Love & Death

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Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807097144
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Love & Death by : Forrest Church

Download or read book Love & Death written by Forrest Church and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearing his final days, a beloved Unitarian minister meditates on life, love, and death: “The goal is to live in such a way that our lives will prove worth dying for.” On a February day in 2008, Forrest Church sent a letter to the members of his congregation, informing them that he had terminal cancer; his life would now be measured in months, not years. He went on to promise that he would sum up his thoughts on the topics that had been so pervasive in his work—love and death—in a final book. Church has been justly celebrated as a writer of American history, but his works of spiritual guidance have been especially valued for their insight and inspiration. As a minister, Church defined religion as "our human response to the dual reality of being alive and having to die." The goal of life, he tells us "is to live in such a way that our lives will prove worth dying for." Love & Death is imbued with ideas and exemplars for achieving that goal, and the stories he offers—all drawn from his own experiences and from the lives of his friends, family, and parishioners—are both engrossing and enlightening. Forrest Church's final work may be his most lasting gift to his readers.

My Valley

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Publisher : Elsewhere Editions
ISBN 13 : 0914671634
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book My Valley written by Claude Ponti and published by Elsewhere Editions. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In My Valley, Claude Ponti leads us on a journey through an enchanted world inhabited by "Touims" (tiny, adorable, monkey-like creatures), secret tree dwellings, flying buildings, and sad giants. Clever language and beautifully detailed maps of imaginary landscapes will delight children and adults alike. Ponti himself has said, "My stories are like fairytales, always situated in the marvelous, speaking to the interior life and emotions of children. That way each child can get what they want out of the images: the characters and dreams are their own."

Child in the Valley

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ISBN 13 : 9781938235795
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Child in the Valley written by Gordy Sauer and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For fans of Ian McGuire's The North Water and Michael Punke's The Revenant, Child in the Valley by Gordy Sauer is a coming-of-age story set in the harsh landscape of Gold Rush America, centering on a orphan's journey to California in a wagon train of ruthless 49ers. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Gaines is suddenly orphaned in 1849, and after discovering that his foster father has left him deeply in debt, he flees his St. Louis home for Independence, Missouri. There, he plans to offer his medical expertise in exchange for passage to California in a Gold Rush party. Joshua is initially rebuffed given his youth and inexperience, but as his resentment and greed grow, a chance encounter with a ruthless adventurer and an ex-slave enlists him in a party comprised of provincial identical twins and a wealthy Englishman. The party departs overland along a 1,500-mile trail carved out by hardship, disease, violence, and death. When finally they arrive starving and exhausted in California's Sacramento Valley, Joshua discovers that attaining those riches is not as simple as pulling them from the riverbed, forcing him to redefine his sense of morality within the context of his greed; his complex sexuality; and the growing, though still-fledgling, American government. This novel is part of the Cold Mountain Fund Series, in partnership with Charles Frazier"--

My Journey Through the Valley

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1984511998
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book My Journey Through the Valley written by Rosemary Calhoun and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The loss of a loved one is a traumatic experience. This book is birthed out of the loss of my siblings and the peace I was able to have in each situation. I pray that something in this book will help comfort your heart. There can be peace and comfort beyond your understanding. Trust in the Lord with your whole heart. You can laugh again and know the joy of the Lord again. You can and will have peace that passes even your understanding. Trust that God is able to carry you through this valley of the shadow of death.

Through the Valley

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Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682470598
Total Pages : 273 pages
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Download or read book Through the Valley written by William Reeder Jr. and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the Valley is the captivating memoir of the last U.S. Army soldier taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. A narrative of courage, hope, and survival, Through the Valley is more than just a war story. It also portrays the thrill and horror of combat, the fear and anxiety of captivity, and the stories of friendships forged and friends lost. In 1971 William Reeder was a senior captain on his second tour in Vietnam. He had flown armed, fixed-wing OV-1 Mohawks on secret missions deep into enemy territory in Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam on his first tour. He returned as a helicopter pilot eager to experience a whole new perspective as a Cobra gunship pilot. Believing that Nixon’s Vietnamization would soon end the war, Reeder was anxious to see combat action. To him, it appeared that the Americans had prevailed, beaten the Viet Cong, and were passing everything over to the South Vietnamese Army so that Americans could leave. Less than a year later, while providing support to forces at the besieged base of Ben Het, Reeder’s chopper went down in a flaming corkscrew. Though Reeder survived the crash, he was captured after evading the enemy for three days. He was held for weeks in jungle cages before enduring a grueling forced march on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, costing the lives of seven of his group of twenty-seven POWs. Imprisoned in the notorious prisons of Hanoi, Reeder’s tenacity in the face of unimaginable hardship is not only a captivating story, but serves as an inspiration to all. In Through the Valley William Reeder shares the torment and pain of his ordeal, but does so in the light of the hope that he never lost. His memoir reinforces the themes of courage and sacrifice, undying faith, strength of family, love of country, loyalty among comrades, and a realization of how precious is the freedom all too often taken for granted. Sure to resonate with those serving in the armed forces who continue to face the demands of combat, Through the Valley will also appeal especially to readers looking for a powerful, riveting story.

Though I Walk Through the Valley

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ISBN 13 : 9781937428730
Total Pages : pages
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Book Synopsis Though I Walk Through the Valley by : Vance Havner

Download or read book Though I Walk Through the Valley written by Vance Havner and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 1973 marked a very low point in the life of Vance Havner, America¿s most quoted preacher. It was the year his beloved wife and companion of thirty-three years was struck down by a fatal and dreaded disease which distorted her lovely features and rendered her a helpless invalid. She departed this life to be forever with the Lord on September 2, 1973. Though I Walk Through the Valley is the chronicle of Vance Havner¿s passage through the darkest valley of his life, the record of how his faith in God triumphed in the crucible of suffering and bereavement. Don¿t expect these pages to be filled with time-worn clichés or pat answers. The book is written from the vantage point of one who has kept vigil alongside the hospital bed of his dying wife. People say things like, ¿I¿m so sorry you¿ve lost your wife.¿ Havner responds: ¿Lost is not the right word for Christians divided by death. You haven¿t lost anything when you know where it is!¿ People also say, ¿I know just how you feel,¿ to which Havner replies: ¿People often try to sympathize, but you have to go through this to know what it is like. You cannot share by imagination or observation. You have been there or you haven¿t.¿ ¿Now that she¿s gone, do the best you can.¿ Havner responds: ¿I want to do the best that Christ can do in me, exceedingly abundant above all I can ask or think.¿

The Valley

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698186273
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Book Synopsis The Valley by : John Renehan

Download or read book The Valley written by John Renehan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Named one of Wall Street Journal's Best Books of 2015 *Selected as a Military Times's Best Book of the Year “You’re going up the Valley.” Black didn’t know its name, but he knew it lay deeper and higher than any other place Americans had ventured. You had to travel through a network of interlinked valleys, past all the other remote American outposts, just to get to its mouth. Everything about the place was myth and rumor, but one fact was clear: There were many valleys in the mountains of Afghanistan, and most were hard places where people died hard deaths. But there was only one Valley. It was the farthest, and the hardest, and the worst. When Black, a deskbound admin officer, is sent up the Valley to investigate a warning shot fired by a near-forgotten platoon, he can only see it as the final bureaucratic insult in a short and unhappy Army career. What he doesn’t know is that his investigation puts at risk the centuries-old arrangements that keep this violent land in fragile balance, and will launch a shattering personal odyssey of obsession and discovery as Black reckons with the platoon’s dark secrets, accumulated over endless hours fighting and dying in defense of an indefensible piece of land. The Valley is a riveting tour de force that changes our understanding of the men who fight our wars and announces John Renehan as one of the great American storytellers of our time.

Faith in the Valley

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743226453
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Faith in the Valley written by Iyanla Vanzant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-10-26 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah Winfrey In this companion volume to her bestselling book Acts of Faith, bestselling author and star of Iyanla: Fix My Life discusses the “valleys” that cause stress and imbalance for women and explains how women can cleanse their minds and promote a healthy foundation for living in the modern world. A Note from Iyanla Vanzant: Beloved friend, When this little book was first published many years ago, it became a beacon of light for many people who found themselves time and time again in one valley or another. Valleys are nothing new for any of us. Some of you may be in a valley right now, or, since you never know what’s around the corner, you may be on the brink of tottering into yet another valley. Or maybe you’ve just survived a valley that you swear you’ll never revisit—but guess what? That’s precisely the valley you’ll probably see again. And again. Being in a valley can be a lonely and bewildering experience. This book was written to help you feel less lonely by reminding you that you really aren’t ever alone since God is always by your side, but more important, you are always by your own side. No matter how dire the situation may seem, no matter how dark and bleak the valley may be, you have all you need within you to survive the valley—any valley. Even though you may not know how you got into the valley in the first place, you do know, deep inside yourself, how to get through and out and free. You just need a little faith in yourself and a little guidance to find that faith within yourself. When you are at your wit’s end, take this little book and let it guide you toward the ever-present but often elusive light at the end of the tunnel. Faith in the Valley is designed to help you find the light when you need it most—when you’re in that damn tunnel. When you’re most confused and in the dark and clueless as to how you got there (again!) and when you’re trying to figure out not just how to get out, but stay out. For good. Faith in the Valley has helped so many through so much that we felt it only fitting to issue this lovely gift edition to acknowledge the special place it holds in many hearts. Please share it with a friend who has served as your beacon in the past, or offer it to yourself as a reminder of the strength and wisdom you possess and can offer to others. Iyanla

Yea Though I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death

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Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 149088565X
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Yea Though I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death written by Chris Thomas and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yea though I Walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death had to be written. It is a heart-wrenching account of a womans road through her own personal anguish and back, one that could be written only by the person who experienced it. It describes how she lived through the death of her infant daughter, a fire that totally destroyed her home and its contents, the suicide of her 21-year-old son, the killing of her 25-year-old son, the subsequent trauma, called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that followed, and her return to stability. Such a listing doesnt capture Chriss journey. Though not a professional writer, she has allowed us to enter her world, with all of its twists and turns, moments of sadness and despair, and finally, the peace that comes from emerging on the other side. She has a guileless honesty that wont let you go. No doubt thousands of people have shared some of Chriss experiences few, if any, to her degreebut fewer still have her ability to capture that experience in a way that makes her experiences their own. Kevin Burne, Ph.D.

Through Time and the Valley

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Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574415093
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Through Time and the Valley written by John R. Erickson and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The isolated Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle stretched before John Erickson and Bill Ellzey as they began a journey through time and what the locals call "the valley." They went on horseback, as they might have traveled it a century before. Everywhere they went they talked, worked, and swapped stories with the people of the valley, piecing together a picture of what life has been like there for a hundred years. Through Time and the Valley is their story of the river--its history, its lore, its colorful characters, the comedies and tragedies that valley people have spun yarns about for generations. Rancher Erickson is an insider who knows his territory and has the gifts to tell about it. A wry and delightful humorist, he tickles our funnybone while touching our feelings. Outlaws, frontier wives, Indian warriors, cowboys, craftsmen, dance-hall girls, moonshiners, inventors, big ranchers, small ranchers-all are part of the Canadian River country heritage that gives this book its vitality.

Out of the Valley of Tears: One Man's Journey to Truth

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Total Pages : 142 pages
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Our Journey in the Pacific

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Total Pages : 436 pages
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Download or read book Our Journey in the Pacific written by Sir S. Eardley-Wilmot and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Valley of Vision

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ISBN 13 : 9780851518213
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Between the Valley and Mountaintop

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Deep in the Valley

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Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1459256638
Total Pages : 266 pages
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Book Synopsis Deep in the Valley by : Robyn Carr

Download or read book Deep in the Valley written by Robyn Carr and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look for Robyn’s new book, The Best of Us, a story about family, second chances and choosing to live your best life—order your copy today! Welcome to Grace Valley, California— where blood runs thicker…ties are stronger…and love is all the more sweet. Visitors to the town often remark about the valley's peace and beauty—both of which are plentiful. Unlocked doors, front porches, pies cooling in the windows—this is country life at its finest. But visitors don't always see what lies at the heart of a community. Or just beyond… June Hudson grew up in Grace Valley, the daughter of the town doctor. Leaving only to get her medical training, she returned home and followed in her father's footsteps. Some might say she chose the easy, comfortable route…but June knows better. For June, her emergency room is wherever she's needed—or wherever a patient finds her. She is always on call, her work is her life and these people are her extended family. Which is a good thing, since this is a town where you should have picked your husband in the ninth grade. Grace Valley is not exactly the place to meet eligible men—until an undercover DEA agent suddenly starts appearing at all sorts of strange hours. Everybody has secrets down in the valley. Now June has one of her own.

Guardians of the Valley

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ISBN 13 : 1982144467
Total Pages : 480 pages
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We start our third journey to the Nyanza ; Arrival at Fort Bodo ; The great Central African forest ; Imprisonment of Emin Pasha and Mr. Jephson ; Emin Pasha and his officers reach our camp at Kavalli ; We start homeward for Zanzibar ; Emin Pasha: a study ; To the Albert Edward Nyanza ; The sources of the Nile, the Mountains of the Moon, and the fountains of the Nile ; Ruwenzori: the Cloud King ; Ruwenzori and Lake Albert Edward ; Through Ankori to the Alexandra Nile ; The tribes of the grass-land ; To the English Mission Station, south end of Victoria Nyanza ; From the Victoria Nyanza to Zanzibar ; Appendix A: Congratulations by cable received at Zanzibar ; Appendix B: Comparative table of forest and grass-land languages ; Appendix C: From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, itinerary of the journeys made in 1887, 1888, 1889 ; Appendix D: Statement of the Emin Pasha Relief Fund

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Book Synopsis We start our third journey to the Nyanza ; Arrival at Fort Bodo ; The great Central African forest ; Imprisonment of Emin Pasha and Mr. Jephson ; Emin Pasha and his officers reach our camp at Kavalli ; We start homeward for Zanzibar ; Emin Pasha: a study ; To the Albert Edward Nyanza ; The sources of the Nile, the Mountains of the Moon, and the fountains of the Nile ; Ruwenzori: the Cloud King ; Ruwenzori and Lake Albert Edward ; Through Ankori to the Alexandra Nile ; The tribes of the grass-land ; To the English Mission Station, south end of Victoria Nyanza ; From the Victoria Nyanza to Zanzibar ; Appendix A: Congratulations by cable received at Zanzibar ; Appendix B: Comparative table of forest and grass-land languages ; Appendix C: From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, itinerary of the journeys made in 1887, 1888, 1889 ; Appendix D: Statement of the Emin Pasha Relief Fund by : Henry Morton Stanley

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