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1000 Songs to Change Your Life
By Time Out Guides. 2008
Like 1,000 Films and 1,000 Books, 1,000 Songs to Change Your Life, the third book in the series, is a…
celebration of music's transformative power: how it shocks and soothes, frightens and comforts, amuses and appalls, but above all how it moves us, perhaps when we least expect it. Over the course of more than 30 essays and features, a hand-picked array of writers, critics and musicians will be exploring the songs that made a difference: to their lives, the lives of others and to music itself. Everyone's life has a soundtrack. What's yours?I Married Adventure Journal
By Luci Swindoll. 2002
A two-color companion journal to accompany women on the sometimes harried and often hectic path of life, the I Married…
Adventure Journal helps women pack up their hesitations and once again envision their hopes and dreams. This road map for getting up and back into the game, filled with unique hand-drawn graphics and personal photos, offers ideas, suggestions, exercises and imagery to stir the mind and spirit into making a wonderful adventure out of life.In this fascinating and informative new book, Professor David Wilson tells the stories of Britain's serial killers from Jack the…
Ripper to the extraordinary Suffolk Murders case. David Wilson has worked as a Prison Governor and as a profiler, and has been described as the UK's leading expert on serial killers. His work has led him to meet several of the UK's deadliest killers, and build up fascinating insights into what makes a serial killer - and who they are most likely to target. A vivid narrative history and a timely call for prison and social reform, Professor Wilson's new book is a powerful and gripping investigation of Britain's serial murderers.Reggie Kray's East End Stories: The lost memoirs of the gangland legend
By Reggie Kray, Peter Gerrard. 2011
The name Reggie Kray remains synonymous with London's East End to this day, and yet although much is known about…
Reg and his brother Ronnie's life of crime in the '50s and '60s, to date precious little has been revealed about their formative years. Reggie wrote his EAST END STORIES in the early 1990s, but they haven't seen the light of day until now. In the book, he recalls the close-knit East End community in which he and his brother grew up, the characters in his family and neighbourhood, and of course, the many villains he worked with. Filled with anecdotes about the area's most outlandish personalities and notorious criminals, and offering a fascinating journey around the Krays' 'manor' including their favourite haunts and business enterprises, the book paints a vivid portrait of a London that has long since disappeared.Choral Conducting: Philosophy and Practice
By Colin Durrant. 2003
Choral Conducting is a resource for singers, teachers, and choral conductors, and a college-level text for students of choral conducting.…
It also includes an overview of what is involved in leading a choral group and examines theories of learning and human behaviour and the history of choral music together with conductor's role. The book also discusses issues of the conductor-vocalist relationship, the mechanics of singing, rehearsal strategies, and more.Reign Down: Change Your Life Through the Gift of Repentance
By Walt Kallestad, Shawn-Marie Cole, Robert Schuller. 2008
The Key to Heaven's Door In your possession, you have a powerful key -- a key that unlocks heaven's door…
and grants you instant and free access to the throne room of God. What is this key? Quite simply, it is repentance -- the kind of repentance that will change your life and cure your problems. Regardless of where life has taken you, God stands ready to take the mistakes of your past and create for you an incredible future. In the pages of this revolutionary book you'll find out how. The Gift of Repentance Is there a yearning deep in your heart that nothing can satisfy -- a craving for something more? This revolutionary book will help you explore that yearning and will powerfully demonstrate that this unsatisfied need is a part of every heart that is not yet one with God. As you receive God's gift of repentance, you will find peace, fulfillment, and a new beginning. The process is simple to start and is clearly explained inside these pages. As you bring your broken heart to God, He will fill your life with blessings galore: Peace Fulfillment Purpose Direction Meaning Satisfaction All this can be yours as you learn how to accept God's powerful gift of repentance and open your heart to all that He has for you.Bringing chivalry back into our modern-day world, this book shows us how to inspire today's generation of young boys to…
pursue honor, courage, and compassion.In an age when respect and honor seem like distant and antiquated relics, how can we equip boys to pursue valor and courageously put the needs of others before their own? This book helps parents to inspire their boys by captivating their imagination and honoring their love for adventure. Heather Haupt explores how knights historically lived out various aspects of the knights' Code of Chivalry, as depicted in the French epic Song of Roland, and how boys can embody these same ideals now. When we issue the challenge and give boys the reasons why it is worth pursuing, we step forward on an incredible journey towards raising the kind of boys who, just like the knights of old, make an impact in their world now and for the rest of their lives.From the Trade Paperback edition.La mujer en su lugar de trabajo: Construye relaciones sanas en tu vida laboral
By Rosemary Flaaten. 2013
La mujer en su lugar de trabajo muestra a las mujeres que Dios puede llevar a cabo una profunda transformación…
en su corazón para que el amor y el cuidado divinos fluyan a través de ellas hacia sus compañeros de trabajo. A Woman and Her Workplace shows women how God can perform a deep heart transformation within us that will allow His love and care to flow through us to the people in our workplaces.Pensar. Amar. Hacer.: Un llamado a glorificar a Dios con la mente y el corazón
By John Piper, David Mathis. 2014
Aquí, hay un llamado al cristianismo holístico: un reto a ser pensadores comprometidos y serios respecto a conocer a Dios,…
a ser sentidores que laten con pasión por Jesús y su evangelio, y ser hacedores que se esfuerzan por hacer grandes actos de amor por otros. Nuestro Salvador mismo nos muestra que el cristianismo holístico se compone de mente, corazón y manos. Él nos enseña también que la vida cristiana es multidimensional: pensar, amar y hacer son conceptos que no se pueden reducir ni separar. Con las colaboraciones de Francis Chan, Rick Warren, Albert Mohler, R. C. Sproul y Thabiti Anyabwile, Pensar. Amar. Hacer extiende una invitación profunda y convincente a experimentar la plenitud de la vida cristiana. Here is a call to holistic Christianity: A challenge to be thinkers, engaged and serious about knowing God. And to be feelers, pulsing with passion for Jesus and his gospel. And to be doers, endeavoring great acts of love for others. Our Savior himself shows us that holistic Christianity is comprised of mind, heart, and hands. And he shows us that the Christian life is multidimensional--irreducibly and inseparably thinking, loving, and doing. With contributions from Francis Chan, Rick Warren, Albert Mohler, R. C. Sproul, and Thabiti Anyabwile, Thinking. Loving. Doing. extends a thorough and compelling invitation to experience the fullness of the Christian life.No, Daddy, Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge
By Irene Pence. 2003
Hi, Mom. Give us a call, okay?Even in the bitterest divorce cases, angry ex-spouses usually agree on one thing--the welfare…
of their children. Mary Jean Pearle, a Dallas antiques dealer, never dreamed that her precious daughters, Faith and Liberty, would be anything but safe when she dropped them off with their father. John Battaglia, a successful accountant and ex-Marine, had at times been vicious to her--but always gentle with the girls. Listening helplessly through the phone, Mary Jean heard Faith plead for her life. . .and then the heart-rending sound of gunshots. Updating her classic account of this unthinkable crime with the latest stunning developments from Death Row, veteran crime writer Irene Pence recounts an unforgettable saga of violence, betrayal, and tears. Case seen on 20/20Includes Sixteen Pages Of Dramatic PhotosUnthinkable SacrificeA Brief History of Hitmen and Assassinations (Brief Histories )
By Richard Belfield. 2011
The true stories behind some of the most shocking assassinations in recent history.We live in a new age of political…
assassination; within our lifetimes all the senior members of the UN Security Council have used it as an extension of political policy in all corners of the globe. In every case, the orders came from the very top. Today, while leading governments use covert ops, drones and lazer guided missiles, the terrorist methods of car bombs and suicide bombers make the game even more dangerous. In his compelling history of hit men, assassinations and the men who command them, Richard Bellfield recalls the major hits in history from Julius Caesar to twenty of the most shocking assassinations in recent history.He also reveals: how the assassination of President Sadat of Egypt launched Al Qaeda. How President Kennedy ordered the death of President Diem of Vietnam. And with excerpts from CIA and Al Qaeda manuals he shows how they have changed the course of history. He also uncovers the hidden world of killers and cover ups.The Wounded Heart . . . Restored
By Don H. Polston. 2010
Misfit Faith: Confessions of a Drunk Ex-Pastor
By Jason J. Stellman. 2017
Provides a vision for a broader more hospitable Christianity Publishers Weekly The co-host of…
the popular podcast Drunk Ex-Pastors offers an earnest and irreverent look at what it means to be a Christian in an upside down world Perhaps failing at faith is an ironic success since disaster is where grace happens Jason StellmanJason Stellman has always felt like a misfit A Protestant pastor with a sharp wit a restlessly inquisitive mind and a love of pop culture and rock and roll he has long sensed that something was missing when it came to his relationship with God In time he felt drawn to the Catholic Church so he stepped down from his ministry and embraced Catholicism only to still feel misplaced and homeless His feelings thoughts and troubles echo the disillusionment and confusion of many people who struggle relating to ancient faiths in a postmodern world In a book that mixes memoir with theological insights and taut storytelling Stellman gives an edgy honest heart-on-his-sleeve account of what it means to be a mixed-up Christian outsider in the twenty-first century and why this is a can be good thing Misfit Faith is an invitation to all the religious vagabonds and exiles with nowhere to really call home those wanderers who increasingly feel like mere fans of spirituality rather than committed members of the team If you ve ever questioned your faith felt like a spiritual malcontent or sought solace for your existential angst at the bottom of a bottle of bourbon then Stellman just may be the best drinking buddy you ve never metInternational White Collar Crime
By Bruce Zagaris. 2015
Contemporary transnational criminals take advantage of globalization, trade liberalization, and emerging new technologies to commit a diverse range of crimes,…
and to move money, goods, services, and people instantaneously for purposes of pure economic gain and/or political violence. This book captures the importance of transnational business crime and international relations by examining the rise of international economic crime and recent strategies in the United States and abroad to combat it. The book is organized into three main sections. The first part discusses substantive crimes, particularly tax, money laundering, and counter-terrorism financial enforcement; transnational corruption; transnational organized crime; and export control and economic sanctions. The second part discusses procedural aspects of international white collar crime, namely extraterritorial jurisdiction, evidence gathering, extradition, and international prisoner transfer. The third part discusses the role of international organizations, including the United Nations, the World Bank Group, Interpol, and economic integration groups.Plan of Life
By Roger J. Landry. 2018
This book is meant for teens to older adults of all educational levels who aspire to spiritual growth; it’s also…
a great aid for parents and grandparents who need help in teaching children and young people how to grow in God. There are many Catholics who are not familiar with having a plan of life that includes these basic elements. Many Catholics would like to grow spiritually, but don’t know where to start and welcome this kind of practical, doable approachRuth Ann's Letters:: In the Day of Thy Power
By Ruth Ann Polston. 2012
Naked at the Albert Hall: The Inside Story of Singing
By Tracey Thorn. 2015
In her bestselling autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a thirty-year career in pop…
music. But with the touring, recording and extraordinary anecdotes, there wasn't time for an in-depth look at what she actually did for all those years: sing. She sang with warmth and emotional honesty, sometimes while battling acute stage-fright. Part memoir, part wide-ranging exploration of the art, mechanics and spellbinding power of singing, Naked at the Albert Hall takes in Dusty Springfield, Dennis Potter and George Eliot; Auto-tune, the microphone and stage presence; The Streets and The X Factor. Including interviews with fellow artists such as Alison Moyet, Romy Madley-Croft and Green Gartside of Scritti Politti, and portraits of singers in fiction as well as Tracey's real-life experiences, it offers a unique, witty and sharply observed insider's perspective on the exhilarating joy and occasional heartache of singing.Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education: From Understanding to Application
By Vicki R. Lind, Constance McKoy. 2016
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education presents teaching methods that are responsive to how different culturally specific knowledge bases impact…
learning. It is a pedagogy that recognizes the importance of including students’ cultural references in all aspects of learning. Designed to be a supplementary resource for teachers of undergraduate and graduate music education courses, the book provides examples in the context of music education, with theories presented in Section I and a review of teaching applications in Section II. Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education is an effort to answer the question: How can I teach music to my students in a way that is culturally responsive? This book serves several purposes, by: • Offering theoretical/philosophical frameworks of social justice • Providing practical examples of transferring theory into practice in music education • Illustrating culturally responsive pedagogy within the classroom • Demonstrating the connection of culturally responsive teaching to the school and larger communityA Brief Introduction to A Philosophy of Music and Music Education as Social Praxis
By Thomas A. Regelski. 2016
Music and Music Education as Social Praxis is a brief introduction to a praxial theory of music education, defined by…
author. It is grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, for undergraduate and graduate students in music education. Drawing upon scholarship from a range of disciplines, including philosophy and sociology, the book emphasizes and highlights thinking of music as an active social practice and offers an alternative to existing approaches to music education. This text advocates for an alternative approach to teaching music, rooted in the social practice of music, and will supplement Foundations or Methods courses in the Music Education curriculum.S.T.P: A Journey Through America with the Rolling Stones
By Robert Greenfield. 2002