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Download or read book Sibling Sacrifices written by Jaz Johnson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-07-28 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline and Isaac have come a long way with their star-crossed love, and have made a decision to try and make it work. But the stress of having their parents and friends find out is proving to be a bit much for them to handle. Caroline is continuing to crack under the loss of her mother, and it is interfering with her personal life, as well as spiritual. On top of that, her father and Isaacs mother have decided to get married! Can their relationship survive under such pressure and secrecy? And whats Carolines Grandma up to? Turns out she wants more than a little time with the family. Whats she hiding? Find out what is to become of Caroline and Isaac in this unexpected teenage romance.
Book Synopsis Family Sacrifices by : Russell M. Jeung
Download or read book Family Sacrifices written by Russell M. Jeung and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-two percent of Chinese Americans report having no religious affiliation, making them the least religiously-identified ethnic group in the United States. But that statistic obscures a much more complex reality. Family Sacrifices reveals that Chinese Americans employ familism, not religion, as the primary narrative by which they find meaning, identity, and belonging. As a transpacific lived tradition, Chinese American familism prioritizes family above other commitments and has roots in Chinese Popular Religion and Confucianism. The spiritual and ethical systems of China emphasize practicing rituals and cultivating virtue, whereas American religious research usually focuses on belief in the supernatural or belonging to a religious tradition. To address this gap in understanding, Family Sacrifices introduces the concept of liyi, translated as ritual propriety and righteous relations. Re-appropriated from its original Chinese usage, liyi offers a new way of understanding Chinese religion and a new lens for understanding the emergence of religious "nones" in the United States. The first book based on national survey data on Asian American religious practices, Family Sacrifices is a seminal text on the fastest-growing racial group in the United States.
Download or read book A Sister's Sacrifice written by Lelia Eye and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-08 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Bennet is concerned when her sister Jane seems uninclined to invite her to London to meet Jane's fiancé despite having earlier indicating her intent to do so. Determined to remedy the situation, Elizabeth decides to stay with her aunt in London, thereby forcing the truth of Jane's circumstances to rise to the surface. It is in London that Elizabeth meets Fitzwilliam Darcy and his younger brother, a rake of a man who is more interested in dalliances with women than in maintaining the small estate bequeathed upon him by his father. Despite Darcy's great efforts, his brother simply refuses to listen to reason and curb his excesses, leaving Darcy at a loss concerning how to proceed. Because both Elizabeth and Darcy are so focused on their siblings, neither expects to catch the other's eye. But as they spend more time together, they find themselves to be willing allies and perhaps even something more. If they work together, is it possible to ensure that all parties involved will achieve happiness? Or will the sacrifice of Elizabeth's sister proceed, causing sorrow to enshroud the future and forever banishing any hopes for marital bliss?
Download or read book One and Only written by Lauren Sandler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author discusses the pros and cons of being an only child.
Book Synopsis A Brother's Sacrifice by : E. Barnes
Download or read book A Brother's Sacrifice written by E. Barnes and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a tragic rainstorm in the spring of 2002, Austin Brunswick and his five siblings are left to fend for themselves in a world without either parent. With the ups and downs of high school drama, Austin struggles through his senior year determined to graduate. When all hope seems lost, the continual support from a few unlikely friends help guide him through the end of the tunnel.
Book Synopsis The Pecking Order by : Dalton Conley
Download or read book The Pecking Order written by Dalton Conley and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The family is our haven, the place where we all start off on equal footing — or so we like to think. But if that’s the case, why do so many siblings often diverge widely in social status, wealth, and education? In this groundbreaking and meticulously researched book, acclaimed sociologist Dalton Conley shatters our notions of how our childhoods affect us, and why we become who we are. Economic and social inequality among adult siblings is not the exception, Conley asserts, but the norm: over half of all inequality is within families, not between them. And it is each family’s own “pecking order” that helps to foster such disparities. Moving beyond traditionally accepted theories such as birth order or genetics to explain family dynamics, Conley instead draws upon three major studies to explore the impact of larger social forces that shape each family and the individuals within it. From Bill and Roger Clinton to the stories of hundreds of average Americans, here we are introduced to an America where class identity is ever changing and where siblings cannot necessarily follow the same paths. This is a book that will forever alter our idea of family.
Book Synopsis Sibling Stories by : Lynne Stern Feiges
Download or read book Sibling Stories written by Lynne Stern Feiges and published by AAPC Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sibling relationships involving a brother or sister with an autism spectrum disorder present enormous emotional and practical challenges throughout the life span. In a unique combination of narrative context and deeply moving first-person excerpts from interviews with 20 siblings, this informative guide offers in-depth coverage of the issues of paramount concern to typical siblings. A chapter devoted to coping strategies is enhanced by end-of-chapter professional advice on how to maximize the sibling relationship.
Book Synopsis A Friend's and Relative's Guide to Supporting the Family with Autism by : Ann Palmer
Download or read book A Friend's and Relative's Guide to Supporting the Family with Autism written by Ann Palmer and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for the family of autistic children discusses the feelings that family members are likely to experience after a child is diagnosed as well as changes that will take place in a household, and covers the condition's characteristics.
Book Synopsis The Cowboy's Sacrifice by : Danica Favorite
Download or read book The Cowboy's Sacrifice written by Danica Favorite and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does he have the courage to trust his heart? He just wanted her to go… now he’ll do anything to make her stay. Ranch attorney Ty Warner isn’t buying Rachel Henderson’s story. He’s sure the pretty single mom is after his boss’s fortune, but Rachel claims she’s just looking for family who might donate the kidney she needs to survive. As Ty grows closer to Rachel and her little girl, he discovers the raw truth—he’ll do whatever it takes to help Rachel live.
Book Synopsis Sacrifice and Moral Philosophy by : Marcel van Ackeren
Download or read book Sacrifice and Moral Philosophy written by Marcel van Ackeren and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to foster a more explicit and direct discussion of the concept of sacrifice and its importance in moral philosophy. Acts of self-sacrifice have a special place in our moral lives. We admire and celebrate those who give up their lives so that others may live. Despite this important role that sacrifice plays in our moral thinking, moral philosophers have had surprisingly little to say about the nature of sacrifice. This lack of attention to the nature of sacrifice is particularly important given that sacrifice also has an important role to play in several key debates in moral philosophy. The chapters in this volume make an important contribution to our understanding of sacrifice in three areas. The first part of the book investigates the nature of sacrifice. The next group of chapters investigates the role of sacrifice in moral philosophy. Three of these pieces investigate the role of sacrifice in our moral lives generally, while two investigate the role of sacrifice in relation to particular moral theories. The final two chapters investigate the value of sacrifice in relation to political and theological issues. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies.
Download or read book Living Sacrifice written by Luo Fu and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dead sacrificed, the living died, the human heart was wicked, the dogs did not eat.Wu Lei wholeheartedly wanted to save her, but who would've thought that the person he saved wasn't a living person at all?Those who save others are not necessarily good people, and those who are saved are not necessarily living people. Within the five li of fog, it was hard to tell who was the real evil ghost and who was the living corpse. The main character exerted a lot of effort and racked his brains. But who would have thought that in the end, he was just a tool, a sacrificial offering ...Wu Lei wanted to live, and he had been terrified while he was fleeing for his life. The person he had been desperately trying to save in the past was now trying to kill him with his life ...
Book Synopsis Silence and Sacrifice by : Merav Shohet
Download or read book Silence and Sacrifice written by Merav Shohet and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do families remain close when turbulent forces threaten to tear them apart? In this groundbreaking book based on more than a decade of research set in Vietnam, Merav Shohet explores what happens across generations to families that survive imperialism, war, and massive political and economic upheaval. Placing personal sacrifice at the center of her story, Shohet recounts vivid experiences of conflict, love, and loss. In doing so, her work challenges the idea that sacrifice is merely a blood-filled religious ritual or patriotic act. Today, domestic sacrifices—made largely by women—precariously knot family members together by silencing suffering and naturalizing cross-cutting gender, age, class, and political hierarchies. In rethinking ordinary ethics, this intimate ethnography reveals how quotidian acts of sacrifice help family members forge a sense of continuity in the face of trauma and decades of dramatic change.
Book Synopsis The Kachins, Religion and Customs by : C. Gilhodes
Download or read book The Kachins, Religion and Customs written by C. Gilhodes and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sacrifice and Sharing in the Philippine Highlands by : Thomas P. Gibson
Download or read book Sacrifice and Sharing in the Philippine Highlands written by Thomas P. Gibson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the relationship between the Buid value system and their history of resistance to the lowland world.
Book Synopsis Animal Sacrifice and the Death Penalty by : Giosuè Ghisalberti
Download or read book Animal Sacrifice and the Death Penalty written by Giosuè Ghisalberti and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-12-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The slaughter of animals as a religious ritual and the execution of human beings as a judicial one was an interrelated phenomenon in the ancient world. Writings from different traditions had to be interpreted in relation to each other for the connection between two sacred rituals to be made. The history of the death penalty within the textual traditions of Judaism and ancient Greece could be traced to specific commandments beginning in Genesis and in laws specified as early as in Hesiod's Theogony--in each case, however, with far from unambiguous conclusions despite their divine origins in YHWH or Zeus. An ever-present uncertainty in the nature of the death penalty pervades the writings of the Bible from Genesis to the Gospels of Jesus, as well as in the mytho-poetic world of Hesiod, the tragedy of Aeschylus, and Socratic philosophy as represented in Plato's dialogues. Scholarship has not considered the importance of these two interrelated traditions insofar as both expose the specific characteristics of violence and killing within the institutions of religion and the law. The creation of religious rituals and the acts of the law are inseparable and essential to the authority of the politico-religious state. Animal sacrifice and the death penalty serve as the pillars of social legitimacy in the ancient world.
Book Synopsis Mighty by Sacrifice by : James L. Noles
Download or read book Mighty by Sacrifice written by James L. Noles and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2009-07-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dispatched on what was to be an easy assignment of attacking the Privoser Oil Refinery and associated railroad yards at Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, the 20th Squadron of the 2nd Bombardment Group saw the bloodiest day in their history. Not a single one of the 20th Squadron's B-17 bombers returned from the mission. In this book, the 90 airmen on that mission provide a remarkable personal window into the Allies' Combined Bomber Offensive at its height during World War II. Their stories encapsulate how the U.S. Army Air Force built, trained, and employed one of the mightiest war machines ever seen. These stories also illustrate, however, the terrible cost in lives demanded by that same machine.
Book Synopsis The Uselessness of Grace by : Peter Wiah
Download or read book The Uselessness of Grace written by Peter Wiah and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where there is no law, there is no sin. Where there no sin, there is no need for grace. Therefore, in the absence of the law, grace is futile.
