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A Life Continued

Living After Losing Your Best Friend

By: Donna Marie Easter

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A Life Continued

Living After Losing Your Best Friend

By: Donna Marie Easter

“Fear mixed with dread, combined with a heart racing, stomach-churning sense of panic . . .” Donna Easter’s reminiscence of her husband’s death to prostate cancer cuts deep. Even if you’ve never lost a partner, grief comes in all shapes, she explains in her memoir, A Life Continued: Living After Losing Your Best Friend. Whether you are working through divorce or a first responder struggling with trauma, no one is immune from grief. Easter invites readers along on her journey of healing, sharing intimate details about loss but also providing courage and consolation. After 40 years of marriage, Easter learned to thrive again, recognizing that a life lived alone can be enriching and fulfilling, just as her longtime partnership was. She offers glimpses of humour and hope in her book, musing about the bewildering number of screwdriver types and acknowledging that she was still living and working for her late husband’s approval, permission, admiration, and respect. Now, she has the confidence to live her life in forward motion instead of backward glances. Written with courage and conviction, A Life Continued is also a call to action. After a four-year battle with the healthcare system, which provided little support during her husband’s illness, Easter has tried to educate the system and cancer care professionals on how they can improve, removing bureaucracy and enhancing compassion when families need it most.

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1039140416

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A Life Continued

Living After Losing Your Best Friend

By: Donna Marie Easter

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Living After Losing Your Best Friend

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Prayers for Lent, Easter and Pentecost

By: Donna Schaper

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Prayers for Lent, Easter and Pentecost

By: Donna Schaper

A wealth of prayers & litanies for the Lent/Easter season. Pastors and worship leaders are faced each year with the prospect of finding a new way to communicate the message of the Holy Season. This book of prayers and litanies will help them do just that. The author uses the metaphor of gleaning to take the reader through Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. Written with thoughtful, lyrical language, Donna Schaper offers an insightful look at the value of the often overlooked.

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Abingdon Press

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1426763662

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Reclaiming Sundays

Pray, Play, Serve, Rest, Refresh, and Celebrate

By: Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

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Reclaiming Sundays

Pray, Play, Serve, Rest, Refresh, and Celebrate

By: Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Catholic wife, mother, and grandmother, Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle is known worldwide for her heartfelt encouraging words and down-to-earth guidance. Meeting St. Best-selling Catholic author Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle encourages Catholic families to reclaim a significant tradition: setting apart Sundays as a day of worship, true rest, teaching, and simply spending precious time together. In fifty-two creative chapters Donna-Marie presents fun and meaningful ideas for all fifty-two weeks of the year inspired by the seasons (both natural and liturgical), holidays, Saints days, and holy Scripture, to help keep Sundays holy, just as God said we should!

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Paraclete Press

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1640605673

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Poems of Life, Love and Loss

Living Life After Death

By: Donna M. Haney

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Poems of Life, Love and Loss

Living Life After Death

By: Donna M. Haney

There is joy and sorrow contained in these poems. There is also a deep expression of love for a wonderful husband and father.

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1467035017

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Fritz and Annie Lippe Family

German Cotton Farmers in Early 1900S Texas--Washington, Mills, Hamilton, and Tom Green Counties

By: Donna Gholson Cook

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Fritz and Annie Lippe Family

German Cotton Farmers in Early 1900S Texas--Washington, Mills, Hamilton, and Tom Green Counties

By: Donna Gholson Cook

Fritz and Annie Lippe Family--German Cotton Farmers in Early 1900s Texas describes the childhood of Fritz and Annie beside the Brazos River in east Texas, their families' move west, their courtship and marriage, and the rearing of their eleven children on rented farms. In some years, the cotton crop was profitable. In other years, drought, boll weevils, or floods destroyed the crop. The children missed the first few weeks of school in the fall because picking the cotton took priority over education. The family raised most of their own food--vegetables from the garden; hogs for meat, lard, and soap; cattle for meat, milk and butter; and chickens for meat and eggs. They grew corn, grinding it into cornmeal to make bread. Money from the cotton sale was used to buy the few items that were not made or grown, such as coffee, sugar, and farm tools. Their many narrow escapes from death due to accidents, injuries, and illnesses are described here. It is amazing that all of the children lived to adulthood. Annie almost died after giving birth to one of the younger children, but she recovered and lived to the age of 103. Every Lippe son and son-in-law served in the military, some of them during World War II, some in combat. All returned safely. Several grandchildren and their spouses also served. Eight of the eleven children and the wives of two deceased sons contributed photographs and stories of life on the family farms. The author inherited many letters and photos from her mother, who was Fritz and Annie's eldest daughter. The book also contains stories of Fritz and Annie's children as adults. They all became hardworking solid citizens and remained true to the faith in God instilled in them by their parents.

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144900850X

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Bringing Lent Home with Pope Francis

Prayers, Reflections, and Activities for Families

By: Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

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Bringing Lent Home with Pope Francis

Prayers, Reflections, and Activities for Families

By: Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

This timely fourth title in the Bringing Lent Home series by EWTN host and popular author Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle invites families with children to let the wisdom and spiritual insight of Pope Francis be their guide through Lent. The story of the popular Holy Father’s life, brief words of inspiration from him, and a variety of prayers and activities are included for each of the 40 days of Lent. Known for his humility and concern for the poor, Pope Francis has been an inspiration to millions of Catholics and non-Catholics alike since he became the Church’s first Jesuit pope in 2013. In Bringing Lent Home with Pope Francis, popular author and EWTN host Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle , offers Pope Francis as a guide through Lent. Guided by the threefold Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, the booklet offers inspiring stories, practical ideas for family prayer, easy-to-do activities, and suggestions for conversations. Building on the popularity of Bringing Lent Home with St. John Paul II, Bringing Lent Home with Mother Teresa and Bringing Lent Home with St. Thérèse of Lisieux, this edition provides the same practical elements: a quotation from Pope Francis, a story about his life, and practical suggestions for living the threefold call of Lent—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Parents can enhance their own daily prayer by using the booklet’s reflections for parents. On Sundays, families focus on the themes assigned to that Sunday of Lent, and Cooper O’Boyle suggests a project for the week ahead. The booklet can be used with any of the three Catholic lectionary cycles. Previous books in the series have been praised by parents, catechists, and pastors alike as helpful, creative, and transformative resources.

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Ave Maria Press

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1594716188

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The Complete Guide to Growing Windowsill Plants

Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

By: Donna Marie Murphy,Angela Williams Duea

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The Complete Guide to Growing Windowsill Plants

Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

By: Donna Marie Murphy,Angela Williams Duea

This book will guide you through the steps needed to select the perfect plants for your windowsill and cultivate them to both fit in with your space and to survive the conditions, whether inside or outside.

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Atlantic Publishing Company

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1601383460

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A Journey through the Three Days

Theological Reflections on the Paschal Triduum

By: Donna M. Eschenauer

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A Journey through the Three Days

Theological Reflections on the Paschal Triduum

By: Donna M. Eschenauer

This resource provides a spiritual journey through the Three Days of the Sacred Paschal Triduum. Each chapter reflects on the Triduum from a unique perspective and includes questions for discussion as an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the sacred mysteries of the Catholic faith. It illustrates the Triduum as the highest form of worship, ritually enacting human life and its set of relationships with God and each other. Donna Eschenauer clarifies and develops a theology of the Paschal Mystery as revealed through the rites of the Triduum, ultimately offering a foundation from which to understand all Catholic liturgy and to uncover its power to form Christian disciples.

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LiturgyTrainingPublications

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1616714794

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The Role of the Coordinator in Christian Initiation

A Pastoral and Practical Guide

By: Donna M. Eschenauer

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The Role of the Coordinator in Christian Initiation

A Pastoral and Practical Guide

By: Donna M. Eschenauer

This resource helps Christian initiation coordinators understand the vision of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and how to implement the process in the parish. The author leads readers through the text of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, contextualizing each section. She outlines the roles of the coordinator in animating the parish and forming the team, and presents catechesis as framed within liturgical prayer. The Role of the Coordinator in Christian Initiation offers many practical tips to help the process flow smoothly in the parish.

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1618332384

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Embrace the Light

A Woman's Story Through Poetry to Touch Your Heart

By: Donna M Solitario

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Embrace the Light

A Woman's Story Through Poetry to Touch Your Heart

By: Donna M Solitario

Inspirations To Touch Your Heart A Woman's Point of View is a story through poetry of faith, hope, and love. From my heart to yours may you feel the love flow, as you capture their beauty and essence to warm your heart and touch your soul

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Donna Solitario

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1432710257

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Marsden Hartley

Race, Region, and Nation

By: Donna Cassidy

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Marsden Hartley

Race, Region, and Nation

By: Donna Cassidy

A provocative new reading of the great American avant-garde arist Marsden Hartley's late work.

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UPNE

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1584654465

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Family Consecration to Jesus through Mary

33 Days of Preparation with Saint Louis Marie de Montfort

By: Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

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Family Consecration to Jesus through Mary

33 Days of Preparation with Saint Louis Marie de Montfort

By: Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Saint Faustina warned parents that praying for their children is not enough. That's why so many conscientious parents take the further step of consecrating their children to Jesus through Mary, thereby defending them from evil and paving their way to Heaven. This book walks you through the simple process of doing just that. Its informed pages give you detailed instructions to help you lead your family (ages seven and up) through each of the 33 mini-retreat days recommended by Saint Louis de Montfort, the beloved eighteenth-century priest and confessor who tirelessly preached that Jesus is not known well enough because Mary is not known well enough. Adapted for the often less-than-ideal prayer circumstances of families — particularly those with young children — these 33 brief, stress-free daily spiritual exercises and family activities bring adults and children greater knowledge of Jesus through Mary, and a more fervent love of both. Don't delay. There's no book more immediately beneficial than this and no time better than now to seize the day and help all the members of your family — young and old — to consecrate their lives to Jesus through Mary.

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Sophia Institute Press

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1644132648

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9781644132647

The Step Child

A true story of a broken childhood

By: Donna Ford,Linda Watson-Brown

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The Step Child

A true story of a broken childhood

By: Donna Ford,Linda Watson-Brown

The true story of Donna Ford, who between the ages of five and eleven was abused by her stepmother Helen. Labelled 'the bastard', the 'little witch' and 'the evil one'; beaten, isolated and afraid to even look at her own reflection, this beautiful little child was told she was lucky to be the victim of abuse - abuse which began as physical and mental, but progressed to the most appalling sexual attacks. Despite an horrendous early life, Donna is now a successful artist and mother of three with an enormous enthusiasm and an optimism which completely belies her experiences. In 2003, Donna watched as her stepmother was found guilty of 'procuring a minor' for sexual abuse and sentenced to two years in prison. Beautifully written and savagely honest, The Step Child is Donna's story. It is an inspiring tribute to the resilience of the human spirit.

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Random House

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1446490572

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Stone, Flesh, Spirit: The Entombment of Christ in Late Medieval Burgundy and Champagne

By: Donna L. Sadler

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Stone, Flesh, Spirit: The Entombment of Christ in Late Medieval Burgundy and Champagne

By: Donna L. Sadler

Grief binds the worshipers together in an adagio of sorrow as they encounter the sculptural representation of the Entombment of Christ. Located in funerary chapels, parish churches, cemeteries, and hospitals, these works embody the piety of the later Middle Ages. In this book, Donna Sadler examines the sculptural Entombments from Burgundy and Champagne through a variety of lenses, including performance theory, embodied perception, and the invocation of the absent presence of the Holy Sepulcher. The author demonstrates how the action of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus entombing Christ in the presence of the Marys and John operates in a commemorative and collective fashion: the worshiper enters the realm of the holy and becomes a participant in the biblical event.

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BRILL

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9004293140

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9789004293144

Duck the Halls

A Meg Langslow Mystery

By: Donna Andrews

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Duck the Halls

A Meg Langslow Mystery

By: Donna Andrews

Tis the season to be jolly - and for Meg Langslow to round up stray animals of all sorts as well as a killer. Duck the Halls! The brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers boughs of holly and barrels of laughs with Meg's latest adventure in her award-winning, New York Times bestselling series. A few nights before Christmas, Meg is awakened when volunteer fireman Michael is summoned to the New Life Baptist Church, where someone has rigged a cage full of skunks in the choir loft. The lengthy process of de-skunking the church requires its annual pre-Christmas concert to relocate to Trinity Episcopal, where Mother insists the show must go on, despite the budget-related protests of Mr. Vess, an elderly vestryman. Meanwhile, when Meg helps her grandfather take the skunks to the zoo, they discover that his boa has been stolen - only to turn up later during the concert, slithering out from the ribbon-bedecked evergreens. The next morning is Sunday, and the congregation of St. Byblig's, the local Catholic church, arrive to find it completely filled with several hundred ducks. It's clear that some serious holiday pranksters are on the loose, and Meg is determined to find them. But before she can, a fire breaks out at Trinity, and Mr. Vess is discovered dead. Who would have murdered such a harmless - if slightly cranky - old man? Who has the time during the busy holiday season to herd all of these animals into the town's churches? And will Meg ever be able to finish all of her shopping, wrapping, cooking, caroling, and decorating in time for Christmas Eve? A Yuletide treasure for the ages, Duck the Halls is guaranteed to put the "ho ho hos" into readers' holidays. Now with an excerpt from Donna Andrews' next Meg Langslow holiday mystery How the Finch Stole Christmas!, available in October 2017.

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Minotaur Books

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1250028787

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First Communion Liturgies

Preparing First-Class First Celebrations

By: Donna Eschenauer

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First Communion Liturgies

Preparing First-Class First Celebrations

By: Donna Eschenauer

Why do parish First Communion Masses so often neglect good liturgical principles? Should these celebrations resemble something analogous to a recital? Or, should they be celebrations worthy of the praise and glory of God? First Communion Liturgies explores the purpose and practice of First Communion in our time, uncovers the pitfalls associated with it, and offers a guide for preparing celebrations that will enrich the lives of children and families, bringing them into a deeper relationship with God and the church.

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Liturgical Press

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081464967X

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Marsden Hartley's Maine

By: Donna M. Cassidy,Elizabeth Finch,Randall R. Griffey

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Marsden Hartley's Maine

By: Donna M. Cassidy,Elizabeth Finch,Randall R. Griffey

Marsden Hartley had a lifelong personal and aesthetic engagement with Maine, where he was born in 1877 and where he died at age sixty-six. As an important member of the artistic circle promoted by Alfred Stieglitz, Hartley began his career by painting the mountains of western Maine. He subsequently led a peripatetic life, traveling throughout Europe and North America and only occasionally visiting his native state. By midlife, however, his itinerant existence had taken an emotional toll, and he confided to Stieglitz that he wanted “so earnestly a ‘place’ to be.” Finally returning to the state in his later years, he transformed his identity from urbane sophisticate to “the painter from Maine.” But while Maine has played a clear and defining role in Hartley’s art, not until now has this relationship been studied with the breadth and richness it warrants. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana} Marsden Hartley’s Maine is the first in-depth discussion of Hartley’s complex and shifting relationship to his native state. Illustrated with works from throughout the painter’s career, it provides a nuanced understanding of Hartley’s artistic range, from the exhilarating Post-Impressionist landscapes of his early years to the late, roughly rendered paintings of Maine and its people. The absorbing essays examine Hartley’s view of Maine as a place of light and darkness whose spirit imbued his art, which encompassed buoyant coastal views, mournful mountain vistas, and portraits of Mainers. An illustrated chronology provides an overview of Hartley’s life, juxtaposing major personal incidents with concurrent events in Maine’s history. For Hartley, who was strongly influenced by such artists as Paul Cézanne, Winslow Homer, and Albert Pinkham Ryder, Maine was an enduring source of inspiration, one powerfully intertwined with his past, his cultural milieu, and his desire to create a regional expression of American modernism.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588396134

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The Culture of Disbelief

Gospel Sermons for Lent/Easter, Cycle B

By: Donna Schaper

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The Culture of Disbelief

Gospel Sermons for Lent/Easter, Cycle B

By: Donna Schaper

Through fascinating anecdotes and narrative stories, Donna Schaper relates these ancient texts to contemporary situations. She skillfully applies the gospel of life and hope to circumstances of suffering and death. Chapters include: - Letting Death Go (Mark 8:31-38) - Paying Attention to the Modern Light (John 3:14-21) - Junk Food and Holy Tables (John 18:1-19) - Being Spiritually Odd (John 20:19-31) Donna Schaper has preached 25 full seasons of Lent and Easter as a parish pastor and a denominational executive. She is a graduate of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg Seminary, and the University of Chicago. She currently works as Area Minister for the Western Area of Massachusetts of the United Church of Christ. She writes for magazines and journals and is a frequent consultant to churches on Spirituality and Church Growth.

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CSS Publishing

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0788013947

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Brothers (and Me)

A Memoir of Loving and Giving

By: Donna Britt

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Brothers (and Me)

A Memoir of Loving and Giving

By: Donna Britt

Donna Britt has always been surrounded by men-her father, three brothers, two husbands, three sons, countless friends. She learned to give to them at an early age. But after her beloved brother Darrell's senseless killing by police 30 years ago, she began giving more, unconsciously seeking to help other men the way she couldn't help Darrell. Brothers (and Me) navigates Britt's life through her relationships with men-resulting in a tender, funny and heartbreaking exploration of universal issues of gender and race. It asks: Why, for so long, did Britt-like millions of seemingly self-aware women-rarely put herself first? With attuned storytelling and hard-wrought introspection, Britt finds that even the sharpest woman may need reminding that giving to others requires giving to oneself.

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Little, Brown Spark

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0316193194

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From Sacred Body to Angelic Soul

Understanding Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

By: Donna Spivey Ellington

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From Sacred Body to Angelic Soul

Understanding Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

By: Donna Spivey Ellington

Through an insightful examination of popular sermons by some of the most famous preachers of the day, Donna Spivey Ellington discusses the importance of Marian devotion to the religious understanding of European Christians in the late medieval and early modern periods. She charts a dramatic shift of emphasis in the public portrayal of the Virgin Mary from the 15th through 17th centuries. As Europe experienced the impact of printing and increased literacy, the Protestant Reformation, the growing development of individualism and a private sense of self, and changing attitudes to women, Marian devotion was also transformed. The Church's portrait of the Virgin gradually became focused less on her body and more on her soul.

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CUA Press

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0813210143

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Home and School Reading and Study Guides

The New Book of Knowledge

By: Donna M. Lusardi,Rosemarie Kent

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The New Book of Knowledge

By: Donna M. Lusardi,Rosemarie Kent

A compilation of information to expand the information in the New book of knowledge. Provides a recommended reading list of more than 6,000 books to help teachers, librarians and especially parents make optimal use of the set.

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071720586X

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At Home on Ladybug Farm

By: Donna Ball

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At Home on Ladybug Farm

By: Donna Ball

From the award-winning author of A Year on Ladybug Farm comes the continuing story of three women who learn what it takes to turn a house into a home. A year after taking the chance of a lifetime, Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget are still trying to make a home for themselves on the newly-renovated Ladybug Farm. Life in the Shenandoah Valley is picturesque, but filled with unexpected trials? such as the introduction of two young people into the ordered life the women have tried to build for themselves. As the walls of the old house reveal their secrets and the lives of those who have gone before begin to unfold, the cobbled-together household starts to disintegrate into chaos. And when one of their members is threatened by a real crisis, they must all come together to fight for the roots they?ve laid down, the hopes they share, and the family they?ve become.

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Penguin

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1101140631

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9781101140635

Hallowed Illusions

By: Donna M. Quick

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Hallowed Illusions

By: Donna M. Quick

Phillip Collier is a man haunted by the woman in his dreams. She's beautiful, tempting, and self-assured in her affect on the opposite sex. Phillip's dreams are just the thing his grandfather, a retired Fundamentalist minister, has been praying for. It must be a sign from God for Phillip to give up his sinning ways. Pastor is ecstatic about the woman even if she is only a figment of his grandson's imagination. Imagine Phillip's astonishment when he sees a sixty-year-old portrait of a woman named Audrey Russell who's a dead ringer for the woman in his dreams. But Phillip has a bigger problem than trying to make Pastor understand why he's not romantically interested in women. Not only is he trying to figure out what makes his grandmother panic with near hysteria when she sees Audrey's portrait, he's wondering why a band of gypsies has suddenly become so treacherous. When the bunch of gypsies is caught beating up Keven, Phillip's life partner, the Collier family uncovers a gypsy curse that is more than just a threat. Is the Collier family the target of evil gypsy lore that promises punishment for past transgressions and the lies of hallowed illusions?

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iUniverse

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0595850545

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9780595850549

The New Book of Knowledge

By: Donna M. Lusardi,Rosemarie Kent

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The New Book of Knowledge

By: Donna M. Lusardi,Rosemarie Kent

An illustrated encyclopedia with articles on history, literature, art and music, geography, mathematics, science, sports, and other topics. Some articles include activities, games, or experiments.

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0717205827

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9780717205820

Activist Alphabet

By: Donna Sinclair

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Activist Alphabet

By: Donna Sinclair

“How does it happen that a rather shy and not-terribly-brave individual finds herself getting arrested on Parliament Hill? Why does a woman who prefers to commune with pole beans all summer end up laboriously writing speeches to present at City Hall? There is no need for this. I am 74 years old, elderly. It would be more suitable for me to spend my remaining days quietly reading novels than singing protest songs. What happened?” These are the questions that sometimes plague Donna Sinclair. A widely-travelled, award-winning journalist for more than 27 years, now retired, Sinclair could easily sit back and simply enjoy her garden, her grandkids, and her remaining years with her husband. Yet that is not what she has chosen to do. Sinclair, like an ever increasing number of her peers, as well as younger people the world over, has chosen the path of activism. But why? “I am not alone with these questions. Most activists, I am convinced, do not wake up one morning and say to themselves, ‘I think I will spend today, and perhaps the rest of my life, antagonizing large corporate bodies – with untold amounts of money to spend – and even some of my neighbours, so that I don’t get enough sleep and am constantly making anguished trade-offs about how I will spend my time.’ “This book is an effort to figure out why and how environmental activists fall passionately in love with a lake, a river, or a planet and its people. It’s a primer, or an alphabet, on how to stay strong enough to keep putting that love into action, over and over.

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