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Author: Rachna Gilmore
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9781550419450
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the story pods stop growing in the Plains, a stubborn young girl undertakes a dangerous journey to seek the help of the legendary Sower of Tales, but she is plunged into a desperate struggle against a sorcerer who plans to use the story pods to destroy the world.
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2023-03-28
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1538765497
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times). When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781888363814
DOWNLOAD EBOOKParable of the Talents celebrates the classic Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, separation and community, to astonishing effect, in the shockingly familiar, broken world of 2032. Long awaited, Parable of the Talents is the continuation of the travails of Lauren Olamina, the heroine of 1994's Nebula-Prize finalist, bestselling Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Talents is told in the voice of Lauren Olamina's daughter&...from whom she has been separated for most of the girl's life&...with sections in the form of Lauren's journal. Against a background of a war-torn continent, and with a far-right religious crusader in the office of the U.S. presidency, this is a book about a society whose very fabric has been torn asunder, and where the basic physical and emotional needs of people seem almost impossible to meet.
Author: Brian Cavanaugh T. O. R.
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780809142477
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor over a decade the Sower's Seeds books have been a wonderful resource for teachers, preachers, and anyone who has to speak in front of an audience. Now author Brian Cavanaugh has revised and expanded his original volume--with twenty new stories--for old fans as well as a whole new audience. He includes stories of inspiration, warmth, and insight arranged around numerous universal themes ranging from awareness, compassion, perseverance, and wisdom, to such unusual themes as baseball, Thomas Edison, hospitality, and risk-taking. While the majority of stories are anonymous, there are some attributed to well known names like Zig Ziglar, Mickey Mantle, and Theodore Roosevelt. Years before there was Chicken Soup, Sower's Seeds was making readers laugh, cry, and come away with a warm heart. The newest book--like the others in the series--is ideal both for quiet inspiration and for handy, on-the-run fun. This is storytelling at its best.
Author: Margaret Parkin
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Published: 2010-04-03
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0749460075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA concise guide to using stories, anecdotes, metaphors and poety in training and development, Tales for Trainers is packed with ideas to give training more impact. Beginning by setting the use of stories in learning on a sound theoretical footing, the book goes on to include sample stories that trainers can use to read out loud. The author provides 50 tales that will immediately help trainers, managers, educators and coaches to reinforce key messages or stimulate fresh thinking.Proven to work in a variety or training environments, the stories range from ones written specifically by the author to carefully selected extracts from literature. They both work brilliantly as an aid to learning. The book also includes a detailed matrix to show which tales can be effectively used to promote particular actions or concepts. Online supporting resources include audio clips of stories illustrating the benefits of using storytelling in a business context.
Author: Brian Cavanaugh
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780809133246
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA veritable gold mine of brief sidewalk sermons and captivating anecdotes laced with wholesome humor and practical wisdom.
Author: Bishop William H. Willimon
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2020-02-04
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 1501894161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWill Willimon is known and read throughout the world for his riveting, edgy, witty, and provocative stories or parables. His most beloved, memorable, and impactful stories are presented in this collection. The Stories of Will Willimon will expose readers to joy, agony, thankfulness, greed, trust, fear, healing, suffering, laughter, weeping, yearning, irony, hatred, and love. Readers may see themselves or their friends at times in these stories. Fellow storytellers are likely to retell these stories to friends, family, colleagues, and churches. Preachers will find illustrative materials to support their sermons and all readers will be inspired by the insights into the Christian faith provided.
Author: Robert Michael Ballantyne
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Published: 1872
Total Pages: 184
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Published: 1876
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brian Cavanaugh
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780809138111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStories that offer hope, humor and healing in dealing with everyday life. There are numerous sources of inspiration here for Lent and Easter sermons.
