Like many family histories, this one tells the story of the struggles of men and women who settled in the wilderness, survived illnesses, deaths of spouses and children, and major financial depressions. It is the story of George Murray, a soldier in the French & Indian War, who settled in NY, and his descendants who moved west to Ohio and Missouri.
This is the house by Cromer town ...' Built in 1884 as the grand summer home for the well-connected Locker-Lampson family, the red -brick, turreted mansion Newhaven Court once sat high on a windswept hill above Cromer. Before its dramatic destruction in flames nearly eighty years later, the house played host to such eminent figures as Sir Winston Churchill, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Sir Ernest Shackleton, illustrator Kate Greenaway and French tennis superstar Suzanne Lenglen. It was a home where poets rubbed shoulders with politicians and aristocracy with artists and authors. There was dance, dining and song – but also family tragedy and hidden love. Follow the true story of Newhaven Court and its colourful inhabitants from the decadent years of the late nineteenth century and the elegant Edwardian era, through the tragedy of the First World War and terrible conflict of the Second to the roaring twenties and the uncertain post-war age.
There is life, not death, in my scabbard. Helen Murray's Poetry with Punch: For the Urgency of the Hour is anything but standard Christian poetry. These compelling poems truly pack a punch, offering a coltish perspective with instructional undertones. Expect sweet meditations? Try again. Do you anticipate a counter perspective? You're getting warmer. Will your 'gentle Jesus meek and mild' expectation be satisfied? Go home. Do you mean these are fighting words? You had better believe it. Through her poetry, Murray seeks to combat the way worldly thinking has overtaken Christian communities. Over the years, she's observed how churches often do not reflect the glory of God in power and truth. Poetry with a Punch is meant to bring Christians back to reality, back to the exquisite culture which clearly distinguishes people of faith from those of the gentile world. These poems have application in every field of Christian endeavour and are well suited for education, counseling, the home group, the sermon, or the coffee table. Prepare to rethink your faith, discover a playful provocation (in the best sense), and chuckle at a slice of incisive raillery. Poetry with Punch will press you toward the exit door of your dangerous comfort zone and advance you into an extraordinary life, where truth establishes freedom and people, through the exuberant wisdom of the Spirit of Truth, exceed all limitations.
This book is a search for the origins of the Boonville Road and to learn why the name changed to Bolivar Road. Boonville Road was named as early as 1833 and was used as a trade route connecting mid-Missouri to the Southwest. Early settlers traveled the road as they explored and settled the wilderness of central Missouri. Because the road bed was established, John Butterfield used the road for the Butterfield Overland Mail. The book traces the Butterfield Overland Mail Route as it traveled through northern Greene County, Missouri. The Boonville Road crossed sections where the earliest settlers purchased property and married their neighbors. Their names are as familiar to Helen Murray White as if they were family. The author also wanted to identify people who were buried in the Murray farm cemetery and she found that it was originally a neighborhood cemetery, not a family cemetery. Some of the people buried there were family members, some were neighbors, and some were buried without stones and could only be identified by newspaper obituaries. Others will always remain unknown. Chapters include: All Roads Lead to Boonville, Boonville Road and the Butterfield Mail, Boonville Road Becomes Bolivar Road, Early Settlers in Sections 35 and 26, The Banfield Family, David Murray Comes to Missouri, and Burials in the Murray Cemetery. The text is enlivened by a wealth of maps and numerous facsimile reprints of original documents, in addition to photographs of people and places. An index to full names, places and subjects completes this work.
This book offers a comprehensive treatment approach for Rumination Syndrome, for use with children, adolescents, and adults. With evidence backing its use, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for RS (CBT-RS), is designed for clinicians (behavioral health or medical) to use with patients in their own clinical settings.
An ordinary Lego minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.
Moira Thornton travels to the West Indian island of Amango to become a nursemaid for the Temples and to be near Richard Scott, but when she meets artist John Hurst, she begins to question her passion for the other man
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