Can laughter and joy be found in heartache and sadness? Can God really be so real in everyday life? Again, reality proves more exciting than fiction. This is a widow's true story of laughter and tears, mishaps and success, wrong choices and right ones. A book about a young widow left with her three sons in Grade School, Jr. High and High School. To complicate things many men from all walks of life come courting, to her delight and dismay. Finally after eight years and all her boys are gone, a tall, dark handsome man of her dreams comes along to eat cinnamon rolls for the rest of his life. This book is a happy and fast read.
She's been dirt poor; she's been filthy rich. Rich was more fun. She married three times, divorced twice, found her true love, and lost him to cancer. At twenty-one, she was told she would soon die. She lived. Doctors said she'd never be able to have children. She had 'em. She's bargained with God, dictators, and Democrats. She's partied with princes, presidents, premiers, Barbara Walters, Anwar Sadat, Margaret Thatcher, Tom Hanks, and Francisco Franco . . . though not all at the same time. She captivated powerful men with her feminine charm, and then persuaded them toward unlikely political alliances through her formidable intelligence. She waltzed with Prince Philip in Buckingham Palace, dressed in men's clothes and smuggled herself in a barrel across the Pakistani border, threw a Roman-themed party so extravagant it was featured in Life magazine, and survived a Soviet gunship attack in the mountains of Afghanistan. Joanne Herring, the Houston socialite portrayed by Julia Roberts in the film Charlie Wilson's War, is far more colorful, funny, and likable than any screenwriter could have guessed. The former Texas television anchor is known for her improbable fight with the mujahideen against the former Soviet Union. But her full story-with all its God, guns, and Gucci glory-has never been told. Born in the man's world of Texas in a time when women had limited choices, Joanne Herring blazed a trail with allies as unlikely as Charlie Wilson, Pierre Cardin, and President Ronald Reagan . . . and in so doing forged new paths for women in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and America.
History recognizes the leadership and voice Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brought to the civil rights movement in 1960s America. A 30-foot tall statue of Dr. King gazes into the future full of hope for all humanity. His words of peace are carved in the walls of the monument as a reminder to all Americans of the power of peaceful protest. Learn all about the first national memorial to an African American.
When the quarterback gets to the line and sees how the defense is lined up, he may decide to change the game plan. This is called an "audible." The Preacher Calls an Audible, by Dr. Joanne Nelson King Brown, is about an Idaho cowboy turned preacher. It begins where her first book, I Swam with the Piranhas and Still Have My Toes, left off, with John returning from the mission field after a heart attack and being told his cholesterol would kill him in a very short time. The fire of evangelism burned brightly in him for seven more years as he called his "audibles" for his Lord. This is an exciting account of a servant of God giving his life in the battle against evil. It will inspire you to do your best here on earth, in spite of hardship and pain. Author Bio: Dr. Joanne Nelson King Brown was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington. Dr. Brown attended Northwest Christian College, Butler Seminary, Phillips University, Drew University, and the College of Languages in Costa Rica. She met and married her "Idaho cowboy turned preacher" while at Northwest Christian College. She and her husband both received their Doctor of Divinity degrees from the Universal Bible College in Texas just two weeks before he died of a massive heart attack. They had served as Disciples of Christ missionaries in Paraguay and her first book is about the exciting times in the jungle there: I Swam with the Piranhas and Still Have My Toes. This book about John, the preacher, began on the night of the day he died. He died in 1975, leaving her to raise their three boys, one in grade school, one in junior high, and one in high school. Her eight single years are the topic of her next book, Fishing with Cinnamon Rolls. The author is a sought-after exciting, and humorous speaker who knows God's love and mercy personally.
Especially for beginning readers, this biography series has large, colorful illustrations and easy-to-read texts, focusing on the childhood years of famous men and women.
Herring, the Houston socialite portrayed by Julia Roberts in the film "Charlie Wilson's War," is far more colorful, funny, and likable than any screenwriter could have guessed. But her full story--with all its God, guns, and Gucci glory--has never been told ... until now.
My Knight in an Eighteen Wheeler" Everyone runs into lots of surprises, both good and bad. How we deal with, and live out, the surprises, is called 'life'. This book is about life, my life! Being thrown from being with someone 3 days a week to 24/7 can be a challenge. Running a business can be difficult until you work out who is responsible for what tasks. Not everyone is capable or willing to act on the motto " the customer is always right." Often it is necessary to take turns having a bad day when dealing with the public and employees who stretch the rules as far as possible. Somebody has got to be able to 'take it' on the chin and still smile. This book shows how much fun life can be when you're madly in love with your partner.
JoAnnes Inspirations is a combination of inspiring posts taken from her personal Facebook page and her group Facebook page, JoAnnes Inspirations. It is to encourage the people of God that no matter what they face in life, God loves them. As God promised, he will always be there for us, and he will never leave us nor forsake us. Moreover, JoAnnes Inspirations aims to encourage the people of God to stand on Gods Word, to trust God, to have faith in God, to be inspired and to inspire others, and to spread sweet, tender inspirations of the Fathers love!
During the last two decades, numerous studies have been devoted to the Victorian fascination with King Arthur, however . the figure of King Alfred has received almost no attention. For much of the nineteenth century, Alfred was as important as Arthur in the British popular imagination. A pervasive cult of the king developed which included the erection of at least four public statues, the completion of more than twenty-five paintings, and the publication of over a hundred texts, by authors ranging from Wordsworth to minor women writers. By 1852, J.A. Froude could describe Alfred’s life as ‘the favourite story in English nurseries’; in 1901, a national holiday marked the thousandth anniversary of his death, organised by a committee including Edward Burne Jones, Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hughes. England’s darling sets out to answer the questions that must arise in the face of such nineteenth-century enthusiasm for a long-dead king. It addresses a genuine gap in the literature on Victorian medievalism in particular and cultural history in general and argues that knowledge of the cult of Alfred is crucial to understanding the Victorian cultural map. The book examines the ways in which Alfred was rewritten by nineteenth-century authors and artists, and asks how beliefs about the Saxon king’s reign and achievements related to nineteenth-century ideals about leadership, law, religion, commerce, education and the Empire. The book concludes by addressing the most interesting enigma in Alfred’s reception history: why is the king no longer ‘England’s darling’? A fascinating study that will be enjoyed by scholars of history, cultural history, literature and art history.
Tells the life story of this great civil rights leader and describes many events in his struggle for equality for African Americans in the United States.
This is the story about a good man who aspires to be the best person that he can be in his lifetime. He asks for help from a higher being than himself and is guided in the story to continue to do better for his family and his people. It is the story of his struggle to become this person through perseverance and patience. He reaches his reward through the children in this story. In some ways this story has no end as the children will continue to carry on the joy of learning he inspired in them.
Abstract: In designing lights for Current Nobody I wanted to create an environment that reflected the mental and emotional states of the characters, throughout their individual journeys, during the course of the play. The perspective we took on this play was that of how people are left suffering and broken when separated from their loved ones. In creating these environments I hoped to bring the audience in the world of the characters. By doing this I hoped the audience would gain insight and understanding of the characters and join in on their journey.
This book tells the story of four daughters born to a father who is serving on a Battleship in World War II and a mother who easily falls into emotional attachments to help her through the hard times. Post war Britain is the backdrop for this novel, which is based on a characters and events that really happened, and which is full of surprises, realism, danger and hardship. Through it all, Sadie finds she has a guardian Angel to teach her the way to go, and she finds herself overcoming all the pain and difficulties to find the meaning of love.
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