The Beckoning Sea
The Beckoning Sea

Author: Bernhard Abrahamsson

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008-10

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1440102651

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Looking back, author Bernhard J. Abrahamsson cannot say exactly why, at age fourteen, he chose a seafaring life. Perhaps, the choice was less the result of deliberate design and pursuit than of circumstances that led him in that direction. In The Beckoning Sea, Abrahamsson, a native of Sweden, shares the short stories and vignettes from a youth spent dreaming of seeing the world. This memoir narrates his experiences when he joined the Swedish Merchant Marine and sailed all over the world on Swedish and Israeli merchant ships through the 1950s. He passed the sea captain's exam in 1953 and was licensed as a captain in 1958, reaching the rank of commander in the Swedish Naval Reserve before becoming a US citizen. Funny and sad events mesh to form a picture of seafaring as it once was--of a lifestyle that no longer exists. The Beckoning Sea offers stories of friendship, loss and madness at sea, the forces of nature, and life in the rough ports of the Baltic coal trade immediately after World War II. A tale of a boy's journey to adulthood, The Beckoning Sea also contains a collection of memories and often comical stories from Abrahamsson's own second chapter--his life after leaving the sea and planting his feet on firm ground.

By The Beckoning Sea
By The Beckoning Sea

Author: Carole Gift Page

Publisher: Barbour Publishing

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1620299208

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Is she on the rebound, or has Ashley found the man of her dreams? When Ben left her at the altar, Ashley was sure her heart was broken, sure life would never be the same again. So when famous author Anthony Adler asks her to help him finish up his latest novel, she leaves her editorial position in New York and moves to Hawaii. Life in Hawaii is everything Ashley imagined—and more. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to Anthony despite his dark obsession with his deceased wife. Secrets and uncertainties keep distance between them, and when Ben shows up again, Ashley finds herself torn between the man she loved and the one she loves now. Only God can make this twisted path straight, but will anyone let Him?

On the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg
On the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg

Author: Lewis Hyde

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 9780472063536

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Essays and reviews that trace the changes in Ginsberg's career and in his poetry

The Beckoning Ice
The Beckoning Ice

Author: Joan Druett

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780992258832

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The fifth in the Wiki Coffin series finds the U.S. Exploring Expedition off Cape Horn, a grim outpost made still more threatening by the report of a corpse on a drifting iceberg, closely followed by a gruesome death on board. Was it suicide, or a particularly brutal murder? Wiki investigates, only to find himself fighting desperately for his own life.

Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea
Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea

Author: Patricia Fanthorpe

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 155488036X

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Seas and oceans cover most of the Earth’s surface, yet we know less about what lies beneath them than we do about stars and planets millions of miles away. The seas are filled with intriguing mysteries: How were they formed? What gave rise to stories of sirens, mermaids, and mermen? Where did the old pirates and buccaneers hide their treasure? The answers to these questions and more can be found in Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea.

Goddess of the Sea
Goddess of the Sea

Author: P. C. Cast

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-10-07

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1440632006

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New York Times bestselling author P. C. Cast presents the first novel in her Goddess Summoning series... Home alone on the night of her twenty-fifth birthday, Air Force Sergeant Christine Canady yearned for something to cure her loneliness. After drinking too much champagne, she recited a divine invocation to revive her humdrum life. But how was she to know the spell would actually work? When her plane crashes into the ocean, CC’s life changes forever. She awakens, bewildered, to find herself in a legendary time and place ruled by magic—and in the body of the mythic mermaid Undine. But danger lurks in the waters, ready to swallow CC whole. Taking pity on her, the goddess Gaea turns her into a damsel, that she might seek shelter on land. But when a dashing knight comes to CC’s rescue—a dream-come-true she should be falling for—she instead aches for the sea and the darkly sexy merman who’s stolen her heart…

Before the Amen:
Before the Amen:

Author: Maren C. Tirabassi

Publisher: The Pilgrim Press

Published: 2007-10-01

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0829820876

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"Before the Amen: Creative Resources for Worship," evolved from the bestselling "Touch Holiness: Resources for Worship." With nine chapters of seasonal materials, three chapters of sacraments and services, and seven chapters oriented by topic, this worship anthology provides fresh language inclusive of gender, ethnicity, race, age, orientation, and ability. Includes materials that come before the "amen," such as resources for the worship service (readings, healing services, and chancel dramas); general resources; and prayers for special issues such as natural disasters, domestic violence, and surrogate parents.

The City in American Literature and Culture
The City in American Literature and Culture

Author: Kevin R. McNamara

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-08-05

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1108901549

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The city's 'Americanness' has been disputed throughout US history. Pronounced dead in the late twentieth century, cities have enjoyed a renaissance in the twenty-first. Engaging the history of urban promise and struggle as represented in literature, film, and visual arts, and drawing on work in the social sciences, The City in American Literature and Culture examines the large and local forces that shape urban space and city life and the street-level activity that remakes culture and identities as it contests injustice and separation. The first two sections examine a range of city spaces and lives; the final section brings the city into conversation with Marxist geography, critical race studies, trauma theory, slow/systemic violence, security theory, posthumanism, and critical regionalism, with a coda on city literature and democracy.

Drowning for Jesus
Drowning for Jesus

Author: Jeff Hoppe

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2020-10-08

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1725281643

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While there are many books that address burnout in ministry, there are few that speak to compassion fatigue. The book is divided into three parts. Part I, "The Beckoning Sea," explains the perils of ministry, the church as a family system, the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue, and risk factors for ministry leaders. In Part II, "Finding Your Stroke," the authors offer prevention advice for burnout, compassion fatigue, and managing church systems. Part III, "The Rescue," discusses the process of recovery beginning with rest and retreat, and the minister's renewed calling. The authors explain how intentionality, building resiliency, and finding connection bring healing. A chapter is dedicated to clergy families. Using the analogy of ocean swimming and the story of Jonah, a reluctant preacher, the authors weave a common theme through the narrative offering education, understanding, and hope while sharing the stories of ministry leaders who have survived the turbulent waters of pastoral caregiving.