The second, freshly polished and edited edition of "From the Ashes I Will Rise"! The second edition will lead you on an emotional path of healing and self-discovery after experiencing trauma and feeling lost in the modern dating world. This book is for everybody that feels alone. For everybody feeling lost in heavy emotions and a fast-living world. In this second edition you will find an extra epilogue, a new, fresh layout and other extras!

Globally celebrated as a life-long champion of world peace and understanding, Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi shaped more than three decades of geopolitical history. The collection includes articles, speeches and interviews of a veteran diplomat who created a new concept of diplomacy and worked for understanding and reconciliation. Zahedi played a critical role in Richard Nixon getting into China and American change of approach in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. For almost seven decades of political and diplomatic life, Mr Zahedi has roared like a lion against war and injustice. His campaign against the Vietnam War finally reached the ears of the Americans. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, he defended the rights of the Palestinians with might and main; believed that might should not be confused with right; played a major role in adaptation of the 242 Resolution to resolve the Arab Israeli conflicts over the occupied territories. His speeches in the General Assembly of the UN are still resounding in the corridors after more than four decades. In his historical inauguration speech in May 1976 at Westminster College, Missouri, from the same platform that Winston Churchill had delivered his address, the Iranian Ambassador to US insisted that "Days of Gunboat Diplomacy are over! The Ultimate Goal of Worship is to Serve Humanity." His preoccupations over the explosive situation in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US China relations brought him such reputation that many leaders of the world solicited his personal talents for mediation and solving critical situations through negotiation and face to face human contact - as he did in the most critical case of the B'nai B'rith hostages in Washington DC, March 1977 saving the lives of 183 hostages, preventing a devastating massacre.

“It's one thing to talk about the moments you'll need faith the most. It's another to live through them. Sarah is someone whose story will inspire you to live your own!” —Jon Acuff, New York Times Bestselling Author of Do Over a miraculous story of hope and overcoming. . .a journey of beauty from ashes Sarah Rodriguez experienced more loss and heartache in a short period of time than most people will endure in a lifetime. Infertility. Her husband Joel’s cancer diagnosis (not once, but twice). Miscarriage. Her husband’s death. Her two-week-old baby girl in a fight for her life. . . Still, Sarah clung to her faith. And it was that imperfect faith that helped Sarah march toward the purpose from her pain. From Depths We Rise is a miraculous story of hope and overcoming. Sarah's is a journey of beauty from ashes, of marching toward purpose out of the pain. Her awe-inspiring story will encourage you to grasp tightly to your faith and to rise above even the most daunting of circumstances.

For someone who can't die, it felt as if I were already dead. He took everything from me and I don't have the energy or fight in me to get it back. Not that I could. What he took is long gone and never coming back. The pain of what he did-what I did-will haunt me for the rest of my life. That is until I met a certain angel in the cell next to mine and I knew I couldn't give up yet. Everything might have been taken from me, but I was not alone. Far from it. To gain my freedom, I made a deal with the devil, but will that deal burn me in the end?

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

Praise for The Phoenix The constant pressures from the men she dared to love caused Melanie to crumble under their attacks. She is now soaring on the wings of an eagle, flying high into the deep blue sky, moving forward to fulfill her destiny. A must-read! Minister Vickie Robertson, The Fellowship of Faith Church, Huntsville, AL Uniquely Christian, uniquely honest this book amazes, delights, saddens and ultimately encourages each reader who knows the joy and pain inside a marriage. With shocking honesty, author Dian Griffin Jackson tells a story of love, abuse and the hard work of rebuilding. A must read book for pastor and parishioner alike anyone ready to know the reality of resurrection. Rev. Dr. Nancy Ellett Allison, Pastor, Holy Covenant United Church of Christ, Charlotte, NC Melanie Bella university graduate, devoted wife and mother, pastor, and many things in betweensearches for the love and acceptance that has eluded her since birth. The Phoenix Rising from the Ashes follows Melanies struggles as a teenage mom who became a wife and mother of two early in life and as a woman who loved her husband and desired to please him above all else and make him happy. During therapy, she learns theres a thirsty, hungry, needy little girl inside who is looking for her parents love and acceptance. After leaving her abusive husband, she sets out to find a man who will love her enough to help her right the wrongs both she and her mother experienced. She is also determined to reconcile the disenfranchised little girl with the beautiful, phenomenal woman she is certain the Creator has made her to be. A story of growing up too soon, this novel shares the journey of a woman who has been through the fires and storms of life and realized thatdespite the teachings of the church intended to dehumanize her by telling her she is dirty, wretched, and uncleanshe has had Gods favor her entire life.