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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - You've seen the images from Hollywood. Macho, tough, with an almost John Wayne air about him, the fighter pilot has been famously portrayed as a gallant warrior. Now, take a look behind the scenes at a different look at the fighter pilot. Gone is the mystique and sense of danger. Instead is a fresh look at the comical aspects of being a fighter pilot; events, scenarios, during war and during peacetime, that show quite a different picture of the 'hard as nails' image of the fighter pilot. Fictitious callsigns such as 'Maverick' and 'Ghostrider' are replaced with 'Moe,' 'Larry', and 'Curly.' Yes, there are scenes where these nonchalant, easygoing fighter-pilot types are racing through the sky, boring holes in the clouds, going supersonic; but it's how and why they are there that makes the story interesting. Shooting rockets at the wrong target, scrambling to takeoff in the middle of the night from a dead sleep, ejecting from the aircraft after breaking it apart on the ground, getting lost while airborne, frantically trying to strafe a Soviet jet --- these are all the stories about real flying that never make the headlines of the daily paper. Working hard and playing hard, the fighter pilot genre is shown anew, much to the reader's delight. Those who have pressed the edge and lived to talk about it know these stories; those aspiring to do so will simply be amazed, ready to stand in line for their turn.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Never has Tommy Noble been to another world or raced air-speeder boards over the ocean. Never before has Tommy met his mother or befriended a synthetic person. All Tommy knows is his plain boring life with his new stepmother Cathy who makes him clean all the time.All that is about to change when a mysterious box in the attic goes off. With it comes an invitation to Andor where he can finally meet his mother. Once there he finds his mother,aerial sports and friends with dangers lurking all around him. Can he solve Andor¿s mysteries before it is too late For children 9-16 years old.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is not another 'diet' book. It is a healthy eating and drinking guide. This is the book you've been looking for that will tell you what you should and should not eat - and why - without going in to a lot of scientific jargon. Carbs are not the enemy. Neither are fats or proteins. Good nutrition is more than counting calories, carbs, fats and proteins. Good nutrition is getting the nutrients your body needs for good health, abundant energy and healthy weight control. This book defines food for you. Food Food is grown. Food is raised. Food grows in nature - in the wild. Food rots. Food has life sustaining nutrients which are imparted to you when you eat it. Food provides vitamins, minerals, enzymes, micronutrients, macronutrients, phytonutrients, antioxidants and fiber. Food is not made. Food is not manufactured. This book will tell you what is and is not food. It will show you how to look for chemical additives and hidden sweets. It will show you marketing tricks used by manufacturers to make you think you're getting healthy, real food. It will help you arm yourself against the onslaught of ads and false claims. Nature did not complicate food People are so confused about what they should or should not eat. It's not your fault! Nature did not complicate food for us. Humans have complicated our eating and drinking by manufacturing non-foods and marketing them in mammoth campaigns as food. The past two generations have grown up with grocery stores filled with boxes and bags of manufactured or over processed 'food' devoid of natural nutrients. Most of what is passed off to us in grocery stores and advertised in print or TV commercials has relatively few natural nutrients and bears little resemblance to what nature provided for us to nourish our bodies. It may have once been a natural, living food, but in its current form exhibits few original characteristics. Young Americans are craving information about healthy eating the way your body craves nutrient-providing food after being left unfulfilled from all the refined 'food' you give it. High school newspapers run series of articles on the various diets and diet plans student's friends and teachers follow. They are ravenous for advice and will take it from any and every source - creating even more desperation as the conflicting information causes further confusion. Never before has timing been so critical! I can't just sit back and read another article in the daily paper - such as 'Young People seek ways to lose weight; improve their lives' or 'Obesity will cut U. S. Life Expectancy' - without doing all I can to help. Go to the book stores. There are entire sections on diet and nutrition books. Some are written by doctors - even doctors of psychology. Some are written by actors, entertainers and other individuals who want to share their own success stories. Some are written by prestigious university nutrition departments - usually sponsored by food or drug companies. They all tell a different story, but don't emphasize the importance of eating whole, natural 'real', food rather than counting calories, carbs, fat or protein. With this book, there is no need for carrying around a food diary or pocket carb counter.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Margie Squires has difficulties. Folks in Glenville, Georgia, where she lives with her grandfather while her parents are overseas with the military, think she is different and hard- to-handle. And they have reasons to think that! After a date-gone-wrong, Margie has to suffer tales her 'escort' on that occasion has told and is telling. How her grandfather and friends push her past her silence is a mystery of this Easter season.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Being kind to others is a basic tenet of the Christian faith. When given the task, every local church could write its own storybook about the kindness of strangers. In the congregation sit folk with stories to tell---stories about kindnesses they received or about kindnesses they rendered to other human beings no matter who they were or where they were on life's journey. The Story Teller presents stories about the kindness of strangers. These stories focus attention on everyday happenings within the daily routines of life. Suddenly, out of nowhere, comes a stranger, the Christ in human life, to lend a helping hand, to heal the broken spirit, to bring hope to a world in need.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What is happiness We know that being happy is not about measuring our income, status, passion, possession, name, fame or health. It is a state of mind. However, developing our minds to be happy is no easy task. Only through building inner strength can we learn not to be dependent on the outside world for our happiness. The Happiness Quotient delves deep into the mysterious topic of inner power, and its source. The mind needs to unlearn in order to harness this potent force. The Happiness Quotient gives us clear, concise direction on how to achieve happiness despite our busy lives, and how to balance economic advancement while uplifting the soul.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - If you are reading this book, you are doing so because you were drawn by the title, design, colors, or maybe even someone's recommendation. It is, however, most likely that you were drawn by the part of you that knows no barriers, cannot be broken, will not be dominated, and always triumphs - the part of you that was designed to win, hit the mark, accomplish the task, make the goal, achieve in every thing you do. If you are not experiencing a satisfying level of personal success and achievement in every area of your life, it is, no doubt, due to the underachiever within you. Who or what is the underachiever The underachiever serves as an inhibitor and represents the culmination of negative and false ideas and concepts that have attached themselves to your belief system. This includes but is not limited to any experiences or events that have caused you fear, pain, rejection, or abandonment. These kinds of experiences and events can produce obstacles, cause struggles, and create troubles in a person's life that hinder them from ever reaching their potential or becoming what they were designed to be. What most people don't realize is that they do have the power to move beyond these hindrances. All humans are born with the power to overcome their obstacles, endure their struggles, and outlast their troubles. They simply need to know how to activate and use that power. The most powerful inhibitor a person can have is an emotional inhibitor. An emotional inhibitor is a stronghold in a person's life that governs his mind and will. It keeps him from growing beyond the emotional gap that has been created by the hurt or pain associated with the event that onset the emotion. Most people settle on this side of the emotional gap and never even try to bridge the abyss of fear and lies that are now filling the gap. It is this process that facilitates the growth of the underachiever. Why dream There is indeed something very special about you. You were created to do something unique in your time and space. You were born to be great. Something was placed inside of you and designed to impact your world. It is your dream. Your dream is your pathway to greatness and you can get on the path at any stage of life. Why is it so important to dream Your dream is like a window between your past and your future through which you move from where you were to where you were designed to be. It's the vehicle God wants to use to bless your future and make it greater than your past. Your dream is your ability to turn anything in your life into anything you want it to be. It is your power to get or have your needs, wants, hopes, and desires. It is your license to create something out of nothing. It is your right to explore the unknown. It is the ticket to your tomorrow. It is the key that unlocks your potential. It is your privilege to imagine the possibilities. It is your opportunity to live life the way it was meant to be lived. If you are to live life the way it was meant to be lived, you must dream. If you are to dream, you must dethrone the underachiever within you. The greatest human struggle today is the struggle to fight off the underachiever, the image of ourselves that is contrary to our design. This struggle is one of the primary reasons why our young people have such a difficult time with their true identity and self-image. We have moved so far away from the truth that, for some, the truth no longer exists as a valid option, but rather an outdated myth. And so we struggle today with losing our teens and young adults to alternatives to truth that are designed to steer them away from the real truth and keep them distanced from purpose and destiny. Yes, there is an all out attack to keep our young people in particular from finding out the truth about who they really are. Why poetry Poetry has been an instrumental vehicle in my pursuit of purpose. It has served as a means of discovery, definition, clarification, commu.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - COMEDIA is a book about time, the emotions of time and the metaphors of time. It describes the cycle of the year in terms of the human heart: the year being the ideal paradigm or pattern of all human experience.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - God's DNA: 'Spirit Life Paradigm'There have been all kinds of explanations suggested for what happened at Pentecost. When God first poured out his Spirit's Life upon the church it became obvious that God was at work. Many explanations of what happened at Pentecost have reduced this spiritual phenomenon to a list of things we ought to be doing. What this approach to ministry forgets is that Pentecost was not about what we need to be doing. It is about what God was doing and what God continues to do by bringing Christ to dwell within God's people. Pentecost show us that you can't reduce the mystery of life in the Spirit to a ministry model that can be duplicated whenever we want. If it could wouldn't that have happened by now in America May I ask you to consider whether any ministry program has brought lasting revival to this nation What I believe we have seen is the hope for revival being shared; and we are very passionate about that. But our passion or our programs will not produce life in us or in others. Only God can do that! What we need is a fundamental transformation of our lives and ministries. Only the Spirit of God can cause a person to be born again (John 3:5-7). Only the Spirit of God can enable a walk with Jesus (Galatians 3:1-3). And only the Spirit of God can bring about the awakening and revival that this nation needs (Acts 4:31). Pentecost teaches us that it is not about having the right model for ministry. If anyone had a model for ministry that could not be improved upon it was Israel. God told Moses to make their ministry after the 'pattern' he had seen on the Mountain as he met with God (Exodus 25:9, 40). And while this ministry was to be preformed it had no power to transform the lives of those believers who faithfully sought to maintain its ritual because their hearts could not be changed by the outward observance of any law (Hebrews 7:19). The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews puts it this way, 'This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: 'See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain'' (Hebrews 8:5). 'But God found fault with the people and said, 'The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them. This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them upon their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.' By calling this covenant 'new,' he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear' (Hebrews 8:8-13). So it is not about getting our model for ministry right or about having the right program or is it about knowing Christ and walking as he did; but only the Spirit's presence in our lives can do that! The book of Acts shows this over and over again. Luke had already written the gospel named after him and he refers to this as 'my former book' when he starts his preface in Acts (Acts 1:1). He says that the gospel of Luke recorded, 'all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven.' He then wrote Acts which recorded what Jesus continued to do and teach, except now it is through the agency of the church as empowered by his Holy Spirit. Luke's record is a diary of what happened as God's presence returned to earth with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the church. Jesus was on the throne in glory but he did not remain separate from.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Michael Hugh Lythgoe grew up in Evansville, Indiana. A retired Air Force officer, he holds an MFA from Bennington College. He worked for the Smithsonian Institution, and directed an educational foundation. He lives in Aiken, SC. His collection, BRASS, won the Kinloch Rivers chapbook contest in 2006. His poems, reviews and interviews appear in Windhover, The Writer's Chronicle, Christianity & Literature, The Caribbean Writer. Praise for BRASS: 'In the riveting, precise language of an experienced poet, Lythgoe not only probes the horror of war with uncanny clarity and insight but leavens it with exquisite poems about art and color' (Larry Thomas, author of Where Skulls Speak Wind). Lythgoe's poems are frequently in tense settings facing potential destruction, yet they 'seem to morph into the natural or the homespun without any sense of irony.almost hypnotic sonority.' (John Harris, editor of Praesidium) Prasise for Holy Week: 'Shifting in remarkably spry fashion from gargoyles to bear-men to Degas to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to knee surgery to Ash Wednesday, Lythgoe's poems read like a travelogue through .one man's diversely lived and deeply considered life. His poems are at once serious, surreal, and sacrosanct. In his work, tragedy and triumph are inevitable bedfellows (case in point, the poignant and mournful 'Easter Sonnet'). Returning is all about the leaving, he writes. At their most profound, these poems are poems of loss. At 'his' most profound, he is a poet of redemption (Jill Alexander Essbaum, author of Harlot). From the Foreward by Audell Shelburne: 'There is a Renaissance concept.known as copiousness, a fullness and richness that comes when a poem is complete, expansive, whole. It gains in richness from the texture of the details. It adds depth through the insight and thought of a considerate, kind and intelligent poet. Lythgoe's work is copious.'.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Nothing Child is his fi rst book but he is currently busy working on a second one that also deals with urban street life that he grew up in and is so familiar with. This book was based on a true experience he had when he worked as a New York State correction officer.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Which Bird Gets Heard is a leadership fable about how to have impact even in the most challenging situations. It opens with a situation we've all faced: people at work challenged to get their views heard and put into action. But this time is different, because from a mentor comes inspiring advice in the form of a story that will help them break through to a new level of influenceeffectiveness. What works for them works for all of us: You'll find the lessons and tools from the story apply whenever it's important for you to have impact, form formal presentations to informal conversations, from one-on-one discussions to group meetings.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It Only Hurts For . A Lifetime A mother gives up her privacy in opening a door to the intimacy of her attempts to deal with the dislocating family problems common to the lives of so many parents. This nonfiction memoir by Jill Stone offers advice and counsel to those caught up in the trauma of similar circumstances as it lays bare a real story about real people coming to terms with their frustrations, learning to change what they can and live with what they can't. Every mother who reads the book will be moved to relive the joy and sadness of experiences that parallel those revealed by the author. It Only Hurts For . A Lifetime is a fast read but unequalled in its substance and intensity. It is a mother's memoir that penetrates the human experience. It poses the question: Is there any profession more demanding than parenting, more rewarding, or more worthy of commitment 'Who among us' the author asks 'doesn't have regrets for the mistakes we've made ' It is Jill's hope that the manner in which she met the challenges she faced and the attempts she made to free herself from anxiety might serve as guideposts for those coping with strained family relationships. As she moves from the introduction to the first chapter, she sets the stage with a discussion of the unique heritage that surrounded her as she grew to maturity. She talks of the strong neighborhood identities that spawned lasting relationships that began in the city of Philadelphia and persisted in the migration to the suburbs. She goes on to describe the traumatizing effects of her parents' divorce, the end of her own marriage and how her three children dealt with that calamity. Jill's fear was that she would be penalized for the rest of her life. Her deepest frustration being the long-lasting and profound impact of the divorce on her younger daughter which led to the loss of contact with her daughter's children who have not been allowed to see her. It is a situation that invades her dreams and turns them into nightmares. Readers will not be able to put the book down as the author's son, in his own words, details the horrific events in which he fell victim to the drug culture, lost his freedom and working against the odds, found the road back in a journey from Hell. It is a case study proving that rehabilitation can work. You will feel that you are with him behind the prison bars as he wondered . 'How long will it take for the carnivores to begin working on me ' Jill says it was an agony that she will never be able to purge from her memory. She gives thanks for getting her son back and for the solid citizen he is today. This chapter carries a message of hope to the many parents who are living through the torture of a child gone wrong. The author also discusses the seeming breakdown of parental control, the power and influence of peer groups, reflections on what she might have done differently, and how she made her life more full. She says if readers find something of value in what she has written, she will have been amply rewarded.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Is it always with brothers and sisters that there are those days when you just don't see eye-to-eye on much of anything It is on those days that we wonder.was I adopted or what How in the hell did I get a sister like that or a brother like that Questions asked with no answers found. Then you hear someone say, 'Well.you can pick your friends, however, you can't pick your family.' And you laugh and say to yourself.at times I can't even pick good friends.' Family members are onboard through it all.the good and the bad. Judy Light has lived in Northern California since she was twenty-eight years old. However, she grew up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, attending schools and doing all the normal things a young southern girl does.and then she moved away. This story is about the interaction over a long period of time between Judy and her brother Lonnie. The journey will take you first to their childhood days and then quickly to adulthood. You will see how two people who didn't get along as children are more or less the same two people as adults. How circumstances and love bring these two people together and how life teaches, the human compassion of loving someone and letting them go. The story is humorous and will tickle your funny bone.yet, at times, it will make you sad and reflective about life and how life can throw you a curve ball. The writer writes from her heart, allowing you to see as she paints the pictures of her happiness, her sadness and the wonderful people that she calls family and friends. Read and enjoy.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The influential Temple of Nieubi has dominated the land for many decades, resulting in the spiritual stagnation of its inhabitants. Xenia, a beautiful young temple scribe, is sent to a neighboring province to tutor the son of Vondran, a powerful landowner, who not only tries to seduce her but also wants her to reveal secret temple information. Further, a strange old man reveals to her a secret word that can bring spiritual freedom to those who chant it - hidden from the masses for many years by the temple elders. Her life will be in danger if she reveals it, but doing so could ultimately end temple domination. Xenia must decide whether to reveal this information, succumb to the advances of the exciting Vondran, or marry the kind-hearted Zander. But mysterious Masters appear, telling her to teach the secret word to all. Can she trust their guidance These are the choices open to Xenia - and spiritual freedom for future generations hinges on her ultimate decision.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book contains a collection of poems and plays written by Roberto Victor Illa. Roberto has a love of literature, science and history that is central to his life and identity and has written these works to share his passion with you.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first boy cap on the first boy haircut, for the first day of school. All the tragedy of all change in that haircut to mother. Epochal barbering that shears away an era of life! Mother has saved one lock from the ruin. Sweetest years are locked away with that curl in mother's drawer.First Day of SchoolCoal wagons are beginning to crunch the gravel driveways. They still use horses to haul coal in our town. The roar of anthracite down the shute draws all the children on the street. The coal man takes the ice man's place in their interest. The ice man's boy has gone back to school. Next week he'll be in football armor and his customers' children will cheer him as their hero.Signs of FallI'm not pounding her head. I'm just patting it. Der, der, don't cry, 'ittle baby. Can't I just rub it Why hasn't she got any eye winkers Won't she get dirt in her eyes What does she chew the air that way for I guess she's hungryNew BabyO, Dad, put it in the paper that Stewie found a snake. I'll tell you how to write it. Stewie Downs picked up a snake on the street where he lives an' swinged it round his head an' then he threw it away. Gee I 'most ran right into it on my tryke. I thought it was a piece of rope or somethin'.Know Somethin'Do you love me How much, a bushel Do you love Grammy a bushel too How much do you love Mummy Do you love the baby a bushel How much do you love Tip Just as much as the baby Mummy only loves Tip half as much as the baby. She loves the baby and me the same and you and Grammy the same. I asked her if she didn't love Tip as much as the baby and she said no he's only a puppy. Poor old Tippy. I love Tippy two bushels and the baby two bushels and you three bushels and Mummy four bushels.To Go To School - Or To Be Sick But this coldness in greeting the expected Spring is broken down at supper:'We played a marble game this afternoon,' begins the first grade member.'What was the game ' encourages his mother.'Keeps.'Then philosophic crunching of his toast.'Dad, will you buy me some more marbles 'Catalog's ComeBoys have to be nagged now about rubbers and coats. But the season is especially hard on dogs. While the ground is muddy the best-bred canine is persona non grata in kitchen or entry, but he cannot yet dig to bury bones and so his bones litter the yard to be confiscated by neat housewife or reluctant husband.Mud SeasonEditor's PrefaceThe roaring twenties were in full swing in Boston while my grandfather, Louis M. Lyons, was a reporter for The Boston Globe. After running down the big city stories of the day, he would take the 5:20 PM train north out of Boston to Reading where he would enter the family home on 24 Vale Road and greet those eagerly awaiting his daily return to being Dad.Capturing the poignant moments of home.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Shadrach Smith was 75 years old, in 1915, when asked to tell his story to the young reporter from Harpers. He was reluctant, but the reporter persevered. But it wasn't the story the reporter came to hear. Finding Shadrach in New Orleans near the outbreak of the war, 1860, he was fortunate to be a guest of a wealthy man who had a lovely and mysterious daughter named Suzanne. But he wasn't from New Orleans, and was trying to be objective about the war. Being somewhat educated, he sought employment as war correspondent for folks back home. His job led him into the shadowy world of intrigue. And after the battle of Shiloh it was even to faraway Britain. It was here he found the climax of his story. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Peter Faulkner, a graduate student in microbiology, called his wife to tell her he'd be late, and made the mistake of calling from his mentor's office. Catching Peter in his presumably locked office when he returned unexpectedly, Professor Jergens was enraged, mistakenly thinking Peter had seen secret material. The Professor's suspicions set in motion a series of events that, before they had run their course, led to numerous deaths that seemed to be due to some mysterious poison or infection. Peter found himself in the middle, accused of the murders, and fighting for his life to try to solve the mystery of what was causing the deaths. The agent was extremely mysterious, killing but leaving no trace of itself. Could Peter solve the mystery of this deadly agent, while being hounded by powerful and sinister forces that didn't want this secret exposed. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The early 1960's were the years that segregation started to wane and civil disobedience tested police leadership. The police had broad discretion on the use of force including deadly force. Society demanded and pressured police to exhibit restraint and improve professional conduct. Police violence, tragedy, courage, dedication, compassion and misconduct are all revealed in this book. There are stories of police responding to dangerous encounters, humorous cases involving humans, animals and about police officers themselves. There are stories of high stress situations such as high speed chases, officers killed in shoot-outs, heroics in high-risk rescue operations, handling riots and labor strikes. The final chapters bring to light the challenges for a chief, in a small community, surviving a political mind field and with the loyalty and help of a few members in the department, a police organization was rebuilt which resulted in an extraordinary police team of men and women.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Author Jerry Fritzke flying first class in the cargo-rigged DC-3 into Kikwit, Zaire Africa. This is one of many flights he has taken in several out-of-the way countries around the world, such as Oman, Abu Dhabi, Sri Lanka and several times here in Zaire to solve a myriad of problems. Although each problem had a technical slant, the solutions to them were usually made simply by 'being there' and working with the people who did this work every day. As a result, there were many side benefits, such as exciting rides over waterfalls and looking into the face of thirty-five foot high 'standing waves in the middle of the second largest river in the world. A crash here meant no rescue. Meanwhile, Jerry's wife Irene had to read headlines in the local newspaper saying 'Walnut Creek Man Missing in Africa' one week after Jerry left for Zaire. He's still around though.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cotton in Augusta is not the usual tale of the genteel life of Southern ladies. It is a story of true heroines of the South who struggled against poverty, prejudice, class and the status of women to raise strong and successful families. Myra was a sharecropper's daughter who never knew the joys of childhood or leisure in her adult life. Her struggle was always to make the best of her circumstances to brighten the way for those she loved. It is a story of love, faith and a woman's search for meaning in an unjust world.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Book DescriptionIn Deanna's wildest dreams, she never imagined that it would have taken her and her husband this long to conceive a baby. She was sure that God had told her four years ago during one of her morning devotions that it was time to get off the pill and prepare for motherhood. Had she mistaken her fantasies for His voice Were they similar enough to confuse Deanna's subsequent thoughts regarding having children were that she would put up a little effort, mix in some Holy Spirit and 'Walla,' it was going to work. How hard could it be to conceive a baby Women did it everyday, right James Carrington, Deanna's husband has to deal with demons of his own. For some unrevealed reason he has an eternal void that never seems to go away no matter how much he detaches himself from it. The lack of being a father only makes it worse. When it comes to being able to dig deep into his emotions to reveal his true self, James has always come up a failure. He guessed that's why it was always easier to talk to women with whom he was not intimately involved and who could not see his true self. When the weight of infertility gets too heavy, he turns to his past coping mechanisms for relief. Years after their infertility journey begins nothing soothes the dull ache the Carringtons feel when they are reminded that they are not parents yet. Everything in their lives suffers as a result. Their once together life begins to fall apart at the seams. In this powerful tale inspired by the author's life, you will follow the Carringtons on a journey through the pain and turmoil associated with barrenness. Ultimately, infertility is the exterior issue that impels them to focus on the true root of their problems. You will ride the waves with the Carringtons and their friends as their faith is tested when tragedy hits and they have to make decisions that change their lives forever. Through their ordeal Deanna and James learn what it really means to put their faith in God and to completely stand on His promises.…