A Less Than Perfect Peace
Title | A Less Than Perfect Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Jacqueline Levering Sullivan |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 105 |
Release | 2014-03-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0802854311 |
"Fourteen-year-old Annie Howard is determined to help her father embrace life once again as the Cold War grips the nation. In the midst of her efforts, she meets and befriends two refugees from Holland, and comes to see the world differently and understand a bit about the nature of sacrifice"--
Annie's War
Title | Annie's War PDF eBook |
Author | Jacqueline Levering Sullivan |
Publisher | Eerdmans Young Readers |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2009-01-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0802853544 |
In 1946, imaginary conversations with President Truman help ten-year-old Annie cope with having to live with her grandmother in Walla Walla, Washington, her uncle's prejudice toward her grandmother's black tenant, and her intense desire for news of her father, a pilot in the Army Air Corps who was reported missing in action.
Perfect Peace
Title | Perfect Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Black |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2010-03-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429991445 |
The heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern family's attempt to grapple with their mother's desperate decision to make her newborn son into the daughter she will never have When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, "You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ain't what you was supposed to be. So, from now on, you gon' be a boy. It'll be a little strange at first, but you'll get used to it, and this'll be over after while." From this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events. Meanwhile, the Peace family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and fulfillment.
Chasing Perfect
Title | Chasing Perfect PDF eBook |
Author | Alisha Illian |
Publisher | Harvest House Publishers |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2020-10-06 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 073698044X |
Girl, read your Bible. You can eat all the kale, buy all the things, lift all the weights, take all the trips, trash all that doesn’t spark joy, wash your face and hustle like mad, but if you don’t rest your soul in Jesus, you’ll never find peace and purpose. You’ve had enough of the hustle. You’ve given up trying to meet social media’s impossible standards, and you’re done living a life ruled by busyness. But where do you go from here? For Alisha Illian, it wasn’t until she learned to abide in God’s truth that she finally found fulfillment. In Chasing Perfect, Alisha shares how God awakened her heart to prioritize what matters to Him. She’ll help you learn what it means to look beyond each day’s diversions and live in surrender to the Savior. You’ll see why it’s so important to… separate yourself from the self-first attitude of self-help culture savor each blessing God has given you schedule—rather than squeeze in—daily time to spend with God You don’t have to keep filling your calendar to the brim with unsatisfying distractions. Chasing Perfect will help you submit to God and experience His perfect renewal and rest.
A Perfect Peace
Title | A Perfect Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Amos Oz |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0156716836 |
Hailed by Publishers Weekly as "magnificent", this moving novel is set in Israel just before the Six-Day War, and describes life on a kibbutz, where the founders of Israel and their children struggle to come to terms with their land and with each other. "(Oz's) strangest, riskiest, and richest novel".--Washington Post Book World.
Making Peace with the Things in Your Life
Title | Making Peace with the Things in Your Life PDF eBook |
Author | Cindy Glovinsky |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2002-05-03 |
Genre | House & Home |
ISBN | 9780312284886 |
Do you spend much of your time struggling against the growing ranks of papers, books, clothes, housewares, mementos, and other possessions that seem to multiply when you're not looking? Do these inanimate objects, the hallmarks of busy modern life, conspire to fill up every inch of your space, no matter how hard you try to get rid of some of them and organize the rest? Do you feel frustrated, thwarted, and powerless in the face of this ever-renewing mountain of stuff? Help is on the way. Cindy Glovinsky, practicing psychotherapist and personal organizer, is uniquely qualified to explain this nagging, even debilitating problem -- and to provide solutions that really work. Writing in a supportive, nonjudmental tone, Glovinsky uses humorous examples, questionnaires, and exercises to shed light on the real reasons why we feel so overwhelmed by papers and possessions and offers individualized suggestions tailored to specific organizing problems. Whether you're drowning in clutter or just looking for a new way to deal with the perennial challenge of organizing and managing material things, this fresh and reassuring approach is sure to help. Making Peace with the Things in Your Life will help you cut down on your clutter and cut down on your stress!
Devotions for the Less Than Perfect
Title | Devotions for the Less Than Perfect PDF eBook |
Author | Carroll Dannettell |
Publisher | WestBow Press |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 2021-06-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1664219889 |
As a life long Christian that has had several mistakes and shortcomings, Carroll felt God leading her to put together a devotional book to reach those that don’t fit in the “positive, encouraging” definition. Many hurts and pains, both self-inflicted and inflicted by others, can hurt our perception of God. Using Bible verses as examples, Carroll put together a series of devotions for those that are “Less Than Perfect”.