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Seven Miracles of Prevailing Praise
Proven Steps for Getting God's Attention
2015
EN
Everyone could benefit from the miraculous power of God intervening in their lives. Yet most people are clueless as to the powers available to them. This book will walk you through the examples and situations that qualify for miracles in everyday life.Praise and worship are more than just flippant buzzwords; great power can be obtained through the practice of sincere praise and worship.Seven Miracles of Prevailing Praise will examine seven powerful performances of praise. Y...
The Simplicity of God's Plan
It's Your Choice
2011
EN
I have been close to my Lord Jesus and my God since age 6. I live in SE TN, USA with my husband of 47 years. We have two grown sons and four grandchildren. I am a retired teacher who writes about everything. But this book came to me by the Holy Spirit in January of 2010. I published it only because it is a book I know God wants many people to have. I never thought to have a book published until this one came along. But it is a book that I cannot lay aside and forget. I know my great God wi...
American Justice in the Age of Innocence
Understanding the Causes of Wrongful Convictions and How to Prevent Them
2011
EN
The exoneration of more than two hundred and fifty people who have been wrongfully convicted makes it clear that Americas criminal justice system isnt foolproof. Its important to understand the causes of wrongful conviction in order to find solutions to this growing problem. Edited by one of the nations leading legal scholars and two of her top students, this collection of essays examines critical issues, including what American justice in the age of innocence looks like; how to implement ...
Hold That Knowledge
Stories about Love from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
2019
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Love, in some of the infinite ways we may know it, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction series.More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have won the Flannery O’Connor Award. This stunning trove of always engaging, often groundbreaking short fiction is the common source for this anthology on love—and for planned anthol...
Create Together
Our Voices, Our hands, Our Lives
2021
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Create Together is an anthology ofpoetry, short prose and art created by women supported through Inspiring You CIC's 'Create Together' project. Made in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund, 'Create Together' is a place where beneficiaries could look after and support one another, and create a community of their own. We offer to all those involved and beyond a glimpse into their journey."I feel really lucky to have s...
Unabridged
12 hours 41 min
2017
EN
There are few more precious routines than that of the bedtime story. So why do we discard this invaluable ritual as grown-ups to the detriment of our well-being and good health?In this groundbreaking anthology, Ben Holden, editor of the bestselling Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, challenges how we think about life, a third of which is spent asleep. He deftly explores not only the science of sleep but also why we endlessly tell stories – even to ourselves, as we dream....
Unabridged
5 hours 28 min
2019
EN
The perfect gift book, featuring the writing of Meryl Streep, Bill Bailey, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, Caitlin Moran, Richard Ayoade, Emily Watson and others, to coincide with the upcoming movie Last Christmas, starring Emma Thompson, Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding.When you think back to Christmases past, what (if anything) made it magical? Looking towards the future, what would your perfect Christmas be? What would you change? What should we all
Islam and the West
Critical Perspectives on Modernity
2003
EN
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th the topic of Islam's political, cultural, religious, and spiritual tendencies and beliefs has been thrust into the spotlight. However, most discussions concerning Islam's relation to the West tend to simplify and distort the intricate nature of the problem. The essays in Islam and the West approach the interactions of Islam, the West, and modernity through overlapping social, historical, economic, cultural, and philosophical layers. Vi...
2015
EN
Suicide is something no one wants to talk about. The act conjures up everything that we fear. It requires that we look at our mortality.Because we confuse happiness with contentment, we aim for something unobtainable by their very nature. When we view life through the eyes of the mentally ill, it adds the unique complication of their inability to achieve either.Her own attempted suicide has afforded the author an intimate view of the thoughts and emotions surrounding this s...
Grammar in Everyday Talk
Building Responsive Actions
2015
EN
Drawing on everyday telephone and video interactions, this book surveys how English speakers use grammar to formulate responses in ordinary conversation. The authors show that speakers build their responses in a variety of ways: the responses can be longer or shorter, repetitive or not, and can be uttered with different intonational 'melodies'. Focusing on four sequence types: responses to questions ('What time are we leaving?' - 'Seven'), responses to informings ('The May Company are sure...
2016
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Since the mid-1980s there has been a sharp rise in the number of literary publications by Indigenous Australians and in the readership and impact of those works. One contemporary Aboriginal Australian author who continues to makea contribution to both the Australian and the global canon is Kim Scott (1957-). Scott has won many awards, including Australia's highest, the prestigious Miles Franklin Award, for his novels Benang (in 2000) and That Deadman Dance (in 2011). Scot...
A Perfect Souvenir
Stories about Travel from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
2020
EN
Travel, and the exhilarating experiences it offers us, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction series.More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have won the Flannery O'Connor Award. This stunning trove of always engaging, often groundbreaking short fiction is the common source for this anthology on childhood—and for plann...











