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For centuries, mankind has speculated how the world would end. For Manhattan resident, Jenny Lowe, that time is now. The Earth is dying. Jenny finds herself through one catastrophe after another and with unexpected help along the way, at the end the unimaginable truth is revealed.

Just Messing Around is a zany rollercoaster ride through a latchkey child's world of antics and misadventures, laughter and fisticuffs, skirting problems, and hatching wacky schemes. The author, like so many of his generation, lived an unsupervised childhood that characterized many suburban Long Island communities of the early 60s. Absent parents, these kids ran wild in their rural, suburban world. They saw themselves as frontiersmen, daredevils, and self-confessed hellions. These children were also alone way too much, sometimes frightened, and in serious need of discipline and hugs. This heartwarming collection of stories, seen through the eyes of one kid, depicts their lives of roaming fields and woods, surviving their daily, madcap adventures, exploring haunted farmhouses, and, as we kids would say, just messing around.

Kassie the kookaburra sits high in his tree with his good friend Charlie the cockatoo. Together they enjoy watching over Anthony, Shae and Lea, playing in the garden below. Watch Anthony, so clever on his skateboard and bike. Discover the fun that Shae and Lea have playing games in their playhouse. What adventures those children enjoy under the beautiful Australian sun, surrounded by the beauty of Gum trees and tree ferns! How does laughter and screeching protect them from the slithering brown snake? Read on to discover the beauty of friendship and laughter between 2 feathered friends and 3 Aussie kids!

Rise to Reason is an in-depth and undaunted examination of the contradictions, errors, and misunderstandings of which Christianity vastly consists.The book speaks to many individuals:¿ The believer who is beginning to doubt what Christianity tells her.¿ The believer unsure how to proceed-"Do I dare break away?"¿ The non-believer who desires a fuller understanding of the true nature of Christianity.¿ The non-believer who would broaden her knowledge of the fallacies of Christianity and reconfirm her atheism, deepen her commitment to humanism, and lay to rest any remaining doubts.¿ Anyone seeking knowledge of Christianity over the myths of Christianity-the truth regarding "miracles" and the actual reason for the seeming continuity from book-to-book of the Bible.Addressed are such topics as¿ The fallacy of prayer.¿ The logical paradox that renders impossible the purely human notion of God being "all-powerful," and/or "all-knowing."¿ The origin of the concept of Satan.¿ The fictional nature and origins of key Bible characters, such as Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.¿ The role of midrash and pesher in biblical authorship, and how they came to be mistaken for prophecy and biblical book-to-book continuity.¿ The Backlash effect/cognitive dissonance.¿ What the Book of Revelation is actually saying, and why we needn't fear its grim "prophecies." Sometimes shocking yet always informative, Rise to Reason is a factual, down-to-earth view through adult eyes of the concepts instilled in us as children-beliefs many have carried into adulthood having never questioned. There are no diatribes, no tirades-just a factual scrutiny of things as they really are; a thorough examination of Christianity from a science-based, rational point of view grounded in highly readable scholarship. This book has the potential to change lives.

Aging is a time to celebrate the wonders of living. As we pass it onto our children and grandkids. And of course memorialize the blessings with our dear friends

A preemie baby born to a schizophrenic and violently alcoholic mother who abandons her to survive on her own in the jungle of physical, emotional and sexual abuse among many foster homes. She survives through other worldly thoughts and dream experiences from an early age until she finds a loving family that adopts her at age sixteen.However, as a young woman overwhelmed with parenting two young children, it becomes clear that she is on the precipice of a psychospiritual collapse. Her adoptive family introduces her to a therapist whose focus is on 'lovingly divorcing' oneself from the biological mother and father with compassionate forgiveness. Bob Hoffman's processes guide her through the tunnel of painful trauma wherein she emerges from the dark pool of hate, anger and fear into the light as the lotus.

Dr. Moody offers a compelling (and sometimes humorous) call to live a joyful, hopeful life as a Christian and as a Citizen, even when dealing with myriad personal problems, discouraging political division, and global challenges such as recession, pandemic, or even war. Basing his encouragement out of a fresh reading of Paul's Epistle to the Philippians, this experienced pastor, parent, and scholar invites you to draw inspiration from this ancient letter for our living in the modern, often chaotic and confusing world. These short essays on Christian living will bless you and make you a stronger, wiser person.

A kingdom above all, and there is and will forever be one kingdom, which is Jehovah, and Jehovah is king over all things, and the creator of the seed. This book is about Jehovah and his seed for his spiritual self shall spread out and become all that shall be, and by this command all came before him in the kingdom of Jehovah. This book came about because the book of Ezekiel set forth a beginning and the book of Revelation brought about the end of the seed in Jehovah's heaven, or does it? Not a new beginning but a new cause, and some men hold-on for this new thing they may realize for the blood of water has never touched them. I am giving more than this book and far less than your imagination could ever concede, and where did you come from? Read along with me and spread the word, and become truthful and a good seed.

If you have ever worked out with a personal trainer-or if you are thinking of doing so for the first time-Training for Life is for you. An affirming narrative on the multiple benefits of working with a trainer in one's sixties and beyond, Training for Life is confirmation that you can begin a new regimen of rigorous exercise at virtually any stage of life. Training for Life is also a personal memoir on the author David E. Lapin's six-year journey of camaraderie with two trainers whom he initially met at Equinox Sports Club Boston: Austin Rowe and Pete Goulet. Theirs is a story of growing friendship and mutual support, transcending the forty-plus-year age difference between Lapin-who began training at age sixty-six-and Rowe and Goulet.Lapin deftly weaves a story that is both entertaining and inspiring. Training for Life will appeal to readers who are themselves seniors, as well as those professionals in health and fitness fields who work with them. It is also for anyone eager to learn more about the opportunities for renewed health and vigor that working out provides.

Jack Elkhart (and the whole world) is shocked when aliens suddenly arrive at Earth, saying that they'd like to establish their home there after fleeing their doomed planet. As Jack searches for answers amongst his family, friends, and faith, his life is further upended with the arrival of an alien emissary named Ursula. While tensions build between the aliens and humans, Jack seeks to reconcile these new realities with his faith. Confronted with a myriad of questions and the enigmatic Ursula, Jack is forced to consider what a person must do when faced with insurmountable uncertainty as the world hurtles closer to war.

The manual for maintenance and operation provides us with the necessary instructions about how to maintain and operate the object so that one can achieve optimum satisfaction. In the case of the manual for assembling, one is provided with meticulous and sequential step by step instructions in order to make the object operable or functional. Some of us may discover from bitter experience that if we fail to follow the precise instruction that at best it could be a frustrating experience or at worst it could damage the object thus making it inoperable.

"Wind and Waves: Resting in His Promises," is a 40-day devotional book written to encourage and bring peace in the middle of the storms of this life. While we may not be able to control the storms, the Lord teaches us that we can still trust that He is good and that the wind and waves still know His name.

The Day the Whores Went Home is based on an actual event that occurred in the small town of Sault Ste. Marie in far northern Michigan just as the Prohibition Era was ending. This story's characters are as diverse as any the reader will encounter: a notoriously sinister gangster, a young woman with a painful past and a farmer whose moral code is, at best, fluid. The Day the Whores Went Home will pull the reader along on a voyage that explores pain and possibilities, condemnation and redemption, wins and losses.

This is a look at what happens when a Boxer takes a human for companionship. The adventures and misadventures will bring a smile to your face.

This book is a collection of memories and friends. I was born and raised in the woods of East Texas, but my travels carried me around the Earth four times a year for 27 years. Living and working in foreign countries tested my personal beliefs daily but the more I learned the more I know exactly why my parents and family taught me the values that guided that guided me to happiness and success wherever I went and whoever I worked with. Fear was never an option or something that I understood because I understood from my family teaching me that GOD created everything and everybody. I am sure that life is never ending because I know that others live within me, and I will live in others as a memory.

Durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, gli italiani che vivevano nelle città e nei borghi liberati dai Buffalo Soldiers li chiamavano Giganti Buoni. Non sapevano che quei giganti sarebbero tornati in un paese dove erano ancora considerati cittadini di seconda classe.Nel 2012 Ivan J. Houston, Buffalo Soldier sopravvissuto, è stato invitato a tornare in Italia dalla proprietaria di una villa catturata dal suo battaglione.Lui e la sua famiglia sono stati ospiti della quattrocentesca Villa Orsini, oggi un bed and breakfast ribattezzato Villa La Dogana. Il suo ritorno in Toscana, quasi settant'anni dopo la fine della guerra è stato ricco di emozioni.In questo libro, l'autore descrive come è stato tornare nei luoghi in cui i Buffalo Soldiers afroamericani sono considerati eroi e liberatori. Visita i campi di battaglia dove più di trecentomila Buffalo Soldiers afroamericani sono stati uccisi o feriti mentre combattevano contro i nazisti e i fascisti.L'autore e la sua famiglia sono tornati in Italia per sette anni consecutivi, visitando i luoghi della battaglia e celebrando antiche vittorie che non saranno mai dimenticate.

This is a light account of a short guided tour of four main Central European cities--Budapest, Vienna, Prague, and Salzburg--with brief excursions to Durnstein, Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia; and Cesky Krumlov, Czechia. The focus is on sightseeing and on getting photographs of the beauties of those places, especially those of Prague and its glorious architecture. The book is lavishly illustrated with the author's photographs inside and another on the cover.

Anthony Von Mickle has been the absolute envy of many of his friends and colleagues for years as he travels to exotic locations, lives in fabulous communities and enjoys the "good life" while they perpetually tell him "I'm trying to live vicariously through you". These are by and large very capable degreed professionals with good jobs, yet they still seem to fall short of where they ultimately want to be in life. On the surface, they easily point to a lack of money but Von argues that while limited financial resources may be only part of the problem the bigger problem is limited insight and motivation coupled with a lack of belief that something out of this world can actually happen for them.From the mobile home to where moguls is filled with examples of how the average ordinary person with no special training or fancy job title yet who has huge dreams can get going and make tremendous progress towards some right outlandish desires. Regardless of whether you grew up in a mobile home or you've had the good fortune to be raised with all your basic needs and wants, this book will make you reconsider how some things that seem far away may be a lot closer than you might otherwise think.

I liberated Hope from her cyclic cold shower damnation, forced her down onto our bed, wedged my head between her clamped legs, held her resistant arms down, and performed cunnilingus while she fought against me. She relented after two minutes and climaxed after five minutes. I pulled down my pants, removed my boxers, unbuttoned my shirt, unfastened my shirt stays, dropped to my knees, and allowed Hope to perform fellatio on me for one minute. I donned a condom and voluntarily climaxed inside her in less than two minutes within the range of twenty to thirty slow-paced pumps, in the missionary position, as I stared into her eyes, gripped the top of her head, and kissed her elated face. Harmony is restored; this is an important lesson concerning the masculine and feminine dichotomy.

Legacy: Wisdom of African Traditions and the Bible compares almost 300 proverbs from all over the continent with Bible verses, organized into forty-six broad themes.Chris Morehouse was compelled to write the book after exploring the Parallel Sayings books, which juxtapose insights from the great religious traditions with their counterparts from Jewish and Christian scriptures. These books explore resonances between Christianity and Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism.The author began to wonder why there was not a similar volume exploring corresponding insights from Africa's traditions. In this book, you'll discover:¿ African expressions of the golden rule;¿ versions of loving one's enemies and welcoming the stranger;¿ insights about losing your way to find your way-and much more.The African idea of sankofa-"go back and get it"-tells us that we can go forward by looking to the past. Find common ground and get tools to face the future with the insights in this book of African and biblical wisdom.