The author explores the mysterious fate of his late grandfather, World War II war hero Lt. Minter Dial, and the Naval Academy ring that went missing after his death, exploring the experiences of American prisoners of war in the Pacific.

This is a down to earth "how to" book that is packed with tips from many seasoned caregivers. This Christian based book offers the reader large easy to read print. The author's wry sense of humor lends a sense of lightheartedness to the otherwise dry and often depressing field of caregiving. Follow the author as several experienced caregivers weigh in with what you might expect in the role of being a caregiver. Knowing what to expect can help you plan ahead for the caregiving opportunity that lies ahead. "By Jesus' strips mankind was healed. By your stripes ye shall have the way prepared for you".

The biblical stories of Lot’s daughters, Tamar, Ruth and Bathsheba, share much in common – singular women who are left to rely upon their own wits to achieve some measure of victory over the men around them. Scholarly interpretation of these women often reduces them to mere stock characters who inform civic notions about Israel, the perennial underdog who, like these women, achieves against great odds. Or, they reflect the trickery and moral ambiguity inherent in their line as ancestresses of the House of David. However, when read for their gender information (and not for what they can tell readers about Israel), one finds women who employ strategies of deception and trickery, motivated by individual self-interest, in order to successfully maneuver within the system to their benefit. Such initiative can be seen as valorous: they save themselves through their own pluck and ingenuity. Thus, a close consideration of these stories finds that heroic biblical women carry their essential weapons upon and within themselves in their drive, their resolve and their cleverness. Using methods from biblical study as well as folklore, this study identifies biblical women motivated by self-interest coupled with deception and an incidence of the “bedtrick,” an instance of sexual trickery that challenges the text’s power and gender dynamics. This identification puts Lot’s daughters, Tamar, Ruth and Bathsheba, in league with female heroes from folk tale and legend. By contrasting and comparing common motifs and actions with traits established by other non-biblical female heroic narratives, strong heroic themes are located in all four narratives. This offers a dynamic argument for identifying the female biblical heroic. This work concludes that this new identification of heroic women in the Bible profoundly affects further interpretation of the Bible.

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This treasury of 52 stories collects together a rich resource of myths, fairy tales and legends from around the world, with a story for every week of the year.