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"Fannie Flagg once said that what the world needs now is a good laugh. And that is what she gives us in these thirty warmhearted, often hilarious, always surprising stories about Americans finding clever ways of dealing with the curveballs life throws atus. We meet Velma from Kansas, a loving great-grandmother who struggles to bridge the generational divide with her great-grandchild in California. Why, for instance, does her great-grandchild sign...
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It's on the televisions, in the papers and in our minds. Every day were bludgeoned by news of how bad everything is : financial collapse, unemployment, growing poverty, environmental disasters, disease, hunger, war. But the rarely acknowledged reality is that the economic and social progress of the past few decades has been unprecedented and that by almost any index you care to identify, things are markedly better now than they have ever been for...
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Chronicle Books
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2022
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English
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"Everyone needs things to look forward to-big things and small things, on good days and on bad days; things that will buoy our spirits and make us laugh and help us feel alive. In these pages, beloved author and illustrator Sophie Blackall has gathered a collection of joyful things for all of us: things that are always there if we look for them, like the sun coming up; things we can do if the sun is behind a cloud, like baking for other people or...
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Chronicle Books LLC
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2022
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English
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Everyone needs things to look forward to: big things and small things, on good days and on bad days, whether we actively create delight for ourselves or simply allow it to enter our lives. In these pages, beloved author and illustrator Sophie Blackall has gathered a collection of joys for all of us-reminders that every day the sun comes up and new babies are born. She includes suggestions that you bake muffins for a friend, or draw a face on an egg...
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JMS Books LLC
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2024
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English
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Greyson Carteret has been sick for as long as he can remember. His life has been one surgery and invasive procedure after another, and nothing has helped. In fact, he seems to be getting worse, and he feels too miserable to care one way or the other. His father had apparently been unable to cope with his chronic illnesses and took off with another woman. As a result, his mother is the only one available to see to his care. Now, though, due to a family...
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Skyhorse
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2014
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English
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"The author respectfully submits it as his firm and immovable conviction, that the United States of America, in the years to come, will govern the entire Western Hemisphere." These words, written by Arthur Bird in 1899, were his premonition as to the direction of the US one hundred years in the future. Not only did Bird cover the financial status of our country, but the world as a whole. While many of his predictions were quite outlandish, several...
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Philosophical Library/Open Road
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2022
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English
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The author and politician analyzes the troubled state of Britain's post-World War II political and economic systems, and proposes a solution. When World War II ended for Great Britain in 1945, MP John Strachey wondered what he and his country were going to do with the freedom they had fought for and won. The men who ran the country before the war had taken England so far down the road to disaster that it seemed almost impossible to save. To prevent...
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Wipf and Stock Publishers
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2019
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English
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Theological schools are currently facing a perfect storm of jeopardies that threatens their future prospects and even survivability. The squall is all the more menacing for free-standing seminaries that are not connected to a university, and especially for free-standing mainline Protestant or mainline denominational seminaries. This book brings together a stellar and diverse cast of administrators and professors working within different theological...
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Brilliant Books Literary
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2023
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English
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As I stand here, waiting for the ship to sail to begin a second journey in my life, I find myself looking out over this beautiful city. I stand, remembering a time when there was once a beautiful wildflower who was with me on this journey of life. We both believed that we were each other's one true love who held the other half of our souls. Since we parted ways, I can only pray that my beautiful wildflower has found someone who she believes holds...
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Church Publishing Incorporated
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2014
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English
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A wide-ranging exploration of the past, present, and future effects of women's ordination on the church Edited by a well-respected theologian and featuring a diversity of voices from across the Anglican Communion This book gauges the impact and implications of women's ordination on today and tomorrow. What has it women's ordination meant for the church? For preaching? For pastoral care? For the episcopate? For lay women and for women across the Anglican...
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Mary Lou Danielson
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2011
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English
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Bobby's earliest dream is to be a major league pitcher. Peggy, his grade school friend, becomes his unofficial pitching coach and mentor as he pursues his goal. Goals, friendship, tragedy, and sacrifice, all cement, or deter, Peggy and Bobby's relationship. They both learn you must accept your adversities and go beyond them. Sit back, relax by a roaring fire, by the pool, or just in a comfy chair. Have a cup of tea or a nice glass of wine. There will...
14. Looking Forward
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Author's Republic
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2022
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English
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A fascinating journey into the art of dying well. Jackie McMakin describes what led her, as a healthy woman in her late eighties, to choose what she calls a "natural death" by voluntarily stopping to eat and drink (VSED). A timely book, it delves into the question everyone over sixty asks themselves, "Is there an alternative to being warehoused in front of a TV, draining family resources, and unable to enjoy life just because you can feed yourself...
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Wendy Neill
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2024
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English
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Do you ever wonder what heaven is like? The Bible describes heaven as an enormous, stunningly beautiful city with a foundation of jewels, a river flowing down the middle of Main Street, the tree of life bearing fruit every month, and the constant presence of a God who will wipe every tear from our eye.But are we missing out on the joy of anticipation? Questions we will explore in this study include:What does God look like in heaven?What happens right...
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Clarkson Potter/Publishers
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[2025]
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English
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"A transportive, highly personal cookbook of 100 West African-influenced recipes and stories from Top Chef finalist Eric Adjepong Sankofa is a Ghanaian Twi word that roughly translates to the idea that we must look back to move forward. In his moving debut cookbook, chef Eric Adjepong practices sankofa by showcasing the beauty and depth of West African food and its indelible impact on the foodways of the African diaspora through the lens of his own...
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The University of Chicago Press
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2017
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English
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In the decades after the Civil War, the world experienced monumental changes in industry, trade, and governance. As Americans faced this uncertain future, public debate sprang up over the accuracy and value of predictions, asking whether it was possible to look into the future with any degree of certainty. In Looking Forward, Jamie L. Pietruska uncovers a culture of prediction in the modern era, where forecasts became commonplace as crop forecasters,...
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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2005
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English
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What would you wish for in retirement? Good health? Financial Stability? A supportive social community? Retiring well is everyone's goal, but accomplishing this end requires planning and effort. Family physician Gwen Halaas recognizes the challenges professional caregivers such as clergy experience as they try to practice good self-care, particularly as they approach the significant changes inherent in retirement.