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War, World War II, History
The complete story of how the German Enigma codes were broken. Perfect for fans of THE IMITATION GAME, the new… film on Alan Turing's Enigma code, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park. There is another aspect of the story which it is only now possible to tell. It takes in the exploits of spies, naval officers and ordinary British seamen who risked, and in some cases lost, their lives snatching the vital Enigma codebooks from under the noses of Nazi officials and from sinking German ships and submarines. This book tells the whole Enigma story: its original invention and use by German forces and how it was the Poles who first cracked - and passed on to the British - the key to the German airforce Enigma. The more complicated German Navy Enigma appeared to them to be unbreakable.
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Journals and memoirs, Christianity, Death and bereavement
The blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director—what Time magazine called a "must read"—reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons… death holds for every one of us in this compassionate and thoughtful spiritual memoir that combines the humor and insight of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes with the poignancy and brevity of When Breath Becomes Air.Death. It happens to everyone, yet most of us don’t want to talk about this final chapter of existence. Sixth-generation funeral director Caleb Wilde intimately understands this reticence and fear. The son of an undertaker, he hesitated to embrace the legacy of running his family’s business. Yet he discovered that caring for the deceased and their loved ones profoundly changed his faith and his perspective on death—and life itself. "Yes, death can be bad. Yes, death can be negative," he acknowledges, "but it can also be beautiful. And that alternate narrative needs to be discussed."In Confessions of a Funeral Director, he talks about his experiences and pushes back against the death-negative ethos of our culture, opening a thoughtful, poignant conversation to help us see the end of life in a positive and liberating way. In the wry, compassionate, and honest voice that has charmed his growing legions of blog readers, Wilde offers an intimate look inside his business, offering information on unspoken practices around death such as the embalming process, beautiful and memorable stories about families in the wake of death, and, most importantly, a fresh and wise perspective on how embracing death can allow us to embrace life.Confessions of a Funeral Director is the story of one man learning how death illuminates and deepens the meaning of existence—insights that can help us all pursue and cherish full, rich lives.
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World War II, History
A New York Times Notable Book of 2012 Food, and in particular the lack of it, was central to the… experience of World War II. In this richly detailed and engaging history, Lizzie Collingham establishes how control of food and its production is crucial to total war. How were the imperial ambitions of Germany and Japan - ambitions which sowed the seeds of war - informed by a desire for self-sufficiency in food production? How was the outcome of the war affected by the decisions that the Allies and the Axis took over how to feed their troops? And how did the distinctive ideologies of the different combatant countries determine their attitudes towards those they had to feed? Tracing the interaction between food and strategy, on both the military and home fronts, this gripping, original account demonstrates how the issue of access to food was a driving force within Nazi policy and contributed to the decision to murder hundreds of thousands of 'useless eaters' in Europe. Focusing on both the winners and losers in the battle for food, The Taste of War brings to light the striking fact that war-related hunger and famine was not only caused by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, but was also the result of Allied mismanagement and neglect, particularly in India, Africa and China. American dominance both during and after the war was not only a result of the United States' immense industrial production but also of its abundance of food. This book traces the establishment of a global pattern of food production and distribution and shows how the war subsequently promoted the pervasive influence of American food habits and tastes in the post-war world. A work of great scope, The Taste of War connects the broad sweep of history to its intimate impact upon the lives of individuals. .
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World War II, History
When The Search for Major Plagge was published last spring the world finally learned about a unique hero … and about one American doctor s extraordinary journey to tell Karl Plagge s story Part detective story part personal quest Michael Good s book is the story of the German commander of a Lithuanian work camp who saved hundreds of Jewish lives in the Vilna ghetto including the life of Good s mother Pearl Who was this enigmatic officer Pearl Good had spoken of so often After five years of research interviewing survivors assembling a team that could work to open German files untouched for fifty years following every lead he could Good was able to uncover the amazing tale of one man s remarkable courage And in April 2005 Karl Plagge joined Oskar Schindler and 380 other Germans as a Righteous among Nations honored by the State of Israel for protecting and saving Jewish lives during the Holocaust This expanded edition features new photographs and a new epilogue on the impact of the discovery of Karl Plagge especially the story of 83-year-old Alfons von Deschwanden who after fifty years of silence came forward as a veteran of Plagge s unit His testimony is now part of this growing witness to truth
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Christianity
Discover God's Gift for You: Unconditional Love! Every bit of God's power and love is available to you-today! And you… aren't just one of the crowd. God loves you as if you were the only person on Earth. The problem is that, like most people, you may not understand it...or if you know it with your head, you may not feel it with your heart. Now you can. The powerful message in this inspiring book will show you: * How to Recognize God's Love Inside You * How to Stop Wondering If You're Good Enough for God * How You can Experience an Amazing Revelation of God's Love * How to Find God Even During Life's Painful Circumstances * How God's Love will Change You Forever. Sharing her insights and the revelation that transformed her own life, Joyce Meyer brings you Scripture and other words of wisdom that can open up the window to God's love...and let its light shine on you, personally!
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European history, World War II, History
Under the code name Operation Reinhard more than one and a half million Jews were murdered between 1942 and… 1943 in the concentration camps of Belzec Sobibor and Treblinka located in Nazi-occupied Poland Unlike more well-known camps which were used both for slave labor and extermination these camps existed purely to murder Jews Few victims survived to tell their stories and the camps were largely forgotten after they were dismantled in 1943 The Operation Reinhard Death Camps bears eloquent witness to this horrific tragedy This newly revised and expanded edition includes new material on the history of the Jews under German occupation in Poland the execution and timing of Operation Reinhard information about the ghettos in Lublin Warsaw Krakow Radom and Galicia and updated numbers of the victims who were murdered during deportations In addition to documenting the horror of the camps Yitzhak Arad recounts the stories of those courageous enough to struggle against the Nazis and their Final Solution Arad s work retrieves the experiences of Operation Reinhard s victims and survivors from obscurity and exposes a terrible chapter in humanity s history
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Health and medicine, Self help
Discover someone s true personality by looking at their face Have you ever wondered if the person you are about… to hire is a natural leader What if you can measure a person s ambition by the bridge of their nose Did you know that you can determine a person s fidelity by the markings around their eyes Mien Shiang the ancient practice of Chinese Face Reading gives you answers to all of these questions- and more Fully illustrated with examples of each technique The Face Reader is a fascinating look at how this practice can be applied at home in the workplace and throughout our lives
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Health and medicine
Millions of Women Suffer from sexual and pelvic pain in America today, yet it is frequently misdiagnosed-or not diagnosed at… all. In Healing Painful Sex, Deborah Coady, MD, and Nancy Fish, MSW, MPH, use their combined professional expertise as a doctor and therapist to provide readers with an understanding of the many causes of sexual pain and how to treat it from both a physical and psychological standpoint. Book jacket.
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Health and medicine, Buddhism, Self help
How to be free from bondage to your emotions a practical and powerful Buddhist teaching for training the mind… to be content in any circumstance Are emotions our friends or our enemies Is it possible to free ourselves from emotional conflict The Buddhist practice of lojong is a way of letting go of attachment to both positive and negative emotions and leads to profound insight and compassion unbounded by our habitual reactions This book provides a set of tools that you can apply in daily life to gradually relieve your own suffering and extend that relief to everyone you encounter
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Psychology, Religion, Social issues
A chilling expos of youth suicide driven by faith Tony Frost Tribune … Child and teen suicide is no stranger to this author I recall gazing at the stillness of my childhood friend in a coffin and the nun telling me that God had taken him back because he had been made of sin He had killed himself because word got out that he had been born out of wedlock Then there was that girl in my high school class who took the easy way out when she found herself with child A few months after I released my biography of John Paul I a gay teen called me and told me that my book had saved his life He had planned to take his life on that day because his faith condemned the person he happened to be During my years with the Children s Home and Hospital School I ve shared in the grief left in the wake of children s notes I have gone to live with Jesus Thousands of mentally and physically impaired among countless others have left the same legacy behind Then we have tragedies like F tima where two little children are saints today because their faith encouraged them to advance their deaths in slow and agonizing ways to suffer and die for sins of the flesh against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and a Catholic world that thinks it wonderful While through the years the preacher s hatred has taken its greatest toll in unwed mothers gay and transgender teens and other outcasts of religion his lure of heaven remains the leading cause of pre-puberty suicide today As for F tima I give you much more than the Vatican s beatification investigation which found these children tortured themselves with abrasive ropes and stinging nettles and abstained from drinking water on hot days As for me I must live out my days haunted by children s lives snuffed out by the preacher s irresponsible bluff because I had not acted sooner Thousands of tiny coffins lowered into the ground so that the preacher can sell his condominiums in the sky to sheep who lust for more Lucien Gregoire Though the author dismantles traditional concepts of heaven as peddled by preachers he leaves us with far greater opportunity as he proves the salvation tenet of the 33-Day Pope Don t knock yourself out over smart monkeys and Adam and Eve Each of us is responsible for our own evolution We can either choose to remain as mortal men or we can evolve as Gods
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Christianity
A Disciple s Path is an engaging approach to discipleship from a distinctly Wesleyan perspective that is perfect for a… new member class or other small group The six-week program guides individuals to take the next step in discipleship and become dynamic followers of Jesus Christ and engaged vital members of the local church The study combines a Wesleyan understanding of our growth in God s love and grace with the time-tested practices of spiritual discipline expressed in the membership vows to uphold the church with our prayers presence gifts service and witness Participants will develop spiritual practices discover their unique gifts and become engaged in ministry that brings transformation in their own lives the lives of others and the world This Companion Reader provides invaluable insights that enable both participants and leaders to dig deeper into the spiritual practices essential to the life of discipleship Each chapter corresponds to a week in the Daily Workbook providing biblical and theological background on the week s theme from a distinctively United Methodist perspective Perfect for enhancing personal or group study and reflection answering questions and providing material for worship planning during a congregation-wide emphasis Endorsements A Disciple s Path has transformed countless new members into deeply committed disciples people who are using their gifts praying in new ways worshipping regularly and not only when it s convenient giving sacrificially of their financial resources and seeking to be a witness to Christ s love and light in the world I am deeply grateful for this resource and recommend it wholeheartedly Donna Claycomb Sokol Pastor of Mount Veron Place United Methodist Church and author of A New Day in the City A Disciple s Path has the potential to revolutionize the way we view our participation in the church Following this path can transform us from wanderers into pilgrims Dr Steve Harper Retired Professor of Spiritual Formation author of Five Marks of a Methodist and Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition For churches transforming their invitation to membership into an opportunity for a discipleship journey Lovett H Weems Jr author and Distinguished Professor of Church Leadership and Director Lewis Center for Church Leadership Wesley Theological Seminary Deeply grounded in the rich theology of the Wesleyan tradition and packed with practical suggestions Roger Scholtz Senior Pastor Kloof Methodist Church South Africa and professor at Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary A very useful explanation of the traditional Wesleyan view of Christian discipleship strengthened in particular by its stress on the balanced approach of the Methodist way Dr Richard P Heitzenrater Duke University Divinity School
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Christianity
Prayers presence gifts service and witness this is what we commit to when we… become members of The United Methodist Church and it s a big step But A Disciple s Path helps us look beyond membership presenting an engaging approach to discipleship from a distinctly Wesleyan perspective Discipleship is ongoing so the 6-week study is perfect for new-member groups but also works well in small groups of long-time members It helps you develop spiritual practices discover your unique gifts and engage in ministry that brings transformation to your own life and to the lives of others and the world The Daily Workbook offers six weeks of daily readings five per week Scripture a message for the day and prompts for personal reflection Endorsements A Disciple s Path has transformed countless new members into deeply committed disciples people who are using their gifts praying in new ways worshipping regularly and not only when it s convenient giving sacrificially of their financial resources and seeking to be a witness to Christ s love and light in the world I am deeply grateful for this resource and recommend it wholeheartedly Donna Claycomb Sokol Pastor of Mount Veron Place United Methodist Church and author of A New Day in the City A Disciple s Path has the potential to revolutionize the way we view our participation in the church Following this path can transform us from wanderers into pilgrims Dr Steve Harper Retired Professor of Spiritual Formation author of Five Marks of a Methodist and Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition For churches transforming their invitation to membership into an opportunity for a discipleship journey Lovett H Weems Jr author and Distinguished Professor of Church Leadership and Director Lewis Center for Church Leadership Wesley Theological Seminary A very useful explanation of the traditional Wesleyan view of Christian discipleship strengthened in particular by its stress on the balanced approach of the Methodist way Dr Richard P Heitzenrater Duke University Divinity School
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European history, History, World War II
The 1941 Axis invasion of Yugoslavia initially left the German occupiers with a pacified Serbian heartland willing to cooperate in… return for relatively mild treatment. Soon, however, the outbreak of resistance shattered Serbia's seeming tranquility, turning the country into a battlefield and an area of bitter civil war. Deftly merging political and social history, Serbia under the Swastika looks at the interactions between Germany's occupation policies, the various forces of resistance and collaboration, and the civilian population. Alexander Prusin reveals a German occupying force at war with itself. Pragmatists intent on maintaining a sedate Serbia increasingly gave way to Nazified agencies obsessed with implementing the expansionist racial vision of the Third Reich. As Prusin shows, the increasing reliance on terror catalyzed conflict between the nationalist Chetniks, communist Partisans, and the collaborationist government. Prusin unwraps the winding system of expediency that at times led the factions to support one-another against the Germans--even as they fought a ferocious internecine civil war to determine the future of Yugoslavia.
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History, Christianity, Religion
The medieval church was founded on and governed by concepts of faith and trust--but not in the way that is… popularly assumed Offering a radical new interpretation of the institutional church and its social consequences in England Ian Forrest argues that between 1200 and 1500 the ability of bishops to govern depended on the cooperation of local people known as trustworthy men and shows how the combination of inequality and faith helped make the medieval church Trustworthy men in Latin virifidedigni were jurors informants and witnesses who represented their parishes when bishops needed local knowledge or reliable collaborators Their importance in church courts at inquests and during visitations grew enormously between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries The church had to trust these men and this trust rested on the complex and deep-rooted cultures of faith that underpinned promises and obligations personal reputation and identity and belief in God But trust also had a dark side For the church to discriminate between the trustworthy and untrustworthy was not to identify the most honest Christians but to find people whose status ensured their word would not be contradicted This meant men rather than women and usually the wealthier tenants and property holders in each parish Trustworthy Men illustrates the ways in which the English church relied on and deepened inequalities within late medieval society and how trust and faith were manipulated for political ends
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Christianity
How should one approach the task of theology The question of methodology is increasingly one of interest among… theologians who recognize that the very manner in which we approach theology informs both the questions we ask and the conclusions we reach This volume in IVP s Spectrum Multiview series brings together five evangelical theologians with distinctly different approaches to the theological task After presenting the approaches which include appeals to Scripture context missions interdisciplinary studies and dogmatics each contributor responds to the other views Emerging from this theological conversation is an awareness of our methodological commitments and the benefits that each approach can bring to the theological task Contributors Sung Wook Chung John R Franke Telford C Work Victor Ifeanyi Ezigbo Paul Louis Metzger
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Christianity
Most introductory textbooks in theology see their primary task as explaining Christian doctrines that no one quite understands anymore … While this is one of theology s jobs it is by no means the only nor even the most important one Theology has also been called to change the world to help people connect deeply rooted beliefs about the world s source and goal to questions of personal meaning and communal thriving Theology is here to help us make sense of the complex flawed world into which we ve been thrust and to assist us in our attempt to love our neighbors and live toward the common good For more than forty years the Workgroup on Constructive Theology has brought the liberal and liberationist theological traditions into creative encounter with lived human experience In this introduction to the methods and tasks of theology they invite a new generation of readers many who will have little or no exposure to Christian doctrine to see theology as a partner in the struggle for a better world They demonstrate how theological ideas have legs playing themselves out not only in religious communities but in the public square as well Theology the authors tell us is constructive when it joins in God s work of building human lives and human societies Readers will learn to think about all of life in light of their religious commitments and to see theology as an essential tool for a life well lived
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Health and medicine, Paranormal
The acclaimed author of Expect Great Things The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau traverses on foot from… Manhattan to Walden Pond retracing Thoreau s steps and unlocking the practical principles of the mystic s life in the woods When Henry David Thoreau launched his experiment in living at Walden Pond he began by walking beyond the narrow limits of his neighbors simply by putting himself at a mile remove from Concord s bourgeois epicenter - and a thousand-mile remove from stasis complacency and conformity Kevin Dann emulates and extends Thoreau s experiment in radical self-education Alternating between personal anecdotes from his spring 2017 walking pilgrimage and other traveler encounters and episodes told by Thoreau Dann structures his book around 12 injunctions --distillations of seminal stories about overcoming convention and stasis In this essential reading for every Thoreau enthusiast naturalist and historian Kevin Dann brings to life an essential American icon in refreshing and modern way
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Christianity
His was a ministry of incarnation touching the infected dining with sinners defending the defenseless … The sick needed a physician and the Physician had come Enter into the greatest story ever told In this carefully researched retelling of the story of Jesus pastor Russ Ramsey invites us to rediscover our wonder at Jesus sinless life brutal death and glorious resurrection Featuring forty short chapters recounting key episodes from Jesus time on earth this book expands on the biblical narrative in a fresh and creative way giving us a taste of what it would have been like to walk next to Jesus and experience his earthly ministry firsthand Also including The Advent of the Lamb of God and The Mission of the Body of Christ the Retelling the Story series explores the narrative arc of the Bible from Genesis through Revelation in compelling language that is faithful to the text of Scripture The stories are told afresh to help readers hide God s word in their hearts by way of their imaginations
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Inspirational and family life, Christianity
Reclaim God s vision for your life Many Christians fall victim to one of two main problems when it comes… to work either they are idle in their work or they have made an idol of it Both of these mindsets are deadly misunderstandings of how God intends for us to think about our employment In The Gospel at Work Sebastian Traeger and Greg Gilbert unpack the powerful ways in which the gospel can transform how we do what we do releasing us from the cultural pressures of both an all-consuming devotion and a punch-in punch-out mentality - in order to find the freedom of a work ethic rooted in serving Christ You ll find answers to some of the tough questions that Christians in the workplace often ask What factors should matter most in choosing a job What gospel principles should shape my thinking about how to treat my boss my co-workers and my employees Is full-time Christian work more valuable than my job Is it okay to be motivated by money How do you prioritize - or balance - work family and church responsibilities Solidly grounded in the gospel The Gospel at Work confronts both our idleness at work and our idolatry of work with a challenge of its own - to remember that whom we work for is infinitely more important than what we do
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Inspirational and family life, Christianity
"Lord, teach us to pray"--the petition of the most intimate followers of Jesus--remains the heartfelt petition of every Christian disciple… down to the present day. The divine gift of the "Our Father" is the foundation of our life of prayer, but it is only the beginning of how Jesus leads us through himself to the Father. Shane Kapler's Through, With, and In Him offers practical ways to open up this vital dimension of our spiritual lives, instructing us in how the Church's sacraments and private devotions unite us to the prayer continually issuing forth from the heart of Christ. In this, as in all things, Christ is the Door. This new book by the author of The God Who is Love brings us to the threshold of that Door, and beyond.