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Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential - Smith, Gordon T. Review & Synopsis

 Synopsis God calls us first to himself, to know and follow him, and also to a specific life purpose, a particular reason for being. This second call or "vocation" has implications not only for our work or occupation, but also includes our giftedness, our weaknesses, our life in community and what we do day to day. In this book Gordon Smith invites you to discover your vocation by listening to God and becoming a coworker with him.  >> What is my calling?  >> How do I live it out in the midst of difficult relationships or moral challenges?  >> Will my vocation change as I enter a new stage of life?  >> With competing needs and demands, how can I craft a balanced way of living? Smith addresses these questions and many more in the pages of this book. This new edition has been revised and updated throughout with two expanded chapters and a new chapter on four specific areas of calling. Here is rich insight for all who long for the ears to he...

Understanding Ultrasound Physics - Edelman, Sidney K Review & Synopsis

 Synopsis New book shipped from our warehouse Review Dunia tanpa manusia A study of what would happen to Earth if the human presence was removed examines our legacy for the planet, from the objects that would vanish without human intervention to those that would become long-lasting remnants of humankind. A study of what would happen to Earth if the human presence was removed examines our legacy for the planet, from the objects that would vanish without human intervention to those that would become long-lasting remnants of humankind." Sastra Indonesia di Madura Madurese writers and their works. Madurese writers and their works." Sastra lisan Toloq Mandar Collection of folktales of Sulawesi Selatan Province. Collection of folktales of Sulawesi Selatan Province." Sastra miruda History of wayang. History of wayang." Sastra Indonesia lama berisi sejarah History and criticism on Indonesian literature. History and criticism on Indonesian literature." Sastra nusantara ...

Alone (Detective D. D. Warren) - Gardner, Lisa Review & Synopsis

 Synopsis "Like all the best suspense novels, Alone will leave you shaken. . . . You can't wait to see what happens next."-People  Who can you turn to when you're at your most vulnerable? State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff through the scope of his sniper rifle. Dodge has only one second to react, or a woman and her child may die. Where can you hide when this killer comes? The woman at the other end of Bobby Dodge's rifle isn't only in trouble-she is trouble. Cool, beautiful, and dangerously sexy, Catherine Rose Gagnon's life will change in an instant of violence. It's the most terrifying place to be. . . .  When Bobby pulls the trigger, someone will die. And then no one will be above suspicion, no one beyond harm. And no one will see death coming until it has them cornered, helpless, and alone. Review Alone . . . Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through the scope of his sniper r...

Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household - Glymph, Thavolia Review & Synopsis

 Synopsis This book views the plantation household as a site of production where competing visions of gender were wielded as weapons in class struggles between black and white women. Mistresses were powerful beings in the hierarchy of slavery rather than powerless victims of the same patriarchal system responsible for the oppression of the enslaved. Glymph challenges popular depictions of plantation mistresses as "friends" and "allies" of slaves and sheds light on the political importance of ostensible private struggles, and on the political agendas at work in framing the domestic as private and household relations as personal. Review This book views the plantation household as a site of production where competing visions of gender were wielded as weapons in class struggles between black and white women. Mistresses were powerful beings in the hierarchy of slavery, and Glymph challenges previous depictions of mistresses as "friends" and "allies" o...