In 1989, Father Peter Opeka, an Argentian priest working in Madagascar, founded the Akamasoa Association - meaning Good Friends - to assist the poor to rise above the humiliation and despair of poverty and to achieve dignity of life. Padre Pedro: Apostle of Hope tells his remarkable story. A bricklayer's son, Padre Pedro (as he is affectionately known) began teaching the poor how to make bricks and build family homes, and helping the people gain self-worth. As of 2007, Akamasoa boasts seventeen impressive villages. Almost every family has its own home (which it gradually pays for in small installments), while working hard and following the rules democratically established by the delegates of the entire Akamasoa community. The settlements have all the necessary infrastructure: schools (which, according to the most recent report, are attended by over 9,000 children, from kindergartens to high schools and lyceums), dispensaries, shops, churches, and a huge multipurpose sports hall where on Sundays and holidays from four to six thousand worshippers gather to pray and sing.

Beseeched by his dying mother to locate his father, Pedro Paramo, whom they fled from years ago, Juan Preciado sets out for Comala. Comala is a town alive with whispers and shadows--a place seemingly populated only by memory and hallucinations. 49 photos.

In a world destroyed by genetically engineered dragons, every day is a struggle for survival. Surrounded by death and violence, Rain Mauri’s only focus is procuring supplies for her small group of survivors. Hope is a distant second. Until the day she stumbles on a mysterious man who may be the answer to ending the reign of the dragons. Problem is, siding with him risks not only her heart, but everything she’s ever known. This high-spirited hopepunk adventure is the first in a mesmerizing and addictive post-apocalyptic romance series (with dragons). Read what others are saying about USA Today Best-Selling author Shéa MacLeod's Dragon Wars series: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ " Well written, very engaging, and imaginative." – W. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ " This story kept me wanting more. It was intriguing, well-paced, with strong characters." – K.C. Read the entire Dragon Wars post-apocalyptic romance series: Dragon Warrior Dragon Lord Dragon Goddess Green Witch Dragon Corps Dragon Mage Dragon’s Angel Topics: Shéa, Shéa MacLeod, Shéa R. MacLeod, post-apocalyptic paranormal romance, urban fantasy, strong female characters, dragons, post-apocalyptic, apocalyptic, dystopian, hopepunk, futuristic, science fiction, scifi, science fiction romance, speculative fiction, apocalypse, romance, action and adventure, genetic engineering, free, free book Other readers of this book enjoyed books by: Joss Ware, Colleen Gleason, Ellen Connor, Ruby Dixon, Rebecca Zanetti, Eve Langlais, Zoey Indiana, Sarah Addison Fox, Krista Street, Jami Gray, Becca Fanning, Christine Pope

The author of Baja Fever shares his extensive knowledge of the peninsula, its colorful past and booming present, in this fascinating reference book. History, lore, and amazing stories make it a "must-have" for Bajaphiles as well as armchair travelers.

The volume theme is the distinctiveness of Jesuits and their ministries that was discussed at the first International Symposium on Jesuit Studies held at Boston College’s Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies in June 2015. It explores the quidditas Jesuitica, or the specifically Jesuit way(s) of proceeding in which Jesuits and their colleagues operated from historical, geographical, social, and cultural perspectives. The collection poses a question whether there was an essential core of distinctive elements that characterized the way in which Jesuits lived their religious vocation and conducted their various works and how these ways of proceeding were lived out in the various epochs and cultures in which Jesuits worked over four and a half centuries; what changed and adapted itself to different times and situations, and what remained constant, transcending time and place, infusing the apostolic works and lives of Jesuits with the charism at the source of the Society of Jesus’s foundation and development. Thanks to generous support of the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College, this volume is available in Open Access.