Inspiring and captivating stories of faith and courage from America's history. "As religious faith is the foundation of free government, so is prayer an indispensable part of that faith."-President Dwight Eisenhower, December 24, 1953. CHAPTER TITLES: 1. William Penn Given 45,000 Square Miles in America; 2. Penn's Holy Experiment "the Seed of a Nation"; 3. Pere Marquette Braves the Mississippi; 4. Great Faith of the Moravian Missionaries; 5. Wesleys' "The Religion of the Heart"; 6. Whitefield & the Great Awakening Revival in America; 7. Molly Pitcher, Betsy Ross & Courageous Women of the Revolution; 8. Francis Asbury & the Circuit-riding Preachers; 9. Early Black Preachers & Missionaries; 10. Richard Allen & the AME Church; 11. "Black Harry" Hosier; 12. "Amazing Grace": Newton & Wilberforce; 13. Second Great Awakening Camp Meetings; 14. Timothy Dwight & the Yale Student Revival; 15. Haystack Prayer Meeting & World Missions; 16. Indians Look for "Book to Heaven": Whitmans & Northwest Missions; 17. John Stewart, Missionary to Wyandot Indians; 18. Missionaries to Hawaii; 19. Volcano Defied & Hawaiian Great Awakening; 20. Charles Finney's Revival "Every Member Must Work"; 21. William & Catherine Booth: The Salvation Army; 22. George Williams & the YMCA; 23. Thousands Join Layman's Prayer Revival & Third Great Awakening; 24. Shoe Salesman to Evangelist: Dwight L. Moody; 25. From Slave to College President: Booker T. Washington; 26. Booker T. Washington's Wisdom & World Influence; 27. Katherine Lee Bates & "America the Beautiful"; 28. Baseball Star to National Preacher: Billy Sunday; 29. Helen Keller "Things Unseen are Eternal"; 30. Eddie Rickenbacker - World War I Fighter Ace; 31. U.S. Military "For God and Country"; 32. Four Chaplains Day; 33. John F. Kennedy & PT109; 34. God's Samurai - Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor becomes Evangelist; 35. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have a dream"; 36. Billy Graham "If Ever We Needed God's Help It Is Now; 37. NASA & Astronauts Prayer on the Moon.
This beautifully illustrated and joyful tribute celebrates famous friendships (both real and fictional) and proves that there is no relationship more important than friendship. Our best friends are our soulmates. They understand us when no one else does, lift us up, and bring out the best in us. It’s a relationship based on a bond that can’t always be described, but is always magical. Billions of Besties shines a light on some of the most engaging, funny, inspiring, and sometimes unexpected sets of friends. In this gorgeous and playfully illustrated volume, creators and besties Peggy and Susie highlight more than 100 besties, both real and fictional, from all walks of life. From the comedic powerhouse of Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, to the unexpected camaraderie between RGB and Antonin Scalia, the glamourous friendship between Anna Wintour and Roger Federer, or the fictional ride-or-die bond between Thelma and Louise, this book is a timeless salute to friendship in all its forms. Uplifting and charming, Billions of Besties celebrates the power and vitality of friendship—from bromances to work wives—reminding us that when we have each other’s backs, we have the power to change the world.
Branding Diversity considers how brands both reflect and affect contemporary discussions of cultural diversity. Advancing an innovative, critical perspective on advertising, the book challenges the latent assumption that advertisers are inherently conservative and reluctant to represent anything other than popularly agreeable scripts and narratives. On the contrary, advertising is now replete with progressive messaging. Through Budweiser, Gillette, Vogue and Patagonia, Susie Khamis demonstrates that such forays into the political realm are not just shrewd appraisals of popular causes, but also inevitable outcomes of contemporary media and politics. This book will be of interest to scholars in advertising studies, marketing communications and media studies.
An athlete and cancer survivor tells her story of overcoming fear and becoming a warrior for joy in this inspiring self-help memoir. Susie Rinehart seemed to have it all: a beautiful family, a fulfilling career, and an impressive collection of ultramarathon championship medals. Yet on the inside she felt anxious and hollow, constantly obsessed with being perfect. Then Susie found out that a tumor on her brainstem threatened to take away her voice, and possibly her life. With so much at stake, Susie had to rethink how she wanted to live. In Fierce Joy, Susie tells the incredible true of how she left perfection behind and found joy every day. For anyone who has lost their voice in the never-ending struggle to please others, Susie offers hope. In each section of the book she offers a series of takeaways—lessons she learned when life forced her to slow down and step back.
A star athlete shares her trailblazing account of triumph in the face of sexism, self-doubt, and injury, gives a remarkable global tour of the women's soccer world, and presents a stirring call-to-action to secure equal pay and conditions. When Susie Petruccelli won a place on Harvard University's soccer team, she felt on top of the world—talented, strong, and worthy. Unfortunately, after sustaining injuries and developing health problems, she felt her worth slip away. In this remarkable memoir, Petruccelli reveals how she battled her way back onto the field and continued to fight even after she hung up her cleats. She distills the significance of not giving up on oneself and inspires players of all sports who've faced injuries to persevere. She also brings to light the inequities and discrimination female athletes face that she's traveled the world to see and document firsthand, and introduces the international athletes and activists fighting for equal pay and conditions. In so doing, she reveals the progress made, as well as the battles ahead and the force of the movement. Raised a Warrior is the winner of the Vikki Orvice Prize and has been praised by a wide range of sports icons from Pelé to Billie Jean King.
Billie Jean was a world's #1 women's tennis player who won 39 Grand Slam titles. Read how this little girl whose mother sewed her tennis clothes became a world champion and led the way for equal rights for all people. She worked tirelessly to have equal pay for men and women tennis players and equal playing opportunities for girls and boys in all sports. Keywords: Champion, Citizen, Athlete, Overcome, Persevere, Tennis, Battle Of The Sexes, Billie Jean King, Leadership, Strength
This beautifully illustrated and joyful tribute celebrates famous friendships (both real and fictional) and proves that there is no relationship more important than friendship. Our best friends are our soulmates. They understand us when no one else does, lift us up, and bring out the best in us. It’s a relationship based on a bond that can’t always be described, but is always magical. Billions of Besties shines a light on some of the most engaging, funny, inspiring, and sometimes unexpected sets of friends. In this gorgeous and playfully illustrated volume, creators and besties Peggy and Susie highlight more than 100 besties, both real and fictional, from all walks of life. From the comedic powerhouse of Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, to the unexpected camaraderie between RGB and Antonin Scalia, the glamourous friendship between Anna Wintour and Roger Federer, or the fictional ride-or-die bond between Thelma and Louise, this book is a timeless salute to friendship in all its forms. Uplifting and charming, Billions of Besties celebrates the power and vitality of friendship—from bromances to work wives—reminding us that when we have each other’s backs, we have the power to change the world.
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