Breaking Up the Shackles


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"Four friends are on a night out to celebrate the arrival of a brand new car that one of them gets as a gift from his father. In the midnight they stop their car near the only roadside smoke shop on the entire highway. Two of them get off to buy some wine and weed. They return to find one of their friends lying unconscious in a pool of blood. The fourth one is missing from the car. Where did he miraculously vanish just within ten minutes in the darkness of the city's outskirts? Did he hit his friend and run away or was there something else other than these boys and the shopkeeper? "




Men Healing Shame


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The Unbound Man


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Beneath the veneer of manliness and masculinity, men are suffering in silence. The invisible wounds they carry from surviving trauma and abuse has left them feeling pain, fear, and shame. Wounds that include physical abuse or sexual abuse, emotional trauma, bullying, rejection, the loss of a loved one, divorce and medical crisis. Men have two choices, conquer their trauma by facing it and doing the work needed to get better or avoid it and remain shackled to their past. In The Unbound Man, Matt Burton shares his story and the stories of others, offering practical advice on how to break free from their invisible wounds by Conquering their trauma by "Going there" Following the healing path of Awareness, Acceptance, and Action Releasing their heaviest burdens Becoming more of who they were always intended to be All men want to break free from the wounds of their past. In this game-changing book, Burton shows them how-while also equipping their loved ones so they can better understand the impact of male trauma. Because when men deal with their trauma, everybody wins.




Kissing Guilt Goodbye


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Guilt is one of those sins that can hide under an honorable façade. Our sin has caused heartache and pain, so shouldn't we feel guilty about it? The answer is absolutely not. We can feel conviction and repentance, but Jesus' Finished Work on the Cross is more powerful than our sin. Jesus carried our guilt on the cross, so we could live in the freedom of grace. Kissing Guilt Goodbye is a collection of devotionals that will help you overcome your feelings of guilt and find confident victory in God's love, goodness and favor. You don't have to be shackled to shame any longer. Read our encouraging and truth-filled stories and finally kiss guilt goodbye!




Blue Chicken


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A mind-bendingly clever farmyard romp In this deceptively simple picture book, author-illustrator Deborah Freedman has created an irresistible character that springs to life and wreaks havoc in a farmyard with a pot of blue paint. The innocent chicken just wants to help, but things get worse and worse - and bluer and bluer - the more she tries. Playing with colors and perspective, and using minimal text, this richly layered story reveals new things to see and laugh about with each reading.




The Break-Up of Britain


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In this classic text, first published in 1977, Tom Nairn memorably depicts the 'slow foundering' of the United Kingdom on the rocks of imperial decline, constitutional anachronism and the gathering force of civic nationalism. Rich in comparisons between the nationalisms of the British Isles and those of the wider world, thoughtful in its treatment of the interaction between nationality and social class, The Break-Up of Britain concludes with a bravura essay on the Janus-faced nature of national identity. Postscripts from the Thatcher and Blair years trace the political strategies whose upshot accelerated the demise of a British state they were intended to serve. As a second Scottish independence referendum beckons, a new Introduction by Anthony Barnett underlines the book's enduring relevance.




Spiritual Shackles


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Shedding the Shackles


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A celebration of female inventiveness and aesthetic sensibility, Shedding the Shackles explores women's craft enterprises, their artisanal excellence, and the positive impact their individual projects have on breaking the poverty cycle. In the first part of the twentieth century, suffering from a legacy inherited from the Victorian era, craft skills, such as weaving, sewing, embroidery, and quilting were regarded largely as women's domestic pastimes, and remained undervalued and marginalised. It has taken several decades for attitudes to change, for the boundaries between 'fine art' and craft to blur, and for textile crafts to be given the same respect and recognition as other media. Featuring artisans and projects from across the globe Shedding the Shackles celebrates their vision and motivation giving a fascinating glimpse into how these craft initiatives have created a sustainable lifestyle, and impacted upon their communities at a deeper level.




In the Mighty Name of Jesus: Breaking All Chains, Shackles and Truncating All Schemes of the Devil by the Power in the Name of Jesus


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I start by saying," what you do not believe in or have faith in can never work for you." As a young child who had real difficulties while growing up in a Christian home, I never had the understanding of how powerful the Name that is above every other name was, "The Mighty Name of Jesus." All I knew was that there was a name I could call when difficulty arises, there was a name that worked for my Dad when other names failed, there was a name that could chase away demons, there was a name strong enough to truncate all the plans or idea(s) of the devil, there was a name that ends all evil and there was a name that makes something change when it is called or called upon! My Sunday school teacher will always say," Sam, anytime you are in trouble, call that name and everything that seems unresolvable will be resolved. Sincerely, everything was not rosy for me while growing up, but I was a determined young girl who always had someone to run to when the need arises. My day was still a usual one just like every other child growing up. I wake up, join the regular morning devotion every morning which was mandated and coordinated by my father, then go to school, relate with my friends, learn something new from my teachers, and after the whole activity is over, I head back home where my mother will be waiting for me and my day closes with the night prayer that was said by my Dad. One thing I kept to myself for a long time was the fact that I had constant nightmares. I refused telling my Mum or Dad because I felt it would be a thing of the past someday. I realized after some years; the dreams intensified. I was no longer comfortable and was extremely restless. I had constant attacks during the night while sleeping that most times, I prefer staying awake to avoid unnecessary nightmares. I usually witness someone trying to hurt me which was a real pain to me. It was like some demons were always trying to get hold of me. Every night, I had constant struggles that when I wake up in the morning, I woke up weak and tired.




Gods in Shackles


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With a foreword by Jane Goodall, this moving memoir follows a successful journalist and filmmaker who felt like something was missing in her life as she finds her purpose in advocacy for the Asian elephants in her childhood home town of Kerala, India. "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi Elephants are self-aware, conscious beings. They can feel and grieve the loss of both elephants and humans. But despite all empathy that elephants shower on humans, we continue to inflict pain and suffering on these caring, sentient beings. In 2013 Sangita Iyer visited her childhood home of Kerala, India. Over 700 Asian elephants live in Kerala, owned by individuals and temples that force them to perform in lengthy, crowded, noisy festivals, abusing and shackling these animals they claim to revere for tourists and money. When Sangita found herself in the presence of these divine creatures and witnessed their suffering first hand, she felt a deep connection to their pain. She too had been shackled and broken for too long-to her patriarchal upbringing in India, to the many "me too" moments in her work life that were swept under the rug, to the silence. Now she would speak out for the elephants and for herself. And she would heal alongside them. This sparked the creation of her award winning documentary of the same name and a new purpose in this life for both Sangita and the elephants.