Mirror Images, the sequel to The Redemption of Matthew Ryersen flings you right back into the home of John and Carolyn Abbott, a place where four lonely souls have come to live, heal and find God. Mirror Images, by Mary Mueller is beautifully written and witty. It deals with addiction, suicide and bullying in an honest, yet surprisingly quiet voice... so well done, a welcome authenticity in the brassy, superficial culture of today.
The Holocaust Short Story is the only book devoted entirely to representations of the Holocaust in the short story genre. The book highlights how the explosiveness of the moment captured in each short story is more immediate and more intense, and therefore recreates horrifying emotional reactions for the reader. The main themes confronted in the book deal with the collapse of human relationships, the collapse of the home, and the dying of time in the monotony and angst of surrounding death chambers. The book thoroughly introduces the genres of both the short story and Holocaust writing, explaining the key features and theories in the area. Each chapter then looks at the stories in detail, including work by Ida Fink, Tadeusz Borowski, Rokhl Korn, Frume Halpern, and Cynthia Ozick. This book is essential reading for anyone working on Holocaust literature, trauma studies, Jewish studies, Jewish literature, and the short story genre.
In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, then Vice President Gerald Ford became the first person to succeed a president who had resigned from office. Although Ford’s presidency lasted only three years, he worked diligently to heal a country from war, inflation, and controversy. Ford began a career serving his country in World War II, eventually becoming a lieutenant commander in the Navy. In 1948 he was elected to the United States Congress, where he served with distinction for the next 25 years. During the Watergate investigations in 1973, the vice president resigned and Ford stepped into that office. When President Richard Nixon resigned a short time later, Ford became the first president that was not officially elected by the country. Ford is largely credited with restoring the country’s faith in office after a tumultuous decade.
Demonstrates the importance of outlining as an effective reading strategy. Teaches techniques for outlining paragraphs and longer selections. Assists students in analyzing different text patterns, including process, problem/solution, and cause/effect. Helps students extract clues from text to deepen their comprehension.
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding the contributions to U.S. civic life of the Catholic, Jewish, mainline and evangelical Protestant, African-American, Latino, and Muslim communities in the United States, the two volumes in this series gather selected essays from the Commonweal Colloquia and the joint meetings organized by the Commonweal Foundation and The Faith and Reason Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington. Participants in the Commonweal colloquia and the joint meetings—leading Catholic scholars, journalists, lawyers, business and labor leaders, novelists and poets, church administrators and lobbyists, activists, policy makers and politicians—produced approximately forty-five essays presented at ten meetings that brought together over two hundred and fifty participants. The two volumes in the American Catholics in the Public Square Series address many of the most critical issues now facing the Catholic Church in the United States by drawing from the four goals of the colloquia-to identify, assess, and critique the distinctive elements in Catholicism's approach to civic life; to generate concrete analyses and recommendations for strengthening Catholic civic engagement; to encompass a broad spectrum of political and social views of Catholics to encourage dialogue between Catholic leaders, religious and secular media, and political thinkers; to reexamine the long-standing Catholic belief in the obligation to promote the common good and to clarify how Catholics may work better with those holding other religious or philosophical convictions toward revitalizing both the religious environment and civic participation in the American republic. This first volume, American Catholics and Civic Engagement: A Distinctive Voice, i
Mary Mueller's Burnt Offering is her exclamation point at the end of her epic Ryersen Trilogy. Mueller's prose is, as always, flawless, her dialog relevant and poetic. With a message bigger than these pages yet simple enough to exist in the Northwest Ohio farmlands, Mueller defies the stereotype that says sequels can't be better than book one. Burnt Offering stands on its own as a profound statement of faith, family and the concept of home." - Josh Clark, author of "The McGurney Chronicles" series, the "Dakota Lester" books and the forthcoming novel, "The Streak." - "This is exactly what Christian fiction should be - real characters living and struggling in our non-Christian world, flourishing despite, or even because of, those struggles by God's grace. Any Christian ever harmed by sin within their family, or who has hurt those they love through their own sin, yet has seen those irreparably damaged relationships reborn through God's love can't help but recognize themselves and their family here. For those still walking that difficult path this story is a beacon of hope; for those who have completed that walk it is a treasured reminder of how faithful, good and loving the God who carried us through truly is." - Brian Schilton, Author of "Issachar's Heirs" -
When someone is professionally successful there is always the question of nature or nuture. Were their skills cultivated by careful, strategic mentorship? Or were they simply born that way? The truth lies somewhere in the middle. And in that grey area is where motherhood thrives. To help extract the most powerful insights from this integral class of our society, Blake Gunther and Mary Fischer-Nassib interviewed 38 mothers that come from a diverse range of countries, cultures, and creeds. The resulting collection contains unique, extraordinary personal stories as well as emergent patterns of timeless instinctual advice that apply not only to young adults but people in all stages of life"--Back cover.
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