A motivational and empowering story of a young boys battle with rare cancer and how his life was saved by traveling from the U.K. to the US with help from the thin blue line.
Alexander's Journey with Jesus is an encouraging book that teaches individual decision-making to young readers. Let your kids go on a car ride adventure that can transform their lives. In this story, Alexander goes on a drive with his friend, Jesus. He learns to choose the path of life and trust Jesus as his GPS. Jesus can help get him where he needs to go, because Father God has already mapped out the right way. All Alexander has to do is follow the road signs, his GPS Jesus, and the map, The Bible. Then, the readers will get to choose for themselves if they want to trust Jesus and His plan for their lives, or if they want to try to figure the road out without Him.
One of the towering figures in the Orthodox Church in the 20th century was the Russian-American priest, Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, former Dean of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York, an eminent theologian,liturgiologist, teacher, and author. His beloved wife, Matushka Juliana Schmemann, offers us a beautiful account of her life's journey with Father Alexander, from Talinn in Estonia and Baden-Baden in Germany, to Paris, New York, and Lac Labelle in Quebec. She is also the translator and editor of Fr. Alexander's personal journal.
Colour is intrinsically linked to how individuals make sense of the world. It has the power to completely transform mood, often subliminally. It's capable of being energetic or restful, passive or aggressive, harmonious or dull, and that's just the beginning. Colour: A journey explores the implications, history and cultural meanings of colour. With chapters on individual colours, their history and their influence, Colour will inspire you to make creative choices in your wardrobe, your home and your life. Lyrically written and thoughtfully illustrated with photography by Victoria Alexander (stylist, fashion editor and passionate traveller), Colour is interspersed with poignant reminders on how to use colour to transform your mood and brighten your life.
Shares an account of his religiously transformative near-death experience and revealing week-long coma, describing his scientific study of near-death phenomena while explaining what he learned about the nature of human consciousness.
"The cold, white world of the Arctic Circle is filled with interesting animals and friendly people. Journey into the Arctic is a fascinating voyage across the snowy landscape where we meet Inuit and Nenets people, polar bears, an arctic fox, musk oxen, arctic tern, and reindeer. Beautiful color photographs bring to life the harsh conditions and the ingenious methods the Arctic people and animals have found to live in the far north."--BOOK JACKET.
This autobiographical book details the development over 40 years of England's most well-known present day physical medium, Stewart Alexander. A very private man, he has devoted his life to the work of helping those who have been bereaved by helping them make physical contact with those loved ones who have passed over. Not content with his own mediumship he has, over many years, looked into the mediumship of past well-known mediums who have been accused of fraudulent acts despite a mountain of genuine evidence for their mediumship and has his observation in these pages. A very readable book.
First Crossing recounts an adventure of epic proportions -- in equal parts romantic, historically significant and compelling. It is the story of Canada's most famous explorer, Alexander Mackenzie, who in 1793 became the first person to cross the continent of North America north of Mexico. With a mix of wonderfully readable text, historical and contemporary photographs, and archival maps and illustrations, here is fresh insight into what drove Mackenzie to undertake his dramatic and dangerous quest for the Pacific Ocean, and how his daring secured Canada's legacy.