precision provides an important and livable roadmap including facing facts, becoming deliberate, managing stress and improving business performance, all from the personal perspective. In order to actively calm down, purposely diminish anxiety, and to deliberately manage non-productive thoughts, it is important to understand the power of converting obstacles into opportunities.
The book contains the correspondence between Christopher Desloge, whose ancestors in early Missouri had been slaveholders, and Theresa Delsoin, whose ancestor Malindy Wilson was a slave in Franklin County Missouri. Delsoin and her sister, Mildred Johnson, coauthored the 2005 book "Malindy's freedom" about their ancestor. The "etc." of the title refers to the use of that word in wills at the end of property lists that included slaves along with other household items. The year-long correspondence lasted from Oct. 2009-Sept. 2010.
In the real estate world, the landlord usually holds the cards. It is the landlord who builds or buys the building, arranges the financing, constructs the interiors, as well as hires the leasing agent and property management company. The landlord writes the leases, and pays for the attorney to avoid the leases being changed. The landlord knows exactly how much money he will spend on construction, leasing commissions and concessions; he knows exactly how much he will spend on operating expenses and exactly how much he will charge the tenants. Finally, in office leasing, there is a book designed specifically for the tenant a comprehensive weapon containing all the inside knowledge required to do more than just level the playing field with the landlord, but to actually grant the control to the tenant. The Tenant's Guerilla Guide to Office Leasing contains all the inside information to avoid landlord tricks, control many costly details and manage a lengthy process.
The Desloge family in America is known as a great industrialist, philanthropic, religious and naturalist family spanning 200 years in America and is one of the oldest French families in Missouri and St. Louis. It has taken the vital force and verve of great families to build great business in America; and build a country of increasing middle-class consumers as well. Tycoons like Carnegie, Rockefeller, Guggenheim, Gould and Morgan - greats of the gilded age have made a real impression on industry and the increase in the human condition from those industries. Other families have made their mark in much the same way - such as Kellogg and Wrigley. Steel, railroads, finance, cereal, chewing gum. In lead, the name is Desloge. Starting with entrepreneurial zeal by wildcatting in mining in Missouri and also in the California Gold Rush, among these famous names, the Desloge family became - and today represents - industrial and social titans in Missouri and American history.
A spiritual guide, or lectio divina, of collected spiritual works from the scribbled notes of personal conversations, notes from mass and retreats, words of others, passages in old books, and attempted reconstructions from radio broadcasts, and many more witnesses. For personal discernment and spiritual aid. A strong and capable collection for everyone to use and enjoy.
Asked of many business owners how they deal with financial stress, the answer mostly is "keep working". Asked how they deal with personal stress at the family level, the answer mostly is either "ignore the financial stress", "play hard", or "keep working". I have asked many owners if I understand this correctly: That the answer to business and stress improvement is to keep working, ignore the financial stress, play hard and keep working. To which I usually get either a laugh or a sigh in recognition of just how stupid that is. Once they realize that the root of the improvement opportunity is not to keep working and ignore the stress, but rather is in honestly isolating problems and actively searching for solutions that have a direct, meaningful, positive, immediate and certain outcome to improve the business. Entrepreneurial Spirit Corporate Precision provides an important and livable roadmap including facing facts, becoming deliberate, managing stress and improving business performance, all from the personal perspective. In order to actively calm down, purposely diminish anxiety, and to deliberately manage non-productive thoughts, it is important to understand the power of converting obstacles into opportunities.
Should evangelical spirituality be grounded in doctrine, experience, neither, or both? If in one, which, and why not the other? If in both, how might the two co-exist without cancelling out each other's distinctives? If in neither, then what practical value does either have for the Christian life? In this book, the author has combined critical research, pastoral awareness, and thoughtful reflection to show how the radicalizations of doctrine and experience have not only polarized contemporary evangelicalism into two nearly irreconcilable camps, but also has opened the door for a subtle but potent form of idolatry to creep into our midst. In an attempt to purge these idols and bridge the gap, this book contextualizes the biblical teachings and practices of our original spiritual instructors, asking the double-edged question of what it means for us today that the Word of God is normative and that the Spirit is Lord. The author concludes that evangelicals should seek an incarnate, cross-centered spirituality that is informed by meticulous attention and obedience to sound doctrine, but only as it is lived out in a deeply felt faith that is made perfect as we experience God daily in any number of ways.
Behave as a Fisher of Men is an inspirational book that challenges every child of God to go out and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It takes a look at some of the teachings that Jesus taught His disciples about becoming fishers of men. Is a person a fisherman if, year after year, he never catches a fish? Is one behaving as a follower of Jesus Christ if they aren’t fishing?
Growing up, I had always had a strange fascination of the idea that a spiritual realm could exist. Every time ghost programs came on television, I'd be watching. Although I couldn't believe in God, Satan or anything else that wasn't tangible. I needed physical proof to comprehend the existence of everything. In high school I began going on paranormal investigations weekly. In my eleventh grade English class I received an Opposing Viewpoints project. The subject I chose was Paranormal Phenomenon. Instead of using the encyclopedias to research my subject like the rest of my class did, I went straight to the real source. The following week I found a Ouija Board, video camera, and other tools to carry out my own paranormal investigation. When I got more info from spirits than I had intended to, I began feeling the presence of something staring at me. The last night of the investigation, I got home late at night. When I stepped into the doorway something occurred that took everyone in the house complete surprise.
Millennium Clues for the Clueless -- As we face the turn of the century, many people are also facing uncertainty, fear, and anxiety. This book helps readers keep their focus on the peace and security of God's never-changing character, and His daily provision for His children.
The Truth-Seeker’s Guide to Proving the Father, Proving the Son, and Applying the Holy Spirit presents the stark contrast between biblical and secular worldviews. It illustrates the differing views on science, ancient history, and modern-day world events produced by these two perspectives. Regardless of the worldview you currently possess, the information presented here promises to provide much to contemplate. This thorough guide covers a wealth of information, from biology to archaeology, from ancient history to modern-day international crises, from astronomy to the fossil record, from Bible prophecy to globalization, from natural disasters to cults, from Darwin to religion, and much, much more. By analyzing such a wide range of issues, author Hans Christopher Wahl hopes to make obvious the differences between a biblical-lens worldview and a secular-lens worldview. This guide is presented in three sections. Section I presents the evidence of God’s existence; Section II presents evidence that both Jesus Christ and the Bible are God’s truth; and Section III builds upon these truths by applying God’s biblical Word to past and present world events, illuminating a biblical-lens perspective of the world. The Truth-Seeker’s Guide presents evidence, knowledge, and analysis that allow the humble truth-seeker to understand the world through a biblical-lens perspective and to recognize and accept God’s existence, Jesus Christ’s supremacy, and the Bible’s accuracy.
To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour." Winston S. ChurchillHow to answer the call of God upon your life, get the hell out of Egypt, Race through the desert, and into the Promise Land. How to use your God-given gifts, talents and abilities to launch a Massive Marketplace Ministry in such a way that brings God praise, honor and glory Without selling your soul to the enemy... EVER!
The cult of Sherlock Holmes and its organizational centerpiece, The Baker Street Irregulars, were products of the fertile mind of Christopher Morley (1890-1957), one of the most versatile and prolific writers of the first half of the twentieth century. Novelist, essayist, columnist, Book-of-the-Month Club judge, poet, panelist, and promoter, Morley was an avid exponent of the literature he loved. Few writers were closer to his heart than Arthur Conan Doyle, whose tales of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were still being penned during Morley's boyhood. This collection is a virtual anthology of Morley's many styles. In addition to old favorites like "In Memoriam Sherlock Holmes," the preface to the Doubleday edition of The Complete Sherlock Holmes published in 1930 and probably the most widely read Sherlockian essay of them all, here are previously unpublished or never-before-collected essays, poems, short stories, and even a play. Excerpts from the fifteen years of Morley's columns in the Saturday Review of Literature and a decade of his "Clinical Notes by a Resident Patient" in the Baker Street Journal (currently published by Fordham University Press) cover ever aspect of Holmes's world - from dressing gowns to Turkish baths, from beekeeping to the "B" in 221B Baker Street. As Morley put it in his little-known reader for high-school students, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, "A Textbook of Friendship, "The beginning reader of Sherlock Holmes concerns himself with little more than attentive enjoyment, but there is a post-graduate school as well. There is a special and superior pleasure in reading anything so much more carefully than its author ever did." The Standard Doyle Company - Morley's punning title for the Baker Street Irregulars - is an advanced syllabus for the lover of Sherlockian literature and lore.
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