Chasing an Illusive Dream
Chasing an Illusive Dream

Author: Frankie Valens

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2011-10

Total Pages: 684

ISBN-13: 1467036366

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Frankie Valen's autobiography, "Chasing An Illusive Dream," is a story that contains the drama and pathos that inspired the old cliché, "Truth is stranger than fiction." This story of a pop-singer is about fame and the loss of it, separation from family and children, and a dramatic return to the Lord. "Frankie's story is a story of rags to riches to rags that started back in 1967 but left him with an enduring celebrity status." Linda Stinnett, Derby, KS Informer. This book will help give the reader his family history, and the story of the mistakes and accomplishments he made, and the incredible journey he took. His feelings of rejection at every turn, the constant fear of never being accepted or good enough to make a difference, and yet he experienced fame and fortune, later becoming a gospel recording artist, and traveling with his concert pianist wife Phyllis nationwide for over 18 years in a full-time music ministry. This book attempts to answer such questions such as: Is Frankie related to the famous Mallory/Duracell battery family? Is Frankie related to the singer Richie Valens? Was Daniel Boone Frankie's cousin? Does Frankie share a grandmother with the famous Lucille Ball? What about Frankie being related to the Piper Cub airplane family? Because Frankie never became a major recording artist, it took years of hard work and dedication for him to try and become a household name. Frankie has decided to become very transparent in his desire to reveal his heart to his readers on every page.

Wilfred Thesiger
Wilfred Thesiger

Author: Alexander Maitland

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2011-10-27

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 1590209958

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“A perceptive and gripping biography” of the enigmatic British explorer, photographer, and author of Arabian Sands (Daily Mail, UK). Wilfred Thesiger, the last of the great gentlemen explorer-adventurers, journeyed for sixty years to some of the remotest, most dangerous places on earth, from the mountains of western Asia to the marshes of Iraq. The author of Arabian Sands, The Marsh Arabs and The Life of my Choice, he was a legend in his own lifetime. Yet his character and motivations have remained an intriguing enigma. In this authorized biography—written with Thesiger’s support before he died in 2003 and with unique access to the rich Thesiger archive—Alexander Maitland investigates this fascinating figure’s family influences, his wartime experiences, his philosophy as a hunter and conservationist, his writing and photography, his friendships with Arabs and Africans amongst whom he lived, and his now-acknowledged homosexuality.

A Certain Exposure
A Certain Exposure

Author: Jolene Tan

Publisher: Epigram Books

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 9810788290

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Satirical and sympathetic, political and personal, A Certain Exposure traces the adolescences of twin brothers Andrew and Brian, culminating in the explosive events leading to Andrew’s tragic death. This is a classic coming-of-age tale doubled across two vividly individual brothers, who struggle to navigate a complex tangle of relationships and coercive forces, cinematically interwoven with the yearnings and fears of an ensemble of mothers, fathers, cousins, friends and lovers both false and true. This wide-ranging debut beautifully presents the resonances and the ghosts of lost possibilities, as well as a gripping story of hope and betrayal.

When Everything's on Fire
When Everything's on Fire

Author: Brian Zahnd

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1514003341

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Is it possible to hold on to faith in an age of unbelief? Written with personal and pastoral experience, Brian Zahnd extends an invitation to move beyond the crisis of faith toward the journey of reconstruction. As the world rapidly changes in ways that feel incompatible with Christianity, this book provides much-needed hope that a stronger, more confident faith is possible.

Crush
Crush

Author: Becca Fanning

Publisher: Gizmo Media

Published:

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13:

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Your past is just a story you tell... All Ava ever wanted was to forget her past and create a new future for herself, starting her own bakery from the ground up. But when a Shifter walks into her bakery and she can’t get away from him, she looks up into his golden eyes and is immediately drawn to him. But she was no stranger to Shifters, and her brain screamed one thing: RUN! Terrell felt something he hadn't felt in a long time: shame. He'd tried to protect his friend, a woman who spent too much time on the streets, but it wasn't enough and now she was dead. But when he walked into a bakery close to where he had been working, he finds the one thing he never though he’d find on a job; his mate. But as he looks into the woman’s eyes, all he sees is fear and hesitation. Terrell can’t stop until he claims his mate once and for all, and take away all the pain she has felt from her past. But it seems that as he pursues her, so is someone else... USA Today Bestselling Author Becca Fanning is delighted that you're joining her in this new series, featuring all the steam, passion and action you've come to expect from her Fated Mates stories!

School of Lies
School of Lies

Author: Mickey Hoffman

Publisher: Second Wind Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1935171291

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School is murder if you are not a particularly good student. It's also murder if you are a manipulative, coercive vice-principal whom everyone would like to see dead. The problem is the person whom the police suspect of the crime is our innocent heroine.

Getting Real
Getting Real

Author: Gary Tyra

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2018-02-08

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1498292321

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Some reputable sociological research indicates that a surprising number of evangelical churchgoers are living out a version of the Christian life that's more informed by the values of the surrounding culture than by the discipleship teachings of Jesus and his apostles. Viewing the cause of this disturbing trend in the church to be a "discipleship deficit" that's exacerbated by a "pneumatological deficit," Gary Tyra has written a book that addresses both. In this work, Tyra encourages evangelical Christians of all stripes to become more fully aware of the tremendous difference it makes when the Holy Spirit is experienced in ways that are real and existentially impactful, rather than merely theoretical, conceptual, and/or ritualistic. Intended to be read by church leaders as well as by students in Christian colleges and seminaries, the message here is that the cure for the ministry malady currently confronting us is the recovery of a robust, fully Trinitarian doctrine of the Spirit. A pneumatological realism, says Tyra, combined with an understanding of just how important a spiritual, moral, and missional faithfulness is to a genuine Christian discipleship, can revitalize the lives of individual Christians and churches, making it possible for them to reach their post-Christian peers for Christ!

Humans and Animals: Intersecting Lives and Worlds
Humans and Animals: Intersecting Lives and Worlds

Author: Anja Höing

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-07-22

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1848884095

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Addressing the non-human animal from the standpoint of various social and cultural constructions from a global and multidisciplinary perspective, this volume seeks to draw attention to the complexity of the underlying issues and the manifold dimensions of the animal-human bond.

The Read-Aloud Handbook
The Read-Aloud Handbook

Author: Jim Trelease

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-06-25

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1101613866

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A New York Times and million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to children—revised and updated Recommended by “Dear Abby”, The New York Times and The Washington Post, for three decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook imparts the benefits, rewards, and importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research, The Read-Aloud Handbook offers proven techniques and strategies—and the reasoning behind them—for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.