Before You Came

Before You Came
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011-02-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780060512347

Before you came . . . This gentle, wonder-filled celebration is the perfect book for parents, children, and all those who have discovered the joy of sharing their world with someone new. Luminous artwork by Caldecott Medalist David Diaz brings vibrant life to this lyrical reflection by the mother-daughter writing team of Newbery Medalist Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest.

We Died Before We Came Here

We Died Before We Came Here
Author: Emily Foreman
Publisher: NavPress
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2016-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1631464523

If not you, who? If not now, when? This was the challenge answered by Stephen Foreman and his wife, Emily, when they traded in their American white picket fence for a giant, dusty sandbox as missionaries in the deserts of North Africa. Stephen had given Emily a well-read copy of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs on their first date, a telling foreshadowing of the ultimate cost he would pay when, at 39, he was shot and killed by al-Qaeda operatives. His life and death planted a seed of boldness and inspiration in the hearts of local believers. This seed would grow and multiply efforts to help reach the very goal that Stephen was willing to give his life for—glorifying God and seeing his Kingdom established among the nations. In this memoir, Emily, left with four kids and an undying calling to reach the Muslim world, recounts their heartrending yet uplifting story of sacrifice and love for a people held captive by the ultimate Enemy. Stephen did not die in vain. This promise echoes through the book’s pages and far beyond, in the minds and lives of countless individuals touched by a man who daily put his life in the hands of God. Because of security issues and the need to protect other workers and local believers in the country, the book employs pseudonyms for all major characters, including the authors.

Until You Came Along

Until You Came Along
Author: Brendan Casey
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-06-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578700281

Until You Came Along is a comedic and heartwarming take on parenting. The book is an irreverent love letter written to kids on behalf of anyone who's ever raised a child. It chronicles all the amazing things that made life worth living before parents became parents -- all of the sinfully selfish pleasures they gave up when their precious bundle of joy burst into this world, trampling the fun out of their finely tuned existence with their pants shitting, tantrum-throwing neediness. And, ultimately, it's a reaffirmation of the blessing that is parenthood.

The Invitation

The Invitation
Author: Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2000
Genre: Self-actualization (Psychology)
ISBN: 0722540450

Cult bestseller The Invitation is more than just a poem. It is a profound invitation to a life that is more fulfilling and passionate, with greater integrity. This book is a word-of-mouth sensation, whose truths have resonated with people all over the world, and is now reissued with a beautiful new cover design.

The Rebel's Silhouette

The Rebel's Silhouette
Author: Faiẓ Aḥmad Faiẓ
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1991
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Considered the leading poet on the South Asian subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984), winner of the 1962 Lenin Peace Prize, was an outspoken opponent of the Pakistani government. This volume offers a selection of Faiz's poetry.

Someone Came Before You

Someone Came Before You
Author: Pat Schwiebert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2007-09-15
Genre: Bereavement
ISBN: 9780972424158

There are books for children to help them when the baby they are waiting for dies. And now there is a book for the child who comes after the one who died. It's a perfect gift just for them. It explains in a gentle way the parents' desire for a child and the sadness that comes over them when that baby dies. It then shares how the parents, with the help of the baby, get to the point of wanting another child to come into their lives. The illustrator has an extraordinary gift of capturing feelings in his drawings that tell the story beyond words. Includes suggestions about keeping your baby's memory alive.

They Came Before Columbus

They Came Before Columbus
Author: Ivan Van Sertima
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2003-09-23
Genre: History
ISBN:

"The African presence in ancient America"--Jacket subtitle.

The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon

The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon
Author: Jane Kenyon
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2020-04-21
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1644451182

“Jane Kenyon had a virtually faultless ear. She was an exquisite master of the art of poetry.” —Wendell Berry Published twenty-five years after her untimely death, The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon presents the essential work of one of America’s most cherished poets—celebrated for her tenacity, spirit, and grace. In their inquisitive explorations and direct language, Jane Kenyon’s poems disclose a quiet certainty in the natural world and a lifelong dialogue with her faith and her questioning of it. As a crucial aspect of these beloved poems of companionship, she confronts her struggle with severe depression on its own stark terms. Selected by Kenyon’s husband, Donald Hall, just before his death in 2018, The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon collects work from across a life and career that will be, as she writes in one poem, “simply lasting.”

The Day Before You Came

The Day Before You Came
Author: Alistair Sutton
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-06-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781715123314

The Day Before You Came is an atmospheric, light-hearted romp through 1980s Sydney, where drag queens, bitchy socialites, even bitchier barmen, and the odd leather fetishist are not always as they seem ...