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Book Synopsis A Year Without a Name by : Cyrus Dunham
Download or read book A Year Without a Name written by Cyrus Dunham and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "stunning" (Hanif Abdurraqib), "unputdownable" (Mary Karr) meditation on queerness, family, and desire. How do you know if you are transgender? How do you know if what you want and feel is real? How do you know whether to believe yourself? Cyrus Dunham’s life always felt like a series of imitations—lovable little girl, daughter, sister, young gay woman. But in a culture of relentless self-branding, and in a family subject to the intrusions and objectifications that attend fame, dissociation can come to feel normal. A Lambda Literary Award finalist, Dunham’s fearless, searching debut brings us inside the chrysalis of a transition inflected as much by whiteness and proximity to wealth as by gender, asking us to bear witness to an uncertain and exhilarating process that troubles our most basic assumptions about identity. Written with disarming emotional intensity in a voice uniquely his, A Year Without a Name is a potent, thrillingly unresolved meditation on queerness, family, and selfhood. Named a Most Anticipated Book of the season by: Time NYLON Vogue ELLE Buzzfeed Bustle O Magazine Harper's Bazaar
Book Synopsis Counting on Grace by : Elizabeth Winthrop
Download or read book Counting on Grace written by Elizabeth Winthrop and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1910. Pownal, Vermont. At 12, Grace and her best friend Arthur must leave school and go to work as a “doffers” on their mothers’ looms in the mill. Grace’s mother is the best worker, fast and powerful, and Grace desperately wants to help her. But she’s left handed and doffing is a right-handed job. Grace’s every mistake costs her mother, and the family. She only feels capable on Sundays, when she and Arthur receive special lessons from their teacher. Together they write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in Pownal. A few weeks later a man with a camera shows up. It is the famous reformer Lewis Hine, undercover, collecting evidence for the Child Labor Board. Grace’s brief acquaintance with Hine and the photos he takes of her are a gift that changes her sense of herself, her future, and her family’s future.
Book Synopsis Forty Days in the Wilderness by : Angela E. Smith
Download or read book Forty Days in the Wilderness written by Angela E. Smith and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey filled with devotion and insight for forty days in the wilderness. Did you know that Jesus and we, his followers, are both the reject and the rebel? Or did you know how the simple beauty of a trees life mirrors our own growth and strength in Gods love? Forty Days in the Wilderness answers those questions while providing moments of reflection and rest during our busy schedules. Through the peaks and valleys of life, Gods Word serves as the firm foundation for our path and the authors inspiration for this daily devotional.
Download or read book The Grace Year written by Kim Liggett and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Instant New York Times Bestseller! Kim Liggett's The Grace Year is a speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Power. Survive the year. No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life—a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear. It’s not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other. With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between. “A visceral, darkly haunting fever dream of a novel and an absolute page-turner.” – Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling author
Download or read book New Scheherazade written by Bob Bello and published by Bob Bello. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2047, a handful of teens and children survive the global holocaust in a subterranean lunar base. Suffering grief and denial, they must grow up fast and restart human civilization from scratch. In space. (Standalone novella format.)
Book Synopsis The Question of Forgiveness by : Brian Zahnd
Download or read book The Question of Forgiveness written by Brian Zahnd and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2011 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this little book, we discover that if Christianity isn't about forgiveness, it's about nothing at all. But is there a limit to forgiveness? Is it always possible? Or even always right? This book begins with Simon Wiesenthal, an Austrian Jew imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII, who was confronted with the plea for forgiveness from a dying Nazi SS soldier. This book will challenge you with the question: "What would you do?" "The Question of Forgiveness" reminds us that Christ's command to love your enemy is very hard to do, but as followers of Christ, we are called to believe that love is more powerful than hate--something that Christ modeled to the extreme of Calvary's cross. Zahnd digs into the question of forgiveness, and concludes with this: beyond the suffering of unconditional forgiveness lie the resurrection of love and the triumph of peace.
Book Synopsis The Passion Generation by : Grant Skeldon
Download or read book The Passion Generation written by Grant Skeldon and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millennials have disrupted almost every major industry. Whether you’re a parent trying to raise them, a pastor trying to reach them, or an employer trying to retain them, they’re disruptive. As the largest living generation, millennials are one of the most studied but misunderstood groups of our day. And the chasm between the generations is only getting wider. Speaker and founder of the Initiative Network Grant Skeldon pulls back the confusing statistics about millennials to reveal the root issue: it’s not a millennial problem, it’s a discipleship problem. Millennials are known for their struggle to hold jobs, reluctance to live on their own, and alarming migration away from the church. And now our culture is feeling the results of a mentor-less, fatherless generation. But how do you start discipling young people when you struggle to connect with them? Written by a millennial, The Passion Generation will guide you beyond the stats of what millennials are doing to the why they’re doing it and how we can all move toward healthy community. With wit, compassion, and startling insights, this book shares stories and studies drawn from Skeldon’s years of working to bridge generational gaps. In his signature conversational style, Skeldon offers researched strategies that will spark healthy connections, and practical methods that will help you disciple the millennials you love. This book is your guide to understanding the millennials in your life who are seemingly reckless but far from hopeless, for the future of the church that depends on them.
Book Synopsis The Edge of Philosophy in the Midst of Thought by : Melvyn Leibowitz Ph.D.
Download or read book The Edge of Philosophy in the Midst of Thought written by Melvyn Leibowitz Ph.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-11-22 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melvyn Leibowitz, Ph.D., author of The Edge of Philosophy in the Midst of Thought, has more than fifty years experience doing speculative philosophy. The book is a ruminative, deconstructive, concept-exploding, non-academic, almost poetic, at points modernist, at others, post-modern work. While it may be regarded as philosophic memoir, there is not much biographical content, but rather it has to do with mind and body, consciousness, history and thought. In its 107 entries can be found such items as: If infinity is endless; does it have a beginning? (78); Is it harder to argue that the universe does not exist than to argue that God does not exist? (79); Is the sky one? (94); Philosophy without language (82); Is nature performing arithmetic? (84); What can count as no information? (98); If economics were a full science, could a dollar value be placed on the universe? (103); What if biology were one of the humanities? (68); What if guilt and punishment were to flow backwards? (101); Is there a noble reason for wanting to live indefinitely? (96) Influences and perhaps similarities would include William Poundstone, Ottessa Moshfegh, William James, Georg Wilhelm Hegel, and Billy Collins. From 1960 to 1980 there were Richard Feynmann and Bob Dylan. This might be the most luminous work of the last forty years.
Book Synopsis He Came to Me by : Erin Brooks Warford
Download or read book He Came to Me written by Erin Brooks Warford and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erin Warford is a full-time wife and mother of four who loves to study the Bible. She graduated from Harding University with a bachelor's degree in nursing. While working as an oncology nurse for children, she prayed to see God as the children did. She had no idea of the fantastic journey that was about to begin. God would answer her in a far greater manner than she could imagine. He began showing up to her in dreams and scriptures and teaching her deep truths of the Bible, some that were already fulfilled and others that have yet to come. Her passion is seeing the love of God, shown to the world through Jesus, played out over and over again in many different ways in the Bible and in the creation around us. Her prayer is that you will gain a small glimpse of that love through this book, as well as gain a little bit of insight into some of the exciting things still to come. She hopes that you will always remember that he came to you. You could not get to him on your own so he came down. He came to us, and he will return very soon.
Book Synopsis Overwhelming Grace by : J. K. M. Taylor
Download or read book Overwhelming Grace written by J. K. M. Taylor and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detectives Lucas Baldwin and Mark Rawlings are surprised to find themselves on their way to the Grande National Hotel, the site of the annual Modern Language Association Conferenceto an academic conference, of all places!where the book-and-urine enshrouded body of Blake scholar D. Q. Manchester has been discovered and from which guest speaker H. M. Grace has vanished. As they investigate the suspicious death of one and the disappearance of another of the group of six faculty members who had come to consider themselves an island in a sea of educational malfeasance, their respect for these dedicated professors and scholarsand for education itself grows. They also come to realize that the supposedly hallowed halls of academia may be even more frightening than the decidedly mean streets of the city.
Book Synopsis God Is Not a Boy's Name by : Lyn Brakeman
Download or read book God Is Not a Boy's Name written by Lyn Brakeman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyn Brakeman was among the first women to enter the ordination process in the Episcopal Church just after the General Convention voted in 1976 that women could be priests. The bishop of her diocese had voted against ordaining women priests and hospitality towards female aspirants was guarded at best. So why would a forty-year-old institutional naif, suburban housewife, and mother of four enter such unfriendly territory to seek priestly ordination at a time when her personal life was in chaos? Things would have been easier had she been a man and had she not read Betty Friedan, not been headed for divorce, and not engaged in sins beginning with "a." How did she manage to stay this course? Brakeman offers no easy answers but tackles difficult issues--addiction, death and grief, divorce, the nature of priesthood, church politics, Christian feminism, and Jesus the Christ--with candor. Her story is held together by her spiritual connection to the voice of God from within and her growing conviction that the nature of divinity is gender-free; hence, theological language in sanctuary and classroom must reflect this truth in a balanced way.
Book Synopsis The Television Genre Book by : Glen Creeber
Download or read book The Television Genre Book written by Glen Creeber and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genre is central to understanding the industrial context and visual form of television. This new edition of the key textbook on television genre brings together leading international scholars to provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the debates, issues and concerns of the field. Structured in eleven sections, The Television Genre Book introduces the concept of 'genre' itself and how it has been understood in television studies, and then addresses the main televisual genres in turn: drama, soap opera, comedy, news, documentary, reality television, children's television, animation and popular entertainment. This third edition is illustrated throughout with case studies of classic and contemporary programming from each genre, ranging from The Simpsons to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and from Monty Python's Flying Circus to Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. It also features new case studies on contemporary shows, including The Only Way Is Essex, Homeland, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, Planet Earth, Grey's Anatomy and QVC, and new chapters covering topics such as constructed reality, travelogues, telefantasy, stand-up comedy, the panel show, 24-hour news, Netflix and video on demand.
Book Synopsis Heart Two Heart by : Julie Diamond Bobbitt
Download or read book Heart Two Heart written by Julie Diamond Bobbitt and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Words of wisdom from the real experts : seven mothers of twins on raising twins the first year.
Book Synopsis The Boyfriend of the Month Club by : Maria Geraci
Download or read book The Boyfriend of the Month Club written by Maria Geraci and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sexy, funny new novel asks: Can a woman find a modern-day Mr. Darcy in Daytona Beach? At thirty, Grace O'Bryan has dated every loser in Daytona Beach. After the ultimate date-from-hell, Grace decides to turn her dwindling book club into a Boyfriend of the Month Club, where women can discuss the eligible men in their community. Where are the real life twenty-first century versions of literary heroes such as Heathcliff and Mr. Darcy? Could it be successful and handsome Brandon Farrell, who is willing to overlook his disastrous first date with Grace and offers financial help for her parents' failing Florida gift shop? Or maybe sexy dentist Joe Rosenblum, who's great with a smile but not so great at commitment? Unfortunately, like books, men cannot always be judged by their covers...
Download or read book Grace written by HW Coyle and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chance meeting between Faith Rawlings, the daughter of an earl off to visit her grandmother and George Lowe, the son of a servant turns into an adventure when Faith convinces George to join her in first class dressed as her friend Grace. Their whimsical escapade turns tragic when the maiden voyage of the Titanic ends in tragedy. George returns to first class by assuming the guise Faith had fashioned and sees to it she makes it to a lifeboat. He is saved when a gentleman who believes George is a girl who has been overlooked offers up his seat in the last lifeboat. When George learns his father did not survive he is taken in hand by Faith who leads him off on a new adventure, one that proves to be as precarious as it is exciting, for he does so as Grace. Grace is drawn into Faith's world and accepted. This is no easy feat. Not only does Grace need to pass herself off as something she is not, she must overcome the barriers imposed upon her by society.
Book Synopsis A Girl Called Problem by : Katie Quirk
Download or read book A Girl Called Problem written by Katie Quirk and published by Eerdmans Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Shida, whose name means "problem" in Swahili, certainly has a lot of problems in her life -- her father is dead, her depressed mother is rumored to be a witch, and everyone in her rural Tanzanian village expects her to marry rather than pursue her dream of becoming a healer. So when the village's elders make a controversial decision to move their people to a nearby village, Shida welcomes the change. Surely the opportunity to go to school and learn from a nurse can only mean good things. However, after a series of puzzling misfortunes plague the new village, Shida must prove to her people that moving was the right decision, and that they can have a better life in their new home. For author pictures of Tanzania, a video depicting the life of a modern Tanzanian girl, discussion questions for each chapter of the book, and suggestions for further reading, please go to katie-quirk.com and follow the links for A Girl Called Problem.
Book Synopsis Vision and Character by : Craig Dykstra
Download or read book Vision and Character written by Craig Dykstra and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-07-22 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Craig Dykstra has done it: he has written a readable, engaging book which does justice to the complex texture of moral existence as we experience it. His exposition shows the real but limited usefulness of cognitive theories of moral development and education. In a simple, penetrating prose, rich in narrative quality, he sets forth an account of visional ethics and a corresponding ethics of character. After helping us see clearly what moral growth means, he offers one of the most truly humane and inspiring approaches to Christian moral education you will encounter. This is a superb book for any thoughtful reader. No professional in ministry or religious education can afford to be without it."" --James W. Fowler, Emory University ""For Christian educators this book is going to mark the end of the Lawrence Kohlberg era in moral education and open up a fresh understanding of how repentance, prayer, and service nourishes moral development."" --C. Ellis Nelson, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary ""Dykstra emphasizes the formative role of revelation and imagination, of the spirit of repentance, prayer, and service, as well as the intentional direction of the Church community and the teacher in the dynamic of Christian education. Drawing on insights from literature, psychology, and experience, his work is at once informative and inspirational."" --Berard L. Marthaler, Catholic University of America ""Vision and Character is a book for which I have been waiting and longing. Character, value, and moral education have long been concerns of religious educators. Today's literature is dominated by developmentalism and the work of Kohlberg. . . . Here, at last, in this thoughtful, readable, useful book is a true alternative. Dykstra has provided us with the best foundation for Christian moral education to date."" --John H. Westerhoff III, Duke University ""Dykstra is one of today's new group of brilliant young Christian education thinkers, and this is his first book. Dykstra is a person to hear carefully both now and in the future."" --D. Campbell Wyckoff, Princeton Theological Seminary Craig Dykstra is Vice President for Religion for the Lilly Endowment, Inc. He previously taught Christian education at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (1977-84) and served as Thomas W. Synnott Professor of Christian Education at Princeton Theological Seminary (1984-89), where he was also editor of the journal Theology Today. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Dykstra is a graduate of the University of Michigan (BA) and Princeton Seminary (MDiv, PhD). Dykstra is also the author of Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices (1999, 2005), and has published over 100 monographs, chapters of books, articles, editorials, and other commentaries.
