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The life and death of Anne Boleyn: 'the most happy'
By E. W Ives. 2004
Anne Boleyn is the most notorious of England's queens, but more famous for her death as an adulterer than for…
her life. Henry's second wife and mother of Elizabeth I, Anne was the first English queen to be publicly executed. Yet what do we know of the achievements and the legacy of her short reign? In The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn Eric Ives provides the most detailed and convincing portrait we have of the queen. He reveals a person of intellect with a passion for the new culture of the Renaissance, a woman who made her way in a man's world by force of education and personality. She played a powerful and independent role in the faction-ridden court of Henry VIII and the unceasing struggle for royal favour that was Tudor politics. The consequences can still be detected today. Indeed, Ives shows that it was precisely because Anne was a powerful figure in her own right that it needed a coup to bring her down. She had to be stopped - even by a lie.Sister Ignatia: Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous
By Mary C. Darrah. 1992
Sister Mary Ignatia Gavin epitomized the spirit of love, service, and honesty that today are the hallmarks of Alcoholics Anonymous.…
As a hospital admissions officer in the 1930s in Akron, Ohio, Sr. Ignatia befriended Dr. Bob Smith, co-founder of AA, and courageously arranged for the hospitalization of alcoholics at a time when alcoholism was viewed as a character weakness rather than a disease.Little Elizabeth: The Young Princess Who Became Queen
By Valerie Wilding. 2021
The incredible true story of a young and brilliant Princess who grew up to become our Queen. Once, a very…
long time ago, there was a little Princess called Elizabeth who loved to play and have fun with her horses, dogs and little sister, Margaret. But when she was ten years old, her life changed forever.From growing up during the Second World War and training as an army mechanic, to celebrating VE day with the people of Britain and marrying Prince Phillip - the man she loved, this is the amazing true story of a little girl who became Queen Elizabeth II.With fantastically fun, charming and playful illustrations by Pauline Reeves, this picture book will amaze and entertain young readers.Anne Boleyn, twenty years old, stepped onto the shore at Dover in the winter of 1521 after several years abroad.…
She had been sent to France to assimilate French culture, and had used the time well. She was all set to make a big impression at the Tudor courtland did, capturing the heart of Henry VIII. But this woman, who was in the grave by the age of thirty-six and on the throne of England for only three years, provokes strong reactions from many. Was she an immoral woman who seduced Henry away from his rightful wife for the advancement of family and personal gain? In this well-researched, fresh look at Anne, Colin Hamer sets her in her context as a young woman who had come to true faith in Christ, and shows the impact for good she made from her position of influence, an impact we still benefit from today.Finding My Way Home: A Journey to Discover Hope and a Life of Purpose
By John Houston. 2021
After many years of searching, John Houston found his way home—his true home. Now, he wants to help you do…
the same.John Houston has spent the past sixteen years building for others what he didn&’t always have for himself growing up: a family home. Today, John is one of the premier custom home builders in Texas. Throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area, you see signs proudly presenting &“John Houston Custom Homes&” that paint a picture of the kind of home life John would have done anything to have as a child. From a young age, home was not a place where John wanted to be. After his parents divorced and his mother moved out, his father remarried and moved in with his new family. John and his older brother struggled to adjust and began living by themselves with little to no adult supervision at the ages of 11 and 15. They helped support themselves financially by working long hours running a lawncare business before and after school. The years that followed were challenging but also marked by God&’s protection, even when John didn&’t realize it, as he overcame hardships that could have permanently derailed his life. He met and married the woman of his dreams, completed his education and became a respected and successful business owner. And he isn&’t confused for one second about who&’s ultimately responsible for his success: God. In Finding My Way Home, John Houston reflects on a life of trials, hardships, and painful mistakes through the lens of gratitude for God&’s enduring faithfulness. He explains, &“God created a story with my life that puts a spotlight on His mercy and grace—a story of my anger and His forgiveness; of the broken family I grew up in and His restoration; of my demanding &‘leadership&’ as a husband and father and His model for me to lead with love.&”Through Gates of Splendor
By Elisabeth Elliot. 2005
Major League Dad
By Gregg Lewis, Christine Burke, Tim Burke. 1994
Anne Boleyn: a new life of England's tragic queen
By Joanna Denny. 2007
This powerful new biography presents a portrait of Anne Boleyn different from the unsavory and unflattering accounts of her that…
have come down through history. Instead, we learn about the real Anne - a woman who was highly literate, accomplished, an intellectual, and a devout defender of her Protestant faith. Anne's tragedy began when her looks and vivacious charm attracted the notice of Englands violent and paranoid king whose love for her trapped her in the vicious politics of the Tudor court. This compelling account of Anne Boleyn plunges the reader into the intrigue, romance, and danger of King Henry VIII's Court and the turbulent times that would change England forever. It will forever change our perception of this much-maligned queen.Only a wife!: Arnhem Land, 1945-1952
By Guy, Elizabeth J. R. 2005
Experiences of Elizabeth Hooke after her marriage to Elcho Island missionary Harold Guy; mission life at Elcho 1945 -1951; visits…
to Milingimbi and Yirrkala; description of work; teaching reading; coping with health problems such as measles and whooping cough; isolation; building houses and hospital; impressions on return to Elcho in 1980.Survivor: An Abortion Survivor's Surprising Story of Choosing Forgiveness and Finding Redemption
By Steve Rabey, Claire Culwell, Lois Mowday Rabey. 2021
An abortion survivor and leading pro-life spokeswoman tells her inspiring and sometimes surprising story of redemption, healing, and forgiveness, offering…
grace and support—not shame—to women facing the most difficult decision of their lives. &“Claire&’s heart-wrenching and inspiring story is exactly what our world needs today.&”—Lila Rose, president and founder of Live Action, author of Fighting for LifeForeword by Abby Johnson, bestselling author of Unplanned, and afterword by Josh McDowell, founder of Josh McDowell Ministry Raised in a loving adoptive home, Claire Culwell, at the age of twenty-one, decided to meet her birth mother—and got the shock of her life. Claire&’s birth mother, Tonya, confessed that when she was pregnant with Claire, she&’d gone to a clinic for an abortion. Yet, after the abortion, the pregnancy continued to progress. What Tonya&’s doctor had overlooked was that she&’d been pregnant with twins. The abortion that terminated the life of Claire&’s twin had miraculously spared Claire. Claire embraced the unique circumstances, soon sharing her story with the world and urging her listeners to understand how abortion takes the life of a child. When Claire faced her own unplanned pregnancy as a single woman, she embraced the added opportunity to step into the shoes of those she advocates for. Her heart grew bigger on the issue of life, which increased her extension of empathy and grace to women in pregnancy crisis. At the same time, she began to challenge churches to truly value not just the unborn but also the women who face unexpected pregnancy. Survivor is Claire&’s incredible story of surviving abortion and advocating for life—the lives of unborn babies as well as the lives of their mothers. Her powerful message of grace speaks louder than politics or controversy or shame as she inspires each of us to choose life wherever we are.The Last Hurrah: The 1947 Royal Tour of Southern Africa and the End of Empire
By Graham Viney. 2018
Young Elizabeth captures in vivid detail perhaps the single-most important formative experience in Queen Elizabeth's life, the 1947 royal tour…
of southern Africa with her parents King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, during which she celebrated her twenty-first birthday.The year of the royal tour of southern Africa, 1947, marked both the high-water mark of the British Empire and the very moment at which it began to unravel. Graham Viney has written an intimate, revealing portrait of the young princess on tour with her parents and sister, Princess Margaret, hard at work in the national interest, and succeeding triumphantly against all odds. In the words of Rian Malan, South African author of My Traitor's Heart, it is 'a story about a country teetering on the brink of convulsive change and yet almost united, at least for a moment, by love for a king and queen who weren't really ours.' The year 1947 was a pivotal moment not just in the history of the Union of South Africa, but of the British Empire itself. Later that same year India gained independence and just one year later the Afrikaner Nationalist victory in South Africa would lead inexorably to the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and its departure from the Commonwealth. The present Queen Elizabeth must have learned a great deal about statecraft from her father, and about duty, tact and hard work from both her parents in the course of this three-month tour, during which the then princess celebrated her twenty-first birthday. It was also the family's first real experience of multiculturalism. Graham Viney's book gives us an intimate and revealing portrait of the royal family, while also superbly capturing a moment in the life of a fractious, recently formed 'nation', before its descent into over four decades of darkness. The royal family travelled ceaselessly, from February to April, on a specially commissioned, white-and-gold train, meeting thousands of people at every stop along the way. The tour was a show of imperial solidarity and a recognition of South Africa's contribution to the Allied cause during the Second World War, specifically that of South African prime minister Jan Smuts, who had served in both British war cabinets.Young Elizabeth draws skilfully on many diverse sources, not least the Royal Archive at Windsor, and includes many photographs of the royal family not previously published, such as stills from film footage held by the South African National Film, Video and Sound Archives in Pretoria.Betsy Ross: Patriot Of Philadelphia
By Judith St. George, Sasha Meret. 1997
In the spring of 1776, George Washington stopped at Betsy Ross's little upholstery shop and asked her to sew a…
flag-- a flag that would unite the thirteen colonies in their fight for independence from Great Britain. In Judith St. George's detailed account, Betsy Ross emerges as a strong and spirited woman. Her independent streak led her to marry outside her Quaker faith and served her well throughout her life: widowed three times and the mother of seven daughters, she maintained her own business for more than fifty years. Here is the inspiring story of one of the courageous and self-reliant women who shaped American history: the "patriot of Philadelphia" who created the banner that helped unite the nation.Mi marido y yo: Toda la verdad del matrimonio de Isabel II y Felipe de Edimburgo
By Ingrid Seward. 2017
Toda la verdad sobre el matrimonio de Isabel II y Felipe de Edimburgo Tras el reciente fallecimiento del duque de…
Edimburgo y después del del éxito de la serie The Crown, Ingrid Seward revela la verdadera historia de la reina Isabel y el príncipe Felipe. El romance y la magnífica boda entre el apuesto teniente naval y la joven princesa Isabel supusieron una explosión de color en una nación sumida en los traumas de la posguerra. En Mi marido y yo encontramos una visión reveladora de su relación a puerta cerrada durante más de setenta años. A lo largo de este tiempo, la pareja ha tenido que lidiar con debates feroces sobre cómo criar a sus hijos, rumores de problemas matrimoniales, divorcios escandalosos y muertes impactantes. Este libro arroja nueva luz sobre su relación y sobre el impacto que ha tenido tanto en su familia como en la nación británica. «Ha sido, sencillamente, mi fuerza y apoyo durante todos estos años, y yo, y toda su familia, y tanto este como muchos otros países, tenemos una deuda con él mucho mayor de la que él nunca reclamaría, o de la que nosotros seríamos conscientes». Tributo de la reina Isabel al príncipe Felipe «Después de muchos años escribiendo sobre la familia real, entre las preguntas que con más frecuencia se me plantean están: "¿Cómo son como pareja la reina y el duque de Edimburgo? ¿Cómo es su matrimonio? ¿Cómo son como padres y abuelos?". En resumen, si uno les despoja de toda la formalidad de la realeza y del protocolo que acompaña a esta, ¿cómo son de verdad? Con el éxito de la serie televisiva The Crown, a toda una nueva generación se le ha abierto el interés por la parte personal de sus vidas. Al haber estado cerca de la reina y del duque durante los últimos treinta años, y haberme encontrado con ellos en muchas ocasiones, me siento capaz de proporcionar una perspectivaúnica de sus vidas». Ingrid SewardUnlikely Pilgrim: A Journey into History and Faith
By Alfred Regnery. 2019
Two middle-aged men, fast friends, make eleven foreign trips—pilgrimages you might call them —to parts of the world rich in…
the history of Christianity. The trips combine adventure, strenuous physical activity, exhilaration, discovery, and friendship. Three of the journeys were to Western Europe; six were to Eastern Europe and the Balkans and two to the Middle East. The trips were spontaneous and unplanned, often requiring improvisation along the way. Told in a lighthearted and often amusing style, An Unlikely Pilgrim provides a vivid and colorful picture of parts of the world often out of the range of American tourists, but deep in both ancient and current geopolitical, historical, and cultural wealth.Máxima. La construcción de una reina
By Rodolfo Vera Calderón, María Paula Galloni. 2021
Máxima de Holanda escaló hasta el mundo más alto aspirado por todas las mujeres de su entorno y su generación:…
la realeza europea. Y lo hizo gracias a una ambición y a una tenacidad que la llevaron a convertirse en parte de la Historia. Con rigurosidad periodística y jugosos testimonios, este libro narra los aspectos más ocultos y oscuros de la historia de una mujer de la que se cree conocer todo, pero en realidad se sabe muy poco. Para un heredero al trono es sencillo imaginar cómo será su futuro. Pero para una chica de clase media argentina, nacida fuera del matrimonio y con un entramado familiar disfuncional, convertirse en reina consorte será un rol que le llevará construir toda una vida. Este libro narra con rigurosidad periodística y jugosos testimonios el recorrido de una jovencita criada para cumplir el mandato que inició su padre y para el que fue educada: escalar hasta lo más alto posible, y los aspectos más ocultos y oscuros de la historia de Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, una mujer de la que se cree conocer todo, pero de quien en realidad se sabe muy poco. Un libro para todo aquel que esté interesado en conocer en profundidad no solo los detalles de un estilo de vida excepcional y una vida opulenta, sino en desmenuzar todas las facetas de una mujer de carne y hueso que armó su propia agenda en función de los intereses de una de las casas reales más poderosas del mundo.Negative Space (SFWP Literary Awards)
By Lilly Dancyger. 2021
Despite her parents' struggles with addiction, Lilly Dancyger always thought of her childhood as a happy one. But what happens…
when a journalist interrogates her own rosy memories to reveal the instability around the edges? Dancyger's father, Joe Schactman, was part of the iconic 1980s East Village art scene. He created provocative sculptures out of found materials like animal bones, human hair, and broken glass, and brought his young daughter into his gritty, iconoclastic world. She idolized him—despite the escalating heroin addiction that sometimes overshadowed his creative passion. When Schactman died suddenly, just as Dancyger was entering adolescence, she went into her own self-destructive spiral, raging against a world that had taken her father away. As an adult, Dancyger began to question the mythology she'd created about her father—the brilliant artist, struck down in his prime. Using his sculptures, paintings, and prints as a guide, Dancyger sought out the characters from his world who could help her decode the language of her father's work to find the truth of who he really was.From the #1 bestselling author of The Secret Wife, Another Woman's Husband will be adored by all fans of The…
Crown. Wallis Simpson is brought enticingly to life in this gripping, moving novel about two women thrust into the spotlight, followed by scandal, touched by loss.'One of my favourite books of this year. Fascinating, glamorous and utterly compelling... historical fiction at its best' Tracy Rees, author of The Hourglass.'Another Woman's Husband is a marvellous, perfect read' The SunTwo women who challenged the Crown.Divided by time. Bound by a secret...1911At the age of fifteen, carefree Mary Kirk and indomitable Wallis Warfield meet at summer camp. Their friendship will survive heartbreaks, separation and the demands of the British Crown until it is shattered by one unforgivable betrayal...1997Rachel's romantic break in Paris with her fiancé ends in tragedy when the car ahead crashes. Inside was Princess Diana. Back in Brighton, Rachel is haunted by the accident, and intrigued to learn the princess had visited the last home of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, only hours before the crash. Soon, the discovery of a long-forgotten link to Wallis Simpson leads Rachel to the truth behind a scandal that shook the world...Readers love ANOTHER WOMAN'S HUSBAND:'Riveting! I thoroughly enjoyed this intriguing tale of friendship and betrayal' Rosanna Ley'With superb story-telling and a lush backdrop of period detail...a novel that is impossible to put down, about two women who are impossible to forget. I loved it!' Hazel Gaynor'I devoured Another Woman's Husband in a few days. This has bestseller written all over it.' Louise Beech'With seamless ease Gill evokes the events and characters of two eras...with great verve and a smattering of delicious fictional licence. Delightful' Liz Trenow'Gill Paul has taken two of the twentieth century's most enigmatic women, one revered, the other reviled, and woven them into a deft story of friendship and betrayal' Kate Riordan'Compelling and full of surprises ****' The Lady'Sheds light on a scandal and a love story which deserves to be read by many. A fascinating read which made me lose several hours to this story. I have no hesitation in recommending it and am keen to see what time in history Gill Paul will turn her hand to next' Shaz's Book BlogWe Refuse to Be Enemies: How Muslims and Jews Can Make Peace, One Friendship at a Time
By Sabeeha Rehman, Walter Ruby. 2021
For readers of The Faith Club, Sons of Abraham, and The Anatomy of Peace, a call for mutual understanding and…
lessons for getting thereWe Refuse to Be Enemies is a manifesto by two American citizens, a Muslim woman and Jewish man, concerned with the rise of intolerance and bigotry in our country along with resurgent white nationalism. Neither author is an imam, rabbi, scholar, or community leader, but together they have spent decades doing interfaith work and nurturing cooperation among communities. They have learned that, through face-to-face encounters, people of all backgrounds can come to know the Other as a fellow human being and turn her or him into a trusted friend. In this book, they share their experience and guidance. Growing up in Pakistan before she immigrated to the United States, Sabeeha never met a Jew, and her view was colored by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In his youth, Walter never met a Muslim, and his opinion was shaped by Leon Uris's Exodus. Yet together they have formed a friendship and collaboration. Tapping their own life stories and entering into dialogue within the book, they explain how they have found commonalities between their respective faiths and discuss shared principles and lessons, how their perceptions of the Other have evolved, and the pushback they faced. They wrestle with the two elephants in the room: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and polarizing material in their holy texts and history. And they share their vision for reconciliation, offering concrete principles for building an alliance in support of religious freedom and human rights. "As members of the two largest minority faith communities in America, we must stand together at a portentous moment in American history. Neither of our communities will be able to prosper in an America characterized by xenophobia and bigotry.&”—Sabeeha Rehman and Walter RubyFlames of Rebellion: A Medieval Romance (The Knights of England Series #6)
By Mary Ellen Johnson. 2021
Civil War Once Again Threatens England in the Medieval Historical, THE FLAMES OF REBELLION, by Mary Ellen Johnson1397 to 1403.…
England, Tintagel, London, Shrewsbury, Conway Castle, Tower of London, Cumbria, Westminster Abbey, Wales and ScotlandIn the fourteenth century’s waning days, the tyrannical Richard II is knocked from his throne, and Henry IV is crowned, despite a shaky claim to the throne.Knight Matthew Hart, now in his sixties, believes he can retire to a quiet life in the wilds of Cumbria while Lancelot and Janey’s love remains more the stuff of Romances than reality.Yet, all too soon, England’s lords grow restless, betrayal is in the air, and Matthew and his family must again ride into battle on behalf of their endangered king.The fates of all the characters who grace the Knights of England series, spanning a century—including some of the most vivid battles, events and historical characters in medieval history—are resolved.Publisher’s Note: Readers with a passion for history will appreciate the author’s penchant for detail and accuracy. In keeping with the era, this story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time and man’s timeless inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual scenes and NO use of modern vulgarity.From the Author: There is nothing new under the sun. If we seek to understand today’s events, history will always provide the answer. By 1398 the megalomaniacal Richard II had consolidated his power, executed or banished all his enemies and destroyed all those who might speak out in opposition to him. Two years later Richard was deposed, thrown into a dungeon in Pontefract Castle and starved to death. Lessons: We can never predict the future; actions always have unintended consequences; we sow the seeds of our own destruction and payback’s a bitch!THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series orderThe Lion and the LeopardA Knight There WasWithin A Forest DarkA Child Upon The ThroneLords Among the RuinsThe Flames of Rebellion