Bright Shining World

Author : Josh Swiller
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780593119594

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Bright Shining World by Josh Swiller Pdf

A darkly funny thriller about one boy's attempt to unravel the mysterious phenomenon affecting students in his new town, as he finds a way to resist sinister forces and pursue hope for them all. Wallace Cole is perpetually moving against his will. His father has some deeply important job with an energy company that he refuses to explain to Wallace who is, shall we say, suspicious. Not that his father ever listens to him. Just as Wallace is getting settled into a comfortable life in Kentucky, his father lets him know they need to immediately depart for a new job in a small town in Upstate New York which has recently been struck by an outbreak of inexplicable hysterics--an outbreak which is centered at the high school Wallace will attend. In the new town, go from disturbing to worse: trees appear to be talking to people; a school bully, the principal, and the town police force take an instant dislike to Wallace; and the student body president is either falling for him or slipping into the enveloping darkness. Bright Shining World is a novel of resistance, of young people finding hope and courage and community in a collapsing world.

Author : Smith Jeffrey A.
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595519255

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The Concept of Religion Reflected in the Early Negro Spirituals by Smith Jeffrey A. Pdf

The aim of this book is the discussion of the social environment of the spirituals, and to describe the conditions out of which the spirituals were born. It does not propose to give a complete account of slave life, rather the slave's religion as presented in the spirituals as born.

Author : Neil Sheehan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780679603801

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A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan Pdf

One of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his superiors that the war should be fought another way. By the time he died in 1972, Vann had embraced the follies he once decried. He died believing that the war had been won. In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, a renowned journalist tells the story of John Vann—"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam"—and of the tragedy that destroyed a country and squandered so much of America's young manhood and resources.

Author : Julia Baird
Publisher : Fourth Estate
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1460760255

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Bright Shining by Julia Baird Pdf

From the bestselling author of Phosphorescence comes a beautiful and timely exploration of that most mysterious but necessary of human qualities: grace. Grace is both mysterious and hard to define. It can be found, in part, when we create ways to find meaning and dignity in connection with each other, building on our shared humanity, being kinder, bigger, better with each other. If, in its crudest interpretation, karma is getting what you deserve, then grace is the opposite: forgiving the unforgivable, favouring the undeserving, loving the unlovable. But we live in an era where grace is an increasingly rare currency. The silos we consume information in are dotting the media landscape like skyscrapers, and the growing distrust in media, politicians and public figures, have in some ways choked our ability to cut each other slack, to allow each other to stumble, to forgive one another. So what does grace look like in our world, and how do we recognise it, nurture it in ourselves, and express it, even in the darkest of times? From award-winning journalist Julia Baird, author of the acclaimed national bestseller Phosphorescence, comes Bright Shining, a luminously beautiful, deeply insightful and most timely exploration of grace.

Author : Rudolph Alexander
Publisher : Rudolph Alexander
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0971367205

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To Ascend Into the Shining World Again by Rudolph Alexander Pdf

Author : Israel Smith Clare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : World history
ISBN : UOM:39015075011455

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The World's History Illuminated by Israel Smith Clare Pdf

Author : Darin Penzera
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781469152325

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Song of Ascension by Darin Penzera Pdf

A book about a spiritual journey within a soul, that begins with its fall and ends with its ascension. The fall occurring into the abyss between what life is and what life should be; the journey undertaken to seek a way out of the dark abyss to the light. At some point in our life we all have to go on a great spiritual quest to give our life meaning; we may begin in the darkest night, or in a twilight period, or even on a bright dawn, the point we depart from may differ but we all desire to arrive at the same place, at a sense of deep meaning for life. This book is the light of hope to all those lost in the darkness. This book’s purpose is to serve for all who read it as the spiritual map showing the way to ascend to life’s highest meaning and joy.

Author : Stephen Alexander Hodgmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Religion and science
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR00233196

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Moses and the Philosophers by Stephen Alexander Hodgmann Pdf

Author : Stephen Alexander Hodgman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101065974089

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Mercy seat by Stephen Alexander Hodgman Pdf

Author : M. Carmen Gómez-Galisteo
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786486366

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The Wind Is Never Gone by M. Carmen Gómez-Galisteo Pdf

More than seventy years after its publication in 1936, Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind has never been out of print. An icon of American culture, it has had similar success abroad, popular in Japan, Russia, and post-World War II Europe, among other places and times. This work analyzes the continuations of Mitchell's novel: the authorized sequels, Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley and Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig; the unauthorized parody The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall and a politically correct parody; and the many fan fiction stories posted online. The book also explores Gone with the Wind's ambiguous ending, the perceived need to publish an authorized sequel, and the legal battle to determine who may re-write Gone with the Wind.

Author : Victor Gordon Cullen
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781490733395

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One Story Inside Another by Victor Gordon Cullen Pdf

The existence of Gulls is unquestionable; that they exist in the way portrayed in this book is for you to decide. The existence of off shore oil rigs is also unquestionable, and their becoming Spike Moulds Standing Upright in the Bright Mother Sea enhances rather than subtracts from their designed purpose. The wonders emerging from the Ocean of Energy are for you alone to investigate; they exist for your looking and laughing. The Ocean of Energy, like its much smaller water-filled sisters, is in constant motion with an inherent efficiency of the highest magnitude possible. What once was is recycled, and from this recycling, things are made anew, for what is important is never wasted. Appreciation of such wonders is, of course, an individual calling, and sadly, there are many amongst us today who seem convinced they actually own what the Ocean of Energy has freely created. The myriad of habitats created as havens for the life forms that followed the Beginning is a wonder greater than all else. The needs essential for daily survival were built unreservedly into the system so that they could be used freely whenever required. The record being left behind by my own species proves the system can be misused and abused. This misuse and abuse, so far as understood, seems to be tolerated because it is made from energy that has no inherent intelligence of its own. Come now, let Thag-Sea-Wolf and Humber-Current-Holly guide you through their remarkable journey while Harry Lloyd, living in a reality closely linked to Gulldom, guides you through his own story and the story of the oil industry.

Author : Barry P. Scherr,Nicholas J. L. Luker,Simon Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131697158

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The Shining World by Barry P. Scherr,Nicholas J. L. Luker,Simon Ellis Pdf

Author : K. G. Bell
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781425772673

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The Dance of Words by K. G. Bell Pdf

This book of Epic poems gives meaning to every moment of our living as it uses language to meander through ideas and philosophies of peoples and cultures, effecting behaviors, visions and changes. The Dance of Words, written with fire, reminds its readers of a time when integrity, honor and love were in flower, and lost moments of mankind s existence come vividly alive, with dramatic accounts of modern life, history, myths and fantasy. The Poems emerge with power and passion showing the values that impact upon human development and forces us to look deeply into our humanity in order to embrace fully this Blast of Light called life.

Author : Todd Erick Pedersen
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781452569963

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Sophia by Todd Erick Pedersen Pdf

As with the subtle starlight of the soul, Sophia: The Heart of Holy Wisdom is above all an uncovering of the sacred wisdom of the divine, as it is pervasively present everywhere within our world. Thus, here in this collection of original poetry in prose are themes such as the sublimity of nature, along with the weaving together of this world and the otherworld, and so the convergence of a genuine spirituality with our daily living, as an evocation of what it means to discover at last a home beneath the stars.

Author : Caylee Shook
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-13
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781635256574

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Just Follow the Word by Caylee Shook Pdf

Place your beautiful hand that God gave you on your heart and listen to it beat. Can you feel the heavy, strong vibrations of your heart beating through your palm? That feeling you feel is a feeling of following through with what you believe in. This book is about a young teenage girl who once was lost and confused. In time she finally learns about the great unknown mystery of what faith is. Just Follow the Word.