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This book covers the first eleven chapter of the book of Genesis, and is designed to help students and bible teachers of the book to gain insight into the theological points of the book of Genesis. These chapters cover the pre-history of the earth and present the various theological points of view that provide for discussion of a study group.

Tekna' Aban Balan is a great love story told in the poetic form in the Kayan language. It is the story of Balan Lejau, an aristocrat whose beautiful second wife was kidnapped by two people from another world because of her great beauty. Now a widower a second time, Balan Lejau became very depressed at not being able to bury his dead and refused to eat until he became emaciated with sunken eyes. After being told she was still alive however in another world, he recovered his strength and set about to recover her. He made a magical ladder from blow pipe darts to reach the sky. As a high ranking aristocrat who Kayans believed are descended from the spirit world as described in their story of the Tree of Life, he was able to enter to search for her. He overcame several challenges he never encountered on earth and seduced all the wives of the warriors that had left them to tend to their farms. The story ended with a fierce battle between Balan Lejau and the two men that had kidnapped his wife. He defeated them both and brought back their heads back as trophy to his longhouse.

THE HEART HAS A HOMELY FACE is a book of introspective poetry composed on ordinary themes that come through a Taoist perspective. Anderson's poetry rests on a point of inner balance upon common experiences. He brings forth the insights that most people can relate to concerning their connection with all things living. Anderson asks in his work, "What has my life as a poet meant but to tighten the string that ties us all together?" As a philosophical Taoist Anderson tries to weigh all of his subjects with an equal objectivity that evokes empathy and compassion from within one's self, and connects with all humankind.

In this volume of IMMERSION INTO QUANTUM CREEK, we find a 105-year-old World War One veteran who wants the gift of dying on his own terms rather than at the hands of institutions. In his escape to a favorite stream in the Oregon hills, he discovers through his meditations that "on his own terms" is not in the Quantum universe's vocabulary. He becomes another way of seeing that "Your will be done, Master, and not our own."

In this gripping tale of a wife, mother, and English teacher on her summer break, Margot is feeling restless and bored, and neglected, too. Her children are away for the summer, and her lawyer husband is busy as always. On an impulse, she decides to go away for a week by herself to the family's mountain retreat. But when she arrives at the isolated cabin on the lake, she discovers that a young man has gotten there before her. At first frightened, she soon finds herself intrigued by gentle, mysterious Luc, and he by her. She fantasizes a love affair with him, anonymous, flitting, an interlude, afterward, a splendid memory. But the relationship gets out of hand, and Margot wishes she had never left home.

One whose mind is intrigued with tales of the unusual will discover them once their imagination steps through the archway leading to the 'Land of 'Philantasy'. Sculptured onto the obelisks are the titles of eight short stories, a novella and a ditty. These are not the run of the mill (so to speak) type of stories. They are what I call 'Philantasy', a coined word. They are all a touch of philosophy with the imagination of fantasy."Rooted largely in the imaginative storylines the author creates. What you might think is going to happen, doesn't. And the twist is always thought provoking."-Susan Brown, Hollywood Book Reviews

Katey demanded, "When will I see you again?" Jerry gripped his cane hard till the knuckles on his hand went white with rage. "Better make that never plus ten years!" he shouted. Katey and Jerry are caught up in three Cs: change, commitment, and challenges. They have had their differences over the years, and through the numerous bumps in their mutual happiness, they have always managed to hold onto each other. But when a vicious and vindictive CEO begins plotting to oust Jerry even to the point of physical threats, their happy union is threatened. Can Katey and Jerry save their company from the machinations of an egomaniacal railroad mogul? Will their love manage to overcome the ultimate test? What about you? Can you handle the three Cs in your life? Find out in Ivan Bosanko's thrilling, inspirational novel, The Rubber Room, Volume 2.

In a universe where magic and science exist, two nations battle for dominance. The Utopian Kingdom ruled by the beautiful and wise Princess Asora, and the Darkcon Empire ruled by the cunning and sensuous Queen Laxur. War has broken out between these two nations. As Princess Asora battles her enemies outside the Utopian Kingdom, forces within her own kingdom conspire against her and her revolutionary idea's to change the kingdom and its ways. The Utopian Kingdom is degrading, and Asora is trying to change that can save it from stagnation and extinction. There are also other forces out there that threaten the Utopian Kingdom as well. Powerful ancient forces will also waken to wreak havoc on both sides.

The Women and Men who Love Them is a compilation of different short fictional stories.

CHRIST LIGHT AWAKENING IN YOUR HEART BY JESUS CHRIST AS THE PRIESTHOOD POWER FOR EVERY MAN WOMAN TO COMPLETE HIS ASCENSION.YOU USE PRAYER MEDITATION AND FASTING TO CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH JESUS CHRIST SPIRITUALLY AND INTUITIVELY TO RECEIVE THE CHRIST LIGHT IN YOUR HEART, AS THE PRIESTHOOD POWER WHICH BELONGS TO EVERY MAN AND WOMAN.

My life has grown in wholeness with the writing of this book. God shows me more every day about how to connect with my "spirituality of nature." This concept reveals how my spirit (my "core") connects with all of nature--earth (animals, vegetation, microorganisms), water, wind, and fire.My literary contribution looks at, Who is nature? Who am I? and How are we connected? For a very long time, I believed that there were few connections, if any. Through a lifetime of living with God, my spirit has been inspired to look more closely at his creations and what makes them connected. What is my responsibility (if any) in all of this?Over the course of my lifetime, my explorations led to what I name my spirituality of nature. It is my spirit, my core, my believing which leads me to see God as I never have. Not only is one human being related to another, each of us is related to and responsible for all that God creates. I know beyond all unknowing that God created me to be both unique and to be responsible for his creations. I am part of all that is and all that is me.I invite you to take this phenomenal journey with me. My hope is that we will join together in seeking out God's creations.

Twelve-year old Johnny lives way up in a high rise in a big city. When he looks out the window, he sees the world bustling to and fro, but doesn't understand what everyone is doing. Fortunately, he happens to have a big imagination that conjures up an odyssey of discovery and transformation.One night Johnny's pure and naive thoughts appear in the form of jewels, and fly him away to captivating Zodiac Island - whose gatekeeper is an enormous dragon. There, Johnny meets each of the 12 astrological signs in its living form. The problem is, they all want Johnny to choose between them as to which sign is the best! In "Someplace Else," Johnny's delightful decision tells us that, while each of the 12 signs is very much alive and a thing unto itself, when assembled together, they compose a whole new scheme. This provocative idea reveals to Johnny that he should worry no longer when helooks outside his window: life is a system made up of infinite things, and that system works.

This book is about a meaningful way of getting to know better our Lord Jesus Christ, the significant events in His life, the sacred mission He accomplished in obedience to His heavenly Father, His very words and ways, and the significant role of His blessed mother, all these by praying the holy rosary. This time, every prayer on each bead is accompanied by an incident, phenomenon, remark or message all about or related to His life embedded in the four mysteries of the rosary. Thus, sometime, along the way of using this scriptural rosary prayer, one may utter in sheer wonder and reverence, "my Lord and my God!"

In the gospel of John, the writer ends the story by stating the purpose of writing the Gospel. This purpose is recorded in verses 30 and 31 of chapter 20.Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.Based on this ending, it stands to reason that for even the other Bible stories which are included in scripture, many details have been left out because the respective writers can say so much and no more. Have you ever wondered what details might have been left out of the Christmas narrative as we know them? It is that kind of curiosity which sparked the imaginative thoughts that brought these two Christmas musicals together.The characters were normal human beings with emotions. If you think of it, Joseph would have been jealous and angry when he thought that Mary was unfaithful to him. That kind of emotion might have led to a verbal showdown between the two until the angel appeared to Joseph directly. In turn, Mary must have been pretty distraught that Joseph kept accusing her wrongly and that he continued to question her integrity. Why was he going to break off the engagement? Did he not trust and have confidence in the innocent virgin? Both Mary and Joseph would have had parents too, so how did they come into the picture? What were their immediate thoughts when news of the miracle pregnancy unfolded? There might have been uncertainty and confusion, even among the people of God. One may even assume that there may have been gossips in that society who, like some persons in this day and age, just enjoyed embellishing stories which sounded juicy.At the other end of the spectrum, one wonders what the atmosphere may have been like in the palace of Herod. Was it all anger and jealousy which prevailed, or did the raw human emotions of nervousness and anxiety come to the fore?A Dream Come True and Believe Me, I Believe depicts the Christmas narrative fully as described in the Bible. However, some of these thoughts and questions come out very clearly during the plot. In a combination of poetry and drama, music and dance, the story with the added imaginative scenes unfolds with all these elements interwoven into one continuous narrative. The overall Christian message comes out clearly and very strongly toward the end of each musical, and while the plots may differ, they both carry the underlying theme of evangelism as persons are encouraged to believe in this Jesus and give their lives to Him.

When Louisa Daniel and her daughter, Emily Kristich, set off for West Texas to execute the will of Louisa's Aunt Atie, they think they're going to one funeral. Three funerals later, Louisa and Emily have opened more closets and discovered more skeletons rattling around in them than they bargained for. Louisa takes Emily along, so her daughter can get to know relatives she has met only a couple times. Emily discovers the family of a college roommate not far from her relatives. Texas is a big state, but the journey of Louisa and Emily proves it's a small world. Mother and daughter thought they were going to the middle of nowhere, but, as their story progresses, they find the middle of nowhere is somewhere in the middle of all the action.

The Wonderful World of Om takes the young reader to an imaginary parallel world where the difficulties of our own world just do not exist, because no one ever created them by making bad choices. However, things are not perfect in Om, and the young hero of the story, Sam Warner (aged eleven) is called upon to use his skills as a champion bowler to save the land from serious danger. Sam has suffered the disillusionment of seeing his bowling alley in Vancouver demolished without any serious effort by those in authority to save it. It is never quite clear whether his journey to Om is no more than a dream or whether it arises from a mysterious combination of cosmic forces that have been set in motion to right the wrong that he has experienced. Guaranteed to touch the heart strings and bring smiles and many moments of laugh-out-loud enjoyment to readers of every age, but especially to those willing to travel in imagination to places of wonder where everyone is encouraged to be the best that they can be.

The Wilkie Reader A to Z is an easy-to-read, teaching guide to help anyone learn to read English by following "Tips For Success" on 26 lessons, one for each letter of the English alphabet. It can assist parents and teachers teaching kids to read. The book is a teacher's aide. It is a study guide for a trip through the 26 letters of the English alphabet. It is a tool for parents and teachers, who are helping kids on their journey to reading. The book is also for adults, who are learning to read English, maybe as a second language. You know the joy of reading and you want to inspire it in others. Let's help our eager learners to break the alphabet code so they can read to you for a change, and also to themselves. And it's fun! Here are a few suggestions for using The Wilkie Reader.- Limit your lesson to One Letter a Day.- The book should be a Reward. Don't go through the pages when you or your student is feeling distracted or grumpy.- Forget the word "No." The reading game is a Praise Fest and there's no such thing as failure--just different rates of success.- Don't worry about capital letters. They're easy for to pick up later.- Always stop early before enthusiasm drops. Then your child will look forward to next time.- The English language breaks the rules often. Don't worry about it. When your child notices that "a" doesn't always go "aaa", that's great progress! Just tell him or her that some words don't follow the rules and let it go at that.By using the methods in this book, my youngsters were reading at ages three and four, and do you know what? They still are!

A warm glow basks Inuit children gathered around their grandmother in an igloo as they listen to her tell one of her magnificent stories.The adventure begins when an Inuit family with two children, Tiak and Unu, leave their people to find better hunting grounds. They travel for many days across Ice Cap Mountain, often suffering from hunger and exhaustion.Tiak and Unu's mother dies during the trip, and when they reach their new home, they often fend for themselves as their father hunts for food. One day, he doesn't come back, and Unu tells her brother of a dream in which their father told them to go back to their people beyond Ice Cap Mountain.Knowing that such a dream would not lead them astray, they pack their knives and fishing gear and set out to find their people. On the way, they meet a seal-the guardian of the sea-who tells them to visit Brother Walrus, who knows the way to Ice Cap Mountain.To survive, they'll need to traverse difficult terrain, battle a grizzly bear, and get help from an unlikely friend-Snowbear.

Dan McCrory's book, Capitalism Killed the Middle Class: 25 Ways the System is Rigged Against You, is part memoir, part history lesson, part cautionary tale. Dan published his novel You Will Forever Be My Always, to raise awareness about Parkinson's Disease. The book was a winner in the 2022 Los Angeles Book Festival in the wild card category because the judges apparently agreed that the book defies genre and that "literary fiction" seems at least partially descriptive. It has achieved a reputation as a very funny book and, possibly soon, a very funny series. Dan was published in the 2020 anthology of California's Best Emerging Poets and really took it heart. He now has written a poem about everything. He had two scripts reach quarter-finalist status in the NYC International Screenplay Awards. He has written for the glamorous telecom industry, has been a Hollywood publicist, has written political propaganda and advertising copy (yes, there is a difference), and has edited four books. He lives in Southern California. Dan is active in the National Writers Union, formerly as an officer and now as co-chair of the book division. He also volunteers with public radio station KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles as a field producer for the labor program, Working Voices. Monthly newsletter: www.writingbiz.com subject line: Newsletter opt-in.

Carra Copelin is an award winning and Amazon Best Selling Author in contemporary and historical romances but, unlike so many other authors, she didn't write from childhood or read long into the night beneath the covers with a flashlight. She found writing and romance novels as an adult. After reading numerous Harlequin and Silhouette stories, she discovered tons of people residing in her head, all looking for a way to get their stories onto the printed page. She is a member of The Daughters of the American Revolution and The Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Carra and her hero live in North Central Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex where they enjoy family and their three beautiful grandchildren. In addition to writing and researching with her fabulous critique partners, she enjoys playing Bridge, working on crochet projects, and tracking down relatives through genealogy.

Fred is a superhero that protects children from their imaginary monsters that live under their beds. He comes on duty once the lights go out, and he has his own little apartment under each and every child's bed. He stays alert, and the sun rises. And then it is time for Fred to retreat back to his apartment, and he rests until the sun sets on another day.¿

Frank Young is a man who keeps to himself, but after he loses family in two separate accidents and with the police not being able to find the people that caused the accidents, Frank takes matters into his own hands. After entering the military, Frank meets a weapons dealer, buys some untraceable revolvers and a silencer, and becomes a vigilante. He knows he's violating the law, but even after becoming a policeman, he still continues the shootings. Along the way, he meets some people that need more help than he does and assists them in getting their lives back together. To his surprise, Frank finds out that a lot of people support what he's doing and the path he has taken.

The Women and Men who Love Them is a compilation of different short fictional stories.

The Seed journeys into the deepest heart and soul of one artist facing the massive paranoia of injustice, economic free-fall, unimaginable chaos, and unsurvivable global war. New towers of Babel eclipse the culture and spirituality of the everyday everyman into depravity and dysfunction. But like his colossal Shakespearean portraits poised on the precipice of cataclysmic conquest, the towers crumble in Johnston's modest belief that truth and justice will prevail. By giving his subjects the dignity of art, Johnston advocates for the clarity and wonder of hand-tooled sculpture, the timeless industry of a master artist working in his studio by hand, on a human scale. He sows within himself and his spectators a yearning for the universal human value of labor, the work of art, the dignity of labor, and labor as art.

Paul was born in southern Italy where the weather is warm and fruits and vegetables taste great. Since 1987, Paul has learned all he could about nutrition. He's mastered foods inside and out and he's also learned what it takes to have a vibrant body.Too many people are left in the dart when it comes to organic foods. They want to keep their family healthy but are overwhelmed with nutritional information and don't know where to begin. This book offers a solution for people who are seeking practical ways to help their family get healthy without getting lost in a sea of conflicting information.This book contains over thirty years of hard-earned nutritional knowledge. In 1986, two of Paul's children fell ill, and since then he has dedicated most of his time to learning how to get healthy through nutrition and back yard and gardening.Paul has banked thousands of hours of nutritional courses and working one on one with clients and in workshop settings.

The Sail Needs the Wind has to do with what has occupied my thoughts for my entire adult life...and that is quite simply, life itself. How we move through its maze; how its essence enters us and how we deal with its moment to moment ¿ood and simply survive...and in no cursory way, thoughts about the Creator. I also have to ask, who are we...why are we, and where exactly are heaven and hell?Humanity is not easy and it appears we have little faith in ourselves... which I ¿nd unbelievably sad. We have been lulled into this state by the patronizing and the greedy and to some degree by those who would readily seek compromise to avoid meaningful collaboration.We have been in a state of war since our consciousness ¿owered, nothing has been gained, and we continue to believe, sans proof, that prayer will do more than just comfort the disparately praying soul.My notes are reactions to people and situations, both on the job and in personal relationships. I am not naive enough to believe that living is not complicated...and that everyone lighting just one little candle would create a brighter and more welcoming world. But I am also smart enough to know that retaliation never works; that at some point someone much brighter than anyone who exists today must say "no" no more and that offering the light and warmth of that one little candle may just start a revolution for the one thing that we so disparately want, but for the life of us cannot ¿nd...peace.